Brian Wilson Taping Soundstage Special With Special Guests

[bgas]

I am going to this show but due to friends backing out I have one extra ticket (possibly two).  The tickets are front row rear balcony (17th row center).  Sec5 Row AA seat near isle.  There is no one in front of you as there is an travel isle.  Meaning you will probably be very easy to see on tv when this airs.  PM me if interested!

You there?

[ontor pertawst]

Summer's Gone rehearsal!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152899763417241&set=vb.34250497240&type=2&theater

(starts chanting SUITE SUITE SUITE SUITE SUITE)

[guitarfool2002]

Ahh, Vegas...BW live, miles of buffet tables and shrimp cocktail like there's no tomorrow, gambling, debauchery (if sought), warm, dry air...I wish I could have made it out there. 

[Emdeeh]

I can't believe this one -- just found a casting call for the audience at this show. What's wrong with having regular fans in the audience?? I'm disappointed at the very least, this is so tacky.

http://www.backstage.com/casting/pbss-brian-wilson-and-friends-54634/

[John Manning]

I can't believe this one -- just found a casting call for the audience at this show. What's wrong with having regular fans in the audience?? I'm disappointed at the very least, this is so tacky.

http://www.backstage.com/casting/pbss-brian-wilson-and-friends-54634/

To my mind the reason is simple - a typical fan audience is composed in the main if middle aged bearded blokes in Hawaiian shirts. They're probably after a hipper, younger crowd to appeal to te same demographic as the album's guest stars. Sad but possibly a grain of truth.


Either that, or tickets simply weren't selling as expected/hoped…

[Debbie Keil-Leavitt]

I can't believe this one -- just found a casting call for the audience at this show. What's wrong with having regular fans in the audience?? I'm disappointed at the very least, this is so tacky.

http://www.backstage.com/casting/pbss-brian-wilson-and-friends-54634/

I suspect this is for the "pretty young people up front," having seen that done in the past for television...A show biz reality.

[Mr. Cohen]

Brian still has a new album coming out? I'd forgotten.

[ontor pertawst]

Yeah, it's gonna be fuckin' amazing. I shall file my pretty young people up front report tomorrow!

[Debbie Keil-Leavitt]

Yeah, it's gonna be fuckin' amazing. I shall file my pretty young people up front report tomorrow!

Glad you made the cut!  Or are you just observing?  And they say show biz is superficial...

[ontor pertawst]

Just a joke! I'll keep an eye out for dead-eyed failed model types that don't roar with applause at Al Jardine's appearance, tho!

[Micha]

Funny coincidence: I just today saw a TV show in which a swollen-headed female star yelled at her crew: "I specifically asked for a really good looking audience! I mean, I have to look at them the whole time!"

[Andrew G. Doe]

Remember what l said about Brian's management  ? This. It's insulting on so many levels.

[ontor pertawst]

Do you want me to fetch the smelling salts? Oh no, a TV special uses pretty girls strategically placed up front!  In Las Vegas! I've never heard of such a thing! Alert the media! It must all be Melinda Wilson's doing or something! Or Jean! Why, they are cheapening the very idea of a TV special from Las Vegas!

Wouldn't the mullet be logically the one to point fingers at? You know, the PRODUCER of the show and the one responsible for such things? Not that it would stand in your way of attacking "wifeandmanagers." No, clearly it's all the fault of those damn women! Not the production company of the production in question.

I look forward to your feebly insulting them on so many levels in between rounds of fact-checking Mike's magnum opus.

[lee]

I'm pretty sure I read that The Rolling Stones did the same thing for that Shine A Light film show from a few years back. It's still pretty lame though. I'd rather have actual fans up front who look interested in the actual performance. I'm kind of young (34) so I'd be more than happy to go if they want to fly me out there.

[Amy B.]

I can't believe this one -- just found a casting call for the audience at this show. What's wrong with having regular fans in the audience?? I'm disappointed at the very least, this is so tacky.

http://www.backstage.com/casting/pbss-brian-wilson-and-friends-54634/

I think this is pretty typical. They want the show to appeal to a younger crowd, so they want to show younger people. I remember seeing a concert that the band Hanson filmed, and there were tons of men (and women) up front. Hanson's audience is typically 90 percent female, not because it's "teeny-bopper music" (it's actually rock and roll), but because a lot of men are too embarrassed to even give Hanson a shot. It was pretty clear the producers of the TV concert were trying to "legitimize" Hanson to men. Doesn't this sort of thing go back to American Bandstand and all that? Get the people with the right image on camera.

[ontor pertawst]

I cried for days when I discovered that the "Aloha from Hawaii" girls probably weren't big Brian Wilson fans. Oh wait, I cried for days because of Joe Piscopo's bit. Never mind.

FOOTNOTE: Yes, I confused the "Aloha from Hawaii and Hollywood" bootleg with the name of the Hawaii special mentioned. I'm terrible and probably get recording session dates wrong too on occasion.

[Don Malcolm]

Ontor, if we don't get some of your post-surrealist video reportage from this little "Let's Go Trippin'" excursion of yours, I will not be the only one who is seriously disappointed....

I mean, what's a Brian event without at least something a little zany??  

As for the pretty girls in the front row casting-call brouhaha, it's a big yawn from A to Z. Maybe put the pretty girls up in cages doin' the shimmy shimmy ko-ko-bop? When has exploitation not been a key feature of the entertainment industry??

[Micha]

Remember what l said about Brian's management  ?

Actually I don't. Would remembering it explain why ontor reads "Melinda" where you wrote "management"?

[ontor pertawst]

I mentioned Melinda Wilson and Jean Sievers because some folks think it's cute to call them "wifeandmanagers." If Mr. Doe is not referring to MW and JS when he snidely blames the WRONG PEOPLE, I'd really love to hear who else he means by managers.

The whole thing just reminds me of his Tulsa advertising tirade. WRONG WRONG WRONG.

[Shady]

I'm pretty sure most bands do this

Aerosmith especially, just watch one of their live dvd's

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Why, they are cheapening the very idea of a TV special from Las Vegas!

[Wirestone]

Gotta say, ontor has a point on this one. Not sure what's insulting about stacking an audience for the taping of a special, let alone "on so many levels." That is, unless someone is looking for reasons to be unhappy about something.

[drbeachboy]

Gotta say, ontor has a point on this one. Not sure what's insulting about stacking an audience for the taping of a special, let alone "on so many levels." That is, unless someone is looking for reasons to be unhappy about something.

Well, maybe you're a pretty boy, but I would be insulted if I tried to buy front row seats only to be turned away because I am too old or not pretty enough to be shown on video tape. I might be gray, but god-damn-it, I am handsome.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I cried for days when I discovered that the "Aloha from Hawaii" girls probably weren't big Brian Wilson fans.

Given that it was an Elvis Presley project, I doubt very much they were.

The Vegas casting call insults the fans (seems we're not photogenic enough), Brian (his demographic isn't suitable for the cameras) and his perceived drawing power. I didn't mention Melinda or Jean - you did... and yes, no doubt the notion was conceived by Mr. More Autotune, but doubtless Brian's people had to sign off on it.

As for fact-checking Mike's book - tricky, that, as it's not been written yet. I'm good - very good - but not that good.  

[ontor pertawst]

Yes, I mentioned Melinda Wilson and Jean Sievers because you said managers. Who are you referring to if not them? Colonel Tom Parker? Salman Rushdie? Alan Partridge? Drop the coy act and say what you mean. If you're going to point fingers and blame people, at least have the courage to name them.

I said I look forward to it, Mr. Doe. Obviously referring to the future as I somehow get the impression you're going to be making these snide comments about those women for years to come!

Was that confirmation you'll be working on Mike's book, then?