tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199028602024-02-19T01:29:09.164-05:00All You Need Is HopsThis site was created to give you something to do in between episodes of "All You Need Is Hops". To listen click on the Hopscast links on the right side of the page.
Set Lists for the shows can be found on the Hopscasts Page: http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htmHopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-4112949863176705462019-01-14T11:02:00.000-05:002019-01-14T11:02:32.279-05:00Is there anybody out there?<b>Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
</b>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-47202557050951736062011-05-08T17:32:00.007-04:002011-05-08T17:46:51.310-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 39: Spaghetti Westerns<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2xSSED96Ns5Ak_c8SSZU8hzoOyBWLZdzl4Bw-TwV3GwHHZ9QzzeSLRo3JR8YkTQ1b9qcStNmqKMfgr9zP3CAx3P14io6lXinOx04idPj1-y_iLgDEx0mY_k3bBSsx7DUwanNuw/s1600/All+You+Need+Is+Hops+39.jpg" class="vt-p" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2xSSED96Ns5Ak_c8SSZU8hzoOyBWLZdzl4Bw-TwV3GwHHZ9QzzeSLRo3JR8YkTQ1b9qcStNmqKMfgr9zP3CAx3P14io6lXinOx04idPj1-y_iLgDEx0mY_k3bBSsx7DUwanNuw/s400/All+You+Need+Is+Hops+39.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604463604497994770" /></a>
<br />The near year long hiatus is over. Time for a new Hopscast!
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<br /><b>Episode 39: Spaghetti Westerns</b> is an exploration of the music from spaghetti western movies. This cinematic episode is heavily inspired by Ennio Morricone and is perfect for a night of heavy drinking. Pair with tequila.
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<br />Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode39.mp3" class="vt-p">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/episode_39.htm" class="vt-p">set list</a> on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm" class="vt-p">Hopscasts page</a>.
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<br /></div>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-897517820969907262011-05-08T17:31:00.002-04:002011-05-08T17:32:00.155-04:00The Hiatus Is Over!Ladies and Gentlemden. All You Need Is Hops is BACK!Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-77306970260196029122010-08-06T19:02:00.002-04:002010-08-06T19:05:43.019-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 38: Sun / Burnt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQkhAmbeqcJP2V5h0prVZJboDC_sIEOdkm7OCUArvpol9KXHZq4RrPKm2nRYl3DEpIOEYvqUagA2PRfVrGXB7URMSORD-poOCsCjvR7gZvKwSsWQo5dvXzPuMjwFSjoYuByqrSQ/s1600/all+you+need+is+hops+episode+38+Sun+Burnt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQkhAmbeqcJP2V5h0prVZJboDC_sIEOdkm7OCUArvpol9KXHZq4RrPKm2nRYl3DEpIOEYvqUagA2PRfVrGXB7URMSORD-poOCsCjvR7gZvKwSsWQo5dvXzPuMjwFSjoYuByqrSQ/s320/all+you+need+is+hops+episode+38+Sun+Burnt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502436887943300738" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Episode 38: Sun / Burnt</span> is a chill episode inspired by the 100 degree weather we're having this summer. <br />Instructions for listening: <br />1) Go to beach or pool <br />2) Drink booze <br />3) Start listening to episode <br />4) Take a nap<br /><br />Alternate Title: Sun King Acid Trip. <br /><br />Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode38.mp3">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm">Hopscasts </a>page though I always prefer you listen first.Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-23143697328642988682010-04-05T18:32:00.004-04:002010-04-06T08:07:17.173-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 37: The Breakup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSS9wBxLH0OqGhcX8C9fOTOqVooYit8gDKKWWWR2d3lpV-o1DPHPEghwoXY2PVqogjip4JFMGvSjlab2IuGadX_jRzp3KWlyowKt6B9jagoz8RdauJbmJo_gnwiK212JZGvZsww/s1600/al+you+need+is+hops+episode+37.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSS9wBxLH0OqGhcX8C9fOTOqVooYit8gDKKWWWR2d3lpV-o1DPHPEghwoXY2PVqogjip4JFMGvSjlab2IuGadX_jRzp3KWlyowKt6B9jagoz8RdauJbmJo_gnwiK212JZGvZsww/s320/al+you+need+is+hops+episode+37.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456785785321591522" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Episode 37: The Breakup </span>aka the 2010 anti-Valentine's Day show is a bit late... but still appropriate I'm sure. Instead of angry songs the episode focus on (mostly) songs of regret, heartache and country breakup songs.<br /><br />Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode37.mp3">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm">Hopscasts </a>page though I always prefer you listen first<br /><br />PS this episode has nothing to do with Mrs. Hops!!!Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-54984978887085983052010-01-31T17:02:00.003-05:002010-01-31T17:11:32.115-05:00Best of the Decade: Other List<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Best Songs:</span><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fake Empire</span>" by <span>The National </span>off of <span>Boxer</span><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">One Big Holiday</span>" by <span>My Morning Jacket </span>off of <span>It Still Moves</span><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Reckoner</span>" by <span>Radiohead </span>off of <span>In Rainbows</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Best Live Shows:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nine Inch Nails </span>- Many to choose from but I'd pick the show at the House Of Blues in Atlantic City<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Radiohead </span>- Any Radiohead show is amazing, but my first in August 2001 at Liberty State Park in NJ was special. With the Statue of Liberty behind the stage and the World Trade Center and NYC skyline to the left.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The National</span> - At the Black Cat in DC<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arcade Fire</span> - At the 9:30 club in DC<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Audioslave </span>-Seriously. They destroyed the 9:30 club. Go ahead and judge.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Most Underrated Artist</span>:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Matthew Ryan</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Best Year</span>:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2007</span>: In Rainbows, Boxer, Neon Bible, Cassadaga, Year Zero etc.<br /><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/GEFTIS/My%20Documents/Work/My%20Pictures/t11.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Favorite Album Cover</span>:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yankee Hotel Foxtrot </span>by Wilco<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAjTbKmL-AJX-d7oobImKQ_sw4AqCrIOZabtliy52aQFu_t6qAnxPQdNPCxP4U_Jn5cGH2ZLYyvWcM-x1OprkrjCiMlIxx2EVc_2YHyo5xfj6hYc_pQWE3TcauEvOBIyYXdIPzA/s1600-h/ldw6916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAjTbKmL-AJX-d7oobImKQ_sw4AqCrIOZabtliy52aQFu_t6qAnxPQdNPCxP4U_Jn5cGH2ZLYyvWcM-x1OprkrjCiMlIxx2EVc_2YHyo5xfj6hYc_pQWE3TcauEvOBIyYXdIPzA/s320/ldw6916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433028845251377410" border="0" /></a>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-7229391580376917582010-01-31T16:48:00.005-05:002010-01-31T17:01:16.942-05:00Hops' Top 5 Albums of 2010<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Best Albums of 2010</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) "Veckatimest" by Grizzly Bear</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/S2X7Pi5w1tI/AAAAAAAABbg/bu8SiwhzJvY/s1600-h/grizzly-bear-veckatimest-cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/S2X7Pi5w1tI/AAAAAAAABbg/bu8SiwhzJvY/s320/grizzly-bear-veckatimest-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433024769978062546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) "Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well " by The Builders & The Butchers</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/S2X7kpyKbDI/AAAAAAAABbo/oMJgN5MlJw8/s1600-h/builders-and-the-butchers-2009-salvation-is-a-deep-dark-well.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/S2X7kpyKbDI/AAAAAAAABbo/oMJgN5MlJw8/s320/builders-and-the-butchers-2009-salvation-is-a-deep-dark-well.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433025132602485810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) "Hopsice" by The Antlers</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVgYqotBQk_84ew0T_9Uueib9k4Hv2Jg65uy8LE6MBf0_YkoKNSao85SjAlRBqtb_OUvp7m90DIoODbS-CPL1wJrzQvPwhNeWiWAXLeeRqw5hqQR41PPOot_plFpBoTgRq52MEw/s1600-h/hospice-by-the-antlers_5u1ixuvpkb4x_full.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVgYqotBQk_84ew0T_9Uueib9k4Hv2Jg65uy8LE6MBf0_YkoKNSao85SjAlRBqtb_OUvp7m90DIoODbS-CPL1wJrzQvPwhNeWiWAXLeeRqw5hqQR41PPOot_plFpBoTgRq52MEw/s320/hospice-by-the-antlers_5u1ixuvpkb4x_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433025444961522098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">#4) "Dear Lover" by Matthew Ryan</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw27MQzhdahqAPlQNveAlma5-w43wr2OCDkwTSZ8_t8K1rNNzbboHmSsqHT_OkjV6SzwUDoNrP1Mvq45jVJRicn9q8_Vkf-P__PamiWS8Keh8Keh7DMpfEwh9JWVr6AHW5PcUEVA/s1600-h/l_f18dbb5d60ce442eb59c5d4d942400b6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw27MQzhdahqAPlQNveAlma5-w43wr2OCDkwTSZ8_t8K1rNNzbboHmSsqHT_OkjV6SzwUDoNrP1Mvq45jVJRicn9q8_Vkf-P__PamiWS8Keh8Keh7DMpfEwh9JWVr6AHW5PcUEVA/s320/l_f18dbb5d60ce442eb59c5d4d942400b6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433026017260895522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">#5) "Street Sweeper Social CLub" by Street Sweeper Social Club<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGVqCQAzdu7KSwp3HG-ywNhBSQuibO13IjEdCyuDuOzdVTZCm1jBVWmMmW1UfN12yUPGuBx9GGN46Ky-l7-GfXwtOdQ1agX5o5Qxib8zyi5AUvOikPLtjh-yNiyZ54tRshqW4ZA/s1600-h/Street-Sweeper-Social-Club.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGVqCQAzdu7KSwp3HG-ywNhBSQuibO13IjEdCyuDuOzdVTZCm1jBVWmMmW1UfN12yUPGuBx9GGN46Ky-l7-GfXwtOdQ1agX5o5Qxib8zyi5AUvOikPLtjh-yNiyZ54tRshqW4ZA/s320/Street-Sweeper-Social-Club.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433027235985706738" border="0" /></a>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-59172602088277349392010-01-31T16:45:00.005-05:002010-04-06T08:25:37.050-04:00The Best Of The Decade: Hops' Top 30 Albums of the 2000's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaYVRhKNYyLUTQDdzmANwcr46e7XC8oSBRK3E4269u1GOaUyYptnoz6cv3AgSqFphYg1PMGSRRSB2oQ3OlfdyqPihT0kfuvWrB9u1PHrpllcGKEEiX1qZbyvphhYl6x8HHue0-A/s1600-h/Kid+A+Cover.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Smilers” by Aimee Mann (2008)</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">25) <b style="">“Concussion” by Matthew Ryan (2001)</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">24) <b style="">“The Clarence Greenwood Recordings” by Citizen Cope (2004)<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">23) <b style="">“Ghosts I-IV” by Nine Inch Nails (2008)</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">22) <b style="">“At Dawn” by My Morning Jacket (2001)</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">21) <b style="">“Veckatimist” by Gizzly Bear (2009): </b>2009’s best album is a fantastical journey.<span style=""> </span>Lots of layers of sound, lots to hear. It’s not for everyone but it is a great album for those who like to really lose themselves in an album</p> <p class="MsoNormal">20) <b style="">“The Forgotten Arm” by Aimee Mann (2005): </b>I love any music that tells stories and Aimee Mann is the master of that.<span style=""> </span>A fully conceptual album “The Forgotten Arm” tells the story of a hard-on-his-luck Vietnam vet and boxer from Virginia and his dysfunctional relationship with the love of his life.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">19) <b style="">“I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning” by Bright Eyes (2005): </b>Though I love Cassadega (2007) almost equally this album really shot Bright Eyes up to the top of the indie-folk ladder. Songs like “Lua”, “Road To Joy”<span style=""> </span>and “Landlocked Blues” still sound poignant and important 5 years after its release.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">18) <b style="">“Sea Change” by Beck (2002): </b>Beck took all his hipster moves and threw them away in this album. It’s a stripped down melancholy album dealing with a breakup.<span style=""> </span>It made me realize how good of an artist he really is.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">17) <b style="">“From A Basement On A Hill” by Elliott Smith (2004): </b>Released posthumously after his suicide this album can almost be difficult to listen to given his tragic death.<span style=""> </span>The songs hit right to the bone and come from a man dealing with some serious demons.<span style=""> </span>Still, I can’t ever stop listening to it. It’s the “Virgin Suicides” of music.<span style=""> </span>Most will point to “Figure 8” as his best work of the decade, but this album has always hit me on a more emotional level</p> <p class="MsoNormal">16) <b style="">“It Still Moves” by My Morning Jacket (2003)</b>:<span style=""> </span>While I have some issues with the sequencing on this album it really shows everything MMJ can be as a band. Soaring highs from “One Big Holiday” (one of the best songs of the decade) to brilliant moments of introspection “Golden”.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">15) <b style="">“The Mirror Conspiracy” by Thievery Corporation (2000)</b>:<span style=""> </span>Taking elements from electronic, trip-hop and bassanova Thievery made an album that completely creates a fantastic mood. I can’t tell you how often I hear their music at restaurants, lounges and in movies.<span style=""> </span>For me, they completely awoke my ears to entire genre of music I previously had ignored.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">14) <b style="">“Is This It?” by The Strokes (2001)</b>:<span style=""> </span>Rock and Roll! Tracks like "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", and "Someday" still sound good almost 10 years later.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">13) <b style="">“Year Zero” by Nine Inch Nails (2007)</b>:<span style=""> </span>A conceptual album deal with the government and freedom.<span style=""> </span>While Radiohead scored all their press for their business innovation they aren’t even in the same league as NIN who launched an entire alternative reality to promote the record.<span style=""> </span>It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in music.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">12) <b style="">“American IV: The Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash (2002)</b>:<span style=""> </span>This album introduced an entire generation of hipsters (and me) to the brilliance and honesty of Johnny Cash.<span style=""> </span>Most famous for the cover of the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt” it also boast several other outstanding tracks. RIP Johnny.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">11) <b style="">“Heartbreaker” by Ryan Adams (2000)</b>:<span style=""> </span>His first post-Whiskeytown album is still my favorite. Its filled with honesty and emotion and paints fantastic scnese of youth and lost love.<span style=""> </span>"To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" and "Come Pick Me Up" are epic tracks. Some will point to 2001’s follow up album (Gold) but for me this is tops.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">10) <b style="">“Give Up” by The Postal Service (2003)</b>:<span style=""> </span>Side project from Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie) this album mixes new wave beats and Gibbard’s unique storytelling. Some may hate it, but I love it. It takes me to a wonderful time and place every time I listen to it…and I still do listen to it quite a bit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">9) <b style="">“Return To Cookie Mountain” by TV On The Radio (2006)</b>:<span style=""> </span>There are so many layers of rock, electronic, hip-hop and funk on this album its hard to know where to begin. It has tons of sonic depth but still makes you think.<span style=""> </span>In the oddest of ways I can only compare them to Pink Floyd, despite the fact they have almost no musical overlap.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">8) <b style="">“Neon Bible” by Arcade Fire (2007)</b>:<span style=""> </span>After such an amazing debut it was hard to really top themselves.<span style=""> </span>They didn’t quite do that with this album but it was stunner.<span style=""> </span>Eveyrthing from their debut was there: soaring harmonies, dark themes and amazing weirdness.<span style=""> </span>Amazing stuff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">7) <b style="">“In Rainbows” by Radiohead (2007)</b>:<span style=""> </span>Too much attention was paid to the fact this album was digitally released and not enough was focused on the brilliance of the songs.<span style=""> </span>When it came out I thought it might get better over time.<span style=""> </span>Indeed it has. I still find pockets of eupohoria and pain in these songs I never heard.<span style=""> </span>They’re the best band on the planet for a reason people.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">6) <b style=""><span style=""> </span>“Alligator” (2005) by The National</b>:<span style=""> </span>This exploded onto my radar in 2005.<span style=""> </span>It sounded immense.<span style=""> </span>Not from a volume or wall of sound perspective, just from a thematic one.<span style=""> </span>Songs talking about the boss stopping you in the hallway to tell you they’ve been hearing good things, standing tall with high beams shining on your back to the secret meeting in the basement of my brain.<span style=""> </span>I have daydreams of writing a screenplay which would be completely sound tracked by this album.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">5) <b style="">“Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” by Wilco (2001)</b>:<span style=""> </span>Ah where to begin.<span style=""> </span>This album helped me a lot after 9/11.<span style=""> </span>It introduced me to the concept of noise as a form of art. The pinnacle of everything that Wilco is and was as a band.<span style=""> </span>Pretty close to perfection.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">4) <b style="">“Z” by My Morning Jacket (2005)</b>: This was the apex of a fantastic run of three straight dynamite albums (At Dawn and It Still Moves being the others). It saw MMJ take their sound to another level, add in a layer that was mysterious and dark without losing any of the things that made them so much fun to listen to in the first place. There are many layers to this album and all of them are wonderful.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">3) <b style="">“Boxer” (2007) by The National</b>:<span style=""> </span>I went back and forth and back and forth on this one.<span style=""> </span>I had Alligator at 3 and boxer at 6. For me Alligator meant a bit more since it came out first. But after insistence by Mrs. Hops and my buddy Jordan “Hung Like A” Haas I realized that in fact Boxer is the better album.<span style=""> </span>Both are amazing, but Boxer in particular speaks to my generation and my life more directly. I can only compare it to the way Bruce Springsteen (used to) speak to the working class.<span style=""> </span>In addition to crafting a perfect album, they crafted the perfect song on that album. “Fake Empire”.<span style=""> </span>Brilliant.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">2) <b style="">“Funeral” (2004) by Arcade Fire</b>:<span style=""> </span>I said on the very first Hopscast that one day I’d brag to my kids (or someone else’s) that I got to see this band when they were just coming out.<span style=""> </span>The harmonies, wall of sound and general darkness of their music is both uplifting and sad at the same time. Emotional without any touch of sappiness or cheesiness. I don’t understand how anyone can listen to it an not be moved.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>1) <b style="">“Kid A” (2000) by Radiohead</b>:<span style=""> </span>Radiohead are creeping up to Beatles category for me as far as all-time bands are concerned. Yes, I understand the gravity of such a statement and feel absolutely no sense of shame saying it. They are simply amazing.<span style=""> </span>True artists.<span style=""> </span>Kid A was an album I didn’t immediately accept.<span style=""> </span>It was difficult for me to understand what they were trying to achieve and how the music was meant to be digested.<span style=""> </span>Then one day it clicked.<span style=""> </span>The album whacked me on the upside of the head and reconfigured the way I hear music.<span style=""> </span>No other album in my life, with the exceptions of “Sgt. Pepper’s” has ever really done that for me. I’ve loved others more perhaps and treasure them more, but Kid A had a lasting impact on me that still is there a decade later. It’s the standard by which all other albums in the last 10 years have to be judged, and that is why it’s an easy choice for #1.</p> Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-10872064220590306152009-11-17T13:02:00.002-05:002009-11-17T13:06:42.824-05:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 36: Costume Party '09 (The Unbroken Chain)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/episode_36_files/image3001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 310px;" src="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/episode_36_files/image3001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
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Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Episode 36: Costume Party ’09 (The Unbroken Chain)</b> aka the <i style="">2009 covers show</i> is my most ambitious episode yet. There is only one set, no set breaks at all.<span style=""> </span>The format is an unbroken chain of covers where Artist A covers Artist B. Then Artist B Covers Artist c, and C cover D and so on and so on.<span style=""> </span>The episode ends with the last artist covering the first one to complete the chain! </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span>
<br />Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode36.mp3">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm" target="_blank">Hopscasts page </a>though I always prefer you listen first.</p> Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-62117603363993223212009-10-07T17:26:00.004-04:002009-10-07T17:32:13.843-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 35: Vampires<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHeU90kfBPKIgMh4iFUSv6ewCcEyUHrQlrCrOMaby7VR2hBiCufiES3-wvAnvONLWSpmmwa8pSMKvGuszh8WvegmfbkNGHGkiNarOuIWizSOpQop7ZirDTuJy3I4F22CKhpNw6g/s1600-h/al+you+need+is+hops+episode+35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHeU90kfBPKIgMh4iFUSv6ewCcEyUHrQlrCrOMaby7VR2hBiCufiES3-wvAnvONLWSpmmwa8pSMKvGuszh8WvegmfbkNGHGkiNarOuIWizSOpQop7ZirDTuJy3I4F22CKhpNw6g/s400/al+you+need+is+hops+episode+35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389973169609099650" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/GEFTIS/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />Episode 35 of All You Need Is Hops is the first of the annual two-part Halloween shows. There really isn't much mystery as to the theme, its about Vampires, which are oh so trendy these days.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span>Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode35.mp3" target="_blank">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm" target="_blank">Hopscasts page </a>though I always prefer <span>you</span> listen first.Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-1209558816612525362009-08-07T10:18:00.005-04:002009-10-07T17:32:32.228-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 34: Road Trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_TwX2usJfBSQf8d5psqkUi9H4IzRaKRnzm43arQzhfOCP1QageOXrswFrs97ukseTFxY6VzPNRfsdDM1C9u9cbaFZqcTnXdmREfPqslAo0CU5XeQtX_GOS6D4C-efjFX0yWZxA/s1600-h/all+you+need+is+hops+episode+34b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_TwX2usJfBSQf8d5psqkUi9H4IzRaKRnzm43arQzhfOCP1QageOXrswFrs97ukseTFxY6VzPNRfsdDM1C9u9cbaFZqcTnXdmREfPqslAo0CU5XeQtX_GOS6D4C-efjFX0yWZxA/s400/all+you+need+is+hops+episode+34b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367226551736936994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Episode 34 </span>of <span style="font-weight: bold;">All You Need Is Hops </span>is the perfect companion for your road trip. If there was ever a time to listen to a Hopscast a road trip is the time to do it. An hour of solid rock music, starting off with lots of classic rock and then moving onto new tracks. This episode will get you where you're going....or at least an hour closer.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span>Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode34.mp3" target="_blank">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm" target="_blank">Hopscasts page </a>though I always prefer <span>you</span> listen first.Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-8427955273442106592009-06-16T19:34:00.018-04:002009-06-16T21:13:25.950-04:00NIN 2009 Part 6 - Merriweather<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Well all of you Hopsfans...this is Mrs Hops' sixth and final post. So unless Trent Rez</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">nor changes his mind and decides this tour isn't his last, I don't expect to be posting again here any time soon. I hope you all have been entertained!<br /><br />If you haven't already, please check out parts 1-5 below for our backstage experience at Camden and our terrific show at Holmdel - Hops' home town amphitheater.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">After the Holmdel show we hit the beach. As most of you know, we Hops folks are pale and fragile, so needless to say every inch of my body that wasn't covered in SPF 1000 was burned afterwards. Very, badly burned (like Will Ferrell in Austin Powers </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">style).