THE WEEKLY AT ITS FINEST!!  HA HA!!  WHOOOOOOO!  OH MY GOSH...  I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START!!  SO MUCH TO TELL ABOUT ROCK ON THE RANGE AND THE SEETHER SHOW.  I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE  TO BREAK IT DOWN OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS!!  SO TO START... ROCK ON THE RANGE AT COLUMBUS CREW STADIUM.

 

     WHAT A CRAPPY FUCKING VENUE!  OK THE STADIUM IS OK, BUT THE SOUND  AND SET UP IS HORRENDOUS!!  WHAT THE FUCK?   THERE WERE MORE SPEAKERS AT THE VAN HALEN SHOW IN COLUMBUS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO!  I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH HOW MESSED UP THIS PLACE WAS!  GREAT LINEUP OF BANDS...  BUT WHAT A WAY TO RUIN IT!

 

     LET ME START BY SAYING I HAD A FEW FRIENDS, AND THESE ARE HARD CORE ROCKIN FOLKS TOO!!  BIG TIME CONCERT GOERS AND HAVE SEEN TONS OF SHOWS!  THEY WENT LAST YEAR, AND THEY ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO GO THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CLUSTER FUCK THIS THING IS!!   SOOOOOO...

 

     1. PARKING.   $15 TO PARK IN THE MUD.   NO ATTENDANTS TO SHOW YOU  WHERE TO PARK OR ANY ORGANIZATION AT ALL.  BOTH DAYS.  FOR A TOTAL OF $30.  MUD.  NO ONE AFTER THE SHOWS DIRECTING TRAFFIC EITHER.  AT THE STATE FAIR THEY AT LEAST HAVE A FRICKIN TRACTOR PULLING A TRAM!!  TOTAL RAPE OF THE CONCERT GOERS.

 

     2.  GETTING IN.   IF YOU HAD A FIELD TIX. ( AND THIS WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST YEAR CAUSE THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU ONLY THE FIRST 15000 GOT ON THE FIELD AND ALOT OF PEOPLE GOT FUCKED!) AGAIN, IF YOU HAD A FIELD TIX, YOU HAD TO GO TO 2 SPECIFIC GATES.  BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GET A WRIST BAND.   THERE WAS AN HOUR WAIT AT BOTH (YES ONLY 2) GATES. FOR 15,000 PEOPLE!! OF COURSE I FOUND A WAY AROUND IT BUT, HEY IT'S ME!!  BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE WERE PENALIZED FOR GETTING THERE EARLY!  WE SHOWED UP 2 HRS LATE ON SUN AND WALKED RIGHT IN.  GO FIGURE.

 

   3.   PRICES OF CONCESSIONS AND BEER.   OK THIS IS A BIG ONE.   YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANYTHING IN WITH YOU FOR A 12 HOUR CONCERT.  OK THAT IS FINE, BUT......   HOT DOG $4.  POP $5.  HAMBURGER GRILLED TO CHAR.  $8.  WATER $4.  AND BEER?  FOR A FLAT FUCKING BUD LITE, $8.  (NO EXCUSE, THE BREWERY IS LESS THAN 4 MILES AWAY!!)  A BOTTLED BUD?  $8.  BECKS? $9.  A MIXED DRINK WATERED DOWN, AND THEN PUT OVER ICE...  $10.  RAPED RAPED RAPED!!  WOW.  HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO AFFORD THIS?  I MEAN INSTEAD OF THE MONEY GOING TO THE BANDS...  WOW.  YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TO PEOPLE WHEN GAS IS STUPID, YOU JUST PAID $15 TO PARK, WAIT IN LINE FOR AN HOUR, AND THEN...  YOU HAVE TO PAY $4 FOR A WATER???????  BAD BAD BAD.

 

     4.  THE OUTSIDE STAGE.    THE 2ND STAGE WAS SET UP OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM.  HUH?  YOU WANT TO FILL UP A STADIUM FOR A CONCERT AND YOU MAKE HALF OF THE BANDS PLAY OUTSIDE?  IN A SMALL COMPARATIVE AREA?  AND THEN, NO SPEAKERS!!  6 ON A SIDE.  THAT IS IT.  FOR A ROCK SHOW.  OUT SIDE.  IN FRONT OF 5,00 PEOPLE OR MORE.  UNLESS YOU WERE RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT.  SOUND SUCKED.  AND THEN IT WAS WINDY TO BOOT SO WHAT WAVES WERE GETTING OUT THERE GOT MUTED EVEN MORE!!  AND AGAIN, IF YOU WERE ON THE FIELD, YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH ONLY ABOUT 6 EXITS TO GET OUT TO SEE A BAND.  AND IF YOU WERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STADIUM?  FORGET IT.  THEN...... THEY HAD THE OUTSIDE BANDS ON THE JUMBO TRON ON THE INSIDE, BUT THEY DIDN'T PUMP IN THE SOUND!!  AUUUUUGH! (AGAIN WE FOUND A WAY TO MINIMIZE THIS SHIT BUT NEXT WEEK!)

 

     5.  SOUND.   THIS IS A BIGGIE.  I  WAS WARNED FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WENT LAST YEAR THAT IT WAS CRAP.  GUESS WHAT.   HOW THE HELL YOU GO WITH 12 SPEAKERS ON A SIDE FOR A STADIUM I WILL NEVER KNOW.  NO COVERAGE FOR ANY OF THE SEATS, AND ESPECIALLY THE UPPER DECK.  NOTHING FOR THEM AT ALL.  UNLESS YOU WERE ON THE FIELD IN FRONT OF THE SPEAKERS IT SOUNDED LIKE SHIT.  BOTTOM LINE.  FIELD STANDING FOR 12 HOURS, OR CRAPPY SOUND THAT WAS YOUR CHOICE.  AND AN $9 BEER FOR YOU WORRIES!!

 

     6.  OK I'M DONE FOR NOW.  AND TRUST ME THERE IS MORE!!  AND WE ARE NOT EVEN TO THE BANDS!!  HA HA!  GOOD THINGS?  THE BANDS.  ALL OF THEM PUT ON A SHOW.  AND PLAYED THEIR ASSES OFF.  ANOTHER WAS THERE WERE PLENTY OF RESTROOMS.  I NEVER HAD TO WAIT.  THERE WERE ALSO LOTS OF CONCESSION AREAS FOR YOU TO GET YOUR $4 HOT DOGS AND WATERS, WITH LOTS OF BEER VENDORS TOO.  THAT IS ABOUT IT.  OTHER THAN FRIENDS.

 

     LATER!  YOUR EVER LOVING FRONT MAN...  ANTHONY.  PIMPIN LARGE TRI STATE!!  WHOOOOOOO!  SEE YA AT JOHNNY'S 30TH AND 31ST!!