| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 752.1 | | CHEFS::PRICET | Wielding a bicycle chain | Fri Oct 19 1990 14:40 | 15 |
| 752.2 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Apache Twins: pubrock sex titans | Fri Oct 19 1990 15:30 | 10 |
| While I think that some of these T-shirts are far too expensive, I'd
hardly call it a rip-off, as you choose whether to buy the things or
not.
It is true, though, most bands playing the small-to-medium sized venues
don't actually make a lot of money out of it (OK, you could make a
*living*, I suppose, but not become fabulously wealthy); usually, bands
tour to promote a record, which is where the money is.
Bob
|
| 752.3 | | IGETIT::BROWNM | BASS-ICly WARPed!!! | Fri Oct 19 1990 15:35 | 4 |
| What gets me is that a t-shirt might cost 13 quid at a gig, but the
same t-shirt is 8.99 in HMV or somewhere. That's a rip off.
matty
|
| 752.4 | | SHAPES::FIDDLERM | | Fri Oct 19 1990 16:52 | 5 |
| Or James t shirts being only 7 squids on mail order, but 8.99 in shops.
But who buys t shirts in shops? if you want one, you get it at the gig
so that it is baptised with sweat. Possibly.
Mikef
|
| 752.5 | And the sweat | IOSG::WILCOCKA | Like a windshield towards a fly... | Fri Oct 19 1990 17:10 | 4 |
| Yeah, I agree, I don't know why, but if I want a t shirt, I will
always get it from the gig.
Andy.
|
| 752.6 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Apache Twins: pubrock sex titans | Mon Oct 22 1990 11:19 | 4 |
| I never buy T-shirts at gigs. I would expect to be paid to buy one as I
am being used as a mobile advertisement for the band.
Bob
|
| 752.7 | Well I never go to those GIG's | JGO::KWIKKEL | The dance music library 1969-20.. | Mon Oct 22 1990 13:51 | 6 |
| 752.8 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Apache Twins: pubrock sex titans | Mon Oct 22 1990 14:17 | 11 |
| Well, I don't really go to too many gigs; mostly I go for the smaller
places where you just turn up, drink beer and jump about, and don't
worry too much about T-shirts, etc., so I don't really have a lot of
experience of this kind of thing. The last one I went to where they
were selling merchandise was TMBG at the T&C, T-shirts there were a
not-too-unreasonable 7 quid. Not that I bought one.
Is a 'Come Home' (etc) T-shirt obligatory for James at the Brixton
Academy....?
Bob
|
| 752.9 | | SHAPES::FIDDLERM | | Mon Oct 22 1990 14:27 | 4 |
| hot word from Bruce...'Come Home' T shirts are now officially naff at
James gigs...;-)
Mikef
|
| 752.10 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Apache Twins: Crypto-communists | Mon Oct 22 1990 14:51 | 7 |
| Just as I thought! I wouldn't buy one anyway, I prefer to stand out as
an individual, hence my choice of shirts for those who have seen them.
I only have one band T-shirt, a Tom Waits from 1986/7, and someone gave
me that.
Bob
|
| 752.11 | | SHAPES::FIDDLERM | | Mon Oct 22 1990 19:11 | 4 |
| But Bob, there is a fine line to be trod between expressing ones
individuality, and looking a complete pillock...;-)
Mikef
|
| 752.12 | | IOSG::WILCOCKA | Like a windshield towards a fly... | Mon Oct 22 1990 19:12 | 4 |
| One of the guys that used to work here wore 'Bros' and 'New Kids..'
t shirts :^)))))))
Now, that is individual!
|
| 752.13 | DEC doesn't employ people who wear Bros T-shirts? | PEKING::GLYNNP | Who killed Laurie? | Wed Oct 24 1990 12:33 | 5 |
|
re .12
You say he 'used' to work there, is the fact that he used to wear Bros
T-shirts any bearing on his 'leaving'? ;-)
|
| 752.14 | | HEART::JOHNSTON | Mae'n amlwg. | Wed Oct 24 1990 12:39 | 6 |
|
He was an I.T. He's gone back to college now.
And he used to wear the teeshirts just to annoy people.
n
|