friday night after KOL i was by the food vendors having a post acl meal and some much needed fluids. i saw this dude tackling a plastic trashcan. over and over and over again. at one point i saw him do like a WWE drop elbow move on it. pretty darn funny. lasted like 15 minutes. when i left he was still fighting with the trashcan.
Did anyone else see the dude in the straw cowboy hat, with the headlamp attached, drop down on all fours and crawl through the mud like a rabid dog? Scared the shit out/off of me at first. This dude dropped to his hands and knees and HAULED ass through the mud, it was freaky fast speed, and the flung the mudshit onto someone. He was like a shape-shifter, one minute a drunk ass Texan, the next a drunk ass rabid fucking dog. Funny as hell.
Damn sounds like good shrooms indeed!!! :ugeek:
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i saw a girl pee right in the middle of zilker park. like at the bottom of the hill you have to go down on the way to the livestrong stage. with everyone just walking by her. her friends made her a human barrier / circle. they had some awfully skinny legs... :?
I was on the side rail (Stone side) about 25 feet back. I camped out with some really amazing people from New York/Chicago and we quickly became friends. A little after The Dead Weather's set, people started dropping like flies from the heat/alcohol. We (okay, fine, the NY/Chicago people...i'm not that clever) started up a mini-competition with the left side keeping score of which side had less drop-outs. There was friendly bickering, taunting, chants and it just made the wait for PJ that much quicker.
what did you guys think of the other bands out there on Sunday? I liked the Toadies and Dead Weather but the Dodo's and Clutch I could have lived without
I have to say, and i said this on my Facebook page, i was very happy that I got to see/hear State Radio. These guys were right on. I was very impressed. i only went on Sunday and we saw The B52's, The Toadies, State radio, Ben Harper and of course Pearl Jam.
We also got into the simulcast of the ACL show at Hogg Auditorium on Sat.. If you guys are fans like I am, you're gonna wanna see this show on Nov. 21. they played around 2 hours so they'll more than likely going to cut out some songs. you cansee my pics of the weekend at my blog... www.giventocast.blogspot.com
Peace!!!
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When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
yeah there really was a community feel to it for sure. Our little circle was keeping people from pushing past us by leaning against each other, it was a wall and there was no getting through! lol By the way...did anyone see the "I Love Clutch" girl during Clutch's set? She was screaming at all the 10c peeps to get up, most of us just ignored her but she somehow managed to wiggle her way to the front row, which was quite an accomplishment seeing as she was 5'1" and 200lbs lol. She also had "I Clutch" written on her chest and back in black sharpie :roll:
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
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i saw a girl pee right in the middle of zilker park. like at the bottom of the hill you have to go down on the way to the livestrong stage. with everyone just walking by her. her friends made her a human barrier / circle. they had some awfully skinny legs... :?
haha at a differant music festival some girl was squating in the middle of the place to go for a pee and these two big rugby lads just ran at her and floored her, she was fucked and seeing her trying to get up and get her pants on at the same time was funny as hell
When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
yeah there really was a community feel to it for sure. Our little circle was keeping people from pushing past us by leaning against each other, it was a wall and there was no getting through! lol By the way...did anyone see the "I Love Clutch" girl during Clutch's set? She was screaming at all the 10c peeps to get up, most of us just ignored her but she somehow managed to wiggle her way to the front row, which was quite an accomplishment seeing as she was 5'1" and 200lbs lol. She also had "I Clutch" written on her chest and back in black sharpie :roll:
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?
I remember seeing you in front of us, we were maybe 4-5 people directly behind you. I didn't realize that you had to leave and lose your spot though, that sucks Festivals are fun because the crowd is usually really into the show and without seats you get more of that old school feel, lots of energy! However, festivals suck because people invade your space and you have to camp out etc. Honestly, I loved ACL and it was one of my favorite PJ shows I've been to yet but I doubt I'll be doing any more festivals. Standing in the heat, rain, mud, and dealing with people pushing, yelling and stinking right next to you was just not a pleasant experience. I'll take a seat in the front row with my 10c tickets any day.
