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without pushing and shoving your way through? Because that is darn rude.
The problem is that I drink so much water and have to go to the bathroom so often that I can't wait at the front between shows. Not that I have to be up front for every show, but there are certain shows that I want to make the extra effort for. Is there some contraption that would allow me to pee in a bottle?
Eveything else like food and water could be carried with me if I can solve the pee problem.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jan 4, 2007 4:31:10 GMT -5
I camp out super early if i really want to be up front. and although it's extremely unhealthy, my trick is to keep myself a little dehydrated to stave off the peepee fairy.
however, as my way is a bad thing to do, this device has been recommended to me by my aunt, who is a super avid hiker. she says once you get the hang of it you can easily slip it in your pants/shorts/skirt/undies and pee without disrobing at all. you can funnel it into a bottle easily enough from there i'm sure. so i've heard good things, but i haven't yet tried it. hope it helps!
If you want to be up front you have to be there when the show before ends. But there are A LOT of people who do this. I think everyone inthe first 15 rows at MOE was trying to get close for Phil. And what I hate is when some rude ass kid pushs and shoves his way past you, when there is no room and then turns around and signals to his friend come up here, or the chains of people pushing. Its ok to make your way through a crowd when there is space, but you aint gonna get but so close, cause there aint nowhere else to go. Thats when people start being rude.
In 05 Cheryl and I got to the DMB show early!! Like when the Allman bros were still playing. We got right up front and sat there for like two hours waiting on DMB. There were a lot of folks up there with us and it was pretty packed in before the show started, but everyone had claimed their spot and everyone was happy and getting along great.
Just as the show started, a huge influx of people came up pushing and shoving thier way in at the last minute.
We had been there for over 2 hours, claimed our spot and everything and now these azzholes want to come pushing thier way to the front.
Well, these four guys came all drunk stumbling and falling all over my wife and the people around us and causing all kinds of problems. One of the guys stumbelded into Cheryl and knocked here down, ooo I was pissed!
Now this is normally not me guys, but i had taken all I could, so when drunk guy knocked Cheryl down, I put both my hands into his back and shoved him forward (there were right in front of us, close enough for the dreaded "strangers azz on your crotch") as hard I could. Well of course down he went. when he turned around to look for who did it, I looked behind me like it had came from behind me (playin it off!).
That started a chain reaction of people shoving drunk guy back and forth. It was almost like a beach ball, but not on top of the crowd, but in it!
Anyway, he and his friends got thier azzes out of there.
Afterwards, a couple we had met right there during the wait asked who did it, and when I told him it was me, he shook my hand and gave me a roo treat! He and his wife were thankful for the shove because drunk guys azz was all over his wife as well.
It just pisses me off to no end when people wanna disrespect the folks who have paid the dues and waited for hours, to just come in pushing and shoving as soon as the show starts.
Anyway, to answer the question:
you either have to get there before the previous show end and stake your claim.
or
Be an azzhole and push and shove your way to the front right before the show starts.
that really is your only two options.
All the big name shows are going to have the rabid fans in the front early, before the previous show is over. You just have to join them.
Now Vegoose was a totally different story. You could walk right up to most of the shows.
I got over the WP about 15 minutes after it started and walked right up with in 5 or 6 rows from the stage and watched the show from there for a while, then I moved back a ways cause I couldn't find my party! they eventually found me! (Lemonade Stand)
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woke up at like 9 on sunday waited til they opened main stage and walked fast to the front and didnt leave all day and all night, i recommend not trying that though, except we did get to see Col. Bruce, Bela, moe., and phil front row cant beat that
get there early and get there with a friend. Each of you take turns holding the spot while you switch off for drinks and bathroom break.
Yup, yup.
Just make sure you have a small flag, or something else that can reach over heads to briefly signal where you are in the sea of people. I'm not saying you should set up a flippin flag pole or anything, but something you can poke up over the crowd to find each other can be very beneficial.
Our inability to move very well and worries of forgetting where we were led to my buddy relieving himself, on himself, halfway through the Radiohead set. That said, I've never seen a bigger smile when he was done.
at all good a girl in a skirt stopped right in front of us. she danced for a minute and then i noticed she was standing weird. spreading her feet out wider and wider. and then she did it. pissed right out her skirt while still dancing upstairs. she then walked away. it was nasty. right where everyone sits for the show. and it had rained earlier so the ground was wet and you would never know it was piss. i pee like every half an hour at roo. i hate working my way back up front. everyone thinks your just some ass trying to get upfront without earning it. my plan is to be off to one side. still real close but much easioer to get back to. it still sucks though.
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The flag over the crowd would have saved us from getting separated this year. He couldn't get back through the crowd to me because people wouldn't let him through. That is an excellent idea.
Alisa, I am going to check into one of those devices. That could work out quite well. My weak bladder will no longer work against me. Maybe I could join the ranks of men peeing on the fence at the main stage :-P
I hate the pushers and shovers. I'm short and it just burns me up when some tall guy cruises through the crowd and stops to groove right in front of me. And the chains of people. And the blanket steppers. Our neighbors were bragging about being up front for Radiohead. They got there by shoving their way through and they seemed almost proud of it. Ugh.
