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F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
edited July 2013 in The Porch
I like getting the posters to the shows I attend, but almost all of them are too damn ugly to hang.
The worst is Amsterdam 2. :?
EV Solo Boston 6/16/11
East Troy 9/3/11
East Troy 9/4/11
Amsterdam 6/26/12
Amsterdam 6/27/12
Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
Worcester, MA 10/15/13
Worcester, MA 10/16/13
Hartford, CT 10/25/13
Seattle, WA 12/06/13
Denver, CO 10/22/14
Fenway 2016 #1
Fenway 2016 #2
Fenway 2018 #1
Fenway 2018 #2
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  • JB23237JB23237 Posts: 1,381
    Lol.....so true
    Alpine Valley East Troy WI 1998...United Center Chicago IL1998...All State Arena Rosemont IL 2000 (anybody have a spare poster)
    United Center Chicago IL 2003...Alpine Valley East Troy WI 2003...Toledo OH 2004...Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee WI 2006
    United Center Chicago IL Nite 1 2008...United Center Chicago IL Nite 2 2008...United Center Chicago IL Nite 1 2009
    PJ20 East Troy WI Nite 1 2011...PJ20 East Troy WI Nite 2 2011...Wrigley Field Chicago IL 2013...iWireless Center Moline IL 2014
    Bradley Center Milwaukee WI 2014...EV Auditorium Theatre Chicago IL Nite 1 2008...EV Chicago Theatre Chicago IL Nite 1 2011
    EV w/ PT celebrating the Who Rosemont Theatre Rosemont IL 2015
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,232
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I like getting the posters to the shows I attend, but almost all of them are too damn ugly to hang.
    The worst is Amsterdam 2. :?

    Yeah. I wonder what the intentions of these posters are for though? Did they start out as something to tack on your wall in your dorm or garage, and we've now framed them for our houses and are expecting some amazing art piece?
  • asatersasaters Loveland, CO Posts: 41
    I'll be happy to take any of the Wrigley posters of anyone's hands that doesn't want to hang them :)

    Not too ugly for me! :mrgreen:
    2013: Wrigley, OKC, Seattle
    2014: Moline, St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Greenville, SC, Fenway Night 1 & 2, Wrigley Night 1
  • Caught-A-Bolt-Of-LightningCaught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,336
    The posters are my second favorite souvenir behind the boots and just ahead of the tickets stubs. I hope someday to have every poster from every show hanging in my home office. Sadly I will always be missing two...Greensboro & Charlotte, 2000. There were no posters made for either show. Together they are a large hole in my collection. :cry:

    I'll just never get over it...
    Raleigh, NC., 8/31/98, Charlotte, NC., 8/4/00, Greensboro, NC., 8/6/00, Mountain View, CA., 10/31/00, Raleigh, NC., 4/15/03, Charlotte, NC., 4/16/03, Mountain View, CA., 10/25/03, Asheville, NC., 10/6/04, Philadelphia, PA., 10/3/05, Washington D.C, 5/30/06, Virginia Beach, VA., 6/17/07, Philadelphia, PA., 10/28/09, Charlottesville, VA., 10/29/13, Charlotte, NC., 10/30/13, Memphis, TN., 10/14/14, Greenville, SC., 4/16/16, Hampton, VA., 4/19/16, Raleigh, NC., 4/20/16, Columbia, SC., 4/21/16, Boston, MA., 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18 & 9/4/18., Nashville, TN., 4/2/20., Nashville, TN., 9/16/22.

    EV Solo - Washington, D.C., 8/17/08, Atlanta, GA., 6/24/09, Orlando, FL., 11/27/12.
  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Pearl Jam Poster Hall Of Shame

    PJAmsterdam_ABvsWH.jpg
    Vancouver2011resized.jpg

    those are my two entries for ugly posters
  • tinz.tinz. Posts: 2,704
    What about an evening with in London haha aweful
    EV~Toronto Night 2 - 2008
    Toronto - 2009
    NYC Night 2 - 2010
    Toronto Night 2 - 2011
    Music Midtown, Atlanta - 2012
    London,ON - 2013
    Wrigley Field, Chicago - 2013
    Buffalo - 2013
    Charlottesville - 2013
    Charlotte - 2013
    Detroit - 2014
    Ottawa - 2016
    Toronto Night 1&2 - 2016
    Wrigley Field 1, Chicago - 2016
    EV~Dana Point CA - 2016
    Wrigley Field 1, Chicago - 2018
  • derbydavederbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I like getting the posters to the shows I attend, but almost all of them are too damn ugly to hang.
    The worst is Amsterdam 2. :?

    I will agree with you that there are some UGLY posters out there...

