miseryXchord ♫

I went down to shoot Henchmen/Billy Bones/The Dickies/The Adicts at HOB San Diego Sunday night due to the kind provision of a last minute photo pass by Eric Razo of Henchmen (he's that guitarist for Viva Hate that a certain Buzznet mod thinks is SO HOT ;).

The show went pretty well with only a few boggles by HOB staff, met another Flickr photographer and talked to him for a good long time after the show... headed to Greyhound where I can usually buy a ticket and get the morning bus home at 6:15 am... only to find the ticket counter roped off and CLOSED until 5am (this was the first time they've done so), and then after sitting for 6 hours, found that there WAS NO 6:15 AM BUS ANYMORE (also new). If security had told me sooner, I would have bused into L.A. and then gone from there and been home by 10:30am... instead I had to wait until NOON for the next bus on my route.

This was what I posted to Twitter from that point on... although it was sent on my Buzznet phone and Twitter screwed up and didn't post all of it until earlier today. :( Also, Twitpic failed to send any of the photos that accompanied the tweets. FAIL. But there are some on my profile here.

Start from THE BOTTOM and read them in REVERSE ORDER.

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and i have for no discernible reason manifested a Valley Girl accent
4:04 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Off greyhound, on county bus. Driver has promissed not to break down on fwy
3:58 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Replacement bus finally arrived. 1 of idiot smokers got on 1st & took my seat
2:29 PM Mar 23rd from txt

PASSENGERS NOW SMOKING *AND* MAKING OUT ON SIDE OF HWY
1:51 PM Mar 23rd from txt

hopefully we will still survive.
1:47 PM Mar 23rd from txt

both dave navarro & claudio sanchez... & since neither r present
1:46 PM Mar 23rd from txt

but everyone was okay in the end. however the dream also featured
1:43 PM Mar 23rd from txt

so i had this weird dream last night @ the bus station that a bus caught fire
1:40 PM Mar 23rd from txt

bonus! someone lost a license plate
1:35 PM Mar 23rd from txt

wow, i have a hubcap just like that from the last time i was stranded next to hwy
1:33 PM Mar 23rd from txt

OR CALL GHOSTRIDER. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
1:25 PM Mar 23rd from txt

if i blow up someone plz HUNT THEM DOWN AND AVENGE ME.
1:23 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Uploaded 2 vids of COMPLETE FUCKING MORONS going out to SMOKE NEXT TO FUEL LEAK
1:20 PM Mar 23rd from txt

great, now semi-senile old guy is wandering off bus & probably into traffic
1:13 PM Mar 23rd from txt

we didn't blow up, but tow guy saying something about diesal & open flames
1:09 PM Mar 23rd from txt

he is telling driver this while standing next to OPEN BUS DOOR
1:05 PM Mar 23rd from txt

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN THE PASSENGERS
1:03 PM Mar 23rd from txt

but won't bring them out until we're actually ON FIRE
1:01 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Tow guy telling driver ok to move further over as he has FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
12:58 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Bus sprayed FUEL over 10 miles of highway
12:54 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Note that driver still hasn't said ONE WORD to us. Just stopped & dove out
12:45 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Oh yeah, they're setting up traffic cones. Not going anywheres
12:42 PM Mar 23rd from txt

Tow truck has arrived?! Think bus just bled out over 10 miles of fwy
12:40 PM Mar 23rd from txt

bus has stopped on shoulder of 15 fwy 7 miles S of Escondido...
12:36 PM Mar 23rd from txt

WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH GHOSTRIDER TWICE.
11:28 AM Mar 23rd from txt

because let's face it, if there was a god,
11:26 AM Mar 23rd from txt

this time i'm going to root for the goth princeling of darkness
11:24 AM Mar 23rd from txt

neither do the special effects relieve the cornball dialog
11:22 AM Mar 23rd from txt

wow. eva mendes has nice boobs. unfortunately they don't save this film.
11:19 AM Mar 23rd from txt

and there is no coffee.
11:16 AM Mar 23rd from txt

& endless loop of the worst nicholas cage movie ever created.
11:14 AM Mar 23rd from txt

i will spend eternity in a cold room full of strangers, forced to watch
11:12 AM Mar 23rd from txt

this is it. this is what it's like to be in hell.
11:09 AM Mar 23rd from txt

help. i am trapped @ greyhound & they r forcing us 2 watch ghostrider twice
11:07 AM Mar 23rd from txt

AAAAGHHHSOMEONESTARTEDTHEMOVIEOVERAGAIN
11:04 AM Mar 23rd from txt

Ohgodtheymadeussitthrughostrider
11:01 AM Mar 23rd from txt

three. more. hours.
8:52 AM Mar 23rd from txt

Guess this is my last San Diego show for awhile ):
5:37 AM Mar 23rd from txt

ALREADY BEEN HERE 6 HOURS B4 THEY TOLD ME THIS.
5:34 AM Mar 23rd from txt

F**k. Greyhound dropped the 6am bus. Stuck here another SIX HOURS!
5:32 AM Mar 23rd from txt

Shooting tonight: The Adicts and Henchmen @ San Diego House of Blues
11:45 AM Mar 22nd from web

Who I want to be photographing this year...

March

3.22.2008 The Adicts with Henchmen and The DIckies
3.28.2009 Bleeding Through

April

4.02.2009 Plain White T's
4.03.2009 Lamb of God
*4.07.2009 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (confirmed to shoot red carpet arrivals!)*
4.11.2009 An Cafe
*4.15.2009 Dragonforce (confirmed!)*
4.26.2009 The Faint with Ladytron

May

5.09.2009 Shiny Toy Guns
5.11.2009 Dirty Filthy Mugs
5.16.2009 Nine Inch Nails
5.19.2009 The Decemberists
5.20.2009 Nine Inch Nails
5.22.2009 No Doubt
5.28.2009 Fleetwood Mac

June

6.03.2009 Pennywise with Pepper
6.05.2009 Taking Back Sunday
6.26.2009 Warped Tour

July

7.11.2009 Rancid with Rise Against
7.12.2009 Mayhem Festival
7.28.2009 No Doubt
7.29.2009 The Fray and Jack's Mannequin
7.31.2009 Motley Crue

August

8.02.2009 Judas Priest
8.17.2009 Depeche Mode
8.22.2009 Warped Tour
8.23.2009 Warped Tour
8.30.2009 Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick

Anyone have any suggestions of other bands/tours I should take a look at?

Who would you like to see as a gallery on my Buzznet concert photo site?

(Only bands with a * are confirmed to shoot... the others I just hope I get to shoot and/or am waiting to hear back on a request for a photo pass!)



Thursday @ Taste of Chaos 2009, House of Blues San Diego

Jade Puget commemorates the event in a blog post...

"This week was the 6 year anniversary of the release of Sing the Sorrow. That was an important record for us, and in commemoration here is a recording of some of my phone messages when I got back from the first tour on Sing the Sorrow, as well as a snippet of Davey's vocal from But Home Is Nowhere."



It doesn't seem that long ago!