Ozma in Hollywood 5/16

[Jkruncher]

Friday, May 16

@ Knitting Factory Hollywood
7021 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA  90028

All Ages

Show/Ticket Info
Text 'OZMA' to 467467 to buy tickets from your cell phone

[I Like Ozma]

thats a flyer from last year. DUH (joke by the way)

[cesarsalad]

well i'm going.. and the show's gonna kick ass.

[gregor]

I am going too, and have an extra ticket.  anybody want to meet me there and go for free?

[christinescollywog]

dude if i totally had a ride.

i live in the antelope valley (1-1/2 hour drive from l.a.)

[cesarsalad]

i'm on the guest list... cuz i rule.

[Джесси]

It'd be pretty neat if someone could record this show. I wish I could go 

[christinescollywog]

well i made it there...

it was great.

whoo for my first show!
-i've been waiting five freaking years.

have a funtastic weekend you guys-
<3always,
christine

[hipsun]

songs played in no particular order:

heartache
lunch break
eponine
incarnation blues
underneath my tree
denise
game over
flight of yuri
domino effect
apple trees
shooting stars
natalie portman
landing of yuri
the business of getting down
if i only had a heart
baseball
rocks
battlescars
continental drift
1988
wake up

ryen soloed a lot. it was cool.

[Джесси]

They played "Denise" 

I really like the new t-shirt design. Yet another reason to be bummed for not being able to fly/drive to California and go.

[cesarsalad]

the show was awesome, they actually had TWO encores. people weren't going away after the first encore, but i was already getting ready to leave and they come back for Rocks... we stormed the stage and i started moshing. i wasn't one of the drunk idiots who was moshing for every song and being a jackass, though. those guys almost ruined the show for us... but the crowd was at least very excited. ozma was definitely a little rusty, but that's ok! Samuel show.

[cesarsalad]

songs played in no particular order:

heartache
lunch break
eponine
incarnation blues
underneath my tree
denise
game over
flight of yuri
domino effect
apple trees
shooting stars
natalie portman
landing of yuri
the business of getting down
if i only had a heart
baseball
rocks
battlescars
continental drift
1988
wake up

ryen soloed a lot. it was cool.

they didnt play flight of yuri, they played korobeiniki in its stead. people were going insane over incarnation blues, and they quickly played tetris right after it. i actually fell a couple of times because people were going INSANE.

[christinescollywog]

the show was awesome, they actually had TWO encores. people weren't going away after the first encore, but i was already getting ready to leave and they come back for Rocks... we stormed the stage and i started moshing. i wasn't one of the drunk idiots who was moshing for every song and being a jackass, though. those guys almost ruined the show for us... but the crowd was at least very excited. ozma was definitely a little rusty, but that's ok! Samuel show.

omg those kids were annoying!

i'm sad now... i had to leave for battlescars and i wasn't there to see 1988 or rocks :[

but it was still awesome overall :]

[Oatmeal]

I was there too, with "I Like Ozma", and some other people. It was great. Teaneck was really good as well. Real good. That brought to are attention that Teaneck's drummer is in Ghost Bros.

[spoiler]I was in the pit for a little bit having fun. He he. Yet, I was not one of the drunk ones. [/spoiler]

[dogtown]

Oh yeah!

I was one of those drunk idiots moshing to just about every song! I couldn't quite figure out why more people weren't going crazy. Best band ever!

I'm going 10x harder next time.

See ya'll at the next show in LA!

[fandude]

Right on man.  I was there.  I didn't participate in the moshing, but those guys were so into it.  I hope they come to every show to make things more interesting.  Please come to the next LA show "Mosh Guys"  WE NEED YOU!!!

[MoshGuy]

I was also one of the drunk idiots. Who the hell goes to a concert to stand still and hold their boyfriend/girlfriend's hand?


STUPID.

[jvstin]

 
ugh. stay away from san francisco.

nothing more annoying than getting elbowed in the face by some sweaty douchebag or trying to save someone from getting trampled to death during "baseball"


people go to shows to HAVE A GOOD TIME to good music. when your good time consists of ruining someone else's shit, you are a douchebag and should be taken down or at least thrown out of the fucking venue.

[dogtown]

Swearing on an Ozma forum, really?

We slowed it down for songs like Baseball and Nathalie Portman and raged on songs like Rocks and Incarnation Blues.

