August 2010

Commenter reveals something interesting about the Pavilion’s slow dismantling of SEAC

I got this recent comment on this thread;

It’s sad because the Arts Council always did work for all the arts.  Now you can’t even find their phone number.  I guess they’re just working for a privileged few.  And interesting how the calendar on the SEAC site and the one and only post on SEAC’s facebook page are about Pavilion events.

View the SEAC (Washington Pavilion) calendar. And the FACEBOOK Page.

Wonder how many hours (or minutes) it will take the Pavilion Spy Club to see this post and scramble to fix it? Should we start a pool? I give them 9 hours, No, 6 hours, it’s a Tuesday and it is probably slow around the big purple building. They should just hire me to spy on me. I work cheap and I have a very reliable source.

Sioux Falls Downtown Live • My two-cents

“Hi. I went to the DT Live show, did you?”

For the most part I had fun. As a person who lives DT, I am always in my element at any event DT. I realize this was the first year of this event, and I hope they continue. For the most part, it went off without a hitch, some of the things I enjoyed about the event were;

• Economical. The ticket price was $10 for three local acts and a national headliner.

• Location. Since nobody is snagging up that Phillips to the Falls land anytime soon, it is a good place to put on an outdoor concert.

But If I was handed a survey on what to improve on, this is what I would say;

• A few more porta potties, but no a major problem.

• Make the event all day, more local bands.

• Better sound quality. It seemed it was too distorted and the sound quality could have been better.

• SUPPLY BIKE RACKS. Please supply a bike valet.

• More food vendors. (even though Uncle Ed’s pork sandwiches are fucking delicious) we need more.

AND MY BIGGEST BITCHES ARE SIMPLE;

• If you advertise a ‘Beer Garden’  – Have a beer garden. Having a tent just over the beer vendors IS NOT a beer garden. Have a covered place for people to drink beer.

• Have more volunteers who know what they are doing when selling beer. Lines are stupid. That is why I create my own lines at these kind of events.

• Too many yuppies. While I cannot probably change this, I will say, that if I see one more pressed Tommy Bahama shirt or pleated shorts this week, I will freaking puke.