on "Exhaustion" at 23:14 09/30/2008

@ Stargazing,

LMAO!!!!!!!! BIGOTRY, NO!!!!
Good one, had to laugh at that one. Don't you love how the name-calling starts, as if they're defending members of their families or something? As I mentioned earlier, my friend is a pretty high up in Live Nation & told me there's been ticket sale problems for almost 2 months, and that there are tons of shows upcoming on this tour with less than 30% of the tickets sold so far in some arenas. My arena, the Wachovia Center in Philly, sold 4700 tickets in a 21,000+ seat building. And the show was happening this Thursday!!!! That's about 25% of the house sold, 2 days before the show in a major U.S. market like Philly. And my Live Nation friend said that's identical to a lot of the shows remaining on this tour docket. But I know, when in doubt, jump on Madonna so that certain people don't have to fall alone.

on "Exhaustion" at 20:53 09/30/2008

The "getting old" excuse doesn't apply here. I've gone to every Janet tour over the years, and EVERY DATE in Philly wound up postponed due to "exhaustion". So we're gonna need to come with something better than that. The ticket sales excuse is more plausible in this case because a friend of mine works for LiveNation & he shared with me that the Philly show only has 4,700 tickets sold for an arena that holds 21,000+ for concerts. And yes, according to the guy from LiveNation, many of the shows she's done so far on this tour have been arenas that were half empty. I'm a Janet fan, but I've laughed watching the Janet freaks brag about TWO shows that had pretty good-sized crowds, when all the sales indicators were pointing to this tour having bad ticket advance numbers.

on Janet Parts Ways With Her Label at 22:33 09/23/2008

Tommy, I've written "books" on here before and plenty of people read & responded to what I had to say. Nice try though, thanks for playing, playboy. You "promise" no one else read it, huh? You wanna throw some money behind that promise? Or would you rather just keep playing Wannabe Speaker of the House, trying to direct who posts where & speak for everyone's reading habits? The fact that you took the time to write me about a message you didn't read... let's just say you would've been less of a mark to just read it or not read it, keep it about the topic at hand, and keep it movin'.

on Janet Parts Ways With Her Label at 01:08 09/23/2008

And another thing: How far can a person reach, where they actually boast about TWO SHOWS having good turnout on a tour?? I mean, REALLY!! This is an artist who USED to sell out every show, no questions asked. Nowadays, if this same artist does 3-4 shows, and 2 get a nice turnout, that's somehow that she'll "forever be relevant"?? Come on, man, stop the reachin! If you like Janet, fine. So do I. But I'm not about to pretend I don't see the obvious, that's she's not a present-day musical force anymore. There's nothing wrong with that! Admitting that doesn't mean you don't love her anymore! She opened the tour in Vancouver, and drew HALF of the house in ticket sales. We conveniently glance over that little fact, and just focus on the 2 shows that came after it. That's the kinda thing that makes it look like some people are reaching, just to carry the torch for JJ. I guess, when you don't sell a FRACTION of the records you used to (insert Super Bowl excuse #487 here), and you start bouncing from label to label (Hilarious, somehow they ALL just refuse to promote her properly.... rrrright) while you're busy making sub-par music compared to the music you USED to make.... when all that's true, I guess having nice crowds for 2 shows on a tour IS all that's left for someone brag about in the modern era. Listen, guys & gals, Janet is an icon, but this is the age of Beyonce, Alicia, and Rihanna (especially the first 2) - REGARDLESS of which of them you turn your nose at.

on Janet Parts Ways With Her Label at 00:48 09/23/2008

I'm a Janet fan & all, but... I cannot believe is using that lame-ass excuse line about the Super Bowl being the reason Janet's been "held back" since then. Listen folks, negative press HELPS a person's career - not hurts it. What planet do you live on??? Ask Snoop Dogg, who was on trial for gun charges with a possible sentence of 25 yrs to life hanging in the balance, and he simultaneously had the #1 album in the country. Ask R. Kelly, who's had a kiddie porn case hanging over him for the last 6 years & getting called a child molester, while he continued to SELL MILLIONS every time. And the list goes on. Yet JANET is the ONE PERSON where negative press hurts her music & sales. Rrrrrrright.... The reality is, Janet's music has fallen off since the All For You album, and hence hasn't sold like the earlier albums. Period. Stop the excuses please.