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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: grotty on May 06, 2008, 09:08:00 am
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Sunday itinerary:
Leave early.
Check in @ the swanky Hampton Inn.
Watch Pens/Flyers game @ an alleged nearby TGIF.
Sample an Old Dominion beverage(s).
~Head to the PIT~
It sounds like a perfect Mother's Day. I hope she enjoys it...
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i'll be there fairly early. probably with a cooler of beverages and some picnic style lunch. good times.
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I will be there. No exciting hockey/lunch related plans.
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My post radiohead plans include fighting over who gets the hammock with vansmack and bombay in order to watch the post concert fallout...
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very psyched for this concert. first show of the tour was last night... anyone interested in set list, pix, vids, commentary, etc should head over to AtEase (http://www.ateaseweb.com/mb/index.php?showforum=3) (among other fan sites that have similar info).
i'm her slave: depending how early you wanna check in, you might want to call the hotel and make sure they'll let you. anything before 3 PM might require advance notice.
closest TGIF is still some five miles away from nissan, be sure to leave yourself enough time to get through the traffic, parked and inside nissan. game is a 3:00, so it might be kinda tight. be prepared to leave TGIF the second it's over, and pray for no overtime.
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
i'll be there fairly early. probably with a cooler of beverages and some picnic style lunch. good times.
yeah, that's my plan too. be careful of what kind of beverages you pack in that cooler. alcohol isn't allowed in the parking lots, i've heard that nissan can be strict about that, so keep the drinking on the DL. i plan on bringing a little something to spike my soda (beer is too messy and obvious).
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i'll be there..but what time does the show start that everyone is bringing lunch?
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
I will be there. No exciting hockey/lunch related plans.
come watch the game @ tgif. i will only chide you gently about Hossa
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
very psyched for this concert. first show of the tour was last night... anyone interested in set list, pix, vids, commentary, etc should head over to AtEase (http://www.ateaseweb.com/mb/index.php?showforum=3) (among other fan sites that have similar info).
i'm her slave: depending how early you wanna check in, you might want to call the hotel and make sure they'll let you. anything before 3 PM might require advance notice.
closest TGIF is still some five miles away from nissan, be sure to leave yourself enough time to get through the traffic, parked and inside nissan. game is a 3:00, so it might be kinda tight. be prepared to leave TGIF the second it's over, and pray for no overtime.
thanks for the tips! i was thinking game was @ 2. tivo works for that then. (sometime i'll expound on my theory of why: Music Is Always Better Than Sports.)
i think last time i was @ Nissan was a PJ show with Her Commandant Kosmo.
i've taken a vow not to check setlists, etc. it's killing me: $$ wagered on the opener.
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Originally posted by MaLo:
i'll be there..but what time does the show start that everyone is bringing lunch?
according to livenation (http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/318727):
Radiohead Show Info:
Lots: 4:00 PM
Doors: 6:00 PM
Show: 7:30 PM
the problem is the traffic. if you can make it from DC to nissan in less than 2 hours, you're lucky. so the idea is that rather than spend that time in a car hoping you don't miss any of the show because you're stuck in traffic, get there early and tail-gate (as much as nissan lets you tail-gate).
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little traffic on weekends...
Originally posted by sweetcell:
the problem is the traffic. if you can make it from DC to nissan in less than 2 hours, you're lucky. so the idea is that rather than spend that time in a car hoping you don't miss any of the show because you're stuck in traffic, get there early and tail-gate (as much as nissan lets you tail-gate). [/QB]
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I'll be there. My first show at Nissan. Used to hit up Hershey instead of Nissan, but that was when I was living near the PA line.
This will also be the first time seeing Radiohead since the abortive first day of the two Bull Run dates back in '01. So far the only live Radiohead I've gotten is hearing a soundcheck through the trees while sweltering in 95 degree heat. I'm very much looking forward to being under a roof this time.
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
little traffic on weekends...
not true, especially on friday and sunday evenings: VA beach traffic, weekenders in Shenandoah, etc. i once missed half of a friday night show at nissan b/c it took us 3+ hours to get from DC to bristow. but having been traumatized by 3 mile an hour traffic before, i might be overly sensitive to this issue :eek:
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Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
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i passed up section 101 because i'm taking my mommy out to a nice dinner for mother's day. awww to me. thom would understand.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
little traffic on weekends...
not true, especially on friday and sunday evenings: VA beach traffic, weekenders in Shenandoah, etc. i once missed half of a friday night show at nissan b/c it took us 3+ hours to get from DC to bristow. but having been traumatized by 3 mile an hour traffic before, i might be overly sensitive to this issue :eek: [/b]
Sunday evening, you're going against the traffic flow. Beach traffic is returning to DC, not heading out of it.
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
Good call. See? I told you a concert with "Faust Arp" AND "The Gloaming" in its set list would be a lot better in theory than in practice.
Brian
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"alcohol isn't allowed in the parking lots, i've heard that nissan can be strict about that, so keep the drinking on the DL."
never had a problem
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I'll be there!!!
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
Good God 900 bucks??????? Must have been die hard Radiohead fans. You can get them on StubHubb for like 100 a pop now.
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Originally posted by kosmo:
My post radiohead plans include fighting over who gets the hammock with vansmack and bombay in order to watch the post concert fallout...
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think i'll be able to bring in an empty poster tube?
there might be a silkscreen poster for this show and if i buy one i want to protect it.
(poster nerd)
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Originally posted by wml7:
Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
Good God 900 bucks??????? Must have been die hard Radiohead fans. You can get them on StubHubb for like 100 a pop now. [/b]
$100 for PIT tickets? I don't think so.
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Originally posted by wml7:
Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
Good God 900 bucks??????? Must have been die hard Radiohead fans. You can get them on StubHubb for like 100 a pop now. [/b]
$100 for PIT tickets? I don't think so. [/b]
ACTUALLY - Stubhub has PIT available for $85 but then you have to pay the fees, etc. so it WOULD be around $100. I think $75 TOTAL would be the most I'd pay and they would HAVE to be PIT...
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Originally posted by wml7:
Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Sold my 4 PIT tickets for $900 - Would have liked to see the show, but...
Good God 900 bucks??????? Must have been die hard Radiohead fans. You can get them on StubHubb for like 100 a pop now. [/b]
$100 for PIT tickets? I don't think so. [/b]
100 pit tickets? Yes, I think so!!
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i'm psyched like a bull930 post!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Mobius:
i'm psyched like a bull930 post!!!!!!!!
now that's funny :D
i wonder what happened to bully? maybe he was crushed under the weight of all his exclamation points...
in case anyone wants a peek, here are a few photo galleries of images from the FL shows earlier this week (spoiler alert!). light show looks really cool, youtube vids really bring out what the rig can do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inourhands/sets/72157604916530813/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/inourhands/sets/72157604916530813/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurat/sets/72157604906651128/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurat/sets/72157604906651128/)
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/jcruz1742/Radiohead/ (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/jcruz1742/Radiohead/)
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Did anyone catch Radiohead "In the Basement" this weekend? You are in for one fantastic show.
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
Did anyone catch Radiohead "In the Basement" this weekend? You are in for one fantastic show.
nope... what is this? a tv special or tv show?
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Tickets are up now on ticketmaster. Right now just pulled a section 102 ROW E so I got it!!!
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Shit!!! Now I just pulled a section 101 row C, oh well.
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
Did anyone catch Radiohead "In the Basement" this weekend? You are in for one fantastic show.
It was on MTV-HD over the weekend. I've got it on my DVR waiting for me.
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They played it a bunch, so I'm sure it'll be on again. It was really good.
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Section 102 row U!!!
Beats section 305 by a long shot.
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Originally posted by wml7:
Shit!!! Now I just pulled a section 101 row C, oh well.
102/E is better. center section > moving forward 2 rows.
i pulled up a pair in 101/F... craziness.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by wml7:
Shit!!! Now I just pulled a section 101 row C, oh well.
102/E is better. center section > moving forward 2 rows.
i pulled up a pair in 101/F... craziness. [/b]
This happened to me a few years ago for the Cleveland gig. Just randomly checked day of show & got beside sound board. They must reserve a lot for setup & then throw them back.
It's a great trick for tickets to most shows/events. Start checking a few days prior. Got 15th Row Prince once hours before too. Nothing beats a face value score to a 'sold out' show.
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They freaking still have good seats available. I need to get rid of my section 201 sea. Hope people don't know about the ticketmaster thing or that it hurry up and sells out haha.
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Went to the Tampa show. They definitely teased "Hunting Bears" for like, 10 seconds. Totally amazing. The way it looks, they'll be rotating 5 new songs into the setlist every night, while there are general "tour staples" that take up the bulk of the show.
"House of Cards" was kinda dull. Rest of the show, AMAZING!
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
The way it looks, they'll be rotating 5 new songs into the setlist every night, while there are general "tour staples" that take up the bulk of the show.
right, but those "tour staples" being mostly from In Rainbows. for the past few years, tour staples have been fake plastic trees, paranoid android, etc... which they haven't played so far on this tour and might be off the menu completely. they're probably tired of playing those songs anyways :)
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Went to the Tampa show.
How big was the shit Thom Yorke took on stage?
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
The way it looks, they'll be rotating 5 new songs into the setlist every night, while there are general "tour staples" that take up the bulk of the show.
right, but those "tour staples" being mostly from In Rainbows. for the past few years, tour staples have been fake plastic trees, paranoid android, etc... which they haven't played so far on this tour and might be off the menu completely. they're probably tired of playing those songs anyways :) [/b]
I've seen Radiohead 8 times and only heard them play Fake Plastic Trees once. (Tibetan Freedom Concert 98), same with Karma Police.
I have heard Android every single time but the time i saw them before that song existed.
but i have chosen to not look at setlists and be surprised to hear what i hear. I cant WAIT to hear the In Rainbows stuff, esp. Jigsaw and Videotape.
i'll be in the PIT, yo.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
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i'll be in the PIT, yo...
buying me beers with your [advanced] Pens prize money.
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what % of the PIT will be comprised of 9:30 forum member?
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
what % of the PIT will be comprised of 9:30 forum member?
a very very small percentage. while there will be many boardees in the pit, the pit itself will be huge. i had pit tickets, but decided to trade for 4th row seats.
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
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i'll be in the PIT, yo...
buying me beers with your [advanced] Pens prize money.
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what % of the PIT will be comprised of 9:30 forum member? [/b]
i think you should be buying ME beers for actually rooting for that dreadful excuse for a team who wears Black & Gold! ;)
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
what % of the PIT will be comprised of 9:30 forum member?
a very very small percentage. while there will be many boardees in the pit, the pit itself will be huge. i had pit tickets, but decided to trade for 4th row seats. [/b]
you know sweetie, I think that was a joking remark. But i guess i could be wrong, you always seem to give such detailed responses when I so often think ppl just know and are being smart or should know.
Like, who doesnt know what time check-in is at a hotel?? really? but hey, i admire you for so patiently giving people, albeit rather obvious, such a wealth of information!
great job! but a big thumbs down for opting for seats...pretty lame ;)
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fair enough. apologies if it's common knowledge that the pit at nissan is huge, as compared to every other venue on this tour. i've probably spent too much time over-thinking this show & tour.
i pointed out hotel check-in time because it was the same as face-off for the game he wants to watch... and is it turns out, he had face-off time wrong, so i feel vindicated on that one :p
i think that swapping for seats was the best move ever. i'll have a raised view, the ability to leave my spot and come back to it, and the knowledge the the altitude-challenged folks i'll be with can see something other than the back of someone's head. or maybe i'm just getting old :confused:
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I will be in the PIT as well, doin' the Myxomatosis. Looking forward to finally seeing the Rheads relatively up close. See you all there !
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there...seats (I have pit for philly, so a little bit of a balance, lol)
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i'm in the pit.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
i pointed out hotel check-in time because it was the same as face-off for the game he wants to watch... and is it turns out, he had face-off time wrong, so i feel vindicated on that one :p
face off is a strange 7:30 on Sunday
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
The way it looks, they'll be rotating 5 new songs into the setlist every night, while there are general "tour staples" that take up the bulk of the show.
right, but those "tour staples" being mostly from In Rainbows. for the past few years, tour staples have been fake plastic trees, paranoid android, etc... which they haven't played so far on this tour and might be off the menu completely. they're probably tired of playing those songs anyways :) [/b]
*Setlist Spoilers*
True, and I was (pleasantly) SHOCKED that we didn't get Paranoid Android or Karma Police at any of the Florida shows, but we'll see if Atlanta gets it tonight or not. Seriously, at every show of theirs I've seen, I've ALWAYS got Everything In It's Right Place and Idioteque.
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And hey, the Tampa show was AMAZING. It was my first time seeing Optimistic and only my second time seeing The Tourist. The show was phenomenal!!
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
i pointed out hotel check-in time because it was the same as face-off for the game he wants to watch... and is it turns out, he had face-off time wrong, so i feel vindicated on that one :p
face off is a strange 7:30 on Sunday [/b]
huh... either they've changed the time, or i was looking at the wrong sunday (game 5 scheduled for 3 pm). i swear i was looking at may 11/game 2. weird. and un-vindicated.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
i pointed out hotel check-in time because it was the same as face-off for the game he wants to watch... and is it turns out, he had face-off time wrong, so i feel vindicated on that one ;)
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Sonic - I assume you mean this B&G wearing team:
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YESSIR! :)
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so i logged onto weather.com earlier to see the weather and this is the headline...
More severe storms and flash flooding rain
A storm system will bring severe thunderstorms across the South today, and heavy rain spreading into the Mid-Atlantic.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
so i logged onto weather.com earlier to see the weather and this is the headline...
More severe storms and flash flooding rain
A storm system will bring severe thunderstorms across the South today, and heavy rain spreading into the Mid-Atlantic.
Sucks for guys in the lawn. Section 100's are covered right?
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bull run take two, woohoo!
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heh - Maybe the Radiohead show will be rained out (again!)
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
bull run take two, woohoo!
except i would almost forfeit a Radiohead show if it meant Nissan would wash away into oblivion!
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I'll be in the pit . . . because I party
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can we wear flip-flops in the PIT?
why do i always capitalize that word?
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HEY sonick! Are we still pricing a van to APW for Friday then back for VFest on Friday? Because I am down for that +1.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
bull run take two, woohoo!
except i would almost forfeit a Radiohead show if it meant Nissan would wash away into oblivion![/b]
actually, the weather outlook for sunday has improved.... we've gone from showers/40% rain to cloudy/20%. i was weighing which on i wanted more: nice weather and tailgating, or rain and less people (thus less traffic).
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
a van to APW for Friday then back for VFest on Friday?
first time i read that, i was wondering if the van would have to do time travel...
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
HEY sonick! Are we still pricing a van to APW for Friday then back for VFest on Friday? Because I am down for that +1.
oh snappity snap. yes, yes, let me see about that. i've had a lot going on lately. I do still want to do that though.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
bull run take two, woohoo!
except i would almost forfeit a Radiohead show if it meant Nissan would wash away into oblivion![/b]
actually, the weather outlook for sunday has improved.... we've gone from showers/40% rain to cloudy/20%. i was weighing which on i wanted more: nice weather and tailgating, or rain and less people (thus less traffic).
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
a van to APW for Friday then back for VFest on Friday?
first time i read that, i was wondering if the van would have to do time travel... [/b]
ohh yeah, Enterprise doesnt have any time travelling vans for that day, i'll try Hertz.
perhaps we could rent a Delorean.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
bull run take two, woohoo!
except i would almost forfeit a Radiohead show if it meant Nissan would wash away into oblivion![/b]
actually, the weather outlook for sunday has improved.... we've gone from showers/40% rain to cloudy/20%. i was weighing which on i wanted more: nice weather and tailgating, or rain and less people (thus less traffic).
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
a van to APW for Friday then back for VFest on Friday?
first time i read that, i was wondering if the van would have to do time travel... [/b]
ohh yeah, Enterprise doesnt have any time travelling vans for that day, i'll try Hertz.
perhaps we could rent a Delorean. [/b]
I've heard Hertz' DeLoreans aren't always equipped with flux capacitors, caveat emptor.
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I have a Radiohead ticket question. I just got some GA/PIT tickets. On the tickets it says GA/PIT, yet next to it there is a row number (2) and a seat number(11). Is this normal? Why is there a row and seat number for a GA and essentially SRO section. I am a bit confused. It is an actual ticket from Ticketmaster.
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those numbers are for tracking purposes only. damn databases... saddling us with meaningless numbers.
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Lots of ticket for under face on craigslist, but no singles. Anyone else need a single that would possibly want to split a pair?
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ok, so I have a question about setlists. I dont want to go to ateaseweb cause then i'll keep looknig and for the first time, i dont want to know every single song in order, that they will play. ruins the fun for me.
