Radiohead Roll Call

[jd930]

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.

[Seth Hurwitz]

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

[distance]

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.

[paul3mac]

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.

[wml7]

has radiohead ever played verizon and what is this coldplay and seth thing

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

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.

[sonickteam2]

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.

[wml7]

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

[distance]

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.

[sonickteam2]

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  

[distance]

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.

[distance]

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.

[miss pretentious]

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.

[Driveway]

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?

[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.