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2008/08/15 - Oklahoma City, OK

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2008-08-15 Show date
Ford Center Venue
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2008/08/15 - Oklahoma City, OK
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Master ad Vitam
Incredible show. Someone actually took their shirt off and swung it around their head during Discipline. The guy running around the stage during Piggy was classic.
Master of the Ninth Arch
Great show, my better half managed to get a <slightly abused> setlist. I was sorta worried about the pre-sale seats I got from seeing other people's views but my view was excellent.

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Oh and A Place To Bury Strangers impressed me, even the song that sounded like feedback from start to end.
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Bricklayer
Everybody at the Ford Ctr show Friday Aug 15 lets talk. My 5th time to see TRENT & NIN and I'll be damned if it just doesnt' get bettoer and better each and every time. I am still a little perplexed about how they pulled off such an incredible stage show, I think I might need new retinas and corneas! A great solid 2 hours covering the entire spectrum. The audience at first did not know wjhat to do with the material from GHOSTS, but as the music built to an incredible crescendo an the combination of a truly storm of visual effects, (and I do mean a storm, if you were there, you know what I mean) the audience almost collapsed with enthusiasm. It is clear TRENT loves his nail-heads, and he never dissapoints. The only album it seems he stayed away from was THE FRAGILE, and the song BURN from the NATURAL BORN KILLERS sndtrk, which is usually a staple at NIN shows. It was truly a great experience and I can't wait till Concert #6 rolls around!!! What did you guys think my fellow brothers and sisters!
Master ad Vitam
Oh and fuck "A Place To Bury Strangers".
Grand Pontiff
Just got back to the hotel.
First of all FUCK YOU to the guy that tried the whole show to get on the rail next to me. Karma is a bitch.
Secondly, during the Ghosts songs, there was a group of people about 5 rows back in the center that were going, "1,2,3 Go," and then pushing. What the fuck is up with that?
The line was great, about 10 or so people there by 10am, maybe 50-60ish by 3pm. When they let us into the holding area just prior to being let in, there was a line of barricades, maybe 4 or 5 of them lined up. We orderly lined up in the order we had been at the far end. The security told us that they were taking all the barricades down at once, and we all were going to "go for it." That is the most idiotic method of crowd control I have ever heard of. Totally fucked up.
So, when the barricades were taken down, I went to the closet entrance to the floor. There were ushers all around the arena, I figured I would have a better shot of running on the floor than running than running past the ushers to another door. Bad call on my part, the two entrances onto the floor that were closest to where we were let in had ushers at the bottom, preventing people from getting onto the floor, while the farther entrances had no ushers. Luckily, I managed to get the rail in front of JMJ (:)!) The people on one side of me got there at 3, and on the other side 5.

For those not wanting to read a fangirl moment, please skip to the next paragraph. The red shirt had deodorant streaks on it, and a whole under the arm. I really like how TR has gone all out on the production, for example, he cut his hand on the light screen during Only, so the next song was The Hand That Bleeds.

I was slightly disappointed when The Frail went into Closer, but it was made up for with Ghosts 14!!!, TBOTE and The Good Soldier. TR's voice seemed ok up until The Good Soldier, and then it seemed like his range was reduced.

edit: A piece of advice for A Place to Bury Strangers, when you break your guitar, that usually means the show is over, especially when you are the opening band. And, maybe a little less strobe lights.
Bricklayer
ultrarealism wrote:Oh and fuck "A Place To Bury Strangers".
I agree my friend, I second that fuck. Do we have a third so we can bury a place to bury strangers?
Master Traveler
I was in section 105 row B. Just got back to the Sheraton hotel and man was that show something else. My only minor complaint was the douche who was in our seats when we got there at NIN took stage...but one quick word with security got him out of there. His ACTUAL seat was the one right behind mine and he sat the whole show pouting like a little bitch. Grow up and if you really want to be there, get into the show instead of sitting the whole time.

Well now that that is vented out of my system, on to the show...
Trent's voice was definitely in poor shape still for falsetto notes, but Trent did a very solid job. He mentioned he couldn't remember the last time he was in Oklahoma City (which was the last time I was here...for the recording of BYIT) but he mentioned the crowd was definitely feeding him a lot of energy and thanks us for that. This line up kicks ass and Justin is the fucking man on bass. Really great show, but i'm looking forward to being on the rail for Dallas come monday. I'll post pics up from this show soon.
Master ad Vitam
Yeah, I was shutting my eyes through most of that shitty band. Was getting a huge headache.
Bricklayer
just got home. amazing show. my 2nd nin show, the first being back in 2006 for the show that made part of the BYIT dvd. the crowd was definitely louder/crazier this time around, to me at least. some dude got on stage and ran around during Piggy i think it was, i remember blue graphics on screen and the band was inbetween screens, so i think it was Piggy. Trent said something to the effect of "I don't remember last time I was here in OKC, but i dont remember you all being so crazy". I was in section 114 directly stage left, so i couldn't see all the awesome visuals all the time, but still an amazing show, and i would say i liked this show more than the dvd taping show back in March 2006. but anything show with NIN is great. the opening band delivered some true "total sonic annihilation" like their myspace page says. very loud. i liked them. overall, NIN is awesome and i would definitely pay to see them again. great show. great night. set list was pretty much the same, no The Wretched, bye bye!!
Bricklayer
Fucking great show. Can't wait for November to get here so I can see them again in Tulsa.
Master of the Ninth Arch
chasegl wrote:just got home. amazing show. my 2nd nin show, the first being back in 2006 for the show that made part of the BYIT dvd. the crowd was definitely louder/crazier this time around, to me at least. some dude got on stage and ran around during Piggy i think it was, i remember blue graphics on screen and the band was inbetween screens, so i think it was Piggy. Trent said something to the effect of "I don't remember last time I was here in OKC, but i dont remember you all being so crazy". I was in section 114 directly stage left, so i couldn't see all the awesome visuals all the time, but still an amazing show, and i would say i liked this show more than the dvd taping show back in March 2006. but anything show with NIN is great. the opening band delivered some true "total sonic annihilation" like their myspace page says. very loud. i liked them. overall, NIN is awesome and i would definitely pay to see them again. great show. great night. set list was pretty much the same, no The Wretched, bye bye!!
Section 114? What row were you? I was in that section B seat 12