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
yeah there really was a community feel to it for sure. Our little circle was keeping people from pushing past us by leaning against each other, it was a wall and there was no getting through! lol By the way...did anyone see the "I Love Clutch" girl during Clutch's set? She was screaming at all the 10c peeps to get up, most of us just ignored her but she somehow managed to wiggle her way to the front row, which was quite an accomplishment seeing as she was 5'1" and 200lbs lol. She also had "I Clutch" written on her chest and back in black sharpie :roll:[/quote]
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?[/quote]
I remember seeing you in front of us, we were maybe 4-5 people directly behind you. I didn't realize that you had to leave and lose your spot though, that sucks Festivals are fun because the crowd is usually really into the show and without seats you get more of that old school feel, lots of energy! However, festivals suck because people invade your space and you have to camp out etc. Honestly, I loved ACL and it was one of my favorite PJ shows I've been to yet but I doubt I'll be doing any more festivals. Standing in the heat, rain, mud, and dealing with people pushing, yelling and stinking right next to you was just not a pleasant experience. I'll take a seat in the front row with my 10c tickets any day.[/quote]
I'm sure I would have ranked the show near the top in my experiences had I been able to be up front with everyone instead of way back with the non-believers... Sometimes one or two people can completely trash an otherwise great experience. And let's face it, the scene was starting to drain on people after 6 hours. I'm wishing now I would have been a little farther back - maybe folks would have been more willing to work with me. Like you, I prefer the arena shows. But ya can't blame me for trying..... :?
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
When you stand in the same spot for 8 hours you see a lot of funny things. I think a lot of us chose to be on Mike's side which I was maybe 7-10 people deep. The nice thing was we were all taking care of each other trying to not let cutters up front. I remember some girl trying to flirt her way up front and being told to forget it. Everybody basically had to pass our credibility tests on whether they had been there long enough to go get a drink and come back etc. It was a community. That being said I think it was about halfway through that some girl came charging through and ran into this other girl to my left and punches were thrown. I got hit with a water bottle by blue hat guy but could never find it in the mud. During Given to Fly the guy next to me grabbed my shoulder and said we are gonna start jumping when we get to the wave came crashing part. Since I had nothing but mud under my feet I grabbed the guy next to me and said the same thing and we bounced through the song without falling. I felt bad for the people that they had to take out because of heat, dehydration, exhaustion. There is no other band I would have put up with all of it for than PJ. Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
yeah there really was a community feel to it for sure. Our little circle was keeping people from pushing past us by leaning against each other, it was a wall and there was no getting through! lol By the way...did anyone see the "I Love Clutch" girl during Clutch's set? She was screaming at all the 10c peeps to get up, most of us just ignored her but she somehow managed to wiggle her way to the front row, which was quite an accomplishment seeing as she was 5'1" and 200lbs lol. She also had "I Clutch" written on her chest and back in black sharpie :roll:
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?
I was probably the asshole you're talking about. It was annoying how people expected to have and 20 square foot area reserved at the front of the crowd through five bands. Trust me, you were not the only one that wanted to be as close to the stage as possible for PJ or otherwise. Me and about 65,000 other people were pushing towards the stage and if we have to chose between avoiding stepping on your yellow blanket with my muddy shoes or being one foot closer to PJ then I hope you were able to wash my Nike shoe prints off. I'm glad the fat Clutch girl got to the front so she could enjoy her band as much as I enjoyed PJ. I'm sorry but it seemed like most of the PJ fans there seemed to have a superiority complex and didnt want anyone to enjoy the other 4 badass bands playing before them. I remember these two Dodos fans asking politely to get infront of these two prissy white girls sitting down and they told them no even after the said they'd leave after their set. So of course the hardcore Dodos fans stopped being polite and just did what any hardcore fan would do and went around them anyway.
