Rock the Bells - Rage/Wu Tang in NYC

[Dan.]

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anyone have a schedule for the day? i can't find one anywhere. need to take care of some stuff in the morning but don't want to miss anyone important.

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[XXXNoahXXX]

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I have an extra ticket to day 2.. PM me if you're interested.

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Yeah, I actually have a pair of tickets to Sunday that I'm looking to sell as well.

This concert is gonna be so sick. stupid [censored] work [censored] [censored] [censored].

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PS- I'll pay for overnight shipping and will sell for less than ticketmaster. I just can't go, and need to get rid of the tix. PM so we both can be helped out.

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Im getting real pumped.

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Im waiting to onnect to another train, and will post a full TR later...but wow. Performances were great

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Rock The Bells is an all day festivalm typically hip hop acts, help in Randalls Island, NY, which is in Manhatten, but not the Manhatten everyone knows.

My journey starts at about noon, as my friends say they are arriving at 2pm and it takes about hour and a half, 2 hours on the train from where I live. The ride in is smooth, listen to my Ipod and enjoy a few brews on the way in (which is legal on the LIRR). I get off at hte Queens station, where there is a chartered bus, and arrive at like 1:30. Friends get there about 2:15, we meet up and go in. The line to go in is long, but everyone is peaceful, and alas, at 300, we are in, just in time for Talib Kweli and Mos Def.

I only own 1 cd from these 2 artists, but enjoy their performance quite a bit. We head to the concession stand, to grab a brew and some water. The beer is 7 bucks, and warm, and they are out of water there. Damn, that sucks. My friends at this point are in "dire" need of some "meds", a quick search and they are in business. I dont smoke, but they enjoy, and we head to the floor for Public Enemy. They put on a good show, we enjoyed seeing flavor-flave in action. After that we head to a different booth, as for some water, none. Fine, coke it is. Its hella hot out. The Roots come on, Im not a fan and neither were my friends, so we just chilled on the lawn, waiting for the next act.

Cypress Hill was up next, and during The Roots my friends rolled a huge joint to enjoy, and it mixes well with cypress hill. Their set is good, enjoyable, but [censored], we are thristy. Its hot. Go to a few more stands, NO MORE WATER(bottled) inside. Period. [censored] [censored] [censored]. Wu Tang clan is next, they put in a isck show but id say about 85% of the crowd was there for one artist: Rage.

When its time for Rages set, its like 900, and weve been there for a while, are a little tired, unbelievebly hot and thirsty. Once Rage came on, that really didnt matter. We were all close together and rocking out, I will say it was a sick performance and they sound just as good if not better live. They play for about and hour, we start peacing toward the back before the encore, all SOAKED in sweat. I mean soaked as in ring your shirt out. It mustve been like 125 in the crowd. Rage finishes a SICK set, time to head home. On the way out we see a few porterpotties and a fence didnt fare so well.

The bus to get back is nuts. There are no rules, shoving, pushing, grabbing. When I finally got close I placed one hand on a rail inside, and ojust pulled myself in, knocking like 5 ppl out of the way (stupid line cutters anyway). The ride there is BRUTAL. Its like sauna in the bus, and still, NO [censored] WATER. THe ride is interesting, a buncha thirsty, enraged 20-somethings that are inebriated. We got a chick to flash some titties, so that was an added bonus.

At the train station, every mobs this bodega across the street, I just go one block over to a fruit market, get 4 gatorades and a litre of water. THe first gatorade is done before im even done checking out. When I hop on the train, I hear the dreaded "all stops change at Jamaica." YOu dont ever wanna change at Jamaica, but [censored]. Some dude yaps my ear off for 10 mins trying to tell me a sob story bout how he cant avoid the train, I give him a 20 just to leave me the [censored] alone. THe rest of the ride is uneventful, and alas, I am home now.


For tomorrow:

-If you just wanna see rage, show up late, like 8.
-Water shorts, and one layer of shirt. No undershirt, trust me.
-If you are getting there early, sunblock and FFS stock up on water when you can
-If you require meds, they can EASILY be snuck in
-Driving didnt seem too bad, I heard there wa a ton of parking. There is some road work though getting out
-If you are going into Manhattan, the bus service sucks but itll do.

[ua1176]

[censored] tired right now but will post a few bullet points-

- EVERYONE is there to see Rage. like, 85% Rage fans, 15% hip-hop fans.
- Rage, despite being noticeably rusty in a few spots, are [censored] awesome, and picked a great set list.
- the sound is [censored] horrible. harsh/painful. too much of all the wrong frequencies. Rage's mix was inconsistent and Tom Morello was frequently drowned out by the bass + vocals.
- Wu-Tang good. Cypress Hill good. The Roots *very* good. Public Enemy was meh and Flavor Flav should probably not be let out of the house w/o a chaperone.
- from manhattan....just walk over the freakin Triboro. it's like a 15-20 minute walk from 125th + Lexington.


Rage setlist for anyone interested (may be a little out of order...just going from memory here):

Testify
Bulls on Parade
People of the Sun
Know Your Enemy
Vietnow
Bullet in the Head
Down Rodeo
Guerilla Radio
Tire Me
Calm like a Bomb
Sleep Now in the Fire
Wake Up

encore:

Freedom
Killing in the Name

[RAHZero]

Tire Me was before Guerilla Radio I think, other than that pretty everything on there is right. Vietnow ran into Ashes in the Fall and then back again, and Freedom went into Township Rebellion. Was one hell of a show, the energy was incredible when Rage came on. Also a ton of people were there to see Rage like you said. Half the people didn't know who Immortal Technique even was, which is pretty sad. Oh yeah, and and agree about Flavor Flav, he wasted like 15 minutes just doing stupid [censored]. We don't want to meet your [censored] kids, we want to hear music.

[pshabi]

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