Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Why Midnight Oil will NEVER come to northeastern Pennsylvania.

Kate Adams kate@dnki.net
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:57:57 -0400


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One could say some of the same unflattering things about Down East Maine, 
but the Oils seem to have enough of a college following in Orono to book a 
show.

Or maybe they just wanted to see Acadia National Park ... the only place in 
the East that I, a native of Oregon, accept as fantastic.

At 06:00 PM 4/23/02 -0400, Dale Ortiz wrote:
>1. Because our radio stations do not play them.
>2. All the rednecks up here do not know who they are.
>3. Australian acts never come here (Except AC/Dc in 2000)
>4. Philadelphia gets 99% of the good shows.
>5. We are hillbillies, who mainly listen to country music.
>6. Mainstream radio rarely plays an artist over the age of 40.
>7. Oils only play cities that people outside the U.S. have heard of.
>8.  The Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton area sucks.
>9. They are not a crappy, washed- up 80s hair band.
>10. They are not a senior citizen/ no one over 55 knows who they are.
>11. No one under 18 knows who they are.
>12. northeastern, Pa. sucks.
>13. Their management doesn't think it would be profitable.
>14. The people here, who book the shows, are morons.
>15.  The people here. who book the shows, are morons.
>16. The people here, who book the shows, are morons.
>17. see 9.
>18. see 8.
>19. see 7, 8,9, 14-17.
>20. Why bother?
>
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UMass Lowell
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One could say some of the same unflattering things about Down East Maine,
but the Oils seem to have enough of a college following in Orono to book
a show.<br>
<br>
Or maybe they just wanted to see Acadia National Park ... the only place
in the East that I, a native of Oregon, accept as fantastic.<br>
<br>
At 06:00 PM 4/23/02 -0400, Dale Ortiz wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>1. Because our radio stations do
not play them.<br>
2. All the rednecks up here do not know who they are.<br>
3. Australian acts never come here (Except AC/Dc in 2000)<br>
4. Philadelphia gets 99% of the good shows.<br>
5. We are hillbillies, who mainly listen to country music.<br>
6. Mainstream radio rarely plays an artist over the age of 40.<br>
7. Oils only play cities that people outside the U.S. have heard 
of.<br>
8.&nbsp; The Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton area sucks.<br>
9. They are not a crappy, washed- up 80s hair band.<br>
10. They are not a senior citizen/ no one over 55 knows who they
are.<br>
11. No one under 18 knows who they are.<br>
12. northeastern, Pa. sucks.<br>
13. Their management doesn't think it would be profitable.<br>
14. The people here, who book the shows, are morons.<br>
15.&nbsp; The people here. who book the shows, are morons.<br>
16. The people here, who book the shows, are morons.<br>
17. see 9.<br>
18. see 8.<br>
19. see 7, 8,9, 14-17.<br>
20. Why bother?<br>
<br>
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Kate Adams<br>
Graduate Student<br>
Department of Work Environment<br>
UMass Lowell<br>
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Global Free Trade: All the economic benefits of colonialism, without
all<br>
those nasty responsibilities.<br>
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