ETS Tour Journal

1,000,000
Letting You
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
Gave Up
The Warning
The Great Destroyer
Ghosts (Someone else please fill this in)
Piggy
The Greater Good
Pinion
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
More Ghosts
Only
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole

Echoplex
The Good Soldier
Hurt
In This Twilight



EDIT: I totally forgot 999,999. But I just took all that straight from Twitter.


ALSO. MY ASS. SURVIVALISM. EPIC FATNESS.

^^^^
Edit: Beat me to the punch! I'll figure out the Ghosts songs later.

Very solid performance with cool visuals as usual. Shorter setlist than normal.

999,999
1,000,000
Letting You

I go to the show at this point becuase of snow and lack of freeways between Detroit and Columbus.

Discipline
March of the Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
Gave Up
The Warning
The Great Destroyer
Ghosts 5
Ghosts 17
Ghosts 19
Ghosts Piggy
The Greater Good
Pinion
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
Ghosts 31
Only
The Hand that Feeds
Head Like a Hole
**************
Echoplex
Good Soldier
Hurt
In This Twilight

Trent threw the mic stand through the screen during Echoplex because it was broken again.

I started recording the show during Head Down. It's a good recording even though it's incomplete. Expect it in a few days.

Hooray for free internet access at the hotel. Off to Fort Wayne!

Do they play Gave Up often?

This was my 7th show now, and it had absolutely the WORST crowd of any I've been to. I was about 3 rows back from the rail in the center, and there were monumental douchebags in my vicinity. Thanks, guys.

So once the Year Zero stuff started, I went back to by the sound booth...it was much better back there, I could just relax and enjoy the visuals. The sound was very good I thought, but the band just didn't seem like they were on their game tonight.

Also, Boris absolutely blew me away. I was really excited to see them, and they exceeded my expectations. It's just too bad that very few people knew who they were and not many people seemed to enjoy it. I guess not everyone understands psychedelic rock and doom metal. Trust me though, they're an amazing band. Check them out.

Were you dead center or leaning towards one side? If you were a bit towards Justin we may have humped a few times. Hope I wasnt a douche.

Were you near the girl that got lifted out of the crowd after she was yelling during Hurt?

Or perhaps you are that girl...

I take no side!




I LOVED Boris, particularly the first half, but I was in front of a guy in a mowhawk screaming YOU SUCK and beside a guy who screamed SKYNARD! Sigh...

DenimAndGingham wrote:Do they play Gave Up often?

Every time I've seen them they have

DenimAndGingham wrote:Were you dead center or leaning towards one side? If you were a bit towards Justin we may have humped a few times. Hope I wasnt a douche.

I was leaning a bit towards Robin's side. And no, I'm a guy, haha. There were really only a handful of jerks, most of the people around me were just as annoyed as I was.

I agree to the previous person who said the crowd was crap. We had the option of pit or seats and chose seats because we weren't feeling up to being brutalized....kind of regret that but hope the peeps who got our GA tix (Gen and Julia!) had a blast.

Really, really enjoyed gave up tonight....and thought they'd play reptile at the encore because there were lots of green lights, but it was a no go (maybe 'cause TR was pissed).

See you in Fort Wayne!

SO. 5th show overall (all with jeffdill above me, I may add) and I completely agree. BY FAR the worst crowd I have ever been in. We started together by Robin about 2-3 rows from the rail. Before the first song was even over we had shifted no less than 20 feet due to douches that thought it was their god-given right to stick an elbow in my face and shove their way into my spot. Mind you, putting anything in my face is no easy task: I'm 6'3" and usually I'm the one with trouble finding a spot for my ape arms, so its no accident that someone would grab my shoulder, elbow my head and take my spot.
After my friend left during Year Zero stuff for the back, I tried to stick it out up front, enjoy the rest of the show. No luck. All through Ghosts stuff and even Greater Good-- "oh my god, green lights" "i love blue lights" drunk, high, dumb, assholes wouldn't shut up, and seriously stood there and strategically elbowed and shoved their way past AT LEAST 5 rows. I finally turned around, shouted "Fuck it! Take the damn spot" and joined the crowd in the back by the soundbooth, having had enough of people pulling their friends past me and driving their elbows into me on purpose.
Let me say this to finish my rant: If you want a better spot, show up early. Its not my fucking fault I'm tall and you aren't. If I show up before you, and get a better spot don't bitch and moan, cause you could get there early too. /bitching
As for the music, I don't know how to feel, it was a good show, energetic, but the band as a whole seemed to be going through the motions, and out of the entire setlist there was 1 song (The Good Soldier) that hadn't been played at one of the 2 previous shows I went to for this tour (Cleveland and Lexington). I guess douchebags in the crowd can really ruin your night.

I'll take a stab at Boris' setlist, along with the album the song is on...I'm still pretty new to Boris so if someone can confirm or change what I have, that would be great.

1. Pink (from Pink)
2. Statement (from Smile)
3. My Neighbor Satan (from Smile)
4. Rainbow (from Rainbow)
5. Untitled (from Smile)

I feel like I might be forgetting a song.

In any case, I would highly recommend checking them out...Pink, Heavy Rocks and Smile are their most accessible albums to start with.

Well shit, someone beat me to the setlist. My damn phone kept messing up so I got limited pics and a couple short video clips. Boris was pretty cool, but that feedback shit drove me nuts on the last song. I think they could have put the camera on something more interesting than just the bassist and the stack.