</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Monday night we took a night off from NIN to go see TV on the</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Radio at the 9:30 </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Club. This is by far o</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ur favorite ven</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ue</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFr6aj1bGEWCIoZRDNv4iB3dzO7IYHalXQ21gEHAUZLB0QeD111MD1YHrsMTdgac7-L6QNOXWQSO7VwxQpkmEueqWOItj02Iir34MPWXsHdB6jRnahCtcIld7wQjlqF0nD9lSLcg/s1600-h/bens.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFr6aj1bGEWCIoZRDNv4iB3dzO7IYHalXQ21gEHAUZLB0QeD111MD1YHrsMTdgac7-L6QNOXWQSO7VwxQpkmEueqWOItj02Iir34MPWXsHdB6jRnahCtcIld7wQjlqF0nD9lSLcg/s200/bens.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348076005476771682" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">in DC and an awesome spot to catch show. While we waited in line to get into the venue, we saw Clarence Greenwood</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, aka Citizen Cope getting into his car. He is a local</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> celebrity and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">musician we love. So the night was off to a good start. We watched the show with a couple we are close friends with, which is always fun. Afterwards, we hit the iconic DC restaura</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">nt Ben's Chili Bowl for a snack. And you thought Taco Bell was a bad idea before bed</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />On Tuesday evening we headed up to Maryland for the final NIN show for us this </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">tour, </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH8fPwQvC_wKsQSvz3crL51PrQj9p6LMPDP0O2d-P5aOHQfiVCKWPgftStq6E35_0CRg9lPwwRhgsAX_c3csQ2G0SkkIJ6K3PLwUONBUY02rbOF0cqHWyrrEv43lOZVR04ds5nQ/s1600-h/DSCF1502.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH8fPwQvC_wKsQSvz3crL51PrQj9p6LMPDP0O2d-P5aOHQfiVCKWPgftStq6E35_0CRg9lPwwRhgsAX_c3csQ2G0SkkIJ6K3PLwUONBUY02rbOF0cqHWyrrEv43lOZVR04ds5nQ/s200/DSCF1502.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348095622283435250" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">and since this is NIN'</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">s last tour, my final show ever! Again we had presale tickets. As we left for the show the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">sun </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">was shining and all w</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">as well. However, as we approached the venue the skies suddenly darkened. As we </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">parked in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">the lot we could hear NIN doing their </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">soundcheck in the venue - they were playing Metal. As the skies quickly grew darker Hops </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1lWu28PSYZeE4VFopxVBpJuVej5OV8umBoKUCGtO98Oa8jyouicX8mNxt6W13lVea6Z2_8KhKIeKdDrzvHqnZk65SH1OZq-g3kquswClzpdHc9AbLudhSJVIcO9-i4qVt4oxaw/s1600-h/DSCF1503.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1lWu28PSYZeE4VFopxVBpJuVej5OV8umBoKUCGtO98Oa8jyouicX8mNxt6W13lVea6Z2_8KhKIeKdDrzvHqnZk65SH1OZq-g3kquswClzpdHc9AbLudhSJVIcO9-i4qVt4oxaw/s200/DSCF1503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348095808289401202" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">joked that Trent Reznor had angered </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">the weather gods. So we decided to wait out the weather in the car. It was a wise choice, as about a half an hour of major rain, lightening, hail a</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">nd storms followed. In the pictures you can see the clouds rolling in, the</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">rain through </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjgwjFJBj8I/AAAAAAAABFQ/K9sj1-XTc6s/s1600-h/DSCF1504.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjgwjFJBj8I/AAAAAAAABFQ/K9sj1-XTc6s/s200/DSCF1504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348077936736047042" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">the skylight</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> in the car (that lamppost </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">had a</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> "The Fray" flag attache</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">d to it, which we thought was hilarious), and Hops not </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">looking to happy about the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">situation.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So once the rains rolled past, we decided to head to pick up our tickets and quickly got into the venue, skipping the normal line again and going through the presale line. Merriweather is a nice venue in a park-like setting. The whole design of the amphitheater is meant to assimilate with the surrounding natural scenery. The venue was actually designed back in the 60s by Frank Gehry who is better known now for his sculptural titanium facades (Rock and Roll Museum in Seattle, Bilbao Guggenheim to name a couple). Anyway, if you ever go there to see a show it is worth a walk around. There are </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">several interesting sculptures throughout the grounds and most of the food and beer is way above typical </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">amphitheater </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">fare. In fact, I was able to find one vendor selling Stout! I attribute this to the fact that the venue is managed by a local company rather than Live Nation</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. In fact the management company is the same as the one that runs the 9:30 Club, where we saw TVOTR the night before. We learned this during the backstsage tour we had back in Camden, as they said it would be a different crew doing the Merriweather show since it isn't a Live Nation venue. We even saw our favorite pierced and inked 9:30 club stage guard working at the front of the pit, who we affectionately nicknamed "Mr. Brownstone" (a nickname he earned when we saw Velvet Revolver at the 9:30 Club a few years back). As we went to our seats I was very excited because we were in the first row, dead center, behind the pit. When standing, our feet were about at the same level of the shoulders of the people standing in the pit, which was about 20 feet deep. It was almost as if we were at the same level of the stage standing 20 feet away with no one in between us and the microphone. To pass the time before SSSC took the stage, Hops texted a message to some number that posts your texts on the big screens at the venue. It had something for Trent and something for me. Does this mean we get to have another wedding???</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Sjg0kXJJ9eI/AAAAAAAABFY/tUO5QzGA6xc/s1600-h/DSCF1516.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Sjg0kXJJ9eI/AAAAAAAABFY/tUO5QzGA6xc/s320/DSCF1516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348082356794815970" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So SSSC took the stage and rocked it out as expected. This time we got a great video clip of their song Somewhere in the World Its Midnight. I would actually consider this to be one of their tamer songs. Unfortunately the audio is </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">horrible, but you get the idea. Be sure to watch the end where Boots talks to the crowd. He is awesome. Have I mentioned before that you really must check them out?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TkhidAFB1UU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TkhidAFB1UU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></span>After yet another great SSSC opener, we were ready for </span><span style="font-size:100%;">the main event. Which in my mind was NIN. Don't get me wron</span><span style="font-size:100%;">g, Jane's was great and I'm glad we watched their whole show in Holmdel, but we had already concluded that we would watch NIN tonight and leave afterwards. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">There were a couple of reasons for this: 1) I really wanted the last thing I saw at my last NIN show to be NIN, and 2) we both had work the next day. So needless to say from where we were sitting it really felt like a small, small club show. I often felt Trent was singing directly at me just because we were the first people in the row </span><span style="font-size:100%;">directly across from him above the pit (don't worry - I'm not delusional and don't actually think he was singing to me). It was just very cool to have such a unique perspective directly in front of and on the same level as the band. Plus Hops and I were dancing and jumping around like crazy people and not everyone in the front row was as animated as us. So I know they </span><span style="font-size:100%;">must have at least noticed us! Trent was very intense during the show - there was no talking and no band intro. It was a great mix of hard and slow songs and both some of mine and Hops' favorites were included. The highlight for me was seeing The Becoming live. Trent hadn't been playing this since the 90s before this tour and it was my first and only time getting to hear it live.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHbE3RviOyhNpvvaKZZMnXPaNrHDnJgGsZKeMuO5fbD075u8tkIkyfJCnf7ywBGM9U9KYpsfgcuzfw-hCHQW7n_RuDNZhV4_NnkrKnmNgFwddnjsiqxDtHkfmWFg7LeSfixiIWA/s1600-h/DSCF1537.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHbE3RviOyhNpvvaKZZMnXPaNrHDnJgGsZKeMuO5fbD075u8tkIkyfJCnf7ywBGM9U9KYpsfgcuzfw-hCHQW7n_RuDNZhV4_NnkrKnmNgFwddnjsiqxDtHkfmWFg7LeSfixiIWA/s320/DSCF1537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348087811751223394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Sjg5EAitzII/AAAAAAAABFg/1GAfofdqkoI/s1600-h/DSCF1539.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Sjg5EAitzII/AAAAAAAABFg/1GAfofdqkoI/s320/DSCF1539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348087298530331778" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a partial video of The Becoming. Yes, that is me screaming at the first note (Hops says that I am to NIN what his buddy Boaz is to Phish). And Hops was kind enough to pan over to me towards the end so you can see what I call "dancing" to NIN's music looks like. Unfortunately the camera was zoomed out at this point and it looks a lot further away than it actually was - the SSSC video and pictures are a little more accurate in that regard.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sB2Tk0NYUhk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sB2Tk0NYUhk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />After the show, we were exhausted from the 5 day concert trek. But how can you pass up late night chili? We finished the night off with some jalapeno poppers and chili mac at Hard Times down the street from our house in Old Town before calling it a night.<br /><br />Overall it was a great experience. Hops was a great sport to go to all the shows with me and I'm fortunate to get to see my favorite band several times on their last big tour - not to mention having gotten to meet them and go backstage. Thanks to all of you for reading these posts and sharing the experience with us!<br /><br />Mrs - Hops - out.</span><br /></span>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-57392995904412660562009-06-14T14:40:00.024-04:002009-06-14T15:55:29.824-04:00NIN 2009 Part 5 - Holmdel<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">See the below posts for Parts 1-4 of this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NIN</span> series, which detail our amazing backstage experience at the show in Camden.<br /><br />But now for the promised and I'm sure eagerly anticipated summation of our night in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Holmdel</span> NJ. But first, I must provide some road trip background.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />After crashing at a hotel in Philly after the Camden show on Friday night, we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wo</span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ke</span> early to</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> drive out to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Holmdel</span>, which was about a 2 hour drive. We were </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">exhausted from</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> the prior </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">night, but ready to enjoy the show from the front as </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVFqOQmpaI/AAAAAAAABCg/ZjkXFryH2qc/s1600-h/1+the+room.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVFqOQmpaI/AAAAAAAABCg/ZjkXFryH2qc/s200/1+the+room.