Eoin Smith

@eoinsmith.eurosky.social

It shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with grateful respect towards her Ladyship.

None of this covers the real real reason. Twenty years ago, gigs were cheap promotional tools to sell expensive records. Now most people listen to music via streaming and don't buy it, records are free promotional tools for expensive gig tickets.

The Tonearm@thetonearm.com · 2d ago

"Seeing a musician you adore live can be a transcendent experience. But getting to that moment has become a nightmare because getting tickets that won’t completely bankrupt you now requires weaving through an obstacle course." The real reason it costs so much to go to a concert:

With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.

Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike

Among his people, the Inhumans of the Hidden Land of Attilan, he is known by his true name, Benedict Cumberbatch. But to the rest of the world, he is the formidable Ben Cum

Emma assumes that Harriet must (must!) feel the same way she feels about Mr Martin, and that Harriet should move through society as Emma would move about her own status, much the way Mr Woodhouse feels that everyone must move by his anxieties, preferences, and impulses about his own health.