*** Jacksonville, FL Fanviews Here 4/13/16 ***

hypnotist collector said:

Bryan,
This has to be you. I'm glad you had a great time my friend. And thanks for making that 2 hour line feel like mere minutes.
-Cory

Looks like we both missed on spelling the others name. Too many spelling variations.

Was a great show. Couldn't find you, but we waded in around 8:00. Gotta love seeing Mike represent The Kills, while Ament going with Off!.

Enjoy Chicago!

tempo_n_groove said:

So back to the show. The energy was amazing! Had a few drunkards and a wheelchair that almost ruined the night for me and a few others but things calmed and everyone went back to enjoying the music.

SORRY THAT WAS ME IN THE WHEELCHAIR & if it was that big of a deal security would have moved me, & all I was waiting for was someone from the crew to move me to a place still on the floor but just not be in anyones way & really the crowd was so great & chilled that not 1 person bumped in to me, No one got hurt by my chair & No one touched me except a girl here & there checking to make sure I was ok.
And thanks to EVERYONE around me for being cool even the few that were pissed I was "in there way" yet everything went just fine like I was telling people everything will be ok & it was.

Big thanks to the guy that gave me some medicine .

but if you have spent the last 22 years of sitting up in the nosebleed sections, being on the floor for 1 of your favorite bands .........it was like a flashback to when I was 20 years old again........thanks PJ for letting me have one of my favorite concerts, because that was the last show I will be able to travel to for a long time & I get a lot healthier....hopfuly someday soon.....like by the time PJ 25 happens.

And if I really ruined your night just from being on the floor then read my post I'm writing on the porch of what happened to me after the show......

So is there a collection of photos from the show somewhere?

Oh and I love them coming out to the REM song It happened today. Never knew that song but it's so uplifting and perfect right before the guys come on stage.

hypnotist collector said:

iambwf said:

Tampa was my first PJ show. Jax was my favorite of the two. In fairness there are some mitigating factors:

1. Floor seated in Tampa. GA in Jax
2. Blood, Got Some, Animal, My Father's Son, Lukin, Sonic Reducer and Life Wasted are my Tampa highlights. But Jax brought my trail blazes. Hail Hail, GTF, Glorified G, Unthought, I Am a Patriot, Spin and Smile, with the kicker being Rockin'. Rockin' is a song whose lyrics are cathartic beyond words, not unlike Smile but in a different way. Some songs just touch us to a greater degree, and therefore enhance the experience.
3. I was with my best childhood friend in Tampa. Was with my son in Jax.
4. Ed's intensity just seemed a bit higher, and I fed off it.
5. In Tampa I was on Stone's side. In Jax I stood in front of Mike and Jeff. Edge to Jax.
6. My hometown added something, especially this being PJ's first Jax show.
7. One song I didn't highlight was Setting Forth. Saw Ed on his yuke tour and he was heavy on Into the Wild presses. Giant fan of Krakauer, McCandless and hiking. Getting this song was an easter egg.
8. Spent 2 hours in the merchandise line and mostly spoke with Corey (pretty sure that's his name). This was his 29th show if memory serves. Local guy with whom we had some shared geographical experiences, albeit across a temporal landscape. So much PJ knowledge he imparted, and sharing bands like NIN, Ministry, etc. added to the musical dialogue. Not an active 10C member to the degree most are (no social connections) it was really nice to make a 10c connection.
9. The poster. Might seem trivial but I thought it was cool as s^*%. Was it a purposeful dig at the local political/religious powers w/in Jax? I'd like to think so.
10. EV going with Ghost (though The Fixer would have been cool as well), tossing the mic to the crowd, filling cups with wine, teasing us with a crowd jump, doing a small solo string of songs...we loved him and he loved us back.

I won't begrudge anyone's personal experience, as you can see my list is 100% subjective. I'm not concerned where this ranks on the FL list from best to worst, though it is interesting to read why folks feel the way they do. For me both Tampa and Jax were special events, with set lists that had their respective special moments. Jax just had a few more of the moments which heightened the experience.

I hope everyone, even if it wasn't your favorite FL show, still holds onto more good that bad.

Bryan,
This has to be you. I'm glad you had a great time my friend. And thanks for making that 2 hour line feel like mere minutes.
-Cory

thanks for sharing your thoughts here... much appreciated... and then to end it with the...
"people holding onto more good than bad"... which is exactly true...
ps.. I've been to 17 pj shows now.. will get to my 20th at wrigely this summer... and every single one has since been a magical experience... glad people still show up even when they don't get to hear their fav song... Just awesome, the people we get to meet at these shows and the pj/family/10c/religion we all share... See ya'll in a few weeks in Kentucky...

oh and dimitrios ... so cool for you to get your night in Jax, florida... I'd have to say your the only one whom I can honestly admit is a bigger fan than myself... Even though I'm sure their is many more out there like myself... and for the 1,000's whom are not even "online" so to speak... either way... peace out and thanks for the all the great posts and to this great night in Jax...

rssesq said:

Ga was very thin last night, easy to get within 15 feet.

Yeah... going back to the week-long lotto window, those percentages were still well up above 75-80%. I think there were some that were even above 90%!

It was rumored that a lot of people who put in for RESERVED first and GA second actually got GA... by doing so, the 10C seat sections were quite small, thus giving a lot of great seats for regular TicketMaster on-sale.

fdl9 said:

And best of all, I got to see my amazing friend, a JAX native and partner of 3 shows now!
I miss you already.
-Frankie

A show (and an entire day!) I'll never forget.

Live!

evnicolas said:

fdl9 said:

And best of all, I got to see my amazing friend, a JAX native and partner of 3 shows now!
I miss you already.
-Frankie

A show (and an entire day!) I'll never forget.

Live!

Live!!

Can I get some feedback on the hate for Tampa? May be partial because I was there but I thought it was second of the Florida shows to Jax