NIN fucking rocked hard. I was expecting a lack luster show with the lameness of the pit (I was in section 124... anyone else there with me?), but the band was intense. I was so happy to see The Warning and The Great Destroyer, but would have LOVED to have seen Vessel and/or Reptile, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. The people around me were pretty into it, but the guy right next to me just stood there like a fucking lump. Oh yeah, while I don't endorse smoking weed, thank you to the two people below and the guy above me for giving me the contact buzz from HELL! They were cool people and rocking out, but damn, the reefer smell was intense. The one guy was tripping balls during the Ghosts section of the show, but he liked it none the less.

Echoplex - I knew when the beat was getting fucked up that something was going to happen and then WHAM! Trent threw the mic stand into the screen and broke it. He said something along the lines that they haven't broke as much shit as they used to in the past, but sometimes shit happens. Oh, and to the lamer who yelled "Explain It" during Hurt, I'm going to face fuck your mother tonight... ASSHOLE!

Anyways, I'm riding an adrenaline high from hell right now and helping my girlfriend study for her exams, so I'm off. I should have a few pics to post later.

Oh. I picked up the white Ghosts shirt and The Slip tour shirt. Merch stand had current dates ONLY.

PS: Gladcarrot - THANK YOU FOR RECORDING! Even it was just a partial, it's appreciated. I know the roads were SHIT... I had to go 25 miles out of my way to get home.

Couldn't believe Trent did that....Awesome!!!
Can they even fix such a rip?
He tore it pretty bad!!!

short setlist but it was still a good time. got TGD and TGS so I'm happy.

Wow, what a show. My first NIN show, and I made it on the rail. Center-left, with Justin and Trent both in plain view. I got there around 10:30 AM and waited the entire time, but damn... it was worth it.

Trent's comments on the screen breaking were amusing, and it was great to see The Good Soldier, because apparently it's a rarity. Some of the effects really left me in awe, especially Only.

Being on the rail really wasn't as harsh as I thought it would be, only one person legitimately tried to pull me off. Some bitch who scratched my brother and I to make it up front during March of the Pigs or Last (can't remember which.) She pissed a lot of people off, and got told by security. I'm really not sure how she thought she could get away with it, security was right in front of me the entire time. I figured it would happen at some point.

My favorite part of the night? I was on one of the Survivalism cameras, in plain view. That made the show for me. It's so cool how the band would integrate the fans in the show that way. Totally caught me by surprise until someone beside me pointed. Haha.

Amazing show.

warped909 wrote: As for the music, I don't know how to feel, it was a good show, energetic, but the band as a whole seemed to be going through the motions, and out of the entire setlist there was 1 song (The Good Soldier) that hadn't been played at one of the 2 previous shows I went to for this tour (Cleveland and Lexington). I guess douchebags in the crowd can really ruin your night.

Yeah, I was also disappointed that TGS was the only new song for shows in this area. No Wretched, no MIN, and they dropped TBCD, Reptile and God Given. I thought the band's performance was fantastic, but the set list itself was less than amazing.

Trent gave funny little speech after breaking the screen during Echoplex about how they don't break things as much as they used to but sometimes accidents happen.

I'm pissed I completely missed Boris because of that stupid fucking snowstorm that came out of nowhere. Then it took an hour just to get out of Columbus and another two and a half just to get back to Cincinnati because of the weather and all the car accidents.

I don't think anyone said this yet: the first two Ghosts songs should be Ghosts 5 and Ghosts 25 (same as Cleveland).

Just got into Ft Wayne. The Columbus show was pretty good. Setlist was boring but I think the band was seriously into it. The crowd did suck. Lots of assholes yelling at Boris and they didn't seem to like the ghosts songs either. What a coincidence. Like someone said, the echoplex beat was wrong and Josh couldn't fix it. Later in the song Trent through the mic stand and broke the bottom two middle panels. He said something like We don't smash as much shit anymore, but sometimes shit happens. I just hung out at the back by the sound board and took in the visuals for the first time. Back to waiting in line for hours tomorrow. Its way better up there.
Pics and Videos with shitty sound coming.

the ghosts tracks were exactly the same as cleveland back in august. while tgd and tgs were welcome additions, i was pretty unimpressed by the set list.

boris was pretty damn good. i'll have to look them up a bit more than the few youtube videos i've seen. they weren't nearly as bad as i've read on other dates' threads.

the band did seem really into it, and for that i'm grateful, but all fricking night long i was distracted. sure, it might have been the brunette in the grey sweater cleavage shirt for a while, but after that, the security kept coming around to round up the rowdy guys. first 2 came in and waited for backup to literally drag some kid with a mohawk out. and they came right through me. i almost fell over as they took him out in a headlock. i can't blame them, he was thrashing all over like he was on meth, and when they talked to him, it looked like he was giving them shit. it was still a distraction.

then there was the hilljack that started out next to me, jumped his way in front of me, and then, after he took his shirt off 10 minutes into the show, as if he was sweaty and tired, kept jumping around as if he was on speed. i kept giving him room, but every fricking time i backed up, he kept backing into me. i swear at one point, dude had a good 5 feet in front of him. yet he still felt the need to hump my leg.

do i owe you 20 dollars for that?



it was a great show, not the best, not the worst, but it wasn't anything to write home about.

