garymd Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 After reading Bruinsrme's thread about Buffet I decided to scan a few of my many ticket stubs I've been collecting over the years. I've always been anal about saving them (I have at least 100 or more). If you look closely, there's a Buffet in there as well as an Eagles ticket. Earliest was a $3 seat from 1973, newest a $50 seat from June 03 which I believe will be in the next picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 Server timed out on the 2nd pic but you get the point. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 Pic 2 adjusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodog Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Hey Gary, You saw The Who and can still hear. Amazing! I saw the dead in 1978 3 days before you on 4/11/78.. killer FOTD and Brown Eyed Women.. Aiko Aiko! (it was my second Dead show at that point... the first in May of 1977)... both at the fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA. ahhhhhh... memories. I think the tickets to that Dead show in 1977 were $7.50, and there has not been a rock show to equal that one since. I recently got a flier from the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville for their opera season, offering early birds $10.00 off the 'per person' price of $120.00 . EGADS!! So I could: a. Take a date to four opera shows or... b. buy another set of cornalls. I'll choose plan b.... Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinsrme Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 I remember paying 8.50 for J Geiles, Duran Duran, Ozzy, Ted Nugent. Buffett tickets are very reasonable but the are very difficult to get. The Sacrifice is no going out for dinner until september. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 Woodog, Saw The Who at least 3 times and I still have good hearing for some reason. Nothing was as loud as Deep Purple back in the mid 70s. Ear bleeding sound levels! Nothing as great as late 70s Dead shows. Jerry at his best. I always loved going to see him by himself or with the Garcia Band back then. They were always in small venues. Warner Theater shows were incredible. Bruin, Does that include carry-out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 ---------------- On 8/2/2003 1:54:17 PM garymd wrote: I've always been anal about saving them (I have at least 100 or more). ---------------- Doesn't sound too sanitary to me... fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 I saw the Who at the Cotton Bowl in about 1990. They were in the end zone; it was loud at the 50 yard line in the upper level, where I was. I put spitballs in my ears and believe it was for the best. The performance by the band was terrific. One spooky thing happenned. Just about everyone in the bowl started singing along to Teen Age Wasteland. Just shows that the song really hits a resonance of individual experience. It is too bad that rock performances are so apealling and, without ear protection, so destructive. I also lament the price of tickets. But it is true in the classical music world too if you want to hear the CSO or Chicago Lyric Opera. No spitballs in ears necessary in most cases. It depends what they're playing. Smile. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 ---------------- On 8/2/2003 9:46:23 PM fini wrote: ---------------- On 8/2/2003 1:54:17 PM garymd wrote: I've always been anal about saving them (I have at least 100 or more). ---------------- Doesn't sound too sanitary to me... fini ---------------- Fini, You saw the CSNY ticket stub with the hole burned through it? I think I had burritos that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Well, then, I stand corrected. That should have killed all germs! fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavoline Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 ---------------- On 8/2/2003 10:53:28 PM William F. Gil McDermott wrote: Just about everyone in the bowl started singing along to Teen Age Wasteland. ---------------- Gil, I think you mean Baba O'Riley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhawk92 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Gary- You bring up a great point about saving ticket stubs. I do the same thing, probably not 100 like you, but then again, I'm about 10 yrs younger. At any rate, never thought much about them until last week when our local "classic rock" station said they would have a "ticket stub lottery" for KISS/Aerosmith tickets. Since I've seen both a few times, I dug them out and was wondering how the contest would work. DJ's came on and said that if you had a ticket stub from any KISS or Aerosmith show with the following criteria, you could win... 1. Closest to a seat at a show back in 1996 that the DJ had been at. 2. Oldest/earliest show 3. Furthest from CT. I saw KISS at the Anaheim Pond in 2000, so hightailed it to the studio. There were a few people who called in and said they saw a concert in Germany, but couldn't get to the studio in time. Finally, someone else called and said they saw a show at Costa Mesa. So it was a close call between me and the other listener. As it turns out, the Costa Mesa location was torn down, so we couldn't get exact distances, but they ended up giving us both tickets! So I took my wife and we went to the opening night of the current KISS/Aerosmith tour. See, it pays to keep useless bits of paper around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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