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http://tinyurl.com/5roqus
High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. Bill C |
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:39:31 -0700 (PDT), Bill C
wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5roqus High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? I think so. |
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On Jun 22, 3:39*pm, Bill C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/5roqus High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. *I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? *The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. *Bill C it appears that way this year. i know i'm being more choosy with the races I travel too. no more driving 2.5 hours to a ind. park crit to race for 50 or 60 min. the race has to be good enough to justify the fuel cost. |
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On Jun 22, 8:25*pm, wrote:
On Jun 22, 3:39*pm, Bill C wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5roqus High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. *I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? *The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. *Bill C it appears that way this year. i know i'm being more choosy with the races I travel too. *no more driving 2.5 hours to a ind. park crit to race for 50 or 60 min. the race has to be good enough to justify the fuel cost.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's kinda what I thought would be happening. It's been a crowded calendar here in New England for years. It'll be interesting to see just which races continue to do well. I'll be really interested to hear how the stuff down in Pa. shakes out too. Doesn't seem to be the time to be skimping on customer service and rider satisfaction. Bill C |
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Bill C wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5roqus SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour ‹ but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. Think about being in a band that's playing small clubs that only charge $5 or $10 to get in. You might not make enough to pay for gas to the next gig, let alone eat. This is going to make blagging floor space from your fans even more prevalent than it already is. Bands better hope they do a lot of merch - CDs and shirts can help. -- tanx, Howard The bloody pubs are bloody dull The bloody clubs are bloody full Of bloody girls and bloody guys With bloody murder in their eyes remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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On Jun 22, 8:52*pm, Bill C wrote:
*That's kinda what I thought would be happening. It's been a crowded calendar here in New England for years. It'll be interesting to see just which races continue to do well. I'll be really interested to hear how the stuff down in Pa. shakes out too. Doesn't seem to be the time to be skimping on customer service and rider satisfaction. Seemed like a pretty good turnout for the Giro d'Jersey that just finished up today. Quite a few cars from MD and the various New England states. Nice race, quite fun to do a three day event for a change and as a bonus my longest travel time was about 20 minutes. Sweet!! With guys running $2000++ wheelsets and $10,000 TT bikes I don't think the master fattie fields will suffer all that much. Mark |
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2bowlers wrote:
Seemed like a pretty good turnout for the Giro d'Jersey I assume the GC jersey is pollution colored ? |
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On Jun 22, 9:05*pm, Howard Kveck wrote:
In article , *Bill C wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5roqus SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour ‹ but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. * *Think about being in a band that's playing small clubs that only charge $5 or $10 to get in. You might not make enough to pay for gas to the next gig, let alone eat. This is going to make blagging floor space from your fans even more prevalent than it already is. Bands better hope they do a lot of merch - CDs and shirts can help. -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * tanx, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Howard * * * * * * * * * *The bloody pubs are bloody dull * * * * * * * * * *The bloody clubs are bloody full * * * * * * * * * *Of bloody girls and bloody guys * * * * * * * * * *With bloody murder in their eyes * * * * * * * * * * *remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? Yeah it's brutal. my partner's kids are doing it now. One in Philly, and one in NYC. Working at HomeCheapo and an independent coffehouse respectively. Strangely enough HomeCheapo is actually being supportive and allowing him a really flexible schedule to do his music. No need to say the coffeehouse is supportive. Bill C |
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On Jun 22, 12:39*pm, Bill C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/5roqus High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans. *I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? *The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. It depends upon how similar bike racing is to wearing Assos gear, or maybe what fraction of old fat racers wear Assos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good |
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