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@raidersrobert Күн бұрын

Thank you...I was there. Amazing show!

@terrypussypower 8 күн бұрын

What a band!

@LShade-uz5uw 10 күн бұрын

A miserable day for me. At the time of the show, I did not drive (more accurately, I REFUSED TO LEARN TO DRIVE-thus, my penance for that was to rely on others to tote me around if I wanted to do something like, for instance, see a concert 25 miles north of my home). So, in order to attend the show (originally scheduled for what was then known as The Baltimore Civic Center - now on it's 24th or 25th re-branding), I had to buy a ticket for my friend, who would drive us. Well, the big day came (it was a Saturday) and I was in my local library looking at the Baltimore newspapers (we had The Sun and the Hearst-owned News American back then) and I wanted to see if there were any articles regarding the upcoming show. Well, there was....so I read through it. When I finished, I glanced to one side of the newspaper to see an 1/8th page sized ad for the concert. Then...I saw it! "NOTE NEW VENUE" was splashed across the ad, much to my chagrin. Remember kiddies, there was no internet in 1981 (well there WAS the DARPA-NET, of which we weren't supposed to know about). So, I ran home, called the operator for the number to the Baltimore Civic Center box office (a long distance phone call then, folks), called the venue and found out that NOT ONLY WERE MY 6th row floor seat tickets no good, I would not only have to (a) drive to the Civic Center to get my money back, I'd have to subsequently have to slog through northwest Baltimore (thankfully this was before the city had turned into the abysmal hell hole it is today) to the "NEW" venue (Painter's Mill Music Fair...RIP), to purchase NEW TICKETS. Well, my buddy who was driving was rather irate about all of this extra effort (and who could blame him), but he agreed to pursue this venture and around 2 PM, he showed up at my place and by 3, we managed to get to the Civic Center to cash in my "dead" tickets (total cost about $22, if I recall) and then we made another 40 minute trek up to Northern Parkway and out to MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) and found Painter's Mill Music Fair (I knew where it was because my brother worked at the radio station directly behind the venue, and you could spot the transmitter towers from about 1/2 a mile away). When we got to the ticket booth, the nice lady said that the single show was now TWO shows. And I thought, "GREAT", but my glee was dashed when she said that the early show was sold out and the there were only 6 scattered tickets left for the late show....ALL IN THE BACK ROW IN THE UPPER THROES of the theater. Well, stupid belligerent me didn't want to here it (after all, I initially had 6th row floor seats), so I told my friend, "Forget it, let's go". On the way back, my friend reluctantly had to ask me for gas money (and he drove a Pontiac Firebird which got about 8 mph, or so it seemed). So, I bought us lunch and paid for lunch and 8 gallons of gas. I came home with $2 of my $22 dollars! That night, I swore I would NEVER go to another concert again. Between 1984 and 1988, I attended about 20 Zappa concerts and lectures...so much for that threat! Thanks for posting the board tape!!!!