Fencing In Bob Dylan
At last night’s Bob Dylan concert in Prospect Park, the closing night of Celebrate Brooklyn and a benefit for it, too, the last longhaired baby boomers in the borough gathered to listen to the musical icon of their generation sing—though plenty of GenX and GenY-ers showed up as well. Only problem: those who didn’t wish…
At last night’s Bob Dylan concert in Prospect Park, the closing night of Celebrate Brooklyn and a benefit for it, too, the last longhaired baby boomers in the borough gathered to listen to the musical icon of their generation sing—though plenty of GenX and GenY-ers showed up as well. Only problem: those who didn’t wish to swing the $55 for lawn seats or well above a cool hundred for actual chairs found they couldn’t partake of extra-bandshell listening, as so many are accustomed to doing. One reader wrote in to complain about the high fence erected around the venue to prevent glimpses; sound apparently did not travel well beyond it. “Unbelievable: Dylan comes to Brooklyn & everyone who wasn’t in his fan club, a VIP [there were plenty of seats reserved for music biz types], or willing to pay $200+ wound up barely able to hear and completely unable to see the concert, thanks to a tall black fence completely surrounding the bandshell area,” he writes. “Considering that I’ve never seen this sort of setup at Celebrate Brooklyn, I have to ask: Whose idea was this – Dylan’s or Celebrate Brooklyn? Anybody have an answer?” Well, do ya?
Dylan photo by Alan Fleishman
I think people in the industry who get free tickets should give them up to the homeless. They should be turned in to the DHS who will distribute them among the homeless (or their employees).
It’s now considered inconsiderate to not be allowed to view a ticketed show for free, simply because it’s being held in a tiny fraction of a public park after nightfall?
Ok.
Brooklyn can now be crowned the center of entitlement.
I got free tickets because I work in the Music Business and was offered them by Bob Dylan’s management.
Was I supposed to refuse?
It’s one of the perks for making a relatively poor salary…
I don’t pretend to know about finance, medicine or real estate (it’s only a hobby) but I do know about music, managing artists and the production of shows.
11217 – seems like the only cheapskate here is you: didn’t you just brag about getting free tix?
This isn’t a question about money or security, it’s about being considerate – plain & simple.
Well since Adam wasn’t bothered, I have to ask why you were Bxgrl?
Sounds like the definition of a busy body to me.
You will see above that I work in this industry and am telling you that the fence is not a big deal and is standard practice. It’s a safety concern, pure and simple. Especially with an artist like this. It wasn’t intended to keep cheapskates from catching a riff from the guy’s show.
Just because you have people backing you up doesn’t make you right. 32% of the population still thinks George Bush is doing a great job too, but I don’t give them too much credence.
How about you have your own thoughts on your own merit, instead of using a sheep mentality and trying to say that you’re right because others think you are.
11217- when you stop being the biggest hypocrite on the site and you can pull up quotes from me that prove what you’ve just said, I’ll stop “criticizing”. Oh.. and do keep them in context if you are capable. Why come after me for agreeing with what several other people have said? Do us both a favor- grow up and go away.
Thanks DIBS 🙂 If you’d like to see more of 11217 in action take a short stroll down memory lane to the New Brooklynite thread from yesterday. Although Adam ultimately wasn’t bothered, 11217 acted in such a mean-spirited manner that he was taken to task by several people (I think you were one of them?) and one of his posts deleted. I also have to point out that since I am now outed as being “married” to benson 😉 I cannot now be an old married couple with 11217 (nor would I want to be. Feh.)
It’s the battle of the bands.
I love it when 11217 & bxgrl get into it.
yes but Ppark invoked Godwin’s Law!!! And Parkedslope uses th “R” word.