Anyone Else Going To Rocklahoma?

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

Thought about it until I read how few of the original members are still in any of the groups.  I believe I read only 9 total original members will be there for all the groups.

I hired the Mamas and the Papas once and I got the Aunts and the Uncles.

[Porky]

Here's some pictures of the stage area.

CLICK HERE------> http://tinyurl.com/2zjdv7

I've got some pictures of the crowd as well but I best not post them here, some of the pics are pretty ......... outrageous, one might say. lol I've got them on my website however if any wants to see them.

I can't say enough good about what they have done out there. I went this morning for a couple of hours and ended up spending 6 hours out there. I'd still be there if the heat hadn't roasted me.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Porky

Here's some pictures of the stage area.

CLICK HERE------> http://tinyurl.com/2zjdv7

I've got some pictures of the crowd as well but I best not post them here, some of the pics are pretty ......... outrageous, one might say. lol I've got them on my website however if any wants to see them.

I can't say enough good about what they have done out there. I went this morning for a couple of hours and ended up spending 6 hours out there. I'd still be there if the heat hadn't roasted me.

You know, when you say "outrageous" I wasn't expecting the only bare body part to be a middle aged guy's butt.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by Porky

Here's some pictures of the stage area.

CLICK HERE------> http://tinyurl.com/2zjdv7

I've got some pictures of the crowd as well but I best not post them here, some of the pics are pretty ......... outrageous, one might say. lol I've got them on my website however if any wants to see them.

I can't say enough good about what they have done out there. I went this morning for a couple of hours and ended up spending 6 hours out there. I'd still be there if the heat hadn't roasted me.

You know, when you say "outrageous" I wasn't expecting the only bare body part to be a middle aged guy's butt.

lol.....I thought the gal in the white panties rated #1. [}:)]

Here's somebodies Blog that is covering it. She said they had 35,000 on Friday and could of been much more:

Click Here------> http://tinyurl.com/2y38ue

[Double A]

I wish I could have made it, but I had to settle for renting heavy metal parking lot and watching that instead. I am bummed I missed this, but I am  stoked because I am going to witness the triumphant return of the Lips to Tulsa at DFest, not to mention MC Chris(Nerdcore rules! Geeksta in da house).

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

I wish I could have made it, but I had to settle for renting heavy metal parking lot and watching that instead. I am bummed I missed this, but I am  stoked because I am going to witness the triumphant return of the Lips to Tulsa at DFest, not to mention MC Chris(Nerdcore rules! Geeksta in da house).

Tulsa is now on the nerdcore map?

I am both impressed and depressed by this.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

I wish I could have made it, but I had to settle for renting heavy metal parking lot and watching that instead. I am bummed I missed this, but I am  stoked because I am going to witness the triumphant return of the Lips to Tulsa at DFest, not to mention MC Chris(Nerdcore rules! Geeksta in da house).

Nerdcore, as in the instant classic "Lazy Sunday," perhaps?

[MH2010]

Rocklahoma, Revenge of the Mullets!

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

An interesting point, but I'm hard-pressed to think of *any* bands from 20-30 years ago that have their "heyday" members.

Most of the ones that stick together are -- surprise -- the highly successful ones over the long term. The hair bands of the 1980s saw their fortunes take a steep downturn during the 1990s, and none of them really sells many CDs now.

Another attrition factor is drug and alcohol abuse, which was rife, but not exclusively to, the hair bands. Nothing like addiction to thoroughly derail a career.

Evenso, it was a big cultural influence in my Cosmetology career!

[Double A]

They just reported on the news that attendance estimates for the concert were around 110,000 people. They estimated 15,000 people attended Reggaefest at the Jenks Riverwalk. Nobody went downtown.

[RecycleMichael]

There were people downtown.

The car show had decent crowds, the new Jazz Hall of Fame had their first public event, and the Tulsa PAC had five almost sold out shows of "Spamalot".

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[AMP]

Promoter Mark Nuessle says..."We can put about 65,000 people in here now," said Nuessle. "We're expecting a big crowd."

Are the numbers that difficult to determine.  Don't we typically know the outcome of a local or state election before the 10-oclock news.

Any ariel views of the number of vehicles parked on the festival grounds.  That is a good indicator of what type of attendance an event has.

Organizers actually used to announce over the PA system, the attendance at many sporting events back in the day.  Never really knew if the numbers were accurate or embellished to make you feel better about spending your hard-earned cash to be a part of that big crowd at the event. "Oh yeah it was packed, shoulda been there."  Don't usually hear folks saying there were not many people there, guess I was a fool for going. More like, "we were lucky, we got right up in front, it was awesome dude!"

The announcer would state something like "Tonight's attendance, a new all time record, five thousand six hundred and twenty two."    

Of course numbers of tickets sold or people attending can be manipulated as well to boost sponsor interest for the following year, or to boost ticket sales.  Savvy record producers back in the day of vinyl used to hire people  that would bring in cash to retail record stores and purchase records to drive the numbers up.  They would then mail those same records, unopened,  back to the distributor warehouse where they were run through the system and the retail stores cash register a number of times.  Saved the record producer from having to press more vinyl, while appearing to of sold many more times the actual number of records.  Plus they made additional profits off the retial stores when the real buyers made their way in to clean off the shelves when the song went to the top of the charts.  Genius form of marketing.

Those reports would hit the charts, and a new hit single was born.  Then the radio DJ would announcee "Setting an all time record for one-week sales and going to the top of the charts, here is the new hit single blah by the XYZ group."

[cannon_fodder]

I'm just glad I didnt see my wife topless in any of those photos with a healthy wad of beads around her neck.   It doesnt sound like something she would do, but throw someone back into 1986 and you never know. [:O]

[cannon_fodder]

Estimated attendance 110,000 people over 3 days:

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0ac61096-a3dd-45dc-83c2-65ea90d8dac4

wOw.

[Porky]