<![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:09:45 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:09:45 EST http://idolator.com/353252/ <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/353252/#c4073461 @Maura Johnston: This would be the part I alluded to about an "incompetent promoter who has no idea what you're doing". Pretty sure that covers throwing money away, the fraternity of celebrity and the douchebaggery that seems to follow it.

loudersoft

]]> 33:353252:c4073461 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:09:45 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/353252/#c4073431 @Maura Johnston: I mean, look at the Getty red-carpet photos and the Roger Friedman columns and you'll realize that the number of paying customers for this was nil. And I am pretty sure that these shows were devised as "benefits" for the school where it was held, too.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:353252:c4073431 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:08:47 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/353252/#c4073406 @loudersoft: But the problem is that a good chunk of attendees didn't pay to get into these shows. They were intimate celebrity clusterfucks.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:353252:c4073406 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:07:58 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/353252/#c4072872 May I remind this column that Billy Joel & Elton John toured together a few years ago and sold out every venue they played (except, of course, The Pyramid in Memphis....), which would make this seem like a sound investment to lure the wealthy -- unless, of course, you're an incompetent promoter who has no idea what you're doing. People with money love stuff like this. Right now, though, there aren't as many people with money as there were when this venture started.

loudersoft

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