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I often wonder if it annoys local music venues that after they pay for their entertainments licenses and do all the paperwork they still know that many of the bands they put on won't benefit simply because they don't claim (through ignorance or through fear of the overly complicated system). 'course I don't even have any idea how prevalent the scourge of pay-to-play is in Aberdeen, so maybe venues don't care at all? :S

I was going to make the same joke but the other way round "Drain it, plant a few trees and it'd be a fine replacement for Union Terrace Gardens."

My eyes now hate me for inflicting that calendar on them!

Weird & Radical suggestion maybe: update your homepage setting on aberdeen-music.com to point to your website.

Tangent: AltNation didn't take over the Classic Grand. One of the three partners who currently run the Classic Grand does also own AltNation, but as a completely separate business venture. Here, wait a sec, are you the same DJ Captain that did/does Cathouse Sundays (or was it the Unders?) with Am-Y? *edit* Nevermind, reading user profiles can be useful.

Will you be including the AECC and other big venues like, ermm, the P&J Arena so folks can add big tours as well as smaller shows?

I seem to either share links to my photos or moan about stuff. Ryan Woolies (ryanwoolies) on Twitter It's an essential tool

My main surprise was at the "East Terrace" (car park) bit being proper outside without any attempt at even a canopy. Seems odd to build an indoor shopping thing then throw half a dozen or so shops out the back right in the weather folks are avoiding by shopping inside a centre!

headline writers put it better "Fan dressed as sheep set alight"

Swearing all the time is just as bad as using lol at the end of every sentence.

Any pics of the new interior? Pro promo stuff or punters with cameras, not fussy, just like a wee nosey but it could be weeks/months before I get the chance to head in

Far as I could tell the new rules mean the same prices have to apply to gigs but I'm thinking venues up & down the country will suffer shortages of staff to stock the cheaper drinks during gigs... ("yeah house vodka+dash is a quid but we only have smirnoff just now") Maybe that's how they'll deal with jack & coke Friday only? Just not have any available for sale on Saturday & Sunday?! o_O!!

If the band got "say 1 or 2 guest passes" and chose to give to someone more important than the sound engineer then obv their sound engineer isn't providing as essential a service as they'd like? [/stirring]

Great weekend! Except for me being apparently too unfit to dance like a fool two days in a row these days, will need a training regime if next years line up is as good fun! Special thanks to Mintlaw Taxis who waited for our bus to arrive, knocked the fare down a bit on the way there and then came picked us up on Sunday

Only works if you know how long each band is playing, openers geting same set length & changeover as headliners would be unusual.

Looks like it's a script sending tweets on your behalf - Twitter-Train? "We may use your account to promote our services" A change of password should do the trick for this one I think! *edit* or possibly trusting to the STOP link on their site: Twitter Train)

It can be a tricky beast to master in terms of PR but very effective when it works! Keep at it though, at least you have good stuff to tell folks about

Got my tickets today Looking forward to it. (Friday more than Saturday though!) Stagecoach bus from Aberdeen to Mintlaw on the Friday, hourly service back on the Sunday afternoon. If anyone wants to share taxi fare to/from Mintlaw then let me know. Or it's only a seven mile walk along the Formartine & Buchan Way.

Having a twitter presence can be really useful, great for announcements building expectations and wonderful as last minute reminder/suggestion of what to do that night. There's nothing better than sitting at a loose end of an evening and reading a message about a gig to go to in an hour or two - fantastic service for everyone involved on both sides But please, please, PLEASE quit with the "get X-hundred followers" tweets! Don't descend into the useless shambles that is @OxjamAberdeen If you want more followers then be interesting and/or useful, not spammy. It's frustrating to have few followers but having lots of random strangers is pointless - spam retweets of "get more followers" will stop real interested folks from following & reading. And to stop this being all negative, some thoughts from my experience: Maybe use a sprinkling of hashtags now & again to aid searchers finding relevant tweets, eg. "tonight at Tunnels, Headline + Support, 4 14+ #aberdeen #gig" Or competitions have worked well, offering a ticket or two for chosen-at-random people who follow or who retweet a gig ad for you. Also, perform your own searches on twitter, look for folk mentioning aberdeen gigs, what to do in aberdeen, folk mentioning a night out in aberdeen, that sort of thing - add them and suggest a night at the tunnels! (sorry if some of this sounds patronising or just far too long-winded to read, just been that sort of day here!)

Just the two of us non-drivers but I'll be phoning taxi folks for quotes (and telling them all about our "we'll be clean even if it rains" plans ) and trying a couple other ideas before I give up. Just caused myself hassle that it only occurred to me now to check transport!

I almost bought tickets for this today but just in time discovered that there's no way of getting back to Aberdeen on the Sunday...? (Happy Bus no longer selling tickets, no Sunday service for the bluebird/stagecoach routes.)

Heard it, shat it, looked out the window and thought it was a wee passenger jet. But I now suspect this has something to do with it: City to salute national armed forces Shame I found out about it now just when all the free stuff is finishing, I'm a sucker for free days out no matter what rubbish it's in aid of. **edit** wait! freefall parachute display tomorrow~!

Post-Michael Trauma?

The "stream" is the River Don, also don't have barbecues on the grass, bring a slab or stand or something cos at the moment there are almost more burnt bits of ground than there is nice grass to sit on (not aimed at ca_gere) And don't even get me started on the fuckwits who left this mess a couple of weeks ago, have some respect for others using the park, sheesh! Anyways, a relative unknown from the city centre, Park Name: Bon Accord Terrace Gardens Nearby/Close to: Union Street, Ferryhill Features: not much! just some peace for lunchtime if you work up that way Toilets: nope Map: bon accord crescent - Google Maps