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I was probably the asshole you're talking about. It was annoying how people expected to have and 20 square foot area reserved at the front of the crowd through five bands. Trust me, you were not the only one that wanted to be as close to the stage as possible for PJ or otherwise. Me and about 65,000 other people were pushing towards the stage and if we have to chose between avoiding stepping on your yellow blanket with my muddy shoes or being one foot closer to PJ then I hope you were able to wash my Nike shoe prints off. I'm glad the fat Clutch girl got to the front so she could enjoy her band as much as I enjoyed PJ. I'm sorry but it seemed like most of the PJ fans there seemed to have a superiority complex and didnt want anyone to enjoy the other 4 badass bands playing before them. I remember these two Dodos fans asking politely to get infront of these two prissy white girls sitting down and they told them no even after the said they'd leave after their set. So of course the hardcore Dodos fans stopped being polite and just did what any hardcore fan would do and went around them anyway.
Sorry, I was there when the gates opened and sat in the fucking mud all day long and the people that showed up at the end of the show for PJ or in the mid day to try and push in front of me to wait for PJ didn't get very far. I'm proud to say that my friend and I held our spot (5-6 people from the front) the entire day. We didn't try to push any farther than the spot we got when we first got there, we just held our ground because like I said, we had been there all day. If you want a spot up front then get there early and put in the effort it takes to hold it down. There was no superiority complex, just people holding their ground and rightfully so since they put the effort in to get it. You took a lady's spot who had been there since gates opened and then didn't move off her blanket when she came back AND then claim she has a superiority complex? seriously?
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
I was probably the asshole you're talking about. It was annoying how people expected to have and 20 square foot area reserved at the front of the crowd through five bands. Trust me, you were not the only one that wanted to be as close to the stage as possible for PJ or otherwise. Me and about 65,000 other people were pushing towards the stage and if we have to chose between avoiding stepping on your yellow blanket with my muddy shoes or being one foot closer to PJ then I hope you were able to wash my Nike shoe prints off. I'm glad the fat Clutch girl got to the front so she could enjoy her band as much as I enjoyed PJ. I'm sorry but it seemed like most of the PJ fans there seemed to have a superiority complex and didnt want anyone to enjoy the other 4 badass bands playing before them. I remember these two Dodos fans asking politely to get infront of these two prissy white girls sitting down and they told them no even after the said they'd leave after their set. So of course the hardcore Dodos fans stopped being polite and just did what any hardcore fan would do and went around them anyway.
Sorry, I was there when the gates opened and sat in the fucking mud all day long and the people that showed up at the end of the show for PJ or in the mid day to try and push in front of me to wait for PJ didn't get very far. I'm proud to say that my friend and I held our spot (5-6 people from the front) the entire day. We didn't try to push any farther than the spot we got when we first got there, we just held our ground because like I said, we had been there all day. If you want a spot up front then get there early and put in the effort it takes to hold it down. There was no superiority complex, just people holding their ground and rightfully so since they put the effort in to get it. You took a lady's spot who had been there since gates opened and then didn't move off her blanket when she came back AND then claim she has a superiority complex? seriously?
Ok i see your point about people who came late and tried to be up front, but I was one of the people that ran to the stage and stood on my feet, not sat on my ass, in the mud from 11 a.m. until PJ left the stage. I didn't feel the need to take up unnecessary space from other fans that were trying to get a fair spot like I was. It's not my fault that some people can't hang all day and have to sit through awesome bands like the Toadies and Dead Weather. Besides think about the other band's fans, why shouldn't they be able to get close to the stage for their bands, what makes PJ fans so special. Just because we're dediacted and wait all day doesn't really give us special privledges. There were other shows going on that day, not everyone had the same idea we had to wait all day. I didn't wait all day that Friday for Them Crooked Vultures, but when it came close for them to play I got as close as I possibly could. There were no TCV fans being jerks to everyone else for not waiting all day. Anyway, my point is, this is a large crowd environment. There is no way you can expect to hold a 20 sq ft area to yourself. People are naturally going to cram themselves in like sardines regardless of what time they arrived. So if youre gonna wait all day, don't expect it to be a cakewalk, you'd better be ready to tough it it out like me. Like I said, I was like you, I was there all damn day, no restroom breaks, no food breaks. And I wasn't even on the rail, I was like 5 or 6 people back.
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Who said anything about a 20 ft square area? That's YOUR imagination at work.
I would have been happy to have enough room to put weight on my right leg after I got back from the porta-potties. It's one thing to want to be near the front, it's another to be rude to someone who has been at the front for 6+ hours and not give them enough room to stand up.
It's easy for you to talk about generalities, my situation was specific. The reason I left was because my right leg went numb from trying to keep off the girl next to me and basically stand on one leg. I knew I couldn't make it the last couple hours.
If it WAS you, you need to learn how to be a decent human being if you don't feel like getting up early in the morning to get to the front of the stage.
If a guy would have been with me, I don't think you would have acted the way you did. You took advantage of my situation - bottom line.
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I really wish more festivals would implement the system they have at Bonnaroo...a fenced-off pit area that they clear out completely between each act. People waiting for the headliner wait in a line along the outside fence so they get first crack at railsies when they clear out the pit before the headliner.
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I think it's a catch-22 for people, on the one hand I understand people getting there early, but to expect to put a blanket down that close to the stage at ANY music festival and not expect people, A-holes or not, to start moving there way up front, is dreaming at best.
I love the idiots that go to ACL every year with their freaking police tape and section off a huge 20 square foot area and then act surprised when people can't make through their "crime scene" is what I like to call it. I also love the people who put their chairs on the ground WAY past the signs that CLEARLY state "no chairs past this point" people have not concert etiquette any longer, it's all ME,ME,ME.
I truly understand both sides, people feel entitled to their close up spot and other people think they can just trample all over everyone else. I stopped trying to get up front at festivals a LONG time ago, I get as close as I can to the front of the stage all the way on the left at ACL every year and then I just gradually move into the middle the best I can and just settle on a spot, it makes things a lot easier.
I think it's a catch-22 for people, on the one hand I understand people getting there early, but to expect to put a blanket down that close to the stage at ANY music festival and not expect people, A-holes or not, to start moving there way up front, is dreaming at best.
I love the idiots that go to ACL every year with their freaking police tape and section off a huge 20 square foot area and then act surprised when people can't make through their "crime scene" is what I like to call it. I also love the people who put their chairs on the ground WAY past the signs that CLEARLY state "no chairs past this point" people have not concert etiquette any longer, it's all ME,ME,ME.
I truly understand both sides, people feel entitled to their close up spot and other people think they can just trample all over everyone else. I stopped trying to get up front at festivals a LONG time ago, I get as close as I can to the front of the stage all the way on the left at ACL every year and then I just gradually move into the middle the best I can and just settle on a spot, it makes things a lot easier.
festivals are a love/hate for me because the show is always amazing because of the energy from the crowd but at the same time you have to put up with the crowd
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
Also during Given to Fly Eddie came over to the sign language interpreter who was right by us and kinda sang the song to her/watched her very reminiscent of a DVD from the past.
I saw Ed sort of "acting with his hands" several times during the 2 L.A. shows I attended. I remember thinking how much better it would be if he used some proper American Sign Language. I was able to pick up over 600 signs in one summer, just by watching Signing Time! For Kids on PBS. Imagine how much more fun the hand gestures in 'Jeremy' would be if everyone in the audience used the real signs for mountaintop, sun, and V. Or if we all used the ASL "Hello" sign to salute each other in 'Elderly Woman.'
I think it's a catch-22 for people, on the one hand I understand people getting there early, but to expect to put a blanket down that close to the stage at ANY music festival and not expect people, A-holes or not, to start moving there way up front, is dreaming at best.
I love the idiots that go to ACL every year with their freaking police tape and section off a huge 20 square foot area and then act surprised when people can't make through their "crime scene" is what I like to call it. I also love the people who put their chairs on the ground WAY past the signs that CLEARLY state "no chairs past this point" people have not concert etiquette any longer, it's all ME,ME,ME.
I truly understand both sides, people feel entitled to their close up spot and other people think they can just trample all over everyone else. I stopped trying to get up front at festivals a LONG time ago, I get as close as I can to the front of the stage all the way on the left at ACL every year and then I just gradually move into the middle the best I can and just settle on a spot, it makes things a lot easier.
festivals are a love/hate for me because the show is always amazing because of the energy from the crowd but at the same time you have to put up with the crowd
Yeah, same here. I think most of my lousy experiences with festivals have been because I was alone. In Atlanta, one time I had some teenagers blowing cigar smoke in my face. Mind you, I hadn't been nasty or belligerent to them or anything, I think they were just drunk. I guess that could happen at an arena show too, but it seems less likely. There's an "anything goes" sort of atmosphere with festivals because Security can't possibly monitor the crowd.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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I have a love/ hate for GA festivals too or any GA crowds. I honestly thought from my point of view and where I was during the bands that the crowd behaved pretty decent over all for there being shitloads of drinking and pot smoking. It is cool to see a band you nreally like in the intimate setting of GA as the feel is different, but as noted above you got to put up with a bunch of BS too with GA.
On another note
I went to the Toadies st Patricks day show in Dallas back in 2006, and THAT was bad! Great show but horrible crowd up front. I lasted 5 songs on the rail and got out right before I thought I was gonna pass out and a big ass fight broke out 2 rows behind us. Had to watch the rest of the show from way back, but got a kick ass spot and got to chill with friends I hadn't seen in awhile.
Weenie, I am so sorry you had an unpleasant expierence. :(
Thanks Red Mos! Like I said, being there without a guy is just an invitation for people to mess with me. So I had to watch the band without my peeps - I still enjoyed the greatest live band in the world!
On another note, don't know if any of you guys saw the reviews the Chronicle did on the ACL performance and the show taping...... they gave really high marks to both and basically gushed about Ed. Did a PJ fan proud.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
i set up camp with a trash bag. i would either stand right over it or sit directly on it. the festival may have lost 6" of squish room..but you're a douche if you think it's cool to step on someone's stuff for an extra foot
thought you attendees might like to hear this.....
I have a friend who is a HUGE Tool fan. I've been trying to get him into PJ for the longest time. He told me he was going to see them at ACL and would let me know what he thought. Well, I saw him last night and of course he had rave reviews for the band, especially Ed.
BUT.....
He told me he was right next to the sound booth, behind the semi-circle area directly in front of the stage--- AND that PEARL JAM FANS ARE THE MOST RABID FANS HE'S EVER SEEN.
So I wanted to pass that along.....GREAT JOB GUYS!!
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Hell ya Pearl Jam fans are rabbid. It was my fiance's first Pearl Jam show and she was amazed how so many people are singing along with the songs and dancing and rocking despite the mud and conditions!! My god I'm glad I can listen to the bootleg without mud!!
ACL was cool, except for all of the rain and then ridiculous mud. My wife and I met up with a friend of ours who had never seen Pearl Jam but wanted to so it was awesome seeing him experience their concert for the first time. As usual, the guys put on a fantastic show...I wouldn't have expected anything different. They are the BEST.
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"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine..."
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Damn sounds like good shrooms indeed!!! :ugeek:
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What a fantastic weekend.
Wow! Even grosser then I thought.
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it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
carrying a CROSS.
I have to say, and i said this on my Facebook page, i was very happy that I got to see/hear State Radio. These guys were right on. I was very impressed. i only went on Sunday and we saw The B52's, The Toadies, State radio, Ben Harper and of course Pearl Jam.