I have some pics and video from the show that I will upload later. I'm exhausted from such a great show!!
Master of the Ninth Arch
Had a blast. Great show. Lost my voice in the middle of Survivalism, haha.

Missed out on The Wretched and The Big Comedown, though. :(
Master of the Ninth Arch
Amazing show! First one i've been to on this tour, and 7th nin show overall, and i think this has to be one of the best. The presentation was amazing and i always wondered how trent could top himself, and yet he managed to do it.

Im extremly tired, so im going to bed but i will post more later
Bricklayer
Section 114? What row were you? I was in that section B seat 12

I have some pics and video from the show that I will upload later. I'm exhausted from such a great show!!

Row Q with my friend, seats 4 and 5. Sometimes the light rig was semi-blocking our view, but I still had an amazing time! I just found out they are going to Tulsa in November, I'll be there for sure! For my 3rd NIN show :)
Master Traveler
I wonder if A Place to Bury Strangers were intentionally trying to induce people into seizures with their neverending strobe lights? I saw several people around me shielding their eyes or watching the back of the arena during that song to avoid the lights. NIN had a lot of energy and seemed to be very into their performance. Also when the guy ran out on stage during Piggy and ran two laps around the band while swinging his shirt around above his head was completely awesome! I wonder how he got up there in the first place. Did anyone see him get tackled by two or more people? Looked kind of brutal. Great setlist, amazing show. The lights/videos were beyond anything I could have imagined. I can't wait to see them again.
Master Traveler
Chino wrote:Had a blast. Great show. Lost my voice in the middle of Survivalism, haha.

Missed out on The Wretched and The Big Comedown, though. :(
This was my only complaint---I was really looking forward to The Big Comedown.

This was my first NIN show on the floor---we had a blast!
Master Traveler
A Place to Bury Strangers was noisy and different.. Very much enjoyed.

Amazing NIN set.

Oh, and random guy running on stage during Piggy for the That is ultimately disappointing, just like how I still live with my parents..
Grand Pontiff
Despite having to drive 4 1/2 hrs back home, plus another 2 because I took a wrong exit and didn't realize it for a while, AND hitting a deer and fucking up my car, it was a great show.

Met the two ladies in line who met Josh at the hotel last night, which was really crazy because I had just been telling my friend about that on the drive up.

Lights were amazing, set list was good, though I was disappointed at the lack of Fragile material.

My question at the end of the show was, how do you not play "Lights in the Sky" on the Lights in the Sky tour?? I was positive that at the end of the show, as they were playing the outro to "In This Twilight" and the rest of the band left, that Trent would remain on stage alone to play it; I was wrong and saddened.

Edit: Oh, and I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one that appreciated "A Place to Bury Strangers" somewhat. The music was meh, but when he broke the string off the guitar and started playing the other strings with it, it made me happy. haha
Knight of the Royal Axe
leftfield wrote:Great show, my better half managed to get a <slightly abused> setlist. I was sorta worried about the pre-sale seats I got from seeing other people's views but my view was excellent.

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Oh and A Place To Bury Strangers impressed me, even the song that sounded like feedback from start to end.
Ha. I'm the one in the brown hard rock cafe t-shirt that asked if I could touch said set-list.

Anyway, great fucking show. Definitely a lot more fun than the last OKC show (the BYIT taping show), which was my first NIN show. I was completely ecstatic, one person behind the railing with a FANTASTIC view of the stage. I was pretty excited that, during Survivalism, I got up on the screen via one of the stage cameras. That was pretty damn cool.

The runner during Piggy was AHAHAH AH AH HAHA HHAHAH HAH HAHAHAH AH AH AH AHHAHHAHHAHH AHH AHAH HAHAH AHH AHAHHHAHAHAHHHA HAH Ah z. The Ghosts were pretty epic too. I just could not have had a better time, really.

Although turnout was a little disappointing.
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the show was meh at best. Great display, dissapointing setlist. Nothing will beat fragility 2.0 and the with_teeth 2005 club tour
Master of Achievement
latty wrote:the show was meh at best. Great display, dissapointing setlist. Nothing will beat fragility 2.0 and the with_teeth 2005 club tour
I was hoping for something a bit more unique too, but I was satisfied just to see them perform. In This Twilght was great, and Hurt went without any major interruptions.

