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corbaeSo I went to see Panic! At the Disco twice last week! Yep. And I'm breaking out of this hiatus I seem to have fallen into to post about it. At length. My apologies!
Charlotte is about 3/5 hours away from my house, a little less from where I work. I actually went in to work for about 2 hours before I left, just to get some email answered.
I got there fairly early to do street team things. I started by handing out stickers & interview cards to the line and, once I’d finished with everyone there so far, I asked the gentleman in the box office if I could tape posters on the wall. He said I could & I ran to my car to get the tape. (The parking lot was right across the street.) I came back & taped my two posters up and, as I was about to leave to put my tape back in the car, these two guys came up. I recognized them as having been out by the buses earlier. They asked if I was about to head out and I explained that no, I was just putting my stuff away in the car. They did the whole "aww," disappointed thing, so I asked why. They said they were going to ask for a ride to Starbucks. I explained that I wasn’t from Charlotte and had no idea where anything was, but they had a GPS. OK, I thought, this will be an adventure! So I agreed to take them to Starbucks.
I should mention that they definitely both introduced themselves, and we shook hands and everything. However, I am abysmally bad at names. I had forgotten the one guy's name probably by the time he finished saying it, and for some reason I thought the other guy was called Eric. Protip: He's not.
So we get to Starbucks. They were both really nice on the way there & back, even offered to buy me a drink. I was sticking to water by that point in preparation for the pit so I said no. By this point I thought I had two guys from fun. in my car so, needless to say, I was freaking out a little. I asked Twitter for the names of everyone in the group and![[dreamwidth.org profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kinetikatrue obliged. The names did not match up--there is no Eric in fun.--but this didn’t stop my suspicions. I don't know why, I guess I'm just weird (and paranoid) like that.
On the way back we talked a little about a script "Eric" was writing--he does screenwriting while not touring--and how the studio he was writing it for wanted Justin Bieber for the lead. He writes comedies. When we were pulling back into the lot the guy whose name I didn't catch pointed out someone wearing a Steel Train shirt, and my suspicions grew. We said goodbye, they thanked me a lot, and I went to hand more stuff out. I eventually texted![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
manipulant and likeaglass to ask when they planned to be there. likeaglass said she was already there, so we met up. manipulant arrived shortly thereafter, and pretty soon after that Zack showed up and herded us inside for M&G.
Brendon came out on his crutches, wearing a hospital sock in lieu of a shoe on the foot he injured. I was regrettably close to the front of the line & freaked out about it. The plan was to ask them all which fictional character they would choose to be. I got up to Spencer and was all, "I don't have anything for you to sign," planning to segue from that into my question. He smiled and was all, "That's cool, you don’t have to." And I asked my question. He said it was a tough choice and asked something about the period of time. Meanwhile, Dallon (who'd been paying attention, I guess) said he’d be Bruce Wayne. I asked Ian the same question and he picked Master Shredder. Brendon picked surprisingly fast--I mean, I don't even know who I would choose, but he picked Moriarty almost immediately. At this point Spencer finally decided (I was sort of standing awkwardly at the end of the table) and announced that he would be Chuck Norris. Does he even count as a fictional character? In a sort of "the man, the myth" kind of way?
ANYWAY. So I asked them my question and they all answered, I managed to have something resembling a conversation, and I didn’t do anything horrifically embarrassing. A winner is me! We filed back into line for the photo and I asked people if they had a pen so I could write down everyone’s choices. I finally got one just before the signing was done, so I was watching when they stood up from behind the table and went to the side for the photo. Brendon took these giant steps, big enough that he was basically jumping forward with the crutches as pivots.
We did the pictures, mine came out awkward. It's this thing I do. Got back in line, everyone got their picture, cue rush for the barrier. I was right behindlikeaglass and her mother, in the second row. My view was pretty great! I don’t really know what else to day here, other than yay! So close to everything &c. Foxy Shazam was awesome & I enjoyed actually seeing their show instead of just sitting at the bar during it. And then fun.! I have been waiting forever to see fun., so, you know, it too was amazing. And the two guys I drove to Starbucks were indeed on stage, so of course I was freaking out a little about that. And then Panic came on and my night got SO MUCH better.
