Comments on: Lyle Lovett Plays Marfa (but I doubt you can attend)

By: Truth2Power1969

Truth2Power1969 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:50:26 +0000

Comas? Do you mean commas? Alot? Surely you mean to use two words there: a lot.

By: lylefan

lylefan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:04:05 +0000

Truth2Power1969, I feel for you if you’re about to have your wheels reposessed, but if omitting the “e” from Lyle’s name is a sign of credibility, then you’re revealing yourself to be a fool. The ticket’s aren’t (weren’t) $10,000. They were $500. If you wanted to give more, you could pay $1,000 and get a few extra perks like better seats. Either way, you had to find nine other people willing to go with you, as the tickets were sold in blocks of 10. Second, the tickets were for a weekend of events, not just the concert. Receptions, dinners, film screenings, etc. Third, Lyle doesn’t charge $500 per ticket, Marfa does. Fourth, being rich may be fantastic, but it requires decades of &%#-ing hard work, carrying most of the public tax burden and hearing from critics like you, which is less than fantastic. Or, you have to be lucky (win the lottery, be Shaquille O’Neal, or pick rich parents who won’t make you work for any inheritance), in which case you won’t appreciate the what it takes to get rich and therefore aren’t likely not stay rich very long. Sincere best wishes to you and Marfa on enduring these tough times.

By: allison

allison — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:18:00 +0000

I’m sorry to have missed out on the doo doo slinging but I want to point out that using ellipses instead of comas really loses alot of credibility with me.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:04 +0000

“I am not a philanthropist. I’m a single mother.”

You’re the greatest philanthropist of all, Mercer
Everyone benefits from the countless single moms out there and their contribution to society.

By: Truth2Power1969

Truth2Power1969 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:13:02 +0000

Lyle Lovett will take a doodoo on the stage! Get ready to pay yo’ ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS! HA! I GOT THE LAST WORD ON YOU!!!

By: Lauren PACE

Lauren PACE — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:46:07 +0000

Mercer is the furthest thing from illiterate. Adding an ‘e’ to the end of Lovett certainly does not equal illiterate, nor does it negate her ‘credibility’.
Maintaining her usual tact and intellect is her m.o.
BRAVO Mercer.

I am privy to the fact that AT LEAST 3 couples are traveling from Midland to Marfa for this event, which only reiterates Mercer’s point regarding ‘not all events in Marfa are for locals.’
I am no mathematician but that is $3000 worth of fund-raising for Ballroom Marfa. Additionally, factor in the money they will be putting into Marfa’s economy whilst staying in Marfa, then the rant is moot.

By: Mercer Black

Mercer Black — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:21:56 +0000

I’m starting to see that using an explicative in lieu of actual vocabulary is your m.o. Bravo.

In reference to your last post, it is not a private event. If you have $500, you can get in, I’m quite sure.

And it is FANTASTIC to have money – that’s why we all work. Wouldn’t it be FANTASTIC to not have your car repossessed? It seems to me that you’re going through some tough times, as are so many, and my heart goes out to you. I’m a single mother. I’ve been self-employed for 6 years and this is the worst it’s ever been. But I keep working hard. It’s no one’s responsibility to feed, entertain or educate me or my child. Least of all, Ballroom.

By: Truth2Power1969

Truth2Power1969 — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:14:12 +0000

I would use the word s@#$ but I can’t… so I say doodoo!

By: Mercer Black

Mercer Black — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:04:22 +0000

Says the person who uses “doodoo” in grown-up conversation! Well I really feel put in my place. Hahaha.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:50:10 +0000

That is a very good point, Mercer. Also, the Chinati Foundation recently contributed money, time and energy to their Community Day (which by all accounts was a smashing success).

Truth2Power: if you want to be taken seriously, please don’t post anonymously. Also, the vulgar language is doing as much to alienate my audience as to win them over.