How much does the venue impact the quality of the show?

[ericm]

I hear that! Y'all shoulda seen mr. and mrs. headhunter go to town on an unfortunate girl who tried such a thing at Port Chester.

"Excuse me, do NOT put your hands on my husband.."

Oh yeah, that Mrs. HH is not just another pretty face.

If any of you good looking ladies out there want to put your hands on her husband, just ask her permission first!

                  

Haldon also layed a verbal smackdown on someone!

mahg33ta's comment to the the girl from MSG was my favorite smackdown.

Mrs. Headhunter going off on that woman at PC was a thing of beauty for sure.

My dear Flake also had a great one with his response to the very drunk woman trying to schmooze her way onto the rail at PC:  "Don't make eye contact with me, I'm not engaging with you."

I'd also like to add our very own Sassbox while on the rail in Asbury telling that pain in the ass chick behind us " DON'T F**KNG TOUCH ME"! Classic!   

[Penny Lane]

I hear that! Y'all shoulda seen mr. and mrs. headhunter go to town on an unfortunate girl who tried such a thing at Port Chester.

"Excuse me, do NOT put your hands on my husband.."

Oh yeah, that Mrs. HH is not just another pretty face.

If any of you good looking ladies out there want to put your hands on her husband, just ask her permission first!

                  

Haldon also layed a verbal smackdown on someone!

mahg33ta's comment to the the girl from MSG was my favorite smackdown.

Mrs. Headhunter going off on that woman at PC was a thing of beauty for sure.

My dear Flake also had a great one with his response to the very drunk woman trying to schmooze her way onto the rail at PC:  "Don't make eye contact with me, I'm not engaging with you."

i'm very proud of all of you..Flake with the politcally correct smackdown.

But yes, Val's rant to hat girl was the most abusive (and called for) and Kyle's comment to hat girl was the best non-chalant and sincere smackdown ever "anyone but you"

[Penny Lane]

Man, I'd love for them to come back to State Theatre In Portland, ME. 2010 was such a great show and I really dig the joint.  GA floor, tiered. GA seats behind and in the balcony. Bars with great view of the show. I've also seen DBT and M. Ward there. A sweet little venue.

DBT? Just finished watching Secret to a Happy Ending about 10 minutes ago.

they're coming back to Portland, JY!! (March 9th--it's a SAT~!)

[bluesky]

I hear that! Y'all shoulda seen mr. and mrs. headhunter go to town on an unfortunate girl who tried such a thing at Port Chester.

"Excuse me, do NOT put your hands on my husband.."

Oh yeah, that Mrs. HH is not just another pretty face.

If any of you good looking ladies out there want to put your hands on her husband, just ask her permission first!

                  

Haldon also layed a verbal smackdown on someone!

mahg33ta's comment to the the girl from MSG was my favorite smackdown.

Mrs. Headhunter going off on that woman at PC was a thing of beauty for sure.

My dear Flake also had a great one with his response to the very drunk woman trying to schmooze her way onto the rail at PC:  "Don't make eye contact with me, I'm not engaging with you."

i'm very proud of all of you..Flake with the politcally correct smackdown.

But yes, Val's rant to hat girl was the most abusive (and called for) and Kyle's comment to hat girl was the best non-chalant and sincere smackdown ever "anyone but you"

That was not a situation I wanted to be in. I don't like that we as a group could possibly be getting a reputation as being an unfriendly. The hat girl did a full body lean on top of me and I had to defend myself, my body.

On a pre show side note: I feel that how we as a group handle being in line also affects how others (forum members we know, forum members we do not know and other fans) view us as a whole. A few of the nights at PC, forum members I know and love cut right up in the line. We had sharpied numbers on everyone in line to be fair, including those who cut. You all cut while talking to forum folks so it looked like to all those behind you that it was cool. It wasn't cool. Sorry had to be said...

[Fully]

I hear that! Y'all shoulda seen mr. and mrs. headhunter go to town on an unfortunate girl who tried such a thing at Port Chester.

"Excuse me, do NOT put your hands on my husband.."

Oh yeah, that Mrs. HH is not just another pretty face.

If any of you good looking ladies out there want to put your hands on her husband, just ask her permission first!

                  

Haldon also layed a verbal smackdown on someone!

mahg33ta's comment to the the girl from MSG was my favorite smackdown.

Mrs. Headhunter going off on that woman at PC was a thing of beauty for sure.

My dear Flake also had a great one with his response to the very drunk woman trying to schmooze her way onto the rail at PC:  "Don't make eye contact with me, I'm not engaging with you."

Flake is the  most asshole of the non-asshole spouses!! I love me some Flake! I declare Flake an honorary asshole!

[ffghtrs]

When i saw MMJ at the Paramount in Seattle the sound was simply perfect.  I didn't leave with horrible ringing ears, and i could hear every instrument perfectly.  My point i believe is that with a band like MMJ they are going to make the worst acoustics sound great and the best acoustics sound out of this world.  I was disappointed with the acoustics at another show at the Paramount about week later.  I think it comes down to the quality of the music and  band that truly make a show revolutionary.  and Red Rocks oh Red Rocks.  My favorite moment was when i opened my eyes and turned around and just watched the sea of people having the most brilliant time of their life.  Such an infectious feeling MMJ brings to the stage.  And my friend Pat called the opening song the second Red Rocks night, that was awesome!  AT DAWN!

[SaraBananaBear]

Having access to water during a show definitely impacts the quality of the show for me. Due to general weakness and possibly bad genes (damn you parents) I have a really awful time if I can't keep water with me and some venues are horrible about it (in Europe at least).

Most venues that I've been to here will offer water in plastic cups, which kind of works if you get to the rail and can set them down by your feet, but not if you're in the middle of the crowd, since it makes it hard to dance and clap without spilling it all.

At Roundhouse in London they sold water bottles without a cap, unless you paid extra or showed them your boobs. This experience started elaborate smuggling of caps in different sizes, which has worked well several times (mwahaha!). The Roundhouse also made me promise that I wasn't going to throw the bottle at the band (which I totally was, mwahaha again!).

At Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm they had no plastic cups nor water bottles, but slightly expensive 33cl cans of water, worked okay. Best experience so far has been The Capitol and Agganis though, they were absolutely lovely in offering water bottles with caps and without any demands for money or boobs in exchange, much appreciated!

[willsfc]

Vanderbilt's Memorial gym was a terrible venue for sound, but then the band played the shit out of that show and the weird sound did something unfuckingbelievable to Dondante. Unfortunately, we'll never get to here that again because they wouldn't let the taper in and the band won't release it.

Yeah, I was quite unhappy. Had to walk all the way back to the parking deck