My video is all sort of bad, but I'm going to transcribe most of the banter I caught between songs.
After Lying: "...ankle, and I was taken to the hospital, and the doctors told me it was broken and I was like, "It's not broken," so I used my Jedi force mind power to make it not broken, so that by the time they X-rayed my foot it just looked sprained. Exactly. Thank you. Thanks buddy--Luke Skywalker. The good thing, though, is they gave me a lot of Vicodin, so. Now, now, I know Vicodin has some other connotations, but it's an anti-inflammatory, folks, OK. So that means there's ibuprofen in it, just to take the swelling down, and it also feels really great, so. So I apologize. Alright, my rant is done, I’m done complaining..."
Dallon and Brendon had a ~moment touching their pointer figures together.
Before C'Mon, while a tech was attempting to fix Brendons keyboard: "We'll do it live! We'll do it live! Bill O'Reilly."likeaglass: "You can’t explain that!" Brendon: "I know, right? I know."
Before Let's Kill Tonight: "Alright, this is the part of the show where we take you to church, OK. Now I know you don’t want to go to services. But it's not like any church you've ever been to, trust me, OK. We're not gonna talk about god, we're not gonna talk about all these little fables and everything. We're not gonna tell you a story. All I ask you to do is just go crazy because that's what we're all about, and, I mean, it's really carte blanche for chaos here, y'know. I'm not gonna tell anybody to do anything in here. If you do something I'm not gonna tell. Hey. Hey. I'm not gonna tell, OK. You can confide in me. That being said though, our slogan for this church is "We Don't Give a Fuck," [just carry on with] what you’re doing, as long as it's with us that's OK."
Before Always: "Alright. So uh, actually, this is the point in the show where I broke my foot, so I'm just gonna stay right here. I'd normally be right in the middle of you guys, sweating on you. Yeah. Yeah, I'd be right there, buddy. I'd be kissing your face. [I love] your face. But alas, I'm a broken man, so let me stay up here. What I'd like to do, though, I'd still like to make it up to you, I'd like to dedicate this song to you, just for showing up tonight. Cause you didn't have to do that, but you did, and that really does mean the world to me and the band. It's amazing. So, from the bottom of my heart, I love you, this song is called 'Always.'"
Before Pretty. Odd. they played some of the Super Mario themes. "That's Super Mario. This next song we’re gonna play is about our friend. He's very green, he's a little nasty, he makes us laugh a lot."
Before Memories Brendon was limping pretty badly. Dallon(?): "How’s your foot, kid?" Brendon: "Still attached! I should probably cut it off, it would be less of a nuisance. Anybody a qualified doctor or an []? [To a fan] You go to school for it? That’s not the same thing! You don't have it yet. But you could still cut it off."
Brendon called Dallon a "beautiful tall man" after Careless Whisper, and called Spencer "the glue in the band, the backbeat."
Dallon introduced Brendon as, "The remainder of the band, the master of the house, quick to catch your eye, never wants a passerby to pass him by, servant to the poor, butler to the great, [] and philosopher, lifelong mate: Reverend Brendon Urie!"
And then the show was over, andlikeaglass managed to catch one of Spencer’s sticks AND Ian’s pick because she's sort of amazing.
I went to hang out outside because the venue was cold once most of the people had filed out.manipulant had disappeared somewhere, and likeaglass and her family were getting merch, I guess? Anyway, I went to sit in the parking lot by the buses. The two dudes I drove to Starbucks (running theme!) were hanging out there, so I talked to them for a bit. No one had seemed interested in pictures with them before I started our conversation, but a few people asked and I backed away a bit. I saw likeaglass and her family and went to say goodbye, managed the 3.5 hour drive without dying, and went to SLEEP. Because long day was long.
THE END (for now).
Now for the pictures:
This is mystery guitar dude!
There are a few more at my flickr here.
OH PS: "Eric" is actually Evan Winiker of Steel Train, but I still have no clue who the other guy is other than "dude covering for Jack Antonoff." So. If anyone recognizes him, do please chime in to assuage my burning curiosity.
