rickbreckler

front row!

Me, too!! First time!!

A couple highlights for me...Jeff facing his microphone all the way around and basically putting his back to the audience during Heavy Metal Drummer so he could sing right to Glen. I seem to remember him doing this in the past, but tonight it was for probably most of the song.

Also, Jeff's "in this economy" cracks were pretty good. A small chunk of the first 4 rows was pretty on-again/off-again about standing until the band came out for the first encore...then they were all standing. Jeff immediately made a reference about them finally getting up, and then said (something like) "these people are like 'I'm not standing up, not in this economy. I'm gonna save my energy.'"

Then, when he was prodding Glen to do his pose before ITMWLY, Glen was acting reserved about it as usual. Jeff made the comment (again, something like) "come one, Glen, in this economy?" And something about people needing their money's worth and that Glen shouldn't ruin it again. That was funny stuff.

It was a great time in Athens. Casa was nice, Jackie O's was nice, the Pub was awful for me, because we were the oldest people in there. Really great town, though. The Burrito Buggy adds to the experience at the end of the night.

And I probably saw it 10,000 times before I realized the mitt was made of an "M" and

a "B" for Milwaukee Brewers.

And I've been seeing it my whole life and didn't realize until you said so.

Athens tomorrow night!

Kudos to the guy directly behind me who not only knew every word to "Too Far Apart", but actually sang along in tune. (something I am incapable of)

No kudos to the D-bag right behind us in OL-4 who insisted on yelling the name of EVERY song once he recognized it. And then yelling it again to his friends beside him. I guess there was a need for everyone to know that he knew what song it was. And then singing very out of tune half the lines that have a silent pause before them.

Anyway, it was freakin' great otherwise. Since we love Nels so much, it was tough to laugh at him...but it was seriously across almost the whole width of the stage that he flailed and fought it, but eventually fell. I guess when you're used to being in front of so many people, you don't get as embarrassed, and handle it much better than most people would.

The suit was an instant classic, and the old songs were hitting so heavy. I especially liked "I Got You"-

I bought presale floor seats and public sale balcony seats...my wife's pregnant and I wanted her to have her choice. She wants to stick to the floor. These should be good balcony seats, and definitely better than what Ticketmaster has available now. I paid $75 with the TM fees and all. Anybody want them for that? I'll send them insured mail or I can drop off somewhere if it's not too far for me. I have them in hand now.

 

Thanks-

-Sold-

I bought presale floor seats and public sale balcony seats...my wife's pregnant and I wanted her to have her choice. She wants to stick to the floor. These should be good balcony seats, and definitely better than what Ticketmaster has available now. I paid $75 with the TM fees and all. Anybody want them for that? I'll send them insured mail or I can drop off somewhere if it's not too far for me. I have them in hand now.

Thanks-

I just got off the phone with the Wexner Center and they confirmed to me that the section where my seats are, Section B row 3, has 8 seats in that row. Also OL does indeed stand for orchestra level, commonly referred to as the pit, and there will be four rows in that section. The OL section is recessed 3 feet below floor level so those in the first few rows of sections B, C, and D will have a clear view of the stage. Thank you Wilco ticketing for giving us all great seats.

 

EDIT: Sorry if I was unclear but the OL section is of course located directly between the front of sections B, C, D and the stage, where the pit is always located.

By any chance...I don't suppose they mentioned how many seats are in the OL rows, did they? Just wondering which seat #'s are approximately the middle-

SEC B, Row 5, Seats (9, 8)

 

Not too shabby. Hmmm...I think that puts me in the Nels Zone.

Can somebody with better eyes than me tell me if the seat numbers for the front of Sec B are 0-9? Looks like I got aisle seats, which is kind of sweet.

From the chart, it looks like the 1st row of Section B has seats 1-8. The 17th row has seats 1-12...as the seating area is progressively wider. So...if you're in the 5th row, I bet 9 is the aisle seat. Could be 10, but probably 9. You're going to be very close either way. I love aisle seats, too. Claustrophobia, I think.

I got mine -- the presale is on. I'm not sure, but I think I got pit seats. Where is OL row 2?

Right in front of me (Row 3). I think it stands for "Orchestra Level". If you've seen the seating chart for Mershon, it's not listed...but it's basically between "Stage" and sections B, C, D. It's probably about 5 rows of chairs, I think. Never actually made it there yet-

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Here's mine. It can also be seen in person in Cincinnati and Indy in about 4 weeks!

BTW, theshua, I sure miss the Funke and Bluth families, wherever they may be-

I have W1LCO (Ohio Plates). It was actually inspired by a picture I saw on VC in a post awhile back. It was also inspired by the fact that the correct spelling is already taken in Ohio. My thought was that I'd pay the custom plate fee just to get 2 license plates (front and back in Ohio). Next year, I'll go back to the standard-fee plates, and have a couple pretty sweet souvenirs for the rec room-

I'll post a picture later-

PIT Row DD Seats 101 & 102. Looking for Seating chart now...I assume I'll be happy with these, though!