So...I'm from Northeast Texas, where I have easy access to many venues, though most of them require at least a 3 hour drive, but it has never been a problem. I got my tickets for the Shreveport, LA show today, and this will be my 4th Hurt show in my 4th state. I've seen them here in good ol' Texas (Dallas at The Loft), Little Rock, AR at The Rev Room, Tulsa, OK at Cain's and now The Warehouse in Shreveport, LA. Anybody else hitting this show? I'm VERY unfamiliar with the area and could use any guidance on the area I can get.

Where did you get your tickets? I need to go ahead and get them, just to be sure.....

We are staying at the El Dorado Casino and will be walking up to the show. Seemed like the easiest plan for us. We are driving around 4½ hours and there's no way I'm driving back after the show. And we are going to stay an extra day and gamble a little bit.... one of the only ways I talked my wife into making the trip.

In the past couple of hours - THIS show just majorly jumped up in my "prolly gonna go" list!



and which Rev Room shows were you at? we may have bumped into each other!

Feb. 9th '08. My friend and I were some of the first ones in the door and went straight up to the second level to get a drink and ended up staying up there because it seemed a lot more civilized than you crazy people against the stage. Overheard a large group next to us talking about being from the forum, but we were settled in and my post count was even lower than it is now, so I didn't bother to interject...though some bitch next to me a few minutes later was conversating to her boyfriend about all the earrings in my ears..hope you weren't that bitch. (j/k, I know where you were, I've seen your videos!)

Marvin, I got my tickets from Frontgatetickets.com

aw geeze - there were prolly 15+ boardies at that show!!!!!! you should have just said - "HEY! ANOTHER BOARDIE HERE!"

(and the sound at the Rev Room is better in the back anyways... )

and NO - I didn't make any comments to anyone about too many earrings! hahahaha

...wish I was going ... but we are going to Edgefest - Arkansas; Corpus show & Scoutbar *houston* =)

and that is all in one week time span...lolz.

haha yeah it was a large group, and everybody seemed to know everybody else, so I kinda figured "meh, they'll just say 'hey, who the hell are you?!?'" We were up on the rail, had a GREAT view, especially of that retarded guy that started the fight and got thrown out right before Hurt took the stage.

Wow. Too much driving for me. Along with..I spent the rest of my money on tickets to Mayhem Fest and Metallica. I'll catch them again if they come to Dallas, though \m/

lol - my bff Char's hubby (at the time) was one of the guys who helped take that guy out! never really did see what caused it though!


and that was basically my first time meeting ALL those Boardies! (well - that weekend!) heck we went roadtripping that weekend with a bunch of people who only knew each other by their screen names! *happy sighs*

and Scarlet's coming back for EDGEFEST!


sidenote:

hey Scarlet! wanna go to Shreveport the night before EdgeFest? it's only 4 hours away!

yeah. flying to AR, but corpus & houston are hour - 2hrs max drive =)

can't wait to see the rest of their schedule when they come back around again \m/

I'm going to the Warehouse show, I missed last year's. Shreveport is my TOWN! I love that place. 'Course it helps it's only an hour drive from me, so my friends and I usually go there to get our tattoos and things. Also,w e really need some kind of identifying apparel identifiying us as boardies.

It's been brought up MANY times on here - some kind of "exclusive boardies only" merch... nothing's ever happened...


geeze i REALLY want to go to this show now!!!!!


plus got some myspace HURT friends that are from Shreveport that I know will be going!

You should really go, I don't want to be the only person there I know. Is this grammatical?

lol - I want to go - gonna have to talk to hubby! (yes darling, I want to go an yet another overnight road trip to see The Guys and hang out with people I DON'T KNOW! lol really, he's pretty cool with it!)

We're usually the ones going up to random strangers talking about Hurt, passing out stickers or steering people to the merch booth

I don't recall any of us having convos about a guy with lotsa earrings, I think the whole group is safe from being that gal ;)

hahahahaha


no, I really can't imagine any of us saying anything like that!


but GEEZE! there's a Boardie at the show - hear's other Boardies talking? and DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING???????

But I admit I remember some parts of that night very vaguely....that was my drinking night.

I just don't want to do this roadtrip by myself, which is one of the reasons I want to bring my cousin to LR with me. But Shreve isn't a big deal, I go there all the time. Never been to the Warehouse though, I'm excited.

Eleven Drops?

*nods* And the march back to the Rev Room *lol*

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - good times!

Ok, how about "Hi My Name Is" stickers, with our board names on it. This would be just ironic enough.

as long as it also says "and I drove ______ miles to ROCK with HURT" lol

LOL this is not fair, Warehouse is the closest venue to me.. should I wear my sticker to the Belton show, or the LR show I would be mocked. Copiously.

*addendum to sticker* "and I have friends who drove _______ miles to ROCK with HURT!"



we cool now? lol

LOL golden, this is much better.

Maybe you can just get to keep adding up the milage....you came to St Louis, that should give ya a decent starting number

LOL I made the drive to St. Louis from Texas in 2007, that was a loooooong drive, don't know if I could make it alone. Don't guess I'm getting the mileage points this time around.

