AMP Pays for Ian and Mark's Vacation

Yes

11 (22%)

No

39 (78%)

Total Members Voted: 30

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

Nice hotel suites, all expenses paid by AMPlifiers!  They talk about it several times each podcast!

[Taors]

Of course.

[error]

You got it all wrong. It's strippers and cocaine!

[Soundwave]

Ian and Mark aren't on vacation. You think Ian would take a vacation in NYC? 

[Free_Marketeer]

Ian and Mark aren't on vacation. You think Ian would take a vacation in NYC? 

teh lolz.  +1

[mikehz]

I really don't care WHAT the boys do with my money. They deserve to get something for their show.

Go ahead Mark and Ian--enjoy!

[Osborne]

I hope you are not being serious.  There is nothing vacationy about going to a radio conference.

I am aware of FTL advertisers that have offered these guys all-expenses-paid vacations on a couple of occasions, and they have not accepted. There is no reason to suggest that they would be using AMP dollars for their own entertainment purposes, when they are turning down entertainment offers from other individuals.

[Alex Libman]

I voted Yes, not because it's a fun vacation but because there's a diversion of I&M's career interests and my AMP'ing interests.

Yes, getting I&M to rub elbows with the big boys of Big Old Radio helps the show, but it helps their careers more.  It's nice to have all basis covered, but grandmas who only listen to analog radio are not likely FSP recruits!  If the same money was spent on Google keyword advertising, the effect would be more to my liking.

BTW, this opinion has nothing to do with my upcoming AMP reduction from $100/month to $5/month.  All Ron Paul and too little work make Alex a broke boy.  I expect to restore my original commitment in a couple of months.

[Lindsey]

While I'm not entirely sure where the money is going...Julia is right.  Ian is the type of person who would have a shitty, horrible time in New York City.   

[sillyperson]

I have to travel for business 3-4 times per year.
Traveling for business is NOT fun.
Shmoozing with "radio bigwigs" sounds... even less so.

[error]

I do have some awareness of where the AMP money goes, so I'll fill in a few details for those of you who are apparently jealous that you aren't going to NYC.

Ian and Mark have been going to two radio conferences a year almost as long as the show has been on the air. As they say on the radio, these conferences are important because program directors from big markets come to them, and FTL is perceived as a more serious show when (1) they've been on the air a while, and (2) the hosts show up at these conferences. Several stations have come on board as a direct result of Ian and Mark going to these things.

New York City is a shithole. Sure, it's been painted over in a few places, most notably midtown Manhattan, but it's still a complete shithole underneath. It's frankly not worth going to. It has an authoritarian government, nearly the most complete and deadly gun ban in the country, and cops who will shoot you for fun and get away with it while letting the hardened criminals roam free. It's worse than Boston in those respects.

[Osborne]

Anyone have any good NYC stories? I'll start with two, both of which involve semen.

So I'm on this subway late at night. The only other people in the car are this young, nicely-dressed couple and an old, homeless-looking dude sitting across from them. This dude is just staring at this chick for several minutes, and she is getting a little freaked out. At some point, the homeless whips out his cock and starts jacking it. The young dude gets up and just starts kicking the crap out of this dude and the three of us, not the homeless, get off at the next stop.

Another time, I am riding an elevator. The elevator stops and this dude gets on. A few seconds later, this dude says, "Ohhhhh, shiiit." I look over and this dude has this just sickened look on his face looking at the floor. I scan my eyes down and this dude is barefoot. He lifts his foot up and underneath is this little pile of creamy load.

[bonerjoe]

Haha.

[Bill Brasky]

I really don't care WHAT the boys do with my money. They deserve to get something for their show.

Go ahead Mark and Ian--enjoy!

I agree. 

(I'll be amping again when I feel like it.  My current card's expiring in a month, I'm not doing it twice.  I freely admit I haven't listened in months and that doesn't have a thing to do with amping.  These guys are out there doing their thing, its worth a few bucks from me regardless of my listening habits.  They're cool people doing a cool thing and that is the extent of my reasoning on that.  Plus I like this forum and it's not free to keep in operation.)



I've probably said this about five times, theres nothing wrong with them using their donations to do a remote podcast from a different city.  They could bang one out in two hours sitting in a hotel somewhere, all perfectly resonable to me.  They gotta eat, and have a place to stay.  Few months back I offered the opinion that AMP money could have been used to make the NH move, and I hope you did pad the expense with the AMP money, even if you wont admit it, I got no problem with that. 

Oh, and NYC rocks. 

[Taors]

Anyone have any good NYC stories? I'll start with two, both of which involve semen.

So I'm on this subway late at night. The only other people in the car are this young, nicely-dressed couple and an old, homeless-looking dude sitting across from them. This dude is just staring at this chick for several minutes, and she is getting a little freaked out. At some point, the homeless whips out his cock and starts jacking it. The young dude gets up and just starts kicking the crap out of this dude and the three of us, not the homeless, get off at the next stop.

Another time, I am riding an elevator. The elevator stops and this dude gets on. A few seconds later, this dude says, "Ohhhhh, shiiit." I look over and this dude has this just sickened look on his face looking at the floor. I scan my eyes down and this dude is barefoot. He lifts his foot up and underneath is this little pile of creamy load.

We were driving through NYC on the road trip, and I had the camera pointed outside my window, and took a picture of a souped up hummer. Jay yelled at me.