Our dishwasher has been out of commission for awhile. New one is due in next week. I'm looking forward to it.
18 thoughts on “March 2, 2023: Wet Shirts”
Hope your new one works as pleasantly as the one we put in a few years back. It uses less water, is quieter, and like pretty much all new large appliances it's way more efficient and has a quarter of the expected lifespan of its predecessor.
Once again the Twins are on tv today
a bit of a shocker
Director of Athletics Mark Coyle and Lindsay Whalen announced today that Whalen will step down as head coach, effective immediately.
— Minnesota Women's Basketball (@GopherWBB) March 2, 2023
RIP to jazz legend Wayne Shorter, who played with & composed for Art Blakey & Miles, co-founded Weather Report, broke into other genres as a fusion pioneer, and kept his face to the future such that the top talent of a generation behind him kept recording with him well into his eighties.
Legend.
TB has put their little leaguers into the game now...
Well, here's some important context for Kenta Maeda's outing today:
The PitchCom receiver in catcher Tony Wolters' ear was too loud in the quiet Trop environment, so Rays hitters knew every pitch that Kenta was throwing before he threw it.
I'd wondered about that--how they make it loud enough for the catcher to hear but not so loud that the batter can't hear it. Is there a volume control on PitchCom?
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Attn, Free or other concert-goers…does First Ave usually sell out? I’ve never been, but thinking of maybe trying to do more shouldn’t-actually-be-milestone kinds of lifey things. Spotify told me the Struts are going to be at First Ave and they seem cool, so…thinking about it.
I don’t know the answer, but the route I take on some things is to just wait until closer to see if I’m available and/or feeling it. There is a cost to this sometimes because it might be mostly sold out and you have to go to the secondary market. And on rare occasions there are no secondary market tickets or their prices are unreasonable.
So if they are bucket list items, and you’re reasonably sure you can make the schedule work, I’d still say buy. The secondary market thing works both ways, after all. If they are “that might be nice” things, I’d generally say wait.
Thanks for the advice, bj!
And should I care about presale codes?
Presale codes are useful for popular acts that may sell out. Worth using if you’re concerned about that.
I hate to give the useless answer, but it really depends on the band. I saw Semisonic on January, and that sold out quickly because it was their first First Ave gig in a long time. The Palace Theater now means they're running a venue that can handle those bigger shows that use to be immediate sellouts.
DP and bjhess are spot on. If the act is popular enough (or thought to be up and coming) then it’s not uncommon for the show to sell out - lots of secondary market resales happening for these types of shows (popular or up and coming) where the buyer has no intention of using all 4, 6, 10 … however many tickets they accumulate.
ZG - you can almost always find tickets to any show. Depends on how badly you want to see an act.
Yup to all of the above. Shows do sell out. I reached out to an insider friend to get a sense if he thinks the Struts show will sell out or not. He thought it would sell out but not right away. Last time here he said they played the Palace, which is bigger than First Ave, and they didn't sell out.
There are really two reasons to use a presale. One if you want to get the best seats or two if you think it will sell out right away. General Admission shows that aren't going to sell out doesn't really matter if you do presale or not.
Secondary markets work well too but watch out for Craigslist for super popular shows like the upcoming Springsteen show. I'd say 80 percent of what's listed on CL for Springsteen is a scam right now. Less popular shows not an issue and you can sometimes find great deals a day or two before a show on Craigslist as someone's plans have changed and they need to dump a ticket at any price.
Hope your new one works as pleasantly as the one we put in a few years back. It uses less water, is quieter, and like pretty much all new large appliances it's way more efficient and has a quarter of the expected lifespan of its predecessor.
Once again the Twins are on tv today
a bit of a shocker
RIP to jazz legend Wayne Shorter, who played with & composed for Art Blakey & Miles, co-founded Weather Report, broke into other genres as a fusion pioneer, and kept his face to the future such that the top talent of a generation behind him kept recording with him well into his eighties.
Legend.
TB has put their little leaguers into the game now...
I'd wondered about that--how they make it loud enough for the catcher to hear but not so loud that the batter can't hear it. Is there a volume control on PitchCom?
WordPress will only expand non-mobile Twitter links. I edited your previous LTE to drop the mobile part.
Attn, Free or other concert-goers…does First Ave usually sell out? I’ve never been, but thinking of maybe trying to do more shouldn’t-actually-be-milestone kinds of lifey things. Spotify told me the Struts are going to be at First Ave and they seem cool, so…thinking about it.
I don’t know the answer, but the route I take on some things is to just wait until closer to see if I’m available and/or feeling it. There is a cost to this sometimes because it might be mostly sold out and you have to go to the secondary market. And on rare occasions there are no secondary market tickets or their prices are unreasonable.
So if they are bucket list items, and you’re reasonably sure you can make the schedule work, I’d still say buy. The secondary market thing works both ways, after all. If they are “that might be nice” things, I’d generally say wait.
Thanks for the advice, bj!
And should I care about presale codes?
Presale codes are useful for popular acts that may sell out. Worth using if you’re concerned about that.
I hate to give the useless answer, but it really depends on the band. I saw Semisonic on January, and that sold out quickly because it was their first First Ave gig in a long time. The Palace Theater now means they're running a venue that can handle those bigger shows that use to be immediate sellouts.
DP and bjhess are spot on. If the act is popular enough (or thought to be up and coming) then it’s not uncommon for the show to sell out - lots of secondary market resales happening for these types of shows (popular or up and coming) where the buyer has no intention of using all 4, 6, 10 … however many tickets they accumulate.
ZG - you can almost always find tickets to any show. Depends on how badly you want to see an act.
Yup to all of the above. Shows do sell out. I reached out to an insider friend to get a sense if he thinks the Struts show will sell out or not. He thought it would sell out but not right away. Last time here he said they played the Palace, which is bigger than First Ave, and they didn't sell out.
There are really two reasons to use a presale. One if you want to get the best seats or two if you think it will sell out right away. General Admission shows that aren't going to sell out doesn't really matter if you do presale or not.
Secondary markets work well too but watch out for Craigslist for super popular shows like the upcoming Springsteen show. I'd say 80 percent of what's listed on CL for Springsteen is a scam right now. Less popular shows not an issue and you can sometimes find great deals a day or two before a show on Craigslist as someone's plans have changed and they need to dump a ticket at any price.