PATD Concert 4-30-08 Pics!

[jenepherre]

Well, actually the pics are here: http://pics.livejournal.com/jenepherre/gallery/00035eqz

It's late (or early, rather) and I'm tired from taking care of the two youngest nephews all day Thursday and Friday... not sure how I ended up getting stuck with that, except that they both seem to respond to me, which is good, I guess. I do adore them. Anyway, too tired to actually post the pics in my journal, so you'll have to go to the above link to see them.

There are also random and mostly blurry Zack and Shane pics here: http://pics.livejournal.com/jenepherre/gallery/0003ed3z

I did have fun Shane-spotting. And did talk to him again briefly. He's filming some stuff for Black Gold along with all the stuff he's doing for Panic. Also met Eric (again) and Than from Black Gold, and they're both incredibly awesome.

My sis-in-law arrived sometime during Phantom Planet's set, but I was out meeting Eric and Than along with the super cool atorable. She and I met while waiting for the meet & greet and just happened to have seats almost right next to each other for the show. We went through the meet & greet together, squeed about the boys and hugs and talked about what pot flowers look like up close. It was THE BEST. ;-D

I have video clips too, but haven't figured out where to upload those yet, because they are glorious 640x480 and I don't want YouTube making them look crappy. Maybe I'll just upload to Sendspace? I don't know. Ideas are welcome.

On the downside - unrelated to the concert - I didn't go to NYC after all and didn't get to see Randypants in Antony & Cleopatra. Lois needed to stay home with her hubby after his surgery, and honestly - I was still recovering from the Panic concert anyway. Wren, my dear... I will have to find some other way to pay you back since I couldn't get you a Playbill. Sorry!

It's almost 5am here, and I should think about getting a little bit of sleep. More later, I'm sure. ::waves to darksylvia, celiarosalind and atorable and everyone else on her f-list::

Comments

[sateenmusta.livejournal.com]

Some damn fine pics there, bb :)
Your m&g pic was adorable. I mean, flip-flops. Brendon's face. RYAN. JON. SPENCER. JUST. NNGHHH. Whoa.
Also, I snatched one of your Shane-pics and I'm planning to make an icon of it, hope that's okay with you? Naturally I'll credit you for the picture :)

[jenepherre.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you like the pics! And yes - use any that you want. I know I put the text with my email address and stuff on the pics, but that doesn't mean people can't use them. Credit is appreciated, but I won't get all crazy if I don't get credit for them.

I need to post to the Black Gold community too. Had a great time talking to Eric and Than. :-)

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Awesome pics! I also have the same glasses as that Than guy. Maybe it's an Asian thing, haha.

Sounds (and looks like) you had a great time. Yay!

[jenepherre.livejournal.com]

Than is so cool! I guess those frames could be especially flattering to Asian faces, maybe? And yes, I had a fantastic time, thanks!!!

[celiarosalind.livejournal.com]

Your pictures turned out so great! I particularly like the ones where Greta looks sly and Eric looks surprised. ;-) You must have had great seats. And so many Greta pictures! I love how cute she is in all her strapless dresses. Yay Gretaaaaaaaaaa! I am determined to lead the cheering section for THS tomorrow at Bamboozle, but they are awesome and probably won't need my help. :-) I will cheer regardless!

So tell us more about the meet and greet - I read a couple accounts here and there on LJ and it sounds like some of the events are pretty awkward...I was considering just not going to mine. Was it worth it/fun/not totally embarrassing? Is it possible to just meet and then duck out before the pictures start?

It's great that you're having fun with your family visit. I am definitely going to try to go to A&K tonight with a couple friends so I'll let you know how it goes...it's too bad you couldn't make it up here but you get to spend more time with your new little relatives now!

[jenepherre.livejournal.com]

Greta was looking particularly gorgeous that night. ;-) Eric too, for that matter. And Brendon!! OMG Brendon... ::sigh:: I adore him so.

How was Bamboozle? And how was A & K? I want to know!!

