Emily's Photo Journal

Pics from RATFE at the TLA in Philadelphia,PA 09/14/08

2008-09-17T03:25:31Z

2 videos of Ray at RATFE show in Philly 09/14/08

2008-09-15T19:46:14Z

Ray Toro aka Torosaurus was in the building for the last Reggie & The Full Effect show in Philadephia,PA at the Theatre of the Living Arts. Here's two videos I got of when he came out onstage, once to play guitar with Leathermouth and then when he came out to wrestle/molest James Dewees during a Fluxuation song. Enjoy!

Leathermouth - Catch Me If You Can

Reggie & The Full Effect/Fluxuation - Asian Lady

Reggie & The Full Effect in Orlando 08/20/08

2008-08-22T00:53:09Z

Videos

Warped Tour - Miami 07/12/08

2008-07-14T23:22:40Z

Warped Tour - St. Pete 07/11/08

2008-07-14T22:33:39Z

Warped Tour - Orlando 07/10/08

2008-07-14T22:14:50Z

Frank playing Teenagers at Projekt Revolution video

2008-04-09T15:21:39Z

so I finally realized why my videos from Projekt Revolution wouldn't load..it's cuz I have no patience so since my latest videos turned out fine I tried again and got this video uploaded. It's from the West Palm date of Projekt Revolution last year when Selina and I were on the barricade. Sorry for the random moment where I flipped the camera but I got caught up in seeing Gerard dance across the stage and I know the sound goes to crap at the end but I can't help it that we were right on top of the stage and speakers. So yeah, enjoy the Frank goodness.

Pics & Video from MCR at the Joint in Las Vegas 03/31/08

2008-04-08T16:09:46Z

My Chemical Romance performing "Desert Song"

Recp of MCR at the Joint in Las Vegas 03/31/08

2008-04-08T15:38:30Z

Set list from last night, 3/31.
Sleep
Disappear
Heaven Help Us
Dead
Cemetery
Hang Em High
Black Parade
I Don't Love You
Way Home
Headfirst
Sharpest
House of Wolves
Give Em Hell
Kill All
Mama
Not Ok
Prison
Teenagers
Famous
Cancer
Desert Song
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan cover)
Helena

Mondays nights shows was supposed to be my last mcr show for awhile since they’re going on a break after this tour so when I woke up I was excited about the show and yet majorly bummed at the thought of attending my last mcr show. I got up around 8:30 and went downstairs to get in line for wristbands again. The line was way shorter than the day before and then I realized it was a school day so that explained why there were maybe 20 people in line in front of me(actually 23 but more on that in moment). Before I left on this trip I’d added my name and shows I was attending to this post on the chemical romance lj community about meetups and I’d been in contact with a girl from Colorado (bloodygoodgirl) and since I got to Vegas we’d been playing phone tag and things had been too crazy the night before to meet up but I told her I’d be in line this morning and I’d let her know what the line situation was.

So around 9:30 the young security guard, chris, came out and did the most genius thing ever. He said he was gonna give people their wristbands but he was gonna he was gonna keep it in numerical order and later on when we got back in line at 4pm we would get back in line in order. That man is genius!!! So I called bloodygoodgirl and told her what was going on and that she should get down to the line as quickly as possible. When I got my wristband it said I was 24th in line which was awesome and hopefully meant I was early enough to get a spot on Frank’s side of the barricade. I waited around for bloodygoodgirl and her friends to show and after they got their wristbands we met up and everyone introduced themselves. The other two girls pressdbtwnpages and citibyrd were awesome so we decided to go back to their hotel so they could do stuff and then walk around the Strip and find food, this is after I went back to my room and I got to show them the totally awesome view from my hotel room(sarcasm). They were staying at the Excalibur so we drove over there and then walked down the Strip and ended up at the mall by Planet Hollywood cuz bloodygoodgirl wanted to buy a new shirt for the show and we needed food. We ended up eating at some cheeseburger restaurant which was good except for the porntastic mural on the wall of some Hawaiian chick in a grass skirt but no coconut bra, she was topless and it so odd. Unfortunately I didn’t take a pic since I was saving space on my memory card for the show that night. After eating and stopping at some stored we walked back to the hotel with one stop at a food court so citibyrd could get some food at Panda Express since she’s vegan.

