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Joe · Like Clockwork

The boomtownrats.co.uk site is crap.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

It's not crap, it just has a different emphasis. That said I was going to check it out and got

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I suppose that is crap

Mark L · Loudmouth

Joe is on the tweet again

(if you regard posts on here as tweets)

thing is, Joe, don't leave it so long next time.........8 years since your last one wink

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

It was alive earlier yesterday, or it might have been Saturday. Oh well, this is the best Rats place to be. You can also join us on FB if you've got an account. Follow the link on my signature.

Sorry about the brazen self-promotion lol

suss · In the Long Grass

Radio 2??

Ah, just had to edit as I realised I misread the yoof speak...

-- Edited by suss on Monday 1st of December 2014 09:04:45 AM

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

suss wrote:
Radio 2??
Ah, just had to edit as I realised I misread the yoof speak...

-- Edited by suss on Monday 1st of December 2014 09:04:45 AM

Glad I'm not alone in this. I often find text/yoof speak difficult to understand and have to reread it slowly. It's like a different language . Are we getting old?

Joe · Like Clockwork

suss wrote:
Radio 2??
Ah, just had to edit as I realised I misread the yoof speak...

-- Edited by suss on Monday 1st of December 2014 09:04:45 AM

Ain't a yoof anymore, not 4 a long time. the boomtownrats.co.uk is we are playing here buy a ticket, we have another CD buy it. May as well say give us your ****ing money and be done with it. Treating fans like ****.

Joe · Like Clockwork

Do I have to write s h i t. what a load of f u c k i n g c r a p.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

The site is a voluntary project run by fan(s). It is not the Rats themselves. Something is obviously wrong at the moment.

Joe · Like Clockwork

Jules wrote:
The site is a voluntary project run by fan(s). It is not the Rats themselves. Something is obviously wrong at the moment.

what is the official site. doesnt look like a fan site. buy this buy that. give us your f u c k i n g money. see rats on tour. buy music.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
The site is a voluntary project run by fan(s). It is not the Rats themselves. Something is obviously wrong at the moment.

It is the official site. I thought Pete Briquette was involved in it along with BTR. It used to be a pretty good source of information with reviews and stuff, but having just looked at it, now it is up again, it looks like all it does these days is state tour dates and CDs for sale.

Also given it is the official site, it's surprising the none of the tour merchandise is available. Still good thing as far as I'm concerned, saves me buying 10" vinyl eps.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I heard Pete was looking to be involved, but heard nothing beyond that. Yes, I was also expecting to be able to order merchandise through it. That's a separate venture and may be a bit ambitious?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
I heard Pete was looking to be involved, but heard nothing beyond that. Yes, I was also expecting to be able to order merchandise through it. That's a separate venture and may be a bit ambitious?

I would have thought it would be all a bit more joined up. It is the band's official site, as it is often used on posters etc. Given the band have been two thirds reformed for a couple of years, I would have thought they'd have some input like they have on Facebook.

I'd also expect a bit of news on things like tonight's radio show. The odd thing is that sometimes it is ahead of the game like on the latest hits CD, but sometimes it is inaccurate, such as the Great Hall being the venue in Exeter. Must admit I thought it was funny when the publicity video for the Ratlife Tour took all the details off this forum. boomtownrats.co.uk is becoming more like nogeldof.info used to be. Having written that, cue the link to this forum disappearing.

I rarely look at boomtownrats.co.uk nor the impossible to navigate geldof.info.

Tango · In the Long Grass

Even if they just stuck their Facebook feed on their, like they do with the barely-used Twitter, at least there'd be a stream of fairly up to date info. They haven't even got a link to it. Nor have I ever understood the ebay links. Weird site. If I could tell what platform they're using I'd be sorely tempted to offer my services.

Ultimately, as it currently stands, the official site is the last place to look for any info.

-- Edited by Tango on Monday 1st of December 2014 11:40:03 AM

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Their FB page isn't that active. Sometimes goes for days with not a dickie bird

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This forum is usually the most up to date for info. I have to say I copy lots of items from here to go on the BG page. Either that or internet/Twitter searches

.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
I have to say I copy lots of items from here to go on the BG page.

Thief! Aren't you the one with copyright issues!

Only kidding. Nothing on here nor on my blog is copyrighted. Copy it all. It's not like this forum nor my blog have any intention of making money.

Tango · In the Long Grass

Jules wrote:
Their FB page isn't that active. Sometimes goes for days with not a dickie bird .

True, it's the best of a bad bunch of their official web presence!

