BS: postering etiquette

Subject: postering etiquette
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 07:52 PM

Ok this is about putting up posters in public places ie. lampposts, telephone polls, poster kiosks etc. we like to get a decent turnout to our dances so,,

my friend was putting up posters along the drive when rockabilly dude yelled at her. Hey are you the one putting up ceili posters (it was pretty obvious she was, with posters in one hand and spray bottle with half water and condensed milk - in the other) APparently she had inadvertently postered over some rockabilly dudes posters - whereupon he swore hes going up and down the street and ripping all her posters down. (she was pretty careful to poster over stuff that was outdated most of the time, or over empty spaces, though a few probably didnt fit that category)

at the same time, someone else in our group came across a wall covered with copies of one poster. He put one copy up and along someone came, hey, youre covering up our posters.. sheesh. any suggestions on this topic, other than going down the street and ripping down rockabilly dudes posters, and kicking his butt if need be., which Ive strongly considered.

Subject: RE: BS: postering etiquette
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 07:56 PM

Ahhh... the battle for poster supremacy...

It's like posting etiquet... there are no rules... and even if there were, not many would stick to 'em...

.-)

Subject: RE: BS: postering etiquette
From: DonMeixner
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 08:01 PM

Ho Petr,

Isn't this a bit of an obvious answer. You don't poster over someone elses gig. I am sure that thius was probably accidental that she covered over a poster or two. And the Dude was probably over reacting some. But think of it in the worse of extremes. Suppose it was on purpose. Now you have to groups of local musicians hot on each others cases. And you have a divided community

You don't poster over an other bands gig. Even if it means fewer of your posters get put up. The live music community needs support with in the community. And whether you like "Rock-A-Billy Dudes" music or not if you don't support his venues he won't support yours.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: postering etiquette
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 08:17 PM

I'd have thought with a ceili you'd probably be using different places for the posters. I mean those walls and shop windows covered with dreary repetitive posters for gigs run by the kind of people who'd pull down other people's posters - but would the people you'd be hoping for in a ceili be too likely to even look at them.

I'd have thought there'd be shops of various sorts who'd be happy to stick a ceili poster in the window, and that's more the way to go.

Mind, in the Mudcat, rockabilly would count as folk I'd imagine... In fact I think out in the big world there are lots of people who'd see it that way, and plenty of sessions where both types of music will happily coexist. In fact I was at one on Sunday, and a good time was had by all. It's not the music that's the problem, you've run up against someone running a neat little protection racket cum smalltime postering agency.

Subject: RE: BS: postering etiquette
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 11 Feb 02 - 08:55 PM

well, I dont believe in covering up other peoples posters unless theyve taking up all the available real estate with multiple copies of one poster. posters dont last too long either, someone is in charge of taking them down, so generally if they last a week (in rainy Vancouver) we're laughing.

THanks for your suggestions McGrath, we do in fact have list of places, coffeshops, community halls, even universities and colleges, etc that we leave posters.

However, in this case Im talking about the 'Drive' which is a funky part of town, where a lot of young people hang out, and many of them do go to the ceilis.

nothing against Rockabilly either, but I do think the fella overreacted.