Thread: Been to any good gigs recently?

Originally Posted by Buff

Did you stay at Wynn or Encore? I stayed at Wynn years ago and it was one of the best rooms I've stayed in, we were looking recently and was surprised that Encore was more expensive than Wynn? I thought it was the other way around, maybe just cause they're newer?

I'm glad you asked. I almost posted this before, but didn't.

We've stayed at Wynn twice before and loved it.

I made the reservations back in October for the Wynn, and we'd been looking forward to it for months now.

The morning of check-in, I go online to start the on-line check-in and lo and behold, it's checking us into Encore. I was immediately upset. I thought they were basically the same, but had the impression that Encore was kind of a step down.

I decided to look to Google before I prepared to pick a fight. I learned that the rooms at Encore are slightly larger, and of course, since it was built a few years later a bit newer. The main difference is that Encore does not have as many restaurants etc., but they're connected so what does that matter? Encore guests can utilize both the Encore pools and the Wynn pool area, but Wynn guests cannot utilize Encore's.

And they put us on the 57th floor (out of 61) facing the strip. . .. :chefskiss:

We were very happy. If we go again, we'll book an Encore room now that we know.

Going to see Steve Von Till tonight. My neighborhood disc golf buddy grew up with him.

North, I think you might have recommended him when I was looking for a certain type of music.

I didn't realize it was Neurosis Steve, who I feel I already know pretty well since my buddy talks about him often.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers kicked off the North American leg of their Unlimited Love tour at Empower Field last night and it was incredible. If you have a chance to see this tour, do it. Here a snippet of the encore from my nosebleed seats:



And a few shots me and my son took:

Originally Posted by MasterShake

The Red Hot Chili Peppers kicked off the North American leg of their Unlimited Love tour at Empower Field last night and it was incredible. If you have a chance to see this tour, do it. Here a snippet of the encore from my nosebleed seats:



And a few shots me and my son took:

My wife and I saw RHCP and Foo Fighters back in the Summer of 1999 (I think). It was one hell of a show. I'm sure your son had a blast.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

My wife and I saw RHCP and Foo Fighters back in the Summer of 1999 (I think). It was one hell of a show. I'm sure your son had a blast.

Right after the opening acts a rain storm rolled in and there was just an electric buzz in the air and in the stadium. Just when you thought there was going to be a rain delay, the storm kicked up a bit and Flea came out and just popped the stadium alive like a champagne cork. The weather, atmosphere, and show is a top 3 concert experience for me easily.

Saw Gaga at wrigley field last night. Didn’t suck.

On Sat, I was taken to see need to breathe and one republic. They put on pretty great shows. The person that got us the tix tours with the band as a filmer so we got hooked up and got to party with some of the band members from each band the night before and after the show at pepsi. Was a cool experience.

I realized I had heard a few songs of theirs before so that was cool to me at least knowing some about them and not sounding really stupid.

Originally Posted by Buff

Saw Gaga at wrigley field last night. Didn’t suck.

I really like gaga. Not sure about her music, but what she does and stands for and pure talent, I am a big fan!

Originally Posted by Buff

Didn’t suck.

What you and your spouse do behind closed doors is your business. No need to overshare.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

What you and your spouse do behind closed doors is your business. No need to overshare.

It's unclear to me why you assume spouse.

Originally Posted by nighttrainlayne

what you and your spouse do behind closed doors is your business. No need to overshare.

Originally Posted by hawgdriver

it's unclear to me why you assume spouse.

#ntl

Originally Posted by Buff

Saw Gaga at wrigley field last night. Didn’t suck.

I couldn't name two of her actual songs, but she'll always have a place in my heart for legitimately crushing the anthem before SB 50. . .

Went to see my friends from Oxygen Destroyer and Desolus last night. SO DAMN GOOOOOOOD. Loved all the Kaiju monster clips that OD used.

Hasnt happened yet but my boys No/Mas are opening for the Cavalera Brothers!

Caught the first of two Nine Inch Nails shows at Red Rocks last night. Trent and co. continue to kill it. I snagged a quick video of Head Like a Hole. The weather was perfect, we watched a rainstorm move north to south in the distance as lightning danced in the clouds!

Very cool night and I was able to share it with my son: