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Trail of Dead with Future of the Left at Neumos
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Future Of The Left were sooooo good. Easily one of the top 5 sets I've seen all year.
Hey, since Line Out is all about bitching today, can I bitch about something? I've noticed recently that a lot of showgoers in Seattle are big into pushing through a large crowd of people to get a better vantage point of the band. I understand that if there is a hole in the crowd in front of you, you can take it. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about stretching your arms out, saying "uh, excuse me" and trying to push through an already crowded area. It's crowded already, where are we supposed to go?
If you want to be right up front with the band at a crowded show, you get there early. That's how it works. Why am I standing a few rows back? Because all those other people got there first, that's why. Do you really think you're more special than the other 500 people in the building? Don't you think that THEY want to be up front, too?
If you leave to go pee or go get a drink, you run the risk of losing your spot. Sorry, life ain't fair. Suck it up, and find a place to watch the show from, and don't ruin the good time of people who had the foresight to find a place by the front of the stage. It's not my fuckin' fault you decided that you needed sip on a foofy blue umbrella drink in the front row.
Sorry. I'm cranky and I hate fun. Carry on.
Hey, since Line Out is all about bitching today, can I bitch about something? I've noticed recently that a lot of showgoers in Seattle are big into pushing through a large crowd of people to get a better vantage point of the band. I understand that if there is a hole in the crowd in front of you, you can take it. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about stretching your arms out, saying "uh, excuse me" and trying to push through an already crowded area. It's crowded already, where are we supposed to go?
If you want to be right up front with the band at a crowded show, you get there early. That's how it works. Why am I standing a few rows back? Because all those other people got there first, that's why. Do you really think you're more special than the other 500 people in the building? Don't you think that THEY want to be up front, too?
If you leave to go pee or go get a drink, you run the risk of losing your spot. Sorry, life ain't fair. Suck it up, and find a place to watch the show from, and don't ruin the good time of people who had the foresight to find a place by the front of the stage. It's not my fuckin' fault you decided that you needed sip on a foofy blue umbrella drink in the front row.
Sorry. I'm cranky and I hate fun. Carry on.
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If you don't like people pushing past you, either push back or buy a ticket to a seated show. Buying drinks and taking a whiz is part of seeing a band at a club. If you want to stand there with cotton mouth and your legs crossed, that's your business. I definitely don't miss this kind of passive-aggressive Seattle show etiquette. I was just as annoyed 12 years ago by people like you, as you have been "recently" by the people you describe. Since I'm in Virginia now, I'll never check this page again, but feel free to respond.
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Apologies for respecting the space of my fellow concertgoers, I'll try to be a bigger prick next time.
Seriously though, you can't go 45 minutes without getting cottonmouth or pissing your pants? Sounds like you've got bigger problems than me being a grouch. Incontinence and oral fixations are motherfuckers to be sure. You could always buy your drinks and pee during the breaks between bands. Time management. It's the new thang.
You say "ettiquette" like it's a bad word.
Seriously though, you can't go 45 minutes without getting cottonmouth or pissing your pants? Sounds like you've got bigger problems than me being a grouch. Incontinence and oral fixations are motherfuckers to be sure. You could always buy your drinks and pee during the breaks between bands. Time management. It's the new thang.
You say "ettiquette" like it's a bad word.
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