thanks for the reviews, nice ones
well i wish i could be as positive but i can't and the reason is that i feel ripped off. Bought 2 VIP tickets for LBP200,000, and believe me, it hurts, especially in July
Arrived to B0 on Friday and it's only at 3AM that we knew that Zabiela was not coming and that the gig was scheduled for the following night AND that no refund was possible. 2 of my friends came from the UAE to party on Friday and had to leave on Saturday. I also had something Saturday night. Result: we had to miss Saturday gig and again, no refund was possible, even not a partial one! with all due respect to the organizers' pocket and P&L, it's our right to have the choice of being refunded, at least partially, for a rescheduled event! I called Mixfm on Saturday to ask for a refund. The answer was "there was a force majeur, read article seven on the ticket, in case of force majeure, no refund is possible". Well sorry, but this is not "force majeure"! Anyway, i feel frustrated, ripped, manipulated and disrespected. OK, bravo for the organizers to have been able to reschedule this event on a following night maybe, they could have lost much more money if they haven't. But why should we pay the price of their mistake? why not offering a refund, at least partial, to the people who couldn't attend? it's our right! We paid to see Zabiela on the 24, not the 25! We didn't want 2 parties for the price of one, we wanted one on the 24 featuring Zabiela! Anyway, shame on them. In a country seeking to preserve consumer rights, organizers would have been screwed in a similar case should they have not accepted to refund the people who wanted to, at least partially... or they would have flown away... and the problem is that lots of people find this normal and the "best scenario" to follow :/ no accountability?
Plus as i am reading above, and from the some of my friends' feedback, B0 was charging as a regular B0 night, with VIP tables being charged minimum charge (in bottles
). No one was informed about this prior to the Saturday party. Is this normal?
As for JZ, had the opportunity to see him spinning many times and the guy is a genius, simply. he manipulates the equipment like no one else does, with mastery. he is so gifted both musically and technically, that he creates new sounds and rhythms through scratches, and it all seems so easy and natural. and i was so disappointed to have paid to miss him!
for the visuals, i personally don't really care but i understand that some people can get offended. it's within our middle eastern culture and feelings. It reminds me of a topic here on TH:
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17729 don't know what you guys think of it all, i personally am opinion free.