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Charlotte is about 3/5 hours away from my house, a little less from where I work. I actually went in to work for about 2 hours before I left, just to get some email answered.
I got there fairly early to do street team things. I started by handing out stickers & interview cards to the line and, once I’d finished with everyone there so far, I asked the gentleman in the box office if I could tape posters on the wall. He said I could & I ran to my car to get the tape. (The parking lot was right across the street.) I came back & taped my two posters up and, as I was about to leave to put my tape back in the car, these two guys came up. I recognized them as having been out by the buses earlier. They asked if I was about to head out and I explained that no, I was just putting my stuff away in the car. They did the whole "aww," disappointed thing, so I asked why. They said they were going to ask for a ride to Starbucks. I explained that I wasn’t from Charlotte and had no idea where anything was, but they had a GPS. OK, I thought, this will be an adventure! So I agreed to take them to Starbucks.
I should mention that they definitely both introduced themselves, and we shook hands and everything. However, I am abysmally bad at names. I had forgotten the one guy's name probably by the time he finished saying it, and for some reason I thought the other guy was called Eric. Protip: He's not.
So we get to Starbucks. They were both really nice on the way there & back, even offered to buy me a drink. I was sticking to water by that point in preparation for the pit so I said no. By this point I thought I had two guys from fun. in my car so, needless to say, I was freaking out a little. I asked Twitter for the names of everyone in the group and
kinetikatrue obliged. The names did not match up--there is no Eric in fun.--but this didn’t stop my suspicions. I don't know why, I guess I'm just weird (and paranoid) like that.On the way back we talked a little about a script "Eric" was writing--he does screenwriting while not touring--and how the studio he was writing it for wanted Justin Bieber for the lead. He writes comedies. When we were pulling back into the lot the guy whose name I didn't catch pointed out someone wearing a Steel Train shirt, and my suspicions grew. We said goodbye, they thanked me a lot, and I went to hand more stuff out. I eventually texted
manipulant and likeaglass to ask when they planned to be there. likeaglass said she was already there, so we met up. manipulant arrived shortly thereafter, and pretty soon after that Zack showed up and herded us inside for M&G.Brendon came out on his crutches, wearing a hospital sock in lieu of a shoe on the foot he injured. I was regrettably close to the front of the line & freaked out about it. The plan was to ask them all which fictional character they would choose to be. I got up to Spencer and was all, "I don't have anything for you to sign," planning to segue from that into my question. He smiled and was all, "That's cool, you don’t have to." And I asked my question. He said it was a tough choice and asked something about the period of time. Meanwhile, Dallon (who'd been paying attention, I guess) said he’d be Bruce Wayne. I asked Ian the same question and he picked Master Shredder. Brendon picked surprisingly fast--I mean, I don't even know who I would choose, but he picked Moriarty almost immediately. At this point Spencer finally decided (I was sort of standing awkwardly at the end of the table) and announced that he would be Chuck Norris. Does he even count as a fictional character? In a sort of "the man, the myth" kind of way?
ANYWAY. So I asked them my question and they all answered, I managed to have something resembling a conversation, and I didn’t do anything horrifically embarrassing. A winner is me! We filed back into line for the photo and I asked people if they had a pen so I could write down everyone’s choices. I finally got one just before the signing was done, so I was watching when they stood up from behind the table and went to the side for the photo. Brendon took these giant steps, big enough that he was basically jumping forward with the crutches as pivots.
We did the pictures, mine came out awkward. It's this thing I do. Got back in line, everyone got their picture, cue rush for the barrier. I was right behind
likeaglass and her mother, in the second row. My view was pretty great! I don’t really know what else to day here, other than yay! So close to everything &c. Foxy Shazam was awesome & I enjoyed actually seeing their show instead of just sitting at the bar during it. And then fun.! I have been waiting forever to see fun., so, you know, it too was amazing. And the two guys I drove to Starbucks were indeed on stage, so of course I was freaking out a little about that. And then Panic came on and my night got SO MUCH better.My video is all sort of bad, but I'm going to transcribe most of the banter I caught between songs.
