To get to the punchline early....

Fucking Fags! lol

But seriously... this is the story of the most dysfunctional attempt at a promotion I have seen in a while. It's just kind of amusing to watch it play out. Keep in mind that some of it is fact, and some of it is village rumor .... so in evaluating it's veracity, keep in mind the theme (fucking fags hehe).

The setting is Gay Pride Montreal.... a place already discussed a lot on this board for its dysfunctional organization with bbcm and diverscite battling over control and doing different parts of the festivities at different times.

Offer Nissim, for those who don't know, is a very popular DJ with the gay crowd. He's gay himself, and actually a pretty good DJ.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endID=102212285

So he's booked to come to play at the closing party at Montreal gay pride. On the bbcm site, the location will be Parking. On the diverscite site, the location will be Unity. The voice in the village says that it will be at Parking because Offer doesn't like to play at Unity since too many girls go there! lol In fact, he was scheduled to play at Unity last year, and moved it to Parking at the last minute (reputedly for that reason).

Anyway... eventually the tickets come out for $30 a hit, and they are hot potatoes. They limit purchase to 4 per person, and within a day or two, they are sold out.

It says Unity on the ticket, btw.

The hype is big, and excitement is high. The day comes.

1) there is no Offer Nissim. apparently the plane ticket they sent him involved a stopover and was not a direct flight, and Offer does not do more than one airport.

2) this had to be something known much prior to that day, as there's no way he received his ticket and refused to come on the day of the flight. But there was no announcement from any of the promoters, and certainly no organized plan for ticket exchange/refund.

3) so there's chaos at the door as disappointed people to a sold out event are trying to get refunds.

4) when all the dust settles, it's a pretty decent night anyway as many of the party goers decide to enjoy their last night in Unity as the replacement is Steven Grondin (a pretty good montreal dj in his own right). I know I enjoyed the night. I know I take stopovers, and Steven looks like the kind of guy who would tolerate one himself!

5) now, on Unity's website (and offer's)... though already burned twice, offer nissim is coming to Unity in September!

Do I need to say my punchline again? lol

To get to the punchline early....

Fucking Fags! lol

But seriously... this is the story of the most dysfunctional attempt at a promotion I have seen in a while. It's just kind of amusing to watch it play out. Keep in mind that some of it is fact, and some of it is village rumor .... so in evaluating it's veracity, keep in mind the theme (fucking fags hehe).

The setting is Gay Pride Montreal.... a place already discussed a lot on this board for its dysfunctional organization with bbcm and diverscite battling over control and doing different parts of the festivities at different times.

Offer Nissim, for those who don't know, is a very popular DJ with the gay crowd. He's gay himself, and actually a pretty good DJ.

So he's booked to come to play at the closing party at Montreal gay pride. On the bbcm site, the location will be Parking. On the diverscite site, the location will be Unity. The voice in the village says that it will be at Parking because Offer doesn't like to play at Unity since too many girls go there! lol In fact, he was scheduled to play at Unity last year, and moved it to Parking at the last minute (reputedly for that reason).

Anyway... eventually the tickets come out for $30 a hit, and they are hot potatoes. They limit purchase to 4 per person, and within a day or two, they are sold out.

It says Unity on the ticket, btw.

The hype is big, and excitement is high. The day comes.

1) there is no Offer Nissim...

Queens & Divas = Drama

Poor organization seems a constant. While consistency is often a good virtue, not always.

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