http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-546 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:11:04 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-546 It looked like those watching Eckard from the dock had the best vantage point. I wish I’d had enough forethought to scurry down there and join them. And, I’d be very interested to hear more about his perfomance from those who could see and hear clearly.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-545 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:24:30 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-545 ah – well good to know that that’s fact.
but, we’re all gonna have different experiences based on our choices, informed and uninformed, factual or not, and that’s a big part of this whole thing. i like that eckard had a completely different end for me then he did for others, just as those who stayed may be glad that there was a party waiting for them when they got to it.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-544 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:15:08 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-544 No, the drumline absolutely did not start after his last line. At one point, Eckard flipped on an amplifier of some sort, and you could hear every word as clearly as if he was standing next to you. By this time, the drumline was long gone—you could hear them playing down on street level. If you left with the band (which 70% of the crowd did), you missed the meat of the performance. That’s fact.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-543 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:54:18 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-543 dude, kirsten did hear what he said (i was with her), just not a lot of it because it took until the very end to be able to hear just a fraction of what he was saying the whole time (which i think is all she meant).
and i don’t think the drumline got bored, i think they started after his last line.
and obviously tba takes its parties just as seriously as it takes the art.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-542 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:20:29 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2006/09/08/one_bang_up_opening_night/#comment-542 If you hadn’t left prematurely with the marching band, you would have heard Eckard’s broadcast-poetry perfectly. Once the band (and you) decided that they were bored and left, Eckard came closer, amplified his speech, and everyone who was still there could hear every word he said. Until, of course, the drumline got bored again and started playing on the east side. Then we had to strain to make out the art. But you apparently wouldn’t know that, because you were more interested in “getting the party started” than in looking at art.

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