Video from the Used show last week at Starland:
Who was glad they weren't on the floor for this show? Me. I opted to stay in the bar area. Hurray!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Pain For Pleasure at Starland
Photos on my Flickr.
Videos on my YouTube.
Setlist, to the best of my memory (not in order):
Makes No Difference
Machine Gun
Motivation
Fat Lip
In Too Deep
Hell Song
Over My Head
My Direction
Still Waiting
Underclass Hero
Walking Disaster
March of the Dogs
(one song I didn't know)
Pain For Pleasure
We're All To Blame
Pieces
Videos on my YouTube.
Setlist, to the best of my memory (not in order):
Makes No Difference
Machine Gun
Motivation
Fat Lip
In Too Deep
Hell Song
Over My Head
My Direction
Still Waiting
Underclass Hero
Walking Disaster
March of the Dogs
(one song I didn't know)
Pain For Pleasure
We're All To Blame
Pieces
Monday, September 10, 2007
Tommy Lee: DJ
Friday night we headed out to Astoria, Queens to a place called Central Lounge to see Tommy Lee DJ. I'd link you to the club's site, but I love you too much to put you through the multiple browser crashes their site caused on my computer.
My friend and I are diehard Crue fans, so we had to go to check out his set. As it turns out, we pretty much were met with what we expected: Tommy playing your typical club music that I typically hate, prentention, outrageous drink prices ($9 for a f@#king vodka with Sprite) and groupie chicks.
Tommy's myspace listed his set time as 11:30, but of course we knew that wouldn't be the case. He finally appeared at about 1am, which is about when NYC clubs are approaching their peak crowds. Being that I am not into the repetitive thumps of house music, or whatever genre it is, I got burnt out on the sounds soon into the set.
We attempted to get upstairs where our beloved Tommy was, but security was pretty tight about letting people up. We didn't have the bracelets that were provided by those in-the-know in this random club I'd never heard of before, and we were feeling lazy, so we gave up pretty quickly.
We went outside for a smoke. When we were done, we waited by the velvet rope to be let back into the club. Security was either ignoring us or didn't see us, and so we got impatient and just let ourselves back in. They made a beeline for us and told us to go back behind the rope until they deemed it time to let us re-enter. I looked at the guy and asked if he was serious. He said he was.
The problem here is that I don't respect this place and the authority these guys are given to control who enters and who is denied. So what I saw in front of me was just some random guy bossing me around, not an almighty security guard who I had to obey and impress. But since I wasn't overly obnoxious, just confused, he took the time to explain himself. "Look," he said, "Our job is solely to let people in and out. If others see you going in as you please, everyone will do it and it'll be chaos." OK. That I understood. He let us go in, without making us go back to the other side.
After a few moments back inside we decided to leave. The place was crowded wall to wall. Being that I'm used to the mosh pit scene, my first instinct was to start shoving. When I realized these people aren't as callous to being pushed around as I am, I stopped and did my best to get back outside without incident.
I was fine with the experience. I mean, we wanted to make sure it was sucky and it was, so now we know. Anyway, here are some pictures:
My friend and I are diehard Crue fans, so we had to go to check out his set. As it turns out, we pretty much were met with what we expected: Tommy playing your typical club music that I typically hate, prentention, outrageous drink prices ($9 for a f@#king vodka with Sprite) and groupie chicks.
Tommy's myspace listed his set time as 11:30, but of course we knew that wouldn't be the case. He finally appeared at about 1am, which is about when NYC clubs are approaching their peak crowds. Being that I am not into the repetitive thumps of house music, or whatever genre it is, I got burnt out on the sounds soon into the set.
We attempted to get upstairs where our beloved Tommy was, but security was pretty tight about letting people up. We didn't have the bracelets that were provided by those in-the-know in this random club I'd never heard of before, and we were feeling lazy, so we gave up pretty quickly.
We went outside for a smoke. When we were done, we waited by the velvet rope to be let back into the club. Security was either ignoring us or didn't see us, and so we got impatient and just let ourselves back in. They made a beeline for us and told us to go back behind the rope until they deemed it time to let us re-enter. I looked at the guy and asked if he was serious. He said he was.
