How was your week?

[idioteque]

pretty crazy week.

was glad to get a bed in the notorious mmj forum apt and be in the picture after the show...

granted, no one knows who i am and im not an active member of this community - but hey, we all love the music!

[bluesky]

PERFECT!

[Penny Lane]

Oh boy, where to begin.
Finally had a chance to sit down and gather my thoughts.
I am eternally grateful to everyone I shared last week with, it's something I'll never forget.
I'm sad but I'm happy knowing I've made friends for life and further strengthened some other friendships (especially Mr. J Quaid). Tee hee.
Things I will never forget.


1. Buh buh buh nanas nanas
2. THE RAIL (the religious): Crispy, Yvon, Paul, Haldon, Ynwa, Lil Sis, Brooke, and couple from Harrisburg: RELENTLESS, I admire you.
3. The Dancers and Middle crew: everyone else
4. Ky and I overhearing that The Jacket are almost confirmed for Bonnaroo 2011 (10th Anniversary) from the guy who runs the InfoRoo board
5. Awesome Californians! (Chief Okonokos, TubeTop Jen, Dan, Yvon, Wizzard and Mr. Wizzard)
6. Scosby and his beautiful girlfriend Bailey (whose dad played for Bear Bryant, yet she's an Auburn fan! *Go Brooke)
7. Headhunter's enthusiasm (loved meeting your wife!)
8. Various things being passed around and shared during the shows (like rail spots, and dance moves, you know..)
9. Singing happy birthday to Jason--Mr. Steam Engine--creator of the best music site on the net (present site excluded of course)
10 Chief Okonokos's friends from the Black Crowes gang, they fit right in
11. Oh Sweet Nuthin...
12. Dragonboy and Sparkle, eating at The Soup Nazi...
13. Gillian the coat check girl who guarded my posters with her life each night
14. Simon from Germany, had to confiscate the damn flag during OBH no 2, but still..
15. Ralph (Dave) from Australian, die hard
16. Lady and Ky enjoying Brooklyn thanks to bluesky, determined to do some sightseeing, Ky showing up to EU night shaking from lack of sleep
17. Brooke ALWAYS has a smile on her face
18. Fiddle turning his friends on to MMJ
19. Ruckus canNOT stop moving, even during 'Wonderful'..
20. Meeting Reenie's man finally..
21. Crispyy getting stranded and getting to hang out sunday night in Hoboken, our first heart to heart in all these years
22. Meeting CHODE, he is alive, but he's always in the wrong spot, not by the pretzels across the street! thanks for the shirts!
23. Circuital was pretty amazing
24. knowing that I was going to see tbd and Bob every night, my new NJ family, you couldn't ask for better people
25. Soulshine Soulshine Soulshine, made the week complete by staying on my futon, sorry to get us stranded at the bus station!
26. Danz's soft sweaters and skater hair propelling him to the rail no matter when he arrived (JK, thank you for helping me with the setlists!)
27. Capt heady was the first person i met and holy shiz, boy is TALL! (and a great dude, i had fun sharing floor space)
28. Terminal 5 nine dollar drinks. F off!
29. Joe's Pub, my most favorite night of the week. MR> Johnny Quaid..finding out Bo was also from Ohio and calling Patrick clock arms to his face. hearing Carl's album and his voice twice in one week
30. meeting lp for the first time, i'm pretty sure i freaked her out
31. Mr. Johnny Yac finally appearing on sat, it was a pleasure!
32. darkglow's stories and hearing about him tipping waitresses with MMJ tix
33. BH, Ghosts, Dodo, and the other regs on here! holla.
34. mighty caporal and shepardspy trying to avoid me at all costs
35. speaking of, the shepardspy at McGees-spectacular
36. MMJ waiting to cover Prince until NovaNola arrived!

didn't get to hang much, but also to deathstick-anthony, waltfredo, joel, mickeyreds, erich, sweatboard and Mrs. S, Mcgriff,  peafunk and the MRS.PF it was great to meet you.


UNTIL NEXT TIME or (cough cough) THE ROO-JACKETFEST 2011.

[darkglow]

AS. IF.

i would have never tipped a waitress with an MMJ ticket! blasphemy

[dragonboy]

Great post Penny!!!  :)

Sparkle & I just wanted to say thank you personally to all the amazing people we met last week.

I've been a fan for a few years now (since 2002 when AT & TF got their first official UK releases) & started lurking on the forum not too long after ISM came out, finally finding the courage to start posting on the eve of Z's release.

I've made some good friends here over the years & seeing the jacket in the US & meeting you all in person has been a dream of mine for a long time now. Needless to say say T5 was an incredible experience & finally getting to meet you all in person was very much a part of that.

Sunday came around way too fast & when it dawned (ouch!) on me that we were flying home that day, not going to McGee's to see you all & then on to a show I felt really, really sad.

So cheers again everyone for making our trip so amazing, especially Rukus for getting us the tickets (sorry we messed you about so much) Penny for organising things, our balcony buddies Wiz & AJ - two of the nicest people we've ever met! My man in Japan Darkglow & Capt 'my Traps hurt!' Heady, BH (the best stubbly kiss I've ever given!) Kevin & Stephanie, Sweatboard & his wife, Ghosts 'dodged a bullet' On TV, Todd & Christie (we didn't get to say goodbye, I don't know your user name - please PM me) Kentucky & Daniel (same, please PM me) ALady (as nice in person as she is on the forum!) Yvon (your stickers are priceless!) Soulshine, Ravi The Chief, KY, Sticky, Jeff, Eric, Ralph, Monkeyboy, Twofingers, Walterf, Danz (didn't get to say hi but you are fake Bob Dylan!) NovaLova (how tall?!) The Bear from Germany, Haldon, Joe the Fireman...