But I have a few questions and i thought maybe someone could answer them without reveailing every song in order, played this whole year.
ok:
1. what songs are they consistently playing from In Rainbows?
2. How many songs from Pablo/Bends should I expect to hear (NOT counting Creep)?
3. How many songs total should i be expecting?
this will give me some idea without blowing it for me.
I just know one of you can help me out :)
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i need a free ticket and a ride.
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I dont think they've played anything from Pablo all tour
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
ok, so I have a question about setlists. I dont want to go to ateaseweb cause then i'll keep looknig and for the first time, i dont want to know every single song in order, that they will play. ruins the fun for me.
But I have a few questions and i thought maybe someone could answer them without reveailing every song in order, played this whole year.
ok:
1. what songs are they consistently playing from In Rainbows?
2. How many songs from Pablo/Bends should I expect to hear (NOT counting Creep)?
3. How many songs total should i be expecting?
this will give me some idea without blowing it for me.
I just know one of you can help me out :)
1. You'll hear basically 9 out of the 10 songs from In Rainbows.
2. You'll hear probably 1 song from Pablo Honey/The Bends
3. You should expect about 24 songs.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
1. what songs are they consistently playing from In Rainbows?
2. How many songs from Pablo/Bends should I expect to hear (NOT counting Creep)?
3. How many songs total should i be expecting?
this will give me some idea without blowing it for me.
I just know one of you can help me out :)
1. They're consistently playing Bodysnatchers, All I Need, Reckoner, 15 Step, Nude, Faust Arp, Arpeggi, Videotape, and House of Cards. Some other songs have been played sporadically, but I don't know if you want me to mention those.
2 You can expect to hear Just. Other songs they've played in the 4 times they've played this tour from then would be The Bends, Bulletproof, and Street Spirit. They haven't played Creep yet this tour.
3. Expect to hear about 24 songs.
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thank you very much guys!
I am counting the hours!
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Lawns for 25-30 bucks on craigslist
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good luck getting to/out of this hellhole of a venue
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Yay, Radiohead tonight. I was able to get rid of my extra ticket. Going to be an awesome show. Is the weather going to be crappy???
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More tix at TM. Sec 101.
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if they play 'true love waits', then i hate you all.
otherwise, enjoy the show.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
More tix at TM. Sec 101.
You mean now??? I dind't see any when I went to the site.
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just pulled 2 seats in sec 103 row D.
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Why the F is this show not sold out yet????? I've never seen this before.
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Yeah people who still need single tickets they are still available on ticketmaster hurry hurry
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Originally posted by wml7:
Why the F is this show not sold out yet????? I've never seen this before.
Tickets always get held for sponsors, promoters, radio, etc... and then subsequently released to the public when they don't all get claimed. I'm guessing a higher number than usual didn't get claimed because the weather is going to be so crap tonight. Oh yeah, and no one wants to go to the shitty Nissan Pavilion.
I only hope that the weather will scare off a lot of people and keep the traffic lighter.
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haha why does everyone hate nissan so much I think its a pretty good place to see a show.
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I'll be coming in from Charlottesville where is everyone else coming from. Traffic not bad at all every time I go there.
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Awesome. I just pulled single row d in sec. 103. I've not been to Nissan, do seat numbers start from the left?
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nice seating chart...
nissan seating (http://www.upfronttickets.com/images/nei-1.jpg)
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Originally posted by TripleDnFF:
nice seating chart...
nissan seating (http://www.upfronttickets.com/images/nei-1.jpg)
Wow, that's much better than Ticketmaster's. Thanks. Turns out my tix are better than I thought!
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Originally posted by vassego:
Awesome. I just pulled single row d in sec. 103. I've not been to Nissan, do seat numbers start from the left?
I think I pulled that seat a few weeks ago too and just released it. Seat number 3 I think. Crazy its still available till today.
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Originally posted by vassego:
Originally posted by TripleDnFF:
nice seating chart...
nissan seating (http://www.upfronttickets.com/images/nei-1.jpg)
Wow, that's much better than Ticketmaster's. [/b]
and this one is even better then that (http://www.nissanpavilion.com/flash/launchwindow-main.html)
only 8 more hours until RH hits the stage! guess that means it's time to pack up and start heading out :roll:
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
only 8 more hours until RH hits the stage! guess that means it's time to pack up and start heading out :roll:
I'm leaving in about 2 hours myself. If you have my #, feel free to call me and I'll buy you a beer or something at the show.
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Leaving in about 3 hours. I hope we get as good of a show as Charlotte did!
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My brother and I are heading to the show.
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this weather sucks
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I wish in return for having to deal with this shit weather that we don't have to listen to the Liars. Wishful thinking, of course!
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dude, get there just in time for Radiohead. Liars are great.
Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
I wish in return for having to deal with this shit weather that we don't have to listen to the Liars. Wishful thinking, of course!
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Hey, at least it's not as bad as Bull Run. Sorry to bring it up, but it's true :)
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any chance this will get cancelled due to rain?
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maybe they'll open with a cover of the dead's "box of rain."
thank you mother, for giving me a reason not to go tonight. i hate rainy nissan shows. nissan never cancels any show due to rain.
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Looking forward to reading the show reports. I'm seeing them Wed night in St. Louis.
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Called the box office number listed on the LiveNation site prior to leaving to check on the status of the show - it's a non-working number. Left DC around 6:15p (late, I know). Traffic was very heavy on I-66, esp. nearer to the exit for Nissan. Took exit 44 and were stuck in traffic on 234 for at least an hour. Wellington road was apparently flooded to the east of the Pavilion, so traffic was diverted over to Linton Hall to approach from the west. We gave up after another hour or so crawling along with hundreds of others, figuring we'd never get there in time to see Radiohead. A huge (and expensive) disappointment - this is the first and last time I buy tickets for a show at Nissan.
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Bull Run
Edit: Hadn't read Bearman's post when I put that up. Great minds think alike I suppose. It's pretty nasty out there.With traffic worse than usual for Nissan, what a nightmare that's gotta be.
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Met a friend and left Fair Lakes at 6:45. Took some back roads and made it to within 3 miles of the pavilion in about 40 mins (PM me for directions - beats sitting on 66). Made it to the pit spot at 9:15, during Nude (which I now see was the 4th song).
Highlights for me were: Paranoid Android, Just, and Fake Plastic Trees (though everything was most excellent). Very cool stage/light setup.
I'm also surprised how many brahs have caught on to Radiohead.
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Originally posted by schnuffel:
Called the box office number listed on the LiveNation site prior to leaving to check on the status of the show - it's a non-working number. Left DC around 6:15p (late, I know). Traffic was very heavy on I-66, esp. nearer to the exit for Nissan. Took exit 44 and were stuck in traffic on 234 for at least an hour. Wellington road was apparently flooded to the east of the Pavilion, so traffic was diverted over to Linton Hall to approach from the west. We gave up after another hour or so crawling along with hundreds of others, figuring we'd never get there in time to see Radiohead. A huge (and expensive) disappointment - this is the first and last time I buy tickets for a show at Nissan.
stories like this are why i refuse to go back there unless someone like john lennon rose from the dead ... and even then i'd rather take the train to philly or nyc than go to nissan
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holy shit . . .
well the pit was great. awesome show. planet telex. karma police. paranoid android. fake plastic trees. idioteque. national anthem. everything in the right place. new songs translated well. awesome show. sweet set up. but HOLY SHIT
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Never made it to the show. Stuck in traffic for over 3 hours from Tysons Corner, and I swear to god, FUCK Nissan Pavillon in the ass. I left at 5:00 today from Greenbelt, and STILL didn't make it. It was 9:45 and I was at Linton Hall and Wellington, and I was DYING from the weather and the fucking line of hundreds of cars waiting to get into the venue. By the time I would've parked and got myself together, I would've STILL been missing 3/4 of the show. Thanks a bunch, nature. What a bitch.
NEVER. AGAIN.
I'll be at Camden, Boston, and the last 4 definitely though. Fuck it.
Awww...Fake Plastic Trees? Seriously? Awww....
NEVER. EVER.
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I just got back to Arlington. It took roughly 2 full hours to get out of the Nissan parking lot. For the life of me I have no idea why they don't just put up a couple freaking signs and half a dozen staff per lot to give things some level of organization.
We figured traffic would be insane on 66 coming in given the weather, so we juked around and came up from the south. Unfortunately, that put us in the death parking lot (F!) incredibly far away. There was not a person there, pavilion seats and lawn, who was not drenched through and through.
Fortunately, the band put on a tremendous show. I'm not a huge In Rainbows fan excepting "Nude" and "Videotape" (which was as great as I'd hoped live), but I didn't mind the heavy focus on it. They actually played the entire album. The "classics" were stellar choices all around, with "Planet Telex" being the "wow, really? Awesome!" moment of the night.
I feel terrible for anyone who couldn't make it do to the flooding, the weather, and everything bad. Thom did dedicate "Fake Plastic Trees" to anyone who got flooded out of the show, so, uh, good on that? I saw two great shows at Nissan this weekend (Kanye too) but I'm never going back unless Prince is there. It is easily the worst-organized venue I've ever attended.
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got back to Bmore just prior to 3am, and that was after dropping some folks off.
I am now offering a free head examination to anyone who doesnt believe Radiohead to be the best band ever ever ever ever ever.
awesome show, more to follow.
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Just got back to College Park about 20 minutes ago after dropping off a friend in Silver Spring. The show was utterly amazing. I wasn't a huge In Rainbows fan, but am probably converted at this point. Cannot believe I seriously got to hear Fake Plastic Trees.
As for everything else. Good God. Awful. I got to Nissan pretty much ok. Very little traffic getting in as of about 7pm from the south (yeah, i got stuck in parking lot F, F for f$#k all far away). We walked for what was probably 20 straight minutes just to get to the gate through torrential downpour. Everything was already flooded. Had to jump across 3 different spots that were about 6 feet across of 3 inch deep water. Got in, and decided to make a bogs break. An area of about 40 square feet in front of the toilettes was covered in inches of nasty brown water. Great. Once in the pavilion everything was amazing.
My biggest problem of the night was with getting out. Tune into WTOP and apparently Ball soemthing or other road was flooded and closed. They were directing everyone out one particular way, but apparently various stoplights had shorted and were out and the police were desperately trying to keep traffic flowing. I sat in the parking lot in the spot i parked in for 2 hours before getting moving. Once out we were shunted in a random direction that dropped us off God knows where. These police were forcing whole lines of cars to go left at an intersection when we could see the sign saying turn right to go to 66. We even asked the cop if turning left would get us back to 66 eventually. He just sort of shrugged and we followed the directions. Eventually (30 minutes of driving around lost later) we found virginia route 29 and went north to find 66. Still pouring down rain. I'm a bull run veteran and this was almost as nasty. As for nissan? This had been my first time there. NEVER AGAIN.
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Even though I was totally drenched and freezing, still enjoyed the show very much. This was my 4th time seeing Radiohead, and they never fail to impress me. I would have liked to hear Exit Music, but they more than made up for it playing Fake Plastic Trees and Like Spinning Plates. I love In Rainbows, and as expected hearing them live was even better.
I feel bad for the people that didn't make it in because of the flooding. I guess we lucked out. Left Downtown D.C. at about 4:45 and arrived there around 6:30. Getting out of Nissan was a total pain in the ass, but that was expected.
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Awesome show!!!!!!!!!! The seats I had were pretty good too. They even had tickets for sale at the box office where I was sitting at too. Section 102 5th row available day of the show. Crazy ass weather. Didn't expect it to rain all night so wasn't dressed for it. Got drenched. Getting into Nissan was not bad as I arrived early. Leaving, well that was a clusterfuck. Idled in my car for over 2 hours in one spot. Thank God I had a full tank of gas. Sucks for the people who didn't even make it into the show because of the traffic. I would have been pissed. Great Great show!!!!!!!
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Great show! This was the first time I'd seen them in about 10 years. They still put on an excellent show. It is a shame the weather was so bad. We were sitting in Section 303, 3rd row from the back of the pavillion. Every time the wind picked up, we got rained on. We ended up leaving during the encore because, despite the great show, we were just miserable. Took us over an hour to get out of the parking lot. We're going to try to get tickets for the August show in Indianapolis. I think I'd rather be sitting in oppressive heat than freezing rain.
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well, i had my 4 hours of sleep and i'll tell my tale.
Left Baltimore around 3pm, picked up friends in Takoma Park and headed south. Got to Manassas around 5pm with minor traffic delays and grabbed something to eat before heading over the Nissan. Got to the parking lot around 5:45pm and parked very close to the gate. After sitting in the car drinking for about an hour we rushed in.
Liars are stupid and why did we have to sit through that shit. Radiohead couldnt have gotten a better band? please, that guy was an idiot.
There were a LOT of pot smokers in the pit, not that i mind, but i was a touch surprised. Radiohead was the second best i'd ever seen them, we were about 5 ppl back pretty much in front of Ed. Those lights were amazing and i never take pics at shows but i have like 50 from last night. The In Rainbows songs sounded so awesome, esp Jigsaw, Bodysnatchers and 15 Step.
The older songs were great too, Lucky, Just, Karma and Fake Plastic Trees were way more than i could've asked for and although i was hoping to get a reprieve from Android...they rocked it hard and i loved it. The band seemed way more playful than I've ever seen them but they sounded tighter than ever too.
What was that song they played with Thom Yorke playing the drum kit? It was fucking intense and i cannot think of the name of it.
Leaving for us was looking to be impossible until some ppl were skipping over the curb to the handicap lot due to a missing parking concrete thingy. So basically we sat still for 30 minutes til we decided to back up and follow the moving cars and we were basically whisked out of the lot. another 30 minutes and we were on 66 going 65 mph. All in all to get home from Baltimore, stopping in Takoma Park and in the torrential downpour, in 3 1/2 hours from the time Radiohead left the stage....not bad in my book.
I still wont ever go back to Nissan. even if Radiohead plays. But i'm buying tickets for Philly and almost surely to be at APW fest now...
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I wished they played How to Disappear Completely, but awesome show and great set list. Next APW and Lollapalooza.
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Photos from last night...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscolen/sets/72157605010731536/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscolen/sets/72157605010731536/)
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Photos from last night...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscolen/sets/72157605010731536/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscolen/sets/72157605010731536/)
Nice Pics!!!!!! I have a freaking question. I'm an idiot when it comes to cameras. I just got a canon digital and last night took some pics but with the flash on the pics didn't come out at all. Turned the flash off and the pics came out so so not as good as yours. Did you use flash with yours or off?????
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wonder where that coldplay vs nissan thread is... also counting down until seth says "i told them so" :)
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missed it. it was bull run all over again for me. by the time we got around all of the flooding, the cops told us to turn around because the parking lots were full. so the parking fees included in our tickets didn't actually include parking? wtf? is anyone else who didn't make it in due to flooding, road closures, and no parking going to make an attempt to get a refund, or is that completely pointless since the show went on? not that it will make up for missing the show, but still...
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If you had lawn seats and did not make it to the show, you probably lucked out. I almost considered turning around and going home, when i was stuck in the back-up to just get on to 66.
I love Radiohead, and i think they are one of the greatest bands in the world. But i overheard a guy say to one of his friends on the way out that "The main reason you go to a show is for the EXPERIENCE"
and last night at Nissan was definitely the worst Experience i've ever had at a show. I spent about 7 hours in my car, and about 3 hours spent freezing in the rain on the lawn. Not being able to see the band because a): everyone had their umbrellas up and b) the big screens were not being used.
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I just so yelled at my wife for being mad the whole way home. sounds like we had one of the more rosy experiences.....very sorry to all who had a bad time or no time at all, believe me i've been there...
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
What was that song they played with Thom Yorke playing the drum kit? It was fucking intense and i cannot think of the name of it.
That was "Bangers & Mash" I believe. Very cool tune. I believe it's on the collectors In Rainbows disc.
A few more thoughts on the night...
- Once we finally got in the lot we drove past the VIP parking. Thought about it for about 2 seconds and cut right over into the lot. Worth every cent of the $30 we paid. A 5 minute walk into the venue and we were out to the road within 10 minutes.
- Nissan Pavilion security is the biggest bunch of meatheads I've ever seen in my life. I nearly got trampled but 2 of them in the pit chasing a guy who snuck down there.
- I have a mancrush on Ed O'Brien.
- Can't wait for Lollapalooza now.
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Bangers and Mash from In Rainbows CD2
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
What was that song they played with Thom Yorke playing the drum kit? It was fucking intense and i cannot think of the name of it.
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A coworker of mine didn't make it to the show...they gave up at 10pm and by the time he got home it was 11:30 and he had been in the car 6 1/2 hours. It sounds awful.
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One more thing....
