# MAD Tull Dope 08/07/03? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816 "2003-06-05T13:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/1 "2003-06-05T13:48:20Z")
Jethro Tull is playing at [Wolf Trap](http://www.wolf-trap.org/performances/show080703.html) on August 7. Tickets for seating on [the lawn](http://www.wolf-trap.org/performances/fcchart.html) are $22 each. We saw them a few years ago there and sat on the lawn and it was great. The cool thing is you can bring blankets, folding chairs, picnic baskets, etc, and stake out a patch of grass for a group. It’s really laid back on the lawn with people chatting and getting up to buy wine (and more than a few smoking pot, at least last time!) so it would make a pretty cool gathering, IMO. (I don’t remember whose idea this was initially, but it was brought up at the MAD picnic.) Anyway, it’s at 8pm on a Thursday, which makes it not exactly ideal, but hopefully there will be some interest? (The next night, Friday the 8th, Peter, Paul and Mary are playing. $18/lawn…) So… anyone interested? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/2 "2003-06-05T13:58:30Z")
Possibly. I was at the last Tull concert, which was better timed. Had pavilion seats, which was cool. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/3 "2003-06-05T14:08:58Z")
We were smack dab center on the lawn, toward the back. We could see well enough, but we could also nip out to the concessions, the bathrooms, etc. We had Dominic with us (he was 4 at the time… so that was… 3 years ago?) so it was a good thing. We had a picnic dinner, chairs, a blanket, and a few toys for Dominic. After that experience, I think I’d prefer the lawn to the regular seating! Dominic came away impressed. He made me so proud when he said “Mommy, when I grow up, I want to sing just like him!” ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/4 "2003-06-05T14:46:03Z")
hmmm… I wonder if I can really handle that many concerts in that short period of time. I plan on seeing Iron Maiden in Pittsburg and in Ohio that Friday and Saturday nights. Then again I don’t know anything about Tull. I’ll have to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/5 "2003-06-05T15:09:55Z")
You don’t know anything about Tull?!?!!? _faint_ Jethro Tull is my favorite band of all time. Well, it’s tied with Pink Floyd, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/6 "2003-06-05T15:30:26Z")
Well I know there’s a guy, and he like plays the flute and stuff. 😃 I do know a bit about them, but only what they play on the radio. Then again I did go see BOC and didn’t know much about them either. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/7 "2003-06-05T15:34:20Z")
If you like classic rock, Tull’s greatest hits is worth picking up. They started off very bluesy, but developed into a decent prog rock band. [This](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003JCG/qid=1054827543/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-9482193-0011369?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) is a good collection. And of course there’s _Aqualung_, which is one of those albums you have to have if you like music. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/8 "2003-08-02T04:42:42Z")
It’s less than a week away!! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/9 "2003-08-02T04:46:34Z")
You know, I wonder how many people will be in the stands and eyeing little girls with bad intent. (Sorry for the bump, but the show’s coming up.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/10 "2003-08-02T04:52:07Z")
Lawn tickets… $22… we could bring blankets and picnic baskets and make a whole big event out of it! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/11 "2003-08-03T01:03:47Z")
Ed, are you going to this? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/12 "2003-08-03T01:19:33Z")
Oh man, I like Tull, but I just can’t do it this week. Not with the move this weekend. By the way… who’s coming to help? Free beer! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/13 "2003-08-03T03:50:51Z")
I wish I could, Gingy!! I would be there with bells on. I’d probably take the bells off after a while, though, because they’d probably get annoying… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/14 "2003-08-04T14:41:11Z")
I don’t think I’m going to be able to make it. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/15 "2003-08-04T20:30:33Z")
I’d love to be there Opal, but I’m heading to Phila, and Old Charlie stole the handle, and the train-it won’t stop goin’-no way to slow down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/16 "2003-08-04T20:55:39Z")
I think it’s “no it won’t slow down” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/17 "2003-08-05T09:54:46Z")
Go on home, your mama’s calling… you… Whoops, wrong band. Well, I ordered my ticket. Opal guilted me into it. She knows I have nothing better to do. Damn her. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-tull-dope-08-07-03/179816/18 "2003-08-05T12:59:40Z")
Oh so I have to see dantheman again this month? Oh wait that was last month carry on then. I’ll be there, even though I haven’t gotten my ticket yet. I"ve been waiting on a buddy to see if he is going or not.