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Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: dawgmusic on April 22, 2005, 12:31:12 pm
Hello all...

I realize there have not been many posts in the recent weeks regarding Grassroots.  A lot of that has to do with some upcoming changes to the way that Grassroots will be/ is being handled.  At this moment I am in the middle of mailing out packages for late May/early June shows.

I\'d like to make a big push for the show at the Webster Theatre on Saturday
May 7th.  By this I mean I\'m looking for interested parties in CT who would like to help....DocEllis has signed up so far and has volunteered some new art work as well.  

I ask that folks either PM me or call my cell at 203-915-9916.  The Breakfast email address does not / has not always worked properly which is why some folks never receive a reply from me.  

On that note, the show is in two weeks, and if we can hit up most places in New Haven and Hartford counties, it would be golden.  Hope to hear from you all soon...

Sean
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 22, 2005, 12:37:33 pm
i got yer back,miller!!!!
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: dawgmusic on April 22, 2005, 12:40:45 pm
Quote from: freddiewaht
i got yer back,miller!!!!


thank you, wah...I appreciate it...
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 22, 2005, 12:42:58 pm
me and spacey are in the midst of something.
and i included theo(pheesh)to give us a hand too.
gonna make things sooo easy to do,even  ican do it...
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: lucyinthesubway on April 22, 2005, 04:49:05 pm
hi guys.....i think this might be my first post ever...i just wanted to get the word out that i am stepping up as an individual and helping sean out. its been a long time since ive been on the forum...i have to say im surprised at what has been going on here. angry lads, eh? what happened? its all about the music, right?  as far a grassroots goes, theres alot of really good ideas in the works and a strong team being developed....i hope that with this team serious changes can be made and WE ALL can help bring these guys to a new level. and by the way....this is tangie
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Stephengencs on April 22, 2005, 04:55:05 pm
Quote from: lucyinthesubway
hi guys.....i think this might be my first post ever...i just wanted to get the word out that i am stepping up as an individual and helping sean out. its been a long time since ive been on the forum...i have to say im surprised at what has been going on here. angry lads, eh? what happened? its all about the music, right?  as far a grassroots goes, theres alot of really good ideas in the works and a strong team being developed....i hope that with this team serious changes can be made and WE ALL can help bring these guys to a new level. and by the way....this is tangie


GET BENT NOOB!
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 22, 2005, 07:23:49 pm
suprised?
whats suprising about asking whats going on?
before this week,there wasnt anything posten in the dig forum for MONTHS..
i stepped up and considered helping,even though i been helping since day1.
good luck with your campaign.hopefully you can take the guys over the hump of doozies that theyve been playing....
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: skalnbyc on April 22, 2005, 07:55:22 pm
Quote from: freddiewaht
good luck with your campaign.hopefully you can take the guys over the hump of doozies that theyve been playing....


It\'s not too late for you to get nominated as V.P. of Grassroots.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 22, 2005, 08:04:38 pm
al,i want absolutely nothing to do with it.
i nominated myself when  ididnt hear a word about anything in months.
but,now its all systems go again,so im happy.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: lucyinthesubway on April 22, 2005, 09:12:46 pm
Quote from: Stephengencs
GET BENT NOOB!


noob? nobody has called me that since i was about 16.  get bent?
i don\'t understand why any of this would upset anyone. regardless of how people respond to this i\'m still going to do my best to help make grassroots better. maybe i haven\'t been on the forum a lot but i\'ve definetly been around for a while. ive toured with them, done merch for them, helped with promotions before and i\'ve slept on the floor of grubby hotel rooms.   all because i love them so much. i saw a place where i could be useful and i just want to help.  i\'m not telling anyone what they should do.  im just excited about doing something to help these guys out.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: leith on April 22, 2005, 09:43:19 pm
Quote from: lucyinthesubway
Quote from: Stephengencs
GET BENT NOOB!


noob? nobody has called me that since i was about 16.  get bent?
i don\'t understand why any of this would upset anyone. regardless of how people respond to this i\'m still going to do my best to help make grassroots better. maybe i haven\'t been on the forum a lot but i\'ve definetly been around for a while. ive toured with them, done merch for them, helped with promotions before and i\'ve slept on the floor of grubby hotel rooms.   all because i love them so much. i saw a place where i could be useful and i just want to help.  i\'m not telling anyone what they should do.  im just excited about doing something to help these guys out.


Tangie that\'s just Steve keeping up his ruff and tumble Wah understudy front. We all appreciate the help you and others are doing "behind the scenes". I remember buying Deuce from you back in July\'03 @ Winston\'s. Peace!
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Igziabeher on April 23, 2005, 05:27:45 am
yeah. try not to take anything anyone says on here for ser.  There\'s plenty of us on here who have been doing our part. and if you ever need a hand. feel free to tell us so....
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: SlimPickens on April 23, 2005, 02:52:56 pm
Tangie that\'s just Steve keeping up his ruff and tumble Wah understudy front.