Just FYI, I was the guy in black faded jeans and a white-T with the girl who wasn't talking much at all.

EDIT: Photos and maybe video tonight, for sure.
Bricklayer
mk_ wrote:Can anyone approximate when nine inch nails took the stage at this show? Thanks.
The opener ended at 8:45 and NIN went on at 9:15.

Great show, Trent was as energetic as always. His voice sounded a little strained for the first couple songs but nice and strong for the rest of the show. I had been aching to hear songs from Year Zero and those songs were definitely the highlights, especially The Warning.

When Josh Freese was onstage for Echoplex tapping those blocks on the light screen for the drum beats, someone yelled out "I'd like to buy a vowel!" I laughed at that one.

The guy who ran onstage during Piggy was a fucking idiot. Trent is someone you don't want to piss off during a show. He might make his audience pay for acts of stupidity, like the lighter incident during Hurt where he ended the show early.
Probably the greatest concert I will ever see.

OKC:
I had never been the OKC. We drove from Fayetteville, AR (4 hrs). I was really surprised about the downtown. It wasn't packed and crowded, and it felt comfortable before the show. The venue was actually not bad at all. Leaving after the event, the traffic was really easy going, too. Big thumbs up for the city.

A Place to Bury Strangers:
Opening band were OK, but kind of a poor man's Sonic Youth (the lead singer played just like Thurston). Did anyone see the drummer lose a drumstick and have to dig down by his foot to find it? Why didn't he have a spare pair reachable like most drummers?

NIN:
A lot of Year Zero, but only a small taste of The Fragile. The wall effects blew my mind. Loved the scene when the rainfall had a big hole where you could see the stage. Vessel was one of the highlights visually.

Echoplex wall effects were amazing. Can any other musician today even compare to this show?
Bricklayer
well, another nin show, another amazing experience. i was in low in 115, and had an incredible view of everything. i had lost my voice by the end of march of the pigs, so i was glad when he played the frail, i needed to catch my breath. the setlist was awesome, god given and good soldier in the encore! i don't know how people can say any setlist was disappointing, you're at a nine inch nails show, and you're finding things to complain about. i cannot relate to that. i'm so happy to be in the same room as trent, he could play whatever the fuck he wants to, as far as i'm concerned. as for no fragile material (other than the frail), i didn't care, i saw the fragility tour, so i've seen those songs. i'll take head down over the big come down, but i've seen it twice already. the dude on stage during piggy was hilarious, the band seemed like they didn't notice him, or just didn't care. ghosts 14 was an unexpected surprise, it and ghosts 19 are amazing live. robin going off at the end of ghosts 31 was the shit. and i've heard people complain about the 'electronic' portion (warning, vessel) not being loud enough, but i didn't think that was the case. justin is awesome, i was curious how he would fit with nin, but he's the best bass player trent's ever had, no question in my mind. i loved the ending, with each member leaving one at a time, and then trent at the keys. visuals, setlist, everything was perfect.

and as far as the song lights in the sky goes, that would kill the vibe at a show like this. the ghosts songs and hurt are mellow (kinda), but they're still very dense, musically. i know the tour is called lights in the sky, but he does say, "the sky is filled with light" during in this twilight. that makes sense to me, and it's a better song.

as far as the crowd, i was too busy being blown away by nine inch nails to notice what anyone else was doing or saying.

and finally, my wife and i were talking after the show, and we both got kind of a pink floyd vibe in parts. performing behind screens (walls) and making the show more about the music and the experience than 'look at me! i'm a cool rock star on stage!' trent is the best.
Master Traveler
leftfield wrote:Great show, my better half managed to get a <slightly abused> setlist. I was sorta worried about the pre-sale seats I got from seeing other people's views but my view was excellent.

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Oh and A Place To Bury Strangers impressed me, even the song that sounded like feedback from start to end.
Dumb question.....where do you manage to get these set lists
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Bricklayer
akm wrote:Secondly, during the Ghosts songs, there was a group of people about 5 rows back in the center that were going, "1,2,3 Go," and then pushing. What the fuck is up with that?
I was right next to those people, they were so stupid.
They were trying to get everybody to push up or to the side.
Overall the people at this show were probably the most redneck/meathead-ish that I've been around.
Worst crowd, but one of the best NIN shows.
The visuals were amazing, but the sound could have used a boost. Not loud enough.
Master of the Ninth Arch
My wife and I were in 114 row E 1 and 2, directly on Robin's side of the stage, and it was a great place. During the openers Trent, Justin, and Robin at different points were about 5 feet away watching, and Josh came and sat down during the YZ songs.

Guy and gal in row D 1 and 2 were awesome for moving over so my pregnant wife could see since she couldn't stand up for very long. I owe you beers. People in row E 3 and 4 were extra nice. Douchebags that didn't belong in our section that kept coming down the steps and standing around in the way talking and fawning can eat me. Staff dealt with that shit expiditiously, so I give them credit for that, though I'm not sure how that skinny fuck running around on stage got past them ...