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347256724256892322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">pure spectators. Plus Hops was excited about returning to a venue that he frequented for shows when he was in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">highschool</span>. Our only tactical error here was that we </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">failed to reserve a hotel room in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Holmdel</span> area until just a few days</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> before the show. We ended up at a Best Western about 20 minutes south of the</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> venue. In retrospect it was probably not</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">as bad as we thought it was - it was fairly clean,</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">convenient</span> and inexpensive. However, we were both a little disturbed to find that the shower/whirlpool was located in the bedroom rather than the bath. Needless </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">to say, we wore <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">flipflops</span> when we showered.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />So once we checked into the hotel, we embarked upon the search for a liquor </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">store to buy some beer. Two funny things about Jersey: 1) they won't let you pump your own gas & 2) you have to go to a liquor store to buy beer. So after driving around for about a half hour and with a little help from Hop's Google <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">app</span> on his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">BlackBerry</span> we located a store and snagged some nice local <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">microbrews</span> for the lot from </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVHnNGeOoI/AAAAAAAABCo/NXXGwdGfsoE/s1600-h/2+presale+rules.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVHnNGeOoI/AAAAAAAABCo/NXXGwdGfsoE/s200/2+presale+rules.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347258871429610114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">a brewery called River Horse - a stout for me and a wit for Hops. Then it was off to the venue. Upon arriving we had no problems parking and picking up our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">presale</span> tickets. Unlike in Camden, the weather was gorgeous so we set up a couple of camper chairs in the shade under some trees by our car and ate some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">sandwiches</span> we had picked up before leaving Philly that morning</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">(from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">DeBruno</span> bros. specialty foods market - which you should check o</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ut</span> next time you are in </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Philly if you like good </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">food). The venue </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">is unique because its a </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">very park-like setting and was a perfect spot to enjoy a few cold ones before the show. The </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">crowd was an interesting mix - most were </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">blasting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">NIN</span>, with a few </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jane's and, not shockingly given we were in NJ, some Bruce. Hops was happy. Around 6:30 we decided to go into the venue. The picture to the right best describes the luxury that is being a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">presale</span> ticket holder - you get to go in a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">separate</span> entrance without the big line. The picture is from inside the venue looking back at all of the non-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">presale</span> people waiting to get in. Ha-ha (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">simpson's</span> style).<br /><br /><br />So once inside we checked out the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">merch</span> again. I got a T-shirt, patch and a sticker. Then we headed for the seats. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Holmdel</span> is a nice venue for us because they have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">permanent</span> seats where the pit would normally be. Since we are </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVI5Y7aS7I/AAAAAAAABC4/yBSlH3MVKs4/s1600-h/6+crazy+buff+man.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVI5Y7aS7I/AAAAAAAABC4/yBSlH3MVKs4/s200/6+crazy+buff+man.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347260283353713586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFQAJXfvTCTuE4iBGvILbPtwIj2BVnXd828gz9LbNG3nasuqit4jxCaG6NOvziHEo3tmCmk6zuH6mkh_27rKQ-I19slEaM1cbw1BuvI5iTCCBDuXwWZ7PBnrknnRLPW_XxD7B5g/s1600-h/5+crowd.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFQAJXfvTCTuE4iBGvILbPtwIj2BVnXd828gz9LbNG3nasuqit4jxCaG6NOvziHEo3tmCmk6zuH6mkh_27rKQ-I19slEaM1cbw1BuvI5iTCCBDuXwWZ7PBnrknnRLPW_XxD7B5g/s200/5+crowd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347259883089462146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">way too old and rickety to go into the pit, this is just about as close to the stage </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">as we</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">can get these days. With our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">presale</span> tickets </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">were were in the fourth row, on Justin's side</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. The other cool part about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Holmdel</span> is that the the actual structure is really sculptural. Yo</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">u can see this from the picture, it is looking </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">back towards the lawn from our seats as the crowd is starting to roll in. Also pictured is Hops himself, doing some pose that </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">apparently all his friends from his NJ days will get and find <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">hilarious</span>...<br /><br />So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">SSSC</span> was first up, and boy are they amazing. I mean really people, if you like Tom <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Morello's</span> guitar (and how</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2nFJJsyf0I2cezc60vhBQd6ILBE1d3ECSEeKVBBfpe5dE99AB8iEP07uPBYt08hnGVrhAdn9r9s4Zk4BDWNEXUmJeo0rWAFZPt-jQdZaSy37yKLp6BAqsus8c6nZawFt5qMGiw/s1600-h/10+sssc.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2nFJJsyf0I2cezc60vhBQd6ILBE1d3ECSEeKVBBfpe5dE99AB8iEP07uPBYt08hnGVrhAdn9r9s4Zk4BDWNEXUmJeo0rWAFZPt-jQdZaSy37yKLp6BAqsus8c6nZawFt5qMGiw/s200/10+sssc.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347260871545876194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAdAzaaAeq2JkLYzufzBjZnmIZlL9fb3nP55Zwj2Rauye3oWzhm2TsMBYZHarEPotkWJhZk1xruz6XBc6jhiJdt4FbG3NFni7jflGibGA58ADyjwsGjycpfHJhskeloXtC-RcYQ/s1600-h/27+rocker+chic.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAdAzaaAeq2JkLYzufzBjZnmIZlL9fb3nP55Zwj2Rauye3oWzhm2TsMBYZHarEPotkWJhZk1xruz6XBc6jhiJdt4FbG3NFni7jflGibGA58ADyjwsGjycpfHJhskeloXtC-RcYQ/s200/27+rocker+chic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347261201605406050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">could you not?) then you really, really must </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">check these guys out. That means</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Phoofy</span>! We struggled to get a </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">good picture </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">of these guys because Boots is</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> always running around and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Morello</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">never stops moving. This is the best we could muster. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a picture of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">me after their set - that is</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> how good they are!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Next up was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">NIN</span>. All I can say was that it was</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> an amazing set. Probably the best of the three we saw this tour, although all have their highlights. I liked this set because it was pretty hard, very little </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">slowing down. I actually got a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">stitch</span> in my side from jumping around and dancing so much (I </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">know, I'm old and out of shape!). But seriously, by the end of the set I was soaked with sweat and completely exhausted. I was </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">particularly </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">happy because we were on Justin's side and after meeting him the day before and being behind him backstage it was really nice to get to admire his showmanship. As much as I enjoyed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Jeordie</span> when he was touring with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">NIN</span>, I just don't think he holds a candle to Justin. Justin is animated and really into the show - he is also great at feeding off the crowd's energy and giving it right back. Its nice when</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> you feel like the guys on the stage can see how much you are enjoying the show and can give that back to you. I mean, we are working hard out there! Unfortunately we don't have many great pics of Justin, but I must say that he was a big highlight for m</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">e at this show. We do, however, have some really great pics of Trent. This one is one of my favorites from during Reptile, but you can find some of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">the</span> other best on</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">es at the link to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Flickr</span> pics at the end of the post.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzMb7_Ks_E8t0dRyxYjcNNHwAR8spHmEJura6Q_u9fLxtYDT7h0dEr2uiyWZirfbP_CSTTTou2iEaFNpRv6GQx7eSliES49M_usk6E64cYUxy8wIQXx2rQn6OXs3CzCIshoahtQ/s1600-h/50+nin+-+adj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzMb7_Ks_E8t0dRyxYjcNNHwAR8spHmEJura6Q_u9fLxtYDT7h0dEr2uiyWZirfbP_CSTTTou2iEaFNpRv6GQx7eSliES49M_usk6E64cYUxy8wIQXx2rQn6OXs3CzCIshoahtQ/s400/50+nin+-+adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347263826023631346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Here is a video that Hops took during the song <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Echoplex</span>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YUTo7pS8hl4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YUTo7pS8hl4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The other highlight of this show was catching Trent'</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">s water bottle. For those of you who </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">haven't been to a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">NIN</span> show, </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-W0tFdKghAhM1U_bmsAw7VW-htrOsAv-LeaE1oKoPCpjXpCpjriqCFGFh0fENyzvj9ntBLJ3e5bYOUs7FQrAkGgs-tQ0VRaNoCQHz5Hf5Ox2NwxWxM8AVkLnu6ATE0W1VT3YUA/s1600-h/135+trents+bottle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-W0tFdKghAhM1U_bmsAw7VW-htrOsAv-LeaE1oKoPCpjXpCpjriqCFGFh0fENyzvj9ntBLJ3e5bYOUs7FQrAkGgs-tQ0VRaNoCQHz5Hf5Ox2NwxWxM8AVkLnu6ATE0W1VT3YUA/s200/135+trents+bottle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347264105332402354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">throughout the show the guys will throw plastic water bottles out to people i</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">n the</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> pit area. Usually these are open so </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">that the crowd gets sprayed with the water as it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">flys</span> through the air. Aside from catching Trent's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">tambourine</span>, getting a water bottle is a pretty cool <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">souvenir</span>. So when I saw Trent was getting ready to throw one I was jumping up and down. I must have looked exhausted (I was!) and he sent it our way. It was still half full and I proceeded to drink every last drop! Here</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a picture of me with the bottle after the show. Hops keeps saying he might accidentally throw it away, which I keep explaining would clearly be grounds for divorce (no worries - I have it safely hidden away).