Don_Serl Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 (edited) Family holiday plans have changed, and my son has to sell 4 tickets for the TOOL performance at the Gorge on Sunday evening August 27th. Doors 5pm, show 8 pm. USD50 each. I'll sell pairs, but not singles. Note all tix for the event are general admission. Also available is 1 camping pass, covering 1 vehicle (no person number limit) at Premier Camping for Sat Aug 26 and Sun Aug 27. Coming from Seattle, I can understand how the Sat nite might not be necessary (or you could climb Saturday, camp out, climb again a while Sunday, then do the concert). But it'd probably be pretty nice to have some place to 'drop' when the concert finishes, rather than having to hit the road in whatever shape... There is a shuttle between the camp and the performance site, but I'm not sure of details/times/charges. Camping is USD 125 incl fees. If you're interested, PM me at dserl@telus.net. Cheers, Edited August 10, 2006 by Don_Serl Quote
Alpinfox Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 Don, do you listen to Tool? Yeah. I was pretty intrigued by this particular thread title + poster combination. Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 Don, do you listen to Tool? What sort of question is that? They don't call him the Tool Man for nothing! Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 Ironically the fans of Tool go by the same name. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 How much you looking to get for these? Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 USD50 each. I'll sell pairs, but not singles. Derrr, nevermind. I'll get a hold of you. Quote
Don_Serl Posted August 11, 2006 Author Posted August 11, 2006 Don, do you listen to Tool? After being a BIG rock fan in my youth, I've spent the past 25 years listening almost exclusively to classical, but my son (16 yrs old) has become a drummer so I've been re-introduced to 'modern' music thru him. One of his bands is kinda Toolish (i.e., heavy, complicated, kinda psychedelic, long songs, lotsa tempo/key changes), and I've found this music pretty interesting. Not that I listen to Tool 'recreationally' (or even voluntarily), but I like their music quite a bit when I hear it. There's always so much going on... Graham's other extant band kinda reminds me of CCR, maybe with a tinge of the Beatles (of all things!). Good times, short direct songs, sometimes a bit of a country 'twang'. Fun. The third of his bands (now broken up) was fully into punk-ska, and I LOVED going to their shows. Waaaaay too much energy! Bands like Alexisonfire and Rise Against are just great! If I were 30 years younger, that's what I'd listen to. Bottom line: there is SO much great music around these days, in an amazing variety of styles - I don't 'listen' to it, but I love it all the same. Seems to me like a period of great creativity and productivity. And judging from Graham's circle of friends, kids are listening to just about anything and everything, rather than limiting themselves to just one genre. That's great! Cheers, Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Twight listens to Tool. 'Nough said. Quote
Don_Serl Posted August 12, 2006 Author Posted August 12, 2006 more on this theme: music, more than most art forms, has a visceral content as well as an intellectual content. my problem with rock music back around 1980 when i stopped listening to it was there was very little intellect involved, and i had just gotten tired/bored/worn out with the sweaty/gut thing. meanwhile, classical abounds in intellectual content, and while it seems a bit light on visceral heft at first glance, i can assure you i 'got off' just as well on Beethoven symphonies, loud, late at nite, in the dark, pretty stoked up, as on ANY rock - and there's WAY more going on at a musical level - far too much for me to completely take in. the cool thing about Tool and bands of their ilk is the complexity of the music. it doesn't rival a symphony, but it's enough to 'challenge' one's listening skills. p.s. i recently heard a comment from a knowledgeable critic who said "before there was amplification, there was orchestration". yup, dead on. i suspect if Beethoven had lived from 1970 to 2027 instead of 200 years earlier he'da kicked Maynard's ass when it came to baring the soul. cheers, don Quote
JayB Posted August 12, 2006 Posted August 12, 2006 Clearly you've never cogitated upon the bottomless fount of profundity that is contained within the average "Hanson" song, "M mmmm Bop" in particular. Quote
Don_Serl Posted August 12, 2006 Author Posted August 12, 2006 no, but I will admit to really liking the Back Street Boy's "I want it that way"... does that qualify me as shallow, or what? cheers, don Quote
Don_Serl Posted August 14, 2006 Author Posted August 14, 2006 08/14/06: one pair gone; one still left. cheers, don Quote
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