The "rain down" line from Paranoid Android was ironic/hilarious/goosebump inducing.
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Originally posted by jesse:
If you had lawn seats and did not make it to the show, you probably lucked out. I almost considered turning around and going home, when i was stuck in the back-up to just get on to 66.
I love Radiohead, and i think they are one of the greatest bands in the world. But i overheard a guy say to one of his friends on the way out that "The main reason you go to a show is for the EXPERIENCE"
and last night at Nissan was definitely the worst Experience i've ever had at a show. I spent about 7 hours in my car, and about 3 hours spent freezing in the rain on the lawn. Not being able to see the band because a): everyone had their umbrellas up and b) the big screens were not being used.
Yeah why weren't the screens used this time???? That sucked for the lawn people.
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You're not the only one... :roll:
Originally posted by eros:
- I have a mancrush on Ed O'Brien.
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solid show last night. standing in the lawn was a terrible experience, but it'll be one of those shows that i'll never forget.
anyone have the setlist?
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Erinaceous, I think the song with Thom on drums is Bangers and Mash. Appropriate name with the way he was hitting his drum.
Particularly after the band's effort to offset carbon emissions, anyone know why it was at Nissan and not at the metro-friendly phone booth or RFK? Took me 4.25 hours to arrive from my apartment right across the street from the 9:30 and 2.75 hours to get back to my place after we got into the car.
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Originally posted by eros:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
What was that song they played with Thom Yorke playing the drum kit? It was fucking intense and i cannot think of the name of it.
That was "Bangers & Mash" I believe. Very cool tune. I believe it's on the collectors In Rainbows disc.
A few more thoughts on the night...
- Once we finally got in the lot we drove past the VIP parking. Thought about it for about 2 seconds and cut right over into the lot. Worth every cent of the $30 we paid. A 5 minute walk into the venue and we were out to the road within 10 minutes.
- Nissan Pavilion security is the biggest bunch of meatheads I've ever seen in my life. I nearly got trampled but 2 of them in the pit chasing a guy who snuck down there.
- I have a mancrush on Ed O'Brien.
- Can't wait for Lollapalooza now. [/b]
So did VIP parkers not get caught in that mess to get out?????
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Originally posted by bearman:
A coworker of mine didn't make it to the show...they gave up at 10pm and by the time he got home it was 11:30 and he had been in the car 6 1/2 hours. It sounds awful.
geez. where was he coming from?? suprisingly for me i only got stuck in traffic for 5 minutes coming from the fair lakes area and i left my house at 515.
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All I Need
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Lucky
15 Step
Nude
Pyramid Song
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Myxomatosis
Idioteque
Faust Arp
Videotape
Paranoid Android
Just
Reckoner
Everything In Its Right Place
Bangers + Mash
Bodysnatchers
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Like Spinning Plates
Optimistic
Karma Police
Go Slowly
Planet Telex
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Fake Plastic Trees
The National Anthem
House of Cards
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Originally posted by cbb703:
Particularly after the band's effort to offset carbon emissions, anyone know why it was at Nissan and not at the metro-friendly phone booth or RFK?
Because the only "green" thing Radiohead is really interested in is your money?
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I read that the band stayed at Hotel Palomar near Dupont Circle. I wonder what public transportation they took to the show, and how on earth they made it there on time.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by cbb703:
Particularly after the band's effort to offset carbon emissions, anyone know why it was at Nissan and not at the metro-friendly phone booth or RFK?
Because the only "green" thing Radiohead is really interested in is your money? [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I read that the band stayed at Hotel Palomar near Dupont Circle. I wonder what public transportation they took to the show, and how on earth they made it there on time.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by cbb703:
Particularly after the band's effort to offset carbon emissions, anyone know why it was at Nissan and not at the metro-friendly phone booth or RFK?
Because the only "green" thing Radiohead is really interested in is your money? [/b]
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the band soundchecks at like 3pm actually so they would have been there long before traffic was bad.
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The band's preformance: amazing.
The "experience": one of the most terrible things ever. I've never been down with boycotts of ticketmaster, live nation, or venues, but no lineup will ever get me to Nissan again. Never. Hell on earth.
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everyone whos "never going back to nissan" will be there when radiohead or what overated band they swoon over plays there again...
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Originally posted by manimtired:
everyone whos "never going back to nissan" will be there when radiohead or what overated band they swoon over plays there again...
No, I won't. If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't have went.
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Originally posted by cbb703:
Particularly after the band's effort to offset carbon emissions, anyone know why it was at Nissan and not at the metro-friendly phone booth or RFK?
I would guess that the Wizards and/or Caps had dibs on Verizon because they were expected to do so well in the playoffs.
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22 people died due to tornadoes over the weekend.
over 1000 people died and maybe more (mainly children) in china due to an earthquake.
over 100000 people died in burma.
and you bitch about some rain that "ruined" your horrible life and concert?
fuck you . . . not nissan.
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shut the fuck up.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
shut the fuck up.
make me, bob saget.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
shut the fuck up.
make me, bob saget. [/b]
:p
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Wow people getting testy in here. Oh yeah, Great SHow!!!
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Originally posted by manimtired:
everyone whos "never going back to nissan" will be there when radiohead or what overated band they swoon over plays there again...
i said before that i wasn't going to go to nissan for anyone. i didn't even bother waking up for radiohead tickets this tour. i missed seeing 'like spinning plates' (though i guess i actually have heard it live, before -- soundcheck in atlanta 01, over a week before it made its debut in a setlist during a show), but i didn't have to deal with the traffic and the venue and the rain (i was at bull run -- had tickets for both shows -- i also had a ticket to and was on the way to the postponed 03 show in toronto as well).
i won't go to nissan for anyone. i won't go to dar for anyone. i won't go to disco rodeo (formerly the ritz) for anyone. i won't go to 'montage mountain' in scranton for anyone. i think that's all my list is, but i'm sticking to it.
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Originally posted by seeking irony:
missed it. it was bull run all over again for me. by the time we got around all of the flooding, the cops told us to turn around because the parking lots were full. so the parking fees included in our tickets didn't actually include parking? wtf? is anyone else who didn't make it in due to flooding, road closures, and no parking going to make an attempt to get a refund, or is that completely pointless since the show went on? not that it will make up for missing the show, but still...
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Originally posted by seeking irony:
missed it. it was bull run all over again for me. by the time we got around all of the flooding, the cops told us to turn around because the parking lots were full. so the parking fees included in our tickets didn't actually include parking? wtf? is anyone else who didn't make it in due to flooding, road closures, and no parking going to make an attempt to get a refund, or is that completely pointless since the show went on? not that it will make up for missing the show, but still...
Missed the show as well and i did post a review on Yelp and wrote the Nissan Pavilion Costumer Service! Not sure if it matters but you should let them know! Customerservice@nissanpavilion.com
Good luck and let me know if you get any replies.
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normally i hate watching youtube concert footage, but someone who had a great seat is putting up almost every song, and they're not shot that bad. kudos to the internet kids who are ruining another form of proceed to the artist. pretty soon, why buy concert tickets?
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Originally posted by walkonby:
kudos to the internet kids who are ruining another form of proceed to the artist. pretty soon, why buy concert tickets?
Certainly you are not saying that watching youtube clips is comparable to being at a live show? Am I missing some sarcasm here? Even if it was a concert video released on DVD by the band, I don't think that it would equal actually being there.
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I am sure in this case, it is more pleasurable watching "Fake Plastic Trees" on youtube is way more fun than sitting in traffic for 6.5 hours last night, or missing the show entirely.
My friend who attended just wrote to me and said Nissan is probably the 7th or 8th level of hell.
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Well, yeah. I think Nissan is the exception to the rule here. And I completely agree that the PC would have been a welcome replacement to last night's clusterfuck.
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Originally posted by kosmo:
wonder where that coldplay vs nissan thread is... also counting down until seth says "i told them so" :)
apparently I don't need to say a word
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Originally posted by kosmo:
wonder where that coldplay vs nissan thread is... also counting down until seth says "i told them so" :)
why would seth need to say "i told them so".
they still got paid for the shows and did the shows and don't have to bother thinking about what the average concertgoer had to deal with.
in my opinion, they still haven't completely made up for bull run, which they said they would (something about dc having priority next tour)... 1 merriweather show doesn't make up for that.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by manimtired:
everyone whos "never going back to nissan" will be there when radiohead or what overated band they swoon over plays there again...
i said before that i wasn't going to go to nissan for anyone. i didn't even bother waking up for radiohead tickets this tour. i missed seeing 'like spinning plates' (though i guess i actually have heard it live, before -- soundcheck in atlanta 01, over a week before it made its debut in a setlist during a show), but i didn't have to deal with the traffic and the venue and the rain (i was at bull run -- had tickets for both shows -- i also had a ticket to and was on the way to the postponed 03 show in toronto as well).
i won't go to nissan for anyone. i won't go to dar for anyone. i won't go to disco rodeo (formerly the ritz) for anyone. i won't go to 'montage mountain' in scranton for anyone. i think that's all my list is, but i'm sticking to it. [/b]
Agreed. I am in the "never going back to nissan" camp, and I didn't bother to get tickets for this. I did however get tickets for the Toronto show this summer.
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has radiohead ever played verizon and what is this coldplay and seth thing
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Originally posted by wml7:
what is this coldplay and seth thing
When Coldplay played Nissan in 2004-ish, there was a similar thread bemoaning the insufficient infrastructure of Nissan Pavilion.
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I dont know, I cant really say too much about Nissan since I figure last night was an exception to how things usually run.
I wont go cause its just so far away. In the time spent going home (show ended at 11pm we got home at 2:30am) i could have EASILY driven home from Philly or even Camden, NJ.
Living in Baltimore, its just not the closest venue, really ever.
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ohhhhhhhh I see, well great show none the less. it does suck for those who got stuck in traffic and missed the entire thing. I came way early because of the horror stories with traffic. getting out was ridiculous he'll bonnaroo isn't that bad to get out and that's 80,000 hippies
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Originally posted by wml7:
has radiohead ever played verizon
no, they haven't.
they haven't played IN dc in 10 years. before that they weren't big enough to play that.
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we had a much worse time leaving Coachella in 2004 (when Radiohead played).
show ended at midnight, we left the lot at 4:30am. it was a nice night out tthough :)
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Originally posted by paul3mac:
I did however get tickets for the Toronto show this summer.
if i was going to go to any of the radiohead shows this tour, i'd go to montreal. i had a really good experience with parc jean drapeau last time. mass transit accessible. being on the water, even if it's hot (it was august last time for me), there's a bit of a breeze and it's general admission. the only way it could be bad is if it rained because there's nowhere to go whatsoever.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
we had a much worse time leaving Coachella in 2004 (when Radiohead played).
show ended at midnight, we left the lot at 4:30am. it was a nice night out tthough :)
i guess we got really, really lucky. our car was RIGHT beside one of the exits and we got out in under 10 minutes when we left. we did have a long walk to the venue initially (and i suppose leaving too), but getting out was absolutely no problem.
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we left dc at about 4:30 and managed to make it there just before 6 p.m. we sat in the car and had a couple beers before heading in... the only pair of shoes i had with me were a pair of chucks, so i had to suck it up and deal with wet feet all night long.
in the pit - pretty much in front of ed o'brien - near a whole group of smelly, smoking brahs (like who ever mentioned that earlier) but luckily there was a big push from the back at the beginning of radiohead and i went up and they went over and it was nice for the rest of the evening. it was my first radiohead show so to be that close was pretty much amazing.
i was really happy with the set list, keeping my fingers crossed for 'black star' but i can't complain with getting 'fake plastic trees.' on the way out it wasn't too too bad, we were in the A8 section of the lot, in the back. after sitting still for about 15 minutes, we backed up the car and took the handicap entrance out. didn't have to hop a curb sonick, not sure where you hit it... but we just maneuvered around the barriers - and we were in a boat of a car. made it home by 1:30 after dropping a few people off. could have been much worse. but i really did enjoy the concert, a lot.
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Isn't there a "never going back to a nissan" thread every summer here? Somehow they keep selling shows out...
i didn't even consider going. my first reaction was wtf is radiohead playing there?
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Why don't you guys who get stuck in traffic on the way home either leave the show a little early or walk fast to your car to beat the rush of people?
The first time I went to a NASCAR race, I was stuck in traffic for hours after the race.. Ever since, I've either left a couple of laps early, or camped out near the exit and left immediately at race's end. Then I high tail it to my car. I've never had to wait in traffice since that first time.
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I sat in the parking lot from 11:10 until 1:10. And as other people have said, was made to go in the wrong direction out and had to turn around, thanks to the GPS. I go to Penn State games all the time with 100,000 plus people and never have had to sit for longer than 30mins to get out. It was awful. Got home at 2:30, woke up at 6 to drive to PA for work.
But Radiohead was great. I was fine with the rain and cold weather, it was only the way parking and leaving was handled that was annoying.
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I didn't think that a concert venue could suck this much, we drove around for 2 hours just to finds some damn food before the show, then after we got some burritos we sat in that line for 1.5 hours, parked then took a 15 minute walk to the venue while missing jigsaw, lucky, and 15 step. we got there and the lawn was just destroyed and people with umbrellas blocking your view, everytime i found a place where i could see, within 5 minutes some group of people with giant umbrellas would come stand in front of me, Radiohead sounded great, but you could barely even see them, and after it was over we stumble back to the car, just out of pure luck being able to find it over in lot F, we sat in line for a good 2 hoursto get out, once we get out of there, all the roads out of the town were blocked off, so after about an hour we found our way out, didnt get home till 3:30. I also had the idea that i was in hell during the 2 hours i couldnt use the bathroom.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you guys who get stuck in traffic on the way home either leave the show a little early or walk fast to your car to beat the rush of people?
The first time I went to a NASCAR race, I was stuck in traffic for hours after the race.. Ever since, I've either left a couple of laps early, or camped out near the exit and left immediately at race's end. Then I high tail it to my car. I've never had to wait in traffice since that first time.
Right. This is where getting setlist spoilers helps out. You know they are going to do 2 encores, you know they have an 11:00 curfew, you have an idea what the last song will be. We started walking to the exit during House of Cards (not one of my faves anyway) and heard the whole thing while beating most of the traffic out.
Tour manager blog (http://www.radiohead.com/themostgiganticflyingmouthforsometime/)
It will be interesting to see if they comment on the Nissan experience here. If Thom could've seen last night's parking lot he would've looked like the this guy.
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Yeah leaving the place I noticed that it takes us behind the shopping center. I just drove into the shopping center where the target is and bam I was right back on 29 heading back to cville. With the cops directing traffic instead of going right at that light they made everyone go left. I think if people would have known they could have drove down further and do a uturn and be back on 29 to 66 in no time.
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some stories in the comments:
http://dcist.com/2008/05/12/morning_roundup_255.php (http://dcist.com/2008/05/12/morning_roundup_255.php)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you guys who get stuck in traffic on the way home either leave the show a little early or walk fast to your car to beat the rush of people?
The first time I went to a NASCAR race, I was stuck in traffic for hours after the race.. Ever since, I've either left a couple of laps early, or camped out near the exit and left immediately at race's end. Then I high tail it to my car. I've never had to wait in traffice since that first time.
There does come a point where you think, "i can leave now and miss traffic" but after spending all day basically attending this show, and, for some of us, it being our favourite band, it just didnt seem worth it.
I did sacrifice alcohol consumption, something i love to do at shows, because I didnt want to have to leave our great spot (i was probably 10 feet from you miss p!) to have to pee every 45 minutes.
My wife said to me on the way home "how come its only when we see Radiohead that all this crazy shit happens"
and thats when it dawned on me...we dont ever go to big venues for shows for any other band and I would bet other ppl here are in the same boat. Perhaps people who attend Nissan regularly dont see it as such a huge hassle. (though missing the show completely cant be dismissed as anything BUT)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Why don't you guys who get stuck in traffic on the way home either leave the show a little early or walk fast to your car to beat the rush of people?
I left during the 1st song in the 1st encore, hauled-ass to my car at about 10:30, and still did not get to 66 til about 12:30
These type of things you can't predict i suppose.
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consumerist is also reporting. ha.
Radiohead: Flooding forces fans to circle parking lot for 3 hours. (http://consumerist.com/5008714/radiohead-flooding-forces-fans-to-circle-parking-lot-for-3-hours)
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Glad I have tickets for Camden and not last night. I never had much of a problem with Nissan, but last year a friend dragged me to see DMB (i know, as if that wasn't bad enough), but the traffic on the way out just killed the night. I saw CSNY a few years back and leaving the venue was fine. I don't see why Nissan doesn't do what Camden does or even venues in NY, where they turn the whole town into one giant one way road, they just cattle everyone out. But sorry to hear all this bad shit.
