Any PJ20 Regrets?????

NoCode_1

ed's performance

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)

Soybeans

I wish I was able to see the museum, but I don't regret it. No way did I want to waste 2 and a half hours of precious time waiting on line.

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.

brianwilson

You had to wait 2 hours to get into a pj museum??? Way to go, organizers!.. hahaha. Should've been an outdoors and somewhat of a free-for-all.

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.).

DewieCox

brianwilson wrote:

You had to wait 2 hours to get into a pj museum??? Way to go, organizers!.. hahaha. Should've been an outdoors and somewhat of a free-for-all.

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.

SVRDhand13

Short and T-shirt for night 2. It wasn't so bad, but a jacket would have been nice. At least the lawn was dry!

kaluss

what are regrets?

shadowcast

brianwilson wrote:

You had to wait 2 hours to get into a pj museum??? Way to go, organizers!.. hahaha. Should've been an outdoors and somewhat of a free-for-all.

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.).

Dude you don't get it & never will. You just had to be there.

drinkbigredinstead

None. Play the South!

slightofjeff

shadowcast wrote:

brianwilson wrote:

You had to wait 2 hours to get into a pj museum??? Way to go, organizers!.. hahaha. Should've been an outdoors and somewhat of a free-for-all.

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.).

Dude you don't get it & never will. You just had to be there.

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.

slightofjeff

NoCode_1 wrote:

probably built it up too much in my head (thinking it would be state college esque etc)

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.

mcgruff10

not getting 10c tickets.
only going to the sunday night show.
not meeting more people on the board in person.

brianwilson

slightofjeff wrote:

shadowcast wrote:

brianwilson wrote:

You had to wait 2 hours to get into a pj museum??? Way to go, organizers!.. hahaha. Should've been an outdoors and somewhat of a free-for-all.

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.).

Dude you don't get it & never will. You just had to be there.

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.

So, how was it different? Did you get all choked up and emotional with butterflies because it was 20 yrs?

Seems to me that A TON of people regretted not watching the other bands. What were people doing? Probably standing in the museum line bitchin about their 10c seat locations for 2 hours is my guess. I saw a Finn clip and it looked like there were 100 people watching (guesstimate obviously). All those bands, minus the Strokes, are great. BTW, how many people watched John Doe?.. his solo stuff is incredible.

I am sure it was fun, but I think the Doc, Sdtrack and Book are the cool, fun things. Spending a A TON of dough to travel from all over (to the Midwest, haha) to just see PJ cuz they have been playing for 20 yrs is just odd. I do understand die-hard Led Zep fans traveling to see their "reunion show," but even that's borderline OCD.

Don't mean to hurt delicate senses but it is extreme. I saw a very similar PJ show in Santa Barb in 2003, it was their 13th, 14th, whatevers, year anniversary!! TOTD Reunion!! Wooooow! Guess, I just don't put much stock into the the anniv. obsession for a regular old concert with a museum. I wonder if PJ will ever play again??? Hahahaa... If they do, and I have to go to Wisconsin to see them, I guess I will have to sack-up and do it..

A Patton Fan

Dude, did you even hear what was in the museum? I certainly wouldn't have waited 2 hrs on Sunday because I waited 90 mins on Saturday to see it. I'm tryin' real hard not to extend this argument.

Cliffy6745

Why does anyone give a fuck if someone is glad they didn't go and trashes the event? Probably just making themself feel better. I went and had a great fucking weekend. That's all there is to it.

totto

Hey brianwilson

#1 I live in Wisconsin, I like it here and obviously others do as well, including the band. Have you been here or is this a closed minded opinion? I would love to understand your hehe comment about the Midwest and my great state. Please enlighten us all.

#2 if you were not at the shows why do you feel the need to comment on a thread targeting only people who attended. Are you upset we all had the time of our life? Do you like to pull others down so you can feel better?

#3 Thank you for fucking up a perfectly cool thread with your negative opinion. Let me give you some advice, if you have to put "sorry my opinion" in your comments, just keep them to yourself.

capthowdy1027

I didn't really meet anybody from here that I wanted to meet. My wife and I struck up conversations with plenty of cool people but somehow never crossed paths with people I wanted to cross paths with. It actually bummed me out some.

