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By the time gay people are allowed to marry (with all the perks) straight people won't be getting married no more..


Marriage is out out out this millenium.


Sorry to cut out of this riveting discourse but I got to take the kid to storytime at the library or my partner will be pissed off at me.


;D

tell your partner hey for me . . . and say that yada hates them.

WTF is this thread?

beetsnotbeats wrote:


WTF is this thread?

why people hate me.

yeah . . . i better get to work as well.  have a wonderful day.

most str8 people that i know who use "partner" do it out of solidarity with gays - either because they don't want to use wife/husband/spouse/etc until gay couples can, or they want to sow ambiguity around them and get people to question their assumptions - "why should everyone assume that every couple is hetero?". 

hutch wrote:
By the time gay people are allowed to marry (with all the perks) straight people won't be getting married no more..

gays are always picking up heteros' cast-offs.

in europe no one is getting married anymore, so it's only a question of time until it takes its natural cultural flow: europe –> north american fringe –> north american mainstream –> gays.

Back to Topic…
I wish DC got the ballpark stadium version.  Although the show is indeed an arena thing, just to see a setup that is proportionately bigger with possibly enhanced lighting & effects would be quite a spectacle.
And….if the end of tour as currently written still stands, then Philly two days after DC is the place to be.

rich_WDC wrote:
Back to Topic…
I wish DC got the ballpark stadium version.  Although the show is indeed an arena thing, just to see a setup that is proportionately bigger with possibly enhanced lighting & effects would be quite a spectacle.
And….if the end of tour as currently written still stands, then Philly two days after DC is the place to be.

Be careful what you wish for:

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/photos/gallery.jsp?content_id=25860222&c_id=phi

Brian

P.S.  David Gilmour's in the Phanatic suit.

Man, I bet gay couples are really going to be thanking these straight couples for their sacrifice when they finally get full marriage benefits.  POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!

sweetcell wrote:
most str8 people that i know who use "partner" do it out of solidarity with gays - either because they don't want to use wife/husband/spouse/etc until gay couples can, or they want to sow ambiguity around them and get people to question their assumptions - "why should everyone assume that every couple is hetero?". 

Yowch.  The cheapest tix available in the presale is $146.  Not sure what fees will go on top of that.

No thanks.

chaz wrote:
Yowch.  The cheapest tix available in the presale is $146.  Not sure what fees will go on top of that.

No thanks.

like i said: it's a great show, totally worth seeing once, but at that price i don't think i'll be going a second time.

i was able to pull up $64.85 tickets for uppers.

fyi, that $146 price includes most fees.  there is an additional $5 per order fee and a few bucks more if you want Ticketfast, but that's it.

chaz wrote:
Hardly the case…but with a bit of budgeting I can most definitely afford to spend a couple hundred bucks on something like this every once in a while. 

there are $65 and $92 tickets, so it can be done.

walkonby wrote:

nope . . . this one

http://www.rogerwaters.com/

did not know there was an amex presale . . . oooh, i wonder what seats you get with that?!

The AmEx Preferred Seating (Gold, Platinum, or Black cardholders) is pretty good but not extraordinary.  I pulled up some section 121s and some floor seats (middle of section 4).

Got spendy tix from the roger waters presale.  They don't tell you the exact location of the seats - just a statement that you're located somewhere between sections 1 and 6, rows A thru W - that's the entire floor! 

"Your exact locations will be sent via email within 4-6 weeks."

Bogus.

Why not?  It's just once a year.

grateful wrote:
Got spendy tix from the roger waters presale.  They don't tell you the exact location of the seats - just a statement that you're located somewhere between sections 1 and 6, rows A thru W - that's the entire floor! 

"Your exact locations will be sent via email within 4-6 weeks."

Bogus.

my apology . . . i really should have entered in my opinion about getting seats for this show a little more detailed.  i do not believe that floor seats will be "that great" compared to most seats in the 100s, and this show pays to sit back a bit, up-angled.  i just think the floor are too expensive, even if you got front row, which would be horrible for this size and scope of a production.

and i guess roger is ultra crackdown scaplers, with the not knowing your seats and pick up only for the person who buys them, day of.  i like the suspense.

walkonby wrote:

grateful wrote:
Got spendy tix from the roger waters presale.  They don't tell you the exact location of the seats - just a statement that you're located somewhere between sections 1 and 6, rows A thru W - that's the entire floor! 

"Your exact locations will be sent via email within 4-6 weeks."

Bogus.

my apology . . . i really should have entered in my opinion about getting seats for this show a little more detailed.  i do not believe that floor seats will be "that great" compared to most seats in the 100s, and this show pays to sit back a bit, up-angled.  i just think the floor are too expensive, even if you got front row, which would be horrible for this size and scope of a production.

and i guess roger is ultra crackdown scaplers, with the not knowing your seats and pick up only for the person who buys them, day of.  i like the suspense.

Having seen the show from very close on the floor (from RW presale seats last year), I'm excited to see it further back this time.  Being very close was cool in some ways, but it was hard to take in the whole scope of it.  I got Sec. 111 in the AmEx presale today and am very happy with that. 

that's where i saw the show from - 6th row of 111.  i thought it was the perfect distance from the stage - far enough that you could take in the whole stage but close enough to see the details.

if i got floor seats, i would want to be in the middle of the floor.  certainly not front row.

Just curious, do you remember if people stayed seated along the sides, or were they standing?  The floor was all standing from what I could see.

Overwhelmingly a sitting crowd.  Totally bummed me out.  Even during "Young Lust" – not only one of the more rockin and danceable tunes but also one that Roger hadn't played on previous tours – the bulk of the audience stayed seated.   
And not only a D.C. response; saw one other show, too. Same deal.

rich_WDC wrote:
Overwhelmingly a sitting crowd.  Totally bummed me out.  Even during "Young Lust" – not only one of the more rockin and danceable tunes but also one that Roger hadn't played on previous tours – the bulk of the audience stayed seated.   
And not only a D.C. response; saw one other show, too. Same deal.

That's what happens to old and burnt to a crisp yuppies. These same people probably bitch at people for standing up at a rock concert.

i hate the whole sitting during shows thing.  i like to move my ass all about.  but if the majority of the crowd is sitting, then i do go along.  except when i saw sonic youth open for wilco at dar.  i was the only one getting down and fuck everybody else.