Craziest thing you did to get to a PJ show?

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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Best thread of the week. Good job OP
  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    I flew United. 
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    edited June 2017
    Awww thanks cp3iverson!

    Actually I'm thinking, given the gifts so many of us apparently have for figuring out complicated logistics, seems like maybe we should all go into business with each other and open a "Do the Impossible" travel agency or something LOL!  It'll take Air BnB and Uber to a whole different level, we can get strangers to room together and charge people a bunch of money to sleep in airports!!

    Edited to add: and per disilluzion, we can book everyone on flights on United...

    Who's in?  =)
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,228
    I booked a flight the day before night 2 of pj20. Got to Wisconsin around 2pm, went to the show and flew out 5 am the next morning lol. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Was it the show reviews of Night 1 that pushed you over the edge & made you jump on Night 2 mcgruff10? Or what made you do it last minute?
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Also curious if anyone went through a lot to get to the show but it didn't work out, or they didn't feel like it was worth it for some reason?  I guess one reason we take these chances is we know PJ on their worst night is still better live than 97% of all other bands... but did anyone regret their crazy steps to get to a show?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,228
    edited June 2017
    JH6056 said:
    Was it the show reviews of Night 1 that pushed you over the edge & made you jump on Night 2 mcgruff10? Or what made you do it last minute?
    I was actually going through a divorce and living with my parents. My dad was getting on my nerves and one of my best friends was telling me I could stay with him free of charge. He was hiring to both nights. I actually booked the airfare from Newark before night one.  I was ticketless when I went but a ten club member hooked me up day of show 2 for free! 
    It was a whirlwind of a trip but totally worth it.  
    The next week I drove to Toronto to see pj and got halted by 100 year floods somewhere in New York lol.  Again totally worth it. 
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    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Got it. Sometimes it's really hard situations that lead us to take risks we otherwise wouldn't do but we end up being so glad we did!
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,228
    In 2003 my trip to Orlando to see pj from Newark, nj was also under 24 hours lol.  I hit up magic kingdom and Epcot too. 
    Again totally worth it, first row in front of mike in a very small club. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Mawky1103
    Mawky1103 Posts: 311
    I was a student at UConn at the time (2009). Me and a friend had an exam at 8 AM, afterwards met up with 3 other people, drove down from Storrs, CT to Philadelphia (10/30/09). Traffic was unbelievable. Left around 1, got there at 815. Met up with 3 friends at Lasalle to drive us to show at Spectrum. On way there my friend gets out to pee, gets thrown on car by undercover cop. Me and my girlfriend say screw this and take a cab to show while my other friends on way to show wait for my buddy who got thrown into cop car. We make it to Spectrum to get my 10c tix and walk in during the fixer. I'll never forget hearing that chorus as we ran in.

    My friend was able to get off explaining it was a mistake and he was on the way to a Pearl Jam show. The cop let him go after showing him the tickets. They arrived like 8 song into main set. Crazy day and night.
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    edited June 2017
    Mcgruff10 Damn, that's a LOT in less than 24 hrs!!
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Mawky1103 said:
    I was a student at UConn at the time (2009). Me and a friend had an exam at 8 AM, afterwards met up with 3 other people, drove down from Storrs, CT to Philadelphia (10/30/09). Traffic was unbelievable. Left around 1, got there at 815. Met up with 3 friends at Lasalle to drive us to show at Spectrum. On way there my friend gets out to pee, gets thrown on car by undercover cop. Me and my girlfriend say screw this and take a cab to show while my other friends on way to show wait for my buddy who got thrown into cop car. We make it to Spectrum to get my 10c tix and walk in during the fixer. I'll never forget hearing that chorus as we ran in.