<br /><br />Jane's was up next. Although I'm not a huge fan, I really enjoyed the show. Perry Farrell is a great front man - very </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVN491sOtI/AAAAAAAABDo/tMN_7JNcM64/s1600-h/105+ja.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVN491sOtI/AAAAAAAABDo/tMN_7JNcM64/s200/105+ja.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347265773640104658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">charismatic. And watching Dave <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Nevarro</span> pick out which nasty chicks from the </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">audience</span> was pretty funny. Seriously, these girls would fight their way up to the front of the aisle to our left and start dancing and doing other things that I will not mention here because this blog is PG, all in efforts to get Dave's attention. He</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> would point and nod at the ones he liked. Towards the end of the show when Perry went to introduce the rest of the band, Dave was almost too busy consulting with his guitar tech on which girls he liked to actually do his wave to the rest of the crowd when his name was called out. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">hilarious</span>. After the show, all those girls stayed at the front of our section waiting for that guitar tech</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> to come back out and let them know which ones were getting backstage. I felt bad for the guitar tech. The following is a picture of the look that Dave gives the lucky ladies in the running to be </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">selected. Please do me a personal favor and double click on this one so you can really see it up close and personal. its priceless.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVPsRlhERI/AAAAAAAABD4/Q9YHAYkREQI/s1600-h/101+ja+dave+n.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVPsRlhERI/AAAAAAAABD4/Q9YHAYkREQI/s400/101+ja+dave+n.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347267754625929490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />After the show we hit Taco Bell (why does <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">tha</span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">t always sound like such a good</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOx_m1EEdiLHDZ5X5sVDt8cM7zjSVaQgt9BPlZDBt9rFbiuqg0J1VXl2BhutNxvGYwUwJ3D5B8Qol7NJrIbQplXRZ-MKsMKPxqj-JjTqP-aBNpDdP0N7bqy8PYBhnkkMLXoLtNTw/s1600-h/DSCF1481.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOx_m1EEdiLHDZ5X5sVDt8cM7zjSVaQgt9BPlZDBt9rFbiuqg0J1VXl2BhutNxvGYwUwJ3D5B8Qol7NJrIbQplXRZ-MKsMKPxqj-JjTqP-aBNpDdP0N7bqy8PYBhnkkMLXoLtNTw/s200/DSCF1481.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347268725940878706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVQJPva4hI/AAAAAAAABEA/jZ6mD6lfPDA/s1600-h/DSCF1480.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SjVQJPva4hI/AAAAAAAABEA/jZ6mD6lfPDA/s200/DSCF1480.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347268252346802706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> idea after midnight?) and crashed at the hotel after showering in flip flops. The </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">next morning we headed east to the </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">beach for a few hours of R&R and a quick lunch before hitting the road for the 4 hour drive back to DC. I wore my new shirt from the tour:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Next post -the last show of the tour. We almost get washed away in a ugly storm</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">preshow</span>, then get to have the best seats in the house....<br /><br />Link to other pictures from this show on </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Flickr</span>: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39240928@N08/sets/72157619736842436/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/39240928@N08/sets/72157619736842436/</a><br /></span></span>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-87418012193600937172009-06-09T13:59:00.014-04:002009-06-09T15:05:02.915-04:00NIN 2009 Part 4 - Backstage @ Camden<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Now for the fourth and final installment for the Camden show (for Parts 1-3 see th</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">e posts below). This is the part where things really get crazy. After dinner, we were divided into two groups - one group that would get to watch the first half of NIN's set on stage and one group that would watch the second half. We really wanted to be in the first group so that we wouldn't have to miss much of the show, as the second group had to report backstage when they heard a certain song play so they were definitely going to miss a few songs. We made sure we were at the front of the line and got assigned to the first group so we were happy. We then went to our se</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ats </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">watch SSSC do their set. O</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ur seats were good - fourth row behind the pit on Justin's side. Although we missed the first couple of songs but got to see most of it. They were awesome. Due to the cold temperatures and the rain you could actually see steam coming off of Tom Morello's head when he played. I tried to get some pics of this, but they really didn't come out too well.<br /><br />After SSSC was finished we reported back to the room where we met the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">band and had dinner to get escorted to the stage. We were instructed not to touch anything as we could mess up the power or sound. We were also told that we were to stay in areas marked by orange tape on the ground. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Our group was divided into people that would be on the</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IBGKB8n0rJrisbiSqRcyEFBS611wlpSuN335mLiL71JJ4GBAPidFMRcrWSddmhP_yPOkd-ciFBXv77NOdJig1zO0FAnbQARe6f7F0xqRaXe2gIsLlBU52zssEl3AYfZkXwzv9w/s1600-h/70+walking+backstage+-+adj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IBGKB8n0rJrisbiSqRcyEFBS611wlpSuN335mLiL71JJ4GBAPidFMRcrWSddmhP_yPOkd-ciFBXv77NOdJig1zO0FAnbQARe6f7F0xqRaXe2gIsLlBU52zssEl3AYfZkXwzv9w/s320/70+walking+backstage+-+adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345396690636478130" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> left and those that would be o</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">n the right of the stage (we were on the right, Justin's side). This is wher</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">e we got really lucky. I was first in the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">line for the people going to the right side of the stage, and we ended up being the first group to get escorted out there. This is key, as you will see in a minute. So there was a crew member who led us from the room through the venue, which was crowded, then through a "authorized personnel only" door, then down a hall. At the end of the hall was another door, and when we went through it we are on the back of the stage. It was totally pitch black and my eyes were having a really hard time adjusting to the sudden change. I just kept walking forward. Hops snapped a photo at this point which gives you a pretty</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> good idea of what it was like - basically walking into darkness. If you look really hard, you can see the silhouette of Bill (the production guy who did the push-ups in Post 1) to the left of my head.<br /><br />So I kept walking until all of a sudden in front of me I saw Robin. Jus</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">tin </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">was next to him and the were doing something to his guitar with a blue light. I just smiled really big and said "hi". They said "hi" back. Clearly we weren't supposed to back there yet until they were out on stage, but there we were. Then, out of the darkness comes Trent. He comes up to me and says "What you are witnessing is the beginning of a show". I could have died. I said something like "tha</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">nks", then Hops snapped a photo - with flash. Trent gave him a look like - why are you tryi</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ng to blind me before I go on stage? Hops immediately apologized. Other people had at this point realized Trent was there and a couple of them tried to talk to him, but obviously he needed to get on the stage. So disappeared into the darkness. Then reappeared and said to me "Feel free to push up". So I followed he and the other guys out to the stage and stopped at the orange tape of the floor.<br /><br />Here is the photo - a nice shot of Trent's elbow. You can see Justin behind Trent and Robin right in front. I was just off camera to the right.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2JbGOHBNrmWazn-rEaZ1gw_gKRB59gAZOvjrDmI92tUd7gPpd_6DzRHX0sy7k891PDMjvYRTCwmmOsgbjPOoTuxIGYevNU9TEE8UPBV_7KNAthdMlMo_XhVVD-CLD-h3oWNUoA/s1600-h/71+witnessing+the+beginnng+of+a+show.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2JbGOHBNrmWazn-rEaZ1gw_gKRB59gAZOvjrDmI92tUd7gPpd_6DzRHX0sy7k891PDMjvYRTCwmmOsgbjPOoTuxIGYevNU9TEE8UPBV_7KNAthdMlMo_XhVVD-CLD-h3oWNUoA/s400/71+witnessing+the+beginnng+of+a+show.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345396956206920578" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />So at this point, I really didn't have much of a view because a lot of the other people in our group were aggressively pushing up for the best spots and I'm really short. I was thinking this was going to stink if I couldn't see anything. Then there was a voice behind me - it was Keelie the nin.com rep - saying "no not here - go to your right, to you right!". I then realized we were supposed to actually walk <span style="font-style: italic;">behind</span> the lights on the stage to get over to the right side where we were supposed to stand. I guess I was the first person to figure this out, so I just ran over to the other side and got the perfect position. It was awesome. I was still </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">reeling from having that mini-conversation with Trent, and they were out there playing. Insanity.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6qssTzl_I/AAAAAAAABCM/FhsAq1zF7sQ/s1600-h/86+backstage.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6qssTzl_I/AAAAAAAABCM/FhsAq1zF7sQ/s400/86+backstage.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345397492520556530" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The rest of the experience was basically watching the first 8 songs of the set. We </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >were directly behind Justin, and </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >also had good views of the guitar techs and drum tech so it was cool to see what they are up to during a show. We could see the entire crowd. We also saw all of the technical mishaps - a big one at the beginning of Burn which Trent was none too happy about. It was pretty cool. During one song Justin actually came back to us to ask us if we were having a good time. Duh! Of course - it was awesome! Its funny because I think some of the people were either too distracted by wanting to get pictures or felt like they couldn't move enough to really get into it, but I was jumping all over the place. The sound back stage is also weird - you can hear drums but not much guitar or vocals. Now I understand why they all have those packs with earpieces to hear themselves with. Hops took a ton of photos and a partial video too:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lIrY8jEpHM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lIrY8jEpHM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Eventually Keelie came back to tell us it was time to take off so the next group could get their chance. Leaving the stage was really disorienting because again it was really dark, you couldn't hear anyone very well, and there was smoke everywhere. I was so afraid I would trip over a wire and unplug something important. Afterwards, we made our way back to our seats where some crazy hippie fans of Jane's Addiction had decided to park themselves. After kicking them out of our seats, we enjoyed the rest of the set from there. Afterwards, one of the fans we had chatted with while waiting in line came over to say goodbye. He told me that he could see me on stage and that I was going crazy during the Big Come Down - which is absolutely true since it is one of my favorites. I thought that was a great way to end the night. Really, a remarkable experience that Hops and I will never forget!