That's fucking ridiculous.  What is up with people moshing at Modest Mouse
shows?  Somebody please answer this question.  ryan

madflowr zine wrote:

> i am not going to bother with the set list, because
> i can't remember the whole thing. they did an encore,
> yes. regardless. i took pics with my digicam and if
> you'd like to take a gander i put them up in a directory
> at http://www.underworld.net/~madflowr/mouse/
>
> they played 'all night diner'. and that was spectacular.
> something not spectacular: when some asshole jumped up
> on stage and proceeded to jump off it and land on my
> head. i fell backwards and my head hit the floor. i
> was so incredibly pissed at this guy already since he
> got some boys [and a few girls even] riled up enough
> to start moshing in a pit.
>
> i think expressing yourself by dancing is great. pogoing
> is great. singing along. finger pointing. yelling out
> requests. whatever floats your boat, that's great. but
> when you start hurting people for no reason, that is very
> far from great.
>
> especially if someone expresses that they are in misery
> because you are doing something that directly affects
> them [aka moshing] and you KEEP on doing it. that's just
> plan wrong. if you're on the list i really sincerely hope
> that i hurt you while you were on the ground, because you
> really hurt a *lot* of people by moshing into them when
> it was clear that they were not liking it one bit. you
> could have moved over a bit so as to not inflict pain upon
> someone who does not want to take part in it.
>
> if you're at the show tonight [wed], i hope you stay away
> from me. i love the mouse and i got there pretty early last
> night so i could be up front and then you had to go and give
> me bruises and make the show bad for other people. hope
> you're happy.
>
> sorry list. the show other than that was great. but it's
> hard to enjoy when the human pinball keeps whacking up
> against you.
>
> madflowr
>
> "isn't life too short for shyness?"
> ripples (trembling blue stars)
>
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