I was so tired by this point but it was time to head back to the Hard Rock and get back in line so we got back in the car and drove back over. I said bye to the ladies and ran back to my room to get my ticket and then got in line. The lines hadn’t been organized yet so I stood around with the ladies until they called for people in wristbands to line up separately and in order. At this point I ended up in line with people I don’t have nice things to say about so I’ll just move on and not talk about them. The night before there were rumors about some lady paying one of the security guards to let her and about 10 people in first, they apparently took over the center part of the barricade area and were complete twats the whole night so everyone was afraid it would happen again but thankfully it didn’t. At 6pm the doors opened and they screamed at us not to run to we walked quickly inside and I got a spot on Frank’s side of the barricade like I hoped!!!!! The only bad thing was almost immediately I realized I needed to pee and I wouldn’t be able to hold it for the next 4 hours but I was afraid to leave my spot. Thank god citibyrd decided to hang out in the barricade area that night near me cuz she held my spot for me so thank you very much citibyrd, I owe you one! I got back from the bathroom and reclaimed my spot on the barricade between two chicks, the one of my left proceeded to annoy me the whole night by asking me really annoying, random questions and the girl on my right was obnoxious but I don’t wanna talk about her and her friends who suck at life. To pass the time I talked to citibyrd and got to know her a little and I talked to Selina who was at the last Lightning home game of the season(which we lost, of course).

Eventually Drive By came out and played, I was bummed to see my James Dewees look-alike had cut his hair and thus looked 65% less like James and so he was equally less hot and interesting. Then Billy Talent came out and friggin rocked, I decided for sure that night after the show I’d be buying their cd at the merch table. Once they finished it seemed like forever for my chem to come out cuz I was so anxious since it was supposed to be my last my chem show and I was dreading it being the end. Before they took the stage Cortez came out and put down the set list which I got a pic of but then a few minutes later he came back out the tore them all up and put down new ones. My Chem took the stage and of course it was glorious, Frank changed his outfit and came out wearing a white button up shirt with a black tie and black Mr. Rogers lookin sweater with a Gallows button. Sir James Dewees was rockin a baseball cap with an alien on the front that Gerard said he found backstage. One thing I have to mention about this show was how weird it was since there was way more dudes than usual. I always joke about how my chem shows are 98% vagina and any dudes in front are usually there to protect their girlfriends but that second show in Vegas it was quite obvious there were way more dudes and these dudes were fans of my chem and some even had love for Reggie which was awesome. As much as I love James joining mcr and getting to see him play I really wished he do Reggie stuff too cuz it’s so good and it’s so much fun.

So the for most of the show the set list for the night was just like the other two nights, they played headfirst again which made me so happy and the usual b-sides but there were some amazing, random moments during the show which I’ve never seen at any of the other shows I’ve been to. First, some dude got onstage while they were playing! It was completely surreal to see and since I was on the barricade I got to see it unobstructed. At all the shows there weren’t a lot of crowd surfers which made me happy and I never got bothered by the people that did it but the second night in Vegas during a song this older looking dude comes over the barricade, security catches him and the one guard pushes him off to the side and he starts walkin toward me so he can get back in the crowd and the guard there is waving him forward to get out of the way when all of a sudden he takes a quick running set up and jumps up on the stage right where Mikey had been standing during the shows. Thankfully Mikey had walked toward the back of the stage where he used to hang out so the guy gets on stage and you see Gerard kinda move toward him almost like he’s gonna tackle him and Frank steps back more toward his right, away from the guy so the guy runs past Frank and in to the back area where I’m sure security got him. The guys stop playing and you can see them all looking at each other with “holy shit” looks on their faces. So Gerard gets on the mic and laughs about it and makes comments about how different their fans are cuz that was an older dude but then he tells us that he knows we love the band but we need to stay off the stage and that since this is a tinier venue we’re all close enough. They he makes the best comment ever in that the guy was going after Frank “cuz he’s got a sweet ass” which is so true and also so amazing. They play one or two more songs when Frank walks over to the area where Mikey stands and where the guy got onstage and he bends down to pick something up and busts out laughing at whatever it is. So he’s laughing and gets Gerard’s attention and shows him something, Gerard gets on the mic and tells/shows us it was a package of Ben Gay that fell out of the dude’s pocket. Friggin hysterical!

Another amazing thing that happened was right before they played “Give Em Hell Kid” Gerard said that his brother had something he wanted to say to us so then Mikey Fuckin Way stepped up to the mic and it was more than just a few words. It was so surreal to hear him talk but anyway he talked about his friend Hambone who played the night before and how when the band started he(Mikey) didn’t even have his own bass or amp and Hambone helped him out so this next song was dedicated to him cuz he loves it and then Gerard said that he basically stole it from a love song and then they played “GEHK“. Later on when they played “Teenagers” Frank sat down right in front of me to play, he was literally less than a foot away just chillin and playin the song so I tried to take as many pics as possible. The last song before the encore was Famous Last Words so I was all caught up in the moment during James’ piano solo but then I realized it sounded different than the other nights when the most glorious thing happened. James started singing and right away I realized it was “Home, Sweet, Home” by Motley Crue so of course it was amazing cuz then Gerard came out and sang with him and in that moment I almost died from happiness.

When they finished they played Cancer one of the roadies comes out and puts a chair on Ray’s side of the stage and then Ray comes out with an acoustic guitar. A small part of my brain was flipping out like “holy shit, they might okay desert song, Toro+acoustic guitar usually = desert song, HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, AAAAHHHHH!” but I didn’t wanna get my hopes so Gerard gets on the mic and makes a speech about how they’ve never played this song in America, that the last time they played it was at the O2 Arena in England and how they played it cuz they were missing some guys in the band that night and that this song was about being in a band, specifically My Chemical Romance and then they start playing motherfuckin “Desert Song”. I was so close to boo-hooing like a crazy asshole but I was in control enough to record video of it and bask in its awesomeness. That song is so hauntingly amazing and I had hoped that one day I would get to see and hear them play it live and that wish came true. I still can’t believe it and trust me I’ve watched my video of it at least 20 times since that show, I get chills just thinking about it and how lucky I was to see it.

After that I thought it would be the usual encore but then one of the other roadies came out and taped 2 sheets to Gerards speaker which was different. So Gerard starts talking about the Killers again like the night before and mentions how he basically was blowing them on stage last night and they weren’t even there but tonight Ronnie the drummer was in the house and possibly scary Mark so this song was for them. I was flipping out because Ronnie was there and I thought of how awesome it would have been to have met him since he was the subject of the slap bet I had with Selina and how since I knew she had the name wrong I won and got to smack the crap out of her. Anyway, my chem started playing this song I didn’t know which was a Bob Dylan cover that apparently the Killers liked to play too. Once that was finished they ended the evening with Helena or as Gerard called the biggest summer anthem from two years ago. I so didn’t want the show to end and I realized that I needed to see them again, that I wasn’t ready for this to be over and how I would hate myself forever for not meeting my goal which is to see my chem in concert an equal number to years I’ve been alive which as of now is 26. That second night in Vegas was my 24th show and since I was so close I decided I needed to do whatever was in my power to see them 2 more times which now I am next month.

Once the show ended the stage guys started tossing out guitar pics and set lists which I didn’t get, I was ok with not getting a pic since I have one already but I was so close to getting one of the set lists but the stupid twats next to me got them. Then citibyrd and I met up with other ladies who’d hung out in the back for the show and we went over to the merch booth to buy stuff. I ended up getting the Toro shirt and the Billy Talent cd which I haven’t stopped playing since I got home. It was at this point that I realized my feet were in agony. Three straight nights of standing for over 4 hours had taken their toll and I needed to get off my feet quickly so I said my goodbyes and went up to my room. Of course I stunk so bad I needed to shower but the water was off in the entire hotel so I just went to bed. The next morning I got up and showered/packed up my stuff, checked out using the tv and then left my bag with the bellman and went to find food. I ate at the 24 hour restaurant in the casino which was good but really expensive. I sat around in the lobby for awhile and talked to Selina on the phone about the show and the last Lightning game. Then I got my bag and took a cab to the airport, checked in, went to my gate and missed a call from bloodygoodgirl who was also there waiting for her flight so I missed hanging out with her in the airport, boo. I killed time in the airport uploading my pictures to my laptop and trying to sort them, then I grabbed some food for the flight since they weren’t gonna be offering any. Around 4pm I boarded my flight, I listened to my chem for awhile and napped, then when I woke up I watch some South Park till we landed back home in Florida. Getting my bag took forever cuz the airport was damn near deserted and they take forever usually. By the time I got home it was about 1:30 am so I crawled in to bed and hoped I got up on time in a few hours to go to work. Of course I didn’t but I was only an hour and a half late to work which was fine by me. So there, that was my MCR adventure, 3 shows in the 3 days, 5 different flights in 4 states, got to meet some cool people and I got to see my favorite band of all time. Not a bad trip.

