Phish, the world's most popular jam band, has been back together for a few years now. The band took a hiatus in the early aughts, then did a comeback tour, then said it was quitting for good, but finally was like, "Eh, we're Phish. We'll just do it like the Dead and tour until one of us dies."
Phish last played in the Kansas City area back in 2003. (I was there. I like Phish. Fuck off.) The last few days, I've heard some rumblings, both from the internet and from actual living people, about a tour stop at the Sprint Center in October. But who can you really trust in this world? Rumor Mill, that's who!
So check out this post from, um, GangstaNoob, on a fan site called, uh, Phantasy Tour:
I called the lady who books the suites @ The Sprint Center. I told her I had received word that this show was official and I wanted to get a jump on reserving 2 suites. She asked what show and when I told her Phish on the 12th she laughed and said "wow, you're quick! We just had a meeting on this yesterday!" She said they wouldn't have suites for the show yet because they haven't recieved the stage dimensions, and don't know if any will be offered. She is sending me an email with typical pricing and she said she will call me the morning it is made public. No nans...try yourself.
I don't know what "nans" is lingo for in hippiespeak. But I tried calling the Sprint Center a couple times yesterday and couldn't get any information. Seems like a believable story, though, no?
Rumor Mill verdict: Phish is playing the Sprint Center on October 12. We'll update when we get confirmation. In the meantime, here's a video. I still have the Maxwell XL-II tape from this show in a shoebox somewhere.
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If they don't deliver on this rumor, I may have to fake my own death. . . .again.
PT, I come to you with unfortunate news. All of you knew Mango1980, some of you knew Mary quite well. She was a wonderful PT'er's, she personified the term phan and she made the lot a true Heavan on Earth. Mary lost her battle to bone cancer this past morning and has gone to the Clinic in the sky. I'll up the services pamphlet later this week. Please, say a prayer for Mango1980 today and do something in her honor. I will be playing Dirt today at 4:20 and I invite you to do the same. If anyone has a Telluride pass please email me as I am totally shut out. Mango1980, I will forever miss you but our love will not fade away. Thank you.
Oh so that was you GangstaNoob that called and lied to me? You bunch of lying no good punks. And I know who it's coming from cause I backtraced it! And I know who's emailing and who's doing it! You've been reported to the cyberpolice and the state police! You'll be arrested. End of conversation. FROM. HER. SUITE MANAGER. And if you come near my venue, guess what, consequences will never be the same. You dun goofed.
Oops, I posted it twice... Oh, well... I hope this guy gets fired from "pitch blogs". Their name is highly reputable(giggle) and their image could suffer from douchebag authors like this.
The author of this article is an idiot... I can't believe you took a quote from Phantasy Tour boards on this... That's something that would hold up in the court... ::drops sarcasm::
Way to be a journalist and NOT find out what "nans" means. You suck at your job, and you clearly aren't one of us. KYS
The author of this article is an idiot... I can't believe you took a quote from Phantasy Tour boards on this... That's something that would hold up in the court... ::drops sarcasm::
Way to be a journalist and find out what "nans" means. You clearly aren't one of us, faggot.
David, I understand your concern that things are spiraling out of control. You seem to be under a bit of stress and I believe I can organize your thoughts. Please, here me out. I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:
Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.
Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.
Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.
Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)
Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.
Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.
This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.
I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.
If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!
Officer, he looked like David's friend and he had a gray sweatshirt on. I'll never try this stuff again, Leon hate it.
Aint nuttin like black pussy on ma dick
Werd to the mother fuckin DJ Quik
Glace Has An Army Foo
Yo WTF?!? Why my bitch David FB link on here? He ain't no sloppy party bottom if ya dig. I got a mind to turn this phancave upside down cause my boy Dave aint about to get played by a buncha dumb fuckin white fucks. I got a mind to hit the lot and slap some ass about. sad, really
Whoa! The @3:15pm 'David Hudnall' post with Facebook page link = not same person as Wayward Blogger David Hudnall.
What is the best sandwich shop in KC? I need to scope out the sandwich scene in KC before we decide to play there or not.
After the wook begged for the bobby shorts of my last stick, he asked for a schwill of my super hetty Sammy Smith.
I don't always smoke crystal methamphetamine but when I do, I prefer it with large black men.
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