Originally posted by distance:that radiohead show was some of the worst pre-show traffic i'd ever seen … we made it while 2+2=5 was starting (i think)
Originally posted by MaLo:i think the radiohead show was 8/22/03? or 8/20/03? and as far as leaving earlier, i might have if i hadn't been sick. i still planned to go and all, i just wasn't anticipating taking 5.5 hours to drive 150 miles. i mean averaging under 25mph on a trip on the interstate is just ridiculous. most of that time was spent in maryland too.
i remember thinking on my way there for curiousa that the traffic wasn't as bad that day as it has been on my previous trips out there
Pixies at Merriweather
Originally posted by bunnyman:i had forgetten this disaster, but these reviews are harrowing:
At least the Pixies got it right and are playing Merriweather and not Bull Run <runs for the hills>
http://www.ateaseweb.com/live/2001/20010811.php
Originally posted by white man from town:i had pit tickets for toronto as well. i ended up with pit (or general admission) tickets for all of the 03 shows i saw except for merriweather. i went to the montreal show the night before toronto was supposed to happen, so..
i was in the EXACT same boat as you, had tickets to both Bull Run shows, had PIT tickets to the Toronto show and actually drove all the way there and then couldnt make the rescheduled date.
though a friend of mine did fly all the way from san francisco to go to the toronto show (he has relatives there, so it was see radiohead + see relatives, but mainly it was for seeing radiohead) and he got totally screwed.
all complaints aside i have seen them 8 times and one of the highlights was being at the live@the 10 spot show in 97.. i just feel like i should have seen them more.
Originally posted by distance:i feel sorry for you no more! I have only seen them 4 times!!!
all complaints aside i have seen them 8 times and one of the highlights was being at the live@the 10 spot show in 97.. i just feel like i should have seen them more.
Originally posted by white man from town:8 times not without cost. of those 8 times the only one that was under 300 miles from my house was the merriweather show which i missed half of. i have had to go to extraordinary means to see them! nyc(2), toronto, montreal, altanta(2), coachella.
Originally posted by distance:i feel sorry for you no more! I have only seen them 4 times!!!
all complaints aside i have seen them 8 times and one of the highlights was being at the live@the 10 spot show in 97.. i just feel like i should have seen them more.
but back to the pixies. i saw them @ norfolk last year. the better thing about that show was the fact that it was general admission, though the sound wasn't that good in the basketball arena. if i could get decent tickets for merriweather i might go. i don't know. i'm just not too keen on that place at all.
of those 8 times the only one that was under 300 miles from my house was the merriweather show which i missed half of. i have had to go to extraordinary means to see them! nyc(2), toronto, montreal, altanta(2), coachella.does this have anything to do with your screen name?? :)
Originally posted by brennser:no.
does this have anything to do with your screen name?? :)
nor does it have anything to do with the cake song. i've been using this name longer than that. do you have any idea how many times i've had people say 'he's going the distance' since that damn song came out in 1996?
So why was the traffic for the Radiohead show so insanely bad? I've been going to MPP for over 20 years and I've never had any difficulty getting there on time. Why was this one so painful?
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:i don't know the fluid dynamics behind it, but it took us almost 3 hours to get there from NW DC … much of it was spent in the time off the interstate, near the venue … i hate being stuck in traffic and being late to concerts, so this one was really painful
So why was the traffic for the Radiohead show so insanely bad? I've been going to MPP for over 20 years and I've never had any difficulty getting there on time. Why was this one so painful?
made me happy that i don't own a car…
traffic was horrible to radiohead because it was rush hour and there was an orioles home game.
unless you were working with us, or are the guy from scotland that i sent away in tears, complaining about the bull run shows is VERBOTEN. no matter what your story is, it wasn't that bad, and we've heard it already anyway.
radiohead has apparently angered the gods, and should never try to play dc ever again.
radiohead has apparently angered the gods, and should never try to play dc ever again.
Originally posted by thatguy:i say they should try to make up for it and do like 4 nights at a general admission place in the dc area.
radiohead has apparently angered the gods, and should never try to play dc ever again.
Am I the only one hearing rumours that Sonic Youth might be opening this show?
Originally posted by distance:radiohead is playing at my house…my house.
Originally posted by thatguy:i say they should try to make up for it and do like 4 nights at a general admission place in the dc area.
radiohead has apparently angered the gods, and should never try to play dc ever again.
my ipod just shuffled over to radiohead's "street spirit [fade out]" from the bends … i hadn't heard the song in a while and i can't believe how much the opening guitar riff sounds like Guns n Roses … wow …
can anyone help me out, what GnR song does it sound like, this is killing me …
the MPP radiohead show was annoying for me because they had this shitty "no camera" rule which apparently also included cell phones with photo capabilities. not that i planned to use my camera phone at the show, but i just happened to switch to a picture cell phone not too long before that and it didn't even occur to me that i should leave it at home in the event of a no-"camera" policy. i mean, wtf?? my phone takes the worst pictures ever…i couldn't even take a clear photo of the person sitting next to me, nevertheless to take a photo of the band (especially considering i was seated near the back of the pavilion).
so, the assholes checking bags made me take it all the way back to the car which was parked way out at the columbia mall. there was a whole group of us (i didn't drive) and, luckily, the person with the car keys hadn't gone in yet. otherwise, i guess i would've been ditching my cell phone, or would've listened to the show from outside the venue. what if i someone had dropped me off, or i had taken a taxi from my friend's apartment in columbia (which i did for curiosa)? ended up missing malkmus and barely made it for the first radiohead song. i was uber pissed.
so, the assholes checking bags made me take it all the way back to the car which was parked way out at the columbia mall. there was a whole group of us (i didn't drive) and, luckily, the person with the car keys hadn't gone in yet. otherwise, i guess i would've been ditching my cell phone, or would've listened to the show from outside the venue. what if i someone had dropped me off, or i had taken a taxi from my friend's apartment in columbia (which i did for curiosa)? ended up missing malkmus and barely made it for the first radiohead song. i was uber pissed.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:civil war?
can anyone help me out, what GnR song does it sound like, this is killing me …
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:????
can anyone help me out, what GnR song does it sound like, this is killing me …
Something off the Use your Illusion albums maybe? I'm not hearing it.
Speaking of Radiohead, I've been listening to the archive of last night's Swingin Doors on KEXP, and they played Gillian Welch doing a Radiohead cover. "Black Star" or something like that. I think I'll stick to her own stuff.
Originally posted by SalParadise:
Originally posted by distance:radiohead is playing at my house…my house.
Originally posted by thatguy:i say they should try to make up for it and do like 4 nights at a general admission place in the dc area.
radiohead has apparently angered the gods, and should never try to play dc ever again.