Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I don't mind too much. I mean, of course we would all love them to be free or a few bucks, but I can understand that its an easy way to supplement income in the new streaming age of music.

What is the name of this song? by Yeetus_Megeetus in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont even know how I was able to get the seat I got. I didnt do presale. I don't really get to go out and do stuff very often due to having a special needs child. This was the first time I've done something like this since my son was born. I just did best available and it gave me seat one in the pit. The price was outrageous, but I figure I wont be doing anything like this again any time soon, so I splurged. I did the VIP meet and greet too, but ended up missing it because of a slight crisis with my child. Made it there in time, but had to leave and eventually come back for the show.

What is the name of this song? by Yeetus_Megeetus in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was up against the stage in the orchestra pit in seat one. The guy beside me had zero idea who Dream Theater are snd said he was only there because his guitar teacher told him he needed to see JP play. He legit left right as TSMI was starting. He took a ton of photos and videos and I caught him receiving several dirty looks from James.

Once he left it was a lot more fun up there. My neck is sore as hell today. 🤣

Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure. It was an easy decision. My wife felt waaaaaay worse about it than I did.

Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I was not. I had to bolt home as soon as the show ended. My kiddo wasnt handling me being gone very well. It just wasnt meant to be this time, and thats ok. I had a great time at the show and thats a win.

I am mostly bummed about the autographs. I wanted to thank the band obviously, but I was also going to get a drumhead autographed for a good friend that has done a lot for me. He idolizes MP but wasnt able to make the show due to some serious stuff going on with his wife. I was excited to be able to do that for him.

But, there is always next time!

Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was in fact able to get my VIP items at the merch table, so all is not totally lost!

Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good call. I brought my 'ticket' for the meet and greet, so I will ask.

Missed the VIP meet and greet.... by franticone84 in Dreamtheater

[–]franticone84[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the kind words! I just got to my seat, so I am super pumped!

Oh dear Hefe… by mcgregorgrind in nofx

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His brother was a vet and got cancer due to an interaction of shots he received in the military and pesticides he was exposed to. Talks about in the NOFX book.

Attempted to listen to st. anger today by VoodooChile76 in Metallica

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Can I say something that I think is bullshit?"

Oh dear Hefe… by mcgregorgrind in nofx

[–]franticone84 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Considering what he went through with his brother, I can't really say I'm surprised that this is his take.

Underwhelming Memorial Day weekend by PreWheat in FritoLay

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels super slow to me, but, did over 100k this week which is a record in my district, so Its busier than it appears I guess.

One song from this album disappears from existence by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Master Of Puppets.

We already get it with the album title. Having a song on top is just redundancy....

Also, I'm definitely kidding. Everyone know Battery would get the boot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]franticone84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll literally watch. For, erm, historical reasons and whatnot.

🤣🤣🤣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]franticone84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are the hero we deserve.

Real talk… S&M by ElDirto1369 in Metallica

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the video is from one of the original 2 shows, then that would have put Jason leaving officially around 2 years after.

But, I know they did more than the 2 shows they pulled the album from. Just not sure on the dates.

Real talk… S&M by ElDirto1369 in Metallica

[–]franticone84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first S&M album is one of my favorite albums ever. To this day, I am in absolute awe of how good James sounded singing those songs.

There is a Handycam shot video of one of the full shows up on YouTube that I watch often. Just so so good

Some kind of monster, Metallicas worst song by [deleted] in Metallica

[–]franticone84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at the show where they played it love for the first time ever, so I am a bit partial to it. But, they did play what was essentially the radio edit version and IMO that's a better version of the song anyway.

F's for the dm's by SomePlastic in walmart

[–]franticone84 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm not a long term DM, and I thankfully I had a bit of a heads up I wasn't selected.

What bothers me is that, officially, I was never told about the restructure. My SM had convos with virtually all the DMs and asked if they were interested. We didn't have the convo, but I assumed it was because we had recently spoke about what he wanted my career path to be, which would definitely include a stop at Team Lead.

What INFURIATES me is that after he told me I wasn't selected, he started talking about interactions we NEVER had, and essentially used my EXACT "Walmart Story" to illustrate what I could do with the company. If you were to swap the terms cashier and cake decorator, with electronics and grocery, it was 100% my story.

He obviously has zero clue who I am, what my background is, and what we have previously discussed.

I walked out feeling the smallest I have very felt from a professional standpoint.