[Nic]

"BeenInsane " wrote:

Well no that wasn’t me as I didnt step away from the barrier but you going to the length to write a post directed at someones opinion shows that maybe you were looking bored and I don’t think that I need to be appointed by Dinosaur Jr to make an opinion on someone. If anyone at the show thought that I was a complete jerk off i’m sorry I gave off that vibe. I have actually seen the guy I was standing next to during the show, he was in town a few days after and said he rememberd me, the reason he looked bored was because he was there to see Dead Meadow and didn’t know much Dino. Don’t know who you was standing next to but bummer for them if they had the same trouble as we did with that girl, perhaps I was standing close to you then.
You make opinions on people every single day I don’t see why you arent aloud to do it during a show. I’m glad that you enjoyed the show anyway but if you had a good time then I don’t see why you felt the need to explain your actions.

Apologies; in retrospect my comments appear heavy-handed and reactionary. I think I went a bit over the top and just vented my spleen when I saw your post. It is probably because I am ill at ease with the way people sometimes express themselves on internet forums. The generally anonymous nature of posting (in most cases people don’t see other posters in "real life") often makes people say things they wouldn’t otherwise say, and I just feel that the anonymity and low likelihood of encountering somebody again after a gig can prompt people to write things they wouldn’t normally write. I suppose what I am saying is that I don’t agree with slagging a "guy" off when you also include enough information about the situation to mean that somebody else could recognise that it is them you are speaking of. It often leads to ill-will and there is, in my opinion, really no need to comment on anybody else’s disposition at a gig as long as they don’t go attacking other people. I acknowledge that I could (and possibly should) have just let your comment go unanswered, and the fact that I just assumed it was me you were referring to without asking you more about it first was, as you suggest, perhaps indicative of the fact that I may have "looked" bored . Again, I apologise for my previous post, and wish you all the best in your life.

[Nic]

"BeenInsane " wrote:

My only complaint was some of the crowd just didn’t seem to want to see them, Firstly some woman started punching my partner and then me and screaming at us to f**k off :S then we ended up with these fat drunk old men behind us who just wanted to use us as crashing posts. Oh then at the other end of the scale the guy next to me wasn’t into it at all. he just stood leaning on the raid looking so bored. Guess it just bugged me that some people didn’t actually want to watch this amazing band.

I am fairly sure that I am the guy who was next to you and allegedly bored. I say this because the guy immediately to my left during the show (almost certainly you) had problems with a woman screaming at the lady he was with, and eventually he stepped away from the barrier a couple of songs from the end as the crowd became more rowdy. Your comments are most unhelpful, and ill-considered. It is very easy and very cowardly to post comments in this anecdotal fashion about how other people felt, or to insinuate that they "weren’t into it". You don’t know me, just as I don’t know you. You have no idea how I was feeling during the show, or whether I was bored, and furthermore, I very much doubt whether Dinosaur Jr. have appointed you a position whereby you are required to ensure that everyone who has paid for a ticket must watch attentively and rapt with pleasure at all times, therefore save yourself the heartache and concentrate on your own experience.

For your information, I really enjoyed the show. This doesn’t mean that my face was a picture of ecstasy at all points throughout Dinosaur Jr. being on stage, or that I threw my body about in wild abandon at all times, but, nonetheless, I was certainly "into it". You are correct when you assert that I was leaning on the barrier, the reasons for this being manifold and not exactly criminal i.e. to take some of the weight off of my legs, to steady myself when taking pictures or filming, and also because I didn’t really have anywhere else to go once the momentum of the crowd surged forward and pinned me in place. Even if I had wanted to dance around (which I didn’t particularly feel like doing that night) I couldn’t have; I didn’t have the room. I hope I have explained my behaviour away suitably.

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