Gary Carter

Not going, DO'H

Woulda crossed off a few pj songs on my pj song list and seeing some buddies

irishgal21

Not buying a PJ20 shirt for the friend in Seattle who couldn't make it. I totally procrastinated to the point that there wasn't really much left when I hit a merch stand on Sunday night.

Instead, I bought two PJ onesies for his two-month-old twins. The least I can do is provide a constant reminder of what he missed...every time he looks at his absolutely adorable children and reason-for-living.

EdsonNascimento

brianwilson wrote:

So, how was it different? Did you get all choked up and emotional with butterflies because it was 20 yrs?

Seems to me that A TON of people regretted not watching the other bands. What were people doing? Probably standing in the museum line bitchin about their 10c seat locations for 2 hours is my guess. I saw a Finn clip and it looked like there were 100 people watching (guesstimate obviously). All those bands, minus the Strokes, are great. BTW, how many people watched John Doe?.. his solo stuff is incredible.

I am sure it was fun, but I think the Doc, Sdtrack and Book are the cool, fun things. Spending a A TON of dough to travel from all over (to the Midwest, haha) to just see PJ cuz they have been playing for 20 yrs is just odd. I do understand die-hard Led Zep fans traveling to see their "reunion show," but even that's borderline OCD.

Don't mean to hurt delicate senses but it is extreme. I saw a very similar PJ show in Santa Barb in 2003, it was their 13th, 14th, whatevers, year anniversary!! TOTD Reunion!! Wooooow! Guess, I just don't put much stock into the the anniv. obsession for a regular old concert with a museum. I wonder if PJ will ever play again??? Hahahaa... If they do, and I have to go to Wisconsin to see them, I guess I will have to sack-up and do it..

I don't really care how you rationalize not going. It was an incredible weekend with 2 out of the world shows with many more twists and turns than any normal PJ show (let alone 2 back to back - "Let's do this again tomorrow night!").

Here's how it was different from any other show - A guy from near Naperville Illinois that has a smoking baby as his avatar gave me (from Long Island) and another guy from Atlanta tickets to see Wrigley for the first time Friday. Then I met some extremely cool folks from Oklahoma on the shuttle to the pre-party. We met again on Saturday without planning it and hung out again. We did not sit near each other for the show, but by the time I met up with them (unplanned, yet again) on Sunday, they commented that everyone at the place knew me (obvious hyperbole as many here can attest, but the point being I had met enough folks wandering around the venue for 2 days that by Sunday afternoon I couldn't walk more than 100 yards without someone knowing me/saying hi). Then, after the show on Sunday, I got to meet up with them again and party until 5 AM talking like we've known each other our whole lives. Again - unplanned. And that's 1 couple out of so many I'm still trying to remember all the nice folks that took a few moments out of their weekend to chat and/or party with a total stranger. That doesn’t even go into their friends that I also met on Friday night that I kept bumping into that “serenaded” the Resort with Habit while the party raged on or the med student from the Bronx that I never met before that I traded tickets with and sat next to for both shows and his friends and on and on….

Anyway – that’s just my story. I’m sure there are 29,000 of those. A “regular” PJ (or any for that matter) show does not do that. Maybe, you “tour” with a few friends that you’ve met over the years. Maybe, you meet a bunch of cool people hanging out before and/or after. Awesome, but not the same. Sorry.

The one thing you are right about is folks that missed the side stages did themselves a disservice. I actually “missed out” on the tailgating (which I love to do, and I’m sure it was great), but seeing Liam infect Ed with his hyperactivity and preview Habit (for example) was well worth going in early. I made sure to see every act at least once over the weekend, and still get to see the museum and get whatever stuff I wanted.

I will end with my one regret – not meeting up again with Eric after he was so nice giving me the ticket to see Wrigley on Friday.

sg219

I regret not punching the hoarders of posters, tshirts, hoodies, and hats in the face!!

Absolutely absurd to sell someone 20 posters at once!!