Comments on: Heads up: No quo like the status quo

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:44:01 +0000

@Jeane: It’s hard to know what average citizens want to know about the festival, given the poor reporting being done on all aspects.

@Mossgard: lol

@david: Keep pushing those suggestions. Maybe eventually someone will listen.

By: david

david — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:46:59 +0000

I have a lot of respect for the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make a festival like City Stages happen. I am a music blogger, and put on a two-day day party during SXSW. We don’t have to worry about charging admission, but lining up sponsors, bands, venues, and all the incidentals can be maddening (and we only have 32 bands, two venues and three stages every year to deal with).

Perhaps less dependence on ticket sales and more on corporate sponsorship? I would love City Stages to be held in April or May instead of June, at the very least not on the same weekend as Bonnaroo.

By: Mossgard

Mossgard — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:47:48 +0000

I are uh average citizen of Burmingham and I struggle daily trying to figure out how those really exceptshunal people do them City Stage concerts and I wish I was smart enough to make me some really smart suggestions but I’s too stoopid.

Maybe if they was too make more than they spended…. hey… that might just work, wouldn’t it? Probably not. I’s just too stupid, I guess.

By: Jeane Goforth

Jeane Goforth — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:47 +0000

Based on recent personal experience, the AVERAGE person doesn’t know or care what goes into making City Stages happen. But the exceptional people do. And they’re the ones most likely to be able to offer creative solutions.
Perhaps it has to do with the AVERAGE newspaper subscriber caring.
I would be very interested in how it works because I think it would be useful information for my organization.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:02:36 +0000

snaps