Slog - Comments on Carrot Top at Iron Maiden

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:51:01 -0800

Ummmm.... what?

Comment by J.R.

J.R. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:53:33 -0800

So "Carrot" is the guy's first name?

Comment by a.d.

a.d. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:03:23 -0800

This doesn't make any sense.

Comment by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:08:22 -0800

You win by posting blurry, out of focus pictures obscured by somebody's arms?

Setting the bar terribly low aren't you?

Comment by Kayne

Kayne — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:13:53 -0800

Every time I see Carrot Top, I am reminded of Fnarf's truism that Carrot Top is negative sexy, and actually has a desexyizing effect on the sexy things around him.

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:21:46 -0800

Pictures? I'm still working on the blurry, shifting-focus text...

Comment by fadgeophile

fadgeophile — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:48:53 -0800

I refuse to go to shows at that venue because of the lame-ass security.

I went to a show right after it opened with my 6 month old child and they told me I couldn't bring my bag in. My diaper bag. For my six month old's diapers.

Pikers.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:55:24 -0800

Anyone who went through the trouble of putting together that outfit should be allowed to see Iron Maiden, bush-peeing or no bush-peeing.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:59:23 -0800

"Why I don't bother going to concerts anymore" Part MCDXXXVIII.

Comment by Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:12:11 -0800

@7,

Amen - I went to Maiden, and they had so many traffic routing changes that it literally took 2 hours each way getting both in and out from Hwy 18. They then told me to throw away the cap from my empty bottle of water (upon which I asked the hulking King County cop at the gate if they thought I was gonna mix drinks from the flask I had hidden up my ass, and he just looked sort of sheepish at the stupidity of the whole thing).

Then I get to the first beer garden about 20 minutes before showtime, which had run out of beer. I walked across the site to beer garden #2, which closed about 15 minutes before the show started, and then to beer garden #3 which was also closed.

Iron Maiden were great, but I'd sooner drive to Portland than set foot in fucking White River Amphitheatre again (oh, and Bruce Dickinson put in a not-too-subtle jab against the venue - saying something to the effect that "we'll be back again soon Seattle, but somewhere else.")

And while I'm at it, fuck the idiots in King County who signed off on the bullshit traffic study the venue foisted on them and that allowed the promoter/developer to build a 13,000+ seat venue on a two-lane country road.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:28:55 -0800

What kind of Jackass takes a 6 month old to a show? Any show?

Never mind the abuse to the child, (that's your child's problem), but consider the abuse to the unsuspecting adults subjected to your child...

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:44:30 -0800

@11 - I took my then 6-month old kid to see Stevie Wonder last year. He fuckin loved it. It was at a venue with lawn seating (kinda like White River, I suppose), and there would be no reason for anyone around us to give a crap. So, what are you talking about?

Comment by Gay Seattle

Gay Seattle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:28:40 -0800

I went to a concert there many years ago and NEVER, EVER again. The place takes literally hours to get out of. You sit in your car for the first two hours waiting to even start moving. I think you can buy a special pass to be out first for like $20 or something. It is just terrible. So no matter how much I want to see a group I will never go there again. Got it!
ALL Seattle venues have a problem with running out of liquor or too few bartenders. They just do not know how much we drink here in Seattle. Someday, decades from now they will figure it out.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:11:17 -0800

@12

People who poop in their pants should stay at home.

Comment by Mr. X

Mr. X — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:19:21 -0800

@14,

It's a wonder you get out at all, then.

Comment by laterite

laterite — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:30:55 -0800

That outfit is motherfuckin' metal to the hilt.

The show was great despite the venue. Bruce Dickinson is a madman. Next time they come around better be at the Gorge, though. Fuck the White River "Amphitheater" right in its ear.

Comment by Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:40:30 -0800

Dear everybody: don't use the directions given by White River. If you go in via Maple Valley, Black Diamond, and Enumclaw (down 169 and take a right on Griffin Ave), you will be back home in an hour. After the Radiohead show in 2003 we were back in Issaquah within 35 minutes.

By being routed through the rez and Auburn, they all benefit from your bored asses stopping in at markets, etc. They have no incentive to hustle it up. While 169 might be a mileage-longer drive, it's shorter, time-wise.

Comment by PI

PI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:59:38 -0800

That mother fucker is my neighbor and he will fuck anyone inthe ass. ESpecially anyone named Jeff.

Comment by Erin

Erin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:03:59 -0800

Carrot is a friend of mine and he f*#@$in rocks. He's stylish and crazy. Hard to beat.