Let the Pre-Sale Begin!!!

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:56 am

I am ready! Moody - you ready?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:02 pm

ready!

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:05 pm

Eh? Is this some kind of board member auction??

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:07 pm

score!! row D center!!

ryman and tn theatre tix just went on sale, crow.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:11 pm

OMG!!!

Hang on Cosmos - I got us some killer seats! Row C. And if memory serves me, there is no A at the Ryman, so basically 2nd row!!!!!!!!!!!!!

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:11 pm

Aah...good luck to all from the board!!!!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:41 pm

row B center at the tennessee theatre in knoxville and row K toward the center at the ryman. i'm apoplectic.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:44 pm

OILY! You dog - seeing both shows. You must get with us for dinner before the show.

I just don't know how I can stand it - you AND Elvis in the same building!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:49 pm

i AM....the OTHER man.

when he hopefully brings his butt here i'm goin' again. and to indy and kc, if cabin building don't send me to the poorhouse.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:30 pm

high fives all around!!!!

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:57 pm

Thank you so much Spooky!!!!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:12 pm

you did good spooky. the presale is down to single seats only at the ryman already. anyone using the presale site for other concerts, should, unlike me, have sense enough to register beforehand if they have any interest in more than one show. i was on the knoxville tix the second they went up, but then i had to put my visa card, email and all the other crap and in there and purchase those before i could go to another venue and it hung me up, pushing me i'm certain, a few rows back in nashville.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:24 am

Elvis, Spooky and MDM in the same room. How I wish I was there (no offence to the rest of you though!).

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:42 am

Well, I've already pitched my fit, but I didn't realize until well after my transaction was completed that I had purchased row C IN THE DAMN BALCONY.

Yeah, I know - there are no bad seats at the Ryman. But I thought I was getting third row. I guess I'm a bit spoiled. Cosmos swears that they are good seats though. I've even had a nice offer from someone on listserv to stand in line on Saturday when they go on sale, but it's not likely that we could get seats together.

I suppose I will pull up my bootstraps and try to be big about this. But I'll need someone after the show to make up for it. DrS offered me to wear his shirt from the Almost Blue tour, maybe I should - and let him sign it while I'm wearing it.

Anyway, today is Jordan's 13th birthday, so I have festivities to attend to. This makes me three out of four kids in their teens now.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:19 am

spooky girlfriend wrote:Well, I've already pitched my fit, but I didn't realize until well after my transaction was completed that I had purchased row C IN THE DAMN BALCONY.

No dizzy blonde jokes please

I'm sure it will be great anyway - the Ryman has got to be one of the best US venues from the way people talk about it. You can probably expect a country set too

. I do hope you're going to meet Elvis afterwards.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:58 am

Thanks, Verbal. But I'm hardly a dumb blonde. I lost my natural blonde in my teens - it's been out of a box since then.

And when you're in a hurry and you see Row C, you just think, Row C. Sigh.

And yes, I was planning on talking to Elvis afterward. I was going to throw your name around - I thought it might get me places.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:45 am

VG, or to you star trek fans, VGer wrote:

Elvis, Spooky and MDM in the same room.

not this time, unfortunately. Spooks, cosmos and OS in nashville.

in knoxville, it will be me, G2S, OS and sundry non-board members. Poppet? shatterproof?

I'm predicting a major polar shift.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:54 am

It'll have to remain a dream then MDM...

...and Spooky - I'll see if I can pass on a message to Elvis to give to you

I'm hoping to ask Elvis after Hammersmith to play All The Rage three days later at Coventry. The intention is to tell him I'll be in the front row at Coventry and if he doesn't play it I'm going to keep shouting for it. That should cheer him up. Or get me barred.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:08 am

i really don't think i'm gonna make it down. if it do, it'll come together at the last minute. but honestly, i don't think it's gonna happen.

i really hate being responsible. it's such a crock.

stupid mortgage.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:21 am

I'm gonna throw things at the heads of the people in row B. Look out.

Thanks for wrangling tickets, Moody. You are the dreamiest AND the creamiest!

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:52 am

Spooky, when I saw Bowie at a similar sized theatre to the Ryman last year, I had Row C, Balcony and I sweat I preferred them in terms of the type of show Bowie put on. Unfortunately, EC doesn't do much as far as stage craft, so I can understand your disappointment.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:05 am

Well, that cheered me right up, pophead. Thanks so much.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:18 am

Where are the East Coast dates, fer cryin' out loud?!

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:54 am

I went through the motions at the pre-sale site. I figured that I could justify the trip to Nashville. I had seats, but no room on my Visa. They don't take American Express.

This looks like a countryfied tour, anyway. Isn't Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa where he recorded Psycho?

He might as well stop in Branson.

I'm still on the lookout for tickets, so who knows...?

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:35 pm

hang in there ropey and pay your bill, st louis is still a possibility.

same thing happened to me spooky, row c, but i caught it (you always gotta minimize that seating chart on your screen). me thinks the very first rows down below have been held back for potential celebs. in 02, jerry chestnutt (what a good year for the roses) was sitting there in his big old cowboy and he didn't line up you know. less celebs in knoxville i guess! the ryman considers the balcony to be preferred seating after the first few rows below because the old floor is so flat. i called there once and found a delightful gabby hayseed that told me his perspective on every angle. i thought about keeping the balcony seat, but kept taking shots till it put me on the floor. yours will be great seats though; you'll be looking right down him and have a clear shot at everything steve is doing. maybe he'll play with his theremin for you!!

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