BOC: I'm back and they're not

[Ted O. Jackson]

> > stinks when you find out BOC has played 2 hours away from you AFTER the gig
> > is over! As much as I love BOC's music, it seems to me that they just don't
> > care about the fans the way tBS do.
>
>         BOC is in space.  People _respond_ to contact, and respond with their
> wallets.  tBS is good on outreach and I bet they get a decent return on their
> stamps ;)  It would take so little, one would think, to get BOC's collective
> head out of its arse ...

If not a short term return, certainly down the road.  Albert realizes
that BOC [and now the Surgeons] are, at heart, a CULT, a commune with
their fans.  BOC has lost sight of the communal aspects of music.  By
keeping in touch with the fans, the Surgeons are showing a two way
commitment, and they will be rewarded by continuing fan loyalty.  I
don't see the same kind of sliding away of fans that occurred for
BOC.  Of course, that could change if Albert vapor locks and starts
turning out shit like Club Ninja.  Somehow I just don't see that
happening...

>         If they actually were on the ball enough to book their gigs ahead
> of time, then they could send out a postcard with the whole list of
> dates to the their whole fan club/mailing list.  But no ...  What are these

Right!  Even if you can't book ALL your gigs ahead, and try to
squeeze a few extra in here and there, you would certainly have a lot
of them booked well in advance, and these could be included in a
mailing...

theo

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