htio sam napraviti anketu o rokerskim gluparijama. istraživao danima, ne zato jer nedostaje materijala, nego sam tražio nešto iole duhovito. ne, sve su to imbecilne kretenarije jadnika navučenih na sve droge svijeta. tako da sam se prebacio većinom na poglrešne odluke diskografske industrije. nije ni to bogznašto, al bar nije gadljivo.
izvor Rolling Stone magazine
Ticketmaster introduces “dynamic” pricing system 2022
As the ticket on-sales for Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift proved this year, something is deeply wrong with Ticketmaster. The ticket retailer’s use of dynamic pricing meant that Springsteen fans saw prices quadruple right in front of their eyes, and the whole system simply melted down when Swift – who opted out of dynamic pricing – put her tour on sale. This is partially because Ticketmaster has not found a way to effectively figure out how to deal with the ticket bots that jam their network and take all the best seats. They’ve also joined the scalpers at their own game by allowing resellers – who often use bots – to offer seats on the Ticketmaster platform for wildly inflated prices. Ticketmaster, of course, takes a cut each time the ticket is sold. The whole system is hopelessly broken. By this point, we’d be better off going back to 1985 when everyone just lined up at Tower Records.
Britney Spears turns down “Umbrella” 2007
When Tricky Stewart co-wrote “Umbrella” in 2007, he imagined Britney Spears singing it. They had worked together on her 2003 Madonna duet, “Me Against the Music.” But Spears was battling a lot of personal demons when the song was sent over to her team, and they decided it wasn’t worth recording. “Umbrella” ultimately made its way over to Def Jam and a young artist named Rihanna. It hit Number 1 all over the world and turned the singer into one of the biggest stars of her era. If Britney had recorded “Umbrella,” the last 15 years of pop-music history might have unfolded very differently.
Jerry Lee Lewis marries his underage cousin 1958
When Jerry Lee Lewis traveled to England for his first overseas tour in 1958, he decided to bring his new wife. When he landed at Heathrow airport, a reporter asked the young woman to identify herself. “I’m Myra,” she said. “Jerry’s wife.” The reporter then turned to Jerry and asked how old she was. “Fifteen,” he said. The press dug into the story and quickly found out that she was actually 13, and she was his cousin. The shock sparked headlines all across the globe. The tour was largely canceled, and Lewis found himself unable to book more shows or land more hits on the charts. He eventually restarted his career as a country artist, and he made good money on the Fifties nostalgia circuit, but the scandal followed him for the rest of his life no matter how many times he tried to explain it away. “I plumb married the girl,” he told one reporter. “Didn’t I?”