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btw
did anyone take Thom up on his snuggling with towels offer?
i sure could have used one!
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I've always known Nissan to be just horrific. I was very surprised last night though that they took absolutely NO measures to make anything more pleasant for their guests. They really don't seem to care. In the past, I've had horrible experiences from guest services, security, management, box office, vending... is there another category? Off the top of my head, I can give nightmarish stories about each of those headings...
Last night though was absolutely ridiculous. The vending on one side (stage right) continued to insist that there were no hot drinks (with commercial coffee makers in plain view). When we got into the pit - you guessed it - coffee drinks in all sorts of peoples' hands, with the other side's vending selling scores of coffee and hot chocolate drinks.
They opended the gates late - for those who were waiting to jockey for a spot on the lawn or in the pit, they had to just stand there and get poured on... an what, absolutely no contingency plans to put some canopies above the concession lines???? Then, leaving the venue, they had left their maze of security railings outside the gates for a bunch of cold, wet, shivering, sore, miserable people to attempt to navigate.
We did get out of the lot somewhat easily. I've learned over time, they pretty much abide be the idea of first in, first out. But, with so much money being spent, you'd think the venue's management could find at least one way to make a miserable experience slightly better. But, not Nissan. This is only my second show there in five years. I used to attend much more regularly. But, I just can't tolerate it anymore. It really has to be something pretty freaking cool... Radiohead helped justify it. But, at this point I think it'll take a resurected Stevie Ray Vaughan, or fully reunited Beatles to get me there again.
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Bullshit.
It's great that you love Radiohead and all, but you should get over the idea that Thom Yorke really gives a shit about any of this.
First he said touring was a huge carbon waste, then he said the impact comes from the fans driving to shows, then he says that they will only play shows in cities with solid public transit infrastructure.
Actons speak louder than words.
Nissan is 35-40 miles outside the city and has no public transit access. Most of the other venues they are playing are also suburban and exurban locations with little to no public transit.
Thom looks more like this guy:
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Originally posted by eros:
It will be interesting to see if they comment on the Nissan experience here. If Thom could've seen last night's parking lot he would've looked like the this guy.
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damn ggw, did Thom kill your dog or something?
just take a few deep breaths, man.
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left DC around 3:15 pm, were in the parking lot before 5. we were ushered into the closest lot, since there were 5 of us in the car and that was the "car-pooling lot" - this made for a fast entry and a quick exit. spent over 2 hours "tailgating" inside the car, with every cubic inch taken up be food, drink, umbrellas, paper plates... something akin to having a gourmet picnic inside a space capsule. the ipod dj showdown was fun.
text message received from another boardee:
the pit is a flooded, smellymess of humanity. Hypothermia is imminent. in other news, i think i'm standing next to sonick but too girly to ask him.
this text really made me laugh and totally cheered me up.
we had seats in the middle of 101 row E but unilaterally decided to upgrade ourselves to the inner aisle, and were never asked to leave - woohoo. a lot of empty seats were filled by other squatters, at one point i had a surreal exchange with someone who was trying to take the seat i was in front of, despite having no more rights to it than i did (i believe the geneva convention on concert etiquette defaults to the universal "i was here first, bucko" rule).
liars were indeed abominable. just plain bad.
radiohead truly are one of the greatest bands alive today. my personal highlight was idioteque - the stipped down beats behind "ice age coming, ice age coming" were insane. last night was the first time this tour they've played "jigsaw falling into place". i predicted that we'd get paranoid android - with that weather, how could we not. thom's first words to the crowd: "hello, wet people".
getting out wasn't too bad for us. we moved to the back of the venue during national anthem, and walked out during the closing notes of house of cards. between the earlish departure and our parking spot, we were on 66 in about 15 minutes.
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
I did sacrifice alcohol consumption, something i love to do at shows, because I didnt want to have to leave our great spot (i was probably 10 feet from you miss p!) to have to pee every 45 minutes.
i had no problems getting drinks and going to the bathroom from my "pussy seats" :p
Originally posted by jd930:
Originally posted by walkonby:
kudos to the internet kids who are ruining another form of proceed to the artist. pretty soon, why buy concert tickets?
Certainly you are not saying that watching youtube clips is comparable to being at a live show? Am I missing some sarcasm here?[/b]
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Bullshit.
Actons speak louder than words.
Nissan is 35-40 miles outside the city and has no public transit access. Most of the other venues they are playing are also suburban and exurban locations with little to no public transit.
i agree with you 100% on this.
i'm not going to say that thom yorke doesn't care, but he certainly doesn't seem to care enough to actually take action.
even if the band doesn't want to deal with the stuff personally (which, with all that's involved with booking a tour this big, why should they?), but they could have hired someone competant enough to actually find places that actually fit in with most of what they were talking about. i'm by no means professionally involved with any kind of booking or tour planning, but i certainly have EASILY gained a lot of knowledge of general stuff about venues in a LOT of cities all over this continent to know which fit what they were saying, without even trying to gain such knowledge.
i think that the east coast leg of the 2001 tour fit those categories better than these 2008 tour venues do. taking steps backwards?
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The Washington Post wants your assistance in disparaging Nissan Pavilion (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postrock/)
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I think I can safely say I'm never actually going back to Nissan because I'd never been there before this weekend and had only heard tell of its horrors. Two great shows, but yikes. As others have said, I'd much rather take a trip to Philly or NJ next time.
Can a band really make that much more cash doing a pavilion show than going to the Verizon Center? The announced attendance at the sold out Kanye show was 21,000, and Verizon holds about 20,000 for basketball games. I guess it might have been a scheduling issue given the potential for NHL and NBA post-seasons this time around?
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
i had no problems getting drinks and going to the bathroom from my "pussy seats" :p
ha! good one. it was probably better off since i was driving anyway. :roll:
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hold on...looking...
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You may continue with the drama....
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Is there a good reason why this show wasn't at Merriweather, other than Nissan holds more people?
Having gone to the first day of Bull Run years ago, I can sympathize with everyone...
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You know - we were talking about it on the way out to Nissan. There are much better options for a place to play if RH actually did care about their carbon footprint.
Also - I began to believe they don't particularly give a crap about their fans.
They mentioned at least twice how they appreciated that it was so miserable out there for the fans last night. Then, actually said there were road closures due to flooding. In my book, it may have been time to think about cutting it short by a song or two so out of concern for fans' safety, not indulging themselves in a narcissistic eight song encore.
My friends thought I may have been a bit hard of them with a statement like that one. They said the band was probably trying to give people who had a miserable time getting there a full show. Personally, as cold and wet as everyone was, I thought they were a bit self-indulgent. I can see it both ways. But, I would have leaned toward a 10:45 stop time. And how about cutting liars and starting a bit early to compensate? Honestly - who here would have felt like they missed something by not getting to watch Liars' set????
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
i predicted that we'd get paranoid android - with that weather, how could we not. thom's first words to the crowd: "hello, wet people".
you could have predicted it just by the fact that you were seeing radiohead. they have played it at almost every show for the past decade. you're more likely to get some rarity than to NOT hear paranoid android.
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ah the memories... not only was the traffic notable, but it marked one of Mr. du Luc's first disparaging reviews for the Post
Demolish Nissan.. The Coldplay thread (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011313)
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It seats 20,173 for basketball, and 18,277 for hockey.
I would imagine the capacity is even less for concerts considering they lose all the 'sections' behind the stage. Looking at Radioheads setup, I don't think they could do a theatre in the round.
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Originally posted by dave24:
And how about cutting liars and starting a bit early to compensate? Honestly - who here would have felt like they missed something by not getting to watch Liars' set????
If you cut the opener and Radiohead goes on earlier, you know how many more people that would've meant missed all or a significant portion of the show? I'd wager it'd make the unhappy contingent increase alot. Doesn't seem viable.
I think you either have to postpone the show (giving folks the option of getting their $$ back) or go all out and try to compensate for the crappy conditions with a kickass set. (Obviously, that first choice wasn't really ever on the table.) Radiohead tried their best to make up for the weather; lots of folks on atease/greenplastic are saying its the best setlist of the very short so far tour. Yet still, people were under no compulsion to stay for the encores. But I can tell you, if you think people are bitchy now, if Radiohead had ducked out after 16 songs on top of the weather and traffic, the ensuing messageboard drama would choke a pig.
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They wouldn't have even had to have done something in the round at Verizon, unless they really felt the need... Verizon regularly opens the sections behind the stage when there's a basically open stage setup. They could have pulled this off. The people behind the stage of course never get to see the video behind a band. But, how many would have sacrificed that, and even paid a few bucks more a ticket if it mattered that much to RH's bottom line, to have avoided that mess last night??? I'd think almost everyone. Plus, it'd be a small percentage of people who's overall view would have been obscured.
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
I can tell you, if you think people are bitchy now, if Radiohead had ducked out after 16 songs on top of the weather and traffic, the ensuing messageboard drama would choke a pig. [/b]
Possibly - personally I believe the best option was to not open the gates at all, and postpone the show.
Short of that though... you know, I don't really believe it would have been a bad option to cut into (or entirely can) Liars' set, go on early, and end early.
Let's face it - most people who were headed out are decicated enough to be there a good bit early. Nissan is absolutely notorious for their traffic in and out. It wasn't a weekday. With the weather to compensate for, and a whole day to plan around the possible delays, I think most people are smart enough to get there a bit early.
If I'm wrong then fine. But I don't think the actual set times were announced. Had they started a bit early, who could really complain? They could have gotten their full set in, AND gotten people on their way a bit earlier.
As in my earlier post, I believe it was completely self-indulgent for them to not consider their fans a bit more in that respect. Flame me if you want, all. Maybe I'm just getting too old for some of this shit.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Bullshit.
Actons speak louder than words.
Nissan is 35-40 miles outside the city and has no public transit access. Most of the other venues they are playing are also suburban and exurban locations with little to no public transit.
i agree with you 100% on this.
i'm not going to say that thom yorke doesn't care, but he certainly doesn't seem to care enough to actually take action.
even if the band doesn't want to deal with the stuff personally (which, with all that's involved with booking a tour this big, why should they?), but they could have hired someone competant enough to actually find places that actually fit in with most of what they were talking about.[/b]
i think it's funny when someone says they'll do something, people them jump down their throat because they're not doing everything :roll:
radiohead never said this tour would be perfectly enviro - they said it would be one of their concerns, and that they'd factor it in. in the case of nissan, i'm guessing that other factors - like being in bed with livenation, venue size, venue availability, etc - trumped carbon concerns.
nissan was indeed a horrible choice of venue, there are a couple of others on the tour that are similar (like outside seattle).
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Originally posted by dave24:
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
I can tell you, if you think people are bitchy now, if Radiohead had ducked out after 16 songs on top of the weather and traffic, the ensuing messageboard drama would choke a pig. [/b]
Possibly - personally I believe the best option was to not open the gates at all, and postpone the show.
Short of that though... you know, I don't really believe it would have been a bad option to cut into (or entirely can) Liars' set, go on early, and end early.
Let's face it - most people who were headed out are decicated enough to be there a good bit early. Nissan is absolutely notorious for their traffic in and out. It wasn't a weekday. With the weather to compensate for, and a whole day to plan around the possible delays, I think most people are smart enough to get there a bit early.
If I'm wrong then fine. But I don't think the actual set times were announced. Had they started a bit early, who could really complain? They could have gotten their full set in, AND gotten people on their way a bit earlier.
As in my earlier post, I believe it was completely self-indulgent for them to not consider their fans a bit more in that respect. Flame me if you want, all. Maybe I'm just getting too old for some of this shit. [/b]
I'm glad they played a long set. Give fans their money's worth, esp. those on the lawn. Cutting an opening act is unheard of in my book (NEVER seen it happen), and it's not like Radiohead were making you stay for the 2 encores. You could have left whenever.
So yes, you're old.
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I am not about to kiss Thom Yorke's ass, but what in the hell, people.
Think about how many acts play Nissan each year, or any other ampitheatres, how many traffic jams...and do we say all these artists dont care about their fans?
You think playing a shortened set would make people happy? That makes zero sense.
First of all, Radiohead decides to play non-commercial venues and Bull Run happens. Then they decide to play a theatre tour, but most of us cant get tickets. Then they go ahead and play the commercial ampitheatre and this happens.
Radiohead are artists, who are supposed to care about making great music for us to enjoy. Nissan is a venue, whos supposed to allow for a nice place for us to see a show. Radiohead did not drop the ball here, Nissan did.
Do you think Thom Yorke was told, "well, we want to play Nissan but its a real sucky venue and probably will end in a big wet disaster for most ppl in attendance" and then Thom said "eehhh, fuck em, who cares!"
What about the secret show at 930 in 1998? Does a band that doesnt give a fuck abuot their fans do that? or how about basically HANDING their fans their new CD? ohh surely that was pure greed.
I am not saying they are a bunch of caring souls and they are certainly no Pearl Jam when it comes to being fan-friendly, but christ, they are no worse than most artists out there.
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Cool - I'm old. I can live with that.
But, while cutting an opening set is pretty much unheard of. Nope, I've never seen it happen (and since I'm old, I've seen even more shows than you - promise). BUT - adapting to extreme conditions for the sake of all concerned is NOT unheard of. There's a first time for everything. If it makes sense to all concerned - go for it. So what that Liars gets one les set on the tour. How many people who watched them last night are buying the album anyway?
With the roads and weather as they were, the band and venue could have been a bit more creative in how they handled it. RH could have played their full set, and people could have been on their way to their heated cars, and their navigation of the even worse road conditions at Nissan than usual.
You won't change my mind that it was self-indulgent, and borderlined irresponsible.
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Originally posted by Muffel:
Missed the show as well and i did post a review on Yelp and wrote the Nissan Pavilion Costumer Service! Not sure if it matters but you should let them know! Customerservice@nissanpavilion.com
Good luck and let me know if you get any replies.
what would people ask them to do? i'm honestly curious.
the main problem yesterday was weather and ungodly amounts of rain, nothing that management can change. remove the rain, and yesterday's show would have been ok - usual traffic concerns, obviously.
what nissan really needs is more roads going out of their parking lots and to Hwy 66. that's just not going to happen, given the co$t and i suspect the neighborhood's displeasure with the venue (they don't want it to expand).
i didn't experience any problems yesterday with nissan staff.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Radiohead did not drop the ball here, Nissan did.
I do agree that the lionshare of this lies at Nissan Pavilion's feet.
I'm not even entirely asking for a shortened set. But, moving it to a bit of an earlier slot couldn't have possibly been the worst thing in the world.
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Originally posted by dave24:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Radiohead did not drop the ball here, Nissan did.
I do agree that the lionshare of this lies at Nissan Pavilion's feet.
I'm not even entirely asking for a shortened set. But, moving it to a bit of an earlier slot couldn't have possibly been the worst thing in the world. [/b]
sorry, but thats the worst solution i've ever heard.
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apparently we are in a state of global cooling for the next 10 years now so having this show at nissan was fine :roll:
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Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
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It was pretty miserable getting there, but I don't think it would've been that bad if it wasn't for the rain. A friend who had a head start on us told my group about a back way in. So he got in with minimal traffic, but I think by the time we got there, that entrance had just closed because of flooding. Fortunately, we still got in on time to see the whole set. We paid for the premium parking which was probably the best decision ever. We got out of the parking lot relatively quickly and made it back to DC in a little over an hour.
Nissan still sucks, and I wouldn't go there for any other band. But this was the first time I ever got pit tix to see them, and so I was pretty happy. Amazing show, and I can't wait to see 'em again at APW. Hopefully, the weather is better for that...
Seriously, it's unbelievable the luck DC fans have with the weather. I guess if we're ever in a drought, we should just call Radiohead...
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If Radiohead = Bad area weather, then I blame them for my 13 hour drive home from a wedding in Charlotte, NC. Even parts of Rt. 1 were closed.
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Originally posted by Arthwys:
Not to disparage the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
fake plastic trees is not uncommon for them to play.
they've played it roughly half the times i've seen them. 'high and dry' is the song from the bends (that was a single) that they never play. it hasn't been played since at least 1997. i'd say you're as likely to hear FPT as you are to hear 'just'.
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Originally posted by Arthwys:
Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
It's the first time they've done it on this tour, which is pretty cool. Also, it was a very last minute decision to play it. I got a picture of the setlist from the stage crew, and Fake Plastic Trees wasn't on it.
So my guess is they decided to play it at the last minute for the fans who got here late (it was dedicated to those "stuck in the rain"). That's pretty cool of them.
