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The Berlin International Film Festival is coming up and I'll be spending the better part of the next two weeks standing in line for tickets, riding the subway, and sitting in movie theaters.

My time table is complete, I'll be watching 20 movies (19, if I decide against the 217 minute documentary about the Idaho state legislature after all :p) at least five of which will totally suck, and I will get up at 6am (aka the time I went to bed up until a day ago) tomorrow to stand in a line at a ticket booth that opens at 10am.

I love it. :)

My friends have gotten used to it but still look at me in a way that gently reminds me that they think I'm just a tad off my rocker.

So, what is your personal must-see event? The thing that you can't miss but others may be shaking their heads about behind your back?

Some three-day mud rock fest? The annual Star Trek convention? The Iditarod live on the Sports Channel? Or, like Keruvalia (IIRC), that one opera that hasn't been put on stage for decades?

When the Earth implodes.

An AC/DC concert in Boston. Although that will never happen.

I am pretty big on the local film festivals.......Sundance is king though (and it's not exactly local... :()

however, my yearly "must-do" actually is the local-ish Trek convention.

the edinburgh fringe festival has been the only event i've consistently sacrificed sleep and sanity for. but i'm not alone in that.

nothing jumps at me right now :(

however, my yearly "must-do" actually is the local-ish Trek convention. Guess whom I had in mind when I put that in the OP? :p

the edinburgh fringe festival has been the only event i've consistently sacrificed sleep and sanity for. but i'm not alone in that.
What's that? And don't tell me to google it, you brought it up. ;p

Mets in the world series or Jets in the superbowl. Probably.

It used to be different things at different times-

When I was a kid it was Dundracon. I'll just leave my lunch money on this counter...

For a while it was whenever the Daddies (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) where in town (or Branford Marsalis, who I saw three times in one week once, or The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and it's still Pink Floyd only because that doesn't happen all that often).

The Monterey Historic Automobile Races are up there, fortunately as of late I get paid for that nonsense.

One day in my life I'm going to go to the 24hrs of Le Mans. One day...

I don't know. I don't have a good one. I live in the city now, so I could do the same thing with the San Francisco International Film Festival.

I really should actually.

I was fortunate enough to actually see one of my must see events...the Rush 25th anniversary concert in Vegas.

My next will never happen...the Mariners win the world series.

Bwahahaha!!

The auto show in Philly this Saturday, but that isn't really an "OMG YES!" thing..

*shrugs*

So, what is your personal must-see event? The thing that you can't miss but others may be shaking their heads about behind your back?
Nuclear war. Seriously.

When I was a kid it was Dundracon. I'll just leave my lunch money on this counter...Okay, so it's geeky. But what is it?

One day in my life I'm going to go to the 24hrs of Le Mans. One day...Is that actually an uninterrupted 24 hours? *has no clue about car races*
And would you have to stay up for the whole time watching? Is it on a round track? Isn't that mindnumbingly boring? ;p

The International Goethe Festival.

It is awesome.

I was fortunate enough to actually see one of my must see events...the Rush 25th anniversary concert in Vegas.

My next will never happen...the Mariners win the world series.

Bwahahaha!!

They're not the WORST team to be a fan of. I betcha they win one WS in the next 60 years :)

oh heres one the look on someone faces if i get in the army

What's that? And don't tell me to google it, you brought it up. ;p

What's that!? the world's largest, and possibly most famous, arts festival! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Fringe_Festival) it's awesome, there's everything - comedy, theatre, circuses, music, dance, street performances etc. etc., and there's the associated film festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Film_Festival)(longest continually running in the world) and book festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Book_Festival). i mostly go for the comedy but my friends usually drag me along to a few theatre productions, to make me more cultured or something, and i'm frequently pleasantly suprised. i've yet to make it to the book festival although i've heard it's pretty good.

Does standing in line for the final Harry Potter book count?

Or, like Keruvalia (IIRC), that one opera that hasn't been put on stage for decades?

Actually, for me it's something similar. I'm just dying for a professional production of Lakmé. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju-oCQxZ9hs)

oh heres one the look on someone faces if i get in the armyNot quite what I was thinking of, but alright. ;p

The International Goethe Festival.

It is awesome.Since you just made me stumble across the most awesome Goethe quote of "I call architecture frozen music" I won't make a snide remark.

