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Migration Michelle wrote:I went away for 3 days and thought this thread would disappear. I CANNOT believe it is still in full force.

I, for one, could care less which venues he plays. I will go to whichever ones I like.
There is only one show per year within a 40 minute drive from my house.
EVERY other venue requires airfare. Why all the bitching and complaining?

You either want to see Jimmy or you don't. Travel or don't travel...who gives a flying f*#%?

No artist plays in everyone's backyard.

Jimmy gives us MANY options to see him every year...and a free station to listen to every one...

and only for a limited time and there will be no more.

sunseeker wrote:I think that is the best advice EVER! I think it was 2007 that he skipped NC all together and we through a tailgate party in someone's back yard. And it was AWESOME!

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I'll answer your questions, Dean.

I think the health/family issues is a pretty remote possibility. Wouldn't make sense that he'd have shows on either side of those October dates in either of those situations. Just MHO...but I would consider both of those to be the least likely scenarios. If they were, however...would he be obligated to tell us? Obligated...nope. But a good businessman would issue some sort of statement, if only to quell any potential rumors.

As for the second question...something else in the works, again, a simple statement would suffice until more info could be released. People have scheduled that time off work as a vacation, most don't have the flexibility to change that. If the concerts were to be rescheduled, the more lead time he gives, the better for most, and for ticket sales. I'm one of those folks who believes this Landshark deal didn't just come out of the blue, it's been in the works for awhile. So by now he should have a pretty good clue of what's going on....how much longer should he (or we) have to wait?

I also think the whole ticket sales scenario is bologna too. If one were to base the fall west coast swing simply on Spring Vegas numbers, they'd have to be a complete idjit. Everyone knows Vegas has been SLAMMED by the recession...to think that Jimmy wouldn't be at all affected by that is beyond ludicrous. If anything, I'd say a number of Jimmy's fans have been hit harder by the recession than many other fans, simply because they have a lot more to lose. As has been mentioned, Vegas is a destination concert...the vast majority have to travel to see him there. As a destination, Vegas has taken one of the biggest hits in the country, so to see lower ticket sales there shouldn't have surprised anyone, least of all Jimmy. The man ain't stupid.

At this point I'd really be surprised if the Landshark deal didn't have something to do with the cancellations. But heck, I've been surprised before, once or twice. And in the big scheme of life, I'd be happiest with that option, because I certainly don't want anything to be wrong with Jimmy or his family, nor do I want slow ticket sales in one market influencing the rest of Jimmy's options in that part of the country. If Jimmy's got a new deal, woot for him! I just want to get some sort of answer so I can move on and plan accordingly.

I'll sum it up in Reader's Digest form: No, he isn't "obligated" to tell us his "business". But he didn't get to where he is today by p!ssing on his fans, so why start now? A simple statement would certainly appease a lot of folks. Then again...the whole thing does give us a lot to drink about.

BTW...where are you living now?

I think we all should have assumed that any announced plans were subject to change when the November shows disappeared from margaritaville shortly after being announced. Granted, they reappeared in the last week....but I don't think anyone knew what was happening until than.

RinglingRingling wrote: The drawback to this is that if you do it for one show or one segment/region, then you have to do it for all. If you cannot depend on an announcement from the man himself, as well as listings on M'ville.com and Ticketba$tard as being credible, how do you figure any date is credible?

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: The drawback to this is that if you do it for one show or one segment/region, then you have to do it for all. If you cannot depend on an announcement from the man himself, as well as listings on M'ville.com and Ticketba$tard as being credible, how do you figure any date is credible?

easy, you don't.....

many a concert from many an artist has gone on sale, sold tickets and then cancelled. lousy ticket sales, artist gets sick, in jimmy's case his mother dying. pick a reason.

until tickets actually go on sale, I wouldn't trust any date as good. and even after buying a ticket I'd take into consideration a cancellation.

dean_siu wrote:As for ticket sales, I don't think October shows in Vegas would do any better than the show did a week ago. The economy is not going to magically improve in the next month or two.....it may not even improve in time for a 2010 show (please don't turn this thread into a political discussion about that....I think that would be the case no matter who was in office).

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:No worries, Dean...I remembered you were back in Vegas over the weekend. Farmington, huh? Hope it has been a good move for you. NM is another state I enjoy visiting very much...maybe you should have a phlocking! And on a side note...I dug out my old digital camera to give to my aunt and there were still pics on the memory card of you in your boxers getting paddled in Irvine.