Ya gotta get up to get down.

[I Like Ozma]

i was one of those drunk idiots - the drunk. it was probably one of the funnest shows ive been to, but not the best setlist.

[heysarahsarah]

God forbid some people want to go to a show and hear the band playing, not get an unwarranted elbow to the freakin head.   

Not to mention if you're trying to take vids/pics.


I would love if they play Denise tomorrow.  One of my favorite unreleased tracks.

[k24]

I was also one of the drunk idiots. Who the hell goes to a concert to stand still and hold their boyfriend/girlfriend's hand?


STUPID.

me.

[jvstin]

Swearing on an Ozma forum, really?

We slowed it down for songs like Baseball and Nathalie Portman and raged on songs like Rocks and Incarnation Blues.

Ya gotta get up to get down.

moshing at an ozma concert, really?

sure, but i still don't see why moshing has to be the ultimate form of enjoying fast paced songs. it's more of an outlet for aggression, appropriate for punk or death metal shows. at least people who go to those kinds of shows expect that sort of thing.
i wouldn't say ozma's music advocates being stupidly aggressive or inconsiderate to other people who just want to enjoy the show without worrying about getting bruises.

sorry about the swearing, i thought we were passed the "OMG THIS IS TEH INTERNET LOL" phase.

[jvstin]

God forbid some people want to go to a show and hear the band playing, not get an unwarranted elbow to the freakin head.   

Not to mention if you're trying to take vids/pics.


I would love if they play Denise tomorrow.  One of my favorite unreleased tracks.

is bob going? is he going to record!?

[Oatmeal]

I couldn't quite figure out why more people weren't going crazy. Best band ever!

Yes. I would say that the moshing that occurred defiantly is not the same as metal moshing. Calling it moshing is a little deceptive actually. It was not hurtful at all, for me anyways.

Also, it mostly occurred in one little area so that if you where really bothered by it you did not have to be by it. So I don't know how it would almost ruin a show for some people.

As far as I seen there was no elbows in the face.

Anyways, a lot of the people who just stood there looked bored and upset. I am not saying it is not enjoyable to just stand and listen, but I find there is a unexplainable joy in stupid things such as this.

[jvstin]

I couldn't quite figure out why more people weren't going crazy. Best band ever!

Yes. I would say that the moshing that occurred defiantly is not the same as metal moshing. Called it moshing is a little deceptive actually. It was not hurtful at all, for me anyways.

Also, it mostly occurred in one little area so that if you where really bothered by it you did not have to be by it. So I don't know how it would almost ruin a show for some people.

As far as I seen there was no elbows in the face.

Anyways, a lot of the people who just stood there looked bored and upset. I am not saying it is not enjoyable to just stand and listen, but I find there is a unexplainable joy in stupid things such as this.

maybe they stood there and looked bored and upset because they were sick of dealing with people who mosh at ozma shows.
keep in mind that pretty much everyone there was there to see ozma. i'd imagine that to be a happy experience. hell, it's a happy one for me... until i suddenly get knocked on my ass (true story). and i'm a decently burly guy.

the last ozma show i went to, my friend's glasses were broken in a mosh. granted, i'm sure no one intended for that to happen, but that's what will inevitably happen when a group of people decide to get rowdy with everyone around them. there are varying degrees of moshing but they all require bodies being thrown at each other. elbows in the face are mostly accidental, but highly possible in that situation. i recall the band actually stopping a song to tell people to chill out (a show back in 2004).

true, the moshes occur in small areas... because the majority don't want to be involved in a mosh at an ozma show. unless they're looking for it, nobody wants to leave a show with bruises and broken personal items.

not "moshing" doesn't mean "just standing there"
i "dance," or attempt to. i'm just happy that i'm sharing a rocking moment with one of my favorite bands. last thing i want or expect is for a wave of 20 people to knock me over.

[MrTuttle]

I love getting really into the music at a show.  And I was on Friday  However, that being said, I think the crowd as a whole decides what it wants to be.  And in the case of Friday's show the "moshing" was just stupid, in my opinion.  It was mostly 2 or 3 drunken immature kids charging around in the crowd.  As far as avoiding it, I showed up around 7:30 so I could be right at the stage.  If i have to stand 20 rows off the stage because i don't want to get crashed into, that's crap.  I thought i was in front of the moshing area (it would be a joke to call it a pit), but one of the dumb drunks smashed into me from behind and broke my new cell phone.  I just got it a couple months ago and it's going to cost me ~$200 to replace.  In my opinion, that isn't cool.  No one wants that.