This was my sixth NIN show and I have yet to be disappointed (and I doubt that I ever will be). This show was very similar to the one I went to 3 months ago in Cleveland but that was to be expected. In spite of mostly knowing all the visual surprises that were in store and being a bit spoiled by the setlist from the last time, I had a great time and enjoyed every minute of it. If they were coming back around in 3 months with the same show and setlist I would go again and I would enjoy it again.

Cleveland vs. Columbus setlist comparison notes:

Cleveland 8/22/08 - "Vessel", "TBCD", "Reptile"(!!!), "God Given". Awesome.

Columbus 11/17/08 - "The Great Destroyer", "The Hand That Feeds", "The Good Soldier". 18% less awesome, but still awesome.

it was ghosts 5, 17, and 19. then, between survivalism and only they played ghosts 31

Ok...

WORST CROWD EVER INN THE HISTORY OF THESE SHOWS.

I don't get it, people were loud, obnoxious, I know thats normal but hardley anyone had any energy. I was walking in the door when nails was comin on and walked didnt push, walked straight to the center about 4-5 rows back. There was some people moving in that area but most of them were being assholes cause as soon as you even rubbed up against them they were putting their fucking elbows in your back.

And to the disrespectful BITCH in the whilte sweater and ghettoed out makeup that was thinking she was tough shit, your really fucking lucky your a girl... cause there was about five of us that wanted to lay your ass out then and there. Get the fuck real-your not a man.


OTHERWISE...

It was a good show regardless because it was nails and I was satisfied the drive from dayton sucked ass though all the roads were fucked esp 315 and 70.

ROCK ON BITCHES!

And I thought I liked Ghost Piggy better but I was wrong get back to the real shit, I know its probably easier on his voice right now tho.

First off, the concert was amazing, but where was everyone? The arena was limited to ½ and that wasn’t even full.

After reading previous reviews I thought Boris was going to suck. They were actually pretty good. Always keep an open mind with the opening bands and you might be surprised.

The crowd did suck. I’m a bit older now (but so is Trent) and have the need to keep drunken prepy moshers off my wife. Maybe I’m a bitch about it, but from a veteran pit dweller, don’t start your own bitty pit with 3 of your prepy buddies. Go to the center and join the moshing crowd. Some of the older crowd wants to enjoy the floor experience without worrying about a busted knee. And a BIG FUCK YOU to the fuckers yelling “skynerd” during ghosts. Also, the drunk sweaty albino really creeped me out.

It has been awhile since I have seen Trent well. He has always been sick or getting over being sick. He really performed last night. I still love the way they end the show. Very emotional.

Have to make this quick, im at work -

I had the absolute WORST luck last night in the world.

got to the show, my seats were not there. They closed sec 121 (due to the stage) and wanted to move me to the rear 200s or to the floor. had to wait 30 mins in a line on the concourse to get my new floor seats. then got to the floor during the 3rd song in the set... THEN my recording was fucking PAUSED til i found out during Piggy. Ugh!

THEN on the way home, black ice - my gf totaled her car. luckily, we are both ok.

just a horrible night.

NIN were ok. Ive seen better from them. The whole evening was just a letdown. Ill post some pictures and mp3s later tonight for everyone. From what I could tell, I got decent sound of the 60+mins I recorded.

I passed 4 wrecks on the way home last night. The roads were slick as hell.

Good show. A biiiiit disappointed by the setlist (no wretched, no big comedown)but I finally got to see The Good Soldier. The BF and I caught two of Robin's thrown water bottles

Venue staff made me throw away my "Ohio loves NIN / Josh Fucking Freese, We'll Miss You" banner because it was "too big and has profanity on it". Profanity, are you serious? Do you even KNOW who's playing tonight? Ah well.

The crowd did kind of suck, but I don't agree with the whole lack of energy thing...The pit, at least where I was, was fucking ROUGH. Wow. Lots of energy. We were second from the rail a bit to the right of Robin.

Trent smashed the screen with his mic stand after the echoplex drum machine fucked up while Josh was trying to do it. Said something like "Whoops, the screen broke. Wonder how that happened. We don't break shit up here as often as we used to, but once and a while, shit happens."

BIG thanks to all the people I met in line (again ) Jen and Holly and Matt and Cthules and -- I'm so sorry, I never caught your name (tall guy who was in front of me)-- you guys were amazing, great to see you again. Severthestars you were awesome, and the guy in the MWM shirt (I'm so sorry, your name escapes me) - nice talking to you again!

We saw Leo before the show, haha hung out with him for a bit and I'm pretty sure we scarred him for life

I have a habit of getting hit on the head at NIN shows. Someone dropped their camera on my head (the hell?) and I got kicked pretty hard by a surfer. The drive home to Oberlin was HELLISH once we hit the last hour of the drive...horrible road conditions. But I would do it again any day. I'm so sad this was my last show this tour.

You know I really didnt think the crowd was that bad but then I was kind of preoccupied. I'm glad I can say that I wasn't being loud and I definitely wasn't trying to get ahead of anyone. I just held my ground the whole show and only moved a few feet from where I started. I was gripping some guy's hood pretty fiercely though so I want to apologize.

Someone was tugging on my hair at the beginning, either trying to get me to move or because they needed an anchor. Either way fuck you.

Wish they would have played something off The Fragile other than The Frail.

Live2CD, that's horrible . Sorry to hear you had such a shitty time.

I got there 10 to 15 minutes before Boris came on. I can't believe I got such a decent spot. NO ONE was bothering to go down to the floor before or during Boris.



My cell phone takes the shittiest pictures imaginable. This is the only one worth posting (barely):

(crossposted from nin.com)

Absolutely amazing. Trent and the rest of the band were really into it tonight. And the crowd was too.

I'd never seen so many people pulled from the floor at a show. I felt sorry for the six foot four guy beside me who got hit in the head by more than one surfer.

People talked during ghosts, which happens. I got shushed for trying to shush people. Go figure.

I was one behind the rail right in front of trent. God did that make the end of my shows this tour amazing.

Thanks to all the wonderful people I met, you guys were spectacular.

I've just gotta say a big fuck you to the woman that was in front of me, who hit, kicked, scratched, elbowed, stomped on my feet, etc etc. Her hair was long and it stuck to about three other people as well as myself. That shit's just nasty. You should've put it up and out of the way. From what I was told, you also attempted to hurt two other girls by kicking them and scratching them. I'm all for a rowdy floor crew, but to try to hurt someone because they were close to you? You're on the damn floor and against the rail. You might not like anyone touching you, but there's no way anyone can do anything about it when the crowd is tough like that. I talked to people who saw you at the cleveland show, and they said you were, well, I'm not going to go there.

I sincerely apologize to those that were caught in the skermish between she and I in the last song. Also, for yelling during hurt. A girl passed out beside me and the woman in front of me kept kicking me as I was trying to keep the girl who passed out from going to the ground. It took three yells to get her out. I was just really frustrated, and I didn't want her to end up on the floor and getting trampled.

A big thanks to the 10 girls that stood at the fence outside the show, watching the tour buses. Maybe we'll see them next time guys.

I had an amazing time, met some amazing people, and listened to some amazing music.

Sorry to the girl who had to ditch her "ohio loves josh" banner. I'd call you by name, but it currently escapes me. That shit was some bullshit, but I know josh would've loved it.

I have to say that this concert seemed a little lackluster as far as the set and energy compared to the one other (Lexington) I've seen this tour, but it was still a good show and I'm not the one rocking my ass off every night for thousands of people so I really can't complain.

I went with two other people. The fourth (extra) floor ticket went to some dude my friend sold it to online. There was a pretty big debacle as far as getting the ticket to him went, so we had to wait until maybe 7.45 to actually get down on the floor. We still wound up in a great spot. They hadn't been on the floor before and I had back in Cincy in '06, so I tried to get us as nice a vantage point as possible without pissing people off. It was pretty smooth; the people around us we all kinda chill and as I said we weren't being dicks about it, simply slipping into spots that opened up.

Once the show started, of course the douchebaggery began. I got elbowed square in the uterus and now doubt my ability to have children. I got whapped in the cheekbone. This might be acceptable floor/thrashing around behavior, but I realized it was all due to one asshat that was throwing his entire body weight around. I'm a chick, average height, average build, so I can't say "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen I'm a delicate little flower!" but c'mon, man. Some burly guy next to me had already warned the guy once or twice and finally I put my hand on his chest and pulled my fist back like I was going to deck him, and it stopped. Is that what it takes? Seriously. Acting like that guy is like being in a huge bumper-to-bumper traffic jam but being the ONLY PERSON relentlessly honking their horn. Jack. Ass.

Other than that, some drunk/stoned/overly medicated girl and her equally doped up guy squeezed up to the right of me during the encore and she kept swaying around saying "TRENT. YOU'RE BEAUUUTIFUL." Uhh, girl? First off, shut the hell up. Second, he's a grown man and I don't really think most men would toe the ground and say "awww shucks" if you called them beautiful... And did anyone else hear the person banging a tambourine during Hurt? Between that and a few other insipid call-outs, I thought the audience was pretty disrespectful.

The REZNOR SMAAASH during Echoplex was fun to see. I got some decent pics, too. Took a vid of his little speech about the screen and introducing the band. Then got lost trying to get back to Cincinnati due to all the craziness with accidents and road closings. That was interesting.

Good stuff.

I started recording on my phone after Echoplex because I thought he might say something (PSYCHIC?). There's cheering for the song and then "Screen broke," and laughing. The rest is all garbled.

The show was great, and i was fine in the pit until everyone around me fell down which in turn meant so did i.
But i met some cool people and for some reason got some really good pictures despite not having any room to get out my camera most of the time.
Also after the show i found a broken camera with a memory card in it. I took it home and looked at the pictures and i recognized one of the guys in the pictures.

If you think that your the one who's camera i have, give me a description of yourself on the night of the show, I do know what the guy looks like and who he was with.

