Post Show Banter >>>>

Last week wrap-up:

Thursday - Craig Finn house show was great, full band show in a small living room, and post-show hang with band-members.
Saturday - Hampdenfest was cool, first time for me. Enjoyed small parts of the sets from Danny Laj & the Looks, PLRLS, and others, and saw the whole Outer Spaces set - looking forward to seeing a full show by them at some point.
Sunday - Christone Kingfish Ingram at 8x10 was really fun. Such a talented kid. Openers The Cerny Brothers were interesting too. First time at the 8x10 which usually seems to only present grateful dead/jammers.

Pop Will Eat Itself and Chemlab both exceeded expectations.
Ride met them…all 3 bands sounded so good. Both PWEI and Chemlab were better than when I saw them 25 years ago.

Space wrote:
The Fela! the Concert show was also awesome!

Sitting on boxes without seatbacks was a pain on my bad back, but I managed.

My wife fell asleep but enjoyed the show very much when she was awake.

My 12 year old was pissed we didn't let her use her ear buds (and listen to other music) during the concert and was ready to leave halfway though the concert (and made that point know every five or ten minutes), after she finished pounding the junk food from the food truck.

My 8 year old had a blast building a fort with those boxes during their hour long soundcheck.

Space wrote:
The Fela! the Concert show was also awesome!

Sitting on boxes without seatbacks was a pain on my bad back, but I managed.

My wife fell asleep but enjoyed the show very much when she was awake.

My 12 year old was pissed we didn't let her use her ear buds (and listen to other music) during the concert and was ready to leave halfway though the concert (and made that point know every five or ten minutes), after she finished pounding the junk food from the food truck.

FFS man, stop dragging your family to concerts! They clearly hate it and are trying to tell you so. Let go of your delusions!

grateful wrote:

Space wrote:
The Fela! the Concert show was also awesome!

Sitting on boxes without seatbacks was a pain on my bad back, but I managed.

My wife fell asleep but enjoyed the show very much when she was awake.

My 12 year old was pissed we didn't let her use her ear buds (and listen to other music) during the concert and was ready to leave halfway though the concert (and made that point know every five or ten minutes), after she finished pounding the junk food from the food truck.

FFS man, stop dragging your family to concerts! They clearly hate it and are trying to tell you so. Let go of your delusions!

I think you missed the part about my wife enjoying the show very much; she is the one who picked the show. And as far as my daughter goes, she's part of the family, so going on family outings is one of her few responsibilities in an otherwise pampered life.

Yeah no. Falling asleep and complaining the whole time disqualifies you from seeing a show with me. Dont waste my time or money.

grateful wrote:
Yeah no. Falling asleep and complaining the whole time disqualifies you from seeing a show with me. Dont waste my time or money.

No problem, I won't send my family to a show with you.

Have you ever been the parent of tweens or teens? Unless it's sitting on the couch playing with their phone or being bought new clothing items or gimmicky junk food, they're going to likely complain about family activities.

We didn't go to this show, but we were at the Wharf at about 3pm on Saturday and there were a ton of young people in line to get into a show by a band called "Bastille."

Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

Space wrote:
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No problem, I won't send my family to a show with you.

Have you ever been the parent of tweens or teens? Unless it's sitting on the couch playing with their phone or being bought new clothing items or gimmicky junk food, they're going to likely complain about family activities.

I have 4 teenagers. I know how that works.

Running on 2.5 hours of sleep at work after catching Van Hunt's last show of the tour in Philly, definitely worth the drive, he's supposed to be putting a touring band together so we'll see how that changes the live dynamic versus him performing solo.

grateful wrote:

Space wrote:
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No problem, I won't send my family to a show with you.

Have you ever been the parent of tweens or teens? Unless it's sitting on the couch playing with their phone or being bought new clothing items or gimmicky junk food, they're going to likely complain about family activities.

I have 4 teenagers. I know how that works.

When you do leave your kids at home, do they text you or your partner, begging you to come home immediately, in the middle of the outing?

Nope. Not unless theres an emergency.

Space wrote:
Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

yes, that it exactly the point… if you like a band, you want to be up front, ideally on the rail.  you don't get rail by rolling in to a show 10 minutes before it starts.  especially not for a band as popular as "Bastille" (i have no idea who they are or what they sound like, but a quick check of the googles seem to confirm their popularity).

lemme know if there's anything else you need help with  ;D

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

yes, that it exactly the point… if you like a band, you want to be up front, ideally on the rail.  you don't get rail by rolling in to a show 10 minutes before it starts.  especially not for a band as popular as "Bastille" (i have no idea who they are or what they sound like, but a quick check of the googles seem to confirm their popularity).

lemme know if there's anything else you need help with  ;D

Who knew? I though the best way of getting up front was the wear a baseball hat and have two cups of not cheap cheap beer in one hand and use the other arm to aggressively elbow people out of the way. Maybe that's not how it's done at a Bastille show.

Space wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

yes, that it exactly the point… if you like a band, you want to be up front, ideally on the rail.  you don't get rail by rolling in to a show 10 minutes before it starts.  especially not for a band as popular as "Bastille" (i have no idea who they are or what they sound like, but a quick check of the googles seem to confirm their popularity).

lemme know if there's anything else you need help with  ;D

Who knew? I though the best way of getting up front was the wear a baseball hat and have two cups of not cheap cheap beer in one hand and use the other arm to aggressively elbow people out of the way. Maybe that's not how it's done at a Bastille show.

Bastille are clearly French. You need to substitute the baseball hat for a fencing mask.

Julian, wrote:

Space wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

yes, that it exactly the point… if you like a band, you want to be up front, ideally on the rail.  you don't get rail by rolling in to a show 10 minutes before it starts.  especially not for a band as popular as "Bastille" (i have no idea who they are or what they sound like, but a quick check of the googles seem to confirm their popularity).

lemme know if there's anything else you need help with  ;D

Who knew? I though the best way of getting up front was the wear a baseball hat and have two cups of not cheap cheap beer in one hand and use the other arm to aggressively elbow people out of the way. Maybe that's not how it's done at a Bastille show.

Bastille are clearly French. You need to substitute the baseball hat for a fencing mask.

I have to say, Julian is on fire today as well.

20 years ago I've called in sick (night shift job) so I could be as close to the front as possible at numerous GA standing shows (PJ  Harvey, Bjork, Portishead…)

Nowadays,..I normally skip the opener(s).

Space wrote:

Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

Vas wrote:
20 years ago I've called in sick (night shift job) so I could be as close to the front as possible at numerous GA standing shows (PJ  Harvey, Bjork, Portishead…)

Nowadays,..I normally skip the opener(s).

Space wrote:

Was this a general admission seated show and therefor first in meant front row seats? What would be the reasoning for camping out in line to be the first to get into a general admission standing show?

Used to do the same. Now I hang out in the back of all the shows I go to where I don't have a seat. Closer to the bathroom/bar and no stress about getting in line early. Works just fine for me these days.

I like to be reasonably towards the front, preferably over to the side so that I have a wall or a bar or a pillar against which to lean. Old. Tired knees and back, etc.

challanged wrote:
I like to be reasonably towards the front, preferably over to the side so that I have a wall or a bar or a pillar against which to lean. Old. Tired knees and back, etc.

When we're at the same shows, I typically stalk Challenged and lean on him for support.