Post Yur Piture Thead v. Surfin' Bird

[JayOctavarium]

This is probably a lot smaller. They rent space in 2 hangers at the airport, and then have a small yard off in the corner for the prototypes and stuff being repaired.

My girlfriend had to write a piece on Torrance (a city that could you some help in drawing tourists). This is one of the places we discovered while down there. 

[MirrorMask]

Winter is coming with Game of Thrones' seventh season... Ser Davos told me so! 

(This dates back from 2014, there was a red carpet event and he was in Italy along with the "Stark sisters". I'm happy to have a picture with Liam Cunningham but I wanted a pic with Sophie and Maisie as well, damn  )

[cramx3]

 

[Orbert]

The C-90 Cassette Tape:  Unsung hero of the 70's, 80's, and early 90's.

Come on, folks, let's hear it for the C-90 Cassette!

[Zydar]

[Prog Snob]

[JayOctavarium]

[King Postwhore]

TAC and I at the Iron Maiden show in Mass.



And of course

[black_biff_stadler]

Glorious

[jingle.boy]

Tim is doing it wrong.

So jelly.

[KevShmev]

I'm disappointed that TAC isn't wearing a Promised Land shirt.

[TAC]

Tim is doing it wrong.

I wasn't flicking a bird with my 14 y/o standing right there.



And as always Joe, a please to see you again!

[King Postwhore]

Yup.  So glad to have a few minutes Tim.  Great show.  They still have so much energy!

[Stadler]

Good selection of shirts?    My kid wants one; apparently the latest thing is "vintage concert shirts" and there's a small subset of kids that are old school and (like me) think that if it didn't come from a show, it's bogus. 

[cramx3]

Tim is doing it wrong.

I wasn't flicking a bird with my 14 y/o standing right there.

So he gave your daughter the bird? 

Nice pictures, must have been a blast last night 

[El Barto]

Good selection of shirts?    My kid wants one; apparently the latest thing is "vintage concert shirts" and there's a small subset of kids that are old school and (like me) think that if it didn't come from a show, it's bogus.

Yup. I won't wear a shirt from a show I didn't attend. This is actually a point of contention around these parts, if I'm not mistaken.

[TAC]

Tim is doing it wrong.

I wasn't flicking a bird with my 14 y/o standing right there.

So he gave your daughter the bird? 

Nice pictures, must have been a blast last night 

It was my son, the the Queen took the pics.

And yes that is a Fear Of The Dark tour shirt. My son wore the No Prayer For New York '91 shirt.

[Orbert]

"Generic" band shirts are okay with me.  It's the ones from a specific tour that should be authentic.  If you weren't there in 1975 to see them, you don't get to wear the shirt from the '75 tour.  Exception: It's your mom or dad's shirt.  Go ahead, because they've raised you right and they probably don't fit it anymore anyway.

[JayOctavarium]

"Generic" band shirts are okay with me.  It's the ones from a specific tour that should be authentic.  If you weren't there in 1975 to see them, you don't get to wear the shirt from the '75 tour.  Exception: It's your mom or dad's shirt.  Go ahead, because they've raised you right and they probably don't fit it anymore anyway.

I have a Division Bell tour shirt I got a few years ago from some website for like $3 that I wear.  It's huge, so it's more of an around the house shirt.

I am a horrible person.

[cramx3]

I don't really buy or wear band tshirts, but I got to say the whole "if you weren't there it's not cool to wear" idea is dumb.  I understand the premise of it, but seriously, it's a tshirt.  Why get so worked up over fashion. 

The whole music fashion thing kind of bugs me.  I wear tshirts and jeans as my regular attire, but I've gone to concerts after work wearing business casual clothing before and have gotten ripped on.  I really got targetted in a mosh pit before for wearing a button down shirt.  People at ProgPower made jokes at me last year for wearing a button down shirt.  One guy did tell me after a chat "I like you, minus your outfit".   

If it weren't so hot out, I'd wear a sweater vest to Iron Maiden on Saturday just to piss everyone off.

[JayOctavarium]

My thing is I was 3 years old when that tour happened.

I obviously wasn't there.

Now if I, say, find an Iron Maiden tour shirt from Somewhere Back In Time or something, I'd probably not wear it.

[El Barto]

I don't really buy or wear band tshirts, but I got to say the whole "if you weren't there it's not cool to wear" idea is dumb.  I understand the premise of it, but seriously, it's a tshirt.  Why get so worked up over fashion. 

The whole music fashion thing kind of bugs me.  I wear tshirts and jeans as my regular attire, but I've gone to concerts after work wearing business casual clothing before and have gotten ripped on.  I really got targetted in a mosh pit before for wearing a button down shirt.  People at ProgPower made jokes at me last year for wearing a button down shirt.  One guy did tell me after a chat "I like you, minus your outfit".   

If it weren't so hot out, I'd wear a sweater vest to Iron Maiden on Saturday just to piss everyone off.