Also, to the drunk 16 year old chick who thought she was Samuel because she could stand on stage, we were there for Ozma, not you.  I hope some other people saw the look Star gave her.  I thought it was disrespectful to get on stage when it was their show.

Ok, I'm done ranting.  Aside from the phone I had an Samuel time.  I hope they come back soon, I'll always show.

[christinescollywog]

i want to see ozma if they play in salt lake city-
the crowd must be more pleasing.

but uh, i thought it was rude when a couple of guys would boo members teaneck or reeve oliver.
maybe they were kidding, but that's totally impolite. >:[

[hipsun]

Also, to the drunk 16 year old chick who thought she was Samuel because she could stand on stage, we were there for Ozma, not you.  I hope some other people saw the look Star gave her.  I thought it was disrespectful to get on stage when it was their show.

the drunk 16 year old (sloan) is 19 and she is officially my favorite thing about ozma shows. i might be in the minority, but i'd rather watch a super hot chick dancing than watching ryen make guitar solo faces.

[dogtown]

I couldn't quite figure out why more people weren't going crazy. Best band ever!

Yes. I would say that the moshing that occurred defiantly is not the same as metal moshing. Called it moshing is a little deceptive actually. It was not hurtful at all, for me anyways.

Also, it mostly occurred in one little area so that if you where really bothered by it you did not have to be by it. So I don't know how it would almost ruin a show for some people.

As far as I seen there was no elbows in the face.

Anyways, a lot of the people who just stood there looked bored and upset. I am not saying it is not enjoyable to just stand and listen, but I find there is a unexplainable joy in stupid things such as this.

maybe they stood there and looked bored and upset because they were sick of dealing with people who mosh at ozma shows.
keep in mind that pretty much everyone there was there to see ozma. i'd imagine that to be a happy experience. hell, it's a happy one for me... until i suddenly get knocked on my ass (true story). and i'm a decently burly guy.

the last ozma show i went to, my friend's glasses were broken in a mosh. granted, i'm sure no one intended for that to happen, but that's what will inevitably happen when a group of people decide to get rowdy with everyone around them. there are varying degrees of moshing but they all require bodies being thrown at each other. elbows in the face are mostly accidental, but highly possible in that situation. i recall the band actually stopping a song to tell people to chill out (a show back in 2004).

true, the moshes occur in small areas... because the majority don't want to be involved in a mosh at an ozma show. unless they're looking for it, nobody wants to leave a show with bruises and broken personal items.

not "moshing" doesn't mean "just standing there"
i "dance," or attempt to. i'm just happy that i'm sharing a rocking moment with one of my favorite bands. last thing i want or expect is for a wave of 20 people to knock me over.

Ok. This is getting a tad ridiculous.

Any concert I go to. Moshing or not. Everything comes out of my pockets, off my head, and off my face. I don't role in with a cell phone, a wallet or my glasses for that reason - any concert has the potential to get rowdy and bodies can bump and things get broken. Leave all that stuff behind.

In regards to me and my friends "moshing" (as was stated earlier I don't even think you could call it that) -- I mean what can I say? We were so jacked up that were seeing the best band in the world, it's a Friday, we'd been drinking at the Powerhouse beforehand, the setlist was Samuel...I mean you combine all those things and we got excited. That being said, the pit was so low key. We weren't trying to hurt each other and when someone fell down we made a point of helping them back up -- all in the Ozma spirit. We tried to sing along to every song and jumped around as much as we could. Me and some other dude, pushed some guy out of the pit because he was being an a**hole and trying to make it aggressive and out of control. We forcibly pushed him out and he never came back in. We definately don't want anyone getting hurt (granted, that is a possibility, but a risk you take). See, I've been in crazy pits before - at a Slightly Stoopid or a No Motiv concert. Those suck because they're out of control and people are actively trying to hurt eachother. Not the case at the Ozma show. If it was like that I would have stopped it.

I love Ozma so much I have a hard time containing myself at shows. I know the standard Ozma show is people standing around bobbing their heads. We just let it all out last Friday, and it was hands down, pants off, the most fun I have ever had at the numerous Ozma shows I've been too.