Lolol imagine going to Morocco for UM
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This would be a head scratcher but it’s not really the case for anyone. It’s an incredible part of the world a lot of people may not have on their list otherwise
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Not yet, but if you could give me all possible dialog trees, that’d be swell. Be careful closing all my doors please.
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That being said I was reminded next year is limited to domestic travel only / save money / maybe get a 2nd dog so I’m probably out on this. Jealous of those going though. Let me know if you need recs in Rabat or Fez
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Tell Kelly to come party in Morocco
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She’s the one that reminded me no international travel next year. Plus that’s new puppy time
Get a wookdog and bring it to Morawkshow.
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Only knowing what I know about you from here, I fully expect you to convince Kelly to let you have a wolverine or a Bengal tiger. Maybe both.
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The danger is she might let me. Bet I could buy a tiger on the Moroccan black market.
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Ive always heard their hash pales in comparison to lebanon, and is more commercial/cheap/low quality
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It all pales in comparison to Oregon brah.
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I think what they need to really jumpstart the UMeconomy is to evaluate how the blockchain can be leveraged.
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Most NFTs have been speculation/land grabs, and the vast majority will go to zero. But the underlying technology is here to stay. Call them by whatever name but they’ll be ubiquitous in 3-5 years. You might be asking, ubiquitous for what? You name it. Concert tickets, the title to your house, memberships to anything, your mortgage etc. A token is simply a verifiable digital asset. In an increasingly blended world of IRL & online, proof of ownership in a secure, verifiable way will be paramount. The ability to engage & reward using blockchain will be a game changer.
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Fyp
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You’re UMsufferable
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There are some really good points and parallels in this thread even with all of the expected UMSUX posts.
I’ll beat this dead horse a little more. From my perspective as a longtime jambander, UM is just at that point where they have to figure out how to make their model/music viable for changing (aging) fanbase. They pivoted a few (maybe closer to 10) years ago when they started building families to the two-weeks on, two-weeks off more multi-night runs type of scheduling. We’re at an inflection point again, and at this point, we haven’t seen much of a pivot.
We have seen some long-time UMinc. employees depart over the last little bit, which is necessary. They’re going to have to continue to decrease overhead, move back to smaller rooms/theaters, and slow down on merch (more tour posters, fewer show-specific posters, etc). What’s crazy to me is that moe. and SCI have given them a pretty decent playbook to follow, they’ve just either been slow to adapt, or think they can work themselves back into increased relevancy.
tldr: fire KB, play 1/2 as many shows in smaller rooms, cut down the size of the org in general, and accept the slow march towards death.
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reminds me that they covered ‘March of the S.O.D.’ a few times. would be a heady 19 year bust out
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I wonder if they could do your suggestion but have 1, maybe 2, big blowouts a year, like Phish with Sphere and Mondegreen. UM Bowl and something else at the end of summer. Cap it off with a 4 night NYE run.
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