Kinda done



http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtran/sets/72157606263131824/

Just posted in the other thread, but I am pretty sure the ghosts 31 was before only. SOOOOOOO fucking good too

PS
The re-work of Piggy was fucking brilliant! The stand up bass was rad and I was so happy that not all the old songs were the same. No more Piggy fan interaction though since he was behind a video wall...

so first thanks to Trent for letting us be a part of this, it was really cool to experience this! especially since i'm missing the Toronto date and the LA date by like 4 days.

thanks to drtran for giving one of his ticket since i was stuck at home with no car when the 25 ? popped out and i probably missed the reseda ticket by like 2minutes

i want my job to be taking pictures every night with this crazy light show. soo jealous of Rob haha

about the show:

- i got sooo stoked when i saw the xylophone since this meant ghosts songs! i'd love to see a show with songs only from that album

- favorite songs were probably:
echoplex (that's when josh was "playing" on the screen right? looked awesome)
the frail (no one yelling anything, it was amazing)
head like a hole
the ghosts songs
hurt (loud drums!)
piggy (unexpected!)


was hoping for: (but wasnt played)
eraser
were in this together

not so sure about:
survivalism? i actually do like the song but for some reason i thought it was weird live

- light show was crazy as usual.

- loved the one that the lights faded away when someone got closer to the screen

- loved when josh "played" on the screen it was cute haha

- there's a part that reminded me joy division (the blue wavy thing)

- not so sure about the one that we could see in the bathroom or whatever

and yea i wish i had the opportunity to take pictures, i hate not having pictures of shows i go too.

i'm not used to concert (i usually go to smaller punk shows) and it blew my mind that someone was getting paid to replace trent's mic stand haha


i pointed out the "negative" thing just for the sake of a review, but i honestly loved every minute of it!
and now i cant wait to see videos later in the tour so i can see the lights in full effect

enjoy the pix.......

I posted most of this in the other thread, but I guess it should go here.

Amazing show. I'm pretty dead right now but it was awesome. Over 2 hours long! I couldn't believe all of the visual mechanics that they had to pull off. There were so many screens, lights, and extras used throughout. During the Ghosts part, Josh Freese had a drum set-up that included a frying pan and a large Arrowhead water thing. TR's xylophones were funny; he had a large one for the Ghosts section and a small one for The Good Soldier. TR was as energetic as I've ever seen, Robin was great, Josh and Alessandro were obviously great, and Justin didn't add very much for me but the silhouette of his afro with his cello and the desert background was hilarious. A lot of unexpected and very cool elements

i think if i was trent id kill all of you who posted pictures haha
it doesnt make the stage lights justice at all. it looks like shit actually

especially the NIN sign with the 2 "broken" parts. uhh

Pics from show:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/capital_m/sets/72157606267438015/

SO AMAZING.... but descriptions don't do it justice, especially for the visuals. Definitely the longest setlist I've ever experienced and the nicest pit I've ever been in!

999999
1000000
Letting You
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Head Down

The Frai
The Wretched
Closer
Gave Up

The Warning
The Great Destroyer
1 Ghosts I (i personally confirm this one)
6 Ghosts I (i personally confirm this one too) This is where Trent got on the Marimba! (there are other Ghosts songs with the Marimba, but not as fast as the one he played)

Piggy
ghosts (not sure which one this was at all)
The Greater Good
Pinion
Wish
Terrible Lie
The Big Come Down
Survivalism
8 Ghosts I (i won't confirm but i'm almost damn sure this is it)
Only
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole

Echoplex
The Good Soldier
The Beginning of the End
Hurt

I'd like to see what others think the Ghosts songs were...i think i nailed them...at least the first 2 for sure...but i'm not certain about the last two...

i have birthday shit to do right now [friends are here and i'm on ETS!], but i will say this... acoustic piggy and slightly acoustic hurt. wow.

thank you trent. it was worth getting hassled by cops at the cemetery as i was trying to scale the wall. haaahaa

Josh was "touching" the squares in the bkgd like in the rehearsal footage, but this time it was across the whole stage. incredibly cool.

someone screamed out "i'd like to buy a vowel" during the Josh tapping the squares...they should have vanna white as a guest next time they come back to the forum in september

(of course...i'm just kidding!)

ohhh, right, I didn't think of that =)

FWIW, there was no obscene screaming or lighters thrown during Hurt. Robin on acoustic guitar... Josh was thunderous on drums and no Trent on keyboards. I'm glad Hurt was changed up a bit [as far as I could recall, maybe this isn't new to some of you?].

Also, have we ever seen Trent on a xylophone/vibraphone? I couldn't believe what i was seeing - my head is still spinning. And it's in a good way. The evolution of this band is fantastic and very admirable.

i must say that being able to listen to the songs live without ANYONE talking was amazing. Really gave me the chance to sit back and soak in the tunes......im so glad i was given the chance to see this show

It was great to hear absolute silence during song like Hurt and Ghost 1, etc. It added a lot, imo.

It was good as usual... lots of red lighting. It had the same breakdown with The Only Time. Lots of red lighting which is totally appropriate.

Also FWIW, the were no Presence sightings... I was checking for that.

closer was the same mix from the last tour.

I rolled my eyes when i first heard Hurt being played (im so sick of this song live) but the new take on it was done really well and adds a new feel to it.


oh....one more thing.......

THANK GOD ROBIN IS BACK IN THE BAND!!!! He has been missed!

Stunning.

I still cant believe we saw material form Ghosts. 8 Ghosts I was played after Survivalism, I'm positive.

The lighting was phenomenal, I've never seen anything like it. It was an interactive light show. During the Greater Good, you could see the visage of Trents face in the screen of lights as he was singing. I dont know how to describe it- It's like the light screen had some kind of sound sensor.

Visually, this is going to be the best tour yet. If the band isn't playing in your hometown, I suggest you sell all of your worldly possessions and do whatever is necessary to get your ass to the show.

I too am sooooo tired of Hurt, but this was great and new. It was fantastic. I love the mix of acoustic guitar and Josh's pounding drums.

I'm not a huge fan of TGG on YZ, but this was absolutely amazing with the graphics. It's hard to describe, but it was like a live 3d spectrograph. So artistic and just amazing. It was like a live art installation at times. Incredible. The lighting and graphics were leaps and bounds ahead of previous tours, imo. If your seats are sort of far back, that's not a bad thing for this tour.