March 29, 2007
Shh... It's a Secret!
We know that some of you guys don't like it when we let breaking concert news slip. By now, we get it: presale passwords are for true fans only. And by "true fans" we mean people who read this website instead of this website.
But we can't bear to let the newest piece of secret, insider-only scuttlebutt pass: as they announced at their show last night, local boys made good Army Of Me will be playing a "secret show" at the Black Cat on Friday with MTV favorites Good Charlotte — who, while not exactly a local band, were at least mild-mannered D.C.-area humans before they signed their bodies over to the RIAA's cadre of evil scientists. They've probably even ridden the Metro.
But don't rush to Ticketmaster.com just yet! This show is so super-secret that you have to have a MySpace connection in order to get in. We're probably not supposed to be telling you this, but with the immense journalistic resources available to us, we've managed to track down the info. Just head over to this MySpace page (brought to you by Chili's!) and make friends. Don't forget to thank the nice publicist on the other end for the add.
Once you're safely on the list you'll be free to line up at the Black Cat at 3 p.m. on Friday, at which time you'll be issued a wristband that may give you a chance to be eligible for a ticket to the secret show, possibly. Remember: this is meant as a way of saying thank-you to the true fans.
Okay — deactivate snark. As glad as we are to see a local band playing a high-profile bill, this episode serves to show presales and passwords for what they are: ludicrous marketing gimmicks, not genuine efforts to reward fans. If bands actually cared a whit about you they'd be perfectly able to send single-use passwords to their fan club mailing lists, foiling scalpers, giving fans a chance to get tickets and preventing leaks. But that wouldn't help build pre-show buzz, would it?
Still, we've learned our lesson: some of you really, really don't like it when we shatter the marketer's beautifully-crafted illusion. So don't take this as a change in DCist policy — we'll keep mum in the future. Enjoy the show tomorrow. And afterward, why not treat yourself to some zesty southwestern eggrolls?
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Army of Me and Good Charlotte together? At the same time? Holy schnikes! Could they add any more lameness to one bill? I don't think it's humanly possible...
I added myspace secret shows as a friend months ago, and have waited patiently for our turn while awesome bands played secret shows in other cities (and non-cities like Lancaster, PA). And now it's our turn for a show and we get a gay crapfest of a headliner straight out of 2003?
I call bullcrap on myspace. And chili's.
I added myspace secret shows as a friend months ago, and have waited patiently for our turn while awesome bands played secret shows in other cities (and non-cities like Lancaster, PA). And now it's our turn for a show and we get a gay crapfest of a headliner straight out of 2003?
I call bullcrap on myspace. And chili's.
I wish Chili's would host some kind of fan appreciation event. No one loves those Chicken Crispers more than I do.
I want to Thank DCist for alerting me to an area of town to AVOID.
I'll be at the Warehouse Nextdoor
You guys must be running out of news. What a crappy bill.
I'm sorry - "we shatter the marketer's beautifully-crafted illusion"?
Wow. How unremarkable.
I love southwestern eggrolls.
eyeballs'a rollin' at: "warehouse nextdoor" by "post punk"
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I want to Thank DCist for alerting me to an area of town to AVOID.
I'll be at the Warehouse Nextdoor
[5] Posted by: Petworth Post Punk | March 30, 2007 12:35 AM
I love snarky kickballers from arlington, they just have a knack for staying on top of what's edgy and hip. I'll take GC and AOM over a wnd suckfest any day
The Post has reported this story too, page C11. I think that makes it officially unsecret. Must not have been to secret if the ultra-hip reporters at the post style section could bring it to you in print.
"snarky kickballers from arlington"? I haven't heard them. But it sounds like they rock.
Maybe Phil Anselmo will be in town a few days early (DOWN @ 9:30 on Monday) and beat those whiny nosewipers back to the Chili's corporate office.
You know, if you wanted to see something far better than Good Charlotte tonight, you'd head down and see Lejeune and a few other bands duke it out at the GW Radio Rock the Bottom--for only $1. ONE DOLLAR.
The event is located at the Mitchell Theater, which is in a dorm on 19th St. between E and F streets. Visit www.gwradio.com/rockthebottom for more details.
This show was not only lackluster (the band was visibly and remarkably uninterested in their own performance) but very poorly attended. The room was never more than half full - and it was FREE. Free show for a TRL band and they still couldn't fill the room or even feign interest.
Bad Charlotte!
I did hear that part of the poor attendance was due to those who couldn't make it at 3pm didn't think there would still be wristbands left later when they could make it down, therefore not bothering to trek down to the club to try. Had there been a way to check / get an update without actually going the the club, maybe more would have come out later.