    PJ_050610_Columbus_zpsda34015c.jpg
    Ames Bros. / Columbus '10


    BUT there are some REALLY nice ones that I'm proud to have hanging on my walls too:
    SDC11854.jpg
    Munk One / EV Seattle '11 #1


    SDC11936-1.jpg
    EMEK / Bon Iver Santa Barbara '12


    SDC12092.jpg
    Sperry & Shaw / Pearl Jam Oslo '12



    SDC12354_zps315a47c5.jpg
    Hatch / Band of Horses Nashville '13 Ryman #1&2

    Check out the Framed Posters thread for more GREAT poster shots:
    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3677
    :ugeek:
    '96: Seattle: Key Arena
    '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
    '00: Columbus: Polaris
    '03: Columbus: Germain
    '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
    '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
    '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
    '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
    '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
    '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
    '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
    '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
    '22: Nashville / St. Louis


    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=170

  • iammine16iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 856
    My wife will not let me hang up Vancouver '11

    She said she doesn't want to scare our guests :lol:
    Vancouver, BC - 2005
    Vancouver, BC - 2009
    Vancouver, BC - 2011
    Vancouver, BC - 2013
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Quebec City, QC - 2016
    Ottawa, ON - 2016
    Pemberton, BC - 2016
    Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
    Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
  • joannawilsonjoannawilson Posts: 341
    That Santa Barbara one is gorgeous!
  • pineapplesandwaves.pineapplesandwaves. GTA Posts: 1,808
    I also collect posters as a souvenir. Fortunately (actually... unfortunately), I haven't attended the number of shows that others have, so I don't a crazy number of posters, but I have enough to make my friends think I'm crazy. There were definitely a few posters that I questioned purchasing at the time, and I still wonder why I bothered to, but for the most post, I love my posters and it's cool to have a poster for the specific show you attended.
  • pineapplesandwaves.pineapplesandwaves. GTA Posts: 1,808
    joannawilson wrote:
    That Santa Barbara one is gorgeous!

    I agree. Absolutely gorgeous!
  • heatherpenderyheatherpendery Posts: 32
    Quick question about posters. I want to buy one at the Portland show I'm going too but I am in GA and won't be able to protect it. Do you think they make enough to wait till after the show to buy one?
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    JB23237 wrote:
    Lol.....so true
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • derbydavederbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    heatherpendery wrote:
    Quick question about posters. I want to buy one at the Portland show I'm going too but I am in GA and won't be able to protect it. Do you think they make enough to wait till after the show to buy one?
    Hope you have FUN in Portland!!
    If the merch situation is like all the other shows I've been to lately, they will sell out of posters at the venue & they will most likely be gone before the show starts!!
    However, they have been selling merch outside the venues before the shows around the same time as 10 Club ticket pick-up!
    This gives you a chance to pick up a poster or T-shirt and take it back to your car or hotel room before the show.
    If you miss the poster at the show, Ten Club usually has a limited number of posters here in the shop, but if the poster is good or by a hot artist, they can go pretty quickly too.
    You can also find out if they are going to allow poster tubes...usually if they are selling them at the venue, you can bring one of your own in with you!!
    Hope that helps!!
    :ugeek:
    '96: Seattle: Key Arena
    '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
    '00: Columbus: Polaris
    '03: Columbus: Germain
    '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
    '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
    '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
    '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
    '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
    '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
    '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
    '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
    '22: Nashville / St. Louis


    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=170

  • iammine16iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 856
    pineapplesandwaves. wrote:
    I also collect posters as a souvenir. Fortunately (actually... unfortunately), I haven't attended the number of shows that others have, so I don't a crazy number of posters, but I have enough to make my friends think I'm crazy. There were definitely a few posters that I questioned purchasing at the time, and I still wonder why I bothered to, but for the most post, I love my posters and it's cool to have a poster for the specific show you attended.

    I have been to 3 shows. Lets just say 2 are hung and 1 is well hidden (hint; Vancouver '11)
    Vancouver, BC - 2005
    Vancouver, BC - 2009
    Vancouver, BC - 2011
    Vancouver, BC - 2013
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Quebec City, QC - 2016
    Ottawa, ON - 2016
    Pemberton, BC - 2016
    Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
    Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
  • heatherpenderyheatherpendery Posts: 32
    derbydave wrote:
    heatherpendery wrote:
    Quick question about posters. I want to buy one at the Portland show I'm going too but I am in GA and won't be able to protect it. Do you think they make enough to wait till after the show to buy one?
    Hope you have FUN in Portland!!
    If the merch situation is like all the other shows I've been to lately, they will sell out of posters at the venue & they will most likely be gone before the show starts!!
    However, they have been selling merch outside the venues before the shows around the same time as 10 Club ticket pick-up!
    This gives you a chance to pick up a poster or T-shirt and take it back to your car or hotel room before the show.
    If you miss the poster at the show, Ten Club usually has a limited number of posters here in the shop, but if the poster is good or by a hot artist, they can go pretty quickly too.
    You can also find out if they are going to allow poster tubes...usually if they are selling them at the venue, you can bring one of your own in with you!!
    Hope that helps!!
    :ugeek:
    Thanks for the input.
  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    iammine16 wrote:
    pineapplesandwaves. wrote:
    I also collect posters as a souvenir. Fortunately (actually... unfortunately), I haven't attended the number of shows that others have, so I don't a crazy number of posters, but I have enough to make my friends think I'm crazy. There were definitely a few posters that I questioned purchasing at the time, and I still wonder why I bothered to, but for the most post, I love my posters and it's cool to have a poster for the specific show you attended.

