3splitps posted:

That was fabulous. I was up against the rail for the whole thing, right in front of JMJ. The pic from Twitter that Navarro sent our of Trent jumping into the pit was when he was literally right on top of me. Can't believe how much better it is to see the show up close. Thanks to Stacy and Crystal- it was fun hanging out with you. And thanks to everyone else in the pit for being a good fun civilized bunch!

it was great meeting you! tons of fun!! but u left to early...u should have seen Dave later in the show...Yummmy!!!!

Really shouldn't have drank so much; a bunch of pictures came out blurry. Here are few from the set:

Muscles still sore from when Trent landed on me while crowd surfing during "Piggy". Best show I've ever seen.

Wow...amazing! First off, we got there early enough that they were not charging for parking, so we had good, free parking...and got there just in time to hear NIN do "I'm Afraid of Americans" for soundcheck, we were excited to hear that. $50 (40+10 s/c) tickets got us front and center although in seating, but we were dancing and thrashing the whole time.

I was amazed how few people were there for Street Sweeper and they freaking blew my mind! Tom Morello playing the guitar with his teeth/tongue and Boots Riley has a captivating stage presence. Looking forward to their album.

NIN was beyond words. I have to echo other sentiments I have read:
TRENT, thank you for putting together such an imaginative set...the absolute best I could imagine. Other have bitched that you "Wave Goodbye" and it is anti-climactic...well, I would be pissed if you had just posted "NIN is Quitting" on the website. My wife and I both appreciated the sincerity in your few minutes spent saying "Goodbye" to the crowd. Thank you for this amazing experience and for the tremendous amount of energy put into this show. And, by the way, fantastic choice in Ilan, that kid can beat the shit out of that drum kit like few others can, I can't wait to see where his career goes.

Jane's Addiction...I have been a fan of this band but Perry was up in Santa Fe singing. Did he fall twice after jumping off the drum kit or was that by some chance acrobatics? He is a showman to say the least but the rest of the band was so tight and crisp, I could forgive Perry, he's a bit eccentric anyway, so you have to expect these things. Really glad we got to see them live, although I hope the screamy chick a row or two back is a secretary with no voice today... "Dave, I love you" gets old, no matter how pretty he is.
We also really appreciated the lights for both bands...NIN in B&W was dramatic and the effects it created were far beyond what I had imagined. Jane's playing in color was a cool concept, again, Trent using his imagination.
15 years after seeing my first show, I am damned sore...thrashing, driving 10 hours, waiting in the sun, driving 10 hours still thrashing...I am so amazed that the band puts in this energy time after time after time. 35 ain't 20... and last, thank you for the open camera policy, my wife is visually impaired and she can see what the rest of us did now that we're home and downloading. THANK YOU...and don't make the goodbye too long before we see you (in some form) again.



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I didn't even notice that Trent messed up on the lyrics. But Perry Farrel is just too much lol.

From the youtube vid of TDTWWWA it doesn't sound like he messed up the lyrics, just changed them:

I listened to the words he'd say
but in his heart I heard decay

...

The bow down price you have to pay
The day the whole world went away

Really incredible show, everyone. Thanks for posting the correct setlist. Really hoping to find good audio of the show, but I've yet to check any of the videos uploaded.

I'll be getting around to sharing my pics in the next 12 hrs. or so. I took too many!

Highlights for me: Metal, TDTWWA, The Becoming (!!!), and The Good Soldier. I wanted to be disappointed there was no encore, but I wasn't. Great way to wrap up the show, NIN. Wish I could follow along with the rest of the tour, but I guess I'll just stick to the stuff being uploaded.

Cheers,

Beautiful Powerful Unforgettable. Thank you to EVERYONE who made this show so great! Waved goodbye.

This might sound geeky - ok, it absolutely sounds geeky - but when Farell came on stage for Jane's set, I was struck by how much he resembled the Greek God Dionysus (or Bacchus), who was worshiped for luxury and gross excess. It was perfect, since the Pavillion is (probably by coincidence) designed so much like the original Greek theaters.

hidefpiggy01 posted:

So I shot video of the whole show with my plain point n shoot digital camera. It's not great quality by any means, but I was up close (3rd back from the rail - center). It's not very steady and it doesn't sound too too bad. But I think it gives you a good feeling of being in the pit. Sometimes the video is steady. At other times it jumps up and down. (I wasn't gonna let holding the cam up the whole show ruin my fun and take me out of the experience. Yep that was me holding a little camera over my head for 90 mins.)

