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=770791majorc

atid=10001minorcatid=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).