<br /><br />My next post will be a quick summary of the show we went to the next night in Holmdel. We have some great pics to share as we had 4th row for that show. Plus, if you've ever wondered how Dave Nevarro decides which lovely young ladies from the audience he wants to hang out with after the show you'll want to read my next post...<br /><br />For more pics of the backstage experience follow this link:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39240928@N08/sets/72157619450927786/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/39240928@N08/sets/72157619450927786/</a></span><br /></span></span>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-14006420049050312492009-06-09T13:28:00.011-04:002009-06-09T13:44:58.604-04:00NIN 2009 Part 3 - Soundcheck @ Camden<meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLORIGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> 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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">So after the meet and greet, we were sent over the pit in front of the sta</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ge where </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SMyQD1H_Jpp49KmSSJIEAKUbpEe0NNBgoP03sP3u43PDoVPNGFqaLZW6xza7A7nEat1LGJJCyNIbquLjkQTYGXOtKgNe2XqizFs1nc8d0w-KCxbZia2FOmSlvF9lCKuKTewEWw/s1600-h/25+soundcheck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SMyQD1H_Jpp49KmSSJIEAKUbpEe0NNBgoP03sP3u43PDoVPNGFqaLZW6xza7A7nEat1LGJJCyNIbquLjkQTYGXOtKgNe2XqizFs1nc8d0w-KCxbZia2FOmSlvF9lCKuKTewEWw/s200/25+soundcheck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345383027860821026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">we waited for the other groups to do their meet and greets so that the band could come out for the sound check.<span style=""> </span>While we waited we chatted with some of the other fans and showed each other our pictures with the band.<span style=""> </span>I almost accidentally deleted ours, after which I decided not to play with the camera anymore! This was the third time we</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> got to see a NIN sound check (during the days of the Spiral fan club occasio</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">nally you would get in for a sound check before the show</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> as one of the perks of membership).<span style=""> </span>Still, every time it se</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ems surreal to be in an arena or amphitheater when it is basically empty.<span style=""> </span>Hops and I had a couple of pictures ta</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ken of the two of us – this one shows the empty venue behind us.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p>
<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> The first member of the band out for sound check was Justin.<span style=""> </span>We were standing on the rail right in front of him.<span style=""> </span>He came over and said something like “I hope you guys like the soundcheck…its actually pretty boring”.<span style=""> </span>I think that is true for a normal soundcheck, but this was really more like a mini private show.<span style=""> </span>Trent, Robin, and Ilan came out next and Trent said that since they were running behind (the soundcheck was supposed to start at 5:30 but by this time it was more like 6:00) and so they would only play a couple of songs. We got to hear The Good Soldier first, then Dead Souls. Dead Souls was particularly cool for Hops and I bec</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ause the very f</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">irst soundcheck we went to for NIN back in 2005 they also played that song. It is a favorite of mine - its a cover of the Joy Division song and was released with The Crow soundtrack. Here are a few pics from the</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""> soundcheck:</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6dwzYUFtI/AAAAAAAABBM/1tYqrnTf8YU/s1600-h/29+soundcheck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6dwzYUFtI/AAAAAAAABBM/1tYqrnTf8YU/s400/29+soundcheck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345383269486827218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdohP_j4iTyBLzdZlIUgTwRVNEMj5hyHEhlVXWEBRXOURiO6bO6SQwB-sOTexNC6X4EdBy4XCfJgh5cUA6qpF2cp_y0LB9yxt_j4c6r4tcEokmhKnzyIDky6ZkJ3NtrwH_hRLLg/s1600-h/61+soundcheck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdohP_j4iTyBLzdZlIUgTwRVNEMj5hyHEhlVXWEBRXOURiO6bO6SQwB-sOTexNC6X4EdBy4XCfJgh5cUA6qpF2cp_y0LB9yxt_j4c6r4tcEokmhKnzyIDky6ZkJ3NtrwH_hRLLg/s400/61+soundcheck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345383651123117650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6eV1lX3bI/AAAAAAAABBc/op-8HsqI4xQ/s1600-h/59+soundcheck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6eV1lX3bI/AAAAAAAABBc/op-8HsqI4xQ/s400/59+soundcheck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345383905733631410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6ek5l96oI/AAAAAAAABBk/K0gQVi3o16U/s1600-h/54+soundcheck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6ek5l96oI/AAAAAAAABBk/K0gQVi3o16U/s400/54+soundcheck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345384164507904642" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9PkZ2VCfRxD4ACLGa5xksxBx_kH1vbrQM94Vzt6LCIq9UENJTHnZLSydl27EXSyUM0AiHndhMyTrmZUf48_xfkDJne9ERd4I53GkX_HW5ifX-IuUIuexhzjqB-jDFrncyLFXCg/s1600-h/66+dinner.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9PkZ2VCfRxD4ACLGa5xksxBx_kH1vbrQM94Vzt6LCIq9UENJTHnZLSydl27EXSyUM0AiHndhMyTrmZUf48_xfkDJne9ERd4I53GkX_HW5ifX-IuUIuexhzjqB-jDFrncyLFXCg/s200/66+dinner.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345384688077302226" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">After soundcheck we were all hearded to another waiting area where we could </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">finally </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">sit down and take a load off while they opended the venue up to the presale ticket holders. We checked out the merchandise stand and chatted with some of the other fans. Once the presale folks were in the venue, we were escorted back to the room where we had met the band. There they had set up a catered dinner for the 60 of us. There were tables to sit at and of course the living room style seating with the shag rugs. The speakers were playing NIN's All that Could Have Been. Dinner was actually really tasty. In honor of Philly they had brought in cheesesteaks. There was also soda, chips, and salad. Here is a really fantastic photo of me eating a cheesesteak.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTApVywv-47OrNeczmVNrZ5HhA8Gsl7JgZn8VMcfoFK4PU1Tm1ofDftYcFItKAx5uNEg0sAFGMWg8fvq2RbbfMsBkzyZWaRchsLzpDconV3fav2HJ_hpcb6K15Xvtahagi5fYxKg/s1600-h/64+cheesesteak.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTApVywv-47OrNeczmVNrZ5HhA8Gsl7JgZn8VMcfoFK4PU1Tm1ofDftYcFItKAx5uNEg0sAFGMWg8fvq2RbbfMsBkzyZWaRchsLzpDconV3fav2HJ_hpcb6K15Xvtahagi5fYxKg/s200/64+cheesesteak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345384446379516050" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></span></span></p> Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-59553292155341764092009-06-09T12:04:00.013-04:002009-06-09T13:59:10.168-04:00NIN 2009 Part 2 - Meeting the band @ Camden<link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLORIGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLORIGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLORIGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> 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So as I mentioned before, I had a </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ton of things with me to sign, which I had to narrow down to two items - one for me and one for Hops. I had ticket stubs, cd booklets, my original NIN Spiral (fanclub) membership card, and some special lithographs that were issued to Spiral members back in 2006. The lithos are the size of album covers, and were from various releases. I ended up choosing to go with two lithos - one for The Fragile, and one for Broken. I chose Broken because this was next major release a</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >fter Pretty Hate Machine and represented a departure from syth style electronic music to more industrial and harder sound. The Fragile is probably my favorite NIN album (if I was forced to choose). Its really tight, impressive because it is a two disc release, and has a broad range including some of Tr</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ent's best instrumental stuff (at least prior to the release of Ghosts I-IV in 2008).</span><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">Once the band had arrived and was set up, we were led back to a large room where they had a table set up, which the band was sitting behind. There was music playing - but I didn't recognize it. One thing I did recognize...those white shag rugs! Across from the table they had these little sitting areas set up like in a living room. With the rugs and all the gray leather furniture. So at the table the order of the band was Robin, Justin, Trent, then Ilan. There was one couple ahead of me in line so I was the third person at the table. This was good because they were talkative and I think it forced me to stay at each band member's station longer than I would have otherwise. Not that I said much - I was way too nervous. In fact, Hops did most of the talking. Basically I would go to each guy, introduce myself and shake their hand. But Hops was all talkative with each guy. He asked Robin how he was feeling (he had been sick earlier in </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >the t</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >our) and advised him to get hand sanitizer. He talked to Justin about the traffic in NJ, which Justin described as "thick". Ho</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ps said that they like everything "thick" in Jersey...I'm not sure if Justin got the joke or not.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6JzBrFU_I/AAAAAAAABA0/Zicwd7TOUhI/s1600-h/149+broken.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6JzBrFU_I/AAAAAAAABA0/Zicwd7TOUhI/s200/149+broken.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345361317450830834" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Then came Trent. I had planned on telling him how I had bee</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >n listening </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >to his music</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > since I was in </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >m</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >y</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > early teens and how it has grown with me and how he is the one band that I have consistently admired. Instead I just introduced myself and just stood there while he signed my </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >lithograph. To break the silence Trent said "So I want to thank you for donating to this cause" or something like that. So I said "Well I want to thank you for giving us this opportunity". He smiled and gave me back my lithograph. As I moved down the line to Illan, Hops said "What she is trying to say, but is too nervous, is that she has been listening to your </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0gk-qRe9OlNo50pxdEoHn2ZSRWkgVnro2m1CQ-6_nIhMiAYCvJWxV1AEN35u682k0Q84hRGlOycPy5w-Mqcw8WLD5gTNSrNluI57up5qy96gEZwVKO_sxCJvLNhCiIzySCbwHQ/s1600-h/148+fragile.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0gk-qRe9OlNo50pxdEoHn2ZSRWkgVnro2m1CQ-6_nIhMiAYCvJWxV1AEN35u682k0Q84hRGlOycPy5w-Mqcw8WLD5gTNSrNluI57up5qy96gEZwVKO_sxCJvLNhCiIzySCbwHQ/s200/148+fragile.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345360741981438066" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >music since before s</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he could drive". This got a big laugh. Then Hops said "Its been with her from awkward adolescence..." and I finished his sentence with "...to an equally awkward adulthood". So I guess my original intent was in there somewhere. At least we got a laugh out of it.</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">Ilan was nice and I introduced myself and got his signature too. Then Hops decided to chime in with a comment abo</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ut Pink Floyd being superior to Zepplin - "Floyd by day and Zepplin by night". I gu</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ess Ilan had been Twittering with Mariqueen (Trent's fiancee) debating which band was better and Hops felt he had to get his two cents in. Well of course Ilan, being a drummer, was favoring Zepplin in the debate. So he and Hops discussed this at length as the rest of the autograph line started to back up behind him. Eventually Leo, one of the crew members, tapped Hops and let him know he needed to move along!
