The following tips are based on the Internet Explorer
(IE) browser but other browsers should have similar features. The tips
apply only to the following state pages: AL, AR, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY,
LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WI, WY.
After you have brought up one of the 22 state venue pages, look up in the
upper left corner of the IE browser and you should find the section: File
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Click on Edit. Click on Find on this Page. The Find box pops up. Depending
on what you are searching for, you may have to check the Match Case block.
I will use several examples below to illustrate the search process.
SEARCH FOR VENUES IN A PARTICULAR CITY:
As an example, you have pulled up the Wisconsin state venue page in your
browser and wish to look at only those venues in Milwaukee. Click on Edit,
then Find on this Page. Type in MILWAUKEE (must be capitalized). Check the
Match case block. Then click on Next. Your cursor should highlight
MILWAUKEE corresponding to the first Milwaukee venue listing. Continually
clicking on Next will walk you down the page stopping at each MILWAUKEE
venue on the page. Of course, you can click on Previous to go back up the
page.
SEARCH FOR VENUES WITH A PARTICULAR GENRE:
As an example, say you are interested in acoustic venues. Click on Edit,
click on Find on this Page. Type in Acoustic and click next. In this case
you do not need to check the Match Case block. The cursor should land on
all occurrences of the word Acoustic. Keep in mind that identifying venues
by the genres of the bands that play there is approximate at best.
SEARCH FOR BANDS (Under Construction). In late 2007, I will begin adding
band info below the venue listings. At the end of each band listing I will
add the latest month and year they are scheduled to play there. Hopefully,
this effort will highlight venues that are either still open or were open
at a particular point in time. The band listing will contain the
city/state they are from plus the first music genre that they have listed
on their MySpace page.
For example, if you are thinking of hooking up with bands from Milwaukee
WI that are playing Wisconsin venues, then you would go to the
Wisconsin venue page. Click on Edit, then Find on this Page. In the search
block, you would type in Milwaukee WI and check the Match case block. If
you inadvertently only typed in Milwaukee and didn't check the Match case
block, the cursor would land on each occurrence of Milwaukee.
The search function could also be used to find other specific words, e.g.
java, coffee, etc. which might highlight venue names that play acoustic or
folk music. By trial and error, you might try other tricks to find the
venue(s) of your choice. Good searching!
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