I was a little disappointed that we didn't get The Wretched or Down In It, but we got an extra long encore with TGS, so that made up for it. I don't even particularly care that I couldn't see the visuals (although there was a monitor down in the lighting control rig that displayed it, so I got the point) because we got to see the band almost all the time unobstructed. Robin and Trent came to our side of the stage and gave us some love a couple of times, so it was worth it.
Master of the Ninth Arch
poopoobonanza44 wrote:Dumb question.....where do you manage to get these set lists
We were in the section close to stage right. When the show ended we decided to watch everything for a bit to avoid the cattle herds on the stairs. I jokingly said to my girlfriend, you should yell at a tech for a setlist, and she did. One of the guys loading up stuff said just a sec and went backstage for one. I was completely blown away that it actually worked :) We also got a copy of what all the passes and lams look like but I'm keeping that secret (shhh!)
tekkaman42 wrote:though I'm not sure how that skinny fuck running around on stage got past them ...
This dumbass was in and around our section, he was on the stairs and being hassled by the usher when he decided to take a 10' jump to the floor and ran up a side stage stair the techs use. I laughed when the EMTs followed them all backstage.
Master Traveler
nhale_xhale16 wrote:Just FYI, I was the guy in black faded jeans and a white-T with the girl who wasn't talking much at all.
Your girlfriend was a short blonde, right?
Bricklayer
Did anyone notice an image of three women popping up into the end of the breakdown of Vessel? It took me by surprise.

p.s. Here's my slightly-abused setlist as well!

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Bricklayer
i noticed the images of the women during vessel. it looked like old stock news footage or something. the ending of that song was incredible. i would love to see an entire show in that format, reworking everything electronically.
Bricklayer
Great fucking show. Didn't seem like there were as many as last time at the Ford Center, but it was just as loud. Met a lot of cool people. The static screen that opens up when Trent sings is amazing. Letting You is the new mosher, so intense, right up there with March of the Pigs. Glad to hear TBOTE, God Given, and The Good Soldier and Only. Wish we would have got Down In It. Oh well, can't wait until the Tulsa show.

On a side note, I've been really disappointed that Lights In the Sky and Demon Seed aren't being played at all on this tour. Those are arguably my two favorite tracks on The Slip
Bricklayer
I saw them on this tour in Seattle and this show was a lot more polished. Trents voice sounded better than it did in the WT tour, but the only Fragile song was The Frail? Still makes me sad.
Bricklayer
^^ That's funny.
Bricklayer
thenorthwood wrote:When Josh Freese was onstage for Echoplex tapping those blocks on the light screen for the drum beats, someone yelled out "I'd like to buy a vowel!" I laughed at that one.
If you were near Section 104, Row J, seat 5... that was me.

:)

I couldn't resist.
Master of Achievement
revisionism wrote:
nhale_xhale16 wrote:Just FYI, I was the guy in black faded jeans and a white-T with the girl who wasn't talking much at all.
Your girlfriend was a short blonde, right?
Nope, haha. Brunette. I wear wearing a Tool cap off and on, if that helps. We were Section 115, Row G 15 and 16.

I'm in the middle of sorting through my pics and deleting all my pics and videos now, so I might have them done sometime tonight around midnight. Expect to see them after then.

EDIT: My fucking ITT video is corrupted or something! I get an error every time I try to play it. Everything all of the other videos work great, though.
Bricklayer
guildmaster wrote:Despite having to drive 4 1/2 hrs back home, plus another 2 because I took a wrong exit and didn't realize it for a while, AND hitting a deer and fucking up my car, it was a great show.

Met the two ladies in line who met Josh at the hotel last night, which was really crazy because I had just been telling my friend about that on the drive up.

Lights were amazing, set list was good, though I was disappointed at the lack of Fragile material.

My question at the end of the show was, how do you not play "Lights in the Sky" on the Lights in the Sky tour?? I was positive that at the end of the show, as they were playing the outro to "In This Twilight" and the rest of the band left, that Trent would remain on stage alone to play it; I was wrong and saddened.

Edit: Oh, and I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one that appreciated "A Place to Bury Strangers" somewhat. The music was meh, but when he broke the string off the guitar and started playing the other strings with it, it made me happy. haha


I was disapointed about the lack of FRAGILE too, it always seems that every musician, artist, band always choose one album to yield away from. But all in all it was tremendous my friend. Glad you had a great time, sorry to hear about the ride home but glad your safe!!!!
Master Traveler
The fucking line snafu PISSED me the fuck off. I didn't stand in line all GD day to get a SUPER PRIME spot alllll the way on the end of the rail. I was like the 10th person there and by the time I made it to the rail with the fucked up cattle pen riot-inducing "GO FOR IT" and the damn ushers taking their sweet ass time and making us stop and wait and not let anyone through like damn kindergartners punishing us for the line pushing and trying to get on the damn floor (I saw them stop and make some people go back and walk when they ran on the floor too) - there was at least 70 people on the rail area already. The guys who got front and center got there at like 5:00. Nice for them, but pisses people like me off who camped out all damn day to get a spot in the middle. It's times like this that make me be a whiny crybaby and say that I MISS THE SPIRAL. Brandi would have never let that bs happen. In fact, I personally saw her ensure we got to the floor in line order (past that you're on your own buddy!) three times when the venue tried to pull some fucked up bullshit like this. That was my only complaint about the whole NIN show. {name withheld} TR Security knew we were pissed the hell off and tried to make it up to us by giving us some picks. That was nice. The opening band, however, I could have done without - the strobe lights made me feel nauseous. Guys, you simply can't put strobe lights on full power fast as possible blinking for 10 minutes straight and expect people to enjoy that. I cheered when they left stage cause I couldn't have taken one more strobe light!