I agree with your Vegas assessment...but I still stand by my statement that one should not judge all ticket sales based on the destination city that has been hit hardest by the recession. I really doubt that is the case, but in the remote chance that it is, I just wanted to voice my opinion.

Certainly Jimmy cancelling a show isn't the biggest issue in my life, nor in anyone elses. But unlike some who delight in bragging that they have the $$ and flexibility to go to any show they want, we don't. SD was a doable show for us (unless Kelly's flying), the others aren't. It's not the end of the world for us, just a disappointment since it was a chance to see friends, see Jimmy, relax and surf (well, no surfing for me, lol). Nothing like killing a lot of birds with one stone!

As for those wanting this thread to die...check yourselves. Maybe when you stop making the digs and snide comments in other threads, it will. ALL of us are guilty of b**tching about something Jimmy does, it's the nature of the beast. But some are guiltier (more guilty? hmmm) of perpetuating the problem than others. I've tried very hard to remain civil in this thread and explain my disappointment, but it seems certain folks just read what they want and ignore the rest. How sad. There have been over the top comments from both sides of the issue. C'mon people, we're better than that. We don't want to bring in Rodney King as a moderator, do we?

flipflopgirl wrote:

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:No worries, Dean...I remembered you were back in Vegas over the weekend. Farmington, huh? Hope it has been a good move for you. NM is another state I enjoy visiting very much...maybe you should have a phlocking! And on a side note...I dug out my old digital camera to give to my aunt and there were still pics on the memory card of you in your boxers getting paddled in Irvine.

I agree with your Vegas assessment...but I still stand by my statement that one should not judge all ticket sales based on the destination city that has been hit hardest by the recession. I really doubt that is the case, but in the remote chance that it is, I just wanted to voice my opinion.

Certainly Jimmy cancelling a show isn't the biggest issue in my life, nor in anyone elses. But unlike some who delight in bragging that they have the $$ and flexibility to go to any show they want, we don't. SD was a doable show for us (unless Kelly's flying), the others aren't. It's not the end of the world for us, just a disappointment since it was a chance to see friends, see Jimmy, relax and surf (well, no surfing for me, lol). Nothing like killing a lot of birds with one stone!

As for those wanting this thread to die...check yourselves. Maybe when you stop making the digs and snide comments in other threads, it will. ALL of us are guilty of b**tching about something Jimmy does, it's the nature of the beast. But some are guiltier (more guilty? hmmm) of perpetuating the problem than others. I've tried very hard to remain civil in this thread and explain my disappointment, but it seems certain folks just read what they want and ignore the rest. How sad. There have been over the top comments from both sides of the issue. C'mon people, we're better than that. We don't want to bring in Rodney King as a moderator, do we?

Very well said Kat!!!!

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:

flipflopgirl wrote:

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:No worries, Dean...I remembered you were back in Vegas over the weekend. Farmington, huh? Hope it has been a good move for you. NM is another state I enjoy visiting very much...maybe you should have a phlocking! And on a side note...I dug out my old digital camera to give to my aunt and there were still pics on the memory card of you in your boxers getting paddled in Irvine.

I agree with your Vegas assessment...but I still stand by my statement that one should not judge all ticket sales based on the destination city that has been hit hardest by the recession. I really doubt that is the case, but in the remote chance that it is, I just wanted to voice my opinion.

Certainly Jimmy cancelling a show isn't the biggest issue in my life, nor in anyone elses. But unlike some who delight in bragging that they have the $$ and flexibility to go to any show they want, we don't. SD was a doable show for us (unless Kelly's flying), the others aren't. It's not the end of the world for us, just a disappointment since it was a chance to see friends, see Jimmy, relax and surf (well, no surfing for me, lol). Nothing like killing a lot of birds with one stone!

As for those wanting this thread to die...check yourselves. Maybe when you stop making the digs and snide comments in other threads, it will. ALL of us are guilty of b**tching about something Jimmy does, it's the nature of the beast. But some are guiltier (more guilty? hmmm) of perpetuating the problem than others. I've tried very hard to remain civil in this thread and explain my disappointment, but it seems certain folks just read what they want and ignore the rest. How sad. There have been over the top comments from both sides of the issue. C'mon people, we're better than that. We don't want to bring in Rodney King as a moderator, do we?

Very well said Kat!!!!

i'm really p*** jimmy played PHX instead of Foxy's....

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:No worries, Dean...I remembered you were back in Vegas over the weekend. Farmington, huh? Hope it has been a good move for you. NM is another state I enjoy visiting very much...maybe you should have a phlocking! And on a side note...I dug out my old digital camera to give to my aunt and there were still pics on the memory card of you in your boxers getting paddled in Irvine.