Sorry if I missed anyone/didn't get get chance to say Hi. We fucking love you guys & miss you all  :'( :'( :'(

[tdb810]

Great post Penny!!!  :)

Sparkle & I just wanted to say thank you personally to all the amazing people we met last week.

I've been a fan for a few years now (since 2002 when AT & TF got their first official UK releases) & started lurking on the forum not too long after ISM came out, finally finding the courage to start posting on the eve of Z's release.

I've made some good friends here over the years & seeing the jacket in the US & meeting you all in person has been a dream of mine for a long time now. Needless to say say T5 was an incredible experience & finally getting to meet you all in person was very much a part of that.

Sunday came around way too fast & when it dawned (ouch!) on me that we were flying home that day, not going to McGee's to see you all & then on to a show I felt really, really sad.

So cheers again everyone for making our trip so amazing, especially Rukus for getting us the tickets (sorry we messed you about so much) Penny for organising things, our balcony buddies Wiz & AJ - two of the nicest people we've ever met! My man in Japan Darkglow & Capt 'my Traps hurt!' Heady, BH (the best stubbly kiss I've ever given!) Kevin & Stephanie, Sweatboard & his wife, Ghosts 'dodged a bullet' On TV, Todd & Christie (we didn't get to say goodbye, I don't know your user name - please PM me) Kentucky & Daniel (same, please PM me) ALady (as nice in person as she is on the forum!) Yvon (your stickers are priceless!) Soulshine, Ravi The Chief, KY, Sticky, Jeff, Eric, Ralph, Monkeyboy, Twofingers, Walterf, Danz (didn't get to say hi but you are fake Bob Dylan!) NovaLova (how tall?!) The Bear from Germany, Haldon, Joe the Fireman...

Sorry if I missed anyone/didn't get get chance to say Hi. We fucking love you guys & miss you all  :'( :'( :'(

We didn't get to meet formally, but I enjoyed doing the group wave to you guys up in the balcony every night!  So happy you enjoyed your week in NY!   ;D

[Bigsky]

I'm still catching my mind...

[ralph]

A blur of awesome!  :D  :D

(I'll post more when I get home in 26 hours!!!)

[bluesky]

Ralph You are AWESOME!

A blur of awesome!  :D  :D

(I'll post more when I get home in 26 hours!!!)

[ChiefOKONO]

It was even more EPICAL than I expectied. i'm still gathering my thoughts but thank you everyone - it was a GOD DAMNED PLEASURE to be there with you all!!
will post more soon....

[the_wizzard]

our balcony buddies Wiz & AJ - two of the nicest people we've ever met!

Back atcha' DB!  I count hanging with you and Jen as a major highlight of the whole experience!  4 out of 5 nights with Dragonboy  :D
If you ever find yourself in Oregon, you know you have a place to stay!  And PM me your address in London, we have some CD's to send you!

[the_wizzard]

Ralph You are AWESOME!

A blur of awesome!  :D  :D

(I'll post more when I get home in 26 hours!!!)

Ralph, I concur, you are awesome!  Safe travels!

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Didn't post my highlights yet, but hanging out with all of you is my #1. thanks for all being awesome.

[peafunk31]

A blur of awesome!  :D  :D

(I'll post more when I get home in 26 hours!!!)

Travel safe brother! It was awesome hanging out with you at McGee's! Send a PM when you get a chance as Christi wants to share contact info. We need to see a picture of Ned! ;D

[danz]

I just put on 'how the gods kill' and finally admitted to myself i wish i could go back to one week ago

[Ruckus]

19. Ruckus canNOT stop moving, even during 'Wonderful'..

Choose the right pill next time you try to roofy my drink.  I was dancing all day to football the next day thanks to you. >:(

[danz]

also, i miss you guys

[Ghosts_on_TV]

So yeah, pretty much what everyone else said. I loved hanging out with all of you guys, catching back up with some and meeting some for the first time. All of you are amazing and I am thankful. ALL of the shows. Hanging out with the band and Johnny  for that long and seeing for myself that they all are pretty much the nicest dudes on Earth (I met Jim in 2006, and he was just as nice). The tailgate in the middle of Manhattan.  ;D  HOW THE GODS KILL!!! Yeah, fucking awesome week. Could of did without the Murder in the diner though.

[danz]

Could of did without the Murder in the diner though.

i heard about that! did you post the story?

[Bigsky]

I had a T3 experience (the last 3 nights), and it was the coolest concert experience of my 33 years. It was a full blown MMJ musical...with all the characters one would expect in a NYC performance. Holy shit...we saw/heard Tommy sing...wow.

The best thing about my time at T5 (besides the music) were you guys; every night when I got dropped off by myself in front of the venue I knew exactly where to find everyone...center floor, from the rail to about 15' back. It was completely cool to have such a group of friends right next to me to experience this blur. The floor at T5 was an ocean during the shows, but we were always looking out for each other: I would swim out of the crowd to go get a drink and when it was time to swim back (against the current) I knew you guys would through me a line to get back to our friendly life raft that was floating in the middle.

I am also completely grateful to MMJ; I can only thank them and offer my eternal love for them and what they do. This last week has to be extremely emotional for a group of guys like MMJ; they had to go down roads (songs) that they have not been down in years. I could feel that some of these roads were smooth and easy, but also that some were rough, bumpy memories that stirred up past spirits. I am sure as we are looking back at last week and catching our breath, that the boys are doing the same. I have never felt so close to a group of musicians and their fans.

It was nice to meet so many cool people in one place for one thing...My Morning Jacket.  

And I did proof reading this >:(  ...Ruckus :P