Ok, kids…we’re back and we’re in the midst of Phall Ter! What better time to join us on lot?
We’re joined by our very special ginger friend Kat. She’s here to share all her great stories about the Work Exchange Program at Fest8 and who she got to meet before the festival began.
With some more current Phish lot news, we turn to Steve and Kat who were holding it down in Syracuse on Sunday night. Great lot, great vibe, great Mexican Grilled Cheese. Listen to hear what Steve rates this lot…although since when do we have a rating system? “This lot gets 6 out of 10 Brahs.”
Nick, Steve, Laura, and Kat discuss fluctuating ticket prices along tour and how phans all live by different moral codes when it comes to paying face or not. Is it a shady move to try to profit off tickets? Would you buy from someone on lot even if the show isn’t sold out? Tell us your Ticket Moral Code!
After the break, which features our great sponsor, Olker’s Wine Bar: Supporting his Phish Habit Since Syracuse, we have a little bit of news for you! The Bridge, an up and coming (not really…) jam band from Baltimore is playing free shows every Monday in December in NYC. Also, free beer and vodka. Nick is right when he laments “Well, if that’s not an open invitation to wooks…!”
Last but not least, we have a winner!! Listen to the podcast to hear if you won the MSG ticket give away. Thanks to everyone that entered.
Now…who has MSG tickets for Kat and Laura? We’ll wear glitter and fairy wings!
Here’s my view on tickets. I refuse to buy for more than face plus fees. I also refuse to sell for more than face plus fees. If tickets are readily available for a show and they aren’t sold out, I’d pay less than face. I’d say at least 50% of people trying to get rid of extra tickets bought them thinking the show would sell out and they’d be able to get friends to come or worse… scalp them. Sure, some people have friends bail on them and get stuck with extra tickets, but you can’t believe every story you hear. So if the going rate is less than face, I have no problem buying for less than face.
I’d rather give someone something to help cover their loss than buy a ticket at full price from the Box Office and have that other person stuck with an extra ticket and a full loss.
Oh, and speaking of California bands, here are some more:
Santana
Jefferson Airplane
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Doors
The Eagles
The Mothers of Invention
Particle is from LA I think.
You may have been w00ked!
While listening to Episode 10, I clearly heard Kat make use the term “Phamily” with that strange acid soaked sound in her voice so common with SistaBrah wooks. This was a clear indication that she may have experienced at least over exposure to w00k’s and may have in fact turned the corner into full blown wookie.
Never one to judge, but concerned for Kat’s safety and the risk of This Week On Lot staff being exposed to the wookie virus, I listened very closely to her remaining comments. The Drinking Unicorn Blood comment was creepy and weird, but likely not a sign of wookdom. My experiences with wooks indicate that a true wook cannot say “unicorn” and “blood” in the same sentence without breaking into a Peter Pan like “I DO believe in Fairies” type eyes closed mantra chanting “cleansing ritual” which she did not do.
But then at the end, during the sign off, when she slips her name into the host category. Quietly. Like no one would notice. Suddenly, she is not a guest at all. Nope. She is simply one of the HOSTS–like she has been her all along. Like she “belongs” here. Gentlemen, that is classic Wookie Behavior.
And her name is KAT for gods sake. She describes herself as a “Ginger”. Good lord! The signs have been there right in front of us all along!
I will perform an exorcism for you tonight. I will burn a hacky sack which was used for an extremely inappropriate hackie sack “crotch stall”. My poor hacky sack suffered this “move” when a Wook going commando in a skirt stepped into our circle without permission at Shoreline. Lifting his skirt to catch the hacky sack and then bouncing it around in the skirt while giggling with glazed over eyes showing everyone his junk–you have never seen a game of hacky sack end more quickly. Tonight I will burn this blue and yellow hacky sack in an effort to drive out your possible infestation.
But seriously, thanks for the great podcast + keep up the fantastic work! Thanks, David S