Recap of MCR at the Joint in Las Vegas 03/30/08

2008-04-08T12:44:09Z

Set list from 3/30 Vegas

Famous last words
Mama
Heaven help us
Welcome to the black parade
Kill all you're friends
Hang em high
Dead
I don't love you.
House of wolves
I Never Told You What I Do For A Living
Sharpest lives.
Headfirst.
My way home is through you.
Sleep.
Prison
Teenagers.
Not okay.
Cancer.
Coolest rendition of vampires ever(chorus)
Give 'Em Hell Kid
Helena

After meeting Frank I left the venue and went back to hotel to pack and try and get some sleep. I woke up around 3:30 and went to airport, remind me to never take such an early flight again if I can avoid it cuz I was hatin life the rest of the day. The flight from Tucson to phoenix was only 25 minutes and then the flight to Vegas was like 30 minutes so I landed in Vegas around 8:30 am. I got my bag and caught a cab to the Hard Rock where the concert was being and held and where I was staying. I decided not to get a rental car cuz I wasn’t planning on going anywhere and I’ve been to Vegas before so I didn’t need to sightsee. They let me check in to my room with my gorgeous mountain view( fyi - my so called mountain view was off the top of the building so all I could see was the ac units and lighting, what a rip off), thanks to my friends Nate and Bianca they’d told me how the Hard Rock security comes out around 10am and gives out wristbands to the people in line so they’ll leave and then come back later to start the line so I went back downstairs and got in line.

Sure enough at around 10:15 this guy comes around and gives everyone red wristbands that said “my surf knots are rising” (WTF) and he tells us to come back at 4pm. So I went back to my room, tried to get hooked up to the internet and had to call engineering to come fix it and then went across the street to Johnny Rockets for lunch. After lunch I went to CVS and bought Diet Mountain Dew and cookies to last few for the rest of the day. I went back to the hotel and when I walking though the lobby I almost walked right into Gerard cuz I wasn’t paying attention but thankfully I managed to avoid hitting him and in my sleep deprived state looked up at him and said hey and kept walking. I made it back to my room and took a nap till around 3:30pm and then went downstairs to get back in line.

At this point it was one huge line and I ended up around the corner by the buses which sucked but around 5:30 they made all the people with wristbands get in a different line which was chaos and so many people got pissed. They moved the wristband line inside so we took over the lobby area and got in everyone’s way. Of course then the line went to hell and people started cutting and butting like crazy so I thought a fight would break out but then they opened the doors and people rushed inside. Right as I made it past security I noticed A) they weren’t checking for cameras and B) I had forgotten my camera back in the room which sucked but at least I’d be able to enjoy the show tonight and not worry about taking pics. I decided this show would be like a scouting mission and I’d bring my camera the next night if it was worth it.

Once I got inside the Joint I went over to Frank’s side like usual. I know after all the My Chem shows I’ve been to I should watch a show on Ray’s side but every time I enter the venue and decide where to stand it doesn’t feel right unless I’m on Frank’s side. The one time I wasn’t was at the House Of Blues show in Orlando with Reggie & AK3 and that show I had the flu and was friggin delirious, plus the only space open was smack in middle in front of Gerard so I took it. So I ended up one person off the barricade which was sweet since I was pretty far back in the wristband line. Looking around I recognized one girl from the MCR shows in Florida which was awesome except that she’s a complete twat so I said hi to be polite but didn’t really speak to her for the rest of the show. After about an hour the lights dimmed and Drive By came out to play. They were ok, again, nothing too special really. I still couldn’t stop looking at the one in the band who looks like a younger, chubbier James so that helped pass the time. After they finished Billy Talent played and my opinion of them completely changed. At the Tucson show the lead singer’s voice annoyed the crap out of me and I couldn’t wait for them to get off stage but that first night in Vegas I was blown away by how amazing they were. Yes, the singer has a high pitched voice but it works and they all play so passionately. Their crowd interaction was way better that nigh too, the lead singer even told us about how one song was about his ex-girlfriend who cheated on him while he was on warped tour, then he called her a bunch of names and rocked out. I decided the next night if I had money leftover I’d but their cd.

