here is a bit of something else that doesnt involve a sword fight. the mars volta will be on a spring tour fly by… here are some dates and presale passwords.

Its the same general onsale day as radiohead, presale on valentines day.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/874545

April 1st – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 16th at 10am here

April 4th – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 16th at 10am here

April 5th – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 16th at 10am here

April 17th – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Friday at 5pm here

April 18th – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
THIS IS A MAKE-UP DATE. TICKETS PURCHASED FOR THE PREVIOUS DATE AT THIS VENUE WILL BE HONORED. THE SHOW REMAINS SOLD OUT.

April 20th – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 16th at 11am here

April 21st – St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Presale starts Thursday, February 14th at 10am here
Password: GOLIATH
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 16th at Noon here

“You forced us to answer questions that you swore were “off the record” and then you printed our answers. Just because you didn’t name names doesn’t make it ok. Please rethink the way that you approach interviewing musicians from now on.”

And, yes there is a huge difference between mistaking a date for a show and completely not knowing a local band’s name, a band that is in YOUR backyard. The only other Zillionare is a psychadelic band from London. Nice research. Concert dates change daily, band names do not.

All I know is I’ve been reading CL for a long time and I don’t remember your predecessor Scott Harrell alienating local music acts or labels. You’ve already got 3 strikes against you. Is it all their fault? Scott was also writing for CL when REAX was around and I don’t remember them running circles around him the way they do you. He covered the local scene as aggresively as they did. Gee, I wonder what paper he writes for now? http://reaxmusic.com/blog/scottharrell

Do you want to accuse Scott, who has been around the scene longer than you’ve been bitching about bars in South Tampa has, of the same unproffesionalism?

I know this post will go for not, maybe even be deleted. But, I remember a time when the music editor of CL used to have an open mind about music, cater to the youth market, actually be friends with the local acts. You won’t lose your objectivity if you’re that way, but you might lose respect if you don’t.

I have no regrets about the Giddy-Up story in regards to the facts I presented. My editors and I know what really transpired.

Yes, I made a mistake with Zillionare and the Candy Bars. But there’s a big difference between writing about the wrong local band with the same name as various other bands (Zillionaire)/ misidentifying a local musician (Candy bars) and publishing an “official” concert date regarding the most anticipated show of the year without first checking with the band’s publicist and/or the concert promoter.

Your excuse:

“My goal is to be accurate. Period. But mistakes do happen. The only thing I can ask is for people to alert me of them. Errors will be corrected as soon as possible.”

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2007/07/20/response-from-the-assholes-at-creative-loafing/

glass houses . . . glass houses

Where was your sense of journalistic pride when you quoted Giddy-Up Helicopter when they asked to be off the record?

http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A225859&comments=yes

I don’t think me calling them on it qualifies as “bullying.” As far as me being “insecure about something?” Sure, lots of things. But Reax isn’t one of them. As a journalist, though, I’m offended when blog chatter is presented as fact.