We got up front for one show last year and it took being there 2 shows ahead of time. I was really happy to be up front, but I had to pee so badly by the time the show was over.
I'm not ashamed! What? Did you really think I was going to walk out in the middle of there there? I had a towel...and it was a big towel. You must not have noticed when I gave you the same towel to dry yourself after the rainstorm the next night? ;D
I'm not ashamed! What? Did you really think I was going to walk out in the middle of there there? I had a towel...and it was a big towel. You must not have noticed when I gave you the same towel to dry yourself after the rainstorm the next night? ;D
I'm not ashamed! What? Did you really think I was going to walk out in the middle of there there? I had a towel...and it was a big towel. You must not have noticed when I gave you the same towel to dry yourself after the rainstorm the next night? ;D
Did you join this board just so you could post that? I 'm guessing that by calling yourself "wizzo" that you did. I love it. But you know that you will now be addicted, right?
While I hate the people that shove through a crowd with no regaurd for the people there. I also do not like it when people think just because they have been waiting for a long time means that they now own the dirt beneath and around them.
Did you join this board just so you could post that? I 'm guessing that by calling yourself "wizzo" that you did. I love it. But you know that you will now be addicted, right?
Believe it or not, the name has nothing to do with my bonnaroo mishap. Just pure coincidence and I'm not very pleased to have introduced myself to the message board as "Wizzo the guy who pissed himself during the Radiohead set" but hey, better than never joining at all. It was a combination of many things. We'd been sitting there for hours and I wasn't going anywhere. They had just taken the stage! THere was no way in hell I would have made it out of that crowd and back to the same spot in the state of mind I was in. I figured I was going to piss myself trying to find my way out of there anyways so at least I could do it and not miss a beat. The last thing I was going to do was try and disguise myself pissing on the ground so my only option at the time was to arrange the towel so nobody could see my shorts and just let it roll. It was forgotten after about the third song and it was probably the best show I've ever seen. You could have hit me upside the head with a cinder block and I would have been happy as a clam. God bless wet wipes!
At Radiohead last year I got there at the start of thr 1st show(Elvis) and was about 15 rows back. Be prepared for a looooong hot 7 hours being packed together like sardines with chance at a bathroom break or food. I was lucky as the people around me were very nice(i saw a little bit of bickering and short tempers in other spots) I smuggled in vodka and granola bars, I would recommend doing something similiar if you want food or alcohol. Also water, lots of water. Your most likely gonna be standing the whole time as theirs not much room so sit and stretch out.
P.S. This group of ladie behind me formed a human curtain and took turns peeing in a gaterade bottle. It was awesome!!!
I seriously hate hate hate it when people piss in the crowd. Be it in a bottle or not. Its something we all have to deal with so just miss a second of the show and hit the head. Or get it all out beforehand.
we got to the mainstage at the end of bela last year. then we worked our way up for moe. and we had a great spot. we could see ourselves on the att.blue.room stream. we even got to a decent spot about 20-30 minutes before phil and phriends after hitting the portapotties and water and shakedown street!
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
get there as close as you can and boogie down! The harder you boogie the closer you get. This is a method that I have been proving correct for at least 10 years.
Because it is someones pissing next to you at a concert. That is just unnecessary, gross, and rude. What are you gonna for sure get it all in the bottle? Are you gonna put it in your pocket? I have been to a redonkulous amount of music all over and have always been able to handle not pissing in a bottle. And its not like I am a eagle scout that doesn't party.
Post by roolacksreality on Jan 15, 2007 20:53:02 GMT -5
I'm a die hard fan of Oysterhead, so when I saw they would be playing at Roo last year, I was immediately sold. I saw a little bit of Ramble Dove and then went to Steel Pulse. I stood in the sun witha full camel back of water for about two hours until they showed up. But during Army's on Ecstasy, I had to go. The people around me were all rolling or on acid, so when I explained my situation, they understood, so I quickly relieved myself in a bottle. Works if your a guy... But all-in-all, just get there early, it is soooo worth it in the end. I had a spot right in the dead front, directly facing trey and I will never forget it. If your determined to get a good view and you really want it bad, you just gotta work for it and avoid hurting your karma by pushing and shoving.
I tend to go for the sides, usually the side farthest from where everyone will be coming from other stages. Then look for the folks who are leaving, I'm not one to muscle forward in the crowd but if someone leaves it's fair game - no eye contact, just go for it.
Mostly it's about 'inching'; don't try to get up front all at once, watch for opportunites and go for it. Also, stay relaxed about the whole deal, if you're determiend to get up front or bust, you're probably not going to get the most out of the set. The sound's better further back anyway.
We usually sit back in the back and just chill, I have gotten a little too old (in my opinion) to hang with the youngins' up front. I enjoy not being completely packed in and having people think thet are entitled to get in front of you, so I just avaoid the whole thing all together.
"Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two to create the ultimate kite-flying experience. "-Mitch Hedberg
That said, I've never seen a bigger smile when he was done. 
