Monday, June 11, 2012

It's a Fast Driving Raveup With A Place To Bury Strangers, Pt. 2

As always, click to make the pictures bigger.
 

Psychedelic Jay.
Dino and Oliver switched. Also, a good example of some of their really cool lighting effects.
I liked this double exposure.
This was my favorite capture that night.
 






Oliver ended the show on the floor, making noise all by himself.
...and onward to Portland!

It's a Fast Driving Raveup With A Place To Bury Strangers, Pt. 1


APTBS and TWDY arrive at Cafe Coda, Chico, CA. June 9, 2012...
...and promptly begin to setup.
Oliver restrings.
Oliver's sunglasses and a Cafe Coda menu.
Jay wrote the setlist directly on his drumhead. They played their yet-to-be-released new album in its entirety.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

NINJA Tour - May 22, 2009, Mountain View, CA - Part Four

I love love love Eric Avery, but could I get a picture of him smiling or not looking away? Nope. That's okay, I was still happy to see him.
 
Stephen Perkins: Drummer, smiley guy, kilt connoisseur.
Considering Perry took an ambulance ride to the E.R. due to a calf injury sustained only about a week and a half before this concert, it's amazing that I have photographic proof of no fewer than seven or eight very significant jumps during the course of this performance. This probably drove Etty freaking crazy.
Black Canary Barbie looks on in amusement.
 
This looks similar to a photo I posted in very early 2010...but it's not. It's the next one.
 
Before the concert, I was telling my friend, "I hope Stephen wears a kilt!" Not that that's unusual or anything- neither me wanting to see a man in a kilt nor for him to wear one.
Stephen kept smiling. Too bad I couldn't get a very good photo of it.
 
Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaal!
Dave's casual "I'm an effortless rockstar" portion of the concert.

 
Dave looks to his muse.
This photo isn't out of focus. I'm looking at that bottle of wine that Perry kept drinking from. Considering just about everyone else on this tour abstains, it kinda stood out.
Perry looks dangerously close to assaulting Dave with maracas.
 
Dave Navarro tweeted this photo, though he also called Mountain View, "San Francisco". You can see Dan Cleary just off to the side of the stage. Dan Cleary used to follow me on Twitter too, but...whatever. Twitter in 2009 was a lot more uh, communal.
Not a good photo, but a decent one of the set. It was beauuuutiful!