After Billy Talent it took about 30 minutes I think and then this guy came out on stage with a guitar. He was kinda pudgy with black hair and looked familiar so he got on the mic and introduced himself a Hambone and started playing a song. Halfway through he stopped asked if anyone wanted to hear a Pencey Prep song but he played “skulls” by the misfits. He kept telling Frank to come out and help but he didn’t, then the mighty Toro came out and played with him which was cool to see. When he finished that song Frank came out and hugged him and he got off stage.. Then MCR came out and pwned everyone. Maybe it was cuz I didn’t have a camera and could really get in to the show or maybe it’s something I can’t explain but I went buck wild in the crowd, not moshing or anything but jumping/dancing/singing along at the top of my voice with this huge grin on my face the whole night. The twat girl had taken a pic of the set list when Cortez put it down and I already knew they were gonna play Headfirst again which was amazing. Right before the last chorus they stopped playing and took a little break and Gerard said it would be up to Bob if they finished the song or not so everyone started chanting “Bob, Bob, Bob” which was awesome and they shredded the last part of the song. I was entertained by the girls next to me cuz before the started they were talkin smack about new fans or fans they thought they were better than cuz they knew the words to songs off Bullets and that made them somehow better than everyone else and they couldn’t wait to rub it in other peoples faces when a Bullets song was played. Of course once they played the first b-side of the night which I think was Kill All Your Friends they just stood their since they didn’t know the words, it was funny and kinda sad at the same time.

My Chem played pretty much the same set list as the night before just in different order which was fine by since the set list was amazing to me. After they played “I’m Not Ok” they all left stage except James and he plays an awesome piano solo which evolves in to the opening of Cancer. After Cancer all the guys came back out to play and Gerard started talking about how one of his favorite bands is from Las Vegas and how they made the best record last year so of course he was talking about The Killers so he dedicated the last song to them which was Helena. I was clapping and singing along like a fool during that song, sometime during the show the girl next to me who was their with some other girl that was literally 6 feet tall and everyone else hated her but moving on, the girl with her that was stuck next to me switched places cuz I was too awesome for her I guess. I’m sorry if she got annoyed by me moving and singing along but it’s my chem for god’s sake. I can’t help myself when they play.

So Helena was the last song of the night and they started clearing people out, I missed out on guitar pics and set lists which sucks but I thought maybe I’d get one the next night so it was no big deal. This one dude ran up and kept shoving people yelling for a set list and I was glad to see he didn’t get one. At one point he climbed over he barricade to beg for one and security got pissed and made him leave the area so of course he left and then came right back to security grabbed him and escorted him out for being annoying. Once the show ended I realized how much my feet hurt, standing for hours, not to mention jumping around and being crushed by other people took their toll so I hobbled back to my room and ordered room service cuz I was starving and too lazy to go back downstairs. My sandwich only took about 20 minutes so I inhaled it and then went to bed.

Pics and Video from MCR at the Rialto Theater Tucson,AZ 03/29/08

2008-04-05T03:08:13Z

MCR performing "Headfirst for Halos"

My Chemical Romance - Rialto Theater Tucson,AZ 03/29/08

2008-04-04T15:56:04Z

When dates for the tour were announced and I saw that it looked like My Chem would not be gracing Florida or and other state in the SE part of the US with their amazingness I decided a trip was in order. So I mapped out the tour and decided to I needed to be there the first night of tour no matter what since I wouldn't be able to attend the last show(stupid family obligation aka cornfest) in NYC. Technically the first night of tour was in Tempe, AZ but it was some outdoor festival with a bunch of crappy bands and to be honest I'm tired of seeing My Chem at festivals and not getting to experience a real headlining show from the(Bamboozle, NBT, etc.) so I made plans to attend the Tucson and Las Vegas show at the end of March.

My flight left Tampa on friday 03/28 really early in the morning and since I'm chronic procrastinator I didn't start packing until late thursday night so I got maybe 3 hours of sleep. The day before the trip I decided it was time to buy a new laptop cuz I was tired of going on trips and not being to keep in contact with people so I bought a HP Pavillion dv27000 which is amazing, the last laptop I had was huge and slow so I'm blown away by all the things this tiny machine can do. My first flight was from Tampa to Houston, then I switched planes and continued on to Tucson. I had my Zune and laptop so I was able to entertain myself most of the flight when I wasn't sleeping/drooling/snoring. I mostly listened to my Against Me! playlist and then switched over to watch some South Park.