    I have been to 3 shows. Lets just say 2 are hung and 1 is well hidden (hint; Vancouver '11)
    :lol:
  • vest71vest71 Posts: 239
    I collect posters as Well , but i can't understand why they ( PJ ) always uses the same 3-4 artist and not let some local artist make there version , you might get some really Nice ones and you support an local, and perhaps not Well known artist ....
    And the prize for the worst poster i Got goes to Manchester 2nd Night .... It is f...... Ugly
    Hope to see some nice posters i Brooklyn and Philly ( if i get tix :? )
    Burn my eyes and try to blind me
    Bury me so they won't find me
    Try to suck my power empty
    Got no crown of thorns on me
  • KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    derbydave wrote:
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I like getting the posters to the shows I attend, but almost all of them are too damn ugly to hang.
    The worst is Amsterdam 2. :?

    I will agree with you that there are some UGLY posters out there...

    PJ_050610_Columbus_zpsda34015c.jpg
    Ames Bros. / Columbus '10


    BUT there are some REALLY nice ones that I'm proud to have hanging on my walls too:
    SDC11854.jpg
    Munk One / EV Seattle '11 #1


    SDC11936-1.jpg
    EMEK / Bon Iver Santa Barbara '12


    SDC12092.jpg
    Sperry & Shaw / Pearl Jam Oslo '12



    SDC12354_zps315a47c5.jpg
    Hatch / Band of Horses Nashville '13 Ryman #1&2

    Check out the Framed Posters thread for more GREAT poster shots:
    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3677
    :ugeek:


    I love the EV Seattle one. might be my favorite of all. someday I'll be able to find an affordable one somewhere. :lol:

    I enjoy most of munk one's stuff...really like the orlando 2 alligator as well. Bought the Amsterdam 2 poster as I wanted something to remember the night with, but I doubt that one's going up anytime soon...I don't have enough wall space as it is.
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,847
    I collect posters for all the shows I have been to. Plus I have been tantalized into buying a number of others.
    It is a cool collection.... But I really need to get to hanging them more regularly.

    I have all the shows I have been to with the exception of Boston I 2004. Havent pulled the trigger on that one yet.

    Ideally I would like to frame the posters for each show I have been to. They look good on the walls and have received approval from the wife
  • PopmartijnPopmartijn Posts: 382
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I like getting the posters to the shows I attend, but almost all of them are too damn ugly to hang.
    The worst is Amsterdam 2. :?

    I also have Amsterdam 2 and I think it isn't too bad. It's one of the nicest ones of the shows I went to (apart from the U2/Pearl Jam one in Hawaii, 2006). Which might say a lot about the beauty of certain posters. It's the only one I felt worthwhile to buy (the U2/Pearl Jam one unfortunately sold out before I could get one).

    I mean, Amsterdam 1 was even worse. :(
    Munk_Kozik_+pearl+jam+poster.JPG
  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    I think Amsterdam I is better than II, II was almost a keeper until they put the Dutch Boy's face on there, one of the ugliest faces ever put on any poster, to the point where it is repulsive and not something to be shown off, unless you got pictures of Leather Face from Texas Chainsaw Massacre up around your house
    cede1f92c07511e1abd612313810100a_7.jpg
  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Big Bank Hank wrote:
    I think Amsterdam I is better than II, II was almost a keeper until they put the Dutch Boy's face on there, one of the ugliest faces ever put on any poster, to the point where it is repulsive and not something to be shown off, unless you got pictures of Leather Face from Texas Chainsaw Massacre up around your house
    cede1f92c07511e1abd612313810100a_7.jpg
    The concert was as good as the poster is bad.
    EV Solo Boston 6/16/11
    East Troy 9/3/11
    East Troy 9/4/11
    Amsterdam 6/26/12
    Amsterdam 6/27/12
    Wrigley Field 7/19-20/13
    Worcester, MA 10/15/13
    Worcester, MA 10/16/13
    Hartford, CT 10/25/13
    Seattle, WA 12/06/13
    Denver, CO 10/22/14
    Fenway 2016 #1
    Fenway 2016 #2
    Fenway 2018 #1
    Fenway 2018 #2
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