Comments on: Hey Rosetta! Crowd Etiquette http://derekmd.com/2009/12/hey-rosetta-crowd-etiquette/ This is not 'Nam. There are rules. Fri, 07 May 2010 22:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Amanda http://derekmd.com/2009/12/hey-rosetta-crowd-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6897 Amanda Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:25:01 +0000 http://afterglow.despayre.org/?p=2106#comment-6897 I actually was in that spot for the whole show and I dealt with idiots in the mosh pit the whole time. It wasn't too bad, until near the end when some jackass managed to slam me into the stage full force. Kelson actually stopped to check on me mid-song and then afterwards asked if I was okay. I thought that was very nice. Shitty crowd, awesome band. Friday and Saturday people were assholes for Fader. I don't know what it is, but the crowds just kind sucked all round. I was up front for Hey Rosetta! and the girls behind me were looking at vacation photos on their camera when the band was playing. I actually was in that spot for the whole show and I dealt with idiots in the mosh pit the whole time. It wasn’t too bad, until near the end when some jackass managed to slam me into the stage full force. Kelson actually stopped to check on me mid-song and then afterwards asked if I was okay. I thought that was very nice. Shitty crowd, awesome band.

Friday and Saturday people were assholes for Fader. I don’t know what it is, but the crowds just kind sucked all round. I was up front for Hey Rosetta! and the girls behind me were looking at vacation photos on their camera when the band was playing.

]]> By: Derek http://derekmd.com/2009/12/hey-rosetta-crowd-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6895 Derek Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:42:10 +0000 http://afterglow.despayre.org/?p=2106#comment-6895 Future of the Left connects us all! For such a lyrically confrontational band, they sure know how to be gracious with fans and wittily brutal to the enemy. This <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6rtzUd94-dw" rel="nofollow">Dirty Laundry interview</a> also reveals Andy isn't bitter, only justifiably angry. I dig your <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mandrs/sets/72157622612492793/" rel="nofollow">El Mocambo photos</a> although I hope you didn't stand at that spot for the whole show because the front mosh pit (that I was directly behind) was annoyingly out of control with flailing underweight kids and one fat dude tossing them around like pinballs. It's too bad you didn't get video of the dueling banter! On Friday, I guess people were also <a href="http://tunesinto.com/archives/1603" rel="nofollow">asshats for Julie Fader's opening set</a>. I go to a fair number of shows, including metal/hardcore bands, and I haven't really experienced that level of stupidity that's usually expected of Bon Jovi fans. Alongside FotL, someone cut together years of <a href="http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&ID=574" rel="nofollow">Fugazi stage banter</a> that also includes some respect your fellow citizen or GTFO remarks. Future of the Left connects us all! For such a lyrically confrontational band, they sure know how to be gracious with fans and wittily brutal to the enemy. This Dirty Laundry interview also reveals Andy isn’t bitter, only justifiably angry. I dig your El Mocambo photos although I hope you didn’t stand at that spot for the whole show because the front mosh pit (that I was directly behind) was annoyingly out of control with flailing underweight kids and one fat dude tossing them around like pinballs. It’s too bad you didn’t get video of the dueling banter!

On Friday, I guess people were also asshats for Julie Fader’s opening set. I go to a fair number of shows, including metal/hardcore bands, and I haven’t really experienced that level of stupidity that’s usually expected of Bon Jovi fans. Alongside FotL, someone cut together years of Fugazi stage banter that also includes some respect your fellow citizen or GTFO remarks.

]]> By: Amanda http://derekmd.com/2009/12/hey-rosetta-crowd-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6873 Amanda Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:44:28 +0000 http://afterglow.despayre.org/?p=2106#comment-6873 I love that you just connected FOTL to Hey Rosetta! haha thats amazing. Andy's a hilarious dude. I definitely agree with all of this - but Friday night's crowd was worse. In the back you couldn't hear the band over the people talking amongst themselves, and people up front looked positively bored. At least there was some energy last night, even if some of it was a little unwelcome. I love that you just connected FOTL to Hey Rosetta! haha thats amazing. Andy’s a hilarious dude.
I definitely agree with all of this – but Friday night’s crowd was worse. In the back you couldn’t hear the band over the people talking amongst themselves, and people up front looked positively bored. At least there was some energy last night, even if some of it was a little unwelcome.

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