2010 Polkfest, rockin dirty Jersey!!

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited October 2010
    Just made it home to NC. What a great time it was. There is a good reason that I look foward to these every year. Lou you are the man for hosting the event and it was good to hang out with ya for a good week. Felt like old times.

    Al, Patrick and Mark a big thank you to you as well. The LSI's sounded sweet and look beautiful.

    John thanks for the great meal on Thursday night you sure can cook. Hell I even ate the vegies.

    A big thanks to everyone that bought the raffle tickets I was so happy to see the amount we raised for the Githens center.

    It was great to see everyone again and meet everyone else you are all a great bunch of people and look forward to seeing you all again next year at PF11 (Ricardo hint hint)

    Also thanks to everyone for being so nice to my dogs as I think they were a little overwhelmed but buy made it through the weekend.

    Now time for a nap. Ghetto Rock!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2010
    Made it back to IL around 3:30 pm on Monday afternoon. Big thanks to Ricardo and his family for their hospitality and being a good mid-point in the long trip to NJ!

    Lou - incredible job hosting PF 2010 and a big thank you!

    Another big thank you to Al, Mark, Patrick, and everyone else who helped make it possible!

    Moral Men - we'll just keep that in the back pocket for when it's needed!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2010
    Finally after some sleep and time to reflect.

    Another GREAT Polkfest. Kudos to Lou and everyone who had a hand in pulling this thing off. Other than the event at HQ, this had to be the largest with 35+ attendees.

    Like I said earlier...for those who could not attend for legit reasons...we missed you and you missed a great time. I'm sorry. For those who just decided not to come for no good reason...who cares...your loss.

    I really enjoy seeing Al and Patrick. I like to talk "shop" with them...as well as just hang out...drink a few and BS. Justin sucks for never having the balls to show up at PF.

    The BEST THING about PF is to meet up with old friends and meet new ones (even John). The food and drink were excellent. The music and gear were good...excluding Sal's selections and the Norah Jones in the upstairs rig (but I digress).

    I enjoyed the new LSis. They need some tweeking (IMO) to tame the upper end...but otherwise they are outstanding. Wonderful bass and midrange and good looking too.

    I didn't win a thing at the raffle...it was obviously rigged by BigDawg...but that's ok since I would have given anyway for such a good cause. When a bunch of guys can donate $1,400 during a party...well...that tells you the quality of those guys.

    It was well worth the time and effort to get there. Bring on PF2011. I'm ready!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2010
    Patrick and Doro get to hang with Al. I think those guys already know how fortunate they are. He is constantly well-versing them. How cool is THAT?

    Nice work Al.


    Thanks to EVERYBODY that brought stuff to raffle for Githens, especially Polk Audio, and Hawkeye, who contributed a pair of SDA 2B for crying out loud! Johnny D had no idea what he won until he saw them!
    The Kraken sent me a $30 Githens check with Ricardo (Thanks Carl, love YOUUU!). Ricardo also brought a Carver TX-11a tuna that JGranby donated one way or another (Ricardo/gunpoint) and Big Dawg sucked up that very nice piece in the raffle.

    If anybody grabbed one too many medium or dwarf size Polkfest shirts, I could use one. I probably won't live long enough to wash a large enough times to shrink it down to my size, not that I grabbed one of those either.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2010
    Other high points were meeting Trey for the first time, and re-hashing events with Count Venables.

    More as they come in.

    Lou's wife Jess was kind enough to have Maria, a sizzler of a North Jersey Italian girl, come over to the Fest before they went to see roller Derby. "I" almost went to see Roller Derby. Thanks Jess!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2010
    Glad you folks had a great time.
    Michael ;)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2010
    Thanks Sal.

    Jimmy D/retired plumber/North Jersey

    Noah started smoking, so I finally found something other than the free chips to like him for. He ever gets into laughing gas or hashish and we're going to be best pals.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    Noah started smoking, so I finally found something other than the free chips to like him for. He ever gets into laughing gas or hashish and we're going to be best pals.

    With any luck, you can go back to hating me shortly... After this weekend I decided to try my hand at quitting (again). That pack I bought Saturday evening was almost gone by Sunday morning. Ugh.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2010
    Has anyone ever noticed that Noah sounds like Crispin Glover? To me he sounds just like him...but that could just be the alcohol....
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited October 2010
    Looks like you all had a blast. Would have been great to attend and meet some of you(even tho I don't drink lol) Hope to make it to one of these some day, even tho I just found out about this place not too long ago:p:o All this talk about having it in Hawaii sure does have me interested tho:p Hmmmm, wonder if my fiance would let me go there without her:confused:
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,619
    edited October 2010
    The food. How could I forget about the food?? I brought home 5 extra pounds and that's not in gear or CD's.

