Neil X
8/2/2010 8:16:00 PM
On Aug 2, 1:17 pm, Joker <joker4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 9:46 am, Neil X <nei...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 2, 12:08 pm, "3jane." <q3j...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jul 31, 7:27 pm, Walter Karmazyn <walterkarma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > Anybody else going? My advice, get there early for the opening act,
> > > > Check Engine Light. Quite tasty, saw them last year. Includes Cliff
> > > > Garcia on guitar. For the one or two people not aware, Tiff is Jerry's
> > > > older brother, and he does play guitar. Acoustic Geezer Rock at its
> > > > finest. The rest of the day ain't bad either.
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> > > Jerry Day here was was on a farm outside of Frederick (AKA Fredneck)
> > > MD and featured a bunch of Dead cover bands, most notably a very good
> > > local group called On the Bus and a surprisingly excellent band from
> > > Philly called Splintered Sunlight-for those who can stomach a little
> > > idol worship I enthusiastically endorse seeing Splintered Sunlight,
> > > they were really good, the Garcia guy sounds as much like Garcia as
> > > anyone I've heard and the band is not afraid to put their own spin on
> > > the songs-fine stuff, mellow scene, thank allah for rich people who
> > > have farms and like the Dead.
>
> > There was a Jerry Day harbor cruise in Boston last night. Somehow I
> > don't seem to have much interest in these kinds of things. Not sure
> > why, exactly. It seems like exploitation, I guess.
>
> > Peace,
> > Neil X.
>
> Was there an outrageous ticket price?
It cost $25. I don't know if you would consider that outrageous or
not.
> Exploitation of what?
Jerry's name to make money.
> I don't
> get this. You know what you're getting going in, right? You hang out,
> get high with your old friends, make new friends and get high with
> them. I think this type of thing is more about community of spirit or
> something along those lines.
Maybe in some cases, that's all it is. The harbor cruise, it just
seemed like a boat company using Jerry's name to increase ticket
sales.
> Maybe a cruise on the harbor is a bit different, since that has to
> involve tickets and fees. But Jerry's Birthday celebrations, per se,
> don't seem like exploitation to me. They seem like, well, celebration
> and homeage to a huge figure in the lives of a lot of us.
Do they charge admission at the event you attended? If it was free,
obviously they weren't just using Jerry's name to make a buck. If
they were charging admission, then it probably comes down to your
original question of "Was the price outrageous?"
Peace,
Neil X.