Here's a few of the better ones I got with my cell phone. The fucking memory card kept erroring out on me, so I didn't get any pics after Echoplex, but I did manage about 80 ok to decent pics. Enjoy

**FIXED SETLIST**

999,999
1,000,000
Letting You
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
I Like Dudes (song was killer)
Gave Up
The Warning
The Great Destroyer
5 Ghosts I
17 Ghosts II
19 Ghosts III
Ghosts Piggy
The Greater Good
Pinion
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
Ghosts 31 IV
Only
The Hand that Feeds
Head Like a Hole

**************
Echoplex
Trent Speaks (i think...?)
The Good Soldier
Hurt
In This Twilight


-differences from the Cleveland show if anyone went to that one also-

- played 17 Ghosts II instead of 25 Ghosts III
- played the Great Destroyer instead of Vessel
- played The Hand That Feeds instead of The Big Come Down
- played The Good Solider instead of Reptile
- didn't play God Given

i think thats about it though...

gah i got alot of good pics but i gotta rotate all of these fuckin pictures cause i had to hold my camera all weird and shit cause i was so squished in the pit...i was about 3rd from the rail for the first couple of songs...then got smushed and transferred all over the place. but i still remained in the front kinda...and WTF at a crowdsurfer falling on top of me like right at the end of hurt!? and WTF and all the crazy crowdsurfing and moshing during THTF..? oh well. i fell down like halfway cause of some douche pushing people to the left and right.


otherwise it was a good show for first time being in the pit...though i do wish they could have played some more songs from the fragile..at least TBCD...the weather was pretty nasty...and im fucking pissed at all the drunk bitches talking during the ghosts set. Ive recorded them all but its all fucked up cause of this random drunk bitch talking "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen I WANNA GET THE RAIL ILL GIVE ANY OF YOU GUYS A BJ C'MON! For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen IM SO DRUNK AND HORNY!!!" so FUCK YOU and lick a purple penis with polka dots. *end rant*

severthestars wrote:(crossposted from nin.com)

Absolutely amazing. Trent and the rest of the band were really into it tonight. And the crowd was too.

I'd never seen so many people pulled from the floor at a show. I felt sorry for the six foot four guy beside me who got hit in the head by more than one surfer.

People talked during ghosts, which happens. I got shushed for trying to shush people. Go figure.

I was one behind the rail right in front of trent. God did that make the end of my shows this tour amazing.

Thanks to all the wonderful people I met, you guys were spectacular.

I've just gotta say a big fuck you to the woman that was in front of me, who hit, kicked, scratched, elbowed, stomped on my feet, etc etc. Her hair was long and it stuck to about three other people as well as myself. That shit's just nasty. You should've put it up and out of the way. From what I was told, you also attempted to hurt two other girls by kicking them and scratching them. I'm all for a rowdy floor crew, but to try to hurt someone because they were close to you? You're on the damn floor and against the rail. You might not like anyone touching you, but there's no way anyone can do anything about it when the crowd is tough like that. I talked to people who saw you at the cleveland show, and they said you were, well, I'm not going to go there.

I sincerely apologize to those that were caught in the skermish between she and I in the last song. Also, for yelling during hurt. A girl passed out beside me and the woman in front of me kept kicking me as I was trying to keep the girl who passed out from going to the ground. It took three yells to get her out. I was just really frustrated, and I didn't want her to end up on the floor and getting trampled.

A big thanks to the 10 girls that stood at the fence outside the show, watching the tour buses. Maybe we'll see them next time guys.

I had an amazing time, met some amazing people, and listened to some amazing music.

Sorry to the girl who had to ditch her "ohio loves josh" banner. I'd call you by name, but it currently escapes me. That shit was some bullshit, but I know josh would've loved it.

hey. i think i was behind you during the nin show. are you the girl with the pink hair...? ha cool...yeah theres pink hair showing up at the bottom of some of the photos i took. ha...but its ok...yeah that sucks that that one old lady on the rail was being an total bitch to you. i didnt even know that she elbowed you and all that shit. if i was behind her and she was acting like that to me idk if i would still be in the pit after that cause it would get pretty ugly..ha. but w/e...

The show was great last night! Reptile was on the setlist after Echoplex, but after Trent broke the screen I think he decided not to play it. The roads on the way back were terrible, took me over 3 hours to get back to Cleveland

got some pix up. EDIT: fuckin bitchass photobucket resizing my pictures...well at least i still have the full sized pictures on the hard drive.












http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/ ... 011-17-08/


also took a couple of shots from the Boris set. they were ok...not as bad as I thought...but ok. and that was cool when the security was giving out water to the people in the pit. Never been to a show where security did that before...

Really? They always do it at ones I go to.

I want to say before I forget that the lady that had to frisk me before I could go in was the nicest lady ever. I didn't think it was possible to be pleasantly patted down.

live2cd wrote:http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223530

Darn...I don't have a dime account.

If someone could upload the torrent somewhere else (nintorrents or wherever) when they can, I'd appreciate it

A buddy of mine was at the show and just sent me his flikr. Here's pictures of the broken screen during Echoplex. Hope this works


http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

simmamadrama4000 wrote: -differences from the Cleveland show if anyone went to that one also-

- played 17 Ghosts II instead of 25 Ghosts III
- instead of Vessel they played the Great Destoyer
- played The Hand That Feeds instead of The Big Come Down
- played The Good Solider instead of Reptile

i think thats about it though...

They also dropped God Given.

severthestars wrote:I've just gotta say a big fuck you to the woman that was in front of me, who hit, kicked, scratched, elbowed, stomped on my feet, etc etc. Her hair was long and it stuck to about three other people as well as myself. That shit's just nasty. You should've put it up and out of the way. From what I was told, you also attempted to hurt two other girls by kicking them and scratching them. I'm all for a rowdy floor crew, but to try to hurt someone because they were close to you? You're on the damn floor and against the rail. You might not like anyone touching you, but there's no way anyone can do anything about it when the crowd is tough like that. I talked to people who saw you at the cleveland show, and they said you were, well, I'm not going to go there.

