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Up at the crack of noon and rallying for 1 pm lunch at [the Spoke and Bird](http:// | Up at the crack of noon and rallying for 1 pm lunch at [the Spoke and Bird](http:// | ||
- | In line kinda late today, we don't arrive until 3:47 PM. But the scene is even mellower than the past couple days, and except for momentary drama when we first squeeze in, there are no hassles at all. Just the continuous exercise of grace and patience. | + | In line kinda late today, we don't arrive until 3:47 PM. But the scene is even mellower than the past couple days, and except for momentary drama when we first squeeze in, there are no hassles at all. Just the continuous exercise of grace and patience. |
5:20 PM in the doors, down to the field | 5:20 PM in the doors, down to the field | ||
7:20 PM still waiting... | 7:20 PM still waiting... | ||
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Of course plenty of reviews have been posted of the event; I'll limit myself to sharing [this one](http:// | Of course plenty of reviews have been posted of the event; I'll limit myself to sharing [this one](http:// | ||
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+ | Here's a postscript, edited from a post I made online Monday after the weekend ended: | ||
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+ | I preferred the first show (of the five) -- I like my Dead as weird as possible, and based on song selection (3/4 of Live/Dead, oh yeah!), that night was about as weird as I could possibly hope for. Musically, I think the last 3 shows were somewhat stronger than the first two, though as I mentioned in another post, turbulent internal dynamics seemed ready to burst out and derail things at pretty much every moment. I'd go so far as to argue that some of the " | ||
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+ | It's true that the " | ||
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+ | I thought that the _Let Trey Sing_ shirt was hilarious, and that Bobby showed his wacky sense of humor by wearing one for the encore on the last night: Bob comes out wearing the shirt. The band begins playing _Touch of Grey_ (not one of my favorites, but as Catphish wrote, not a bad listen when they rip into it). Trey sings verse one (yay!). Bruce sings verse two (yay!). Bobby sings the rest (hmmn... so LTS is just a joke, eh?) | ||
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+ | Finally, to try and summarize my weekend, here's a crack at outlining the schedule we followed (give or take an hour either way, F-Sa-Su): | ||
+ | * 2 pm to 5 pm wait in line outside the stadium, nervously hoping to get THE spot required for achieving oneness with the universe | ||
+ | * 5 to 8 pm wait inside the stadium at the spot we earn, relaxing until the show gets started | ||
+ | * 8 to 11 pm bliss | ||
+ | * 11 pm to 1 am navigate the unmanageable throng of humanity, walking back to hotel | ||
+ | * 1 am to 3 am decompress/ | ||
+ | * 3 am to 11 am sleep | ||
+ | * 11 am to 2 pm daily rituals and a single meal | ||
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+ | not really any time for properly reflecting on the events, or writing reviews, though I guess it's always just a matter of prioritization -- sure, I could have taken time for making more notes while I was enduring any of the waiting periods, but then I would have been dodging the moment rather than enjoying it! | ||
+ | The whole experience felt a lot like going surfing. | ||
+ | You know the big wave is coming to crush you, but there' | ||
+ | When you feel the swell, you begin to paddle like made, then hop on and do your best to ride the wave fast and far, then hold your breath and dive for the bottom once it breaks over you. | ||
+ | Soon enough, you pop up again. | ||
+ | Yay! Alive! | ||
+ | And just like that, you feel yourself bobbing in the ocean, waiting for the next swell to come rolling in... | ||
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+ | I'm ready for the Diamond Jubilee tour in 2025... | ||
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