Summer Tour 2015 Poll, Pre-Fest Edition

[runawayjimbo]

With the pre-festival leg of the tour over for, what, 11 hrs now, I figured it was about goddamned time we ranked the shows from what was clearly a very strong run. If nothing else, it'll really piss this guy off.

Here's the list for your reference. Stoners.

7/21 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
7/22 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
7/24 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
7/25 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
7/28 Austin360 Amphitheater, Austin, TX
7/29 Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX
7/31 Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
8/01 Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
8/02 Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL
8/04 Riverfront Park Amphitheater, Nashville, TN
8/05 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
8/07 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
8/08 Alpine Valley Music Center, East Troy, WI
8/09 Alpine Valley Music Center, East Troy, WI
8/11 The Mann, Philadelphia, PA
8/12 The Mann, Philadelphia, PA
8/14 Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
8/15 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
8/16 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

[runawayjimbo]

Here's where I'm at as of now (subject to change):

Top Tier
Lakewood1
Nashville
Mann2 (top 3 pretty interchangeable for me)
Blossom
Alpine1
Shorline
Alpine2

Solid
Mann1
Lakewood2
MPP1
Raleigh
MPP2
Bend2

Free up some disk space
KC
LA
Bend1
Austin
Dallas

[Bobafett]

Not seeing the poll at the top...  :|

[runawayjimbo]

Not seeing the poll at the top...  :|

Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to do a ranked poll (#1, #2...) so I just left it as post your list. I'll tally the results of there's enough interest. But you have to listen to the shows first. :wink:

ETA: whoops, that last bit was directed at jedifunk. You're cool, Bobafett.

[rowjimmy]

No need to be a dick to a guy just because you didn't like his blog post.

[runawayjimbo]

No need to be a dick to a guy just because you didn't like his blog post.

I mean, when a guy tells me ranking shows is stealing from his experience and that I have no business anyway because I wasn't there, he can pretty much get bent.

Also, mildly poking fun of a gentle snowflake who doesn't like other people's opinions in our rather obscure corner of the Internet is hardly being a dick. IMO.

[mehead]

Without giving it any thought, at first glance I agree with a lot of what you've got there, especially the TX run anchoring the bottom.

[rowjimmy]

No need to be a dick to a guy just because you didn't like his blog post.

I mean, when a guy tells me ranking shows is stealing from his experience and that I have no business anyway because I wasn't there, he can pretty much get bent.

Also, mildly poking fun of a gentle snowflake who doesn't like other people's opinions in our rather obscure corner of the Internet is hardly being a dick. IMO.

I never said you had to agree.
I never said that I agree.

And you're right he'll never know about it but, being a dick is being a dick.

[Hicks]

Who's being a dick?   

Pretty sure it isn't jimbo.   

[mehead]

Reading through, don't really see where anyone is being a dick.

[barnesy305]

I laughed.

[Buffalo Budd]

I laughed.

[jedifunk]

i could be the dick (or the walrus) ... i'm pretty good at that.

also, i read this guys post ... i think he was speaking about me. i actually really appreciated the post, it sorta made me realize i do this. i've pretty much been a dick in all the post-show threads. making fun of whatever, being sarcastic, etc, etc.

i found this passage especially poignant

I may never seen the likes of this but I know many fans have, way back when. It mattered then but now has become something else entirely, a corruption, a veil that obscures our view of the present and our appreciation of the now.

sums up my recent viewpoint on the band ... basically that i haven't give it a chance, because how could it possibly be as good as it was when i was on tour. its a scathing indictment of my attitude ... and frankly, its pretty sad.

this is a band i love, and will always love ... they showed me a light when my tunnel was at its darkest, rescued me from myself when no one else would .. i owe a lot to the music.

and yet, now i cut it down, find reasons to say it sucks... BUT NO MORE!

as for rankings ... i can't contribute since i've listened to all of about 60 minutes from this tour, but those 60 minutes were pretty damn good!

carry on my wayward sons!

[anthrax]

i could be the dick (or the walrus) ... i'm pretty good at that.

also, i read this guys post ... i think he was speaking about me. i actually really appreciated the post, it sorta made me realize i do this. i've pretty much been a dick in all the post-show threads. making fun of whatever, being sarcastic, etc, etc.

i found this passage especially poignant

I may never seen the likes of this but I know many fans have, way back when. It mattered then but now has become something else entirely, a corruption, a veil that obscures our view of the present and our appreciation of the now.

sums up my recent viewpoint on the band ... basically that i haven't give it a chance, because how could it possibly be as good as it was when i was on tour. its a scathing indictment of my attitude ... and frankly, its pretty sad.

this is a band i love, and will always love ... they showed me a light when my tunnel was at its darkest, rescued me from myself when no one else would .. i owe a lot to the music.

and yet, now i cut it down, find reasons to say it sucks... BUT NO MORE!

as for rankings ... i can't contribute since i've listened to all of about 60 minutes from this tour, but those 60 minutes were pretty damn good!

carry on my wayward sons!

  welcome back

[Hicks]

i could be the dick (or the walrus) ... i'm pretty good at that.

also, i read this guys post ... i think he was speaking about me. i actually really appreciated the post, it sorta made me realize i do this. i've pretty much been a dick in all the post-show threads. making fun of whatever, being sarcastic, etc, etc.

i found this passage especially poignant

I may never seen the likes of this but I know many fans have, way back when. It mattered then but now has become something else entirely, a corruption, a veil that obscures our view of the present and our appreciation of the now.

sums up my recent viewpoint on the band ... basically that i haven't give it a chance, because how could it possibly be as good as it was when i was on tour. its a scathing indictment of my attitude ... and frankly, its pretty sad.

this is a band i love, and will always love ... they showed me a light when my tunnel was at its darkest, rescued me from myself when no one else would .. i owe a lot to the music.

and yet, now i cut it down, find reasons to say it sucks... BUT NO MORE!

as for rankings ... i can't contribute since i've listened to all of about 60 minutes from this tour, but those 60 minutes were pretty damn good!

carry on my wayward sons!

That's cool and all, but it doesn't change the fact that dude is a giant whiner (and doesn't own a car).