Any PJ20 Regrets?????

Here is my list:
Not seeing any of the side stage shows. Clips of Ed and Mike joining a few of them looked cool.
Wearing flip flops day one so I did not trash my kicks. I spent an hour after the show washing my feet.
Picking up tickets Friday night. 2 hour process and missed Wish List Party. No line when we went in on Saturday.
Camping, way to old for that and far too much work!
Not dressing warm night 2. Fine at the show, cold as hell at our post tailgate.
Not pre-scouting bathrooms and beer close to my seats. Seemed like I had to climb to the top everytime!
Not joining the Ten Club years ago!
Show's kicked ass, I was spent Monday!
Not seeing any of the side stage shows. Clips of Ed and Mike joining a few of them looked cool.
Wearing flip flops day one so I did not trash my kicks. I spent an hour after the show washing my feet.
Picking up tickets Friday night. 2 hour process and missed Wish List Party. No line when we went in on Saturday.
Camping, way to old for that and far too much work!
Not dressing warm night 2. Fine at the show, cold as hell at our post tailgate.
Not pre-scouting bathrooms and beer close to my seats. Seemed like I had to climb to the top everytime!
Not joining the Ten Club years ago!
Show's kicked ass, I was spent Monday!
Milwaukee, 7/8/95
Milwaukee, 6/30/06
East Troy, 9/3/11
East Troy, 9/4/11
San Jose, Costa Rica 11/20/11
Manchester, England 6/20/12
London, Canada 7/16/13
Chicago, 7/19/13
Charlottesville, 10/29/13 *** Favorite Show****
Milwaukee, 10/20/14
Chicago, 8/20/18
Boston, 9/4/18
St. Louis, 9/18/22
St Paul, 8/31/23
St Pau,l 9/2/23
Austin, 9/18/23
Austin, 9/19/23
Chicago, 8/29/24
Chicago, 8/31/24
Milwaukee, 6/30/06
East Troy, 9/3/11
East Troy, 9/4/11
San Jose, Costa Rica 11/20/11
Manchester, England 6/20/12
London, Canada 7/16/13
Chicago, 7/19/13
Charlottesville, 10/29/13 *** Favorite Show****
Milwaukee, 10/20/14
Chicago, 8/20/18
Boston, 9/4/18
St. Louis, 9/18/22
St Paul, 8/31/23
St Pau,l 9/2/23
Austin, 9/18/23
Austin, 9/19/23
Chicago, 8/29/24
Chicago, 8/31/24
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Forgetting my good camera for the museum (took many cell phone pics which are OK).
Not buying the Klausen S/N from day 2. had plenty when I shook his hand and said hello.
Alpine Valley 2011-09-03, 2011-09-04
i saw most of the side acts...
i was warm
went to museum early on saturday..that que(line) was huge on sunday
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for the least they could possibly do
I regret not bringing a completely blank card to the show.
Same...My wife looked at me halfway through the sunday set, smiled and said "We shoulda came last night, too"
Figured we'd spend sooo much more. 2 tanks of gas, $80 for 2 tix and a $60 hotel room on the way back. Not too much of a regret since it was my little girls bday on Saturday and we wanted to hang with her all day.
+1
Also wish I had made it over on Sunday to hang out with the guys from Boston that sat next to us on Saturday night. We were on the same wavelength throughout the whole show and they were seriously the nicest guys ever.
Meet some nice peps, wish I could have meet more.
Eddie Solo 8-16-08 DC, 6-15-09 Baltimore
1. I killed my cell phone saturday because I kept it in my pocket while setting up a tent in the pouring rain. This caused me to be phoneless all weekend. Wouldn't had been a problem but I had to meet up with the person who had my tickets that day and I couldn't find a way to get a hold of her for hours. I was sooo stressed out. Many thanks to the guys that let me use their phones repeatedly during that time.
2. Due to getting lost, the weather, and my dead phone I didn't get into the show until nearly 6pm Saturday. Missed the side acts day 1.