We also got into the simulcast of the ACL show at Hogg Auditorium on Sat.. If you guys are fans like I am, you're gonna wanna see this show on Nov. 21. they played around 2 hours so they'll more than likely going to cut out some songs. you cansee my pics of the weekend at my blog... www.giventocast.blogspot.com
Peace!!!
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I remember seeing you in front of us, we were maybe 4-5 people directly behind you. I didn't realize that you had to leave and lose your spot though, that sucks
That little toad ended up standing right in front of me the entire time Clutch was playing.
I certainly wish my little community would have taken care of me as many of you have indicated yours did. After standing/sitting for 6+ hours, an asshole Toadies fan - who had already informed me he wasn't going to honor my space if I went to the can - put his girlfriend and himself in my spot, ON MY BLANKET, when I did go. It (the blanket) was three rows from the rail. The good folks to the left of me let me squeeze in and stand, but I didn't have enough room for both feet. I had to rest one foot against a girl that was sitting down. She kept bitching at me about her precious whatever she was sitting on. I had no place to stand and tried explaining that but it didn't matter to her, or the assholes who took my spot on the blanket. Long story short, I got so fed up with the assholes, left and ended up having to watch the show on the screens from WAY BACK. Lesson learned. NEVER go to a festival by yourself and preferably, go with a guy who people will respect. No one respected me. I guess because I'm not twenty-something?[/quote]
I remember seeing you in front of us, we were maybe 4-5 people directly behind you. I didn't realize that you had to leave and lose your spot though, that sucks
I'm sure I would have ranked the show near the top in my experiences had I been able to be up front with everyone instead of way back with the non-believers...
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I was probably the asshole you're talking about. It was annoying how people expected to have and 20 square foot area reserved at the front of the crowd through five bands. Trust me, you were not the only one that wanted to be as close to the stage as possible for PJ or otherwise. Me and about 65,000 other people were pushing towards the stage and if we have to chose between avoiding stepping on your yellow blanket with my muddy shoes or being one foot closer to PJ then I hope you were able to wash my Nike shoe prints off. I'm glad the fat Clutch girl got to the front so she could enjoy her band as much as I enjoyed PJ. I'm sorry but it seemed like most of the PJ fans there seemed to have a superiority complex and didnt want anyone to enjoy the other 4 badass bands playing before them. I remember these two Dodos fans asking politely to get infront of these two prissy white girls sitting down and they told them no even after the said they'd leave after their set. So of course the hardcore Dodos fans stopped being polite and just did what any hardcore fan would do and went around them anyway.
Sorry, I was there when the gates opened and sat in the fucking mud all day long and the people that showed up at the end of the show for PJ or in the mid day to try and push in front of me to wait for PJ didn't get very far. I'm proud to say that my friend and I held our spot (5-6 people from the front) the entire day. We didn't try to push any farther than the spot we got when we first got there, we just held our ground because like I said, we had been there all day. If you want a spot up front then get there early and put in the effort it takes to hold it down. There was no superiority complex, just people holding their ground and rightfully so since they put the effort in to get it. You took a lady's spot who had been there since gates opened and then didn't move off her blanket when she came back AND then claim she has a superiority complex? seriously?
Ok i see your point about people who came late and tried to be up front, but I was one of the people that ran to the stage and stood on my feet, not sat on my ass, in the mud from 11 a.m. until PJ left the stage. I didn't feel the need to take up unnecessary space from other fans that were trying to get a fair spot like I was. It's not my fault that some people can't hang all day and have to sit through awesome bands like the Toadies and Dead Weather. Besides think about the other band's fans, why shouldn't they be able to get close to the stage for their bands, what makes PJ fans so special. Just because we're dediacted and wait all day doesn't really give us special privledges. There were other shows going on that day, not everyone had the same idea we had to wait all day. I didn't wait all day that Friday for Them Crooked Vultures, but when it came close for them to play I got as close as I possibly could. There were no TCV fans being jerks to everyone else for not waiting all day. Anyway, my point is, this is a large crowd environment. There is no way you can expect to hold a 20 sq ft area to yourself. People are naturally going to cram themselves in like sardines regardless of what time they arrived. So if youre gonna wait all day, don't expect it to be a cakewalk, you'd better be ready to tough it it out like me. Like I said, I was like you, I was there all damn day, no restroom breaks, no food breaks. And I wasn't even on the rail, I was like 5 or 6 people back.
