11-04-2005, 02:05 PM
I miss the coins too. Remember that weird metallic grunge you'd get on your fingers? I miss that. It tasted pretty good.
We arrived on site early, as always, which meant we all had about three hours of sleep tops. We had 'artists' laminates, which meant we could go anywhere, even on stage, except for this special VIP area for people who bought the most expensive packages, however we quickly hustled up some wristbands and the kingdom was ours. Food wasn't bad - they took decent care of us. Backstage had a lounge put on by Red Bull with sofas, snacks, video, mixed drinks and cocktails. We even got free shoes from Crocs. AMR was very open to us and we were well situated in the back of their west med.
The show had four stages - a main stage in the stadium, two side stages and one stage tent. There was also a circus tent, an impersonators bar, a wedding chapel, copius vendors and food. They had planned to shut down the lots, but 65 security people failed to show, so there was an ample lot scene. All in all, quite a party. They expected 55,000 but got only about 40,000.
We wound up working a fair amount but it didn't hit us until Saturday night. We were only there for IPRs - AMR had all the medical. There were six of us, plus an extra pinch hitter. There were rumors of 800 mic doses (standard does is 75-100 mics for you uninitated) and a sighting of a liter size bottle of liquid - that's a lot - usually it comes in visine bottles - a liter could do up the whole Vegas strip. All in all, it we weren't overwhelmed, but there were some extraordinary patients. We definitely earned our keep that weekend.
Next - the band reviews.
We arrived on site early, as always, which meant we all had about three hours of sleep tops. We had 'artists' laminates, which meant we could go anywhere, even on stage, except for this special VIP area for people who bought the most expensive packages, however we quickly hustled up some wristbands and the kingdom was ours. Food wasn't bad - they took decent care of us. Backstage had a lounge put on by Red Bull with sofas, snacks, video, mixed drinks and cocktails. We even got free shoes from Crocs. AMR was very open to us and we were well situated in the back of their west med.
The show had four stages - a main stage in the stadium, two side stages and one stage tent. There was also a circus tent, an impersonators bar, a wedding chapel, copius vendors and food. They had planned to shut down the lots, but 65 security people failed to show, so there was an ample lot scene. All in all, quite a party. They expected 55,000 but got only about 40,000.
We wound up working a fair amount but it didn't hit us until Saturday night. We were only there for IPRs - AMR had all the medical. There were six of us, plus an extra pinch hitter. There were rumors of 800 mic doses (standard does is 75-100 mics for you uninitated) and a sighting of a liter size bottle of liquid - that's a lot - usually it comes in visine bottles - a liter could do up the whole Vegas strip. All in all, it we weren't overwhelmed, but there were some extraordinary patients. We definitely earned our keep that weekend.
Next - the band reviews.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse