I was lucky enough to be drawn for the second round of tickets..apparently a lot of people bailed for one reason or another and had to release their tickets. The seats I picked up were at the very top row of a corner section. The benefit to these seats are that they were located on the end of the row, nearest the Men’s room and very close to a concession stand. The sight line was not bad at all either…obviously anywhere on the side would of been better, but I can’t complain too much. I liked where we sat, if for nothing else, the convenience.
As per usual, the Sprint Center gets an epic fail for their security issues. They just cannot get people in the door fast enough. Blame the people all you want for waiting so long to enter but let’s be honest, a majority of these folks had not been in the Sprint Center and probably had not heard of all the issues they have getting people in on time. Just open more doors people! Every single time I go there, ten minutes till the game starts the doors swing open and the security goes into panic mode. Why can’t we do this 20 minutes earlier? Anyways, I digress. That is my only consistent complaint about the Sprint Center and the rest of the post will be shown in a positive light. Read more…
nickthenerd Fun Family, Sports
My original plan was to take off half a day, starting at noon for some drinking and to chill in the “living room” of the P & L. What a great day. 
It was about as perfect as could be for just a day of fun in the sun, drinking until sunset.
Unfortunately my plans changed and we (gf and I) were only able to get there around 4:30. This just happened to be when Silversun Pickups came on stage …and were they prompt…maybe too prompt. They were already playing when I rolled in past the security check at 4:27 P.M. This was a breath of fresh air considering all of the bands I have seen in the last 10 years that are constantly late, sometimes by up to an hour or more.
The mood was great with a lot of people just having a good time, except for one couple. Read more…
nickthenerd Music Concert, gf, Rock
Well…it wasn’t exactly unexpected by any person who follows college basketball. Kansas State lost to Texas tonight. They lost by three in a defensive struggle.
The cats had a hell of a time scoring, which is also not a surprise. These last few conference games, Kansas State has averaged a whooping 29% field goal percentage. That is horrible, folks. At the same time, our opponents usually shoot 50% , give or take 5%. The good news is that Kansas State is good at both offensive rebounds and defense.
Unfortunately tonight was not the night for Clemente when he went a bone-jarring 0-7 from 3-pt lan in the first half. I feel like if we could of just hit some points here and there this game wouldn’t of even been a contest. Kansas State really needed to win this game to make a push for the NCAA. Since we didn’t win, it is pretty much a guaranteed ride into the NIT now. Read more…
nickthenerd Fun Family, Kansas State, Sports
One thing is for sure…the economy hasn’t stopped the under 21 crowd from showing up in droves to these shows.
At approximately 8:15 pm, the show was kick started with the Japanese Motors playing a fairly short set..probably clocking in under a half hour. I have seen many different opinions on this band, most of which were positive. Myself…I didn’t really dig it too much. It wasn’t that it was terrible though, to me it just seemed like the same old rhetoric. General rock playing quarter notes on the bass, ad nauseum. It is really a personal preference. If you like the band, great for you. I’m just tired of hearing the same old thing over and over…which is part of the reason that I love Modest Mouse. Read more…
nickthenerd Music Concert, Rock