Lil Yachty performs at SXSW, March 14, 2017.
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Lil Yachty performs at SXSW, March 14, 2017.
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Matty Karas, curator March 15, 2017
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Are concert ticket prices too high? Too low? Can they be bought by anyone who isn't a bot? In our newest REDEF MusicSET, "Can Concert Ticketing Be Fixed?," we look at how we got here and what some artists, managers and legislators are trying to do about it... "Representation is important," writes JULIANNE ESCOBEDO SHEPHERD upon staring at the poster for GOLDENVOICE's just-announced ARROYO SECO WEEKEND in PASADENA, CALIF., and wondering where the women are. The two-day fest is headlined by TOM PETTY and MUMFORD & SONS, with support from 27 other acts, of which exactly four are fronted by women. Food will be provided by 11 chefs, of which one is female. Or, to quote Shepherd: "Seriously?" Here's an interview with showrunner RYAN MURPHY (AMERICAN CRIME STORY, FEUD) about his HALF FOUNDATION, whose goal is ensure that 50 percent of the directors and other crew members on his shows are women or minorities. If it's unclear to you why this is a good and important idea, tickets for ARROYO SECO go on sale March 20, $125 for a day, $225 for the weekend... Or if you don't feel like waiting till March 20, tickets for the fest, despite not actually existing yet, are already listed at STUBHUB, at prices that start at double face value. So, um, no, I'm not sure concert ticketing can be fixed, but I welcome your efforts... It's bad enough that WAZE wants me take a left turn onto OLYMPIC BOULEVARD from a small side street with no light at rush hour. Now it wants me to scroll through SPOTIFY playlists while sitting there waiting for my opportunity to actually take that turn? No thanks. I would appreciate that anybody else operating heavy machinery likewise say no to this... Oh, and here's a Spotify song you can only stream when it's raining. Sadly, there isn't yet a Spotify song you can only listen to when you're trying to turn left onto Olympic... As PANDORA launches its on-demand streaming service (too late, perhaps?), COMPUTERWORLD's JR RAPHAEL wonders what became of YOUTUBE's on-demand streaming service, which you either completely forgot existed or maybe you work there... How to stream LOLLAPALOOZA, while at Lollapalooza... The stamps that fell to earth... Tragedy at ARGENTINIAN indie-rock show... RIP DJ MARKIE GEE.

Matty Karas, curator

March 15, 2017