Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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David Byrne Journal
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Creative Commons
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Lefsetz Letter
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Wired Listening Post
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Create Digital Music
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Underrated Magazine
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StereoGum.com
Super-hip music blog. A must for anyone serious about the NYC scene. -
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ll the news that fit to print ... about music, that is. -
Idolator
Gawker Media's music blog. Perfect if you like a little snark with your music news. -
That's What Matt Said
Shameless promotion, we know, but this is Matt's (Indaba Co-Founder) non-Indaba blog and he wants people to read it.
Monday August 18, 2008 at 07:00 PM |
Deep Purple
I went to see Deep Purple last night. Now that was an experience! I had given up on arena type
shows a long time ago, because, well, they sucked. The sound was
horrible, and I'd have to stand next to Jimmy Joe and Bobbi Sue and
wilt in their enthusiasm for whoever their Rock hero was. I've been to
some large festivals here in the Europe, and they've all been quite
civilized, but I just didn't dig on big arena shows.
This time, I decided to make an exception. A friend of mine, is friends with Ian Gillan , and said she could get me a backstage pass if I would like one. Hell, yeah! Naturally, I took her up on her offer.
I went on Monday down to the ticket office to buy a ticket. The show had just sold out on Saturday. Fuck. What am I gonna do now? Ebay! I decided to check if maybe, just maybe, somebody had a ticket or two for sale on Ebay. The worst case would be that maybe I'd have to pay a little more than the face value, or maybe I'd have to buy two tickets, and try to sell one at the door. How did I get myself in a situation where I have a backstage pass but no real ticket? A quick look on Ebay, and sure enough there's one ticket available. With the Buy it now! option. And it's at a price of..hold on...I can't be reading that right. Does that really say for 10 EUR less than the ticket price? Hell, yeah! You can bet your bottom euro that I clicked on that Buy it now! button faster than the speed of light. I broke the laws of physics with that purchase, baby. Not only that, he lives just a couple of miles away and he'd bring the ticket to me! Man it just doesn't get any better than this. And then the Swedish Bikini Team showed up! Okay not really, but that would have been good. We arranged a meeting point , and money and ticket changed hands.
Hey Indaba, see any good shows lately? Blog about it and let me know! You could have your post featured up here.
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