Touring Musicians Are Brutal on the Environment
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Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Me and Mrs FA were just talking about our (now not happening) summer hol. Ferry is still booked (Southampton->Bilbao/Santander->Southampton) and they won't cancel it so I can't get money back atm. Was planning Haro -> A Coruna -> Ericeira -> Cascais -> Malaga -> Toledo -> Santander.
Dont get me started on barbecues.
Horrible smokey smelly things. Designed for show off types in their yellow polo shirts and knee length pink shorts and bare pedicured feet in brown leather sandals. They all need to just go and boil their sausages!!
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Why do I get the feeling that those ideas and initiatives won't involve anything that might see you and other people in the industry out of pocket?
I know. You can post many more posts to get that post count up.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Those figures quoted weren't for big bands. They were for 5 single musicians.
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hiraethified
Yes, but I don't participate in routine military activity, therefore it's of no concern to Saul whatsoever.
I can give you my special tour of the dark underbelly of Haro. I just need to get a tan.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if all your posts about my postcount were removed from your total it'd be much much lower
That is true. But I enjoy giving you the thrill of you having an opportunity to reply and make yet another post of your own.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Feel free to start your own thread about routine military activity. I can't cover every single environmental problem in a single thread.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
your life must be barely worth living
klang
klang
war is a lot louder
I should make more worthless posts on urban to make it as worthwhile as yours.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
your life will never be as worthwhile as mine
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
The way we're currently working is obsolete. The technology is in place to make working in offices a thing of the past. The same technology can be used to make many journeys unnecessary. Business meetings don't require a load of people flying to China, when the same result could be achieved on Zoom. Why aren't we using this technology to its full potential? How many people are needlessly travelling to work in an office each day, when that work could be done from home?
You can sneer at this all you like, but it's the future, and it's coming.
You can sneer at this all you like, but it's the future, and it's coming.
BristolEcho
Well-Known Member
I know you're not being entirely serious, but it's not quite the same is it? Going to music is a social thing that can't be replacated at home.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
Have you ever been to a live gig? It's not really much like a business meeting. Unless it's Coldp... No, that would be too obvious.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It can't be replicated but that isn't a good enough reason to do nothing about the problem.
Bands' performances could be transmitted live to big screens in local venues, so thousands of people aren't travelling unnecessarily long distances. This would have the added benefit of reaching a much larger audience.
Mark my words, it's the future of music.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I'm not sure we can ever repair it but we have to try. Unfortunately, some people seem to think that pointing the finger at others is the solution.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Should be band
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Good job you haven't done any finger pointing then.
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
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An unfortunate few, hooked on the futile thrill of online debate, devote their lives to its cause. They roam the internet, actively seeking out viewpoints they disagree with, or squat on message boards, whining, needling, sneering, over-analysing each new proclamation - joylessly fiddling, like unhappy gorillas doomed to pick lice from one another's fur for all eternity."
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An unfortunate few, hooked on the futile thrill of online debate, devote their lives to its cause. They roam the internet, actively seeking out viewpoints they disagree with, or squat on message boards, whining, needling, sneering, over-analysing each new proclamation - joylessly fiddling, like unhappy gorillas doomed to pick lice from one another's fur for all eternity."
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hiraethified
Or maybe that should be, "previously band band should be band"?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Or maybe you should stop pointing the finger at others, and realise that your lifestyle decisions are probably far more damaging to the planet than those you are pointing the finger at?Or maybe that should be, "previously band band should be band"?
Maybe it's time to stop being a hypocrite?
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hiraethified
Ah, so the thread is indeed a direct attack on me - which makes it a call out thread - and that's something which is very much against the rules here.
Bit of a dangerous strategy that, given that you're a banned poster who broke the rules by sneaking back on here and is only allowed to continue to post by the good grace of the mods.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
So instead of addressing the point, you go with your usual bullshit?
Who is this banned person you speak of?
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