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<br />After getting the signatures, we waited for the rest of the people in our group to go through the line. Then it was time for each person to get their photo with the band. Again, we had just one couple in front of us. I gave our camera to Leo, who was going to ta</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ke the picture for us. When it was our turn I walked up and stood next to Robin, thinking that Hops and I would each go on one side of Trent. I told Robin that he was going to really make me look short. Then I looked to my left and Trent was over there with his arms out like - what you don't want to stand next to me? - so I asked him for a hug. He was kind enough to oblige me. So Hops ended up next to Robin - I think he made a joke that Robin was getting stuck with him. Here is the picture.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6KETUXc2I/AAAAAAAABA8/phQSe47TrP4/s1600-h/19+band+pic.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si6KETUXc2I/AAAAAAAABA8/phQSe47TrP4/s400/19+band+pic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345361614245163874" border="0" /></a>
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">After that I thanked Trent again and Trent actually went out of his way to go over to Hops and shake his hand. Although I was a little disappointed that I hadn't handled myself better when we were at the autograph table I though the picture and hug were great, and I was on cloud nine.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now, off to the soundcheck!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br />Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-50594223190017666862009-06-08T16:29:00.016-04:002009-06-09T13:28:03.447-04:00NIN 2009 Part 1- Preshow backstage @ Camden<span style="font-family:arial;">Hello all you Hops fans. Mrs. Hops here. I'm comma</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ndeering the blog for the sake of documenting our NIN backstage experience for posterity. For the record - it was amazing. The band was thoughtful and everyone, including the crew and staff, really wanted us to have a unique and genuine experience.<br /><br />So we are seeing 3 shows this tour - the first of which was in Camden and is the one for</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> which we had backstage pass</span><span style="font-family:arial;">es. We were told to be at the venue on Friday at 2:30. We w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">woke up bright </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si12Op0Z3DI/AAAAAAAAA_k/wlnjKT28UIs/s1600-h/0pre+show+meal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si12Op0Z3DI/AAAAAAAAA_k/wlnjKT28UIs/s200/0pre+show+meal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345058326874545202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">and early for the dr</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ive up from DC. It was raining the wh</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ole time and we were fully prepared to have to spend hours in the wetness waiting to get into the venue. In order to provide so</span><span style="font-family:arial;">me pre-show nourishment, we stopped at a Nathan's when we arrived in Camden. Can you imagine a better meal to start out your afternoon - especially when the nerves of meeting your long-time idol are already making yo</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ur stomach churn? In any case, the poster did not disappoint.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Next it was over to the venue.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> It was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">around 12:30, and there were already people lined up, but </span><span style="font-family:arial;">most were there because they had GA seats in the pit and wanted to reserve go</span><span style="font-family:arial;">od</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> spots. We were</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Gt4L6Z2u0Q6oUqqP_ly-b3RTC833Tvh51kFjwYTNQvidAOW6WZFU55q6tBwDa3-9_WJgV5PQFWnDAzKszdH5Z2CQ0ZA5yfsJxOsOjtQCnzRzTFdqLi1Mb9vj57Rp_HCMp69Ifg/s1600-h/1+Sign.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Gt4L6Z2u0Q6oUqqP_ly-b3RTC833Tvh51kFjwYTNQvidAOW6WZFU55q6tBwDa3-9_WJgV5PQFWnDAzKszdH5Z2CQ0ZA5yfsJxOsOjtQCnzRzTFdqLi1Mb9vj57Rp_HCMp69Ifg/s200/1+Sign.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345060429345162274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> thrilled that there was an overhang at the entrance so we were able to get re</span><span style="font-family:arial;">prieve </span><span style="font-family:arial;">from the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">poun</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ding rain. We met some very cool fans while in line and generally h</span><span style="font-family:arial;">a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">d </span><span style="font-family:arial;">a nic</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e time despite the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> cold and wetness. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">We also watched a truck unload several white shag rugs </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and gray leather furniture, which was weird. It will come up again later...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You know it is going to</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> be a good show when the venue posts this sign at</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">entrances:</span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIsadL60MHsq-PIrYKjS651Rl1eXkRwelx4lBvglxFMyhZHYugsUpW0MPwG_9cTCfyJ_bFoudyUF6Mh3Q1OPNJifIpxstnSR0QUpxSMSxYJqHWJAWsk3NMg-Qbbg9gn5rDeSy0g/s1600-h/2+Line.JPG"><br /></a></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />At 2:45 we were met by the very nice and perky Keelie (sp?) who was the nin.com representative</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si1-uAFGz8I/AAAAAAAABAc/x4ftCublhVQ/s1600-h/5Seth%27s+Passs.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/Si1-uAFGz8I/AAAAAAAABAc/x4ftCublhVQ/s200/5Seth%27s+Passs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345067661519146946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. She was there to hand out presale tickets and gather the people with backstage passes to let us </span><span style="font-family:arial;">inside. We checked in with her and anxiously awaited the time when we would get to go in. At this point I was incredibly nervous. I had brought about ten different items that I thought I might like to get signed and still hadn't firmly decided on which to do (both Hops and I could get only one item signed). Not to mention the pressure over not knowing what to say to a man whose music you have admired for over 15 years. Hops was less nervous and was keeping me in good spirits. Here is a picture of him wearing his backstage pass.<br /><br /><br /><br />So around 3:30 we were lead into the venue. Its unique because much of the vending is actually</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoixyzxeo32fqNc_Bq9bddzkTEpVsNhyATIXjG8Nwm9viUYRoYWmRzU1hZmsjfj24GVlG1ysZ9NAI0cFbhE36Vra-GTP2CLAacgAoYYtGIKAuuPl03SyYNBmcq-TxB18ZoVvwjTg/s1600-h/13bill.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoixyzxeo32fqNc_Bq9bddzkTEpVsNhyATIXjG8Nwm9viUYRoYWmRzU1hZmsjfj24GVlG1ysZ9NAI0cFbhE36Vra-GTP2CLAacgAoYYtGIKAuuPl03SyYNBmcq-TxB18ZoVvwjTg/s200/13bill.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345061952177165842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">covered even though it is an amphitheater. So we were finally out of the rain.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> There were about</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">60 of</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> us that had passes for backstage, and we were divided into groups of about 20. We were in the first group, so we had the shortest</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> wait before getting the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">backstage tour. During the tour we got to meet the guys in the production </span><span style="font-family:arial;">office for NIN, Jane's Addiction, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and Street Sweeper Social Club. They guy pictured here is Bill - he does the production for NIN and was ther</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e to answer any questions we had. He and the other guys in the office wanted to do push-ups with us, so of course I volunteered. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDBKBnUY-pSzVyXbo6N3VAhytiHB3VPZGGl_y2oG0zvTIBjq1Kp4A_S3E2crxN1DaLSLqH_Lw3HWvPeBzzdwNHPHW32pOSzbGnCSWHjdX3yuNUFq3z1u1UZ6I2q8vrlDr85BRgQ/s1600-h/12Cpushups5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDBKBnUY-pSzVyXbo6N3VAhytiHB3VPZGGl_y2oG0zvTIBjq1Kp4A_S3E2crxN1DaLSLqH_Lw3HWvPeBzzdwNHPHW32pOSzbGnCSWHjdX3yuNUFq3z1u1UZ6I2q8vrlDr85BRgQ/s200/12Cpushups5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345062688886182530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Apparently during long days on the road this is how they keep their energy up. Anyway, I hadn't </span><span style="font-family:arial;">really </span><span style="font-family:arial;">thought through the whole push-ups in a short skirt scenario. Thankfully my tights were pretty dark- and Hops was kind enough to cut my backside out of the photo. That's me on the bottom right. Just look at that form! :-)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Next was a long walk down a hall past the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">dressing rooms for all of the ba</span><span style="font-family:arial;">nds. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">As w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e passed by the</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxkFoIq0ohWnBRAdzZWW_Vn8AoOy4i2j8GyoIYK3FrBrG1Mdj9NHNZwCMfpOU8wfA05XKkAfqgDD8IyjlBH2Y2rtD9tcBvxLC6-n601WJDBEEhu0TEkFG0afjgBLHPO2Q1OKc_w/s1600-h/17+loading+dock.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxkFoIq0ohWnBRAdzZWW_Vn8AoOy4i2j8GyoIYK3FrBrG1Mdj9NHNZwCMfpOU8wfA05XKkAfqgDD8IyjlBH2Y2rtD9tcBvxLC6-n601WJDBEEhu0TEkFG0afjgBLHPO2Q1OKc_w/s200/17+loading+dock.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345064719768529122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> SSSC dressing room we looked in and Boots Riley (lead singer) was hanging out in there. Hops shouted "Boots" and Boots replied with a very chill "Alllright!". It was cool. At the end of the hall we went out the doors to see the loading dock were all the trucks with the equipment are located. At this point, I was pretty nervous because they didn't tell you where you were going before you got there, so each time they would open a door I thought Trent Reznor was going to be there. Very nerve wracking! Anyway, here is a shot of the loading dock truck with a picture of Mr. T on it. After this we returned to a holding area to wait for the band, which was apparently stuck in traffic.<br /><br /><br />Next post....meeting the band.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-37443331141100507342009-06-08T11:50:00.004-04:002009-06-08T11:54:44.562-04:00The Big Comedown<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4mS10tWn0jfM3wSO6bJGeasIXKa8c49AzRrFxNdxNwh9VHZzsjLQ592voi6U6ZVt83LLXJEYwKW_ByCHbBnUPTKPcfmi9P0YfyUFxhMw2xPWrMiIrrSY2F_G5k_B-4DpJXOS-g/s1600-h/The+Big+Comedown.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4mS10tWn0jfM3wSO6bJGeasIXKa8c49AzRrFxNdxNwh9VHZzsjLQ592voi6U6ZVt83LLXJEYwKW_ByCHbBnUPTKPcfmi9P0YfyUFxhMw2xPWrMiIrrSY2F_G5k_B-4DpJXOS-g/s400/The+Big+Comedown.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344985442588186690" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Hops backstage at the Nine Inch Nails show.<br /><br /></div>One fan (who we met earlier) came up to us at set break and said "I could see you on the stage going NUTS during The Big Comedown". Here is that moment.<br /><br />Many many more photos like the one below to come as Mrs. Hops will take over the blog.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzgVZixOmHCEE3SXb_F-1bwo2UCHiEPFHUZhnidKqlJF4FfG3x3CTBuRwTyhYqyC3kozjZCGItFyByeC3X9kRTx-qQ4zRVI88k4r9pCeubtVgvA9jt2hPLOyEvFTVm7suFYgWsg/s1600-h/DSCF1292.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzgVZixOmHCEE3SXb_F-1bwo2UCHiEPFHUZhnidKqlJF4FfG3x3CTBuRwTyhYqyC3kozjZCGItFyByeC3X9kRTx-qQ4zRVI88k4r9pCeubtVgvA9jt2hPLOyEvFTVm7suFYgWsg/s400/DSCF1292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344985691255127938" border="0" /></a>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-57316013288192989022009-05-31T11:38:00.002-04:002009-05-31T11:44:42.433-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 33: Superbad!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFofvHRh_LsA4HGeNPS4ixzyBVaxuEF6ZLpOh6l-UJSG0OJa-KvGKcnow7vQQCyLnNV2mDhe4_Sa9NHZ3DoESyzONj5cKO15-ocGdjorfQMCV1cHYjIDOuuqM1yIa8GiT1jnS_7Q/s1600-h/ALL+YOU+NEED+IS+HOPS+EPISODE+33+Superbad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFofvHRh_LsA4HGeNPS4ixzyBVaxuEF6ZLpOh6l-UJSG0OJa-KvGKcnow7vQQCyLnNV2mDhe4_Sa9NHZ3DoESyzONj5cKO15-ocGdjorfQMCV1cHYjIDOuuqM1yIa8GiT1jnS_7Q/s400/ALL+YOU+NEED+IS+HOPS+EPISODE+33+Superbad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342013259663290322" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/episode_33.htm"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></a></span><br />Back in the day I loved to make CD mixes. One of my most successful was called "Funk Soul Hops". Well consider this "Funk Soul Hops, Vol. II". This episode features some funky tracks that will get your funk motor going. Lots of blacksploitation, black power, 70's soul and fabulous funk. It will make you want to grow and afro and discover your innermost rhythm.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span>Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode33.mp3" target="_blank">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Hopscasts.htm" target="_blank">Hopscasts page </a>though I always prefer <span>you</span> listen first.Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-81530215370475061342009-05-31T11:21:00.004-04:002009-05-31T11:32:29.239-04:00Wedding Nostalgia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyELlMMEek7eX2iiFx8HdQeWHnW1KsBYHQfYjn-72CH6oZUT1beok4JRAuQo9cWt_3ATiLQ7UzNDJA_sV0HqRUtPlxU9oKc2g5PED1OpMncCN16JKEoFKhoBH3jfv0cw6olO4UQ/s1600-h/IMG_0608.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyELlMMEek7eX2iiFx8HdQeWHnW1KsBYHQfYjn-72CH6oZUT1beok4JRAuQo9cWt_3ATiLQ7UzNDJA_sV0HqRUtPlxU9oKc2g5PED1OpMncCN16JKEoFKhoBH3jfv0cw6olO4UQ/s200/IMG_0608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342011309679393394" border="0" /></a>I was in Chicago Memorial Day weekend to celebrate my friend Brad's wedding. This Bob Dylan line was in my head all weekend:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I can't help it</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> If you might think I'm odd,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> If I say I'm not loving you for what you are</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> But for what you're not."</span><br /><br />Such a beautiful concept. Bob apparently wrote it for Nico. Listen to her version and his:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'll Keep It With Mine </span>by Bob Dylan (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/1-05%20I%27ll%20Keep%20It%20With%20Mine.mp3">mp3</a>)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'll Keep It With Mine </span>by Nico (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/07%20I%27ll%20Keep%20It%20With%20Mine.mp3">mp3</a>)<br /><br />Fortunately this song played no part in the weekend festivities:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Groom's Still Waiting At The Alter </span>by Bob Dylan (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/1-13%20Groom%27s%20Still%20Waiting%20At%20The%20Al.mp3">mp3</a>)Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-51621550100789784842009-05-17T14:54:00.003-04:002009-05-17T15:06:50.746-04:00Right Again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2k5Af33wO4I-ll7s3CgsrIa0CwZnfEcXRofdEzVCtyGeu7yLHCpIvDlvTzNRXpR5sRM77tBg-_KgKFo1el5CmwcXYzCBzIFnnN176m0wQnnuvRgyTHADCEVMIW7NbARYyKAUk1w/s1600-h/bwf1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2k5Af33wO4I-ll7s3CgsrIa0CwZnfEcXRofdEzVCtyGeu7yLHCpIvDlvTzNRXpR5sRM77tBg-_KgKFo1el5CmwcXYzCBzIFnnN176m0wQnnuvRgyTHADCEVMIW7NbARYyKAUk1w/s400/bwf1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336871392030208162" border="0" /></a><br />The other day my sister was in town and me, Mrs. Hops and my sister were out on a nice stroll through old town when we heard the classic track "<span style="font-style: italic;">Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu</span>" originally written and recorded by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Huey "Piano" Smith </span>in 1957.<br /><br />My sister and Mrs. Hops were singing the song throughout the day but kept getting the lyrics wrong. I heard :<br />"rocking mamas and the oogy woogy blues"<br />a few "rocking manana and boogy woogy boos"<br />and possibly a "rockin harmonica and doogie howser jews"<br /><br />ok maybe it wasn't that bad but after I insisted that the song was indeed called <span style="font-style: italic;">Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu </span>I got push back. Well I'm just proving a point that I was right. Enjoy:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu</span>" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Huey "Piano" Smith </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/17%20Rockin%27%20Pneumonia%20and%20the%20Boogie.mp3">mp3</a>)Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-30236550980327439732009-05-17T14:42:00.002-04:002009-05-17T14:47:15.527-04:00Happy Birthday Mrs. HopsThis one's for you:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Thirty One Today</span>" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aimee Mann </span>from @#%&*! Smilers (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/07%20Thirity%20One%20Today.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br /><br />Also check out a live version of Aimee performing that song and others from the new album for free at <a href="http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/aimee-mann-there-are-always-shades-of-gray-concert/20030325-167.html">Daytrotter.com</a>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-25376864184812512632009-04-18T18:46:00.005-04:002009-04-18T20:53:59.487-04:00All You Need Is Hops Episode 32: Hard Times<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SepZLXc2IoI/AAAAAAAAA-E/2QEOJt2F2Z4/s1600-h/All+You+Need+Is+Hops+Episode+32+-+Hard+Times.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r94tl3e6wT8/SepZLXc2IoI/AAAAAAAAA-E/2QEOJt2F2Z4/s400/All+You+Need+Is+Hops+Episode+32+-+Hard+Times.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326167561127469698" border="0" /></a>Episode 32 of All You Need Is Hops is the cure to your 401K blues. Economy got you down? Need a job? Looking for a bailout? Well Episode 32 is perfect for you. With a wide range of genres and songs spanning over 150 years this Hopscast has it all.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:130%;" ><a><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span>Download the show by right clicking <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/AllYouNeedIsHopsEpisode32.mp3" target="_blank">here </a>or use the links on the side of the screen. View the set list on the <a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/episode_32.htm" target="_blank">Hopscasts page </a>though I always prefer <span>you</span> listen first.Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-60424252460418937352009-04-09T11:29:00.005-04:002009-04-09T12:10:54.832-04:00Happy Passover Mix<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJVmLuTGlJyiZZAxA9_4ZrhKkAHEsH5OJ9n37Od16QwByj5KwSETfhc663ajOjSuCRNoXdRvmnvGyRmZLGXX8F1TWFY8FjqPUKasobwQFa0Iia7bbSTdG0sQoA1jqxuQv_5jO_w/s1600-h/Seder+Plate+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJVmLuTGlJyiZZAxA9_4ZrhKkAHEsH5OJ9n37Od16QwByj5KwSETfhc663ajOjSuCRNoXdRvmnvGyRmZLGXX8F1TWFY8FjqPUKasobwQFa0Iia7bbSTdG0sQoA1jqxuQv_5jO_w/s400/Seder+Plate+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322716017698108482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mrs. Hops' and I use a modern Seder plate.</span></span><br /></div><br />Today is the first day of Passover so I wanted to put together a nice Passover mix for all of you. Then I realized I have WAY too many Passover songs. I should have dedicated an entire Hopscast to this topic, but I'm too lazy. Next year maybe I'll give one song for each of the ten plagues, plus include some Elijah songs as well. Also, I'm on the lookout for some good Golden Calf related tunes. That said you'll enjoy this mix.<br /><br />Passover 2009 Play List:<br />1) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pharaoh</span>" by Richard Thompson from <span style="font-style: italic;">Amnesia</span> (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/10%20Pharaoh.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"We're all working for the Pharaoh"<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amnesia/dp/B000S54J7M/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239293064">here</a><br /><br />2) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Go Down, Moses</span>" by Louis Armstrong from <span style="font-style: italic;">Louie and the Good Book</span> (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/02%20Go%20Down,%20Moses.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt Land"<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Louis-Angels-Good-Book/dp/B00000B9FU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239293090&sr=8-2">here</a><br /><br />3) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Moses</span>" by Coldplay from <span style="font-style: italic;">Coldplay Live 2003 </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/08%20Moses%20%5BLive%5D.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">"Come on now, don't you want to see? This thing that's happening to me. Like Moses has power over sea"</span><br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Live-2003-CD-DVD-Coldplay/dp/B0000DJZA0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239293121&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />4) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Border Song</span>" by Elton John from <span style="font-style: italic;">Elton John </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/07%20Border%20Song.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"Holy Moses I have been deceived"<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elton-John/dp/B000VWGYEI/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk?ie=UTF8&qid=1239293151&sr=1-7">here</a><br /><br />5) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Flies (The Plague of Flies)</span>" from Brian Eno And Robert Wyatt from Plague Songs (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/04%20Flies%20%28The%20Plague%20Of%20Flies%29.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />This was a collection of songs inspired by the Ten Plagues. Interesting and weird.<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5C0QY/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1239291901&sr=8-3">here</a><br /><br />6) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Angel Of Death</span>" by Hank Williams from <span style="font-style: italic;">Gold: Hank Williams </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/The%20Angel%20Of%20Death.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"The Angel Of Death will come from the sky, and will claim your poor soul when the time comes to die."<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&field-keywords=Gold%3A%20Hank%20Williams&sourceid=Mozilla-search">here</a><br /><br />7) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Black Angel's Death Song</span>" by The Velvet Underground by <span style="font-style: italic;">The Velvet Underground & Nico </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/10%20The%20Black%20Angel%27s%20Death%20Song.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"Choose to choose, choose to go"<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Velvet-Underground-Nico/dp/B000W23KHQ/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239293180">here</a><br /><br />8) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bloodhounds On My Trail</span>" by The Black Angels from <span style="font-style: italic;">Passover </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/09%20Bloodhounds%20On%20My%20Trail.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />Three Passover references (sorta) in one song. The escaping of the Jews with the Egyptian army hot on their trail, the Black Angel of Death (10th plague) and of course the album title.<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Passover/dp/B000QQTVGM/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239293235">here</a><br /><br />9) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">O Mary Don't You Weep</span>" by Bruce Springsteen from <span style="font-style: italic;">We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions</span> (<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/04%20O%20Mary%20Don%27t%20You%20Weep.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />"Cheer up, sisters and don't you cry, There'll be good times bye and bye, Didn't Pharaoh's army get drownded? Oh, Mary, don't you weep"<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138KM7Y/ref=sr_1_album_2?ie=UTF8&child=B00137RM1Y&qid=1239293260&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />10) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run</span>" by Sufjan Stevens from <span style="font-style: italic;">Illinoise </span>(<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/22%20Out%20Of%20Egypt,%20Into%20The%20Great%20Laug.mp3"><span>mp3</span></a>)<br />The instrumental closer from this album.<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S56R1I/ref=sr_1_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B000SHAYH4&qid=1239293020&sr=1-1">here</a><br /><br />11) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Passover</span>" by Joy Division from <span style="font-style: italic;">Closer </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/01%20Passover.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">"Left with a mark on the door, Is this the gift that I wanted to give?"</span><br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122TAQA/ref=dm_ap_alb30?ie=UTF8&qid=1239292767&sr=1-2">here</a><br /><br />12) "<span style="font-weight: bold;">All The Wine</span>" by The National from <span style="font-style: italic;">Alligator </span>(<a href="http://www.allyouneedishops.com/Music/09%20All%20The%20Wine.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3</span></a>)<br />Did you know the Passover Seder requires that you drink four glasses of wine? That's the easiest way to convince people to come over for the dinner!<br />Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5AH8W/ref=sr_1_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B000SFOJJU&qid=1239292956&sr=1-1">here</a>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19902860.post-444401149816759212009-03-30T19:54:00.004-04:002009-03-30T19:57:17.541-04:00Real Corporate Rock / SchlockWhen I <a href="http://twitter.com/Hopscast">said </a>that U2 is officially <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/29595875/">corporate </a>rock this was NOT what I meant:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wmIObmv2t6M&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wmIObmv2t6M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Hopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449084790849164073noreply@blogger.com1