Last show I went to someone came up to me to berate me for reading a book whilst the support band were playing. Maybe they were friends of the band or something. I just told them I could still hear the band, unfortunately.
― pandemic, Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm really hoping you mean that you told dude that it was unfortunate that you could still hear the band.
― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I did :)
― pandemic, Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
sweet :)
― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
nothing was worse than listening to this kid ramble on prior to the Jay-Z/Kanye show on my b'day. I guess taht's the bummer with stadium shows, is having to listen to individual convos. But he wouldn't shut up. He loudly criticized a kid for wearing a Wiz Khalifa shirt to the show ("oh man, wear it to a Mac Miller show, not a JAY-Z show"), and then for about twenty minutes, started going on and on about how he hoped Jay-Z performed "99 Problems" because it was clearly the greatest Jay-Z song of all time (footnote: RONG).
Then he starts playing music on his cell phone (I was like whatev, show hasn't started yet), listening to stuff from Watch the Throne...and then goes "Man, hold on, I got some really old school Jay-Z here. don't think most fans remember this one, maybe some"...so I'm thinking dude is about to queue up his guest spot on "Hawaiian Sophie" or "In My Lifetime", and dude starts playing...."Encore". SPECIFICALLY the Linkin Park-Jay-Z mashup version. Dude was acting O.G. smug about having this song on his iPOD?
Then...he started rapping the opening to "99 Problems"...over...and over...and over behind me. Just the chorus. It was like Chinese water torture after a while because he'd stop for 5 minutes or so, then do it again.
About the time I was getting ready to turn around and throttle the kid, some dudes came up and said he and his friend were in their seats. He tried to argue that no, it was THEY that were in the wrong section, and that this was section 406 (it was 405), so all of us (including me) turned around and said NO IT ISN'T. and he whines loudly that the usher "put us over here", blaming her that he apparently couldn't see the giant "405" that was like 500 feet from his head).
I was so happy when he moved. but I also felt bad for who had to sit in front of him. I hope that when Jay actually did perform "99 Problems" that he had an inner ear problem for just the duration of the song.
― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
*50 feet
― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
looooooooooool
hmmm lex there were some dudes sharing a spliff up the back but they were stood out of the way and no-one, including staff seemingly said anything or had a problem. (they were kinda in the dark though, so maybe they didnt see them.) they werent acting like dicks about it though, which i think is more the issue.
show etiquette stickler for me: you at a packed show, dont dance like you are fucking flashdance. everyone should have a bit of room but dont start waving your arms and shit about like the room is empty. [was abt 15 yards away so it wasnt in my face but it was pissing off the lot next to me.]
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 4 February 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
old school Jay Z, encore, LOL
― pandemic, Saturday, 4 February 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
I mean to be fair kid had to be like 16 but I mean this is the age of the internet, you should know how ignorant that sounds when you say that out loud!
I keep imagining that when "Hard Knock Life" came on he was thinking to himself "hmm this must be a b-side or something!"
― frogbs, stills, and nash (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 February 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
omg people smoking cigarettes, stay the fuck home
― adam, Monday, 6 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
not the people smoking
you
― adam, Monday, 6 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
nice poem
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 February 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yes its clearly the people that aren't engaged in disgusting habits that are detrimental to the health of those around them that should stay home, yes sir.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
this is why I try not to go to shows, bcz people are there
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, February 6, 2012 9:23 PM (1 hour ago)
engaging in disgusting habits that are detrimental to the health of those around them = humanity
― sarahell, Monday, 6 February 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, then that obviously excuses you for being a disrespectful asshole in a public place.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
there are a lot of ways one can be a disrespectful asshole in a public place, as I'm sure others have told you, jon.
― sarahell, Monday, 6 February 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ smokers trying to justify their disgusting habit
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
had no idea people clandestinely smoke tobacco cigarettes in clubs, that is weird.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
i don't smoke
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
xp Shakey: I've experienced it every time I've gone to a show at the Regency Ballroom in SF. The weed smoke/smell is much much stronger though.
― sarahell, Monday, 6 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
routinely smoked weed at larger clubs/venues when I used to go to those sorts of places - that was before the ban on smoking indoors tho, I guess.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
ont dance like you are fucking flashdance. everyone should have a bit of room but dont start waving your arms and shit about like the room is empty.
^^This is known as the Beatle Bob clause.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 6 February 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
i don't get why lex was so angry with the ppl smoking a cigarette
― jabba hands, Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
b/c it was a non-smoking venue maybe
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
b/c he did not want to go home smelling of tobacco or breathe it in
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
all of the above
> b/c it was a non-smoking venue maybe
everywhere in england is, it's the law.
― koogs, Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
the relatively new law
i don't smoke and think it should be effectively illegal anywhere in public,, and would probably sympathize with lex in that story assuming it was indoors and non-smoking, but if it's like at a festival or large outdoor concert you pretty much have to dealwithit.jpg when it comes to ppl smoking near you
― diln (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
― koogs, Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:19 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow didn't know this, kudos england
― diln (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I know, I'm English too
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
well, 5 years now! maybe my favourite piece of legislation of the past decade
they didn't get it either. they were cunts
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
i was v happy that the two women next to me joined in with me
if it's against the rules, and someone complains, then they should either put it out or move elsewhere in the venue where they're not bothering anyone.
― sarahell, Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
smoking indoors is the ultimate expression of how punk rock you are
― owenf, Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=btx0aoH2uKI#t=272s
― Number None, Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Where in America can you still go see a show at a smokey bar? (nb: I haven't seen a show in like 6 years).
― beachville, Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Maryland and Washington, D.C. have had bar/restaurant smoking bands since '07-'08, which is awesome, i sometimes forget how shitty the air in clubs used to be or that people in other states still have to put up with it
― Alshipleyan Goalpostmover (some dude), Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Detroit still allows smoking in bars, clubs and restaurants.
― The Large Hardon Collider (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
i went to belgium a couple of years after the england smoking ban came in, and i remember walking into a bar and feeling as though i'd been hit by a physical wall of smoke
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
there were a few Low Life parties that were in the basement of this club that you could smoke in. Even as a smoker the novelty wore of in like 1 second.
― owenf, Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Interviewed Craig Finn the other day and we talked a bit about gig etiquette. He said:
There’s a weird thing as well of people who want to be front and centre whether they enjoy it or not. There was a girl in New Orleans. Her boyfriend was having the time of his life and they were front row centre. She was crying, storming off to get a reaction then coming back and crying, then being dramatically dejected and flopping down on the stage. We got between a song and I said: “You’re really distracting me. I would like for you to leave.” And the whole crowd started cheering. Then she said: “It’s his fault!” I was like, “It doesn’t look like it to me. You look like the problem.”
He was the one who dragged her along! Wasn’t it his fault?
He was fine for her to go! They probably got married. That’s my experience with those things. Those people find each other and stick together.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Thursday, 9 February 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/19/kate-bush-asks-fans-no-phones-tablets-london-gigs
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
no tablets should be a given
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
where's peter grant and his heavies when you need them
Wait, people bring tablets to shows?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Ecstasy_monogram.jpg
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link