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I will personally buy at least a thousand glowsticks and throw them at the lips or any other show you guys want if you can just keep it away from STS9.
if STS9 themselves, not some web site, agent, manager, or anyone else affiliated with them, personally asks the crowd at the time of their set to not throw glowsticks, i will be the first to put them down. however, i don't feel that as impersonal a method as posting a general 'code of conduct' on a web site is, is something i'm going to take to heart.
STS9: if you don't want me to throw glowsticks, be men and ask me to my face not to, and i will be more than happy to comply.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Post by destination5250 on Mar 2, 2007 14:47:47 GMT -5
First of all, no matter how many times you tell everybody here to respect STS9 thought on the glowsticks, there are thousands of other people that are not on this site that love glowstick wars just as much as we do. If it happens it happens. As for other show, like the Lips, I think it is definitley necessary.
I just picked up 1000 off of ebay for around $40....
...is it ever really totally spontaneous? someone had to bring/buy all those tons of glowsticks.
well...if a cargo plane, flying overhead, carrying 5000 loose glowsticks accidentally dumped it's contents over bonnaroo while the Flaming Lips played a late night set it would be totally spontaneous...otherwise no!
If this ever happened it would probably be the single coolest thing I would ever see.
First of all, no matter how many times you tell everybody here to respect STS9 thought on the glowsticks, there are thousands of other people that are not on this site that love glowstick wars just as much as we do. If it happens it happens. As for other show, like the Lips, I think it is definitley necessary.
I totally understand that. I am just trying to spread the word. Its not what I want, its what the band wants. I will post the message from the band in just a minute. I get what your saying about other people bringing them. But I would hope that you would have more people that love the band than love glowstick wars. And then the people that are just finding out about the band will catch the word and so forth.
Boulder, CO posted on Thu Aug 31 @ 11:17 PM PT (Spectral Serpent, 182 days ago) GLOWSTICKS, from your friend and manager, EP
Evening all,
So, I have thought about a hundred ways to say this, to bring this to light, to try and not sound harsh while still setting a tone that brings the point across. I am still a bit at a loss but with tour a week away, I gotta say something.
Basically, let us go back to the re-occuring nightmare in my head that is-was Wakarusa Festival 2006. Simply put, I have never felt so sick to my stomach watching what went down when my boys walked on that stage. Even more simply put, it was bullshit. It was like watching your best friend get the nuts kicked out of them and nothing you could do about it. A glowstick here and there... sure. I suppose it will always happen... but 1,000s of them (some I swear were like glow in the dark baseballs!) is just ridiculous. Then, direct them all at the band... it is again... Bullshit. Total f**king Bullshit. Throw in a few water bottles to the chest, and whatever else is not nailed to the ground and all of a sudden, the place the band feels safest and most at home, sucks, and all I can imagine they can think about is getting the set and-or show, over with. That is, at least, all I personally can think about.
I went through a million things in my mind as to why people would do what they did at Wakarusa to people they seem to really like (the band). Maybe some of you all can shed some light sometime when and if we meet in person.
So, in closing, from now on, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not even bring these things (glowsticks of any kind) to our shows. Door staff and security have been notified to not let them in. At this point, the very sight of one of these things in the crowd, and blood pressures double in a split second wondering which band member it will hit first, and how many more there are to come.
I am writing this from my heart. I cannot and will not watch the band get treated in this way anymore. As always, I emphysize this is a small percentage of the crowd that does this. We appreciate that. But being the lowdown, I am pretty sure I can trust that you all will get the word out, tell people that do stupid nuts at shows, to STOP! and think before they do what they were thinking about doing.
I hope this makes sense, I hope this does not turn into a thread about anything but respecting, please, this policy and helping spread the word. You, the true fans, are my hope!
with Love to All...
-ep
Now you see why I have been asking as well. Its right their from the band asking there fans from the Lowdown to get the word out to those who dont know.
wow, i cant effin believe the band got hit with water bottles...thats crazy, throwing anything other than ladies undergarments at a band while playing has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of...i'll bet anything it was a couple morons drunk off their ass and it 'seemed like a good idea at the time'
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Post by unplugdacusticaz on Mar 2, 2007 18:08:19 GMT -5
coanbread751 said:
so uh........what if the lips play during the day?
What a horrible horrible thing to say. Don't even think that! The Lips WILL play at night, and we WILL be there, glowsticks and all.
