2007.10.06 Mountain View 'Download Festival' (USA)

[sullen]

Well, one of two things has got to give.  A) I stop recording openers or B) I invest in a different recording device  >  Recorded all mainstage acts w/o issue.  Cure came on, had my levels, they sounded great, checked my recording, sounded great.  However, when I went to transfer the file to my computer it can't completely read the file!  WTF!  So, I give it a listen on the recorder and sure enough, towards the end of the new song it locks up.  Now, I can fast forward past this and continue listening...only to have it lock up in a few other spots.  I'm so pissed right now.  Thank god there were other tapers at the gig last night and I hope they do as promised and up a source.  As for mine, I'm not sure what can be done.  I need to talk to some iRiver guys and see if similard problems have occured.

The new song was pretty cool.  Upbeat, simplistic lyrics.  Sounds very 1992.  No fs or fteotdgs was nice.  Baby Screams (or shits to some) was a nice one too.  I love HOTD so hearing anything from the album is cool with me.  How Beautiful You Are was equaly nice.  Not as sloppy as heard earlier in the year.  Maybe Someday was ace.  Go Porl go     

I'm tired, pissed, and have to get some work done.  As well as shop for an R-9.  If I have any luck transfering the data I'll make it known and get my recording out there.  It's just not looking good at this point.  :(

Best of luck to the tapers heading to Mexico.  I wish you better luck than I had. 

Oh, merch was lame.  same shit as we saw in Asia/AUS  :roll:

Sorry to hear this too, but I aready sent you a note on the TS thread.....

So sad about the two of you.

Youre both due for some good karma on the 08 tour!

[scatcat]

Found this review

Download Festival: The Cure saves the day
Other acts don't carry weight at Shoreline

The Cure proved to be just what the doctor ordered on Saturday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The legendary modern rock band thrilled fans during what was only its second (and final) U.S. date of 2007.

Complete review
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_71121

thanx David    sounds like the band we know.. Just a mention about the Melbourne gig.. the setlist may have sounded "preditable" or "boring" as has been mentioned above, but the quality of Roberts voice ( he didnot forget lics) was unbelievable, I was totally impressed, I never expected them to still sounjd so great , and as for the sound of the music.. well.. awesome. Ithought I would cry, but I was so overwhelmed with awe that I still buzz today!!

Sounds like everyone had a great time in U.S.!!

[crowbi_wan]

With help from Caley, I was able to recover the data and safely transfer it to my computer.  There are some skips hear and there, but it's better than only being able to listen to the first 50 minutes on my recorder.  Working on the splitting the tracks up now and will post to dime soon. 

Sorry to hear about your recording woes Pooka.  Great to hear Mr.denning pulled a nice tape! I'm looking forward to giving it a listen. 

Thanks for the kind words from all   

[Pooka]

Mr Denning's set is on DIME.

[LuvURobert]

I can't wait to hear the new song, Please Project(?).  Since I'm not a "trader" or whatever (sorry for my ignorance!)  I won't get a listen until a.) the album comes out or b.) I see them live in May 2008!!  I guess I'm easy to please because the setlist looked pretty good to me!!  Maybe it's because I've only seen them live one other time in '96, but let me tell you...  it was by far the BEST night of my life!!     

*sighs* 

[Bloodflower]

I'm not a trader either. Everything I've got has been acquired not through trades, but through torrent sites like www.dimeadozen.org and links like those put up on certain sections of certain sites. Concert bootlegs aren't difficult to come by; they're free, you needn't trade for them. You just have to know where to look.



And I have no problem with the setlist. Would I prefer it tp have been a Top/Wild Mood Swings/Three Imaginary Boys/Japanese Whispers/Bloodflowers oriented set? Certainly I would. But reality will on this occasion suffice.

[scatcat]

I'm not a trader either. Everything I've got has been acquired not through trades, but through torrent sites like www.dimeadozen.org and links like those put up on certain sections of certain sites. Concert bootlegs aren't difficult to come by; they're free, you needn't trade for them. You just have to know where to look.



And I have no problem with the setlist. Would I prefer it tp have been a Top/Wild Mood Swings/Three Imaginary Boys/Japanese Whispers/Bloodflowers oriented set? Certainly I would. But reality will on this occasion suffice.

I can't get on Dime! Is there anywhere else??

[Bloodflower]

Keep trying with Dime. Keep reloading the page every hour or so until there are enough openings in their preset limit that you can register. I got lucky -- about the second time I went to Dime, I was able to register; others, apparently, have not been so lucky, but I do recommend you simply practise vigilance.

And if Dime doesn't do it for you, there are other places (like foreverdrowning.net/torrent and thetradersden.org) where torrents can be utilised. And if torrents aren't your thing, Curefans itself has a downloads section.

Good luck.

[nausearockpig]

does anyone know the best way to increase your ratio? I've hit my 5GB download limit and need to get my upload amount [and ratio] up but am unsure of the best way to do it..
once you move your downloaded files from the spot you downloaded them to, or changed the folder name, can you still 'seed' them?

[Bloodflower]

Sorry -- can't give any advice on that, mate. My ratio's crap, and I really don't know how to improve it. For what ever reason, I'm able to upload at a higher rate (or, on the worse end of the spectrum, at all!) while downloading. What I've been doing is setting my download cap at about 40KB/s so that my ratio stays above abominable level....

And one more thing to scatcat:

While there ARE other torrent sites out there, Dime is the best of them all. Especially considering the nearly Biblical flood of Cureshows that's been going on for the six weeks or so.

[Steve]

Best to try dime just after midnight CET.
That seems to be the time they close down inactive accounts & then new ones pop up.

[japanesebaby]

does anyone know the best way to increase your ratio? I've hit my 5GB download limit and need to get my upload amount [and ratio] up but am unsure of the best way to do it..
once you move your downloaded files from the spot you downloaded them to, or changed the folder name, can you still 'seed' them?

not sure if it depends on your client too. you can of course move any folder you've downloaded back to your download folder and restart old torrents anytime. if you do have a 100% fileset then your client should go straight into seeding when you restart such a torrent.
and in case if you already changed the folder name and you now have a problem seeding the files (because your client might not be able to locate the correct folder from your download folder), you can at least try this:
remove everything referring to this torrent from your download folder (but make sure you have copies of the completely downloaded files somewhere else on your HD! you'll need them). then simply start downloading the torrent again, completely anew. this re-creates the torrent folder on your download folder. once the folder is created, then immediately stop that new download - because all you ever did it for was to re-create the correctly named folder in your download folder. then just replace all the very incomplete (actually they are 0%)files inside this new folder with the ones you've already downloaded before (=complete files). then re-start the torrent - at this point your client should check through the files and realize you already have 100% and the client should go into seeding instead of continuing to download everything anew.

however, at least i've noticed that this doesn't always work with all clients. some clients might insist on still starting to re-write everything, even though you have complete files already(!).
so before you try it, make sure you have copies of your complete files first. you wouldn't want to end up having to download it all again.

(ok i hope that wasn't too cryptic, i'm in a hurry right now and have no time to check my spelling etc....)

[nausearockpig]

Marika, that's a tops idea.. i reckon i'll give that a go tonight..

ps i reckon you're spelling's A-OK..

[Steve]

Some videos up on youtube.
Not the best quality & can't find the new song 
Still. Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick huh?

[jalt]

Please Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCveIQjPuvw