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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    i just checked out the timetable schedule..its awful for me. so many conflicting time slots. oh well.

    i am assuming that it doesn't really end at 10..
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    i think i may have mentioned this to whoprincess as a suggestion...

    lots of people bring flags to hold a spot & so others in that group can always find their group. maybe we could bring a flag...and take shifts staying with the flag so we could all be close for PJ. as the day progresses, we could move closer & closer with all of us meeting up during the Dead Weather. it's going to be awfully hard to get close once they (Dead Weather) start their set. it's just a thought....but it gets packed really fast in front of the headliner stages. it's just a thought to make it easier for all of us to navigate. what do you guys think?
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    mfc2006 wrote:
    i think i may have mentioned this to whoprincess as a suggestion...

    lots of people bring flags to hold a spot & so others in that group can always find their group. maybe we could bring a flag...and take shifts staying with the flag so we could all be close for PJ. as the day progresses, we could move closer & closer with all of us meeting up during the Dead Weather. it's going to be awfully hard to get close once they (Dead Weather) start their set. it's just a thought....but it gets packed really fast in front of the headliner stages. it's just a thought to make it easier for all of us to navigate. what do you guys think?

    im in. i may have to ditch my travelling party but i never get to see pj close. except festivels.
    all i remember is that it was a fight for people to try and get back to their group. i was right at the pit wall for bonnaroo and never left my spot. just saw people getting boxed out and elbowed and bitched at for coming at the last minute..
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    mfc2006 wrote:
    i think i may have mentioned this to whoprincess as a suggestion...

    lots of people bring flags to hold a spot & so others in that group can always find their group. maybe we could bring a flag...and take shifts staying with the flag so we could all be close for PJ. as the day progresses, we could move closer & closer with all of us meeting up during the Dead Weather. it's going to be awfully hard to get close once they (Dead Weather) start their set. it's just a thought....but it gets packed really fast in front of the headliner stages. it's just a thought to make it easier for all of us to navigate. what do you guys think?


    My plan is to get there when Clutch hits the stage and stay there all day until PJ comes out on stage. Upfront of course. :)
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    MEGATRON wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    i think i may have mentioned this to whoprincess as a suggestion...

    lots of people bring flags to hold a spot & so others in that group can always find their group. maybe we could bring a flag...and take shifts staying with the flag so we could all be close for PJ. as the day progresses, we could move closer & closer with all of us meeting up during the Dead Weather. it's going to be awfully hard to get close once they (Dead Weather) start their set. it's just a thought....but it gets packed really fast in front of the headliner stages. it's just a thought to make it easier for all of us to navigate. what do you guys think?

    im in. i may have to ditch my travelling party but i never get to see pj close. except festivels.
    all i remember is that it was a fight for people to try and get back to their group. i was right at the pit wall for bonnaroo and never left my spot. just saw people getting boxed out and elbowed and bitched at for coming at the last minute..

    i remember when we saw Bjork a couple of years ago @ ACL. it felt like there was a wall of people pushing us in the hour or 2 before her set started. it may be easier to hold our spot if there's more of us. we'd be willing to hold the flag for a good chunk of the day.
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    My plan is to get there when Clutch hits the stage and stay there all day until PJ comes out on stage. Upfront of course. :)

    that's pretty much what we thinking as well. it sucks, though. going to have to miss a lot of the bands that we wanted to see. but, Pj hasn't been here in years & we aren't able to make any other shows on this tour. plus, i haven't seen them since the Riot Act tour & my wife has never seen them. can't wait!
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    What we do each day is get there early and "make camp" in a shady spot near the stage where we expect to spend most of our time. We set up collapsible chairs and blankets and then we all sort of go our separate ways throughout the day. There's always at least one person hanging out at the camp to watch the stuff.

    Sunday is a little different. We make camp near the headliner stage but we start to move a few hours before they play. You can figure out when to move by what the rest of the crowd is doing. I've posted this before, but it's kind of hard to keep this in mind right now: Even though all of us are really pumped about seeing PJ, a lot of people are going to leave before they even take the stage. Many people skip the Sunday headliner. They aren't interested, they want to miss the traffic, they have to work the next day, they're going out of town, blah blah woof woof. Some people will listen to a few songs, then leave.