However, to all these individuals losing their marbles over glowstick wars. Just chill, go with the flow. If there's glowsticks in the crowd, then there's glowsticks in the crowd. DOn't make it your personal mission to make sure no one brings glowsticks to a concert, cause then you'll miss out on a lot of fun. And I hope STS9 is aware that there will be glowsticks at their set, because it's a festival of 80,000 people and they'd be dumb not to. From what I have experienced at Bonnaroo though, the people at ROo are there for the music, and I think they know better than to throw stupid sh*t at the band.
*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.**
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
It seems to me that people go to concerts because they are fans of the band, and they appreciate the music that band makes. Your at the show to enjoy the band right? You must like their music if you're at their show right? Then why would you want to do anything to ruin the show? If the band is uncomfortable, the music suffers. And besides the music, why would you willingly freak frighten someone while their trying to do their job? It's a bit cruel. If STS9 doesn't want glowsticks at their show, then I am not going to bring any, and I'm going to do what I can to discourage anything that seems like it may lead to a wakarusa reoccurance.
That being said, I really hope the Lips play at night, I will be in heaven if a big glowstick war breaks out at the climax of Pompeii Am Goetterdaemmerung!
well i understand that they dont like them. if the door man takes them i wont throw them but its a festival latenight. gimme a break!!! i dont like gators so i dont swim in florida swamps. simple as that.
moe dosent like cameras. but at roo they deal. matisyahu dosent beleive you should touch a woman thats not your wife. should you not put your arm around your girl at his show? its one thing to do like umphreys and ask that they not be thrown at the stage but another to tell people what they can and cant do.. it is unfortunate that a few idiots think its cool but if they didnt have a glowstick to throw on stage tthey would throw something else. they are idiots afterall. i like sts9 but i doubt i will even be at their show. hopefully i will be at a string cheese latenight (with a couple thousand glow sticks). but in the future id say that sts9 should either work on their glowstick problem, play daytime shows, or only play shows where their door nazis can steal your stuff. and truthfully i can kinda see not having them at some little bar show. that makes more sense. but if your doing a latenight at a festival its expected and they should either accept or quit putting themselves in a position that makes them unhappy, uncomfortable, and unable to do their job to the best of their ability.
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i have some pics of bottles being thrown at ws99 but not sure where they are .. it was like it was snowing ... really cool if you didnt get hit by the bottles ... i think that was a show where they started to think about taking away bottle caps .. empty bottles are ok, bottles with water in them can do serious harm ... cr*****
this is sort of a jk but tygerlady and me thought we could sneak in bottle caps to a venue and sell them for 20 cents lol ... it sucks to carry a bottle all day with no cap ...cr****
I was on the left side of the sound booth for Radiohead last year, and really didn't see any glowsticks. I saw a lot flying on the right side at one point though. At Roo '05, it was either Trey or Panic, I don't remember but that's where I saw my first war and it was quite the treat. I will agree about the rings being safer. I remember staring up watching it all, definitely "in the zone" and one of the hard glowsticks nailed me in the back of the head. Completely ruined the mood, not to mention scared the shite out of me! I'm definitely ready to see another one though. Karma to EasyMorningRebel for the cargo plane idea!!! Now it's your job to work that out:)
Anyone who doesn't see why some people might not like glowstick wars has obviously never been hit in the face with a glowstick. Hey, I like watching it, but those things have to come down some time.
Anyone who doesn't see why some people might not like glowstick wars has obviously never been hit in the face with a glowstick. Hey, I like watching it, but those things have to come down some time.
i have to wonder if anyone who doesn't like glowstick wars is truly is the right 'state of mind' to enjoy it. i've certainly been slammed in various places on my head by the hard plastic sticks...no pain no gain!
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Yeah, I like 'em just fine, and I wouldn't be too upset over a stick to the back of the head, but I consider myself pretty durable, and a lot of people don't deal with that kind of stuff very well. I guess the rings really are the way to go, since I love the glowsticks flying around, and that way nobody gets hurt.
I can also see why bands wouldn't like them being thrown onstage...although my friends and I probably wouldn't mind too much if we were playing and people were throwing sticks around, it's not so great when a glowstick slams into your fretboard during an inappropriate part of the song.
And I don't think Tool would appreciate them...but we'll probably find out for ourselves anyway.