Trent forgot his own lyrics three times and I found it funny that he flubbed his own material, although if you didn't know the songs well you wouldn't have caught it cause he tried to smoothly carry on. His voice sounded great except he couldn't do the falsetto and it sounded odd to drop the pitch on in this twilight (why would you put that in the set list if your voice isn't up to par, I wonder?). The guy running onstage during ghosts, well that was idiotic, and I found myself wishing Trent would have knocked the guy out personally. I have a feeling the security did that though - they were roughing him up pretty good when they grabbed him to take him out and decided to take him out back instead! I was into the whole show, dancing and singing and screaming all the way throughout. I can't wait for the next one! I wanted to go to Houston and Dallas but I had a wedding to shoot here. :( I have some cameraphone pics on my myspace, if you have me added over there. Oh, and Robin volleyed me a water bottle. I didn't just catch it by chance... he made sure I was looking and ready for it before he gently tossed it to me. :D
Master Traveler
cereboso wrote:
akm wrote:Secondly, during the Ghosts songs, there was a group of people about 5 rows back in the center that were going, "1,2,3 Go," and then pushing. What the fuck is up with that?
I was right next to those people, they were so stupid.
They were trying to get everybody to push up or to the side.
Overall the people at this show were probably the most redneck/meathead-ish that I've been around.
Worst crowd, but one of the best NIN shows.
The visuals were amazing, but the sound could have used a boost. Not loud enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlQy_0e ... re=related

what douchebags.....think I might stand in the back @ the Dallas show.......
Master of the Ninth Arch
Yeah that prick who ran onstage during Piggy needs to be castrated.

That way, when I see TR in 2028, I won't have to deal with that fuckhead's child doing the same thing.
Grand Pontiff
Did Trent cut his hand at one point? I thought I saw blood towards the middle of the show. No idea what happened.
Bricklayer
Any tapers get this show? After looking at a few of the setlists from other shows, it looks like "The Beginning Of The End" was added in place of "Reptile" in the encore, and would be great to hear that again.

Not that "Reptile" wouldn't have been cool.
Bricklayer
i taped this show but it is the first time i used this new digital recorder and cannot figure out how to break up the songs...it is a 2 hour mp3. ideas? it is in my itunes as one 2 hour song.
Grand Pontiff
Ooooh this crowd got on my nerves so bad. I don't know if it was the dipshit stagecrasher knocking the shit out of me as he ran off stage, the 7 foot tall linebacker mouthbreathers in front of me just standing there with their arms crossed , or the fangirls squeeling when Trent showed his buttcrack (oh and thanks for singing at the top of your lungs one chorus ahead of the band airheads). Oh, and if you belong to the IBTC you really shouldn't flash the band at a concert. I was embarrassed for you, lady. I had to move the hell to the back for most of the show.

Band seemed out of it. In This Twilight sounds painful to sing. Pretty visuals. Josh Freese is the shit.
Bricklayer
SinKing wrote:i taped this show but it is the first time i used this new digital recorder and cannot figure out how to break up the songs...it is a 2 hour mp3. ideas? it is in my itunes as one 2 hour song.
Do you have a Mac? If so, you could drag and drop that AIFF file into Garageband and break it up in there. It's kinda time consuming, but you can get decent results with it. I did it yesterday with a Jerry Garcia Band concert I've got on DVD that I've always wanted to put on my iPod.

Make 29 separate tracks out of the big track, save 29 copies of it, delete each of the other 28 tracks other than the one you're working on, and then convert them all to back mp3 after you send it back to iTunes.

I realize that might be kind of a drag to do it that way, but it really does work. If you don't have a Mac, I would more than willing to do it for you, and stream the files back to you through IM, or email them, or snail mail the cd's of them back to you, and I'll pick up the postage.

I'm not real sure how to do that on a pc, but if I can help you in any way, please let me know. I'd LOVE to be able to get a copy of it.

Thanks for taping it!!
Knight of the Royal Axe
hardtailstrat wrote:
SinKing wrote:i taped this show but it is the first time i used this new digital recorder and cannot figure out how to break up the songs...it is a 2 hour mp3. ideas? it is in my itunes as one 2 hour song.
Do you have a Mac? If so, you could drag and drop that AIFF file into Garageband and break it up in there. It's kinda time consuming, but you can get decent results with it. I did it yesterday with a Jerry Garcia Band concert I've got on DVD that I've always wanted to put on my iPod.

Make 29 separate tracks out of the big track, save 29 copies of it, delete each of the other 28 tracks other than the one you're working on, and then convert them all to back mp3 after you send it back to iTunes.

I realize that might be kind of a drag to do it that way, but it really does work. If you don't have a Mac, I would more than willing to do it for you, and stream the files back to you through IM, or email them, or snail mail the cd's of them back to you, and I'll pick up the postage.

I'm not real sure how to do that on a pc, but if I can help you in any way, please let me know. I'd LOVE to be able to get a copy of it.