Ahahahaha. I was on the other side of the tall guy next to you and I am almost certain this stupid woman is Jeananne. This kind of behavior from her doesn't surprise me at all.

Anyway, it was a good show and I met some good people. I'm kind of disappointed I missed Trent smash the screen, but I'm sure it'll show up on YouTube or something within the week.

Papagolash wrote:A buddy of mine was at the show and just sent me his flikr. Here's pictures of the broken screen during Echoplex. Hope this works


http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

AWESOME, thanks!

simmamadrama4000 wrote:**FIXED SETLIST**

Also, you forgot Letting You. You almost had me convinced that I was nutters and they didn't play it but people have pictures from it on nin.com.

(from nin.com)
this was my second NIN show (the first was in lexington, ky earlier this year). my fiancee and i were in section 106. we opted for seats this time (we were in the pit at the last show). and i must say... the view of the pit from where we were looked pretty crazy. *way* more crowd surfers and mosh pits than last time.

boris was excellent. really exceeded my expectations. what was up with the A hole who screamed "play the song!" ? i hate that shit. and some douchebag sitting next to use was screaming his head off during hurt. which was really rude. and his stupid chick kept putting her ass all over my fiancee. i was about to smack a ho.

the setlist seemed much shorter this time. no reptile. i was really bummed. so far i've uploaded 2 videos to youtube:

1000000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1HROODmy8
march of the pigs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zu0oSAlOnY
(not the best sound quality... sorry)

DenimAndGingham wrote:

Papagolash wrote:A buddy of mine was at the show and just sent me his flikr. Here's pictures of the broken screen during Echoplex. Hope this works


http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burky79/30 ... 354377693/

AWESOME, thanks!

simmamadrama4000 wrote:**FIXED SETLIST**

Also, you forgot Letting You. You almost had me convinced that I was nutters and they didn't play it but people have pictures from it on nin.com.

lolz sorry ill have to add that well least i got the ghosts part right..? prob. forgot to add that song cause i was too busy dodging crowdsurfers and moshers...

jeffdill wrote:This was my 7th show now, and it had absolutely the WORST crowd of any I've been to. I was about 3 rows back from the rail in the center, and there were monumental douchebags in my vicinity. Thanks, guys.

Holy shit we were just behind you, man that was insane when security pulled that guy out!

I was tired as hell after working, so I just hung back a ways and enjoyed the show.

Was not disappointed in the experience at all!

jaymz288 wrote:Couldn't believe Trent did that....Awesome!!!
Can they even fix such a rip?
He tore it pretty bad!!!

short setlist but it was still a good time. got TGD and TGS so I'm happy.

The screen is an LED array, and each panel is interconnected with a cable. I believe it uses DMX addressing, cool stuff.

Anyways, he didn't break it, it just needs reconnected.

simmamadrama4000 wrote:

severthestars wrote:(crossposted from nin.com)

Absolutely amazing. Trent and the rest of the band were really into it tonight. And the crowd was too.

I'd never seen so many people pulled from the floor at a show. I felt sorry for the six foot four guy beside me who got hit in the head by more than one surfer.

People talked during ghosts, which happens. I got shushed for trying to shush people. Go figure.

I was one behind the rail right in front of trent. God did that make the end of my shows this tour amazing.

Thanks to all the wonderful people I met, you guys were spectacular.

I've just gotta say a big fuck you to the woman that was in front of me, who hit, kicked, scratched, elbowed, stomped on my feet, etc etc. Her hair was long and it stuck to about three other people as well as myself. That shit's just nasty. You should've put it up and out of the way. From what I was told, you also attempted to hurt two other girls by kicking them and scratching them. I'm all for a rowdy floor crew, but to try to hurt someone because they were close to you? You're on the damn floor and against the rail. You might not like anyone touching you, but there's no way anyone can do anything about it when the crowd is tough like that. I talked to people who saw you at the cleveland show, and they said you were, well, I'm not going to go there.

I sincerely apologize to those that were caught in the skermish between she and I in the last song. Also, for yelling during hurt. A girl passed out beside me and the woman in front of me kept kicking me as I was trying to keep the girl who passed out from going to the ground. It took three yells to get her out. I was just really frustrated, and I didn't want her to end up on the floor and getting trampled.

A big thanks to the 10 girls that stood at the fence outside the show, watching the tour buses. Maybe we'll see them next time guys.

I had an amazing time, met some amazing people, and listened to some amazing music.

Sorry to the girl who had to ditch her "ohio loves josh" banner. I'd call you by name, but it currently escapes me. That shit was some bullshit, but I know josh would've loved it.

hey. i think i was behind you during the nin show. are you the girl with the pink hair...? ha cool...yeah theres pink hair showing up at the bottom of some of the photos i took. ha...but its ok...yeah that sucks that that one old lady on the rail was being an total bitch to you. i didnt even know that she elbowed you and all that shit. if i was behind her and she was acting like that to me idk if i would still be in the pit after that cause it would get pretty ugly..ha. but w/e...

