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Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: blindnil on June 22, 2008, 09:49:26 AM
From the World:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080622_16_A1_hSTART707470


I know a lot of people who would like to be part of something like this.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: tulsascoot on June 22, 2008, 12:49:23 PM
how is that "cool"?
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: blindnil on June 22, 2008, 02:29:50 PM
I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: RecycleMichael on June 22, 2008, 03:25:08 PM
Rick Fortner is a genius.

I have his jazz piano CD in my car right now.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: CoffeeBean on June 23, 2008, 09:06:06 AM
<------underwhelmed
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: breitee on June 23, 2008, 09:08:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

how is that "cool"?




Agreed. What a bunch of crap! Backward thinking at its finest.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: Hoss on June 23, 2008, 09:25:41 AM
quote:
Originally posted by breitee

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

how is that "cool"?




Agreed. What a bunch of crap! Backward thinking at its finest.



You don't like the building anyway; we wouldn't have expected you to go.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: breitee on June 23, 2008, 10:40:14 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Hoss

quote:
Originally posted by breitee

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

how is that "cool"?




Agreed. What a bunch of crap! Backward thinking at its finest.



You don't like the building anyway; we wouldn't have expected you to go.



Nope, sure don't and wouldn't go to this backwoods amateur hour if you paid me.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: sgrizzle on June 23, 2008, 01:15:12 PM
This makes me giggle. How many people look at every single event at ANY venue and then rate the venue based on it. If you don't give a rat's bottom about Sam Harris don't go. They aren't making every single announcement in an attempt to impress YOU.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: rwarn17588 on June 23, 2008, 01:18:29 PM
Carnegie Hall is hosting a concert by Barry Manilow. Therefore, Carnegie Hall sucks.

[}:)]
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: tulsascoot on June 24, 2008, 11:48:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: sgrizzle on June 25, 2008, 06:53:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...



Somehow I doubt Sam Harris will be running many churches around here.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: breitee on June 25, 2008, 11:21:25 AM
quote:
Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...



Somehow I doubt Sam Harris will be running many churches around here.




Sam Harris: Bleh!
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: Hoss on June 25, 2008, 01:45:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by breitee

quote:
Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...



Somehow I doubt Sam Harris will be running many churches around here.




Sam Harris: Bleh!



We'll be more than happy for you to not attend, then.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: breitee on June 25, 2008, 02:03:25 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hoss

quote:
Originally posted by breitee

quote:
Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...



Somehow I doubt Sam Harris will be running many churches around here.




Sam Harris: Bleh!



We'll be more than happy for you to not attend, then.




Couldn't pay me to attend!
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: perspicuity85 on June 25, 2008, 03:50:43 PM
Perhaps the most lame event I could think of...

However, I agree with sgrizzle, this single lame event doesn't make the BOk Center itself lame.  I can tolerate lame and/or cheesy events as long as cool acts come along in the near future.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: brunoflipper on June 25, 2008, 04:13:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:
Originally posted by tulsascoot

quote:
Originally posted by blindnil

I don't get how it's not. It's free and anyone can participate.



amateur church night. bleh...



Somehow I doubt Sam Harris will be running many churches around here.

yeah, i dont think he quite fits the mold for most of the holy-rollers...
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: sgrizzle on June 25, 2008, 06:46:18 PM
My wife likes Sam Harris but I doubt we'll go. We're saving our energy for opening night.
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: TulsaEx on June 25, 2008, 07:43:12 PM
I would be willing to bet that this event will appeal to a large number of people who do not go downtown very often.

Cool or not, attracting a new audience downtown is a good thing, if for nothing else than to expose them to all the changes that are happening.  This is a very good marketing move.

Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: perspicuity85 on June 26, 2008, 02:01:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by TulsaEx

I would be willing to bet that this event will appeal to a large number of people who do not go downtown very often.

Cool or not, attracting a new audience downtown is a good thing, if for nothing else than to expose them to all the changes that are happening.  This is a very good marketing move.





You might be on to something here.  I'd be willing to bet that the target audience for the choir event is a representative sample of the anti-Downtown segment of the metro population.  Perhaps these folks will see that Downtown isn't so scary after all.  On the other hand, they might see the first homeless person in their whole life, and run away screaming.[:D]
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: deinstein on June 27, 2008, 04:35:53 PM
What about the pro-Downtown, anti-religious and anti-arena people around here? Where do we fit in?

What's next? A Sandy Patty concert?

[}:)]
Title: NOT the opening act, but a cool arena event
Post by: sgrizzle on June 27, 2008, 08:36:44 PM
quote:
Originally posted by deinstein

What about the pro-Downtown, anti-religious and anti-arena people around here? Where do we fit in?

What's next? A Sandy Patty concert?

[}:)]



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