dream: the toronto nin show was coming, and at the last minute mary from work was able to get 2 pit tickets for us… only it wasn’t at molson amp, it was at a small club that looked like a barn inside. it had a high ceiling, and it was broken up into sections, and we could go into the front section with our tickets. there were high bar tables in front of a wall and window, so we took seats there, and realized you’d be watching the concert through the window. the stage, which was 4 tables put together, was in this room on the other side of the wall/window. sometimes there was glass there, sometimes there wasn’t. apparently i had a recording rig with me too, to bootleg the show, so i started setting it up. it was fairly small but still very noticeable. another guy sat at our table, and he had this super huge recording rig and i was like wtf, so not stealth. and he set his up next to mine. mine was a digital recorder, his was like, reel to reel tape hahah. no one was really paying attention but i heard the beginning of “999,999” so i scrambled up to my rig to hit record, but couldn’t find the button, and they started playing “last” and i freaked out that it wouldn’t get recorded, but i found the button. but then there was no band, it was just trent and now he was on the other side of this barn, so we all went over there, and he was going to play alone, and acoustic. but he was playing covers, and like…folk songs. i hoped that even on the other side of the building it was getting recorded cuz this was a one of a kind show. then he started talking to me about how he saw the rig, and did i really think i’d be able to get out of the building with it, without getting caught? and i was sort of taken aback because i thought he was pretty taper friendly. he said something about how traffic was so bad i’d be stuck there for 2 hours and that was enough time for authorities to come take the tape. and i said, well it’s a good thing i didn’t drive then, i won’t have to wait in traffic. then he went back over to the other side behind the wall/window so everyone went back over there and now there was a woman with headphones simultaneously checking the tapes to see if it was recording and it was.
and in non dream news: adr2 reported that according to the radio, NIN is the headliner of the toronto show. it’s finally listed on ticketmaster, but no ticket prices. helpful 😛 *edit* oh, the presale is today in an hour, and ga pit is 102.75 and seats 68.75….*edit2* gave in and got pit tix…$94 after exchange so it ended up being cheaper than the US dates…