What's that!? the world's largest, and possibly most famous, arts festival! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Fringe_Festival) it's awesome, there's everything - comedy, theatre, circuses, music, dance, street performances etc. etc., and there's the associated film festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Film_Festival)(longest continually running in the world) and book festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Book_Festival). i mostly go for the comedy but my friends usually drag me along to a few theatre productions, to make me more cultured or something, and i'm frequently pleasantly suprised. i've yet to make it to the book festival although i've heard it's pretty good.Can't be so famous when I haven't heard of it, can it now?! <.<
It's 3 weeks! And it sounds pretty cool. :)

Does standing in line for the final Harry Potter book count?Why would you stand in line when you could already have preordered it on Amazon like I have? :p

Okay, so it's geeky. But what is it?
A role-playing convention, if you expand the name it make more sense-DungeonsandDragonscon.

And I fucked up, that's not the one we went to, that's the one I filmed years later. I think the one I went to was...yeah, it was called Pacificon.

Is that actually an uninterrupted 24 hours? *has no clue about car races*
And would you have to stay up for the whole time watching? Is it on a round track? Isn't that mindnumbingly boring? ;p
Yep, 24 straight hours (didn't we talk about this when the Daytona 24hrs was on? And Nadkor said she couldn't watch on tv?) There are 4 drivers per car, but the car itself runs flat 24hrs. It's amazing. There are four classes on the field, Le Mans Prototypes which are the least restricted and have been an all Audi show for a while (in the 80s it was almost an all Porsche show). This year there will be a Peugot diesel to fight the Audi diesel.

Then there is the Le Mans Prototype 675s, which are smaller. Last year Porsche returned to La Sarthe (what they call the track) with its RS Spyder and now it's a customer car and they have a factory one they're hoping to get an overall win with.

Then there is GTS class (they keep changing the name, so whatever it's called now) which has modified street cars. They have to have a certain set of things in common with the production vehicle. That's been a Corvette show for a while now, surprisingly. Ferrari tried and couldn't match the 'Vettes reliability (weird I know...) and now neither can the Aston Martins. It's been a good fight over the years. The previous dominant car in that class was the Viper. So for all the shit American car companies (deservedly) get, they put it out on the track. You got something to say? Put it on the track...

And then there is GT, where the cars are even closer to the street version. That's been a Porsche show for freakin' ever.

All on the track at the same time. It's beautiful. I would do my damnedest to stay up the whole time.

There is an amiture 25 hour race near me that I keep meaning to see. Porsches keep winning that, too.

Spell checks aren't helping me with that word so I'm leaving it.

Not quite what I was thinking of, but alright. ;p

the look is caming from one of the people whos been on my back from the time i was 9 , so to me it's a must see event

Why would you stand in line when you could already have preordered it on Amazon like I have? :p

I want it right away.

And I don't want it ruined the way Half Blood Prince was. People can be asshats.

Iron Maiden. Anywhere. Anytime.

Actually, I think my must-see event is watching you get up that early, watch movies for two weeks, and then collapse afterwards. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/movie.gif

That said, I wish you ganz viel Spaß and enjoyable Filme. :fluffle:

Iron Maiden. Anywhere. Anytime.
Perfect!!!

Actually, for me it's something similar. I'm just dying for a professional production of Lakmé. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju-oCQxZ9hs)I'm listening to it right now, almost finished. I have no fondness for opera, but this is not bad. Even though after a while it was getting a bit grating. Yeah, yeah, I know not what I talk about and all that.

A role-playing convention, if you expand the name it make more sense-Duneon andDragonscon.

And I fucked up, that's not the one we went to, that's the one I filmed years later. I think the one I went to was...yeah, it was called Pacificon. Aha.


Yep, 24 straight hours (didn't we talk about this when the Daytona 24hrs was on? And Nadkor said she couldn't watch on tv?)Um, maybe? <.<

There are 4 drivers per car, but the car itself runs flat 24hrs.

- snip race TMI ;p -
ORLY? So they exchange the drivers at full speed? Fascinating.

Oh, and it's amateur. :p


I want it right away. Wait, I thought Amazon shipped it right away? They did that with at least one of the earlier volumes in Germany, delivering them at midnight even.

And I don't want it ruined the way Half Blood Prince was. People can be asshats.Well, I've already resolved not to go on the internet that day at all.

Actually, I think my must-see event is watching you get up that early, watch movies for two weeks, and then collapse afterwards. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/movie.gif

That said, I wish you ganz viel Spaß and enjoyable Filme. :fluffle:

Thanks anyway. :p

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I did just remember that before we had the kids we used to hit Gen Con.... we can go again when they are older ;)

I was at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, and I'm seriously considering going every year from now on.

