# ARRGH! I MUST learn to network!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgh-i-must-learn-to-network/101741>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgh-i-must-learn-to-network/101741 "2002-04-04T08:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgh-i-must-learn-to-network/101741/1 "2002-04-04T08:59:55Z")

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Let me preface this by saying that my favorite all-time rock band is **Pink Floyd**. The **Floyd** RULES! End of discussion.

So imagine my delight to learn that **Roger Waters** , ex-lyricist and bass player for **Pink Floyd** was coming to Seoul to play a show! I have seen **RW** twice before (the Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour, and the Radio Chaos tour), and both were GREAT shows… about 1/2 old **Pink Floyd** stuff, and 1/2 solo material.

I contacted **hersiarch** to see if he wanted to go, and then had **Astrogirl** order some tickets for us from a Korean internet site ( **Astrogirl** couldn’t go… ☹ ). The seats ranged in price from 50,000 won (about $40) to 150,000 won; after consulting, we decided to go with the cheap seats, as neither **hersiarch** nor I wanted to spend the money for the good seats, and we figured that they would have some big screens set up for the people in the cheap seats…

Well, **hersiarch** and I went to the show the other day. It was a GREAT show! Man! I miss going to rock concerts! There are few good shows that come to Korea… We had a great time. **Mr. Waters** , surprisingly, played mostly old **Floyd** songs… only a few of his solo songs. But it was an excellent show, and **hersiarch** and I enjoyed ourselves immensely!

**an aside to the drunk Canadian guy we met during the intermission: Man, if you’re going to sit behind us, and sing annoyingly LOUDLY and off-key, at least get the lyrics right! Sheesh!**

So now it’s a few days later, and I have discovered something: a co-worker of mine was _hired to translate for the band_, and was at the show working! He could have gotten us backstage passes!!

AAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Why didn’t I know this a few days ago?:mad:

I could have met **Roger Waters** , one of my all-time heros, slobbered on him, and gotten an autograph! I blew a great opportunity because I don’t network with my co-workers! Someone shoot me, please!

[sup]Sorry, hersiarch![/sup]

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgh-i-must-learn-to-network/101741/2 "2002-04-04T16:48:14Z")

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Let me also mention that seeing a rock show here in Seoul was weird! Everyone sitting in their seats, no pot smoking, etc… surreal!

**subtle bump**