Hawthorne Heights Interview

Two weeks ago I got to do an in-person interview with two of the guys from Hawthorne Heights and that was pretty exciting. Most of the interviews I've done have had to be email interviews and, although I get pretty nervous, there's something much more exciting about doing a live interview. Especially when the band is pretty well-known. So, after having to wait outside in the freezing cold for about 45 minutes due to some delays at The Shelter, I got to sit down and chat with Eron Bucciarelli and Micah Carli from Hawthorne Heights. If you're interested in reading the story, check it out at Revolt. The show review and some photos I shot will go up in about two weeks. I think getting to meet them was especially exciting because I felt a little like things had come in a circle (well, maybe a spiral would be a more appropriate analogy) because they were the very first band I got to photograph from the photo pit at a show and one of my very favorite photos of all time was a picture I shot of Micah Carli at that show. I didn't have a photo pass (another photographer and I started chatting and he sort of snuck me into the pit) and I was just using my Canon point and shoot, but it was a thrilling experience. So, to actually meet them and sit down to talk was really a thrill. :)

Another cover...

I believe this is the third time Sherri has featured one of my photos on the Revolt "cover." It's still a bit of a thrill! Read the story and see more photos here. It was a tough show to shoot since the people at St. Andy's had the barrier shoved almost all the way up to the stage, effectively eliminating the photo pit entirely. I had to do all my shooting from the right side of the stage, which made things a bit tough.

In other fun, writing/photography related news, I'm also going to be covering the Kings of Leon/We Are Scientists show in November as well as the Hawthorne Heights show. What makes the HH show especially cool is that I also get to do an in-person interview with the band before the show! It's funny, it feels a little like coming full-circle or something since it was at a Hawthorne Heights show two years ago that I managed to get into the photo pit for the first time. I had never touched a digital SLR, much less owned one, and now I've photographed lots and lots of shows, not only held but purchased a lovely digital SLR and had some experiences I never thought I would in a million years. Wow :)

Tomorrow is the big day, tattoo number four. I'm at the nervous but excited stage. Tomorrow I'll probably be mostly nervous until it actually starts, then I'll be wincing but excited and then sore but happy. It's all part of the process I guess. How much things have changed in some ways since moving back to MI in 2005.

I guess I'm just in a reflective mood right now. It's in a good way though :)

Yay!

I know, I know. I haven't posted in forever...sorry.

I lucked out with a wonderful, fabulous snow day yesterday! I desperately wanted just one before winter break and was rather amazed that I got my wish. It was great...I slept till 11:30, watched a movie, read a bit, finished decorating the Christmas tree, ate Christmas cookies, had dinner with Jon and went to trivia at Conor's. Not a bad day at all:)

The other fun thing about yesterday was that my latest review and a bunch of my photos went up at Revolt. See them here.

I'm especially proud because this time Sherri used one of my photos for Revolt's mock cover and I even got my name on the cover too! Yay!

I've got at least one show confirmed coming up, the Streetlight Manifesto show at the Magic Stick. I've got two shows in the works too, The Audition (this Thursday) and The Hard Lessons (Dec 26 at The Blind Pig). I hope those work out!

I'm so glad there are only three more days of school...they honestly can't go fast enough, but I don't think this will be a terribly taxing week. I figure that Thursday and Friday the kids will be so nuts anyways that I'm not even going to try and teach. I'll let them watch "A Christmas Carol" instead (Dickens, so it's sort of literary...)

Yay, it's almost Christmas!