3. Sunday I got in at 2. But I felt like I had to choose between the PJ museum or the side acts. I choose the museum and it's 2.5 hour wait. I loved it but I really wished I could have at least heard the other artists while I was waiting.
4. Didn't make it to the poster convention. :( This is my biggest regret. I was going to right after the museum but I forgot and instead found a spot on the 10C lawn to wait and rest.
5. That spot on the lawn turned out to really suck...It was in a little dip that I hadn't noticed until PJ started and I couldn't see a thing. And I was surrounded by some lame people who sat or layed down during PJ!
Noblesville 5/7/10, PJ20 Alpine 9/3/11- 9/4/11, MIA Philly 9/2/12, Missoula 9/30/12, Wrigley 7/19/13, Pittsburgh 10/11/13, Buffalo 10/12/13
There is only ONE regret I have....
I wish I would have socialized a little bit more. We grilled out both days, met a couple people around us, but I wish I would have went out a bit more and socialized. I had a work trip the previous week, didn't fly back into Milwaukee until 9:00pm, so I was unable to attend the Friday night gathering.
I was lucky enough to get all three posters, got a couple t-shirts, and had incredible seats.
But hey, if that's the only regret I have, I guess I'm pretty fortunate.
I also regret not seeing the side stage bands on Saturday and wondering why Dhani Harrison was at PJ20.
I regret not making sure my portable cell phone charger was charged up, had to go to the charging station so I could text unlost and Afroannnie and tell them where to meet us.
I regret that the whole weekend wasn't 3 days like that other band that takes over the Gorge for 3 days on Labor Day Weekend-I think with ONE more day, it would have completed everything. The Saturday rain really put a damper on milling about and meeting more people.
I regret not buying reserved/GA tix, had lawn both days and I wish I could have been closer to 'feel' the excitement more...and see more of what was going on stage. I'm really short, so I had to rely on the video screens.
- Christopher McCandless
Noblesville 5/7/10, PJ20 Alpine 9/3/11- 9/4/11, MIA Philly 9/2/12, Missoula 9/30/12, Wrigley 7/19/13, Pittsburgh 10/11/13, Buffalo 10/12/13
Without the tube I skipped getting a Klausen signed poster. Also skipped buying the $100 glow in the dark Hampton. Kinda a bummer, but saved me some dough I guess. Probably would have bought 3-4 more posters had there been tubes on Sunday.
I also regret not buying the hat now...and the key chain. By the time I decided to get the key chain, it was Sunday and the lines were long and not worth the wait. If I really want it I can get t from the Goods section and just pay more.
Really, my regrets mean I have more $ left so maybe that's not bad.
regret not going to museum
regret it turning into cornell20
probably built it up too much in my head (thinking it would be state college esque etc)
We barley had enough time for the side stages and meeting fans from all over without the museum wait. They should have kept it open all night.
The only way I would've gone is if I lived w/in a hundred miles or so.
Put it this way: The PJ shows looked like Santa Barb in '03. I know it's cool to make a vacay out of it (to Wisconsin, haha), but you could've seen PJ and ALL of the other "smaller" bands (for 20 bux or less) when their resepective tours came to your hometown in a club. They were great acts though.
Sorry for my opinion, but I just don't get it (any festival show - Coachella, Lollapallooza, etc.).
An outdoor museum with a bunch of priceless artifacts...That makes sense
The tix and travel to see all the bands on the bill would cost alot more than that for me or anybody else that doesn't live in a city. I think the $ that I spent to go to one day of PJ20 is the least amount of money I've spent on a show in a long time, and that's seeing some smaller bands at smaller venues.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
Seriously. This was an event like no other that came before it and no other that will follow it (unless we make it to PJ40). It's like telling your best friend of 20 years, "Sorry dude. I can't go to your wedding, but let's go to lunch next time you're in town, eh? That'll be the same thing."
As if the two events are analagous.
for the least they could possibly do
So you thought Christ was going to return in the middle of it or something? Man, you must have shit a brick when Cornell walked out, then.
for the least they could possibly do