From: houk@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joshua Houk)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Lollapalooza not welcome at Great Woods, MA
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:16:01 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

I apologize to everyone for reposting thses comments, but - sheesh! Talk
about utter silliness!

In article <Bt5648.EDv@rice.edu> mlevi@owlnet.rice.edu (Marcel Nolan Levi) writes:
>In article <berthiau.714066116@iros1>, berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume) writes:
>(actually wendy, not andre)
>
>|> First off, how can you call it a tradition if Lollapalooza has only
>|> been around for TWO years?  Also, there had been no such reported 
>|> incidents during last year's tour.
>
>But there *were* bonfires at most of last year's shows, and there
>have been at most of this year's shows.  I can call it a tradition
>if it occurs many times, consistently.  It's a tradition from show
>to show, and so far, from last year to this year.
>

You can call it what you want, but that still doesn't make it a
tradition. Check a dictionary, okay?

>|> you call it an "accepted" risk if these bonfires had gotten out of
>|> control and spread to the surrounding areas?  AND not to mention that 
>|> there are about several thousand show-goers, some of whom may or may not
>|> have agreed to have such potentially dangerous hazards set up during the
>|> show.  And, if this the lighting of such bonfires do happen at other
>|> venues, then the "tradition" of Lollapalooza may as well end this year, 
>|> because what owners of these venues in their right mind would like to 
>|> have their sites damaged by these bonfires.  (BTW, Great Woods IS in
>|> a wooded area, and imagine what would have happened if one of these
>|> bonfires had gotten out of control and spread beyond the concert site!)
>|> Also, if such bonfires were to be such a tradition, would that mean
>|> bonfires set at indoor venues???  Get a clue.
>
>Lollapalloza never has and never will be indoors.  The organizers have 
>made that clear from the start.  All of this is just pouting and 
>whining.  It sounds like you're about 40 years old.  And I have a clue,
>maybe you need to get a life.
>

Umm... who exactly is pouting and whining here? You, perhaps?

>|> Ah!! So, you're NOT going this year!  Then what gives you the right to 
>|> say that it if you're not going to be there to experience the 
>|> wonderfully sick thrill of moshing around a bonfire?  And if your
>|> backyard was right next to a concert site, would you want kids to start
>|> tearing up your fence to start a bonfire?
>
>I have every right to defend the setting of bonfires.  I speak from
>experience (dallas, '91 during Siouxsie).  And I've been in more mosh
>pits than how many Greenpeace fliers you have shoved up your ass.
>  

You have every right to defend the setting of bonfires. It still makes
you look silly, though. By the way, moshing's passe - pogoing is the
wave of the future (and the past). :)

>|> Personally, I do like the idea of bonfires at Lollapalooza, but not if
>|> they are going to be randomly set with potential to do harm to people 
>|> and property.  They would work if Lollapalooza organizers are able to 
>|> regulate such bonfires.
>
>Crybaby wank.
>
>Marcel,
>mlevi@rice.edu

Marcel...you're telling *other* people to grow up?

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Joshua Houk || houk@athena.cs.uga.edu
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