backbacon Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Oh, in that case, I would have just poured water on him until he woke up and then said, "Oh, I thought you were dead." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Geez, really looks like this guy has a sweet view!I think he's staring at that girl's ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 but, you guys, he was there FIRST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I passed out all the flyers you gave me Phorbesie. It was fun. I was going up all sweetly and saying "here's one for you, and oh, one for you...oh and you look like you need one too...and smiling the whole time". hehehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 excellent work i still have a few more and there's some more i left at velvet's house i'll pick up tomorrow or maybe he can bring them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 OK, So William and I start up a game of hack during Jonny Lang. We're playing along nice and polite listening to Jonny pour out some wicked blues, then suddenly out of nowhere, old lawn chair man dash's into the middle of our circle and sits firmly in a lawn chair. The arguments ensue (including me loosing my cool and calling him every foul name I could come up with, even faking a punch at him). So we say fine, and moved the game about ten feet in front of him. At least the other guys did, I stood directly in front of lawn chair man. When he moved, so did I. This got too boring and childish after a few minutes so I went back to our new hack location and just turned around every few minutes to give him the finger. Infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 next time give the lawnchair a full-on discus throw....i think we might need to get a bail pool going for the instagator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 you can always take a piss on someone's chair when they get up for a beer. Even easier would be to store some piss over a night of drinking in a big jug and use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 I and my mic stand were trying to get in front of the board for Los Lobos, and there was a couple (late 40s, I guess) in lawn chairs about a foot from the railing in front of the sound booth. I politely asked them if they could move forward a bit, and they asked, "How far?" I suggested a foot, and they moved, letting me squeeze in for a night of fun. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 This just in - the lawn chair only section has been abolished. Joe Reilly was just on CBC talking about how if it were to continue it would need to be policed, most likely by the police, and nobody wants to go there. So now the best advice is 'common courtesy.'Note that both he and the interviewer on CBC used a lot of the language used in the flyer Phorbesie drew up. Coincidence, maybe, but at least we have the right idea and the higher-ups at Bluesfest agree with us. Mark Monahan will be taking calls on Ontario Today at 1 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 call in folks! fight for standing only section!that fest must rake in so much $$...if they aren't staffing security properly, maybe they do need to spend the coin (which is what they're trying to avoid) on a police presence, or an increased one if they already have one. and why the f does a lawnchair only section need to be policed? it requires those portable metal fences, sectioning off an area and 1 security guy per stage saying "oh, no chair? go on through my fine booty shaking friend" "you, with the chair, you cannot enter with your chair, them's the rules"geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.....how can it be that hard? or is my non experienced ass just not getting something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.....how can it be that hard? or is my non experienced ass just not getting something.This is what makes it so frustrating. It's a no brainer. They already "police" the main gate, making sure everyone has a bracelet and are able to perform bag checks. How hard is it to put a couple of volunteers on lawnchair duty? Even have a few in the section looking for rogue lawnchairs and then politely informing offenders of the policy and have them handout the flyer.Educate the audience and they will mostly comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Educate the audience and they will mostly comply.Like most drones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 if anyone would like to link to a scan of a flyer, here it is. you can right click and get the url from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 reminder that the show is starting now! it's 91.5 in ottawa. from the sounds of it they'll be talking about the lawn chairs at 1. heehee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Bluesfest's designated lawn chair section foldsLast Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 | 11:25 AM ETCBC NewsYou can now stand up and shake it almost anywhere at Ottawa's annual summer blues music festival — including areas formerly set aside for people lounging in lawn chairs."You can bring chairs, but if people want to get up and dance, we will not be telling people to sit down," confirmed Bluesfest spokesman Joe Reilly on Wednesday."There is no longer a designated chair area in the park."When Bluesfest kicked off at Lebreton Flats on July 4, organizers allocated space for people who brought their own chairs and wanted to stay seated.But on Sunday, during the White Stripes performance, the area was flooded with boogying fans, and organizers realized police would be needed to keep the area lawn-chairs-only throughout the festival, which runs until July 15."We can't enforce this kind of a policy," Reilly said, "so the decision has been taken to strike that area and common courtesy is what should prevail."He said two sections with designated seating as well as a wheelchair area are still available for those who want or need to sit without having their view blocked by people standing and dancing.But aside from that, he said, "there's no guarantee of a sightline anywhere." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 that is such a great news release! I say "stand up or shut up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 I almost face-planted because of a lawn chair last night. I was drunk, but still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288809,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 jambands.ca gets mentioned in this Citizen article:Lawnchair blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 A group of individuals from the www.jambands.ca message board have even taken it upon themselves to produce a list of lawn chair dos and don'ts, which they have handed out to the crowd. It recently caught the eye of organizers, who have reprinted the flyer and distributed it themselves.Good Job, wooo hooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 We are famous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Wowee wow wow. Sometimes it seems that one person can't make a difference, but in this case, it looks like you did! Phorbsie I am super proud of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 William, it was a pleasure to meet you the other night at the bluesfest. Glad you made the trip to Ottawa. Some of my friends heard the news report about no more lawn chair section at the bluesfest, and they took it to mean lawn chairs were no longer allowed at the bluesfest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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