INFORMS Open Forum

  • 1.  Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 06-29-2023 15:02

    Since it's summer concert season, tell us about the best/most memorable concert you've ever been to. Can't wait to hear the variety of responses!



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    Jill Capello
    Membership Associate
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
    jcapello@informs.org
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  • 2.  RE: Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 07-04-2023 00:03

    There was an annual music festival in Golden Gate Park back in the days (I think East Lands or Far Lands). A buddy and I crashed the Radiohead headliner. I am so glad I got a chance to do that. 



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    Alberto Aparicio
    Data Analyst
    Charitable Adult Rides & Services, Inc.
    CA
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  • 3.  RE: Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 07-05-2023 02:04

    I managed to squeeze in the Taylor Swift's eras tour concert on my way to the Business Analytics Meeting. It was phenomenal!



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    Segev Wasserkrug
    Research Staff Member
    IBM Research - Israel
    Haifa
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  • 4.  RE: Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 07-05-2023 06:32

    The best concert I attended was actually three. I saw the Grateful Dead on two nights and partied in the parking lot, on the third. It was one of Jerry Garcia's last concert before he died. Many of us suspected his health was failing; he seemed listless at times.



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    Andrew Acosta
    Data Scientist
    Milesius Capital Resources LLC
    Chicago IL
    andrew@acm.org
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  • 5.  RE: Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 07-06-2023 10:39

    Narrowing this down to one is virtually impossible, so I'm going to name two. I saw the Moody Blues with a full symphony to accompany them. It was in an amphitheater on a cool September evening. For many of the songs, the best thing to do was lie down on the blanket and look at the night sky, getting up for songs like "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock 'n' Roll Band."  The other was Meat Loaf's return - Bat Out of Hell 2 - tour. The energy level was through the roof. We found out after the show that Meat was taken to the hospital with dehydration. He did the entire show with a fever of 103.

    As for the future, I'm hoping to see the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain when they come back to the northeast U.S.



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    Christopher Lacke
    Associate Professor
    Rowan University
    Pitman NJ
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  • 6.  RE: Fun Post - Favorite Concert?

    Posted 07-07-2023 09:43

    Tommy Emmanuel in Royal Oak, MI in 2022.  Amazing guitar virtuoso.....



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    Charles Rosa
    Fellow, Operations Research
    XPO LTL
    Rochester Hills MI
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