Haha, yeah that was me, and I'm sorry I got my pink hair in the pictures. I, for the life of me, don't understand why she was being such a cunt. I put up with it because it was going to be my last show this tour, and I definitely put up a good defense. I've got kick bruises all up and down my legs from her.

theartofdecay wrote:

severthestars wrote:I've just gotta say a big fuck you to the woman that was in front of me, who hit, kicked, scratched, elbowed, stomped on my feet, etc etc. Her hair was long and it stuck to about three other people as well as myself. That shit's just nasty. You should've put it up and out of the way. From what I was told, you also attempted to hurt two other girls by kicking them and scratching them. I'm all for a rowdy floor crew, but to try to hurt someone because they were close to you? You're on the damn floor and against the rail. You might not like anyone touching you, but there's no way anyone can do anything about it when the crowd is tough like that. I talked to people who saw you at the cleveland show, and they said you were, well, I'm not going to go there.

Ahahahaha. I was on the other side of the tall guy next to you and I am almost certain this stupid woman is Jeananne. This kind of behavior from her doesn't surprise me at all.

Anyway, it was a good show and I met some good people. I'm kind of disappointed I missed Trent smash the screen, but I'm sure it'll show up on YouTube or something within the week.

Jeananne? So she does this at shows alot? Some girls from cleveland told me that she acted like a bitch and tried to torture the people that were around her at the show. Idk.

Finally had to register after lurking for so long. Excellent show.

First time I've ever heard Boris and I was impressed. This is the second time NIN has introduced me to a new band that I will readily support. Can't wait to get some of their albums.

This was my 5th NIN show, and they didn't disappoint. I was glad to hear a few different songs from when they played Cleveland in August. I thought the crowd was pretty tame compared to NIN shows I've been to in the past. First time I've ever seen someone get forcibly pulled out by security though.

I tried to take as many photos as I could, but most didn't turn out so great. I posted the few good ones to my Flickr is anyone wants to check them out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruinerr

Simmama I'm pretty sure the Ghosts was the same as in Cleveland, because I remember all of those visuals. I might be wrong, but I'm prettty sure they were the same.

Did anyone take any pictures of Boris? I mean, seriously, the drummer standing on the drummer giving the audience the horns was pretty fucking metal.

jeffdill wrote:Did anyone take any pictures of Boris? I mean, seriously, the drummer standing on the drummer giving the audience the horns was pretty fucking metal.

yeah, i got one of the drummer standing:
http://s371.photobucket.com/albums/oo15 ... CN0164.jpg

here's my photobucket page from the show:

http://s371.photobucket.com/albums/oo15 ... 7Maria7%2F

I just e-mailed a guy on YouTube about possible video from this show. Hopefully he got the whole thing and is willing to liberate. The sound quality is sweet too from what I heard. I'll let you all know if anything comes of it.

well i'm glad to hear that others also thought the crowd sucked. i was between justin and trent 3 rows from the rail, this was the only GA ticket I bought this tour because i'm getting too old for that shit. this show reminded me why. got fuckin brutalized and i'm a big guy totally capable of holding my own, but it took every ounce of my arm/leg strength to keep myself within 20 feet of where i started... which is a bitch because the 2nd tambourine landed right where i was standing to begin with, but by that point I was squashed another 10 feet back. bastards were even locking legs with me trying to trip me to the floor... i'm sure i wasn't the only one they were trying to trip/trample. this poor chick in front of me, kinda slid her way in with some slippery leather but by the end i felt sorry for her because i spent the whole night basically compressing her against the person in front of her... not much I could do. couldnt even get my fuckin camera from my pocket to take pictures because we were so crushed in there. as for the chick screaming at hurt, i was one of the ones who helped lift her out.. she went up voluntarily. but hey it certainly offered another perspective of the tour for me, the other 5 shows i saw I had nice safe 1-3rd row seats in the reserved sections.

and i was glad to see the screen get broken... it's about time trent fucking broke something.

also totally agree with people not understanding boris. i fucking love the last few songs they play for the sets, especially the one where the chick sings it. and damn that dude on the right is AWESOME with the reverb... it just all works so well together. would be even more awesome if they had better visuals... they had a helluva screen to work with. it was nice they played kinda long this night because in ft wayne on tuesday they only played one song.

tortuga wrote:i was between justin and trent 3 rows from the rail,

...

bastards were even locking legs with me trying to trip me to the floor... i'm sure i wasn't the only one they were trying to trip/trample.

You must have been near me.

I got into some kind of weird leg fight with some girl. I don't know how it started because I only became aware that we were doing some kind of weird one-legged dance fight after it was already happening. It only lasted a few seconds because I realized "holy shit, what the hell is the point of this?"

Did anyone film this show?

Phenomenal show! Ghosts 31 with the smoke was off the hook. The lighting in Terrible Lie was much better than on the first leg - they had 3 screens of red light versus 2 last time.

Missed Reptile and The Big Comedown - but got a few others instead which was nice.

Favorite parts - Ghosts 31, Terrible Lie, ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking!

In This Twilight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIplVxbZhA

If anyones interested...

Best Monday and Tuesday ever.