After Lying: "...ankle, and I was taken to the hospital, and the doctors told me it was broken and I was like, "It's not broken," so I used my Jedi force mind power to make it not broken, so that by the time they X-rayed my foot it just looked sprained. Exactly. Thank you. Thanks buddy--Luke Skywalker. The good thing, though, is they gave me a lot of Vicodin, so. Now, now, I know Vicodin has some other connotations, but it's an anti-inflammatory, folks, OK. So that means there's ibuprofen in it, just to take the swelling down, and it also feels really great, so. So I apologize. Alright, my rant is done, I’m done complaining..."
Dallon and Brendon had a ~moment touching their pointer figures together.
Before C'Mon, while a tech was attempting to fix Brendons keyboard: "We'll do it live! We'll do it live! Bill O'Reilly."
likeaglass: "You can’t explain that!" Brendon: "I know, right? I know."Before Let's Kill Tonight: "Alright, this is the part of the show where we take you to church, OK. Now I know you don’t want to go to services. But it's not like any church you've ever been to, trust me, OK. We're not gonna talk about god, we're not gonna talk about all these little fables and everything. We're not gonna tell you a story. All I ask you to do is just go crazy because that's what we're all about, and, I mean, it's really carte blanche for chaos here, y'know. I'm not gonna tell anybody to do anything in here. If you do something I'm not gonna tell. Hey. Hey. I'm not gonna tell, OK. You can confide in me. That being said though, our slogan for this church is "We Don't Give a Fuck," [just carry on with] what you’re doing, as long as it's with us that's OK."
Before Always: "Alright. So uh, actually, this is the point in the show where I broke my foot, so I'm just gonna stay right here. I'd normally be right in the middle of you guys, sweating on you. Yeah. Yeah, I'd be right there, buddy. I'd be kissing your face. [I love] your face. But alas, I'm a broken man, so let me stay up here. What I'd like to do, though, I'd still like to make it up to you, I'd like to dedicate this song to you, just for showing up tonight. Cause you didn't have to do that, but you did, and that really does mean the world to me and the band. It's amazing. So, from the bottom of my heart, I love you, this song is called 'Always.'"
Before Pretty. Odd. they played some of the Super Mario themes. "That's Super Mario. This next song we’re gonna play is about our friend. He's very green, he's a little nasty, he makes us laugh a lot."
Before Memories Brendon was limping pretty badly. Dallon(?): "How’s your foot, kid?" Brendon: "Still attached! I should probably cut it off, it would be less of a nuisance. Anybody a qualified doctor or an []? [To a fan] You go to school for it? That’s not the same thing! You don't have it yet. But you could still cut it off."
Brendon called Dallon a "beautiful tall man" after Careless Whisper, and called Spencer "the glue in the band, the backbeat."
Dallon introduced Brendon as, "The remainder of the band, the master of the house, quick to catch your eye, never wants a passerby to pass him by, servant to the poor, butler to the great, [] and philosopher, lifelong mate: Reverend Brendon Urie!"
And then the show was over, and
likeaglass managed to catch one of Spencer’s sticks AND Ian’s pick because she's sort of amazing.I went to hang out outside because the venue was cold once most of the people had filed out.
manipulant had disappeared somewhere, and likeaglass and her family were getting merch, I guess? Anyway, I went to sit in the parking lot by the buses. The two dudes I drove to Starbucks (running theme!) were hanging out there, so I talked to them for a bit. No one had seemed interested in pictures with them before I started our conversation, but a few people asked and I backed away a bit. I saw likeaglass and her family and went to say goodbye, managed the 3.5 hour drive without dying, and went to SLEEP. Because long day was long.THE END (for now).
Now for the pictures:
This is mystery guitar dude!
There are a few more at my flickr here.
OH PS: "Eric" is actually Evan Winiker of Steel Train, but I still have no clue who the other guy is other than "dude covering for Jack Antonoff." So. If anyone recognizes him, do please chime in to assuage my burning curiosity.
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