Of course I'm kidding, but constantly obsessing about locking threads like this isn't merely about consolidating or making this forum easy to read (the number of contributors and quality of posters at this point means it will never be a mecca of inane threads and trolls like Mygnr), but at certain times seems a little meglomaniacal.

Did anyone manage to snag the picture with the Riad explanation? I thought that was fascinating. Tied it to Civil War.

Only one of them is down for me, but maybe they're in my cache.

Wonder who's going after them.

Just noticed this --

Dallas' Verizon is about 6300, and Houston's Toyota Center is ~20k.

Is a disparity of this size normal?

Just had this exchange with a friend of mine from Dallas

"major artists charge dallas promoters about 2x what they charge for houston shows. i think they think we have a more affluent populace"

[me]
10:22pm
well, and probably just a better touring market in general. houston's is notoriously bad

10:22pm
"so they would be losing big to put them in a small room like that without astronomical prices"

Damn. Dallas is on my birthday and Houston is a day after. It'd be a hell of a present/roadtrip.