Nine Inch Nails
November 17, 2008
Value City Arena at the Schottenstein Center
Columbus, Ohio

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223923

Nine Inch Nails
November 18, 2008
Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223924

Boris
November 18, 2008
Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223791

here's pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30182335@N ... 727373142/

I'm getting video from someone. He claims to have gotten most of the show and from the samples he showed me, it's going to be worth it. The sound is crystal and the video is from Robin's side and looks pretty stable. I'll let you all know when I get it and what I decide to do with it. I'll definitely post it on DIME if it's good - he wants it liberated

ninfreak27 wrote:I'm getting video from someone. He claims to have gotten most of the show and from the samples he showed me, it's going to be worth it. The sound is crystal and the video is from Robin's side and looks pretty stable. I'll let you all know when I get it and what I decide to do with it. I'll definitely post it on DIME if it's good - he wants it liberated

THANKYOUTHANKYOU!!

Finally, one of the many shows I attended in the past 2 years was caught on film. Of the 3 shows I went to on this latest leg, I especially would've wanted this one on DVD 'cause of the first-timers I had with me on rail.

There are finally some videos of the mic stand through the screen incident on YouTube. They don't pick up the clanging sound that I remember very vividly, making the whole thing way more awesome in my brain than it probably was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7ggAsE4MI Go to about 1:50 in.

DenimAndGingham wrote:There are finally some videos of the mic stand through the screen incident on YouTube. They don't pick up the clanging sound that I remember very vividly, making the whole thing way more awesome in my brain than it probably was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7ggAsE4MI Go to about 1:50 in.

Hahaha, I also saw that from the rail, then saw this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VlVcP0OoRs

...and thought the same thing.

Finally got my photos up:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49374148@N ... 683053519/

Once again, I'd like to humbly request that these torrents be uploaded somewhere other than Dime...I don't have an account there...

The main reason DIME is used is to insure that the music is shared on a torrent site that doesn't offer questionable content. Also, DIME is purely about sharing music and not apps, games, porn, and other such things. IF a torrent gets posted somewhere else, it's going to be more than likely Demonoid. Not jumping your hash, just informing you to why DIME is preferred. Anyways, go to DIME and keep refreshing your browser, you'll get in eventually.

ninfreak27 wrote:The main reason DIME is used is to insure that the music is shared on a torrent site that doesn't offer questionable content. Also, DIME is purely about sharing music and not apps, games, porn, and other such things. IF a torrent gets posted somewhere else, it's going to be more than likely Demonoid. Not jumping your hash, just informing you to why DIME is preferred. Anyways, go to DIME and keep refreshing your browser, you'll get in eventually.

I kept doing that today and I finally got in...good advice, I didn't know it was that easy to get an account.

Very easy if with a little patience. Just make sure to keep your ratio at .25 or higher so you don't get booted from the tracker. I'm still keeping my fingers, toes, and balls crossed that I get that DVD of the Columbus show soon. I sent the guy an e-mail with my address and have yet to hear back from him. Time will tell.....

^ I sure hope that guy pulls through and doesn't turn out to be another Moke (leading people on in wanting to liberate a bootleg but never does). But, it would seem that since he's just in contact with you and not the masses here, he's more serious about it. I don't really care how much longer it takes, just as long as he finishes whatever needs finished and doesn't forget to let it run free!

He sent me a msg on the 20th saying that if I gave him my address he'd send them out ASAP. I sent him a response on the 22nd with my address, but YouTube says he hasn't logged in in a week. I know he lives in or near Columbus, so when he ships it should be relatively quick. Hopefully I have something physical in my hands by next week. From what he's telling me he'll probably give me the raw files to make my own DVD with. We'll see....

Just received this message regarding the video from this show:

"My bad Brent - meant to have it out before Thanksgiving.. but couldn't find my blank DVD's.
Anyways I found 1, filled it, and will put the rest on a CD and it will be heading your way today."

Should have it tomorrow or Monday! Will post on quality, completeness, etc...

Hey! I've uploaded the after party video to YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYmxHmSJJ2U

Check it.

gladcarrot wrote:Best Monday and Tuesday ever.

Nine Inch Nails
November 17, 2008
Value City Arena at the Schottenstein Center
Columbus, Ohio

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223923

Nine Inch Nails
November 18, 2008
Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223924

Boris
November 18, 2008
Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=223791

Thanks a lot!!

I got the DVD, but it's messed up. The songs are out of order and some of them are clips and such.... anyone want a copy to try and fix this thing? I would be extremely grateful because the video and audio quality kick ass, it just needs sorted out and made right. Pm me if you want to take a shot because I'd love to get this out on the net.

ninfreak27 wrote:I got the DVD, but it's messed up. The songs are out of order and some of them are clips and such.... anyone want a copy to try and fix this thing? I would be extremely grateful because the video and audio quality kick ass, it just needs sorted out and made right. Pm me if you want to take a shot because I'd love to get this out on the net.

Sucks to hear, but at least good to hear that the quality of the footage is top notch and isn't a lost cause. I wish I could help, but I think you'll have to take it to somebody in Live Recordings thread or something. Do let us know when it's all mended!

I ripped the VOBs out and put them in song order using Nero Vision and compressed into a DVD high quality MPG (8,000 kb/s video, LPCM audio). The torrent is up on Demonoid for downloading goodness. It's about 4.5 GB, so it will take awhile, but I plan to be up all night on it (about 12 hours).

Thanks for the effort, I will be downloading this later tonight.

did anyone else get pics at the rail before the show?
i know the people in front of me took a few and i was wondering if i was in any of them