Red Mosquito

Y'know, I can get behind this decision, but there are tons of people posting about how they just landed on flights. Fans are gonna lose serious cash on travel expenses.

Raleigh's gonna take an economic hit. That'll piss off their representative who voted against this bill, but no one outside of Raleigh's gonna give two shits.

You know what's funny, these are the orgs they claim they are supporting:

http://equalitync.org
http://www.naacpnc.org
http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
http://www.qords.org


These are the orgs that specifically ask performers NOT to cancel but rally support instead:

Equality NC: http://equalitync.org
Progress NC Action: http://www.progressncaction.org
NC NAACP: http://www.naacpnc.org
NC ACLU: http://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org
Lillian's List: http://www.lillianslist.org
LGBT Center of Raleigh: http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
LGBT Center of Durham: http://www.lgbtqcenterofdurham.org
North Star LGBT Community Center of Winston-Salem: http://www.northstarlgbtcc.com
Southerners on New Ground: http://southernersonnewground.org
Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer: http://www.qords.org


Notice anything about those two lists?

Why did they wait so long to do it?

I wonder if they will let me redo my lotto picks.

b_i_revisited wrote:You know what's funny, these are the orgs they claim they are supporting:

http://equalitync.org
http://www.naacpnc.org
http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
http://www.qords.org


These are the orgs that specifically ask performers NOT to cancel but rally support instead:

Equality NC: http://equalitync.org
Progress NC Action: http://www.progressncaction.org
NC NAACP: http://www.naacpnc.org
NC ACLU: http://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org
Lillian's List: http://www.lillianslist.org
LGBT Center of Raleigh: http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
LGBT Center of Durham: http://www.lgbtqcenterofdurham.org
North Star LGBT Community Center of Winston-Salem: http://www.northstarlgbtcc.com
Southerners on New Ground: http://southernersonnewground.org
Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer: http://www.qords.org


Notice anything about those two lists?

Yeah, once I saw these groups issuing statements asking providers to not boycott NC, I figured we were good.

I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

They should've played a setlist where the first letter in each song spells out "TRANSPEOPLEAREPRETTYGREAT"

They should have done a show of culture club covers

The 10c email announcing the cancellation was quite fitting:

Another thing that pisses me off is that if this show hadn't existed from the beginning, I would have been in Greenville.

theplatypus wrote:They should've played a setlist where the first letter in each song spells out "TRANSPEOPLEAREPRETTYGREAT"

Throw Your Arms Around Me (Ed solo pre-show)
Release
Animal
Not for You
Severed Hand
Pilate
Even Flow
Of The Earth
Present Tense
Love Boat Capatin
Education
All Night
Rival
Evacuation
Porch
Rearviewmirror
------
Elderly Woman
The End
Thin Air
Yellow Moon
Garden
Rockin' in the Free World
-----
Eruption
Alive
The Star Spangled Banner

i knew someone would come through

All the E's made it tough.

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

Simple Torture wrote:

theplatypus wrote:They should've played a setlist where the first letter in each song spells out "TRANSPEOPLEAREPRETTYGREAT"

Throw Your Arms Around Me (Ed solo pre-show)
Release
Animal
Not for You
Severed Hand
Pilate
Even Flow
Of The Earth
Present Tense
Love Boat Capatin
Education
All Night
Rival
Evacuation
Porch
Rearviewmirror
------
Elderly Woman
The End
Thin Air
Yellow Moon
Garden
Rockin' in the Free World
-----
Eruption
Alive
The Star Spangled Banner

Can't wait for the mix cd

Actually the song placement of this set is very PJ like.

veddar10 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

of course pearl jam cancelling a show isn't going to turn the tide on its own, but when enough bands, businesses, etc. boycott the state, it can make a financial impact, which is how you change things in a capitalist country.

spike wrote:

veddar10 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

of course pearl jam cancelling a show isn't going to turn the tide on its own, but when enough bands, businesses, etc. boycott the state, it can make a financial impact, which is how you change things in a capitalist country.

Also, they played Raleigh in 2013.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

veddar10 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

of course pearl jam cancelling a show isn't going to turn the tide on its own, but when enough bands, businesses, etc. boycott the state, it can make a financial impact, which is how you change things in a capitalist country.

Also, they played Raleigh in 2013.

*Charlotte

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

veddar10 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

of course pearl jam cancelling a show isn't going to turn the tide on its own, but when enough bands, businesses, etc. boycott the state, it can make a financial impact, which is how you change things in a capitalist country.

Also, they played Raleigh in 2013.

*Charlotte

whatever

cutuphalfdead wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

veddar10 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree with them with this...its a bolder move to play there and make a statement...quitting? whats the point on not playing at all? You want to make a statement? play there, invite people to discuss whats happening, make a very cool setlist, do something.

Gotta agree with you. I don't really see much of a statement being made here. The only thing this does is upset and cost fans a lot of money who have been waiting nearly a decade to see the band in NC. The majority of said fans agree with the views of the band and don't support discriminatory laws. Why not use the opportunity to make a bigger statement and motivate people to get up and do something about it. Sorry guys. Hope they make it up at a later date.

of course pearl jam cancelling a show isn't going to turn the tide on its own, but when enough bands, businesses, etc. boycott the state, it can make a financial impact, which is how you change things in a capitalist country.

Also, they played Raleigh in 2013.

*Charlotte

whatever

*wherever