Anthony Di Bello

Product, Sales, and Marketing exec. Passion for infosec, #DFIR, and the arts... now with kick! Enterprise Security, eDiscovery & Digital Investigations.

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buon appetito!

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passata > sauce

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11pm. DTLA. A beautiful evening walk together after a night at the opera.

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Here we go... Setup LM Studio with Gemma 26b running locally, Anything LLM as RAG and frontend, and a solid system prompt with a repository of personal docs in the workspace. Now what to do what to do.... 😁

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Bow Down. Cube throwing the opening pitch tonight. LA Legend.

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@michaelmiraflor Group 3: Early intro to both was a particular Aerosmith/Run DMC collab. That said it did drive my taste and judgement in both directions...

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@hearinladotcom First here in the late 70s with pops on deli runs. Prosciutto, capocollo, salami, pepperoni some cheeses and always a comp breadstick for us kids. Great memories.

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@4AAAAart This guy is making everything look Buck Mason. Too exposed.

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And if memory serves it was not a good show. Eddie was drunk, fans threw shoes, Eddie walked off after maybe three songs and the show was cut short.

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And that Pearl Jam ticket? *checks old tix stash* $22, GA. I think we were like 20' from the stage. I remember the first shoe that flew.

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Coachella was born because Pearl Jam boycotted Ticketmaster in 1993.

They played a concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio to prove you could put on a show without the monopoly. That concert proved the desert site could handle a massive crowd. Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen of Goldenvoice took note, and launched Coachella at the same venue in October 1999. Tickets were $50 a day.

It nearly destroyed the company. Goldenvoice lost $850,000 on the first festival. Headliners like Rage Against the Machine and Beck agreed to defer their pay so the company could survive.

By 2001, Tollett was so broke he sold Goldenvoice to AEG for $7 million. AEG. The company that owns https://t.co/nY6t8G8Q3D Arena, The O2, and operates as the other half of the concert industry duopoly alongside Live Nation/Ticketmaster.

The anti-Ticketmaster festival sold itself to the Ticketmaster economy for $7 million.

Today Coachella generates roughly $160 million in ticket revenue alone. American Express pays $5 million a year just for branding. Dorsia sells main-stage suites starting at $70,000 per weekend. Villas near the grounds rent for $150,000.

Justin Bieber is making $10 million for two Saturday night sets. In 1999, the headliners agreed to get paid later because the festival couldn't afford them at all.

Tollett sold for $7 million. The festival now grosses that in about 11 hours of ticket sales.

Pearl Jam boycotted the machine. And accidentally built the venue for one.

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This is... Nothing but awesome. LA has been working on natural reclamation in the stretch for years.

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The la river is the new club

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The la river is the new club

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Souffle pancakes round 2! Better batter and in the flying pan.

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@MrJohnnyRainman Mmmm... tacos...

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Had to finish in the oven due to the burn safety feature on the pot, ended up more like a scone 🤷🏻‍♂️

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A swing and a miss with rice cooker pancake. Guess next time the batter needs its own pan in the cooker.

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@AndySaunders_1 Well the recent is upside down 🤣

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Sharing LA28 pre sale costs, these are all mid tier selections for reference. YOLo on the Opener 😁

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With a vivid memory of watching the '84 Olympics on the family TV from our home in the Valley, almost in disbelief getting the opportunity to see the games here 44 years later. 🥇🥈🥉Lets goooo!