    When PJ comes on and the crowd has thinned somewhat it will be a little easier to move up, although I think finding a good spot early on would be smart. But you can't set up chairs within a certain distance of the stage and that's going to be the tough part. It will still be hot in early October and that's a long time to sit in the sun.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I'll be the beachhead for Sunday so look for me. :)
  • Ledbetterdays
    Ledbetterdays Round Rock, Texas Posts: 556
    The rumor here locally is now Tool and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be added to replace the Beastie Boys. Still just a rumor though.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Ledbetterdays wrote:
    The rumor here locally is now Tool and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be added to replace the Beastie Boys. Still just a rumor though.

    i could live with that. we should be getting an announcement soon now that Lolla is over.
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  • Laf9124
    Laf9124 Posts: 342
    Got Sunday only ticket. Anything cool to see from Chicago to Austin? Helluva drive...breaks would be sweet!
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    edited August 2009
    bump b/c i'm fucking pumped for this show!!!

    here's a pic of my wife & i shortly after arriving @ Zilker for day one of ACL last yr...

    100_0329.jpg
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Laf9124 wrote:
    Got Sunday only ticket. Anything cool to see from Chicago to Austin? Helluva drive...breaks would be sweet!

    I bet that is going to be one long boring drive over some flat land.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Flagg wrote:
    Laf9124 wrote:
    Got Sunday only ticket. Anything cool to see from Chicago to Austin? Helluva drive...breaks would be sweet!

    I bet that is going to be one long boring drive over some flat land.

    yup. there's not much to see on that drive, unfortunately.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Laf9124 wrote:
    Got Sunday only ticket. Anything cool to see from Chicago to Austin? Helluva drive...breaks would be sweet!

    I bet that is going to be one long boring drive over some flat land.

    yup. there's not much to see on that drive, unfortunately.

    I can't imagine that.

    Well, I am all set with Pearl Jam for awhile. 2 in Chicago, ACL and 2 in Philly.

    Now watch them announce a show in Dallas in October.
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    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Flagg wrote:

    Now watch them announce a show in Dallas in October.

    don't tease like that, man. not cool at all! 8-) i'm hoping for some TX shows (or anywhere close to here) in 2010.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Laf9124 wrote:
    Got Sunday only ticket. Anything cool to see from Chicago to Austin? Helluva drive...breaks would be sweet!

    I bet that is going to be one long boring drive over some flat land.

    yup. there's not much to see on that drive, unfortunately.
    I've made that drive a few times. My husband's brother and his family live in Benton Harbor, Michigan--right across the lake from you.

    Um, what can I say, there's not much to see. (The Arch in St. Louis? :roll: ) You just have to find ways to make it interesting, which ain't easy.

    We've driven on I-35 (booorrrrinnng) and once we had a route planned out for us on state highways by AAA that was a little more pleasant. On that trip we stopped in New Madrid, MO (site of the largest earthquake to ever strike the U.S.) and visited the tiny museum. :lol:

    Either way, you're going to drive through a LOT of farmland. Better bring a lot of boots to listen to!
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    mfc2006 wrote:
    bump b/c i'm fucking pumped for this show!!!

    here's a pic of my wife & i shortly after arriving @ Zilker for day one of ACL last yr...

    100_0329.jpg

    Aw, don't you look cute! You can tell it's early in the day because you're not nearly sunburned enough! :lol::lol::lol:
    Well, now I'll know who to look for!

    That was my birthday, btw!

    I'm getting pretty pumped for ACL too!
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  • TheLostSoul
    TheLostSoul Posts: 773
    long ass drive for one show. catch a flight.
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  • Deck
    Deck Posts: 76
    I do a lot of roadtripping, and I like to break up the trip too.

    I find this site pretty useful www.roadsideamerica.com.

    Then again, Im a nerd and I love shit like that.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    whoprincess wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    bump b/c i'm fucking pumped for this show!!!

    here's a pic of my wife & i shortly after arriving @ Zilker for day one of ACL last yr...

    100_0329.jpg

    Aw, don't you look cute! You can tell it's early in the day because you're not nearly sunburned enough! :lol::lol::lol:
    Well, now I'll know who to look for!

    That was my birthday, btw!

    I'm getting pretty pumped for ACL too!

    yup...day one of the 2008 ACL Dustbowl... :D:D by the end of the weekend we looked like tomatoes 8-)
    so much fun...can't wait for this year!!!
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