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Also, if anyone is curious, here is what they soundchecked:
Knives Out
2+2=5
Jigsaw (about 3 or 4 times actually)
All I Need
Down is the New Up
too bad we didn't get DITNU - but still, amazing setlist.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by Arthwys:
Not to disparage the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
fake plastic trees is not uncommon for them to play.
they've played it roughly half the times i've seen them. 'high and dry' is the song from the bends (that was a single) that they never play. it hasn't been played since at least 1997. i'd say you're as likely to hear FPT as you are to hear 'just'. [/b]
Ah, I see. Thanks. As a side note, from reading all of these various comments all over the web, it seems I barely made it in through the "back way" (ball ford road) before it flooded. When I arrived at Nissan at 7pm there was a massive and very deep area of standing water nearly completly covering the entirety of both lanes of the road just before the entrance. I wouldn't be surprised if it had caused the closure of that road within 20 minutes after I passed it.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
sorry, but thats the worst solution i've ever heard. [/QB]
Ok, so what would your solotion have been? 9,200+ posts to this message board... do you have some words of wisdom for us all about it? Or, do you just want to shoot other people down?
I'm fine with either really (although personally, if I had posted almost 10,000 on ANY message board, I think I'd tell myself to get a freaking life - but that's just me...)
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Heres another fun story:
When we got in and i went to get my wife a coffee and me a beer i ordered...she very rudely told me "no coffee or hot chocolate." So i just ordered a beer. $8, fair enough.
Gave her a $10 she gave me $2 back and as i was getting ready to walk away she says "can i have a tip?" and i said "yeah, get some hot chocolate over here, its fucking cold out!"
can i have a tip? please.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
what nissan really needs is more roads going out of their parking lots and to Hwy 66. that's just not going to happen, given the co$t and i suspect the neighborhood's displeasure with the venue (they don't want it to expand).
Correct answer. What does the Nissan Pavilion do for Prince William county (besides a tax payment)? Nothing. It's not like MPP or the Verizon Center where the surrounding neighborhood benefits economically by having patrons hang out in their bars and restaurants before and after the show. All it does for the county residents is fuck up their traffic 2-3 times a week during the summer (I've got a friend who lives off of Linton Hall road) and drain their resources for police and traffic control.
So what incentive does PW county have for helping the place out? I'd be curious to see what the arrangement is between the county and Live Nation for revenue, taxes, etc..
The reason the Nissan Pavilion continues to operate is the same reason people continue to pay $4/gallon for gasoline.
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Oh - and I'll save you the trouble... we've established that I'm old. I'm also apparently ignorant. And, I'm confident you think I'm a dick after my last post.
So, I've accepted all that. When you come up with anything more intelligent to come back at me with, feel free to post.
I'm out for now - my number of posts is creeping too close to triple digits for my taste. I hope not to cross that threshold for a while.
I'm off to see if the rain has chilled a bit yet and get some lunch. If I choke on it - you won't have to worry about anymore ignorant posts from me.
Later dudes.
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Originally posted by dave24:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
sorry, but thats the worst solution i've ever heard. [/b]
Ok, so what would your solotion have been? 9,200+ posts to this message board... do you have some words of wisdom for us all about it? Or, do you just want to shoot other people down?
I'm fine with either really (although personally, if I had posted almost 10,000 on ANY message board, I think I'd tell myself to get a freaking life - but that's just me...) [/QB]
its been over 6 years, jackass.
and if you really want my solution (which i'm sure you dont give a shit about) it would have been to cancel the show. If the roads are not passable , the show must be cancelled. and its not Radioheads determination, i dont believe.
and how do you even know they were aware of people not getting in? I just cant believe you're complaining cause they played too long!! of all the things to complain about.
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Originally posted by Arthwys:
Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
http://www.58hours.com/58_trackDetails.php?trackID=19 (http://www.58hours.com/58_trackDetails.php?trackID=19)
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
I just cant believe you're complaining cause they played too long!! of all the things to complain about.
If you were capable of paying attention, you'd see that I didn't take much issue with the actual length of the set - just that they could have shifted it earlier. They commented enough that they were very aware of how hateful the night was for their fans. Yet, they did nothing to help the situation, when with some creativity, they'd have been able to.
Oh - and I've been on this board for a long time too (six monts longer than yourself) - but I have a life along with it.
Later.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Heres another fun story:
When we got in and i went to get my wife a coffee and me a beer i ordered...she very rudely told me "no coffee or hot chocolate." So i just ordered a beer. $8, fair enough.
Gave her a $10 she gave me $2 back and as i was getting ready to walk away she says "can i have a tip?" and i said "yeah, get some hot chocolate over here, its fucking cold out!"
can i have a tip? please.
Haha that is awesome.
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Originally posted by dave24:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
I just cant believe you're complaining cause they played too long!! of all the things to complain about.
If you were capable of paying attention, you'd see that I didn't take much issue with the actual length of the set - just that they could have shifted it earlier. They commented enough that they were very aware of how hateful the night was for their fans. Yet, they did nothing to help the situation, when with some creativity, they'd have been able to.
Oh - and I've been on this board for a long time too (six monts longer than yourself) - but I have a life along with it.
Later. [/b]
maybe next time around Radiohead will play a matinee set for those people who are old or have lives!
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
Originally posted by Arthwys:
Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees? Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?
http://www.58hours.com/58_trackDetails.php?trackID=19 (http://www.58hours.com/58_trackDetails.php?trackID=19) [/b]
Whoohoo! I knew there'd be some comprehensive gigography somewhere. This site is fantastic. Thanks much.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Heres another fun story:
When we got in and i went to get my wife a coffee and me a beer i ordered...she very rudely told me "no coffee or hot chocolate." So i just ordered a beer. $8, fair enough.
Gave her a $10 she gave me $2 back and as i was getting ready to walk away she says "can i have a tip?" and i said "yeah, get some hot chocolate over here, its fucking cold out!"
can i have a tip? please.
ballsey of her, I would have said - 'Hell no' - asking for a tip that's pathetic, I would have laughed in her face
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Um, Nissan allows High Schools in PWC to hold gradutaions there for free. Which is definitely something its does for the county.
And as for Radiohead, fucking amazing.
As for the lack of side video screens, I stood on the lawn, and was glad they didn't allow these screens. I think it would have ruined what the band tried to create with their light setup, which was fantastic. The mini video screen behind the band was very cool though. But I think side screens would have looked weird with all the lights.
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people who justify who they and others are by the number of posts on "________" chat rooms, are amusing. talking to people, whether it be on a computer or in real space, does not equal a life or lack of it. only madonna's 2008 slutty old hag tour does that.
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What about those that post twice to prove a point? What do we think of them?
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Originally posted by vansmack:
What about those that post twice to prove a point? What do we think of them?
dammit, i posted that, and waited and waited, and nothing. so i backspaced, copied, pasted, and reposted. and then there was my first post. stupid computers.
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Who said anything about everything? They aren't even doing something.
This tour looks like every single other big shed tour. So while they claim to be "concerned" about their impact, they have not done anything about it. Not even the somethings they said they were going to do.
Originally posted by sweetcell:
i think it's funny when someone says they'll do something, people them jump down their throat because they're not doing everything :roll:
radiohead never said this tour would be perfectly enviro - they said it would be one of their concerns, and that they'd factor it in. in the case of nissan, i'm guessing that other factors - like being in bed with livenation, venue size, venue availability, etc - trumped carbon concerns.
nissan was indeed a horrible choice of venue, there are a couple of others on the tour that are similar (like outside seattle).
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Who said anything about everything? They aren't even doing something.
This tour looks like every single other big shed tour. So while they claim to be "concerned" about their impact, they have not done anything about it. Not even the somethings they said they were going to do.
dude, it was one article that mentioned that. Its not like Radiohead said they were on some earth saving crusade. let it go. you dont like them, we all get it!
and believe me, if they really were "concerned" they wouldnt tour, and then everyone would bitch cause they didnt. so there
point is, unless he came out and shook everyones hand in the place, people complain.
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Fanboy.
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http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ (http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/)
"To everyone who made it, and put up with the torrents on the lawn, and came early to catch the Liars and our show, thank you so much for braving the deluge. I hope you heard what you came for, the music and lights diverting you from the wet. We got out of there around three am, and the pic shows Jonny waiting in the loading bay whilst the water streams across the tarmac. We've had floods at Bull Creek, lightning at the RFK stadium, so there must be some kind of Biblical fix between us and DC. Frogs next time?"
Good old Bull Creek.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
dude, it was one article that mentioned that. Its not like Radiohead said they were on some earth saving crusade. let it go. you dont like them, we all get it!
Actually, they did say it.
Radiohead expressly commissioned an environmental foundation (Best Foot Forward) to study their 2003 and 2006 tours to find ways to reduce their carbon footprint. The main finding of the study (which the band published) was that amphitheatre tours were hardest on the environment. It also found that venues further away from city centers were particularly bad. Note that everything was studied on a per fan basis, so the results are not skewed by the relative size difference between theatres and amphitheatres.
The study also said that the band could reduce its impact by moving themselves and their gear by train. I haven't seen anything indicating that they followed that recommendation any more than they followed the others.
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I can't wait to complain about the s.f show and how vansmack's roof provided no cover from the sun and wind, the crappy acoustics, and the terrible beverage offerings. not to mention how there's no parking near his house. . .what am i expected to do, walk?
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and do you know why they are doing an ampitheatre tour anyway?
i am assuming they must have told you since you are so sure its all about greed. your disdain for this band is showing a real ugly side of your personality.
i just cant believe Radiohead's not using the US's exceptional rail system to transport its gear. How many times do you think the shows would be cancelled cause their gear hadnt arrived in time. please.
i suppose it would have been better off if Radiohead had never even cared for a second about being green? like every other band?
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Radiohead
@ Merriweather 2003 (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004205) was thinking more people had complained about this one....
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I'm never one to jump to the quick defense of ggw. And he's very capable of defending himself. But...
What is the ugly side of his personality that he is revealing? I don't get it. He simply seems to be questioning a case of corporate dishonesty and (possible) greed, in this case Radiohead being the corporation.
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
and do you know why they are doing an ampitheatre tour anyway?
i am assuming they must have told you since you are so sure its all about greed. your disdain for this band is showing a real ugly side of your personality.
i just cant believe Radiohead's not using the US's exceptional rail system to transport its gear. How many times do you think the shows would be cancelled cause their gear hadnt arrived in time. please.
i suppose it would have been better off if Radiohead had never even cared for a second about being green? like every other band?
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Originally posted by kosmo:
Radiohead
@ Merriweather 2003 (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004205) was thinking more people had complained about this one....
traffic was horrendous. i don't think it was worse than what i've heard about last night or than what we experienced in 2001, though.
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Originally posted by eros:
http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ (http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/)
"To everyone who made it, and put up with the torrents on the lawn, and came early to catch the Liars and our show, thank you so much for braving the deluge. I hope you heard what you came for, the music and lights diverting you from the wet. We got out of there around three am, and the pic shows Jonny waiting in the loading bay whilst the water streams across the tarmac. We've had floods at Bull Creek, lightning at the RFK stadium, so there must be some kind of Biblical fix between us and DC. Frogs next time?"
Good old Bull Creek.
God Hates Radiohead :D
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I'm never one to jump to the quick defense of ggw. And he's very capable of defending himself. But...
What is the ugly side of his personality that he is revealing? I don't get it. He simply seems to be questioning a case of corporate dishonesty and (possible) greed, in this case Radiohead being the corporation.
this is boring me already but i'll continue since i cant to do much work on this rainy day.
Radiohead said they were concerned about their carbon footprint while touring. they decided to find ways to cut down the footprint. In the end when they went to tour, they used few or none of these carbon cutting suggestions.
How is greed or lying involved?
Is he saying that this is a green friendly tour and its not? What exactly are they being dishonest about? I dont get that part.
As for greed, are we assuming the Nissan choice was solely for being the biggest venue?
And what real basis do we have for that anyway?
Would they be less greedy if they played 930 and most of their fans couldnt get tickets?
perhaps, but then they'd just be pretentious assholes who didnt care about their fans actually getting to see them live.
I dont get greed or dishonesty out of this. Do you think they talked about this green tour to boost ticket sales? what were they gaining other that maybe some "earth cred" but talking the talk but never actually walking the walk?
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<img src="http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs6/i/2005/064/c/0/Beating_A_Dead_Horse_by_livius.gif" alt=" - " />
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In many cultures a lazy eye is taken as proof of satanic possession.
I'm just sayin'....
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
In many cultures a lazy eye is taken as proof of satanic possession.
I'm just sayin'....
my wife thinks he wears a wig.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
In many cultures a lazy eye is taken as proof of satanic possession.
I'm just sayin'....
my wife thinks he wears a wig. [/b]
Mine thinks he's Clay Aiken's long lost cousin.
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No decent pinktacos in sight...? :roll:
I think I'll make it to the Golden Gate Park show. It's fairly easy to get there by public transportation.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
I can't wait to complain about the s.f show and how vansmack's roof provided no cover from the sun and wind, the crappy acoustics, and the terrible beverage offerings. not to mention how there's no parking near his house. . .what am i expected to do, walk?
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
I just cant believe you're complaining cause they played too long!! of all the things to complain about.
Apparently people named Dave bitch that sets are too long and indulgent all the time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102378.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102378.html)
I have no idea how moving the set up (a) makes less people disappointed seeing as it de facto makes more people miss the concert or (b) makes it any safer. Getting home to bed earlier != safer. I would love to hear how this concert being over at 10pm somehow would have been safer then this concert being over at 11pm.
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
I just cant believe you're complaining cause they played too long!! of all the things to complain about.
Apparently people named Dave bitch that sets are too long and indulgent all the time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102378.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102378.html)
I have no idea how moving the set up (a) makes less people disappointed seeing as it de facto makes more people miss the concert or (b) makes it any safer. Getting home to bed earlier != safer. I would love to hear how this concert being over at 10pm somehow would have been safer then this concert being over at 11pm. [/b]
well, we should bring Dave to NYC with us so when Radiohead goes on their encore, he can go warm up the van!
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I'm not trying to trash the guy. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion and if we all thought in unison, there's little point for this messageboard, I just don't understand his contention.
The event last night was unpleasant. It was not "unsafe." Unless I missed something, there wasn't any injuries/accidents/etc attached to the concert. So, I don't see how the band or venue are being "irresponsible" with letting it go on. The problems last night were unpleasantness: i.e. people were uncomfortable and some unable to get there until really late in the show, if at all. Moving the concert up makes that second condition worse and does little for the first group. If people were so uncomfortable 16 songs in, they could leave. I don't understand his viewpoint.
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Originally posted by lancha:
Also, if anyone is curious, here is what they soundchecked:
Knives Out
2+2=5
Jigsaw (about 3 or 4 times actually)
All I Need
Down is the New Up
various online sources dissagree with your soundcheck list:
The band have soundchecked an undefined song twice, 2+2=5, Jigsaw Falling In To Place (4 times), Like Spinning Plates, Just, Down Is The New Up, and All I Need. (from AtEase (http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/05/11/radiohead-live-in-bristow-live-report/))
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
and the terrible beverage offerings.
You had me until here.
No Provence (http://www.peju.com/new_shop_buywines_provence.htm) for you.
I'm only buying Olympia, because, you know, it's the water.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
[No Provence (http://www.peju.com/new_shop_buywines_provence.htm) for you.
I'm only buying Olympia, because, you know, it's the water.
thats not high life
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Unless I missed something, there wasn't any injuries/accidents/etc attached to the concert. So, I don't see how the band or venue are being "irresponsible" with letting it go on. The problems last night were unpleasantness: i.e. people were uncomfortable and some unable to get there until really late in the show, if at all. Moving the concert up makes that second condition worse and does little for the first group. If people were so uncomfortable 16 songs in, they could leave. I don't understand his viewpoint.
I'm not even going to bother with the other posts that want to flame me - flame-on, enjoy.
However - I will address the safety issue. Firefighters and rescue workers from Lake Jackson Fire Department were out all night bailing people out of situations they got themselves into driving out of Nissan in floodwaters in and around Ball's Ford, Wellington, and Devlin. I know this, as I have a first-hand account from one of them who just woke up. Yes, there were accidents involving cars that went off-road, and they took three different people to the hospital to treat injuries. And yes, the fire chief there was quoted as saying if they had let the show out earlier the incidents would have been lessened.
Now no - none of these people HAD to stay until the end. But, had it ended earlier (had they shifted the set time for instance), even the local fire and rescue chief insisted this wouldn't have been as bad for those involved, and some things could have been avoided as the water wouldn't have been as deep.
So, if you'd like me to put you in touch, no problem. Or you can call Lake Jackson VFD yourselves and ask how many incidents they had to tend to, and how far into the morning their efforts lasted.
While I'm no expert, I'm thinking this guy (with decades of experience) is.
Flame me however you want, whatever, but I'm not speaking out of total mis-information either. I actually think out what I'm going to say, and can back it up, as opposed to just saying, "that's the worst idea I ever heard."
