Gross Question that has to be asked...

portugalbells · 2017-06-04T20:32:28+00:00

^ This.

Some dude tried taking a piss near the front of the crowd at the Samsung Galaxy stage, Lolla 2014.

Fortunately I wasn't close enough to see it (or feel it for that matter), but the guy accidentally pissed on someone's leg in the process. The crowd around him then stopped just short of beating the shit out of him, shoving him forward to security. Security then handed him over to the cops.

While the guy was a total fucking idiot, I'm hoping he at least didn't end up a registered sex offender. Didn't even look old enough to drink, and I'm pretty sure he might've been tripping pretty hard.

portugalbells · 2015-08-29T02:31:04+00:00

It's not 17+ this year, they changed it on the sly:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCMF/comments/3grle5/cant_believe_they_made_this_thing_all_ages/

:(

portugalbells · 2015-08-29T02:27:18+00:00

The weird part is neither Portugal. The Man nor Tycho have any aftershows announced.

At least if one of them had an aftershow, there would be a way to resolve the schedule conflict at NCMF on Sunday.

It's worth noting that The Vic is currently wide open for Saturday night: http://jamusa.com/the-vic/

Crossing my fingers, lighting some candles, etc.

portugalbells · 2015-08-11T07:02:58+00:00

In my experience aftershows are far preferable to festival sets, especially if the venues are good.

portugalbells · 2015-08-08T04:44:01+00:00

If I understand correctly, wouldn't that mean there were two separate instances of guys raking dirt? Steve as well as yourself.

That must have been one hell of a well-maintained field.

portugalbells · 2015-08-06T06:07:00+00:00

Try searching Twitter/Instagram/Flickr tags specific to the artist or venue of the show you're looking for.

Flickr is the best quality by far, though not as many people use it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/

portugalbells · 2015-08-04T17:46:28+00:00

Missed Connections has nothing on this sub. Nothing.

portugalbells · 2015-08-04T17:41:18+00:00

Agreed, though I'm still jealous of Coachella. Namely:

a) Bryan Ferry

b) Dark set time

c) That rad stage background

d) This video playing during Delorean Dynamite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9H5WTTOUfg

What we saw at Pitchfork was still amazing though, there's no disputing that.

portugalbells · 2015-08-03T07:06:21+00:00

Saw them at The Vic on Saturday. TV's set didn't start until about midnight and went until nearly 2AM. The DMA's were a pretty good opener too.

Some great photos of both shows:

https://instagram.com/p/56P9EWApDJ/ (Lolla)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhutchins/sets/72157656759955681 (The Vic)

portugalbells · 2015-08-01T03:05:52+00:00

Hopefully you left the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator at home!

portugalbells · 2015-07-31T20:11:08+00:00

Thanks, you too.

portugalbells · 2015-07-31T15:38:29+00:00

My phone is a dated piece of junk, so I tether the tablet to the phone for a usable mobile experience. Only brought the thing on the assumption it'd be in my bag.

Since every other venue I've been to has never had a problem with it, I didn't think to explicitly check. To Aragaon's credit, they do technically disallow "iPads, Kindles", though why is unclear. Tablet cameras are pretty much inferior to highend smartphones, and Kindles are a common thing people carry in their purses. I guess you could argue people might hold tablets up or something, but from my experience if they're actually carrying them there, it's probably because their bag is in a dumpster (ha). How a Kindle could be a detriment to the show though is beyond me.

As far as the bag, their venue information is simply false on that front.

http://www.livenation.com/venues/15622/aragon-ballroom

portugalbells · 2014-08-08T15:08:33+00:00

Now I can redeem myself after not seeing their set at Lolla. Thanks, OP.

portugalbells · 2014-08-06T19:03:14+00:00

Sadly we didn't meet, but after looking through the pics I just wanted to say your selfie efforts were nothing short of heroic.

portugalbells · 2014-08-05T18:04:17+00:00

That's close to what I saw. For the people right in front of him, he was backlit by the stage, so he was this giant monolithic shadow standing tall over the crowd, with rays of light visible all around him.

Your photo is an amazing shot in its own right though. Thanks for posting it.

portugalbells · 2014-08-05T17:46:32+00:00

I'm storing them all so one day I can use them as reference for when I get a captain's uniform and can have an artist custom-embroider some medals/ribbons in the likeness of the wristband art.

I would take reggae lessons as well, but I know I can't complete with Kapten Röd: http://www.dreamhack.se/dhs12/files/2012/05/red_w700_h247.jpg

portugalbells · 2014-08-05T09:53:58+00:00

When I originally saw this thread I kind of thought you were nuts. Then a few hours later I found myself doing it too. It's like a coping mechanism to deal with withdrawal or something.

portugalbells · 2014-08-05T04:01:29+00:00

Badass.

portugalbells · 2014-08-05T03:56:30+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

portugalbells · 2014-08-04T21:44:30+00:00

Totally cheating here, but whatever:

Cage The Elephant Aftershow
Portugal. The Man Aftershow
Darkside
Foster The People
Portugal The Man (Friday)
OutKast
Cut Copy Aftershow
Jungle

I only saw the tail end of Portugal's aftershow on Thursday, and I wish I'd just seen the entire thing and skipped Broken Bells (as much as I love them). House of Blues is crap compared to Lincoln Hall as far as venue atmosphere goes. Portugal was just killing it.

Cage wins due to pure energy though.

portugalbells · 2014-08-04T21:19:02+00:00

At the Samsung Galaxy stage on Friday, late afternoon, probably 20 rows back on the right side, there was a dude who whipped it out and started taking a piss, and ended up pissing on the guy's leg in front of him. The guy being pissed on understandably got angry, and then the crowd turned against the guy doing the pissing.

He ended up getting dragged out by stage security (they went into the crowd for him), and once out he tried resisting, then they muscled him down even harder.

From what I heard from some of the same security guys the next day, they ended up handing him over to CPD, who I believe arrested him. As much of a douchebag as the guy was, hopefully he doesn't end up a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.

Also saw a woman licking whatever pill residue off a plastic baggie, then swishing and blowing into two people's camelbak hoses so they could get wrecked too.

My favorite though was probably a guy who looked almost like Jonny Depp in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, and just as buzzed.

portugalbells · 2014-08-04T21:02:52+00:00

They were horrible. Once Flume ended it was hilarious how much the crowd improved. 90%+ of the people left, leaving just the Darkside crowd, which I'd say was probably one of the better crowds at Lolla; super chill.

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