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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 25, 2013 11:52:44 GMT -8
From Randy's blog:
At all seven Residents shows I have seen, there has been some wasted/tripping/belligerent dickhole shouting at the stage through the entire performance; six out of seven times, the Singing Resident has graciously ignored and soldiered on with the show. The heckler in Seattle was so persistent and so extremely fucking rude that eventually Randy stopped what he was doing long enough to say 'Eat shit, fucker.' It was pretty satisfying.
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Post by Pea on Feb 25, 2013 12:22:13 GMT -8
Whoa. I wonder if it was the batshit crazy fucking psycho that was freaking out the bartenders and gathering a crowd of security guards while Nick and I were buying a beer. It was quite an obnoxious spectacle.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Feb 25, 2013 12:24:38 GMT -8
Whoa. I wonder if it was the batshit crazy fucking psycho that was freaking out the bartenders and gathering a crowd of security guards while Nick and I were buying a beer. It was quite an obnoxious spectacle. I thought that guy was gonna get tazed. I've never seen the security guards look that anxious at the Neptune before.
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Post by Fig on Feb 25, 2013 19:42:47 GMT -8
Haha even the Residents hate the Hawethorne.
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Post by wonk on Feb 25, 2013 23:09:33 GMT -8
Haha even the Residents hate the Hawethorne. Seriously. I haven't been there in years because I basically swore I'd never be back. It's one of three venues in town I can't walk to, so when I tried to f.igure out how to get there on the bus, the public transit website couldn't recognize the destination because the address on their website is wrong. I wandered around downtown looking for a bus to get there for an hour. I almost missed the beginning of the show. One of many reasons I hated that place is because they used to have two bathrooms, but closed the bathroom to the right of the main stage several years ago. That left one men's room located near the ticket stand, with 1.5 toilets. It was always an enormous cluster fuck, because everyone else was trying to enter at the same location. I've waited 20 minutes to take a leak before. To their credit, they now have three toilets, so the line is less of a cluster. I still hate that venue. They should update their website with the correct address.
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Post by Pea on Feb 25, 2013 23:19:03 GMT -8
wonk, you need to find your way to a Neptune show in Seattle sometime. It's like a miniature version of the Paramount except it's usually general admission, so you're free to wander between the floor and balcony. You can also stand in the very back of the bar and still have a perfect view of the stage. Not a bad spot in that entire place.
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Post by wonk on Feb 25, 2013 23:31:01 GMT -8
wonk, you need to find your way to a Neptune show in Seattle sometime. It's like a miniature version of the Paramount except it's usually general admission, so you're free to wander between the floor and balcony. You can also stand in the very back of the bar and still have a perfect view of the stage. Not a bad spot in that entire place. I'll get to the Neptune for a show eventually. The Roseland is a dive, but is one of my favorite venues in Portland because of what you just explained. I can be anywhere, including the back, and still have a great view. I'm going to the Paramount for the first time in April (Nick Cave), so I don't know what it's like yet. Most bands playing Seattle don't skip Portland, so I don't get up there too often.
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Post by Pea on Feb 26, 2013 0:04:49 GMT -8
Shit, whups. We just had that conversation too. For some reason I thought you said you had been there a long time ago. This is what the Neptune looks like (when seats are in place): This is the Paramount:
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Post by Switch on Feb 26, 2013 6:40:02 GMT -8
Why do I feel like I missed out on the most awesome weekend ever? (because I did) Damn!
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 26, 2013 9:57:55 GMT -8
Haha even the Residents hate the Hawethorne. Seriously. I haven't been there in years because I basically swore I'd never be back. It's one of three venues in town I can't walk to, so when I tried to f.igure out how to get there on the bus, the public transit website couldn't recognize the destination because the address on their website is wrong. I wandered around downtown looking for a bus to get there for an hour. I almost missed the beginning of the show. One of many reasons I hated that place is because they used to have two bathrooms, but closed the bathroom to the right of the main stage several years ago. That left one men's room located near the ticket stand, with 1.5 toilets. It was always an enormous cluster fuck, because everyone else was trying to enter at the same location. I've waited 20 minutes to take a leak before. To their credit, they now have three toilets, so the line is less of a cluster. I still hate that venue. They should update their website with the correct address. Agreed. The Hawthorne is a shit hole. It is embarrassing that they associate that place with my city. It would have been rad if they played the Holocene or some other small venue.
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