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by lancha:
Also, if anyone is curious, here is what they soundchecked:
Knives Out
2+2=5
Jigsaw (about 3 or 4 times actually)
All I Need
Down is the New Up
various online sources dissagree with your soundcheck list:
The band have soundchecked an undefined song twice, 2+2=5, Jigsaw Falling In To Place (4 times), Like Spinning Plates, Just, Down Is The New Up, and All I Need. (from AtEase (http://www.ateaseweb.com/2008/05/11/radiohead-live-in-bristow-live-report/)) [/b]
Well I remember hearing 2+2, DITNU, Jigsaw, and All I Need. Maybe spinning plates, but I can't really remember. I read Knives Out somewhere. Maybe they did Just as well.
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
thats not high life
True. Allow me to explain...
We went camping this weekend and on the way somehow mysteriously stumbled onto some secret pre-prohibition stash of Olympia somewhere in Peteluma. Upon being distracted by the teenie bopper straight out of the Sk8er Boi video and the lack of D batteries (don't ask), we ended up with a 12 pack of Olympia, the majority of which barely made it to the camp site and the remainder didn't even come close to making it to dinner.
Surprisingly refreshing. It's the water.
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smashing pumpkins secret show thread . . . look out.
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I don't believe i've seen this posted on the board yet
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280)
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Originally posted by jesse:
I don't believe i've seen this posted on the board yet
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280)
"You Must Login To See This Page"
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Originally posted by dave24:
Cool - I'm old. I can live with that.
But, while cutting an opening set is pretty much unheard of. Nope, I've never seen it happen (and since I'm old, I've seen even more shows than you - promise). BUT - adapting to extreme conditions for the sake of all concerned is NOT unheard of. There's a first time for everything. If it makes sense to all concerned - go for it. So what that Liars gets one les set on the tour. How many people who watched them last night are buying the album anyway?
After I found out Liars were opening my number one priority was getting there for Liars. And I already own (physical form) damn near everything they've released except for one single, and you could probably guess which one. So no I didn't buy their album after the show.
I enjoyed the hell out of Radiohead, but I was there for Liars and I'm damn happy they played a full set.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by jesse:
I don't believe i've seen this posted on the board yet
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34329901280)
"You Must Login To See This Page" [/b]
oops
well. it's a group on Facebook called "Sat in Traffic Around Nissan Pavillion Instead of Seeing Radiohead." and a bunch of people are sharing there horror stories from last night
Currently has 54 members
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<removed commment to dave's arguments as i feel he's just trying to bring the people who had fun at the show down>
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Amazing concert. I'm sorry to all those who didn't make it, but i really dont think there was anything they could do on such short notice.
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Originally posted by dave24:
I'm not even going to bother with the other posts that want to flame me - flame-on, enjoy.
However - I will address the safety issue. Firefighters and rescue workers from Lake Jackson Fire Department were out all night bailing people out of situations they got themselves into driving out of Nissan in floodwaters in and around Ball's Ford, Wellington, and Devlin. I know this, as I have a first-hand account from one of them who just woke up. Yes, there were accidents involving cars that went off-road, and they took three different people to the hospital to treat injuries. And yes, the fire chief there was quoted as saying if they had let the show out earlier the incidents would have been lessened.
Now no - none of these people HAD to stay until the end. But, had it ended earlier (had they shifted the set time for instance), even the local fire and rescue chief insisted this wouldn't have been as bad for those involved, and some things could have been avoided as the water wouldn't have been as deep.
So, if you'd like me to put you in touch, no problem. Or you can call Lake Jackson VFD yourselves and ask how many incidents they had to tend to, and how far into the morning their efforts lasted.
While I'm no expert, I'm thinking this guy (with decades of experience) is.
Flame me however you want, whatever, but I'm not speaking out of total mis-information either. I actually think out what I'm going to say, and can back it up, as opposed to just saying, "that's the worst idea I ever heard." [/b]
Dude quit being such a bed-wetter. Didn't you say you were checking out of this thread like 10 posts ago?
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
<removed commment to dave's arguments as i feel he's just trying to bring the people who had fun at the show down>
Yeah, but the fire marshall bill call made me laugh a loud.
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heres a pic or two i took with my crappy phone. theres more on my myspace page which i'm sure ggw will gladly post the link to.
<img src="http://a175.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_00c30bab8aab08ac4de0f7bfcd690826.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://a628.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_8017e44b5ab3d92c5f5fb9682290deb3.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Due to a confusing sign, I ended up missing the turn for the first lot and had to park in the very back lot. I left during the first encore thinking I could get a marginal head start. Yeah right. I sat in a standstill for two hours. Then, when things started moving, I tried to turn my car back on and my battery had died. A bunch of cops came through telling people to leave. I told them my situation and they offered no help. I sat another two hours until someone claiming to be Nissan's tow guy came and gave my car a jump. I didn't get out of there until roughly 3:10. By the way, the tow guy said he had jumped about fifty cars.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
theres more on my myspace page which i'm sure ggw will gladly post the link to.
lol
*ggw fires up his MS access database with boardie info*
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from washpost's postrock blog, interview with liars frontman:
How has the first week with Radiohead been?
My word is euphoric. It covers everything from the band themselves to their crew to their show to the crowds - everything is just perfect, right down to how environmentally sound their whole production is.
i totally agree with ggw on this one, just completely hypocritical on radiohead's part ... noone's forcing them to be "environmentally sound", but don't tout your tour as such while playing exurban sheds
http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html (http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm)
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I'd have rather been in Myanmar than at the Nissan Pavilion last night!
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Radiohead, Rising Above The Storm
By J. Freedom du Lac
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 13, 2008; C01
The music of Radiohead does not exactly conjure images of sunshine. The band, one of the most beloved in contemporary rock, specializes in gorgeously anguished tales of dread and alienation -- sullen songs for sullen souls.
It was fitting, then, that Radiohead's stunning concert Sunday night at Nissan Pavilion was performed in the midst of a torrential downpour. Flooding on nearby roads led to major traffic delays and prevented some ticket holders from reaching the sold-out venue, adding to the legend of local Radiohead rainouts. In 2001, the band canceled two shows at Bull Run Park in Centreville because of flooding, and in 1998, Radiohead was on the bill of the massive Tibetan Freedom Concert when lightning struck RFK Stadium, forcing promoters to suspend the show. (Radiohead performed the following day.)
"We know how tough today has been for you guys, and, uh, sorry," singer Thom Yorke said midway through Sunday's set. He then introduced an old warhorse, 1997's "Paranoid Android," calling it "a nasty song; it's not nice."
Yorke sang dismissively -- in a high, quavering voice -- of insufferable people, and then the caustic song exploded, with screaming, spiraling guitar riffs shooting off in every direction. And then it shifted once more, transforming into a rousing singalong, with Yorke leading a chorus of thousands in declaring, "Rain down, rain down/Come on rain down on me."
The crowd cheered rapturously, and for the briefest of moments, the stoic Yorke appeared to be smiling. Or maybe he was just grimacing.
As a songwriter, Yorke is a tortured poet with a dystopian, world-weary view; over the course of two hours and 25 songs here, he sang of isolation and anxiety, of frustration and dissatisfaction.
"I only stick with you because there are no others," he warbled in "All I Need," the atmospheric ballad that opened the show and thus set the tone for the night. Indeed, there was a quiet intensity to the set, during which Yorke's ethereal falsetto -- so fragile, yet so powerful, like a Qawwali singer's voice -- was warm and clear, landing perfectly in the exceptional mix.
But clear doesn't necessarily mean straight-lined: Yorke bent and otherwise distorted his own soaring, swooping vocal notes, as if his voice came with an effects pedal. And actually, during "Everything in Its Right Place," it did: As Yorke sat behind a keyboard to sing such lines as "Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon," the multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood crouched over a bank of pedals, manipulating the frontman's vocals to stirring effect.
Save for the rhythmically vexing "Faust Arp" -- which was performed as an acoustic folk song, without the strings of the studio version -- the songs featured Yorke's vocals wrapped in the warm textures and Technicolor grandeur of Radiohead's music, which manages to sound at once cerebral and intuitive.
The band's ebb-and-flow instrumental approach was centered on the sturdy rhythms of drummer Phil Selway and bassist Colin Greenwood, and the songs frequently featured a three-guitar attack (Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and the mysterious Ed O'Brien). But Radiohead hardly used the firepower to stack power chords or peel off virtuosic solos. Instead, the guitars -- along with the keyboards, pianos, samplers and such -- were used to build a cinematic wall of sound, as in the majestic "Lucky," the orchestral "Bodysnatchers" and the chiming, swelling "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi."
The latter two songs were from Radiohead's new recording, "In Rainbows," which was performed in its entirety and then some: In addition to the 10 songs from the album, released online late last year, the set also included material from a bonus disc that came with a deluxe, limited-edition version of "In Rainbows."
The new material translated well to the stage, particularly the twittering piano ballad "Videotape" and "Bangers and Mash," a snarling, angular rock song featuring double drums and some of the night's most jagged riffs. There was plenty of old material, too, including "Karma Police" (before which Yorke had some harsh words for the suits on Capitol Hill) and a terrific trio of songs from 1995's epochal album, "The Bends."
Among them was "Planet Telex," a howling, reverb-laden rocker during which there was a kaleidoscopic explosion above and around the artfully lit stage.
The most surprising and successful of the older songs, however, was the haunting "Fake Plastic Trees," which opened the band's second encore -- and which Yorke dedicated to those who missed the show because of the rain and traffic. Radiohead was thought to have retired the brilliant song from its live repertoire. As it turns out, the band was just saving it for a rainy day.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
theres more on my myspace page which i'm sure ggw will gladly post the link to.
lol
*ggw fires up his MS access database with boardie info* [/b]
http://www.myspace.com/sonickteam (http://www.myspace.com/sonickteam)
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Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
I'd have rather been in Myanmar than at the Nissan Pavilion last night!
given that it's monsoon season in southeast asia right now, i'd say they were darn similar last night.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
theres more on my myspace page which i'm sure ggw will gladly post the link to.
lol
*ggw fires up his MS access database with boardie info* [/b]
http://www.myspace.com/sonickteam (http://www.myspace.com/sonickteam) [/b]
ggw just lost geek cred for not immediately objecting to an association with MS Access.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Radiohead was thought to have retired the brilliant song from its live repertoire. As it turns out, the band was just saving it for a rainy day.
why were they thought to have retired this? did i miss something?
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
from washpost's postrock blog, interview with liars frontman:
How has the first week with Radiohead been?
My word is euphoric. It covers everything from the band themselves to their crew to their show to the crowds - everything is just perfect, right down to how environmentally sound their whole production is.
i totally agree with ggw on this one, just completely hypocritical on radiohead's part ... noone's forcing them to be "environmentally sound", but don't tout your tour as such while playing exurban sheds
http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html (http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm) [/b]
just on a side note, and information i didnt fact check, someone told me that all of those light thingies were made with recycled aluminum. "just saying"
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
from washpost's postrock blog, interview with liars frontman:
How has the first week with Radiohead been?
My word is euphoric. It covers everything from the band themselves to their crew to their show to the crowds - everything is just perfect, right down to how environmentally sound their whole production is.
i totally agree with ggw on this one, just completely hypocritical on radiohead's part ... noone's forcing them to be "environmentally sound", but don't tout your tour as such while playing exurban sheds
http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html (http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2008/04/radioheads-gree.html)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7360000/7360670.stm) [/b]
where does this say the tour is environmentally friendly?
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I just read a blog post by someone who had left for the show at 5pm. Really? People left for this show that late and expected to get there on time?
Those people would've been late and missed most of the show had the weather been bright and lovely. Getting to Nissan sucks. It has always sucked.
If alot of those people would've left at noon or 1, they would've been happy and waiting it out in the parking lot and there'd be alot less bitchin'.
Just my 2 cents...
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
I just read a blog post by someone who had left for the show at 5pm. Really? People left for this show that late and expected to get there on time?
I left Reston at 5pm, had a sit down dinner in Manassas, and got to Nissan Pavillion before the Liars started...
I must've just missed whatever big flooding shut down the back roads into Nissan
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I left for the show at 7pm and got there at 5pm
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
I just read a blog post by someone who had left for the show at 5pm. Really? People left for this show that late and expected to get there on time?
Yeah - The dcist article starts off with the concert-goer saying "6pm - We leave D.C."
All I could think was "Everything beyond this point is your own fault." On a picture-perfect day they should have been in VA before 5. Add more time for the rain. Add more time for a big sellout show. If you weren't well on your way by 3pm, you were risking being late.
A little planning goes a long way.
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So as i am digging up information on this issue of environmentally sound touring, I am trying to decide what measures they could have taken but didnt, other than that of picking LiveNation to book their tour.
I did see were plenty of recycling locations in Nissan Pavilion.
Also, I want to make note that one of the reasons I parked so close and got out of the venue so fast was that I had 4 people in my car and thus was shuffled off into the "carpool lot". This allowed for the escape i made and an easy (as easy as it was) walk to and from the car.
I realize this is a Live Nation (or Nissan) thing and not something just in place for the Radiohead show but it MAY have been part of the reason Radiohead went with LiveNation to book their tour.
Also, per Radiohead's website WTMB or whatevr, the Globe was offering some kind of carpool matchmaking service for the show and if you offered your car and took 3 or more people , you got a commemorative poster.
I am still looking into the ways Radiohead themselves cut carbon corners in their show. (other than the recycled aluminum lights) but clearly their study found that MOST of the problem lies with the patrons and venues.
Its a topic i am much interested in now, and wondering what steps were or could have easily been taken, and maybe werent.
I do find it odd that Radiohead declined to play Glastonbury due to poor public transport issues yet played Nissan, who seems to have poor transportation issues all around!!
But i think to a European, all of the US has poor public transportation.
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this band put out one great record and one good record. i dont get it.
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Originally posted by manimtired:
this band put out one great record and one good record. i dont get it.
so did pink floyd and the beatles. america is odd.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by manimtired:
this band put out one great record and one good record. i dont get it.
so did pink floyd and the beatles. america is odd. [/b]
and nirvana
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Thank you for contacting Nissan Pavilion regarding your experience on
Sunday night. Due to the torrential rain storm, multiple road closures
and a late-arriving crowd led to delays for some music fans entering
the parking lot at Nissan Pavilion. While we have no control over
Mother Nature, we certainly are disappointed that some fans did not
make it to the venue.
As a consolation, we would like to offer you complementary lawn
tickets to Radiohead?s performance at the Susquehanna Bank Center in
Camden, NJ on August 12th. We apologize for any inconvenience you
experienced Sunday night and hope that this free ticket offer helps to
make up for it.
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That's kinda decent of LiveNation to offer since they're under absolutely no obligation whatsoever.
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Better venue.
Better weather.
The drive ain't so bad...that is the show I am attending. They played a great show there last time and at least you could always sell your ticket/voucher (maybe?)
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bullshit
i know a good lawyer......
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You know what though, that show is on a Tues night or some shit like that. Its convenient for me since I'll be on the Jersey Shore, but its not too good for the DC folk, obviously.
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Ahhhh, Camden NJ. The garden spot of the Garden State...
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Ahhhh, Camden NJ. The garden spot of the Garden State...
Favorite part about Camden any time I go is the sign that reads: "Camden, experience the rebirth"
It really makes you think.
But in all seriousness, Tweeter gives you a cool view of Philly, they are cool with traffic and tailgating and i have had good times there. Just drive as fast as you can to get the hell out of there.
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Originally posted by Aphex:
Better venue.
Better weather.
BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD!
every time camden is mentioned, i love pointing this out:
http://pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=477 (http://pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=477)
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Can you take me higher
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i just heard a recording of the show and i am not impressed.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by Aphex:
Better venue.
Better weather.
BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD!
every time camden is mentioned, i love pointing this out:
http://pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=477 (http://pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=477) [/b]
a random act of violence that occurred almost 8 years ago... it's a crime wave
:roll:
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
a random act of violence that occurred almost 8 years ago... it's a crime wave
:roll:
Google "Camden" and "crime"
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camden in NOT a good area
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They didn't really impress me until the song "Videotape". I'd give the show a solid B.
Originally posted by anarchist:
i just heard a recording of the show and i am not impressed.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
a random act of violence that occurred almost 8 years ago... it's a crime wave
:roll:
so you're telling me camden is a nice place? still didn't look that nice when i drove through last month on my way into philly.
i wasn't posting to be like "oh noes, don't go there"... it's just a really fucked up story that happened to take place in camden.
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camden is indeed a cesspool, i was just hoping that a better (and more recent) story would be used to prove the point.