Anyway, I don't know where/how to upload it. Don't get me wrong, I am currently using handbrake to ready it for my iPod/iTunes. And I plan on stripping the audio and seperating/tagging the cuts. But how to get it "out there" is something I have not yet embarked upon. I'm sure it is relatively easy, but the raw is a 3.1Gb .mov file. After handbrake is done the file will be smaller, but I don't know what the size is right now.

If someone's interested or want me to upload it somewhere, give me options to do so.

I have no idea how to do it, but if you do get it up, please put a link up, I would love to see it.

DucMouse posted:

3splitps posted:

That was fabulous. I was up against the rail for the whole thing, right in front of JMJ. The pic from Twitter that Navarro sent our of Trent jumping into the pit was when he was literally right on top of me. Can't believe how much better it is to see the show up close. Thanks to Stacy and Crystal- it was fun hanging out with you. And thanks to everyone else in the pit for being a good fun civilized bunch!

it was great meeting you! tons of fun!! but u left to early...u should have seen Dave later in the show...Yummmy!!!!

I posted all our pics.....still can't belive Trent jumped on us.....Mmmmmm, sweaty!!!

stacer76 posted:

DucMouse posted:

3splitps posted:

That was fabulous. I was up against the rail for the whole thing, right in front of JMJ. The pic from Twitter that Navarro sent our of Trent jumping into the pit was when he was literally right on top of me. Can't believe how much better it is to see the show up close. Thanks to Stacy and Crystal- it was fun hanging out with you. And thanks to everyone else in the pit for being a good fun civilized bunch!

it was great meeting you! tons of fun!! but u left to early...u should have seen Dave later in the show...Yummmy!!!!

I posted all our pics.....still can't belive Trent jumped on us.....Mmmmmm, sweaty!!!

I checked out your pics, they came out great! What kind of camera did you use?

ADeBary21 posted:

stacer76 posted:

DucMouse posted:

3splitps posted:

That was fabulous. I was up against the rail for the whole thing, right in front of JMJ. The pic from Twitter that Navarro sent our of Trent jumping into the pit was when he was literally right on top of me. Can't believe how much better it is to see the show up close. Thanks to Stacy and Crystal- it was fun hanging out with you. And thanks to everyone else in the pit for being a good fun civilized bunch!

it was great meeting you! tons of fun!! but u left to early...u should have seen Dave later in the show...Yummmy!!!!

I posted all our pics.....still can't belive Trent jumped on us.....Mmmmmm, sweaty!!!

I checked out your pics, they came out great! What kind of camera did you use?

Thanks... it's a Canon Power Shot A540

Awesome show! Number 5 for me. He played quite a bit of songs he played on the LITS and With Teeth tour but once he played TDTWWA and Physical I was put in my place i've waited years and years to see those and now great peace has been brought to my restless soul. BTW, did anyone notice the big aircraft flying above the pavillion during "In this Twilight"? Jane's addiction kicked so much ass and those of you that stayed around to witness know the difference between a solo genius and a good band thats still has their place in today's music. Also during jne's set WTF was the fat guy that got up on stage and was dancing with perry?

Junosix posted:

Awesome show! Number 5 for me. He played quite a bit of songs he played on the LITS and With Teeth tour but once he played TDTWWA and Physical I was put in my place i've waited years and years to see those and now great peace has been brought to my restless soul. BTW, did anyone notice the big aircraft flying above the pavillion during "In this Twilight"? Jane's addiction kicked so much ass and those of you that stayed around to witness know the difference between a solo genius and a good band thats still has their place in today's music. Also during jne's set WTF was the fat guy that got up on stage and was dancing with perry?

I too noticed (all) the planes..I like to think that Trent planned this with ABQ Sunport. Helicopters a nice touch too, bet they get a great view of some awesome shows, but none better than Thursday night.

PS - Just added all my pics to Flickr. Here are the links:

Street Sweeper Social Club:
[www.flickr.com]

Nine Inch Nails:
[www.flickr.com]

Jane's Addiction:
[www.flickr.com]