I get really excited when I'm there. Not queuing up since 6am excited, I don't think there's anything that can override my natural slothfulness enough to get me that excited.

Thanks anyway. :p

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Oh! Look!!! Free popcorn! :D

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Not queuing up since 6am excited, I don't think there's anything that can override my natural slothfulness enough to get me that excited.Yeah, I surprise myself every year. Dunno, maybe it's something in the water.
You also reminded me that it's already 1am. I'm so not tired yet. Gah. *trudges off to bed*

Wait, I thought Amazon shipped it right away? They did that with at least one of the earlier volumes in Germany, delivering them at midnight even.
Your country is infinately cooler than mine. I think they ship on the publish date here. At least that's been my past experience.

Well, I've already resolved not to go on the internet that day at all.

Don't leave your house either. People had signs in their cars and were yelling it in the streets here. Don't know why everyone has to spoil a geek's fun.:(

I was at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, and I'm seriously considering going every year from now on.

I get really excited when I'm there. Not queuing up since 6am excited, I don't think there's anything that can override my natural slothfulness enough to get me that excited.

it's soooo worth it. i used to go back to jersey every summer to see my friends and family, but now i make them come up to edinburgh every year so we can all go to the fringe. don't know what'll happen this summer though cuz i won't have a floor for them all to sleep on as i'll be living in a van. i'll still make it myself though, no worries!! :D

Did the Edinburgh Fringe a few years back mostly for the comedy.It was cool.Was over for Hogmany this year but don't remember much of that.:p

I'm listening to it right now, almost finished. I have no fondness for opera, but this is not bad. Even though after a while it was getting a bit grating. Yeah, yeah, I know not what I talk about and all that.

A Mikado in drag (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftLOMqK-viA) might be more up your ally?

My alma mater hosts a semi-annual contest in which people stay up from midnight to 8 AM competing to see who can score the most points on challenges such as "Identify the movies from which these screenshots of people yelling 'NO!' were taken," "Identify these TV theme songs from the first letters of each word in them," or "Perform a piece of Harry Potter porn." It is so deeply and peculiarly entertaining that many alumni will come back to campus to play for years (or, in quite a few cases, decades) after they graduate. I haven't missed a contest yet, although my financial situation has forced me to play long-distance a few times.

Did the Edinburgh Fringe a few years back mostly for the comedy.It was cool.Was over for Hogmany this year but don't remember much of that.:p

lol, i hope you had provisions for indoor entertainment! it was pretty nasty outside this year. we were going to try and crash the street party but it was cancelled. luckily one of my friends had a party on so we just got trashed there, good times :D

Your Must-See Event?the WC.. of course.

Aha! Another must-see for me..

I can't wait until next Monday and watch the guy.. hook up our cable modem!!!!!1111!!11111!11!ONE!!!111!

Halo 3 release! Too bad we still don't know exactly when it will be...

The Berlin International Film Festival?

Hah!

SxSW (at the Alamo Drafthouse) is where it's at!

The Berlin International Film Festival?

Hah!

SxSW (at the Alamo Drafthouse) is where it's at!

Can I tag along?

A-League Grand Final, next Sunday. Come on Melbourne! Come on the Victory!

65daysofstatic's hometown gig when they tour. Sadly, I've never actually been to one, but hopefully by the end of the year...

The Berlin International Film Festival is coming up and I'll be spending the better part of the next two weeks standing in line for tickets, riding the subway, and sitting in movie theaters.

My time table is complete, I'll be watching 20 movies (19, if I decide against the 217 minute documentary about the Idaho state legislature after all :p) at least five of which will totally suck, and I will get up at 6am (aka the time I went to bed up until a day ago) tomorrow to stand in a line at a ticket booth that opens at 10am.

I love it. :)

My friends have gotten used to it but still look at me in a way that gently reminds me that they think I'm just a tad off my rocker.

So, what is your personal must-see event? The thing that you can't miss but others may be shaking their heads about behind your back?

Some three-day mud rock fest? The annual Star Trek convention? The Iditarod live on the Sports Channel? Or, like Keruvalia (IIRC), that one opera that hasn't been put on stage for decades?
Whereyouthinkyougoing naked.;)

Whereyouthinkyougoing naked.;)

and that on his must see list at 1 to 10 spots

So, what is your personal must-see event? The thing that you can't miss but others may be shaking their heads about behind your back?