The problem here is that I don't respect this place and the authority these guys are given to control who enters and who is denied. So what I saw in front of me was just some random guy bossing me around, not an almighty security guard who I had to obey and impress. But since I wasn't overly obnoxious, just confused, he took the time to explain himself. "Look," he said, "Our job is solely to let people in and out. If others see you going in as you please, everyone will do it and it'll be chaos." OK. That I understood. He let us go in, without making us go back to the other side.
After a few moments back inside we decided to leave. The place was crowded wall to wall. Being that I'm used to the mosh pit scene, my first instinct was to start shoving. When I realized these people aren't as callous to being pushed around as I am, I stopped and did my best to get back outside without incident.
I was fine with the experience. I mean, we wanted to make sure it was sucky and it was, so now we know. Anyway, here are some pictures:
Sunday, September 09, 2007
VMAs 07
9pm BRITNEY
I don't know what I was expecting. I guess pretty much what she did: come out, give a clearly med-filled performance and then leave. I mean, she couldn't even lip synch right.
9:14 KANYE
HELLOOOO I am in love with him. I think because he came out wearing the same sunglasses I had in the 4th grade: white framed Ray Bans. I want to see him again live so badly. I am sitting on my couch next to my dog and the man's got me waving my hands in the air to "Stronger"...annnnd they just cut him off to go to commercial- wtf?!! Best performer there (next to the Foo Fighters who I don't even have to see to know they're going to be great) and they CUT HIM OFF?
So far this show is annoying (surprise). Either show a performance in its entirety or don't tease me like that you bastards. I see they're doing this with other performances. Is this an effort to drive us all to the website? I don't get it. Showing us half performances to satisfy our ADD is just making me mad, not keeping me happy because I have something to look at.
9:31 Now they're teasing me with a Foo Fighters clip. I hate you MTV!
9:47 "Umbrella"! Yes I like this song. That makes three Rihanna songs I like. What is going on. And she just left the stage after a verse so Chris Brown could dance to "Billie Jean." This show is really geared towards people who can't focus on one thing for more than 3 minutes. I am not one of those people. Unless I'm in the workplace.
10:09 I'm still trying to figure out why Papa Roach was mentioned by Seth Rogan. I was IM'ing with someone and missed the reason. But now Kanye's on. I am waiting for them to cut him off again. If they do I'll be mad. He's sampling "PYT" by Michael Jackson. Nice.
Last night I watched "Casino" on Bravo, then today watched a documentary on the mafia in Vegas. Between those shows and this one, I am missing Vegas like crazy.
Alright. More later if I feel like it.
I don't know what I was expecting. I guess pretty much what she did: come out, give a clearly med-filled performance and then leave. I mean, she couldn't even lip synch right.
9:14 KANYE
HELLOOOO I am in love with him. I think because he came out wearing the same sunglasses I had in the 4th grade: white framed Ray Bans. I want to see him again live so badly. I am sitting on my couch next to my dog and the man's got me waving my hands in the air to "Stronger"...annnnd they just cut him off to go to commercial- wtf?!! Best performer there (next to the Foo Fighters who I don't even have to see to know they're going to be great) and they CUT HIM OFF?
So far this show is annoying (surprise). Either show a performance in its entirety or don't tease me like that you bastards. I see they're doing this with other performances. Is this an effort to drive us all to the website? I don't get it. Showing us half performances to satisfy our ADD is just making me mad, not keeping me happy because I have something to look at.
9:31 Now they're teasing me with a Foo Fighters clip. I hate you MTV!
9:47 "Umbrella"! Yes I like this song. That makes three Rihanna songs I like. What is going on. And she just left the stage after a verse so Chris Brown could dance to "Billie Jean." This show is really geared towards people who can't focus on one thing for more than 3 minutes. I am not one of those people. Unless I'm in the workplace.
10:09 I'm still trying to figure out why Papa Roach was mentioned by Seth Rogan. I was IM'ing with someone and missed the reason. But now Kanye's on. I am waiting for them to cut him off again. If they do I'll be mad. He's sampling "PYT" by Michael Jackson. Nice.
Last night I watched "Casino" on Bravo, then today watched a documentary on the mafia in Vegas. Between those shows and this one, I am missing Vegas like crazy.
Alright. More later if I feel like it.