Date:  27 August 1982 14:30 mst
From:  Lippard.DSOP (James J. Lippard)
Subject:  Miscellaneous Digest V1 #13
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Miscellaneous Digest			Volume 1 : Issue 13

Today's topics:
		Who Concert, Stones tickets (2 msgs)
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Date:  26 August 1982 17:05 mst
From:  Jerry Crow
Subject:  Who Concert, Stones tickets ...

I  saw  the  Stones  in  1975  during  their  "Tour of the Americas".  They
appeared  in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL Chiefs.  The
stadium  (~ 80,000 capacity) wasn't sold out, but it was fairly full.  What
brought this to mind was Paul's discussion about obtaining tickets for last
year's Stones concert here.

I  present, herewith, a guide to the only ~truly civilized~ way to see such
a concert -- the way in which I was fortunate enough to view the concert in
1975:

You  make  sure  that  the band is playing at a professional sports stadium
(not  collegiate), since such edifices invariably include a special section
of  richly  appointed  suites.   These monuments to decadence are leased by
businesses  for  the  primary purpose of entertaining clients and secondary
purpose  of providing tax advantages -- or maybe it's the other way around.
The  entire  section in which these pleasure palaces are located is usually
off  limits to all but the select few who lease them and the invited guests
of the lessee's.

Next  you ensure that you have a friend whose father owns a bank.  Further,
you  ascertain  that  the  bank has indeed leased one of the aforementioned
suites  at  the  stadium  in  which  the  group you wish to see is going to
perform.

You then purchase the cheapest tickets available for the concert -- what do
you  care, you won't be sitting with the rabble.  And, since you don't care
about  the  quality  of  the  seats  (nor  their  continuity, if you opt to
purchase  more  than one), you need not fight the inevitable ticket battles
to  which  Paul  referred  above.  You then obtain from said friend, who is
also going to attend the concert, a special "magic" ticket which will admit
you  to  the suite section of the stadium, and, thereby, to the suite which
the  bank  has  leased,  which,  by  coincidence,  will be open during this
concert  --  for  the  convenience of you and other select customers of the
bank  and/or  friends  of  the  bank's  Vice  President,  who,  by  further
coincidence, just happens to be a close, blood relative of the owner.

The  day  of  the  concert you leisurely make your way to the stadium, well
after  most others have arrived, missing a large amount of auto traffic and
a  small  portion  of  the first, usually mediocre, opening group's effort.
And,  of course, you get favored parking -- a fringe benefit of the "magic"
ticket mentioned above.

You  then  enjoy  the remainder of the concert in an air conditioned suite,
with  open  air  seats  immediately  in  front of it, consuming appropriate
quantities  of  catered  food and beverages.  When the concert is over, you
concentrate  on the continued consumption of the catered delights until all
the traffic has cleared.  You then make your way home -- very carefully.

I really enjoyed that concert.  It'll probably never happen again.
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Date:  26 August 1982 18:19 mst
From:  MBNorton.Scouting
Subject:  Re: Miscellaneous Digest V1 #12

Tom Petty has done nothing particularly interesting at all.  What's the big
deal?
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