Ah wait hey you meant cumulative! Excellent idea, we could go back to then. Mileage points from 2007 shouldn't expire, even if i don't make it this year, right?

Yup, they never expire. I wanna count air miles, too (Junk and I flew to NYC and Colorado in '06 to see the guys, that should count)

Good lord, I hadn't even considered the air miles. A an idea I had in a different thread, that I think applies here:

Wouldn't it be nice if it was like the Polyphonic Spree and everybody just followed the band around in a commune type setup but without all the freaky religious crap and wife-swapping.. yeah. That'd be great.

I'm liking this "cumulative miles" thingy!



but would also like an "and this is my *insert number here* HURT show" option too!



in which case Foof and Junk are always going to win, but still....

well yes of course they'd win but we could cumulate our cumulative miles as a group whole, going back to the polyphonic spree idea, for the fanbase as a whole, I can see the t-shirts now:

Concert tickets: $250K
Gallons of gas: 175K
Miles traveled to venues: 3 Million
Being a diehard HURT fan: Priceless

I actually planned on doing some kind of car decor along that line!

LOL great minds, right?

Wow, I missed out on the conversation last night... damn Guitar Hero.

I should have known to check FrontGate tickets. That's where I got my tickets for the show in Fort Worth last year. I have a good account there buying all those Toadies tickets.

I will try to be sure to say hi to anyone at the Shreveport show. Just look for the huge fat dude (possibly bald, possibly mohawk).

Anyone know the specifics regarding cameras at the shows? Last year at Lola's someone was taking video with a regular camera and J. took it onstage and shot video of the crowd and close-ups of the instruments. It was an awesome time. I'm thinking of investing in a nice HD video camera and getting a good recording of the show, but I don't want to break any rules of the club or the band.

For the Warehouse show last year I bought two tix even though I didn't end up getting to go, there was a link to buy on the web. They have a myspace www.myspace.com/theriversidewarehouse too, but their stuff about cameras isn't on there. I'd give them a call, it's 318-227-8041. The Toadies play there pretty often (I just love them. The Toadies were my first concert ever when I was 16 so many years ago) I think they're lined up for May 14 @ the Warehouse. That's so awesome, btw, that J. took a camera onstage with him. It's one of the best things about the band, the just seem really connected with the fanbase still.

The Toadies were my first concert as well, when I was 13. It's funny that you mention buying tickets and not using them. I had tickets for the last two Toadies shows in this area, and we ended up not going either time. The Dia de Los Toadies up at Possum Kingdom Lake was a great time.... I heard.... My wife didn't want to fight the crowds and drunks. We like to go have a good time without getting completely wasted, and those who do get wasted usually ruin it for everyone else. Too many times I've had to help escort those bastards out the doors. Sucks being big enough to be a bouncer (and not muscles.... hahaha)

I will check with the club and see what's going on with camera usage. I've taken my camcorder and SLR into several clubs in Fort Worth, but most of the clubowners and bands here know me, so it's cool. Hell, I've been asked by several local bands to shoot photography for them at shows, so it's usually no problem at all to take my camera in. However, if I was to buy a nice new HD Camcorder and then be told to give it up, I'd be a little perturbed. I'd love to get the show on camera and then post it on my site and share it with everyone.

I saw they were playing Possum Kingdom and I SO wanted to go. I was born in Fort Worth and when I was little we had the best times there. Plus ya know, Toadies @ Possum Kingdom, I'm not gonna lie, I'll not be a gentleman etc.

Yeah that would blow if you brought your nice SLR in and got it confiscated or not allowed in. I guess the best venues to try it would be the little places, since you could take it back outside to your car and not have to walk to the next county to get there, like the NOKIA or at one of the fests. I've only ever taken my little point and shoot, I went to a fest with someone who had press passes to bring their telephoto lens camera which was awesome, but also a pain because they had to keep up with a high dollar camera, etc, so it's kind of 50/50. Go to rock and not worry about it, or get less out of the show because you're shooting, but have the show on film.

My bad guys. Next time I'll say hi..but at the time I had a WHOPPING 12 or so posts and rarely ever used the boards.

I've lived just west of Fort Worth for all 28 of my years... Spent SEVERAL weekends and summer weeks up at PK Lake. Still fish there from time to time with my dad and son.

I'm going to get in contact with the club and see what they say. Does HURT have a stance on cameras and taping the shows? I assume since J. takes cameras up on stage that they are cool with it.

HURT is always cool with cameras!

I'd just prefer not to carry around my camera, I never have anywhere to put it, but I always regret it afterward, camera phone photos always suck. They all look the same.

You people make me sad. I'm going to be able make one show this summer...I hate money.

That may very well be one more than I make...I'm having "refuse to leave the baby with a sitter" issues....

Seriously? You're choosing your own flesh and blood, the light of your life, and the gift of happiness over HURT? What's wrong with you?

just do like me, leave the baby home alone

Exactly. See? Bonnie understands.

I'm feeling you there. I'm not sure how my car note is getting paid next month, but I know I'm going to see the band LOL

well, seems like you and i have a lot in common