1) Any Miyazaki premier
2) Any Aquabats shows
3) Any GWAR shows

Yup, thats about it.

s.y.r.c.l.'s wild and scenic film festival held every year in the grass valley/nevada city area of northern california, which i haven't been to yet.

there's also the celtic festival held at the grass valley fairgrounds in october.

the one that wifie and i do manage to make it to almost every year is furcon, held in san jose in january. although i'm thinking seriously that the next con i go to will be baycon which is held arround my birthday which falls very close to memorial day, also in the (san francisco) bay area.

then of course there are any number of jam band festivals held in my sureal nervana mountains. there's a big one now a days in quincy.

i haven't been to any of these yet either. there is a summer series of free concerts in my town's park, with occasionaly half-way decent or better bands. we had mumbo gumbo one year. the're local, semi-ecclectic, mostly zydico.

i'm afraid i'm a bit less into the big deals of any kind then the real gratifcation i get from simply creating, however humbly and imperfectly, and exploring on my own.

media "must see" hype is generaly a pretty gratutious "con", but then, as you say, there ARE some goodies. these are generaly the genre conventions put on by the fans of those genres themselves. i really feel these are the best "events", where people, not corprotocracy or big media or even chambers of commerce, get togather to plan and arrainge, book venue and guests and so on, on a local or at most, regeonal, level.

=^^=
.../\...

and that on his must see list at 1 to 10 spots
When did you see the list?:eek:

When did you see the list?:eek:

we of the night have our ways ;)

Hmmm...I guess that means concerts too....

Number one is SunnO))) and Boris touring in May, just before my birthday. I'm there, front row centre. Tickets aren't on sale yet, though. :p

I've got a ticket to see Converge in late March too...

And maybe some others coming up.

The arrest and trial for war crimes by the Rev Smiler.

Bush would be a nice to have but that ones for the Americans to sort out.

So, what is your personal must-see event? The thing that you can't miss but others may be shaking their heads about behind your back?


seeing Testament live again, or Pitchshifter


and dancing on maggie thatcher's grave ;)

and dancing on maggie thatcher's grave ;)

I'd pay to see that....!

seeing Testament live again

They were playing in Melbourne tonight, but I couldn't go see them because I wouldn't have been able to get there in time after work. :(

They were playing in Melbourne tonight, but I couldn't go see them because I wouldn't have been able to get there in time after work. :(

if you'd have said you were gonna see them as well as having seen clapton..... i would have killed you :)

if you'd have said you were gonna see them as well as having seen clapton..... i would have killed you :)
He's seeing SunnO))) & Boris, and Converge soon as well. Git. :p

I'm trying to convince my girlfriend she wants to go to a festival in Barcelona at the end of May...not sure I'll get any joy there.

He's seeing SunnO))) & Boris, and Converge soon as well. Git. :p

I'm trying to convince my girlfriend she wants to go to a festival in Barcelona at the end of May...not sure I'll get any joy there.

Oo, is that the Sonar Festival? i always wanted to go to that one since i heard a radio broadcast of it on the beeb a couple of years ago. find that broadcast and you'll have no trouble persuading her!

edit: oh wait, that's in the middle of june. which one did you mean? primavera sound festival?

Ohhh I'm gonna be hippy about it and say The Big Green Gathering in Cheddar in August.

seeing Testament live again, or Pitchshifter


and dancing on maggie thatcher's grave ;)

That will be officially classed as a rave!!

edit: oh wait, that's in the middle of june. which one did you mean? primavera sound festival?
Yeah, that's the one. ATP are curating one of the stages. :)

Isis, Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai are all playing. :D

And 3 day tickets are currently available for €85. :D :D

Yeah, that's the one. ATP are curating one of the stages. :)

Isis, Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai are all playing. :D

And 3 day tickets are currently available for €85. :D :D

sounds awesome! i saw explosions in the sky as a support act for four tet last year in edinburgh, i didn't know they were playing so it was a nice suprise! and of course isis and mogwai will be brilliant :D

if you'd have said you were gonna see them as well as having seen clapton..... i would have killed you :)

Ahaha...well, I just found out that Slayer and Mastodon have a show in April...i'm gonna see if I can get tickets for that one tomorrow night. ;)

He's seeing SunnO))) & Boris, and Converge soon as well. Git. :p

I missed Isis, though, because of Clapton. Ah well.

And I think the Pixies are looking for a Melbourne venue for when they tour in March/April...What is it at the moment? All of the cool bands are touring Australia. Bands usually give Australia a miss. What's going on? :p