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I haven't been to the Camden venue in a few years but what we did was park in Philly and take the ferry across the river to that amphitheater. Then after the show you catch the ferry back and drive home from Philly down I-95. Once we did the parking on the Jersey side and that turned out to be a colossal cock-up getting out of there. Just don't do it that way. Park on the PA side, take the ferry, and return home to DC from the PA side.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
I haven't been to the Camden venue in a few years but what we did was park in Philly and take the ferry across the river to that amphitheater.
That's what I always do. You can hang out in Philly all day, then take the ferry and be at the venue in a matter of minutes.
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Originally posted by conorh98:
Thank you for contacting Nissan Pavilion regarding your experience on Sunday night. Due to the torrential rain storm, multiple road closures
and a late-arriving crowd led to delays for some music fans entering the parking lot at Nissan Pavilion. While we have no control over
Mother Nature, we certainly are disappointed that some fans did not make it to the venue.
As a consolation, we would like to offer you complementary lawn tickets to Radiohead?s performance at the Susquehanna Bank Center in
Camden, NJ on August 12th. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced Sunday night and hope that this free ticket offer helps to
make up for it.
LOL! What were they thinking? I suspected the anticipated the negative responses to swift and severe. You expect me to travel to NJ on workday to watch a concert on the lawn. How classy is that?
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Originally posted by manimtired:
camden in NOT a good area
To be fair, name any major venue that is 'in a good area.' Up to five years ago MCI area was shite, RFK is shite, I live in SW and its still looking Shite, H Street, U Street six years ago, etc. Camden is just another city that planned urban renewal through a stadium, no?
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Originally posted by Aphex:
Originally posted by manimtired:
camden in NOT a good area
To be fair, name any major venue that is 'in a good area.' Up to five years ago MCI area was shite, RFK is shite, I live in SW and its still looking Shite, H Street, U Street six years ago, etc. Camden is just another city that planned urban renewal through a stadium, no? [/b][/QUOTE
i was just stating what i wrote...i think you read a little more into my 6 words.
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Originally posted by Aphex:
Originally posted by manimtired:
camden in NOT a good area
To be fair, name any major venue that is 'in a good area.' Up to five years ago MCI area was shite, RFK is shite, I live in SW and its still looking Shite, H Street, U Street six years ago, etc. Camden is just another city that planned urban renewal through a stadium, no? [/b]
MSG is in a good neighborhood, although im sure someone will say at some point it wasnt (but im assuming hes referring to current day arenas). and i think IZOD center isnt such a bad area (east rutherford, nj). never had any problems driving in the area and friends live in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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I just got a call back from Nissan. After offering me the Camden tickets and tickets to any other Nissan show, they indicated that a refund might be in the works. They're "collecting" all the information from people affected now and then will pass it along to the general manager who will get back to us individually. In case you get the call, they wanted to know specifically whether I made it into the show or were prevented from the parking lot, and didn't offer a refund right away. They still won't "promise" a refund, but it looks like they're leaning that way, and want to probably see how many people take the cheap tickets first.
Hope this helps.
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You know you want to see Toby Keith.
Imagine a washout at that show... Yikes.
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I used to live about 2 miles from Camden in Chinatown Philly.....believe me it is a serious shithole. Probably not as sketchy as north philly though.
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50687-radiohead-live-nation-respond-to-virginia-washout (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50687-radiohead-live-nation-respond-to-virginia-washout)
I like this jab at the end:
"Further compounding the matter is a whole flaming heap of irony. Radiohead,
recall,
commissioned an extensive
Best Foot Forward
report that helped them determine how to tour in the most carbon-efficient manner possible. They also
harped on
about carbon-friendliness repeatedly to their fans. All of this of course makes their choice of venue for the DC-area (named after a car manufacturer, no
less!) rather suspect, especially a venue whose personnel kept cars driving in circles for hours on end."
Edit: link fixed
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How did this thread get bumped when the last post to it was made four days ago? Am I missing something here?
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Originally posted by azaghal1981:
How did this thread get bumped when the last post to it was made four days ago? Am I missing something here?
Someone posted in it, thereby changing the "last updated" info in the forum software, and then their post was deleted, but the software doesn't revert back to the old "last updated" info for some reason. It's a weird software "glitch."
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yeah a post got deleted last night and it caused a few eyebrows to be raised...
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Originally posted by kosmo:
yeah a post got deleted last night and it caused a few eyebrows to be raised...
I must say, I could have gone the rest of my life quite happily without knowing there was such a thing as "Yorke Porn." Ugg.
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Originally posted by kosmo:
yeah a post got deleted last night and it caused a few eyebrows to be raised...
hey now, haven't we been lacking drama on this forum?
based on the poster's previous forum activity, the post content wasn't the least bit surprising.
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radiohead last night in dallas was absolutely amazing. bristow was more emotionally intense and was more of an "experience" (both good and bad); but the energy of the performance in dallas was phenomenal.
last night's concert is in my all-time top-5 shows, exact position TBD.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
radiohead last night in dallas was absolutely amazing. bristow was more emotionally intense and was more of an "experience" (both good and bad); but the energy of the performance in dallas was phenomenal.
last night's concert is in my all-time top-5 shows, exact position TBD.
I'm shocked there was only one debut at that show. Thought for sure you guys would get the Portishead cover.
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this probably belongs in the coachella thread, but i can't be bothered to dig it up... so here goes:
Radiohead to Prince: Hey, that's OUR song (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/30/music.radiohead.prince.ap/index.html)
After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn't be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied -- even Radiohead.
Radiohead
All videos of Prince's unique rendition of Radiohead's early hit were quickly taken down, leaving only a message that his label, NPG Records, had removed the clips, claiming a copyright violation. But the posted videos were shot by fans and, obviously, the song isn't Prince's.
In a recent interview, Thom Yorke said he heard about Prince's performance from a text message and thought it was "hilarious." Yorke laughed when his bandmate, guitarist Ed O'Brien, said the blocking had prevented him from seeing Prince's version of their song.
"Really? He's blocked it?" asked Yorke, who figured it was their song to block or not. "Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment."
Yorke added: "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."
YouTube prohibits the posting of copyrighted material. If the site receives a complaint from a copyright owner, it will in most cases remove the video(s). Whether the same could be done for a company not holding a copyright is less clear, but Yorke's argument would seem to bear some credence according to YouTube's policies. YouTube, which is owned by Google, declined to comment.
Minnesota-grown rock star Prince also did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The dispute was an interesting twist in debates over digital ownership, held between two major acts with differing views on music and the Internet. Radiohead famously released their most recent album, "In Rainbows," as a digital download with optional pricing. They also have a channel on YouTube.
When Prince performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 26, he prohibited the standard arrangement of allowing photographers to shoot near the stage during the first three songs of his set. Instead, he had a camera crew filming his performance.
Prince, who founded NPG Records in 1993, has been innovative when it comes to music distribution, too. He released his 1997 album, "Crystal Ball," on the Internet and in 2006 was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Webbys. In 2007, he gave away copies of his disc "Planet Earth" in a British Sunday newspaper.
But the Purple One has also shut down his official Web site and in September of last year said he would sue YouTube and eBay for not filtering unauthorized content.
Prince fans have organized to urge him to relent in his legal fights to control images and photographs of himself. As of Thursday, the most popular YouTube clip about Prince playing "Creep" is an expletive-laden rant from Sam Conti Jr., who describes himself as a "former Prince fan."
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
radiohead last night in dallas was absolutely amazing. bristow was more emotionally intense and was more of an "experience" (both good and bad); but the energy of the performance in dallas was phenomenal.
last night's concert is in my all-time top-5 shows, exact position TBD.
I'm shocked there was only one debut at that show. Thought for sure you guys would get the Portishead cover. [/b]
What Portishead song did they cover?
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you live in sw? i live in sw! i'm at tiber, where are you?
Originally posted by Aphex:
Originally posted by manimtired:
camden in NOT a good area
To be fair, name any major venue that is 'in a good area.' Up to five years ago MCI area was shite, RFK is shite, I live in SW and its still looking Shite, H Street, U Street six years ago, etc. Camden is just another city that planned urban renewal through a stadium, no? [/b]
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Originally posted by jesse:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
I'm shocked there was only one debut at that show. Thought for sure you guys would get the Portishead cover.
What Portishead song did they cover? [/b]
RH have been doing "the rip" during soundchecks, but they haven't played it during an actual show.
ixkpd-bk, fyi we got two new ones in dallas: "wolf at the door" and "dollars & cents". and this probably was the best show of my life.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by jesse:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
I'm shocked there was only one debut at that show. Thought for sure you guys would get the Portishead cover.
What Portishead song did they cover? [/b]
RH have been doing "the rip" during soundchecks, but they haven't played it during an actual show.
ixkpd-bk, fyi we got two new ones in dallas: "wolf at the door" and "dollars & cents". and this probably was the best show of my life. [/b]
Glad to hear it!!! I wasn't mad that I missed it. It's ON in August.
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glad to hear those anger management classes are finally paying off ;)
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
glad to hear those anger management classes are finally paying off ;)
I want to see 9 Radiohead shows in August, to make up for the one I missed in DC. Something is paying off, alright.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
and this probably was the best show of my life.
was it "mind-blowing"?
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by jesse:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
I'm shocked there was only one debut at that show. Thought for sure you guys would get the Portishead cover.
What Portishead song did they cover? [/b]
RH have been doing "the rip" during soundchecks, but they haven't played it during an actual show.
ixkpd-bk, fyi we got two new ones in dallas: "wolf at the door" and "dollars & cents". and this probably was the best show of my life. [/b]
by 'debut' or 'new' i thought it was a reference to things never played previously, like seeing 'down is the new up' played for the first time ever @ toronto night 2 in 06.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
was it "mind-blowing"?
why yes, yes it was.
Originally posted by distance:
by 'debut' or 'new' i thought it was a reference to things never played previously, like seeing 'down is the new up' played for the first time ever @ toronto night 2 in 06.
ah, i took it to mean "new for this tour". by your definition, nothing "new" was played so far on this tour. closest thing might be "faust's arp", which was played only once (at the small record-store gig in london in january) beforehand. the band has supposedly sound-checked at least one new song that no one was able to trainspot, so there is hope yet :)
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Alright, don't know if this has been talked about in this thread or not, but did anyone get one of them in rainbows posters? I want one SO badly and have no idea where to look. If anyone could help me out, that'd be great.
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like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows-pin-and-poster_W0QQitemZ130227767317QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows-pin-and-poster_W0QQitemZ130227767317QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
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was this discussed?
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DC_Radiohead/ (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DC_Radiohead/)
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Originally posted by walkonby:
like this?
(REALLY FUCKING LONG URL) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows-pin-and-poster_W0QQitemZ130227767317QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
that's the album poster, look here (http://cgi.ebay.com/RADIOHEAD-poster-by-Stanley-Donwood_W0QQitemZ120268743582QQihZ002QQcategoryZ108857QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) if you want the tour poster. it's a lousy picture of it, the colors are really vivid. Originally posted by walkonby:
was this discussed?
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DC_Radiohead/ (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DC_Radiohead/)
because RH have such a track record of not doing whatever the hell they please and doing what other people want them to do... :p
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maybe they should make up for the bull run shows before they make up for the nissan pavillion show? at least that one actually happened. has an online petition EVER done anything useful?
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Originally posted by distance:
maybe they should make up for the bull run shows before they make up for the nissan pavillion show? at least that one actually happened. has an online petition EVER done anything useful?
i've said the same thing about myspace and facebook for a long time.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows-pin-and-poster_W0QQitemZ130227767317QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Radiohead-In-Rainbows-pin-and-poster_W0QQitemZ130227767317QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
More like this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190224776376#ebayphotohosting (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190224776376#ebayphotohosting)
But I'll even take the one you show if they have it in a big enough size. The rain at nissan made the opportunity at the shows horrible to pick one of them up.
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see swell :p
he liked my long url.
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i managed to get out of nissan with one of the limited ediiton posters. there was minimal water damage, but the poster still looks sweet
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
closest thing might be "faust's arp", which was played only once (at the small record-store gig in london in january) beforehand.
they played Faust Arp at Nissan, didnt they?
Wasnt that the song Thom had to start over 3 times?
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
they played Faust Arp at Nissan, didnt they?
Wasnt that the song Thom had to start over 3 times?
yup, that's the one - jonny and thom on acoustic guitars. thom couldn't pull it off at first because he appeared to be cracking up over something or other - anyone know what it was?
wakey wakey, rise and shine it's on again, off again, on again...
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he was cracking up cause after the Myxamatosis and Idioteque back to back he was out of breath.
those first few lines are all in one breath and he couldnt finish them.
but i dont expect you to have noticed that from all the way back in the pussy seats.
;) :p
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i would just like everyone here to know that whenever i read a post on this thread, i hear you guys talking in a lateral lisp.
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hahaha :)
any particular reason why?
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Originally posted by thatguy:
i would just like everyone here to know that whenever i read a post on this thread, i hear you guys talking in a lateral lisp.
next time, instead of that, imagine me posting while getting my kneecap pierced ;)
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Originally posted by gaaaaaaaaah:
i managed to get out of nissan with one of the limited ediiton posters. there was minimal water damage, but the poster still looks sweet
Lucky bastard. If anyone else has any they're trying to get rid of or know where to get one, please, I'm right here!
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
hahaha :)
any particular reason why?
because of extensive experience with radiohead fanatics, and because it amuses the hell out of me.
BESHT BAND EVAR!
carry on.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
he was cracking up cause after the Myxamatosis and Idioteque back to back he was out of breath.
those first few lines are all in one breath and he couldnt finish them.
but i dont expect you to have noticed that from all the way back in the pussy seats.
;) :p
bitsch!
yeah, i knew he was out of breath... i wath wondering if there was a sthpecific reathon he wath laughing (maybe someone thaid something funny up front, or jonny made a sthtrange face, etc), or if thom was generally goofing off/making up for histh lack of breath. soundths like it's the latter.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by distance:
maybe they should make up for the bull run shows before they make up for the nissan pavillion show? at least that one actually happened. has an online petition EVER done anything useful?
i've said the same thing about myspace and facebook for a long time. [/b]
well i've never had accounts on either of those so i can't speak from personal experience about the usefulness of those.
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did they ever give people their money back on this show?
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As of Tuesday, I've been promised a refund by the people at Nissan. They said that I can expect a check within 6-8 weeks. However, it was only after 4 unsuccesful calls that all ended with a promise of an email explaining my options which never came. I was one of the people prevented from ever entering the parking lot, so I don't know if that made a difference. During the last phone call, they asked questions about that. I'm glad they're (finally) doing the right thing.
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Originally posted by conorh98:
I'm glad they're (finally) doing the right thing.
they're under no obligation to give refunds. there is no "right things" that they should be doing. the fact that they are offering refunds is pretty magnanimous of them.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by conorh98:
I'm glad they're (finally) doing the right thing.
they're under no obligation to give refunds. there is no "right things" that they should be doing. the fact that they are offering refunds is pretty magnanimous of them. [/b]
I disagree. According to the ticketmaster website, parking for Nissan is free and included in the ticket price and they claim "plenty of parking is available." By purchasing a ticket he had a right to enter both the Pavilion and the parking lot and he was denied those rights by Nissan staff.
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Originally posted by Mobius:
By purchasing a ticket he had a right to enter both the Pavilion and the parking lot and he was denied those rights by Nissan staff.
... because the roads were flooded and there was no way of getting to the parking lot? maybe in your case someone was negligent and willfully turned you away once you were at the entrance, but i'm under the impression that for the majority of people who never made it there was no way to get to the parking lot b/c of washed out roads. this was due to the weather, , something nissan pav has no control over. there was a general lack of communication and people were made to drive in circles, but that wouldn't have changed the outcome. do correct me if i'm wrong.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by Mobius:
By purchasing a ticket he had a right to enter both the Pavilion and the parking lot and he was denied those rights by Nissan staff.
... because the roads were flooded and there was no way of getting to the parking lot? maybe in your case someone was negligent and willfully turned you away once you were at the entrance, but i'm under the impression that for the majority of people who never made it there was no way to get to the parking lot b/c of washed out roads. this was due to the weather, , something nissan pav has no control over. do correct me if i'm wrong. [/b]
It was my impression that they eventually just closed the gates and stopped letting people in. People were driving right up to the entrance and were turned away.
I think it would be fair to give refunds to anyone that can produce unused tickets. No refunds for anyone who actually got into the show.
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if flooding on the road had prevented you from getting to the parking lot on your own or because of police roadblocks, then i can see that no refunds would be in order, but if Nissan staff were the ones who made you turn around..then they are obligated to refund.
If they themselves were refusing access to their own rain or shine show then they must refund those people.
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ah, ok, if staff were turning people away at the gate then refunds are indeed in order. which means nissan/livenation probably has to refund everyone with an unused ticket - unless they interview each person and determine if they were actively turned away vs. just being stuck in the rain/washed out roads.
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Is it too late to bitch about getting sick from this show?
I'm sure I was teased with pneumonia. I'm still drinking cough syrup from that post show clusterfunk.
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Is it too late to bitch about getting sick from this show?
I'm sure I was teased with pneumonia. I'm still drinking cough syrup from that post show clusterfunk.
three and a half weeks later? time for a new immune system :p
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
If they themselves were refusing access to their own rain or shine show then they must refund those people.
Exactly. No one's blaming the individual staff. But if its a 'rain or shine' show and the venue lacks the capability to honor its obligations to those who paid for parking and to enter the venue (I believe the purchase of the ticket entitles you to both - parking is free BECAUSE its cost is included in the ticket)- and therefore denies ticketholder entry - then purchaser is entitled to a refund.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
time for a new immune system :p
got one I can borrow/abuse?
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
time for a new immune system :p
got one I can borrow/abuse? [/b]
going to have to check my schedule... currently doing a decent job of abusing my own as is.
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That's an interesting point. How many of you are still sick from the show? I still have this horrible cough that i got that night. Haven't gotten it checked out yet, but it's almost been a month. Anyone else still ill??
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I find all these complaints to be a bit ridiculous. I got to Nissan plenty early, and there were no problemms at all. If everyone supposedly knows Nissan is horrible for traffic, it should have been common sense that shitty weather will make that worse, meaning leave really early for the concert. It seems like common sense to me.
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there is a strong argument in favor of common sense = not going to nissan at all.
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i still have some nice foot fungus
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
there is a strong argument in favor of common sense = not going to nissan at all.
fair point, but I'm just saying, it's been publicized that Nissan is not a well planned venue, so people should have known to leave early, especially for a sold out show in terrible weather.
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Originally posted by gaaaaaaaaah:
I find all these complaints to be a bit ridiculous. I got to Nissan plenty early, and there were no problemms at all. If everyone supposedly knows Nissan is horrible for traffic, it should have been common sense that shitty weather will make that worse, meaning leave really early for the concert. It seems like common sense to me.
but you dont need to rub it in everyones face after the fact, really. besides, some ppl may have had plans for sunday afternoon, being mothers day and such.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by gaaaaaaaaah:
I find all these complaints to be a bit ridiculous. I got to Nissan plenty early, and there were no problemms at all. If everyone supposedly knows Nissan is horrible for traffic, it should have been common sense that shitty weather will make that worse, meaning leave really early for the concert. It seems like common sense to me.
but you dont need to rub it in everyones face after the fact, really. besides, some ppl may have had plans for sunday afternoon, being mothers day and such. [/b]
I don't much feel bad for those that couldn't make it. Does tend to be their own fault. BUT - I do feel very bad for those trapped there AFTER.
It's a very strange phenomenon @ these sheds. They got a million workers in the lots getting you parked just right. Then post-show: FREE FOR ALL!
Have at it kids...
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I tuned into the radio after having sat in the car in my parking spot for 2 hours to find out that part of the problem was one exit was completely flooded and closed, so everyone was going out via one exit. Also heard that for a while the stoplights everywhere around the venue had shorted and were out, so they were scrambling police to direct traffic at about a half dozen stoplight intersections. The weird thing was that we were literally going nowhere for 2 hours, and then all of a sudden it took only 10 minutes to get out of the parking lot. Did they only open one lot at a time or something and my lot was just last in line?
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I got my replacement tickets yesterday. I am glad to be able to see Radiohead, and that is cool of them to comp tickets, but it still sucks that this had to happen in the first place.
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Originally posted by distance:
by 'debut' or 'new' i thought it was a reference to things never played previously, like seeing 'down is the new up' played for the first time ever @ toronto night 2 in 06.
in which case you would have wanted to be in dublin yesterday, they broke out a new song called "super collider". they rehearsed it previously during soundchecks, but last night was its concert debut. piano-driven number with arpeggiated patterns and strong vocal melody was how one person described it, i haven't had time to track it down yet. i'm sure shitty copies are all over youtube, but i'm holding out for a decent bootleg - which are probably popping up right about now.
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::checks dime::
Nope, nothing.
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well, yeah it'd be great to see something brand new again, but i suppose i'm just a little disinterested right now and also i haven't really been gung-ho about hurrying up to hear the new stuff in the past few years. i listened to the 2002 stuff and i don't know what it was about it, but hearing the recordings negatively affected how i felt about HTTT and i don't really like that because i eventually ended up liking the album quite a bit (actually being there and just hearing recordings are really two different things).
also, re: looking for last night
the recordings made in europe are typically sub-standard in quality compared to what gets made here. i wouldn't be going out of my way at all to look for any european radiohead recordings unless i know ahead of time that it's actually going to be decent quality. (this is mainly specifically in reference to radiohead and not a broad generalization about all recordings of all bands in europe)
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radiohead remix
http://www.vimeo.com/1109226 (http://www.vimeo.com/1109226)
song kicks in about 1:11 in
instruments used
Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - Drums
HP Scanjet 3c - Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FX
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that was absolutely fucking brilliant.
the geek shall inherit the earth.
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Originally posted by distance:
i listened to the 2002 stuff and i don't know what it was about it, but hearing the recordings negatively affected how i felt about HTTT and i don't really like that because i eventually ended up liking the album quite a bit
hum, excellent point. in which case you'll want to stay away from the recordings from dublin (they played it on night 2 as well). i've listened to them and the song sounds decent but incomplete. it's probably way better with the full band (comments on message boards seem to support this belief), but the piano-only versions so far = thom noodling. kinda meh.
for those not as wise as mr. distance:
night 1 MP3 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8SFJVG00)
night 2 MP3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?t5mgjsg92cc)
night 2 AVI (http://rapidshare.de/files/39658409/MVI_1037_Super_Collider.AVI.html)
the AVI probably has the best audio quality, although it's only half the song. i needed to play it in VLC Media Player.
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and now is the 2-year anniversary of the aforementioned debut of 'down is the new up'. funny that the first performance started with some sort of thom beat-box kind of thing and how quickly they dropped that by two nights later for montreal night 1. i'm really glad i made that trip. i also think it's funny that 50% of the times i've seen radiohead, it's been in canada.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by distance:
i listened to the 2002 stuff and i don't know what it was about it, but hearing the recordings negatively affected how i felt about HTTT and i don't really like that because i eventually ended up liking the album quite a bit
hum, excellent point. in which case you'll want to stay away from the recordings from dublin (they played it on night 2 as well). i've listened to them and the song sounds decent but incomplete. it's probably way better with the full band (comments on message boards seem to support this belief), but the piano-only versions so far = thom noodling. kinda meh.
for those not as wise as mr. distance:
night 1 MP3 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8SFJVG00)
night 2 MP3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?t5mgjsg92cc)
night 2 AVI (http://rapidshare.de/files/39658409/MVI_1037_Super_Collider.AVI.html)
the AVI probably has the best audio quality, although it's only half the song. i needed to play it in VLC Media Player. [/b]
i like the whores on top when you first open the page.
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so I have a question that sweetcell can surely answer since he loves to do so.
best way from Baltimore to Camden?
google maps is taking me to the NJTP and getting off at Exit 2.
is that the best way from south? I was thinking it could be since traffic coming into , then out of Philly may be bad
anyone thats been up to Susquehanna Bank, help me out! :)
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Originally posted by very sonick:
so I have a question that sweetcell can surely answer since he loves to do so.
best way from Baltimore to Camden?
google maps is taking me to the NJTP and getting off at Exit 2.
is that the best way from south? I was thinking it could be since traffic coming into , then out of Philly may be bad
anyone thats been up to Susquehanna Bank, help me out! :)
For Pearl Jam, my wife and I took the suggestion of other boardies to take the ferry (http://riverlinkferry.org/) over. Worked out pretty well... definitely a good idea if you want to do anything in Philly before or after. The line to get on the ferry got pretty insane though, so be sure to head over to board as quick as possible after the show.
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i will look into that. I dont plan on doing anything in Philly before or after as i wont be leaving Baltimore til after 4pm.
how much is parking at the ferry?
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Leaving Philly soon, say hey if you see me!
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sorry sonick, i wasn't online for most of the day so i couldn't answer your question.
i got center rail in camden. amazing show, once again. highlights for me were "no surprises", a killer version of "the bends", "idioteque" straight in to "climbing up the walls", "jigsaw", and "go slowly". i was about 8 feet away from the band. got some ridiculous photos.
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what he said....great show, good balance between the old stuff and the rainbows stuff, and it all sounded killer
and the pit was great....really small, even at the back of the pit the view was great
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
sorry sonick, i wasn't online for most of the day so i couldn't answer your question.
i got center rail in camden. amazing show, once again. highlights for me were "no surprises", a killer version of "the bends", "idioteque" straight in to "climbing up the walls", "jigsaw", and "go slowly". i was about 8 feet away from the band. got some ridiculous photos.
no prob. I ended up driving in from 295 and i hit about 20 minutes of traffic coming in. I left after Street Spirit and was at my house in Baltimore by 12:15am. :)
Radiohead is amazing because they never put a bad show. and when comparing shows you can only compare how good each one was. its tough and it usually ends up being based on other circumstances.
Nissan was not the best because of the weather. Even though i was not "in" the weather, it made the whole experience of going to a show less fun.
This show was great partly because i was with old friends, partly because they played The Bends, which in now 10 times seeing them i have managed to never hear live until last night.
I had a seat about 6 rows dead center from the and left for the lawn 4 songs in cause the crowd SUCKED. buncha boring fools. You think DC doesnt dance!
the Lawn was great, plenty of room and crazy people and the view of the bridge / philly is really sweet from out there too!
All In All, way better than APW festival (which sucked big time....i posted a long rant about its lameness and when i went to post it my connection at worke failed and i lost it all, and didnt feel like retyping it.)
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umm, they played Planet Telex in the 2nd encore...your loss! (i didn't go, btw)
Originally posted by very sonick:
I ended up driving in from 295 and i hit about 20 minutes of traffic coming in. I left after Street Spirit and was at my house in Baltimore by 12:15am. :)
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
umm, they played Planet Telex in the 2nd encore...your loss! (i didn't go, btw)
Originally posted by very sonick:
I ended up driving in from 295 and i hit about 20 minutes of traffic coming in. I left after Street Spirit and was at my house in Baltimore by 12:15am. :)
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not my ultra favourite song to be honest. though they killed it when i saw them play it at Coachella. As they were off the first time, i tried to think of what song i would stay for that would be worth sitting in 2 hours of traffic leaving the venue in....and i came up with Street Spirit.
in other news, House of Cards is now tied with Jigsaw for best song on In Rainbows.
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Originally posted by very sonick:
I had a seat about 6 rows dead center from the and left for the lawn 4 songs in cause the crowd SUCKED. buncha boring fools. You think DC doesnt dance!
well, it is radiohead... not exactly dance music :) but i get your point that some folks are pretty boring at shows.
Originally posted by very sonick:
in other news, House of Cards is now tied with Jigsaw for best song on In Rainbows.
cool. i like HoC, but apparently a lot of RH fans don't. claim it's a momentum-killer whenever they play it. i disagree.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
well, it is radiohead... not exactly dance music :) but i get your point that some folks are pretty boring at shows.
I am doing my best to withhold from an all out rant at this terribly off-base comment you made.
For one to call themselves a fan of both Radiohead and dance music and then to make this statement is ludicrous and flat out crazy.
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Bodysnatchers > All I Need > Weird Fishes > Jigsaw Falling Into Place > House of Cards
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We had some crazy rain with flooding in Baltimore this afternoon. Was wondering if there was any chance that Radiohead drove through town on their way to their next gig?
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
We had some crazy rain with flooding in Baltimore this afternoon. Was wondering if there was any chance that Radiohead drove through town on their way to their next gig?
hehehe. they're playing in mansfield (boston) at this very moment, so from camden they headed north last night/this morning. you're going to have to blame someone/something else.
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tonight's concert from santa barbara, the last of the north american tour, is currently streaming live at http://www.radiohead.tv/ (http://www.radiohead.tv/)
assuming they play a full set, should end some time around 1:00 AM
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
tonight's concert from santa barbara, the last of the north american tour, is currently streaming live at http://www.radiohead.tv/ (http://www.radiohead.tv/)
assuming they play a full set, should end some time around 1:00 AM
Best show of tour? I'd say LA, Night 2.
1. Reckoner
2. Optimistic
3. There There
4. 15 Step
5. All I Need
6. Pyramid Song
7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
8. The Gloaming
9. Videotape
10. Talk Show Host
11. Faust Arp
12. Tell Me Why
13. No Surprises
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. The Bends
16. National Anthem
17. Nude
18. Bodysnatchers
19. House of Cards
20. Planet Telex
21. Go Slowly
22. Fake Plastic Trees
23. True Love Waits
24. Everything In Its Right Place
25. Cymbal Rush
26. Karma Police
27. Idioteque
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for the record, they didn't do a full True Love Waits at LA night 2. They just did it as a brief intro to EIIRP.
I still think Bristow had the best setlist.
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Originally posted by lancha:
for the record, they didn't do a full True Love Waits at LA night 2. They just did it as a brief intro to EIIRP.
I still think Bristow had the best setlist.
I know, but it was the most complete version of it that they'd done on the tour. It was so unexpected and brilliant. They didn't soundcheck that day, so NO one knew what would come. It was brilliant!
Chula Vista was a close 2nd in terms of performance/setlist. The stretch from Talk Show Host through Where I End and You Begin into Weird Fishes was magnificent. I just wish they did Like Spinning Plates like they'd planned to!
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Soooo...who's in for Mexico City on March 15-17th??
I just saw it. Right now, there's a flight from American Airlines on Priceline from BWI to Mexico City for $398 R/T...just sayin!
These dates are rumored to be with Sigur Ros, btw. Sweetcell, you there?
(SXSW is 3/18-22, for all interested parties, so it's totally do-able)
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Dude don't tempt me.
I have an unused Delta ticket that would cover this.
No way my broke ass could do SXSW but RH/Sigur Ros sounds way too awesome to turn down.
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
These dates are rumored to be with Sigur Ros, btw. Sweetcell, you there?
ya think?!? already pricing this trip but won't be booking anything until tickets are secured. venue holds 50,000, usually the whole place is GA. with 150k tickets on offer, shouldn't be too hard to get.
btw, sigur ros have confirmed that they will not be playing with RH in MX. bummer.
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Ugh. I wonder who they're teaming with in Mexico, then...they couldn't possibly be doing this by themselves, right? I mean, are they that big of a draw in Mexico? 50,000-capacity venues...that's major.
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Bjork, perhaps?
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hmm the week of march 15th could possibly be spring break... hmmmmmmm
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Ugh. I wonder who they're teaming with in Mexico, then...they couldn't possibly be doing this by themselves, right? I mean, are they that big of a draw in Mexico? 50,000-capacity venues...that's major.
fyi, this announcement was front-page news in mexico city this week. i have no doubt that these 3 shows will sell out. a big-name opening act isn't required. someone on another message board mentioned that word on the street was that El Tri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tri) might open, never heard of them.
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radiohead was on the HD music concert channel today. ill save the trip to mexico. they did sound good.
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Originally posted by manimtired:
radiohead was on the HD music concert channel today. ill save the trip to mexico. they did sound good.
interesting... do you happen to remember the date & place of the show? was it a recent one from this tour (in rainbows)? if i had to guess i'd say santa barbara, since NPR broadcast it live. maybe it was one of last week's japanese shows?
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not sure...they ended with creep though, if that helps
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ah, thanks. that makes it an old show - they haven't played creep since 2006 (http://58hours.com/58_performancehistory.php?trackID=6).
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Soooo...who's in for Mexico City on March 15-17th??
I just saw it. Right now, there's a flight from American Airlines on Priceline from BWI to Mexico City for $398 R/T...just sayin!
These dates are rumored to be with Sigur Ros, btw. Sweetcell, you there?
(SXSW is 3/18-22, for all interested parties, so it's totally do-able)
He's busy fantasizing of a Palin presidency..
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Ugh. I wonder who they're teaming with in Mexico, then...they couldn't possibly be doing this by themselves, right? I mean, are they that big of a draw in Mexico? 50,000-capacity venues...that's major.
azaghal, you sitting down for this? opening for RH on the south american tour is... Kraftwerk.
unfortunately i'm not going to make the mexico shows, although i'm really really regretting it now. i even had tickets in my shopping basket during the WASTE presale, but had a moment of clarity and threw them back. dammit.
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Wow...talk about an amazing show!
I did read recently that Florian left the band, though.
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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Are you going?
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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And still doing SXSW as well? You're nuts.
Good luck surviving all that. :)