I'll try to write up a bit about the meet & greet and email it to you. You should definitely do it. It is sort of awkward, but still *so* worth it. And you should still get your pic taken with them. Zack takes it on *your* camera, so no one else ever has to see it if you don't want them to. Just do it! Don't miss out on the opportunity!

More later. I have a 5 year old who wants her auntie to tuck her in. :-)

[celiarosalind.livejournal.com]

Okay, but send it soon, I'm leaving for Boston early Saturday morning. :-) I have the Panic show here "in town" to go to tomorrow too, I'm pretty excited.

I'll write more about Bamboozle in an email (you know how I can get verbose) but in summary the FBR-related groups I saw were Cobra, TAI, We The Kings, The Cab, Black Gold, Gym Class, and Panic (and I saw a bunch of non-FBR groups too). Both Cobra and TAI sounded better musically than I expected for some reason. I felt bad for Black Gold, they barely had 20 people standing up by their stage - they played in the big football practice bubble, so the acoustics were horrible, they got screechy feedback a couple times, and generally it all fell a little flat. :-( I'm not a huge fan of Gym Class Heroes but they put on a good show and did a nice cover of "When Doves Cry." Two girls standing next to me were like, "What is this song? It's not on their album...?" and I was like, "*facepalm*. The youth of today... Oh, I also did a stroll-by of the stage where Tyga was...I'm not impressed. Whatever. Anyway, my two big discoveries were We The Kings and The Cab, I had never really listened to them before and they were both great live. The Cab, what can I say? For real, they are cuter than a box full of kittens. They're like Panic 2.0, I guess, all really young and from Vegas. The crowd was just crazy for them and I can see why, they were great performers. The only bummer of the day was that I was very tired by the time Panic played, and really none of my video or audio came out well. I had both a (relatively) new camera and a (very) new phone, so now I've learned the hard way what settings to use. I will tell you about Panic separately but basically they did the same set (and the same banter) that they've been doing for HCT.

A&K was a disappointment, as I had suspected. It is fine to go to as a tourist but as a NYC bar it is nothing too special. It's also really a pain to get to using the subway (we had to take the L train, ugh), which is annoying to natives. We ended up going Saturday night, and I expected to maybe see some people from that day's Bamboozle there, but the moment we walked in, I could immediately identify the 3/4 of the crowd that were loitering around trying to celebrity-spot, and the 1/4 of the crowd who were from the neighborhood and annoyed at all the gawkers in their local hangout. It is very small inside and two areas were marked as "reserved," but there were just a couple drunk scene-looking girls hanging out, nothing to see there. There are actually two different height marker mugshot things on the walls, one next to the bathroom doors and one on the wall behind the bar - all the photos posted on the web are definitely from the one behind the bar. We were pretty disenchanted by the whole experience, so we just snapped a quick phone-camera photo of each of us by the height thingie near the bathrooms. There's not much space, so you can only get a headshot there, but we didn't think it was worth it to beg the bartender to let us behind the bar, particularly since the place was crowded with people who probably saw those photos of Panic and would want to do it too. So...yeah. It was fine but nothing special. :-(

I'll send you details after Boston...honestly I am still undecided about the M&G. Tell me how yours was, I think I need more convincing that it won't just stress me out. Being herded around in lines makes me crabby!

Sorry I missed you

[sdrichey.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you looking so good. Hugs, Sherrie

Re: Sorry I missed you

[jenepherre.livejournal.com]

We'll find a way to get together again. And I still have to meet Lois too. I can't believe she and I have tried and failed 3 times now. :-(

You think I'm looking good? ::shakes head:: But I am looking happy, and that's a good thing. I'm having a great time out here with my bro and his family too.

::hugs back::

[darksylvia.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING JEN!!!! ♥

[k1arra77.livejournal.com]

If you want more just let me know.

[lexii314.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! EAT CAKE!!!!!!!!!! Have very happy day!

[jadziadrgnrdr.livejournal.com]

Happy B-Day!