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| From Mayhem 2010 |
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Jared Mixing some Zombie
aaand some scenic shots
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After a couple days off back home in San Mateo its time to hit the road again. This time I’ll be going across all the US, and Canada, and, wait, this is just like the last two times. Moving around is starting to feel more normal than staying still.
Got a chance to get in some photography with my Dad and Seamus.
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
This tour I’m working as patch tech, which means I’m incharge of all the cables and where they go. Not a small task. Day one of preproduction I open my first case and what do I find?
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
Someone at the shop (Jason) had left me a present… or apparently I had left them a present in the form an amp rack filled with bamboozle tour schedules. Its a gift that keeps on giving.
Ever want to see a semi go offroading?
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
40 channel festival patch with (hopefully) enough room for curveballs.
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My busmates
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Looks like were sharing with lighting, yikes!
And the first show
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Looks like there’ll be motocross jumping next to me all summer
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not bad
The calm before the storm
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
Lots of sold out shows
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and a quick shot of the loading dock where I’m incharge of loading the mainstage audio truck (yes that means two loadouts per show)
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
All in all looks to be a good summer.
Heres where I’m going, here’s where I’ve been.
Sat07/10/10San Manuel Amphitheater San Bernardino, CA
Sun07/11/10Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
Tue07/13/10White River Amphitheater Southeast Auburn, WA
Wed07/14/10Idaho Center Amphitheater Nampa, ID
Fri07/16/10Cricket Wireless Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
Sat07/17/10Hard Rock Pavilion Albuquerque, NM
Sun07/18/10Comfort Dental Amphitheatre Englewood, CO
Tue07/20/10Verizon Amphitheater Maryland Heights, MO
Wed07/21/10Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
Fri07/23/10Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
Sat07/24/10The Comcast Theatre Hartford, CT
Sun07/25/10Heavy MTL Montreal, QC
Tue07/27/10Comcast Center Mansfield, MA
Wed07/28/10P.N.C. Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
Fri07/30/10First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
Sat07/31/10Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Sun08/01/10Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood Atlanta, GA
Tue08/03/10Time Warner Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
Wed08/04/10Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
Fri08/06/10DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
Sat08/07/10First Niagara Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
Sun08/08/10Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, VA
Tue08/10/101-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
Wed08/11/10Cruzan Amphitheater West Palm Beach, FL
Fri08/13/10Superpages.com Center Dallas, TX
Sat08/14/10Zoo Amphitheatre Oklahoma City, OK
The tour ended in Boston and what else could I do but spend a few days with my brother Robert?
Oh and there were some other girls interested in meeting me…
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| From Standing Still |
A trip to the aquarium
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And a trip to Harvard (doesn’t look that fancy)
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and a stroll through Salem
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Not quite ready for the roadie lifestyle
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The time came to leave and some werent happy about that
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| From Standing Still |
but these giant metal birds don’t wait for anyone
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Dont believe the dates, they got all messed up when I got behind on posting.
The end of the run. Had a real stage and a very nice wooded grove to play in.
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
Good old SC-48 served me well. I will certainly miss this console.
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
Michael and Marisa (11 and 13!)
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Vita Chambers, entirely unable to stay still for even a moment.
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Cady Groves
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The Ready Set
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Forgot to photograph Drive A, Great Big Planes, and Stereo Skyline.
And before I knew it the mainstage was packed
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
say goodbye to a new bus and new friends
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and its time to move on
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
What better way to end a tour than a run of five shows in a row.
Ah, the mystical joys of knowing exactly where your stage is…
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
… and having absolutely no idea how to get there. The last six flags show of the tour.
The systems tech (whos shy about his name being spoken by outsiders) playing the video game of make the PA loud.
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Looks fun, I’d like to try that some day.
Some great security in Hershey PA.
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Little FOH on the prairie
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Raaaain!
But not on me.
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Massive thunderstorm moved in… right after my stage was all packed and ready to be loaded.
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Tom and I quickly made a big gear pile and double wrapped it in plastic. Then as the lightning drew nearer and the rain started we headed over to the mainstage to help them. They got caught right in the middle of a set and had a lot more gear to cover.
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| From Bamboozle 2010 |
Pretty thoroughly drenched and with the lightning drawing even nearer all power was shut off. Then we, and a sizable crowd, waited. As each crack of lightning sounded the crowd cheered. At various times a chant for a band would spring up. One band member went running through the venue as the audience chased him. After some time of this the rain let up and gear was uncovered. It was decided that the main PA was too wet to resume, but no one wanted a canceled show. The solution? Four self powered QSC speakers run from a big orange extension cord.
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The last three bands all did acoustic sets into the sun breaking though the clouds. I felt like exploring and wandered off.
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The last two were a little tough without my tripod, but I managed.