I am in need of some advice...

unforgiven

Im actually very lucky on the partner front, My wife is a massive fan aswell and we just did the entire aussie and nz tour, her idea which was even better. The funny thing was when I told my work mates out tour plans, they laughed and asked how I managed to convince her to attend.

The only problem was that my best mate is a massive fan as well so he decided to tag along on the entire tour, which didnt go down to well with the wife. Atleast we were able to beat him in the concert memoribilia we were able to collect.

bry321f11

gems_n_rhinestones wrote:

I'm not new to being a PJ fan, just kind of new to this being totally engulfed by them and going through nasty withdrawals without a concert date in sight. I was fortunate enough to be at shows 3 & 4 of Phili, and since then it has been all PJ. I don't listen to anything else. My boyfriend hates me because he says "I'm obsessed". I like to think of it as being encaptured... Anyway, how do you guys that have gone through your "withdrawals" deal with the down time??

In a way I wish I could go back to being a casual fan...

Couple things......

1.....Dont fight it. Why would you?? Like anything in life, do/listen to what you enjoy, even if its ALL the time..

2.....Casual fans or non-fans dont understand what we feel when we lsiten to PJ, they are brought up in conversation, they pop up on the radio, etc..

3.....In my 26 years of life, I have dated plenty of girls and not one of them was a huge fan of PJ. Tell your bf to suck it up and jump on board.

pandora

gems_n_rhinestones wrote:

I'm not new to being a PJ fan, just kind of new to this being totally engulfed by them and going through nasty withdrawals without a concert date in sight. I was fortunate enough to be at shows 3 & 4 of Phili, and since then it has been all PJ. I don't listen to anything else. My boyfriend hates me because he says "I'm obsessed". I like to think of it as being encaptured... Anyway, how do you guys that have gone through your "withdrawals" deal with the down time??

In a way I wish I could go back to being a casual fan...

There's no going back now and you know you really don't want to. Just enjoy what you have til you get some more.

otter

gems_n_rhinestones wrote:

I'm not new to being a PJ fan, just kind of new to this being totally engulfed by them and going through nasty withdrawals without a concert date in sight. I was fortunate enough to be at shows 3 & 4 of Phili, and since then it has been all PJ. I don't listen to anything else. My boyfriend hates me because he says "I'm obsessed". I like to think of it as being encaptured... Anyway, how do you guys that have gone through your "withdrawals" deal with the down time??

In a way I wish I could go back to being a casual fan...

Join the club...oh, wait you already did :thumbup:

CranMalReign

When I started dating my wife, I would send her a lot of music (we were long distance at first). She started latching on the the PJ stuff (had never really heard of them before). This was in 2002/03. In 2003, I went to 6 PJ shows and was only able to take her to one of them... State College.

Since then, she's gone to 17 more shows and is almost as obsessed, if not moreso, than I am.

As far as getting through the dry times... I went through a phase, mostly in college, of downloading audience boots and just falling in love w/ all of the nuances and intricacies of each individual performance of the songs. It's not like I have 20 versions of Porch... I have 20 songs that all have similarities to Porch, but are all very different from each other in one way or another.

I've cooled off on that for now... but now have a more expensive way to pass the time... I've started collecting show posters. It gives me a different avenue for enjoying my favorite band. I've bought several fistfuls of posters over the past 3 months. That's my latest obsession.

At any rate, you can also feed your appetite coming hear and particiapating in Survivor threads and photoshopping cats into band photos...

U R A Crazy Breed

gems_n_rhinestones wrote:

I'm not new to being a PJ fan, just kind of new to this being totally engulfed by them and going through nasty withdrawals without a concert date in sight. I was fortunate enough to be at shows 3 & 4 of Phili, and since then it has been all PJ. I don't listen to anything else. My boyfriend hates me because he says "I'm obsessed". I like to think of it as being encaptured... Anyway, how do you guys that have gone through your "withdrawals" deal with the down time??

In a way I wish I could go back to being a casual fan...

you have passed the point of no return..kick his sorry ass to the curb and join the looney bin with us....trust me, you will never feel alone!!

robbyblaylock

i go on boot binges alot but i also use this board to find new music.

when we have long times between tours, i go see what other people are listening to and share what else i listen to and find some new music and artists while keeping up on the boots that i might have missed or ignored for a little while.

CranMalReign

robbyblaylock wrote:

i go on boot binges alot but i also use this board to find new music.

when we have long times between tours, i go see what other people are listening to and share what else i listen to and find some new music and artists while keeping up on the boots that i might have missed or ignored for a little while.

This board is how I found out about Queens of the Stone Age and Kings of Leon.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

gems_n_rhinestones wrote:

Anyway, how do you guys that have gone through your "withdrawals" deal with the down time??

Go to the IHOP....

FREE Pancakes!!!!!!!!

CranMalReign

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Go to the IHOP....

FREE Disgusting Shit!!!!!!!!

Fixed.

Kinsey

Maybe the key to this is to not to have your obsession front and centre in your relationship. Accept that your other half doesn't share your passion. Think about it - how bored would you become if the person you see the most of was constantly talking about one topic?
When I'm in the car with my girlfriend, I'll get some PJ or Bruce on the radio but then it's some Gaslight Anthem, Hold Steady, the radio, Beyonce, whatever. I also accept that while she'll listen to Backspacer, she doesn't want to discuss its merits in comparison with No Code or Ten.

Try compromise!

cdp1223

Kinsey wrote:

Maybe the key to this is to not to have your obsession front and centre in your relationship. Accept that your other half doesn't share your passion. Think about it - how bored would you become if the person you see the most of was constantly talking about one topic?
When I'm in the car with my girlfriend, I'll get some PJ or Bruce on the radio but then it's some Gaslight Anthem, Hold Steady, the radio, Beyonce, whatever. I also accept that while she'll listen to Backspacer, she doesn't want to discuss its merits in comparison with No Code or Ten.

Try compromise!

Compromise?!? This isn't Oprah! Get outta here with your "logic" and "compassion" and "understanding".

Kinsey

My next piece of advice was to jump up on the couch and start raving about how much you love PJ and Scientology. Guaranteed to work!

cdp1223

Kinsey wrote:

My next piece of advice was to jump up on the couch and start raving about how much you love PJ and Scientology. Guaranteed to work!

There ya go. Much more like a PJ fan. Or something....

Gmoney

discover new music. grizzly bear, beach house, dirty projectors ect ect. give pj a break until the first day of spring and listen to yield.

luke.harvey3

ill date u instead