Quote from: TAC on Today at 08:25:26 AMI have literally not heard of one of those guys.

Matt Garstka is the drummer from Animals As Leaders, I mention him about as much as Stadler mentions Gene Simmons because he is unreal. Ectogenesis

To be honest when I saw who MP was going up against I was kind of surprised he won.

Quote from: BeatriceNB on March 16, 2025, 09:37:29 PMIf you look at online polls, he wins "awards" over guys like Chris Allison, Matt Garstka, Matt Halpern, Jay Postones, Ray Hearne... I don't understand it.

I have literally not heard of one of those guys.

I think they said that they didn't film any BTS stuff.  I assume they wanted to see how it went and get used to each other without cameras recording it all.  There was no guarantee that it was going to be all fun and games when they got back in the studio together after all those years.

Quote from: Awaken on Today at 03:45:47 AMThis is my favorite 'dad trait', one of my favorite Progressive commercials (nailed it in the 'becoming your parents' series), and something my kids lol @ me for every event we attend - Show hasn't started yet, but the gameplan for exit has been finalized and most likely rehearsed.
 

 

For sure. Love those too.

Quote from: DragonAttack on Today at 07:19:04 AMThat was probably just me you heard half the time 

Well, you were making the case to pipe them back in. 

Quote from: Bardic Tortoise on March 16, 2025, 11:58:19 AMMy section of the theater in Boston was really cracking down on the phones. The ushers were warning everyone verbally when we came in that there should be no flash photography or videos, so it felt fair to me. (I wondered if that was the venue's policy or the band's policy.) But the ushers did have to come over and shame some people in my section who were trying to film. They used a little pen-sized flashlight and would just shine it on the person until they noticed and got the hint. I thought it was pretty clever actually. If you just took a picture here or there (which I did), they wouldn't be on your case. Only if your phone was out and pointed ant the stage for several minutes. And honestly, it was kind of nice to not be distracted by other people's phone screens all night.

Woulnd't be surprised if this ends up being the case at RCMH too.  In Philly before the show, I asked the usher standing right next to me if standing and using my camera was allowed, she said yes.

But a red laser light seems like a much better approach than a flashlight shining everyone near the person using their phone   

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Quote from: WilliamMunny on March 16, 2025, 05:03:04 PMHmmmm, was listening to Scenes this weekend and it reminded me of what might be my 'hottest' DT take.

"The Dance of Eternity" is everything I dislike about this band in a single song. Instant skip since day one. I mean, it's fine for the first 90 seconds or so, but it just never lets up. It doesn't fit the vibe or feel of what is an otherwise brilliant collection of songs. So, for the better part of 25 years, "Home" has always gone straight into "One Last Time" (a song that I wish was twice as long).

Phew, boy am I happy I finally got that off my chest. Been feeling like a bit of a fraud around these parts for the last decade or so  

See and I'm the opposite, I consider The Dance of Eternity to be their best instrumental.

The week of the big one is finally upon us 

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