HA!!  Young grasshopper, feel the hate flow through your finger tips
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 26, 2005, 12:57:20 pm
For all of those who are interested in helping out this grassroots effort for the Webster Theater show, here is a link for all upcoming shows in CT from today until 5/7.http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?band=&venue=&city=&stateID=7&adv=1&fromdate=04%2F26%2F2005&todate=05%2F07%2F2005 This is a good place to hand out bills. Also, I know that within 20 minutes of my house there are 2 head shops that I usually flood with bills, places like these are generally good spots. Because this is an all ages show, it might be a good thing to hit up places where teenagers chill. The idea is obviousily to get people interested and not to have flyers on the ground.

Anyone else have any suggestions? It might be good to start discussing the best ways to promote this band. Because it sucks to see these guys playing in front of 15 people in places they should be packing. Especially on Friday and Saturday nights.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 26, 2005, 01:03:10 pm
i will be getting my normal stack of 500 handbills to pass out during my travels..
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 26, 2005, 02:03:50 pm
Not sure if this is proper or not but I began emailing local radio stations about the Webster Show and asking them to plug it but also seeing if they could play a tune of the album.

My new campaign is to get the Breakfast on Landry\'s Blue Plate Special. Gotta try something, right?

Here is a link to the request if anyone else is interested in emailing her, the radio station is WPLR 99.1, http://www.wplr.com, finally the direct link; blueplate@wplr.com
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: derickw on April 26, 2005, 02:33:40 pm
I think one of my aunts works there i might be able to beg and plead and have her make it my wedding gift. Let me get on that.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 26, 2005, 02:59:29 pm
nice, should be a very special wedding gift :awwyeah:

any little thing helps, might as well call in the favors now.

do you have to register that on your wedding gift list?
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 26, 2005, 03:16:24 pm
Just got this reply from one of the personalities at PLR. So emailing them may not do us any good;

Jeff:

I appreciate the e-mail.

However, I am sorry to say I can\'t help you with this.  PLR today is a very tightly programmed classic rock station - not like the old days anymore.  The on-air staff does not have the freedom to pick the music.  We still run a local bands show on Sunday nights but that is the best I can do.

Apologies,
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Todd on April 26, 2005, 03:39:22 pm
read: corporate crap master :sigh:
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 26, 2005, 03:41:11 pm
i had figured the corporateness but didn\'t want to believe it...

it was worth the try though, didn\'t hurt that much...
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Todd on April 26, 2005, 03:42:21 pm
nice efforts anyhow :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Mark on April 26, 2005, 04:48:17 pm
Their total song rotation is down to a few hundred songs. That\'s it! Absolutely worthless waste of time, other than the local bands show.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: ChrisF on April 26, 2005, 07:57:40 pm
if you go to wplr.com you can see the last 10 or 20 songs they played on the radio. then you can go to any other classic rock station owned by clear channel and see that their web sites are identical. when you check the last few songs that the other radio stations play and compare to wplr you can see that all the stations of the same format play all the same exact songs around the same times.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Mark on April 27, 2005, 08:52:53 am
Quote from: ChrisF
if you go to wplr.com you can see the last 10 or 20 songs they played on the radio. then you can go to any other classic rock station owned by clear channel and see that their web sites are identical. when you check the last few songs that the other radio stations play and compare to wplr you can see that all the stations of the same format play all the same exact songs around the same times.

:yack: :yack2: :pukedon:
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 28, 2005, 04:29:47 pm
The Webster Theater show is 9 days away. Has anyone even begun to promote this show with handbills or anything? I hate to sound pessimistic but 1 week prior to a show is not going to turn heads. People are not going to drop what they may have planned to go to this show. I.E. not hardcore fans, I mean.
I am hoping to get handbills in the mail today or I will be forced to go to BAR in New Haven tomorrow night.

I just think that if anyone is interested in promotions for this show, we have to kick it up a notch and get it done. I know of a few places to hit it up but again here are shows this week leading up to may 7.

http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?band=&venue=&city=&stateID=7&adv=1&fromdate=04%2F28%2F2005&todate=05%2F07%2F2005
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: weekapaug19 on April 28, 2005, 04:40:21 pm
How are the openers for this show??  worth checking out?
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Spacey on April 28, 2005, 05:31:11 pm
Corkscrew Cool
Stan Sutton
Amity

These are the openers according to the Webster Homepage. Doors open at 6pm.
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: freddiewaht on April 28, 2005, 05:41:31 pm
get er done!
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: davepeck on April 28, 2005, 06:10:37 pm
Quote from: freddiewaht
get er done!


:lol::thumbsup:
Title: Webster Threatre 5/7/05
Post by: Donald_Pearson on May 06, 2005, 01:56:45 pm
REMINDER: This show is a food drive for the CT Food Banks. Please remember to bring a non-perishable food donation to the show. SHS will be giving away thank you gifts via a drawing for those who donate as well as a gift for the largest donation of food...

See you all Saturday!

Peace, Donald
http://www.SHStrangers.org