"Ric, like Robbie Robertson before him, is not participating in the dash for cash" ….

hmmm …. of course, not , bob. ric wrote the songs , and probably published them and robbie ended up with the whole band … they do not have to rattle them bones and take ‘ em on the road to put food on the table.

the cars remain a great american moment.

i had the pleasure of tokin’ with elliot easton and ben orr in front of john denver at the grammys, which may be why al kooper and i did not get this year’s grammy for our bob dylan sleevenotes , < sorry, al, write ‘ em with neil portnow next time.> , in any event ben orr may not be here in body , but " drive" will always be. it’s one of those records that you always know where you were, and more to the point, with whom when you first heard it. the cars held firm pop musical ground and repelled all those swashbuckling english faggots, and i only mean musically…

those out there who came to life when the cars did are doing well enough to pay the fare and see the show.  it’s a fare exchange. it’s gotta be better than duran duran and it’ll sure make up slurping through for dagwood and blondie. support the new cars if the old ones supported you as you made your place in the world.

maybe they could get benny mardones to come on for one song ( if that’s possible, benny … > and let him do " drive" . i got a lump in my throat just thinking about it.

best, andrew loog oldham, bogota, colombia.

i sold tickets for 10 years let me tell you some things

1 - the cars are from BOSTON apparently don law doesn’t know this since he booked them a venue 1/2 the size of the new york gig

2 - the face value on rows 1-5 is roughly 400 dollars - then 6-10 is roughly 300 dollars - who the fuck does anyone think is going to buy these? the front row sat on ticketmaster all day for boston its probably still there - the front row NEVER CAME OUT in new york, so the second row is still sitting there - maybe they’re holding it for rick o. to sit in?

3 - they sell a "meet and greet" ticket where you "meet" todd and the 2 original members, but you DONT meet debbie harry the only person on the bill any weirdo would actually pay to meet

i could go on and on about this i mean the ticket is MORE THEN DOUBLE what they wanted for stevie nicks and don henley last summer and that didn’t do so well

someone at "live nation" is on crack, well most of them seem to be on crack but what can i tell you? i can tell you the audience is not on that much crack since the more trouble they have selling tickets the higher the prices seem to get - remember last year they had an initiative to LOWER ticket prices? got a lot of press - well as usual they have short-term memory!