I arrived in Tucson around 10am pacific so I got the rental car and headed over to the hotel. Good lord, that place was so sketchy I didn't even get out of the car before I decided there was no way I was gonna stay there, the lobby was located inside a Denny's that shared the same parking lot ok? f that s. Since I wasn't sure where I was gonna be staying now I drove over to the venue to scope out the area and see if there were any decent hotels nearby which was a no. Now I'm not a huge fan of the southwest to begin with, I'm sorry but I don't understand how people can live in the desert. I'm used to being surrounded by greenery and water I guess and since everything there is brown and barren looking it doesn't work for me. So after checking out the venue area I looked up hotels in the GPS and found a Marriott Courtyard in a decent part of town so I drove over. No lie as soon as I walked in the lobby "How Bizarre" aka Shelina's fav song started playing in the lobby so I knew I had to stay there. I crashed in my room for a little while, watched tv, figured out how to connect the laptop to their internet and then eventually went to find food. After grubbing on some Olive Garden I went to bed.

Woke up the next morning and headed down to the venue around noon. The line looked pretty long as I drove by, it stretched from the front doors on one end of the building to the other end but people were pretty spaced out. Emo kids don't like to sit near each other I guess. I ended up talking to the people around me and they seemed cool. One girl could not get over how far I'd traveled for the show and kept telling random people I was My Chem's biggest fan which was embarrassing. The venue was located right off a major road so there was tons of traffic and whenever people would get caught waiting at the light they would stare at us all in line or roll down the window and ask who we all were waiting for. The first time it was funny, after about six and half hours in line I think we were asked about a hundred times so it got to not be funny really quick. One guy even stopped his car to take pictures of the line people which was really creepy. I was also entertained by all the border patrol cars drivin around, not something I'm used to seeing I guess so everytime they caught my attention and of course I thought about my friend Selina.

Around 2:30 people started flipping out and rumor spread that Gerard and Frank were in the back area signing and taking pics so I went back there but right as I got there Frank left. I never saw Gerard and Bob wouldn't come over which I understood cuz there was this one twat that would not stop screaming, literally screaming after Frank left. It was really annoying and pathetic, if you don't understand why sometimes they get weirded about coming out to meet fans she was classic example of the people that ruin it for everyone else.

Many hours later they opened the doors, security was pathetic cuz the signs said no cameras but they had one lady to check girls and she got overwhelmed so they just let everyone in without checking. I ended up about 3-4 people back from the barricade(on Frank's side of course, for those of you that don't know in all the times I've seen MCR (24 times now) only once was I never on Frank's side and that was cuz I was right smack in the middle for the HOB show in Orlando). I talked to Selina to pass the time and finally around 7pm Drive By took the stage. They were ok, I noticed right away the venue lighting was really weak but then I got distracted cuz the guitarist on my side looked like a younger, chubbier version of James Dewees so I kept looking at him. After Drive By finished Billy Talent came out, now I'd been reading articles about them for years and I'd heard one of their songs once but never really paid any attention to them. I'm sad to say that night I hated them. The lead singer has a very highpitched voice and something about the sound that night made it way worse so I couldn't wait for them to get offstage, plus I was anxious to see MCR.

I'd say around 9pm the glorious moment arrived and my boys took the stage. I could never accurately describe what it's like to see them in concert, for me the happiest place in the world is at a My Chem show and that night they amazed me once again.
Here's a copy of the setlist I found online, I'm not sure it's completely accurate but it's pretty close:
Sleep
heaven help us
kill all your friends.
hang em high
my way home is through you
i don't love you
dead
house of wolves
headfirst for halos(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
teenagers
im not okay
The black parade
this is how i disappear
famous last words
encore:
vampires chorus w/Gerard and James
cancer
helena

So yeah, they played headfirst and I damn near lost my mind. I'd only heard they play that live once, back when they played at the Hard Rock so I was beyond happy. That song and all the b-sides they played made me squeal like a little bitch during the show. Frank came out wearing a dark long sleve tshirt with yellow rings around the top, Mike came out wearing a black shirt that says in big white letters "MIKEY FUCKING WAY", Bob is still rock the lumberjack look, Toro was wearing his shirt and by that I mean a shirt they sell that has a picture of him on it. The man is a god! Gerard came out rockin the denim jacket but after a few songs he took it off and showed us all the gun show. I wanted it noted at this show his pants did not have the hole in them....yet. One of the first things I noticed was how Mikey is definitely more comfortable being close to the front of the stage now, before he used to hide in the back and Frank would go buck wild but now he was strutting in the front and swinging his head around. He and Gerard would share these little looks during songs and get the biggest grins on their faces.

