Official 2/24 Chicago Meetup/Review Thread

[Nitro Express]

I dropped a SM58 on my foot and broke my toe. Those things are beasts.

It always used to fill me with a bit of worry and tension to see Roger Daltrey whip one around on an XLR chord. I always thought if that thing lets go the microphone is going to shoot through someone's head like a torpedo. I bet a Shure 58 could pierce an engine block if it had enough velocity and the fucker probably would still work after wards.



"If someone said Andy you have to work sans Shure microphones I would not bother to show up for work." Andy Johns

[ashstralia]

industry standard for a lot of years. mine looks like it's been hammering nails for 30 years and still works perfectly.
smells a bit funky, tho.

anyway dave mate, if the throat's a little sore the ozzie honey lemon and eucalyptus will fix it.

sacked roadie; redeem thyself!!!
find one of those 'aussie' shops and get him that stuff.

[sadaist]

Here's the best play-by-play I've seen on the headset issues, from "Kevin Dobbs" at the Links....

0:10: Dave is pulling out the cable from the wireless box for the headset.
0:20: Ed looks over at Dave and realizes the intro needs to go a little longer than normal.
0:50: Dave checks the cordless mic -- it doesn't work.
0:58: Ed and Dave look at each other -- interesting moment! The wireless mic still isn't working. Dave gives Alex the cue to start up the main part of the intro and walks toward the sound guys. Eddie spins around so he can watch exactly what's going on with Dave.
1:20: Dave literally runs to the center of the stage and grabs a microphone with a cable and checks it.
1:33: Dave says, "Get some duct tape" and tosses the cordless mic aside. Dave struts out on stage with a handheld mic for the first time of the 2012 tour. And the band proceeds to kick total ass.
2:38: This is wild! It looks like Edward is looking directly at the dude that filmed this and giving a huge smile.
2:54: Someone appears to try to hand something to Dave and he playfully kicks it out of the dude's hands -- he turns around and laughs.
3:20: Dave emerges with some tape for the cable, wraps it, and quickly tears it and tosses the rest to the stage.
3:37: Watch the screen -- Dave's cable gets caught on Ed's pedal board and it catches and doesn't come loose.
3:48: Ed reaches down and grabs the mic cable to get it uncaught. Dave again yells out for duct tape: "Whose got some duct tape! Give me some duct tape!"
4:00: Mic cable gets caught again! Ouch. AGAIN -- Eddie reaches down to get the cable uncaught for Dave.
4:07: Dave says, "It doesn't matter..." No, it doesn't. There's ass kicking to be done.
4:20-4:40: Twenty seconds of non-stop, hang-in-there style applause -- Dave acknowledges the adulation by bowing his head to the audience.
5:48: LOOK FOR IT! Dave does a Daltrey swing with the mic!!!
6:08: Dave laughs and smiles it off like a pro.

Summary of what I predict when this EXACT thing happens on the Guns & Roses 2015 reunion tour.

0:20: Axl comes out late.
0:50: Axl checks the mic - it doesn't work.
0:58: Axl throws tantrum - goes home.
1:20: Clip uploaded to Roth Army.

[Nitro Express]

smells a bit funky, tho.

Stop using it as a sex toy.

[Nitro Express]

Our throat clearing elixr is honey, apple cider vinegar, horehound all disolved into some hot Wild Turkey 101 proof whiskey. It kicks like a mule but does the job.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Summary of what I predict when this EXACT thing happens on the Guns & Roses 2015 reunion tour.

0:20: Axl comes out late.
0:50: Axl checks the mic - it doesn't work.
0:58: Axl throws tantrum - goes home.
1:20: Clip uploaded to Roth Army.

1:22 Elvis makes a post that dave would have done the same...

[sadaist]

Summary of what I predict when this EXACT thing happens on the Guns & Roses 2015 reunion tour.

0:20: Axl comes out late.
0:50: Axl checks the mic - it doesn't work.
0:58: Axl throws tantrum - goes home.
1:20: Clip uploaded to Roth Army.

After a little thought, lemme revise

3:24:58: Axl is a no-show

[sadaist]

1:22 Elvis makes a post that dave would have done the same...

LOL


If the Roth Army had a vagina....Elvis would be the sand

[DavidLeeNatra]

LOL


If the Roth Army had a vagina....Elvis would be the sand

yeah...but you got to love that fucker anyway...

those folks from louisiana...I say...

[Nitro Express]

Moonshine is a hell of a drug.

[chi-town324]

it was an epic night in the chi...dave never disappoints

[ELVIS]

Is that your review ??

[DavidLeeNatra]

Is that your review ??

some kind of summary, I guess...

[David Lee Rocks]

How Fucking hard Is It To Get Some Tape To Dave?

i bet there will be 100 cases of ducktape side stage at the garden show, LOL

[David Lee Rocks]

A lot of people need to cash in on their god given talent as judges with their vast experience as performers on the big stage and apply to American Idol as soon as possible

Howard Stern is doing it