    My friend was able to get off explaining it was a mistake and he was on the way to a Pearl Jam show. The cop let him go after showing him the tickets. They arrived like 8 song into main set. Crazy day and night.
    Wow, I kinda know that drive a bit, that is crazy long for that!  And yeah, sometimes when your friend is peeing and gets pulled by a cop, you just gotta get a cab and go!  Maybe I'm a bad friend, but since women usually can't just whip it out and pee anywhere, I'd be like "Hey, I have to hold it, you're on your own dude!" and be outty LOL!
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,552
    St. Louis 98.  Buddy and I have 2 tix a piece. I take my girl, he plans on selling his extra. Tries to sell to an undercover cop FOR FACE and loses BOTH tickets. I guess it was illegal to even sell on the grounds for any price. Spent the entire afternoon in the parking lot crying his sob story to anyone who would listen. Eventually found a saint who just handed him a ticket.  Top 2 shows in my opinion.
  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    edited June 2017

    2 days before Greenville I decided that it would be a show i couldn't miss. Was able to pick up 2 last row tickets on the boards and booked our plane before even telling my wife. She is as big a fan as I am so she was totally down for it. We flew out at 8am Saturday into Charlotte North Carolina, rented a car and drove to Greenville. On the drive there my wife gets a text from our friend that they scored tickets right by the stage and grabbed 2 for us, made it to the pre-party and gave away the other tickets I bought off of someone here. When we went into the arena i still had no clue where our seats were, as we kept walking down i realized we had front row side stage next to Mike. Amazing show and as they played VS my wife just looked at me and said thank you for being such a nut.  Drove back to North Carolina, crashed for 2 hours and back on the plane home Sunday morning. One of the best day trips we had and I’d do it again tomorrow.


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    NYPJ
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,228
    JH6056 said:
    Mcgruff10 Damn, that's a LOT in less than 24 hrs!!
    Yeah I was shot the next day!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Wow elvistheking44 that does not sound fun - thank goodness for kind soul who gave your friend a ticket!

    Not bad Wall232, going from very very last row to very very FIRST ROW!  I love stories like that!

    Hell, I love ALL of these stories!  Love how often things work out even when they seem crazy or like they won't...
  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    edited June 2017
    JH6056 said:
    Wow elvistheking44 that does not sound fun - thank goodness for kind soul who gave your friend a ticket!

    Not bad Wall232, going from very very last row to very very FIRST ROW!  I love stories like that!

    Hell, I love ALL of these stories!  Love how often things work out even when they seem crazy or like they won't...
    Best seats I ever had.

    Tried uploading a pic from my phone but it didn't work. It was such a fun night. 
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    NYPJ
  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    NYPJ
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,967
    edited June 2017
    I'm not sure which I consider crazy, but here's a few highlights:

    1)  2000 - Decided to go to Portland and Seattle.  Portland get's cancelled.  10c offers to transfer tickets to another show so we choose Boise as it's the next closest.   Portland resurrects itself from the dead so we decide to go again and buy TM tix.   The Portland and Boise shows were back to back so we drove all the way from Portland to Boise over night in a PoS 1983 honda civic with broken wipers and no heat.. lol!!   It also meant we had to drive all the way back to Seattle 1.5 days later.

    2) 1998 - Did a cross Canada trip with one of my best friends.  We weren't sure we'd make it back for Vancouver so we bought Missoula tickets and slightly cheated by detouring south once we got to Calgary.    It turned out we made it back for Vancouver with 2 days to spare so we went to that one too.   The crazy part is I get home on 21st.   Get one night of sleep, wake up on the 22nd and see my little brother in kitchen.  I ask him "you want to go to Seattle".  He's in.  I'm not even home for 24 hours (after being gone 5 weeks) and off I go again.   We race to Victoria to get to a TM outlet.   It's not sold out and we get tickets (whole thing was GA).  We race to the ferry and just make it.   We race to Seattle and get in front of the stage 5 minutes before PJ hits the stage.   It worked out amazingly well for a show I never planned on going too. 

    3)  Vancouver 2000 - Listened to 99.3 the fox all the time trying to win tickets to the Commodore show in Vancouver (radio sponsored bar show).   It took me 3 or 4 weeks of constant listening and calling to win tickets.   It was crazy.   I willed that one with sheer determination.


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  • RunIntoTheRain
    RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,033
    This thread is great!

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