At the end of the show I waited around to see if they'd give out the set lists but all the stage guys refused and security kept yelling at people to get out (more about this in a moment). I fought through the crowd to check out the merch which was being covered by one person, fob's old merch guy jordan in case you were wondering, and I felt really bad for him because there were so many people crowded around and being rude to him so I got my stuff quickly and got the hell out of there. I went outside and walked around the side of the building where the buses were and waited with everyone else to see if anyone would come out. Thank god I bought a hoodie because it was flippin freezin when I got out there but then again I get chilly when the temp drops below 75.

So going back to the setlist issue when I was standing outside waiting some guy was walking up and down the line talking to people with a sheet of paper in his hand and calling out numbers, turns out the jackass was selling mcr's setlist to the highest bidder which was such a douchebag thing to do. I heard someone call him out for it and he didn't even care, he said he did it all the time which just proves what a worthless asshole he is. I think he ended up getting $100 for it which is insane and no, selina, I didn't buy it. I know I have issues buying my chem stuff but that's just redonk.

About 15 minutes after the show ended the band's security guy came over and said Frank would be coming out to sign but he couldn't take pics so everyone needed to stay behind the yellow caution line and behave which surprisingly people did. Frank came out and signed whatever people wanted, I got my ticket stub signed and a few pics of him. Then he started giving out hugs so you know I had to get me one too. I saw James Dewees lurking around the bus and I wanted to call out to him to come over but I was so tired by this point I decided to call it a night since I had to be at the airport crazy early the next morning for my flight to Vegas.

So that's my recap for the Tucson show, sorry it's so long but I always forget to write stuff down and if this is one of the last times I'm going to see my chem for awhile I want to remember everything.

making progress on show post

2008-04-04T14:24:26Z

almost finished organizing my post that recaps my adventure seeing MCR in Tucson and Vegas. I have a few more pictures to upload and then I have to find one more setlist and it'll be complete. The pictures aren't that great cuz the lighting was pretty dark for all the shows but it's my chem so it's automatically amazing. I'm glad I forgot my camera the first night in Vegas cuz I actually got to enjoy the entire show and just bask in how amazing they are. After talking it over with the parental units and friends I'm following my heart and attending the St. Louis & Columbus shows too. I thought seeing them three times in three days was enough but my goal was to see them as many times as years I've been alive. Damn being supergrown and 26.

Warped Tour 2007

2008-01-19T02:58:09Z

I can't believe I never got around to posting these pictures. The only reason I went to Warped this year was to see two band, 1) The Automatic and 2) Straylight Run. Both were amazing, The Automatic playing "Goldigga" was legendary and whenever Straylight plays "Big Shot' I get goosebumps.

St. Pete Warped

Orlando Warped

Projekt Revolution - Day 4 Tampa 08/11/07 (pt.2)

2007-09-05T00:38:22Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 4 Tampa 08/11/07 (pt.1)

2007-09-05T00:22:56Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 3 West Palm 08/10/07 (pt.3)

2007-08-21T22:03:58Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 3 West Palm 08/10/07 (pt.2)

2007-08-21T13:49:31Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 3 West Palm 08/10/07 (pt.1)

2007-08-21T13:38:52Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 1 Charlotte 08/08/07 (pt.2)

2007-08-19T13:55:35Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 1 Charlotte 08/08/07 (pt.1)

2007-08-19T13:37:10Z

Bianca's keepin it classy

Projekt Revolution - Day 1 Atlanta 08/07/07 (pt2)

2007-08-15T21:51:30Z

Projekt Revolution - Day 1 Atlanta 08/07/07 (pt.1)

2007-08-15T20:24:05Z

Loadin up the red minivan with all our junk.

Keep your eyes on the road Selina!

Bianca and Nate

B&N watchin Saosin

BAKING SACK TUNDAY Pics

LINKIN PARK Pics

Reggie & The Full Effect at Jannus Landing - 11/12/06

2006-11-19T00:49:32Z

Reggie & The Full Effect in Orlando - 03/06

2006-11-18T14:06:37Z