Thanks for taping it!!
Oh man, agreed. Updates on this please! I'd LOVE a copy of this.
Master of the Ninth Arch
just_cause wrote:Josh Freese is the shit.
After the show, I had to tell a friend who wasn't really familiar with NIN until the concert that Freese really IS human.
Bricklayer
hardtailstrat wrote:
SinKing wrote:i taped this show but it is the first time i used this new digital recorder and cannot figure out how to break up the songs...it is a 2 hour mp3. ideas? it is in my itunes as one 2 hour song.
Do you have a Mac? If so, you could drag and drop that AIFF file into Garageband and break it up in there. It's kinda time consuming, but you can get decent results with it. I did it yesterday with a Jerry Garcia Band concert I've got on DVD that I've always wanted to put on my iPod.

Make 29 separate tracks out of the big track, save 29 copies of it, delete each of the other 28 tracks other than the one you're working on, and then convert them all to back mp3 after you send it back to iTunes.

I realize that might be kind of a drag to do it that way, but it really does work. If you don't have a Mac, I would more than willing to do it for you, and stream the files back to you through IM, or email them, or snail mail the cd's of them back to you, and I'll pick up the postage.

I'm not real sure how to do that on a pc, but if I can help you in any way, please let me know. I'd LOVE to be able to get a copy of it.

Thanks for taping it!!
Bricklayer
SinKing wrote:
hardtailstrat wrote:
SinKing wrote:i taped this show but it is the first time i used this new digital recorder and cannot figure out how to break up the songs...it is a 2 hour mp3. ideas? it is in my itunes as one 2 hour song.
Do you have a Mac? If so, you could drag and drop that AIFF file into Garageband and break it up in there. It's kinda time consuming, but you can get decent results with it. I did it yesterday with a Jerry Garcia Band concert I've got on DVD that I've always wanted to put on my iPod.

Make 29 separate tracks out of the big track, save 29 copies of it, delete each of the other 28 tracks other than the one you're working on, and then convert them all to back mp3 after you send it back to iTunes.

I realize that might be kind of a drag to do it that way, but it really does work. If you don't have a Mac, I would more than willing to do it for you, and stream the files back to you through IM, or email them, or snail mail the cd's of them back to you, and I'll pick up the postage.

I'm not real sure how to do that on a pc, but if I can help you in any way, please let me know. I'd LOVE to be able to get a copy of it.

Thanks for taping it!!


I do have a mac but have never used garage band before...how do I get you a copy of it to break up as one large mp3?
Master Traveler
guildmaster wrote:Did Trent cut his hand at one point? I thought I saw blood towards the middle of the show. No idea what happened.
I think someone mentioned he cut his hand on the cage during Only??
Bricklayer
SinKing wrote: I do have a mac but have never used garage band before...how do I get you a copy of it to break up as one large mp3?
I *think* it would be possible to stream it to me over an IM connection. I've done that before with larger files, but we'd have to be willing to leave the window open for a while, like overnight or something. How big is the file?

I can stream it back to you that way once it's broken up, or even email them, a few at a time.
Master Traveler
I just got home a few hours ago.
Wow, this show was crazy. Other than a few people, the audience where I was standing seemed okay. I had a decent view of Robin the whole time( on the rail), and Trent was *right* there, sweat spatter close. I would have had a really good view of Josh Fuckin' Freese, but the security guy was standing in my line of sight 60% of the time. I have several pictures, but only a few turned out worth a flip. I would love to get a recording/pictures/video from this show to keep as a permanent remind of how awesome of a time I had.

I met tons of cool people in line, including this girl who said they played "Burn" at every show she had been to, sad to say this one was the deal breaker.

I was sad not to get "Reptile" but I moshed so hard during "Survivalism" that I still have trouble with my knee and neck. It's incredible live.

I talked to the girl who was one half of the first pair in line, and she said they arrived at 3 a.m.
Master of the Ninth Arch
I was in row A of sect 114 and saw Robin walk by. It was right in front of me , but it took a minute to process who it actually was. After that Trent, Rob, and Freese walked by. I knew who they were the minute they passed, but I didn't want to be the dick that exposed trent and Co. with a couple hundred people within grabbing distance.

Anywho, the show was really great and I got a setlist!!!!! Pretty awesome. Not to mention hearing the next day that they are coming back to Oklahoma. Tulsa is a lot closer to me than OKC by an hour and a half.

I know a few people at the BOK that are hopefully getting our group backstage passes for the next show, so hopefully that will be the time of my life.

yahoo!
Master of the Ninth Arch
I've started uploading my pictures and video from this concert. It will be awhile before everything is uploaded though. There are about 25 short videos and I am not sure how many pics will be good enough to post.

I can't believe I actually upgraded to Flickr pro just so I could upload this stuff. I am waiting for my transaction to complete before I can upload any more.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tybonium/s ... 866858385/


Here's where to video will go:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tybonium

I'm going to the Dallas show tonight, so I hope to get some more shots!!

oh yeah, and be kind...credit if you post these somewhere else.
Master ad Vitam
Thanks for sharing Tybonium!
Any chance of the source of the youtube videos being shared?