I agree with your Vegas assessment...but I still stand by my statement that one should not judge all ticket sales based on the destination city that has been hit hardest by the recession. I really doubt that is the case, but in the remote chance that it is, I just wanted to voice my opinion.

Certainly Jimmy cancelling a show isn't the biggest issue in my life, nor in anyone elses. But unlike some who delight in bragging that they have the $$ and flexibility to go to any show they want, we don't. SD was a doable show for us (unless Kelly's flying), the others aren't. It's not the end of the world for us, just a disappointment since it was a chance to see friends, see Jimmy, relax and surf (well, no surfing for me, lol). Nothing like killing a lot of birds with one stone!

As for those wanting this thread to die...check yourselves. Maybe when you stop making the digs and snide comments in other threads, it will. ALL of us are guilty of b**tching about something Jimmy does, it's the nature of the beast. But some are guiltier (more guilty? hmmm) of perpetuating the problem than others. I've tried very hard to remain civil in this thread and explain my disappointment, but it seems certain folks just read what they want and ignore the rest. How sad. There have been over the top comments from both sides of the issue. C'mon people, we're better than that. We don't want to bring in Rodney King as a moderator, do we?

C-Dawg wrote:As long as this and other threads like it continue, they will continue to create hate and discontent, and the negativity will leech into other threads. For me, just logging in and clicking "Latest Posts", as soon as this or one of the other threads like it come up, my affects my mood....and not in a good way.
If you want things to get back to what they were, and everyone to start to get along, lock up this and the other negative threads. Everyone has had a week to get their hate and discontent out, it's time to let the healing begin.

C-Dawg wrote:

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:No worries, Dean...I remembered you were back in Vegas over the weekend. Farmington, huh? Hope it has been a good move for you. NM is another state I enjoy visiting very much...maybe you should have a phlocking! And on a side note...I dug out my old digital camera to give to my aunt and there were still pics on the memory card of you in your boxers getting paddled in Irvine.

I agree with your Vegas assessment...but I still stand by my statement that one should not judge all ticket sales based on the destination city that has been hit hardest by the recession. I really doubt that is the case, but in the remote chance that it is, I just wanted to voice my opinion.

Certainly Jimmy cancelling a show isn't the biggest issue in my life, nor in anyone elses. But unlike some who delight in bragging that they have the $$ and flexibility to go to any show they want, we don't. SD was a doable show for us (unless Kelly's flying), the others aren't. It's not the end of the world for us, just a disappointment since it was a chance to see friends, see Jimmy, relax and surf (well, no surfing for me, lol). Nothing like killing a lot of birds with one stone!

As for those wanting this thread to die...check yourselves. Maybe when you stop making the digs and snide comments in other threads, it will. ALL of us are guilty of b**tching about something Jimmy does, it's the nature of the beast. But some are guiltier (more guilty? hmmm) of perpetuating the problem than others. I've tried very hard to remain civil in this thread and explain my disappointment, but it seems certain folks just read what they want and ignore the rest. How sad. There have been over the top comments from both sides of the issue. C'mon people, we're better than that. We don't want to bring in Rodney King as a moderator, do we?

As long as this and other threads like it continue, they will continue to create hate and discontent, and the negativity will leech into other threads. For me, just logging in and clicking "Latest Posts", as soon as this or one of the other threads like it come up, my affects my mood....and not in a good way.
If you want things to get back to what they were, and everyone to start to get along, lock up this and the other negative threads. Everyone has had a week to get their hate and discontent out, it's time to let the healing begin.

RinglingRingling wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:As long as this and other threads like it continue, they will continue to create hate and discontent, and the negativity will leech into other threads. For me, just logging in and clicking "Latest Posts", as soon as this or one of the other threads like it come up, my affects my mood....and not in a good way.
If you want things to get back to what they were, and everyone to start to get along, lock up this and the other negative threads. Everyone has had a week to get their hate and discontent out, it's time to let the healing begin.

the political threads last fall were a lot more hate-filled, and vitriolic, they never got locked. I am sorry, but if your mood is that affected by a thread title, you might want to think about that. It's possible to ignore a thread; and imposing your feeling of what is negative or not, and what should be read seems a bit presumptious.

popcornjack wrote:I was going to post my own opinion about all of this, but I realized that it wasn't going to do anything to solve any problems, and probably only create more division among people, so I'll just say I hope everyone had a good weekend, hopefully had some time to spend it with friends and family and just enjoy life for a while.