Moz, bloggers, downloads and mall music

[Random notes for Thursday ...]

Morrissey today announced a 10-night stand at the Hollywood Palladium -- the final shows at the venue before it closes down for renovation. The dates are Oct. 1 through 13 (Moz takes three nights off during the run), and before you crack wise about the number of people (some you may even know) who will attend every show, know that promoters are offering a special deal for fans who want to attend every show.

Starting at 10 a.m. Monday, package deals giving the Moz faithful 10 nights for the price of nine go on sale. The deal also gets attendees a commemorative ticket, the opportunity to go to the head of the queue and, presumably, much better odds of catching the man's shirt when he tosses it into the crowd near the end of the show.

How much are the tickets? This just in: The special packages are $391.50. before the leviathan surcharges Ticketmaster is sure to add. That would put single-night tickets at about $43. No word yet. Hope I don't have wait to click on LiveNation.com or Ticketmaster.com on Monday.

(Updated: Thanks to commenter Torr for pointing out a phrase I missed in the press release -- that buying a 10-show package eliminates individual ticket surcharges.)

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This little online compendium is one of four presenters tonight for the Now Blog This showcase at the Scene in Glendale. See Wednesday's post for details on my nominee, Aushua.

It's a fine bill all around -- with the Deadly Syndrome, Phoenix and the Turtle and Le Switch playing -- and I wouldn't be surprised if this is the last time the Deadly Syndrome plays a club this small. The quartet's fine debut album "The Ortolan" comes out next month on Dim Mak, and the band has an album-release show on Sept. 8 at the Echo.

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Amoeba Records (the label) has a couple of nice songs for download here. One is "Lullabies" from Brandi Shearer (pictured), a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter whose album "Close to Home" is getting some attention. The other is "Long Black Limousine," a live recording from a 1969 concert by Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers.

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Elsewhere Thursday, Aug. 23

There's music in the courtyard at Hollywood & Highland tonight, and while I usually steer clear of buildings with Gaps, Run Run Run is playing. ... The always-fun Hell Ya! night has Eastern Conference Champions and Maxeen playing at the Echo. ... No Age and the Mae Shi play the Troubadour -- both will also be playing this weekend's F-Yeah Fest. ... And Carlos Guitarlos is at the Silverlake Lounge.

Comments

[supercrass]

re: the moz ticket offer

after ticketmaster (and yes, we are the slaves) adds their fees and "convienence charges" (using my time, my ink, my paper) i expect the cost to hover around $500 or so. see you there..

[torr]

But don't forget that the press release says that the season ticket will "eliminate all surcharges which will provide a savings of over $50 in itself."

[supercrass]

ohh cool. had not read the press release.
no surcharges from ticketmaster? wow, that must be a first. thank you torr.

[Jenn]

Is TicketMaster aware of the savings mentioned on the press release? I just tried purchasing online -- at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09003F18BDCF601C?artistid=770791&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 -- and there seems to be a $96 convenience fee per 10-day show package. The total supercrass mentioned is pretty close (without the UPS shipping/processing fee).