Automated scrapers getting it amusingly wrong
I've got a subscription to Bandsintown, which attempts to notify its users when artists on their play lists are giving concerts within their area.
(For area which could do with better tuning options, to be honest. Something in Portsmouth is unlikely to be worth our going. Marina excepted. And OK, we did go to Pompey to see Megson. But anyway ...)
But I will admit to being intrigued when the latest email arrived, with this announcement:
Dido
Partnership House - London, United Kingdom
Mon, Jun 13, 2016
OK, so Dido is one of those unfashionable performers, but I've got an album or two of hers, and I do like to listen to them sometimes. What was more interesting was the venue.
Partnership House, London
Really? The only Partnership House that I know of in London is the John Lewis Partnership HQ on Victoria Street, in which I've spent way too many hours. Surely not?
But JLP do like Paloma Faith, so the female singer/songwriter isn't entirely unreasonable ... but no.
I had to go find the details.
MON JUNE 13, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Dido
with:Aeneas
Partnership House
London, United Kingdom
John Lewis Partnership Music Society presents its first opera for 19 years.
Henry Purcell
Dido & Aeneas
Dido with Aeneas? Oh how amusing, it's the Opera Dido and Aeneas, by the JLP Am Music society.
There's going to be a number of disappointed Dido fans. And possibly Aeneas fans, if there is such a band.
(Meanwhile I'm wondering where in those offices one could stage an opera. The canteen may be the best bet.)
ETA: Apparently in the Car Park. It was my impression that that was an underground car park.
(For area which could do with better tuning options, to be honest. Something in Portsmouth is unlikely to be worth our going. Marina excepted. And OK, we did go to Pompey to see Megson. But anyway ...)
But I will admit to being intrigued when the latest email arrived, with this announcement:
Dido
Partnership House - London, United Kingdom
Mon, Jun 13, 2016
OK, so Dido is one of those unfashionable performers, but I've got an album or two of hers, and I do like to listen to them sometimes. What was more interesting was the venue.
Partnership House, London
Really? The only Partnership House that I know of in London is the John Lewis Partnership HQ on Victoria Street, in which I've spent way too many hours. Surely not?
But JLP do like Paloma Faith, so the female singer/songwriter isn't entirely unreasonable ... but no.
I had to go find the details.
MON JUNE 13, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Dido
with:Aeneas
Partnership House
London, United Kingdom
John Lewis Partnership Music Society presents its first opera for 19 years.
Henry Purcell
Dido & Aeneas
Dido with Aeneas? Oh how amusing, it's the Opera Dido and Aeneas, by the JLP Am Music society.
There's going to be a number of disappointed Dido fans. And possibly Aeneas fans, if there is such a band.
(Meanwhile I'm wondering where in those offices one could stage an opera. The canteen may be the best bet.)
ETA: Apparently in the Car Park. It was my impression that that was an underground car park.