Did anyone go to Shpongle’s New Year’s Eve show last year at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC?  I’m buying tickets for the 28 October show (same venue) and want to know if floor “seats” (standing room only, i believe) or balcony seats would be better..  (I’m pretty sure the tickets are set up the same way as they were for New Year’s Eve.)

Same dilemma I faced for Oakland! I’ve seen Shpongle live once already so I was considering sitting in the balcony for this show; sitting back and watching it all unfold, not having to elbow people out of the way, not be on my feet for hours, all tempting prospects to be sure. But then I thought ‘I want to get crazy’. And that’s the thought that won.

Jahful - 22 September 2011 01:01 AM

Same dilemma I faced for Oakland! I’ve seen Shpongle live once already so I was considering sitting in the balcony for this show; sitting back and watching it all unfold, not having to elbow people out of the way, not be on my feet for hours, all tempting prospects to be sure. But then I thought ‘I want to get crazy’. And that’s the thought that won.

so you went with floor?  cuz that’s where my head’s at right now…

Trust your instincts

Jahful - 22 September 2011 01:47 AM

Trust your instincts

FLOOR IT IS, THEN!!!  Thanks, Jahful

I’ve tried the floor and the balcony seats…As Jahful said, sitting enables you to err…sit -_- and watch as the whole Shpongleland circus unfolds.
But…the floor is where all the fun is, I’d recommend the front rows, even if other people’s elbows can be tiresome.  But so can yours. =D
So, yeah…floor it is.

For me the crowds really spoiled the Halloween 2009 Shpongle in London. People’s elbows and pushing takes you significantly away from the performance. And I’m a tall guy too! I would go with seats all the way.

Couldn’t you take the floor for 1 song and watch the rest from the seat? Or is that forbidden?

Nein! Verboten! It’s an up or down affair.

lotwell - 23 September 2011 06:51 PM

For me the crowds really spoiled the Halloween 2009 Shpongle in London.

It almost happened to me, standing with my gf in the very first row, surrounded by a bunch of kids who thought it’d be very cool to come to Shpongle concert choked on MDMA. =S And then the elbows started working…

i loved every second of being the sea of people of the 2008 show. 2 tabs of strong blotter. the guys next to me were blasting off on dmt. blissful madness!

That’s a goodly amount of microscopic molecules Slammin! A few more than 1200 micrograms I’m guessing…

well all i know is i saw a show in a different universe, then when i came back to our planet, our time, and our universe, i was greeted by your smiling face!

love ya brother.

>>Hugs<<
We shall party again soon my friend!

well i bought floor but god or whatever or whoever saw better for me i guess and the tickets i actually got are balcony seats!  so i’m going with the universe on this one :D