1500: It's So You

[Subsonix]

1500 shows. Fuck yeah, Suck yeah.

[Jo_Culprit]

"I check in the show threads to see what stupidity the noobs post"

"he gets hard ons from arguing, so I leave that to him"

D-larious

[Eightball]

First of, congrats on the big 1500....

Now to Prince, and the awkward riders that come with performance artists....

This whole thing started with Van Halen. This was the first mega-mover band. Before Van Halen bands managed to fit into 1 or 2 tour trucks. Van Halen was really the first group to put on a really big show. Like 12 cargo trucks worth of stage and props. The band brought their own stuff, but required local contractor help to set up the majority of the heavy props and stage. All the instructions on how to assemble the stage were in the band's rider agreement... the really really boring stuff that most contractors didn't pay attention to (load bearing foundation, bad weather provisions, testing, safety procedures... and so forth). They quickly learned that most contractors skimmed the book, and assembled everything their own way resulting in lights falling, stage wobbling, and sound systems going out. So their manager decided to put in the M&M clause.

This wasn't a way of being douchy, or entitled, this was simply an assurance to the band that when they got to their dressing room and saw their bowl of M&M's without the blues that the locals read the entire rider and were adhering to all steps.

Most large scale performance bands soon adopted the same fail safe. The public may see this as an entitled act from some pre-madonnas that think they are better than everyone else, but it's there for a good and rational reason.

Is it perfectly foolproof? No, but it's a quick and easy step to assure that the show will go on.

I can only hope when K&Tg does their first large scale tour that their rider will carry a similar clause buried somewhere in the details. Perhaps an ice cold can of Bear Beer?

[Edward's Screen Name]

I very much enjoy going to weddings. It's one of the last places that, as an adult, you can binge drink, gorge yourself on food, and dance terribly for hours without repercussions.

Sign me up!

[kimbot]

the only good thing about weddings is the open bar and possibility of a quick lay.

[marina]

I like large wedding-style gatherings where you get to see old friends, and catch up and eat free food, but I hate weddings themselves. They're always vaguely uncomfortable and somebody always gets too drunk and it's sad because you know they have a problem, and that's probably why no one in the Hangover movies says anything, it's just too sad. Also, you don't want to be a bitch at someone eles's wedding.

Originally Posted by Fourbid

Having a big dick is also the worst. When it touches the toilet water when you're taking a shit it's the worst feeling in the world.

Life is rough.

And don't get me started on having 300-like abs.

Gurl, it's like your life and my life are the same life.

[littlp]

When I had thyroid cancer I had to take radioactive iodine to kill off the remaining thyroid. Nothing spectacular happened except I had a pretty dry mouth and has to pee every two hours to try and get the iodine out. I was only sequestered for three days but I am in my 20s and the body reacts a lot differently when older. I heard that my pee would glow but I didn't notice.

[scottperezfox]

Not to give Chemda a complex about her age, but for some reason I thought she was between my sister and me in age, maybe 33 or 34. I dunno how I was so off. And I always thought she was at least 3 years younger than Keith.

See, this is what happens when I get old — time starts to bend itself.

[Junkenstein]

D, you mother lover, you made me crack up

[marina]

I used to not tell people my age because they'd go "Ohhh myyy gooodddd, you're sooo young!" It used to embarrass me, but now they don't say shit like that and I kind of miss it. The only problem I have with getting older, and people knowing that is that I worry they'll judge me for my lack of achievement.