I can supply an FTP server for anyone to upload any videos, and then i can upload them to rapidshare/megaupload/torrent/whatever (full credits to the tapers, of course)
Or I can just pay you to send me them on a DVD.
I'm very serious about getting the highest quality available for these shows.
Speaking of which: check your PMs, SinKing! :)
Brandi would have never let that bs happen.
In June 2006, at Dallas and San Antonio, Brandi let it happen.
It's probable that Brandi, like JT, eventually learned from bad experiences - but it happened.
Satin Worship wrote:I talked to the girl who was one half of the first pair in line, and she said they arrived at 3 a.m.
I think she must have been lying, i drove past at 3:30 and there was no-one there.


I forget how many people were in line when i arrived, but I must say that the the line management was fantastic - everyone was cool, there wasn't anyone "holding a place for 10 people" like the shows i saw in the US in 2006.
And the process of collecting the tickets and just moving the line over a few meters was breathtakingly beautiful.
Of course, musictoday was still full of shit when they said "collect tickets and enter immediately"
They didn't check ID on venue entry, just the tickets - so scalpers are fine to keep scalping.
Speaking about full of shit, kinda stupid of them to put up a "NIN fan club line" sign. There was no-one present who was confused by it, but that's not the point.
The point is that The Spiral, dead as it is, is the "Fan Club", and the line was for "nin.com presale", not "spiral presale" (there were OTHER signs that only said "nin.com presale")

It was a shame about the line mess inside. But JT (I assume he's the tour manager instead of Sully) seems to have learned from it, and is on top of everything now. The houston presale line management was heaven.

In case you can't tell, I really like lines.
A lot of people spend more time in line than they do inside the show - or even driving to the show - so the line experience seems like it should be pretty important, but there's very few line reports in the tour journal, ever.
Although this line wasn't as fun as the next two. (see other show reports in a few days)

Actual concert-wise:
Strangers sounded shit because the sound levels were fucked - I'm glad they finally fixed this in Dallas, they actually sounded good there.
And what is there to say about NIN? It was pretty tight, the lights and screens were a million miles in front of the crap from 2006.
I assume the new light screen is what Trent envisioned back in 2006, so in retrospect I'm not as disappointed by the "cage", since he finally managed to get it right.
It was also great to hear the differences in the new songs thanks to Robin.
Only rocks. Anyone else think the new intro was Robin's idea?
His guitar work at the end was stand-out for me also.
I never understood the overwhelming Robin-love until now. Aaron's cartwheels were fun and all, but <3++ for Robin.

I took hundreds of photos, some of them even look good.
I'll post them later, after i sort through the crap.
I also captured a few "moving pictures" that are accompanied by "moving sound". I'll be torrenting them and not putting them on youtube.

As with everyone else, i have to agree: If you don't have tickets, get them - the production on this tour is awesome.

I'm sure there are plenty of speeling mistakes in this post.
Master of the Ninth Arch
Fantastic show. We were directly on the side, but it was still amazing. I'm actually glad we were sitting there because we got to see totally different views in OKC and Dallas. The production value on this tour really cannot be beaten, I was thoroughly impressed.

I have tons of pictures and video clips (to come later with nympholept's help) for both the OKC and Dallas shows, but I went ahead and put up the clip of Piggy that shows the kid who ran up on stage in the middle of it. Lots of pictures to post and lots to say, but it's a busy week so it'll have to wait for now.
nympholept wrote:Thanks for sharing Tybonium!
Any chance of the source of the youtube videos being shared?

I can supply an FTP server for anyone to upload any videos, and then i can upload them to rapidshare/megaupload/torrent/whatever (full credits to the tapers, of course)
Or I can just pay you to send me them on a DVD.
I'm very serious about getting the highest quality available for these shows.
Speaking of which: check your PMs, SinKing! :)
Brandi would have never let that bs happen.
In June 2006, at Dallas and San Antonio, Brandi let it happen.
It's probable that Brandi, like JT, eventually learned from bad experiences - but it happened.
Satin Worship wrote:I talked to the girl who was one half of the first pair in line, and she said they arrived at 3 a.m.
I think she must have been lying, i drove past at 3:30 and there was no-one there.


I forget how many people were in line when i arrived, but I must say that the the line management was fantastic - everyone was cool, there wasn't anyone "holding a place for 10 people" like the shows i saw in the US in 2006.
And the process of collecting the tickets and just moving the line over a few meters was breathtakingly beautiful.
Of course, musictoday was still full of shit when they said "collect tickets and enter immediately"
They didn't check ID on venue entry, just the tickets - so scalpers are fine to keep scalping.
Speaking about full of shit, kinda stupid of them to put up a "NIN fan club line" sign. There was no-one present who was confused by it, but that's not the point.
The point is that The Spiral, dead as it is, is the "Fan Club", and the line was for "nin.com presale", not "spiral presale" (there were OTHER signs that only said "nin.com presale")

It was a shame about the line mess inside. But JT (I assume he's the tour manager instead of Sully) seems to have learned from it, and is on top of everything now. The houston presale line management was heaven.

In case you can't tell, I really like lines.
A lot of people spend more time in line than they do inside the show - or even driving to the show - so the line experience seems like it should be pretty important, but there's very few line reports in the tour journal, ever.
Although this line wasn't as fun as the next two. (see other show reports in a few days)

Actual concert-wise:
Strangers sounded shit because the sound levels were fucked - I'm glad they finally fixed this in Dallas, they actually sounded good there.
And what is there to say about NIN? It was pretty tight, the lights and screens were a million miles in front of the crap from 2006.
I assume the new light screen is what Trent envisioned back in 2006, so in retrospect I'm not as disappointed by the "cage", since he finally managed to get it right.
It was also great to hear the differences in the new songs thanks to Robin.
Only rocks. Anyone else think the new intro was Robin's idea?
His guitar work at the end was stand-out for me also.
I never understood the overwhelming Robin-love until now. Aaron's cartwheels were fun and all, but <3++ for Robin.