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

ArrGee wrote:
Jules wrote:
I have to say I copy lots of items from here to go on the BG page.
Thief! Aren't you the one with copyright issues!
Only kidding. Nothing on here nor on my blog is copyrighted. Copy it all. It's not like this forum nor my blog have any intention of making money.

Yeah, I could just copy entire discussions. . Try not to copy things with copyright issues. wink Lol. If someone else has written it, they can get the blame. I mean credit.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

boomtownrats.co.uk is on the poster along with ticketmaster and livenation.

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Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

They should put this forum and BG Twitter and FB. Irene and I work together, sharing information, when we get it or find it.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Maybe the site should be dedicated to Saint Boomtown, cos he's the patron saint of .... smile

Well maybe that's a bit strong. Wish some of the band should keep a blog and let us know what's happening. Maybe Simon or Darren. On The Only Ones website which I visit the guitarist Alan Mair is good at keeping fans informed. He's the same vintage as the Rats, infact a little older, so there's no excuse.

Despite all the slow news feed from official sources happily the band can sell out tours, so something must be working. smile Maybe they could pay ArrGee or Jules to run the official site?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
They should put this forum ...

No. This forum was disowned by them. Never going to be beholden to the "management" again.

Well not unless there's a big bag of ca$h on offer

I suppose they do decent business without the help of the internet, but wouldn't it be nice if they utilised Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify et al

Not saying they should slavishly follow what other bands do, but given what other bands do ( http://www.franzferdinand.com / http://www.arcticmonkeys.com / http://arcadefire.com / http://www.officialdamned.com/ http://www.thestranglers.net/ ) it could be so much better.

Still to be fair, there are worse. http://www.happymondaysonline.com/ is truly crap.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
Maybe they could pay ArrGee or Jules to run the official site?

Always open to getting a big bag of ca$h. To be honest, I probably wouldn't do it for many reasons. I don't really do web design. This forum and my blog are as much as I have even done, and 90% of that is pre-configured. Even the blog has been a little neglected in recent months. Just about have the dates from the last tour up.

I remember they had a really nice micro site to go with the Best of and remasters in 2005, but that has long gone.

It's a shame the official site doesn't have more comprehensive coverage of the Rats as it probably gets hundreds if not thousands of hits per day. The couple of dozen visitors on this forum make little difference, especially as they are all pretty hardcore fans.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
Maybe they could pay ArrGee or Jules to run the official site?
Always open to getting a big bag of ca$h. To be honest, I probably wouldn't do it for many reasons. I don't really do web design. This forum and my blog are as much as I have even done, and 90% of that is pre-configured. Even the blog has been a little neglected in recent months. Just about have the dates from the last tour up.
I remember they had a really nice micro site to go with the Best of and remasters in 2005, but that has long gone.
It's a shame the official site doesn't have more comprehensive coverage of the Rats as it probably gets hundreds if not thousands of hits per day. The couple of dozen visitors on this forum make little difference, especially as they are all pretty hardcore fans.

I see The Damned are claiming 120,000 'likes' on their site. Good old r'n'r hyperbole never goes out of fashion it seems. I was afraid of a virus from that Mondays site so had to shut it. smile

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
I see The Damned are claiming 120,000 'likes' on their site. Good old r'n'r hyperbole never goes out of fashion it seems. I was afraid of a virus from that Mondays site so had to shut it.

Would surprise me if down the years if a band site like boomtownrats.co.uk which has been going for far longer than this forum got over a hundred thousand different viewers. It will naturally come up first on any google search.

The only reason people chance upon this forum and probably the blog is when they search for a bit more detail. Only the very determined get here.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

I found this "original" site. Looks very dated. The poll is interesting

www.oocities.org/fiver1971/index.html

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

There is something on the news and a tweet. Nice to see signs of life in the auld rat site

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

ArrGee wrote:
There is something on the news and a tweet. Nice to see signs of life in the auld rat site

That must have appeared AFTER it had been on the radio? Snail's pace. biggrin

Joe · Like Clockwork

ArrGee wrote:
There is something on the news and a tweet. Nice to see signs of life in the auld rat site

Yeah, just read it. download radio show oh and you can buy the album here. Give us your f u c k I n g money.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Joe wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
There is something on the news and a tweet. Nice to see signs of life in the auld rat site
Yeah, just read it. download radio show oh and you can buy the album here. Give us your f u c k I n g money.

Just to make it clear, boomtownrats.co.uk is only associated to this forum by a link on the site. This forum is independent of ALL other sites, facebook, twitter etc. You can contact them via http://www.boomtownrats.co.uk/contact-us.html

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

This is a very cool site www.elviscostello.com/