Sell Outs

don't worry, i go to a lot of shows with "coolfer" and he tries to give me "hot tips" on music whenever possible. which i would post, if i wrote the weekly concert post. which i don't, ben does - and he does a great job.

here is the difference in the posts:

the weekly concert post is a post to let you know about what shows are happening that week. it's a weekly post.

this sell outs post is a post to let you know way in advance about tickets for shows that have recently gone on sale and will most definitely sell out. so that when the show date arrives you aren't left buying a ticket with your rent money on craigslist.

i appreciate your response jen. i was confusing the sell outs with weekly concert listing. why have the two different listings? this will probably seem like something negative but i'm genuninely wondering why have two separate listings.

i guess i have just noticed a real change in the coverage of music by gothamist -- and while not everyone can be as wonderful as coolfer he set a really high bar. i depended on his listings for hot tips on music i may not have know about. since he's gone i've really missed that coverage.

your comment had a very negative tone, and as you can see from our policy that you cut & pasted there - that falls under the "bad comments" section.

also, i think you were confusing the "sell outs" posts with the "weekly concert listing" posts (that coolfer used to do, and that ben now does).

this post lists a few shows that i think will actually sell out. the list you made were a lot of shows that wouldn't sell out as well as shows that were listed in our last "sell outs" post that i linked to in this post.

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i'm a little shocked to check back to the comments section of this blog entry to find that my comment was deleted.

i understand that gothamist has a policy regarding comments (clipped below).

however, i did posted using my name, and while my post had a somewhat negative tone -- i didn't understand why a large handful of very cool shows wasn't listed -- i am shocked that you felt the need to delete my post. my post had a lot of information in it that people might want.

also, if gothamist is so thin-skinned that criticism, constructive or otherwise -- including opinions -- is not acceptable, then i'm losing my interest and faith in you.

from the tone of gothamist, i thought this was a place of exchange and information. i had no idea that gothamist would feel compelled to delete anything with a semblance of criticism.

it's really too bad. gothamist used to be so much better than this. hmmm. the 15 minutes are tick tocking.

Don't forget all the rising UK/European bands who will play here mid-March on their way to SXSW:

Maximo Park, maybe the best new band in England. Not overhyped... yet. Recommended if you like mid-'80s stuff like Smiths/Wedding Present. March 14 at Mercury Lounge (with NIne Black Alps, also UK)/March 15 at Rothko with Hot Chip. No advance tickets for either show.

Goldie Lookin' Chain, Welsh rappers -- a whole band of Ali Gs, with songs like "Your Mom Has a Penis." They were a minor sensation in England last year. March 14 at Mercury Lounge.

CRUNCHY FROG showcase: Crunchy Frog is the Danish label that gave us The Ravoenettes and Junior Senior (who played a similar showcase at the Merc two years ago). This time it's shoegazers EPO-555, and a band called Powersolo who like they might be really rediculous and fun. This label signs no bad bands.

The Go! Team, who are like the Avalanches as played by a marching band. March 21 at Mercury Lounge (sold out)/ March 22 at Southpaw.

Mylo, Scotland's answer to Daft Punk. March 23 at Rothko.

I Am Kloot are playing a slew of shows in mid-March. Acoustic-oriented, but great songs. Their second, self-titled album just got a belated US release (I prefer their first album, Natural History, but both are good). March 8 at Mercury Lounge w/ Stars and Apollo of Hustle (sold out); March 10 at Pianos; March 11 at Southpaw.

Try ohmyrockness.com, okay JK?

ahhhh!!! why do you keep alerting the masses to these fine gigs before those of us who have to pool our financial resources in order to buy our tickets have a chance to do so? I mean, cheers for promoting the music, but JEEZ! as if the competition for tix isn't fierce enough for some of these shows...

ummm, trail of dead?!?!? only one of the all-time greatest live bands playing two nights at IP in april

settle down, that show is sold out already. what would be the point in listing a sold out show in a post about tickets to buy before they sell out?

WTF?! Where is Sleater-Kinney? They're playing at Mercury next week.

some names aside, that is the worst list of craptacular indie hipster bands i've ever seen next to the lineup at coachella.

Heads up for May: Snow Patrol will be at Roseland May 20

*sigh* and the Blue Scholars never made it closer than Philly.