The White Stripes[views:4148][posts:22]__________________________________ [Nov 22,2003 1:01pm - succubus ""] ohhh yeah your favorite band..and you know it heh the show was last night i was there: Tsongas arena beakey and his posse never showed so i decided i like the Tsongas arena..almost as much as i like saying Tsongas heh anyhow i get there and my name is on the list woooooo! but no ticket..only a photo pass..hmmm so the girl behind the counter shows me the list..and everyone on the same list as me...was only photo...weird because 5 names were on the list....(will explain later) had i brought someone like last time with aaron..would have had to escalate...but no need... anyhow so i said ok and proceeded to try and enter the gate//i showed the guy my photo pass and he looked at me confused.."what is that"? anyhow..so then i try explaining i need to take photos....and the woman on his other side says...you still need a ticket... so i convincingly say..well i just need to take photos and another man who saw what was going on....(i.e. me causing the line to stop moving) comes over and i explain to him i'm here to shoot and he looks at my pass and says i'm all set...:p so there....no going through the turnstyle and giving my nonexistent ticket for me... anyhow i am walking in and they have security all over making sure kids don't go in the "wrong" section and stay where their ticket stub says to go..and i show my pass and the man tells me welcome to the tsongas arena...you can go anywhere you want " wooooooooo heh so i make my way to the front side where security is....and i show them the pass and they are chatty and friendly....i took 2 photos of them...(old men and lesbians..weird mix) and then up to the pit for whirlwind heat...damn it's been a while since i've shot an arena and it's too bad i didn't have my latest lens purchase on me 50mm 1.4 anyhow..the stage was high...so i had to back up a bit..and high stage and speakers in front = obstructing views anyhow...this reminded me of why i bring my hard camera case...to stand on...which of course..i didn't bring either....there were like 12 security people with me..no one else took photos...but they were nice and always moving out of my way..even ducking (when they weren't in my shot) lol now i'm not short... 5 7 about....but the stage was higher than i'm used to...lolla and the huge festivals i've covered lately didn't have a stage as high as this..i cannot remember my last arena show..anyhow Whirlwind heat..i liked them..their sound reminded me of the WS a bit..that garage rock (i'm bad at labeling music..hence the defy labels) so i may have misused that term...but ..these guys were good... i get paged and need to make a call but it's noisy...so the nice security escort me backstage to make my calls hehe i waved hello to the WS (i guess they thoguht i was important) hahaha i had my beeper and 2 cell phones i made my phone calls... that work related page...well the guy didn't answer and aaron couldn't here me... blah blah White Stripes get on... 1. meg looked good 2. jack ... i think he;s in good shape....but unless you are in ballet..don't wear spandex..i dunno...he had these jeans like spandex pants about the music..sound was great some songs sounded quite different... they were really good meg sang a song too they went off stage.... i said good my byes and then i waited upstairs to their right and they came back i stayed for 2 songs and left right before the 3rd...i didn't want to get stuck in traffic ...don't know how much i missed..i think only 1 song....however...45 minutes later i was in NH and Deb called me stuck in traffic at the Tsongas arena so good move on my part damn..i realized how little i spoke of the actual music..but whatever i got to NH and well asleep working on photos..i got IM'ed and i woke up lol ohh dohhh anyhow...like i said 5 names on the list no one else shot the opener and 2 older guys shot the WS too with their ====================================== >lenses lol and they were only shooting Jack i didn't say a word to them my photos: http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date...id=10012&band=The%20White%20Stripes ps: forgive my banter..i wrote this last night after i got here [img] [img] [img] |
| __________________________________ [Nov 22,2003 4:48pm - succubus ""] yeah you loved the photos eh? i bet everyone here was at the show too |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 22,2003 4:55pm - PhantomKamil ""] Yeah, nice photos! I kinda wanted to go, but didn't know they were playing. I like them. Ironic, huh? When does the "White Stripes of death metal" get to play the Tsongas Arena, damnit!? |
| __________________________________ [Nov 22,2003 5:33pm - succubus ""] heh...i was looknig for someone to come with me too...since i was supposed to get a plus one... next time! =) |
| ________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 1:01am - George ""] i fail to understand why anyone can enjoy listening to this garbage. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 2:49am - Beakey White ""] George said:i fail to understand why anyone can enjoy listening to this garbage. George, if you don't Phantom Limb, that's cool... But the rest of us here like them a lot... So please don't call it garbage. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 3:28am - RustedAngel ""] the white stripes? wtf. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 3:39am - George ""] i was talking about the white stripes. ive never heard phantom limb. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 3:52am - the_reverend ""] don't believe the hype! but actually, phanton limb is realy good. I know tom would like them. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 9:30am - Joe/NotCommon ""] PhantomKamil said:Yeah, nice photos! I kinda wanted to go, but didn't know they were playing. I like them. Ironic, huh? When does the "White Stripes of death metal" get to play the Tsongas Arena, damnit!? you get to play the Tsongas Arena when Jeff from Gut decided it's time. Those guys from Gut are in charge of just about everything. Brian made me order him drinks last night and they told this guy Mike he was their drummer from now on. We all obeyed |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 8:08pm - Wee...Bink! ""] RustedAngel said:the white stripes? wtf. yeah.... i just read that and had the exact same thought. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 8:31pm - succubus ""] precisely why i made this thread i was trying to be ironic...seeing as most people on here hate them |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 23,2003 9:42pm - Joe/NotCommon ""] succubus said:precisely why i made this thread i was trying to be ironic...seeing as most people on here hate them I don't get why so many people hate Phantom Limb, Kamil is a nice guy, sure Ryan is a murderous cannibal, but he is nice also, in his own way. ps: I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THE REAL WHITE STRIPES |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 1:55am - the_reverend ""] they were just on saturday night live... man, what a led zeplin rip off. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 2:00am - dyingmuse ""] weird, i never even heard of them! but i just got done building the new sighn out front. im the stupid bricklayer that build the fucking pears out front in the freezing cold. that hold up that 250,000 dollar sighn. you beleive that? they paid 250,000 dollars for that stupid thing. i only got 2000 for it! anyway thats all i know about the tsongas center. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 8:59am - succubus ""] the people that work security at the Tsongas arena are quite nice...that's all i can say about that as for the white stripes being a led zeppelin rip of band? bahahaha funny funny |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 9:42am - 5 Minutes Hate ""] I'm not sure if you've all heard this but Jack absolutely beat the piss out of some guy in detroit! I guess the guy was fucking with him and it was all in defense, he's a small dude (White Stripes) but he put a serious beating on the dude. http://www.nme.com/news/107058.htm |
| __________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 9:47am - succubus ""] yeah ogchica sent me the link yesterday lmao |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 9:54am - 5 Minutes Hate ""] I thought it was pretty cool too! I'm don't mind their music they are awful groovy and my wife digs 'em so...... |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 10:39am - the_reverend ""] haha, you read nme. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 11:02am - succubus ""] this was actually the link i got..(not that's it's a much better site) http://www.nypost.com/gossip/43909.htm judging from the few seconds i looked online...it seems to be a similar site as my link...only a UK version |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 11:28am - litacore ""] 5 Minutes Hate said:I'm not sure if you've all heard this but Jack absolutely beat the piss out of some guy in detroit! I guess the guy was fucking with him and it was all in defense, he's a small dude (White Stripes) but he put a serious beating on the dude. http://www.nme.com/news/107058.htm [img] what'd he do, put him through a tree shredder? Jesus, he must've been really pissed off! I bet Meg kicks ass in a fight too-- |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 19,2003 2:28pm - DeOdiumMortis ""] My open challenge still stands. Any time and any place spandex boy. |