I'm heading to that show after work.
I guess the ms pictures are going to be used in some mag.

I'm back.
working on the pictures now

sounds awesome! did MS cover deicide?!

you're funny, I'm pretty sure they are the anti-deicide.
they covered smashing pumpkins.
http://www.returntothepit.com/concert.php?date=2004-01-09

woah, when i met those guys their guitarist
A: Had long hair
B: Was fat.

weird.

same guy, looks like he lost weight.
he also shaved his head.
I was a little taken back by that too.

stratia: I wasn't really into them. A bit to emo for me. Also, all their songs where about jebus. I'm not bad mouthing jebus, but it was a bit too sunday school for me. I think some people in the audience were speaking in tongues. the funniest thing is I listened to a think about born-agains talking in tongues on NPR while driving home.

darken the sky: wow, I was totally unaware of them playing. I thought it would be cool if they played (seeing as it's in nashua) and then I bumped into them bringing their stuff to the stage. Cool set. The owner cut them off their set with one song left, but then they got to play another song.

human flight committee: I'd heard such horrible things about them, baptizing the crowd and stuff. I was happy to say that they were pretty good, not sure about the lycis, but good. sort of like a rock-oriented nora with some simple drum fills. they played 3 songs with the mercury switch and their drummer singing. these were all dedicated to the band refused. then they played 3 songs of their own.

the hostage heart: if I get pink eye, I know who to blame. This band is ex-skycuttingstars.
http://www.thehostageheart.com/destroy_rebuild_destroy.mp3 << listen to their mp3 there.
this was their first offical show so there were a few mistakes and off-timings I could hear. I don't think it helped that they could hear anything up there. the new stuff is pretty tuff and the drummer blasts a lot. the guitar work is a lot more engaged that old SCS stuff.
thanks for the props in the end too, they tried to get the crowd to give me $$! ha!

mercury switch: so much better that the last time I saw them. they were really tight and it was so cool how all the people there knew just about every lyric that they sang. It was odd that they have 2 singers cause they both basically sing the same thing at the same time, in the same voice. actually the oddest thing was all the people that came on stage to "guest vocals" sang in the exact same voice too... weird...

thanks for coming out rev. that was the most people i've ever seen at drifters, although a lot left after darken the sky (who were amazing, i might add), there were still a lot of people left. hope to see you tuesday at club marque. ion dissonance and forever is forgotten, and us.

Great pictures! It was a fun show. Im glad everyone had a good time. Anti Deicide? No way, we wouldnt cover their songs or anything, but we listen to everything :-) And A) Yes I chopped off all my hair, and B) I lost a little weight, but Im still fat. CHILL~
-Mark (Mercury Switch)

I love you matt! your absolutly cute in my book ;)

oh wow do I feel like an ass... mark you know I love you... for some reason I was thinking matt... my bad....not gonna live that down lol

mark, you guys need to play out more than just once or twice a year.

and play better venues than some random cubical basement in my band pratice's studio complex in lexington...

and play my radio show

and touch rev in the pants

and play with george's boobs

Yea we havent been playing much because I went out on tour with As I Lay Dying (Metal Blade records) for a couple monthes filling in on guitar with them. So now that I am back Mercury Switch is back in action. We are touring with Haste The Day (Solid State records) in the northeast from Feb 1st-Feb 6th. So keep an ear out for the shows. Later~
-Mark (Mercury Switch)

you should post them on the events board too.
so I'll know about them.
and come play my radio show.

not only does stratia sing about jesus, but so does ms, and hfc, just a little tip for ya

if this were the early 90's, I would say "no duh" to you.

whereas the hostage heart sings about humpin bitches and drinking whiskey straight.

yo, you straight trippin yo.

i was at the drifters show(which is where i found out about this). i think i was the only other person there, besides yourself, photographing like a mofucker.
i have a shitload of pictures to put up, and i thought mine were good, but yours are amazing.


one of my own.


wicked.

makelovesohard said:


what do you shoot with?

(succubus said: what do you shoot with?)

fully manual Canon AE1.

i love it, but i'm definately looking for something...newer.

cool! aaron (the reverend) and i shoot with the nikon d100, but i used to shoot with a canon elan 7e =) i love the 50mm 1.4
great for shooting larger concerts when you're not allowed to use the flash.
you develop it yourself?
you want to move to digital?

i would LOVE to be able to develop them myself. but alas, a darkroom is no where to be found.

and i think i'd like to try my hand with digital...i actually was standing over (aaron's) shoulder at the show and drooling over his camera...

brilliant...what would you suggest?

makelovesohard said:


and

makelovesohard, I think you picked up my batteries when they fell out of my pocket.
thank you.

Can you tell I'm bored?

the_reverend said:

ahh, yes i did. i'm good like that.

you're quite welcome.