I took hundreds of photos, some of them even look good.
I'll post them later, after i sort through the crap.
I also captured a few "moving pictures" that are accompanied by "moving sound". I'll be torrenting them and not putting them on youtube.

As with everyone else, i have to agree: If you don't have tickets, get them - the production on this tour is awesome.

I'm sure there are plenty of speeling mistakes in this post.
Had I known you were going to be there I would have given you a hug. Thanks for the big support for nin torrents. jkarma on demonoid. Now if we could only get the bootleg uploaded that would be sweet.
Bricklayer
I got some good shots...Some are up on flickr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29590336@N03/

Some from dallas are up there as well.

My myspace has 165 from OKC and 148 from Dallas. They are friends only so if you want to see them tell me and I will make them public for a bit..or you can just add me...haha

www.myspace.com/manic_clout
Bricklayer
Those pics are fucking bad ass.
Bricklayer
all in all, a great experience. a place to bury strangers was okay... i'm sure they would have sounded better... had they not kept playing with broken strings, that is. we were in section 104, row h, seats 5 & 6.. pretty decent seats, really. i dont really have any complaints as far as the people sitting around us.. although i do feel sorry for the poor girl in front of me that kept getting beer spilled on her. the people sitting next to me, however, were awesome people. they were out of towners (kansas city, MO) so we showed them around bricktown and had a great time.
the only thing i think that could have made that night any better would have been a meet & greet.. or something to that effect. i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels that way. other than that, i was far from disappointed.
i'm excited to hear that they're coming back to oklahoma.. i definitely plan on being at the tulsa show
Master ad Vitam
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=210595
christ the internet at this motel sucks.

I'll be using that audio on some of the videos i took -
if anyone else sending me their videos wants the audio replaced, be sure to let me know.
Master of the Ninth Arch
I took tons of pics. OKC I was stage left rail mostly because of the chaos when they let us in. But Houston and Dallas I was dead center rail. I got the best pics in Dallas.

Anyway, here they are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29730744@N07/sets/

I'll be posting more when flickr allows me more bandwidth.

Enjoy
Master Traveler
I'm interested in getting audio/video torrents from this show, however I don't have a dime account.

Can you upload them to another site?
Master ad Vitam
Dime deletes inactive members every 10 minutes.
just refresh the signup page for a while and you'll get an account.
Master Traveler
nympholept wrote:http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=210595
christ the internet at this motel sucks.

I'll be using that audio on some of the videos i took -
if anyone else sending me their videos wants the audio replaced, be sure to let me know.
Is this the same one from nintorrents?
Master ad Vitam
Ask whoever posted it on nintorrents.
I've noticed a lot of uncredited re-torrenting going on at nintorrents.

People who repost torrents should always add a note to their torrent description, indicating that it is not their torrent and where the original uploader can be found - in case people want to say thanks or whatever
Bricklayer
Who caught one of the two tambourines that Trent threw out to the crowd...one to the left side of the stage and one to the right?
Master of the Ninth Arch
Would someone be kind enough to seed the bootleg of this show on nintorrents for me?

Edit: nevermind. Got it from Dime.
Master Traveler
SinKing wrote:Who caught one of the two tambourines that Trent threw out to the crowd...one to the left side of the stage and one to the right?
The first one thrown to the left was caught by the guy standing right in front of me. He kinda got trapped in that spot when the show started, was trying to make his way back to his friends but the crowd pushed together and none of us were going anywhere.

He said he didn't even see it coming, just came out of nowhere & hit him in the chest. I offered him all the $$ I had in my pocket for it, and he looked like he was about to agree, but some girl standing next to him kept saying "NO THAT'S PRICELESS! ARE YOU CRAZY? PRICELESS!!"

Well I go to the Dallas show a few days later, and guess who's standing right next to me? Mr. Tambourine Man. I gave him shit about how @ OKC he shouldn't have been standing there in the first place........but he was a really nice guy and told me if he caught it again he would give it to me.......but no flying tambourines @ Dallas. :)
Bricklayer
hardtailstrat wrote:
thenorthwood wrote:When Josh Freese was onstage for Echoplex tapping those blocks on the light screen for the drum beats, someone yelled out "I'd like to buy a vowel!" I laughed at that one.
If you were near Section 104, Row J, seat 5... that was me.

:)

I couldn't resist.
haha.. i was a few rows in front of you. it made me giggle
Bricklayer
can i get a dime link for the show? im having trouble finding it. thank you.
Master of the Ninth Arch
Animalwilder69 wrote:can i get a dime link for the show? im having trouble finding it. thank you.
Year Zero-ey goodness.
Master ad Vitam
Animalwilder69 wrote:can i get a dime link for the show? im having trouble finding it. thank you.
Seriously? It's in the 4th post on this page.
Next time you're having trouble finding something, you might want to open your eyes or something.