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PAY TO PLAY IS THE PLAGUE OF CALIFORNIA MUSIC SCENES UP AND DOWN THE COAST. ITS LIKE PROMOTERS DONT EVEN HAVE A FUNCTION ANYMORE. THEY JUST GIVE THEIR JOB DETAILS TO THE BANDS, AND FORCE THEM TO SELL TICKETS IN ORDER TO PLAY A SHOW AT A RESPECTABLE VENUE. THE VENUE ALWAYS WANTS AN OUTRAGEOUS DEPOSIT, AND A GARENTEE OF TICKETS SOLD, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT PROMOTING A SHOW, AND SELLING THE TICKETS IS THE JOB OF THE PROMOTER AND THE VENUE... BANDS ARE ENTERTAINMENT FOR HIRE. LET THEIR BE NO MISTAKE, THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS EVERYWHERE, AND I GIVE THE FADED CHRONICLEZ CREDIT FOR GOING PUBLIC WITH THEIR MISFORTUNE RUGUARDING THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE A MILLION BANDS THAT REELATE TO THIS, AND ITS TIME THIS PRACTICE IS SHUT DOWN... NO MORE PAY TO PLAY! AND ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO PUT DOWN THOSE WHO GO OUT ON A LIMB, DONT GET JELOUS, JUST GET ACTIVE. GONE— January 20, 2009 4:23 p.m.
Samoans live and die in Oceanside
THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT FROM OCEANSIDE.... UNFORTUNATLEY IN THIS SITUATION I AM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WRITER FOR PUTTING THE HUGES MISREPRESENTATION OF OCEANSIDE ON THE COVER OF THE READER... MABEE IT WILL KEEP THE DORKY TOURISTS FROM VISITING OUR CITY THUS DESTROYING LOCAL BUSSINESS THAT THRIVES ON TOURIST MONEY. BUT YOU DONT CARE ABOUT THAT.. YOU LEFT OUT SOOO MANY GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN OCEANSIDE DUE TO GANG VIOLENCE, ITS SICKENING. WHAT A CROCK, YOU DIDNT EVEN TOUCHE BASE ON OUR GANG ACTIVITY. HOWEVER OCEANSIDE ISNT A GANG RIDDLED CITY...SURE WE HAVE OUR SHARE OF GANGS, BUT ITS A CITY FULL OF CLUTURE AND DIVERSITY,JUST LIKE THE REST OF SD, AND HOW DARE YOU ATTEMPT TO EXPLOIT US LIKE THAT? YOU ARE NOT A PROFFESSIONAL SIR, NOT AT ALL... WHAT WAS WITH THE BAD JAIL HOUSE TATS AND SHAVED CHEST ON THE COVER? DUDE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WIH OCEANSIDE TATOOED ON THEIR FACE , THAT GUYS DIDNT HAVE IT ON HIM ONCE... THAT WAS LAME . YOU MADE US LOOK BAD, AND NOW ITS TIME FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU LOOK BAD... IF YOU ARE GONNA THROW IT UP FOR OCEANSIDE, THEN THROW IT UP, DONT MISSREPRESENT, THATS HOW PEOPLE GET HURT. FURTHER MORE, THE RESPONSE NOW IN SD IS NOTHING BUT PEOPLE WHO EITHER DONT LIKE YOU AS A PERSON, OR dont like oceanside thinking we were in on that article or something BUT WE WERE NOT! NOW PEOPLE WANT THEIR CITY REPRESENTED AS THE GANG CAPITAL OF SD INSTEAD OF OSIDE, AS IF ITS SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT. ALL YOU DID WAS GLORIFY AN ALREADY OUT OF CONTROL PROBLEM.. NOT TO MENTION YOU DOWN PLAYED THE GANG NUMBERS BY HUNDREDS, AND LEFT A NUMBER OF GANGS OUT OF THE REGISTRY. YOU EVEN MADE A FEW UP, LIKE SOUTH O POSSE, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A CLOWN. YOU BLEW IT HARD DUDE. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE FIRED FOR THAT.— March 7, 2008 1:16 p.m.