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[Sarah - 21 Grand]

- seeing as how you're an individual and what I'm referring to involves
venues, it's kinda like comparing apples to oranges.

- basically what I've noticed: 8 times out of 10 when a musician/band does
the customary 2 shows 1 in SF/1 at 21 Grand, the calendar pick will be for
the SF date (generally at the Hemlock, 12 Galaxies, Bottom of the Hill - all
of which advertise in the paper) or press coverage will be in a column or
review that will always mention the SF date but at least half the time omit
the info about their 21 Grand show that week.

Conclusions that could be drawn from this:
1. ad sales influence content
2. there's a San Francisco bias
3. all or none of the above

- honestly, I'm more prone to believing #2 is the case than #1 - the ad
sales influencing content. I like the Guardian, but wish they would pay more
attention to that "Bay" part of their name.

sl

Mr. Walter wrote:
i wouldn't buy the theory of ad sales and press in the guardian for a
second. i've personally gotten shitloads of press in the guardian, and
never given them a red cent. for a while there my name got in there about
once a week. given the absolute-zero-mainstream-popularity of most of my
music, they had nothing financial whatsoever to gain by writing about me
in any way.

ww