    Friday night we checked in at the hotel and went directly to Lou's. We were VERY hungry and wanted to see if there was something to eat, or else we would go out to find something. Well, as soon as we got there and said hi to everyone, Lou came in with a plate of cheeseburgers. Those were some of the best tasting cheeseburgers I've tried!!!

    On Saturday Brock, Doug and I went to NY City in the morning (RIGHT AFTER A COPIOUS BREAKFAST BUFET AT THE HOLIDAY INN), and then stopped at Tunes, a pretty cool used CD/LP store in Hoboken, NJ. We had to drag Brock out of the $1 CD's bin at 1:30 pm. We were hungry, so went to a Malaysian restaurant close by. Good, abundant food. I easily ate two pounds of noodles, shrimp and mushrooms.
    Who would've thought that when we made it to Lou's around 3 pm, Anthony had those amazing sausages coming out of the grill, I swear I didn't eat less than seven of those. And of course the pork that Phil brought. Oh my god that thing was good, And you guys are lucky you can get that kind of bread!!!


    And then there was the beer, the TEQUILA and the Makers MArk....but that's another astory.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 24,723
    edited October 2010
    Are we going to post pics in the Showcase like every other year? I have a couple dozen that I could probably post 8-10 of them. Some are redundant but it would be cool to put them all in on place for future visiting.

    Still reflecting on a great weekend. Dead tired, trying to unpack and get ready for reality tomorrow.

    Again thanks to Lou and Polk Audio for putting on such a fine event. Anthony those sausages were the bomb and believe me up until about an hour ago they were still with me.

    Phil the pork was outstanding. The choice of beer and other alcohol were top notch and enjoyed doing shots of Tequila and Makers Mark with Doro and Ricardo and John and Steve, etc.

    H9
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2010
    Ya know, I think Al said it best. Why do we go these things? Because our friends are there...
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,644
    edited October 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    Ya know, I think Al said it best. Why do we go these things? Because our friends are there...

    Yeah, just wished some more of those friends who didn't make it had come.


    BTW, waaaaaaaay too much corn, dude.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,619
    edited October 2010
    Ok. I missed the corn. Damn.

    Feeling better John? Don't pay atention to those that make fun of you. They are just jealous because they wish they knew half of what you know.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2010
    If we didn't have so much other food i would have cooked it. did you try it yet? I'd venture to guess that corn would have went down like loose panties on prom night...
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,644
    edited October 2010
    Nah Ricardo, you didn't miss the corn. Antny got a bushel of it and we didn't get to cook it. We tried to pass it off to some to take some home with them but they all said thanks but no. Lou took some and I thought it was a good dent but it wasn't even a quarter.

    Antny, I brought the rest home. The **** in me won't let food go to waste. So I've been cooking what was left today and taking it off the cob. I have a gallon and a half of kernals in the freezer already and still have 10 more cobs to break down.

    It's good but I don't think it's Jersey Silver Queen. It looks like regular yellow sweet corn. Either way, you're right. If we had gotten a chance to cook it, most of it would have disappeared pretty quick. I'm gonna make some corn chowder, maybe some fritters with this too. Might make some good salsa with it too. My brother has some chilli peppers that are ripening and my mom has a bunch of small, late season tomatoes and peppers she doesn't know what to do with. All I need is a fat Vidalia onion and it'll make a great sweet and spicy salsa. Have to have a "Drink My Beer" party.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2010
    Good deal...I live right up the road from a killer stand. It's been a good year for corn, but that is a late batch. Salsa sounds good...

    Hey, I got a case of long hots if you want some. They'll light a fire in your colon...
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2010
    greyford1979 wrote:
    Would have been great to attend and meet some of you(even tho I don't drink lol)

    Not a problem. There were several in attendance that never drank a drop of alcohol and to the best of my knowledge it did not damper their PF one bit.

    Of course that makes the amount of alcohol consumed by the rest of the participants even more impressive.
    greyford1979 wrote:
    Hmmmm, wonder if my fiance would let me go there without her:confused:

    If not...you might want to look for a different fiance.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,644
    edited October 2010
    Oh and I felt fine on Sunday. My shoulders were killing me and my neck was stiff from sleeping on the floor. I didn't want to wake Dave up getting my stuff out of his room. He was just as beat tired as I was. I was flat out exhausted on Sunday. Not getting much sleep on the floor didn't help that either. Alot of effort and time went in to preparing for the fest. It wasn't easy moving furniture around as well as audio equipment and keeping up with all the requests for tools and where the bathroom was and so on. Dave put in more time than I did but there was plenty of work to go around when I got there. The only downtime we had besides sleeping was Friday morning waiting for all you yahoos to show up.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,644
    edited October 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    Good deal...I live right up the road from a killer stand. It's been a good year for corn, but that is a late batch. Salsa sounds good...