I would have been happy to have enough room to put weight on my right leg after I got back from the porta-potties. It's one thing to want to be near the front, it's another to be rude to someone who has been at the front for 6+ hours and not give them enough room to stand up.
It's easy for you to talk about generalities, my situation was specific. The reason I left was because my right leg went numb from trying to keep off the girl next to me and basically stand on one leg. I knew I couldn't make it the last couple hours.
If it WAS you, you need to learn how to be a decent human being if you don't feel like getting up early in the morning to get to the front of the stage.
If a guy would have been with me, I don't think you would have acted the way you did. You took advantage of my situation - bottom line.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I love the idiots that go to ACL every year with their freaking police tape and section off a huge 20 square foot area and then act surprised when people can't make through their "crime scene" is what I like to call it. I also love the people who put their chairs on the ground WAY past the signs that CLEARLY state "no chairs past this point" people have not concert etiquette any longer, it's all ME,ME,ME.
I truly understand both sides, people feel entitled to their close up spot and other people think they can just trample all over everyone else. I stopped trying to get up front at festivals a LONG time ago, I get as close as I can to the front of the stage all the way on the left at ACL every year and then I just gradually move into the middle the best I can and just settle on a spot, it makes things a lot easier.
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festivals are a love/hate for me because the show is always amazing because of the energy from the crowd but at the same time you have to put up with the crowd
I saw Ed sort of "acting with his hands" several times during the 2 L.A. shows I attended. I remember thinking how much better it would be if he used some proper American Sign Language. I was able to pick up over 600 signs in one summer, just by watching Signing Time! For Kids on PBS. Imagine how much more fun the hand gestures in 'Jeremy' would be if everyone in the audience used the real signs for mountaintop, sun, and V. Or if we all used the ASL "Hello" sign to salute each other in 'Elderly Woman.'
Yeah, same here. I think most of my lousy experiences with festivals have been because I was alone. In Atlanta, one time I had some teenagers blowing cigar smoke in my face. Mind you, I hadn't been nasty or belligerent to them or anything, I think they were just drunk. I guess that could happen at an arena show too, but it seems less likely. There's an "anything goes" sort of atmosphere with festivals because Security can't possibly monitor the crowd.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
On another note
I went to the Toadies st Patricks day show in Dallas back in 2006, and THAT was bad! Great show but horrible crowd up front. I lasted 5 songs on the rail and got out right before I thought I was gonna pass out and a big ass fight broke out 2 rows behind us. Had to watch the rest of the show from way back, but got a kick ass spot and got to chill with friends I hadn't seen in awhile.
Weenie, I am so sorry you had an unpleasant expierence. :(
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On another note, don't know if any of you guys saw the reviews the Chronicle did on the ACL performance and the show taping...... they gave really high marks to both and basically gushed about Ed. Did a PJ fan proud.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
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I have a friend who is a HUGE Tool fan. I've been trying to get him into PJ for the longest time. He told me he was going to see them at ACL and would let me know what he thought. Well, I saw him last night and of course he had rave reviews for the band, especially Ed.
BUT.....
He told me he was right next to the sound booth, behind the semi-circle area directly in front of the stage--- AND that PEARL JAM FANS ARE THE MOST RABID FANS HE'S EVER SEEN.
So I wanted to pass that along.....GREAT JOB GUYS!!
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine..."
"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine..."