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@ThisIsStevePost Appreciate you!!!!!!

@bikinitrill Got mines 😁 🍕

Just dropped some enamel pins on our store 😻 bikinitrillstore.com

Damn the test pressing vinyl auction went crazy…

What city should we play next? 🫶

Over 400 women have been arrested since they overturned Roe v Wade— yet not a SINGLE man has been arrested for raping children with Epstein.

There’s too much talent trapped in poverty and too much mediocrity funded.

Live Nation generated $25.2 billion in revenue last year. The DOJ just let them off with a settlement that doesn’t require divesting Ticketmaster. Then the Slack messages leaked. Ben Baker was a regional ticketing director when he wrote those messages in 2022. He’s since been promoted to head of ticketing for Venue Nation, responsible for all of Live Nation’s amphitheaters nationwide. The guy who called fans “so stupid” and bragged about gouging them on ancillary prices now runs ticketing for 150+ venues. The messages are all about the extras. $199 for “VIP Club Admission” to a Kid Rock concert. $250 for VIP parking at a Virginia venue. $50 to park on grass. $60 for “closer grass.” $100 for oversized parking with no RV hookup and a three-quarter mile walk to the venue. Premier parking revenue at one venue hit $666,000 in 2021. Baker’s response: “Robbing them blind baby. That’s how we do it. I gouge them on ancil prices to make up for it.” This is the playbook. Ticketmaster controls the primary ticket sale. Live Nation controls the venue. And the venue controls every dollar you spend after you walk through the gate. Parking, seating upgrades, lawn chair rentals, VIP access. None of those show up in Ticketmaster’s “service fee.” They’re classified as ancillary revenue, which means the new 15% fee cap in the DOJ settlement doesn’t touch them. Live Nation’s own response tells you how seriously they take it. They called Baker a “junior staffer” chatting with “a friend.” He ran ticketing for a major Florida amphitheater. He now runs it for every amphitheater they own. 26 states and DC rejected the settlement. The judge scolded both Live Nation and the DOJ for negotiating in secret while a jury was being seated. The states want Ticketmaster divested entirely. The messages were supposed to stay sealed. Live Nation fought to exclude them. Bloomberg, the New York Times, and other outlets petitioned for their release. Now you know why.

Dont worry about no one else. Just do you. 😎🙏🏾❤️‍🔥

Lack of education is the reason this nation is failing.

Greed. Greed is destroying everything.

@LiveNation @bleachersmusic Wtffff

New Jersey's finest New Yorker walks into a Brooklyn dive bar tonight with his dad. @bleachersmusic surprised fans with a free pop-up show at Brooklyn's Union Pool, filling the room with some of their most dedicated fans, including his dad. Intimate, loud, and the kind of night you wish you were there for.

@matthewstoller @kenklippenstein This is one of them?

Two Ticketmaster execs chatting privately: "Robbing them blind baby" "That's how we do it." Trump gave this company a pardon. assets.bwbx.io/documents/user…

WAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER 🚫

Why does a rock station play rap music? I heard Eminem on a famous rock station, I wish they would play more up and coming artists. Take a chance on the next generation of music. RIP RADIO 📻

@wizkhalifa can we push for legalization? People are still getting locked up for a plant that we get to freely consume. With your influence we could put some pressure to get it passed federally ❤️🙏

Internal messages from Live Nation reveal two execs talking about "robbing [fans] blind." “These people are so stupid. I almost feel bad taking advantage of them," one says. That man is now the head of ticketing for the unit responsible for Live Nation's 150 amphitheaters.

If Picasso lived today he’d be asked why he was painting so much and not posting more. Craftsmanship is dying to speed, visibility and placing demands on artists to perform more like entertainers than diligently do their work.

It’s insane to think about the fact that banks made $89 billion in overdraft fees past year. That’s $89 billion they took from people who literally have no money.

@lomothasala @welp_max Anytime long term smoking will do it, because the smoke causes the airways to become inflamed which means air doesn’t go in as easily, so your lungs hyperexpands. But this happens over decades, so I’d suggest intermittent light bong use if you can’t quit.

Music didn’t get worse. Our listening did. So many rush through new releases just to have an opinion online. People rarely sit with an album anymore. You can’t connect with music you’re half-listening to while scrolling.