    Hey, I got a case of long hots if you want some. They'll light a fire in your colon...

    No, thanks! I've had enough "Angry ****" from this past weekend to last me through the end of the year!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 48,138
    edited October 2010
    Another successful Polkfest is in the history book. My thanks to Lou for hosting and putting up with all of us, damn fine job, sir!

    It was great to see old friends and meet new ones. After all, it's one of the purposes of Polkfest. Another is showing our support and gratitude to Polk Audio as without them, none of this would have ever been possible. Every Polkie should attend at least one Polkfest as only then will you truly understand why we refer to other Club Polk members as family. Besides that, it's the only way to get a limited edition Polk Audio Polkfest shirt, which is beyond way cool.

    The new LSiM's are going to be a major improvement over the previous version. Sounding a little thin and bright on Friday, a change of gear on Saturday resulted in a vastly improved sound coming from those big, beautiful cabinets. Better start saving your pennies folks, this one has winner written all over it.

    If nothing else folks, remember this.......garbage in, garbage out. Yes, it really does start at the source. (Special note to Bernal, it's not spectacular for music)

    I was more than a little stunned when one of my raffle numbers was called as I never win anything. I was even more stunned when I learned what I had won... a pair of new RTi A7's. My sincere thanks to Al, Patrick and all the good folks at Polk Audio. In case some of you still don't know, the proceeds of the Polkfest raffle go to the Githens Center, so your money is going to help some good folks regardless of anything else and that is the best part about it.

    On another note, whomever designed the roads up there is/was an idiot.

    All for now, I can hardly wait for the next one and hope to see you there.



    BTW.....Mark, where's my damn shirt?
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited October 2010
    shack wrote: »
    If not...you might want to look for a different fiance.

    I'd bring her along but I'm not letting these pervs any where near her:p:p:p And it was hard enough finding this one, shes a good one...and I'm not a so called "catch":p:p:p so I'm definitely the lucky one in this relationship:eek::eek::eek: lol
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2010
    greyford1979 wrote: »
    I'd bring her along but I'm not letting these pervs any where near her:p:p:p

    Didn't you read, we are moral men?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,531
    edited October 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    Patrick and Doro get to hang with Al. I think those guys already know how fortunate they are. He is constantly well-versing them. How cool is THAT?

    Nice work Al.

    You are so right George and he's become a close personal friend to boot. Sorry about the phone call thing but it was the only number I had at the time. Another guy you would get along famously with would be Len Shufelt....and you'll meet him when you come down for the next one, wink wink.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,644
    edited October 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    You are so right George and he's become a close personal friend to boot. Sorry about the phone call thing but it was the only number I had at the time. Another guy you would get along famously with would be Len Shufelt....and you'll meet him when you come down for the next one, wink wink.

    Len is awesome! I missed my tour group moving on to the next location at one of the HQ tours 'cause Len and I started talking.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited October 2010
    shack wrote: »

    I didn't win a thing at the raffle...it was obviously rigged by BigDawg...

    I guess it was kinda obvious, huh?

    Lou, thanks again for putting on a great PF. It was a great way for me to experience my first, but certainly not my last. How awesome is it to hang out in a great place filled with cool people eating tasty food, drinking copious and potent potables, and listening to some very sweet gear.

    I too enjoyed "talking shop" with Al and Patrick, and got a nice little taste of Mark's affection, misplaced or otherwise. Along with their generous contributions, they just reinforce why Polk is a company worthy of our loyalty and affection.

    To all my new friends, it was my honor to meet you all. I'm looking forward to the next one!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Finally after some sleep and time to reflect.

    Another GREAT Polkfest. Kudos to Lou and everyone who had a hand in pulling this thing off. Other than the event at HQ, this had to be the largest with 35+ attendees.

    Like I said earlier...for those who could not attend for legit reasons...we missed you and you missed a great time. I'm sorry. For those who just decided not to come for no good reason...who cares...your loss.

    I missed a great one and having a good reason doesn't take the sting or pain away as this looked like the best one yet. I was really looking forward to seeing all my old friends and the new ones I've met through PMs or telephone calls. Man, I can't seem to shake this horrible sense of loss.:(

    George great intake for the Githen's center! That really warms my heart. I'm sorry I couldn't get my raffle contribution there. Perhaps, if you wish, I could send it or take a drive up with Antny and deliver it and you could get some cash for it.:)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2010
    And Antny's honey NeeCee is a honey. Looking and smelling very nice. Thanks Babe!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,619
    edited October 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    And Antny's honey NeeCee is a honey. Looking and smelling very nice. Thanks Babe!

    George, you can't just say that. We need the details.
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