I only buy shirts that are specific to event I traveled to see. In any case, my take is wear all the band stuff you want. But like Orbert said, don't wear a Powerslave shirt if you weren't at the damn show.

And I'm not sure anybody gets worked up about it. Some of us just think it's a lame thing to do. I'm not going to smash a whisky bottle over somebody's head just for wearing a shirt or anything.

[cramx3]

You won't, but some people might (as I hinted at with aggression towards me for wearing button down shirts).  It still makes no sense to me.  Especialy if this is now a thing with the younger generation (I'm going off Stadler, I have no idea what's "in" these days) then I would say we should support the decision to wear old school concert shirts even if they weren't there.  I mean, that's supporting the music.  Even if youre one of those celebs who wears an Iron Maiden shirt (was it Miley Cyrus?) that's good publicity for the band even if no one in the industry gives a fuck about the person wearing it.  I'm all for it.  Shit, there's a vintage shop not far from me that sells old concert shirts.  I should grab some.

[bosk1]

I'm generally with Cram.  I wear clothes if I like the way they look and I connect with them on some level.  If a shirt is for a specific concert I wasn't at, I probably wouldn't buy it because I wouldn't "connect" with it.  But there are exceptions.  Like with the Boston Maiden shirt posted in the Maiden thread, for example, despite being in California and being nowhere near that show at the time it happened, it's a really cool shirt, and it appeals not only to the Maiden fan in me, but also the American history buff in me that is very much into revolutionary war history.  So I'd buy that shirt in a heartbeat. 

With a vintage shirt, it's kinda the same thing.  If it is a shirt that celebrates a landmark time in a band's history, and I connect with celebrating that history, I think it's cool to wear the shirt whether I was there or not.  I'm not trying to represent as "Look at how cool I am!  I was THERE!"  I'm just memorializing something that I think is cool, that's all.  Not really sure why that is a problem for some.

[Orbert]

That's fair.  And I admit, a lot of people just like the shirt and will wear the shirt because they like it.  Cool.  But I'm old, and old-fashioned.  There are shows I did attend but didn't/couldn't get a shirt at the time; now all you have to do is order one or buy one at the mall.  That's what bugs me.  I guess it's jealousy; they have something I don't, but wanted.  Ugly.  But life can be ugly sometimes.

[cramx3]

Now what's the policy for wearing the fake tour t-shirts they sell in the parking lot afterwards?    I actually have one of those from the Van Halen tour with Sammy.  Took a lot of my money just to get in the last row of the arena and dished out my last 10 bucks for one of those shirts.  It's terrible too, I don't know why I got it. 

I think the only true tour t-shirt I own is from Iron Maiden's Somewhere Back in Time tour and the reason being was the I wont Heaven Can Wait but didn't own any Maiden shirts so bought one upon arrival (it was the basic tour shirt, not specific to NYC) to wear when I got on stage.  (I love sharing the link to this)

[TAC]

 That Boston Maiden shirt was awesome. I would've definitely got one if I could've found one. But I generally don't buy concert shirts anymore, especially black ones. I only have a few left of my old ones anyway, and it's not like I'm going to my kids' school in an Iron maiden shirt anyway.

I looked at the shirts last night, and I was like, when will I ever wear that. Probably in 5 years when Iron Maiden comes back.

[jingle.boy]

I looked at the shirts last night, and I was like, when will I ever wear that. Probably in 5 years when Iron Maiden comes back.

90% of the time I'm wearing my concert Ts

Then again, I don't have that work thing to worry about.

[Stadler]

I don't really buy or wear band tshirts, but I got to say the whole "if you weren't there it's not cool to wear" idea is dumb.  I understand the premise of it, but seriously, it's a tshirt.  Why get so worked up over fashion. 

The whole music fashion thing kind of bugs me.  I wear tshirts and jeans as my regular attire, but I've gone to concerts after work wearing business casual clothing before and have gotten ripped on.  I really got targetted in a mosh pit before for wearing a button down shirt.  People at ProgPower made jokes at me last year for wearing a button down shirt.  One guy did tell me after a chat "I like you, minus your outfit".   

If it weren't so hot out, I'd wear a sweater vest to Iron Maiden on Saturday just to piss everyone off.

I only buy shirts that are specific to event I traveled to see. In any case, my take is wear all the band stuff you want. But like Orbert said, don't wear a Powerslave shirt if you weren't at the damn show.

And I'm not sure anybody gets worked up about it. Some of us just think it's a lame thing to do. I'm not going to smash a whisky bottle over somebody's head just for wearing a shirt or anything.

I'm in full agreement.  The world isn't going to end if someone does this, but I choose not to.  I see enough shows and have seen enough bands multiple times, that I'm probably not going to buy that Sabbath OzzFest shirt for a festival I didn't go to anyway.  I'll wear the shirt I got in between sets at Mansfield last summer.   It's just preference. 

Once in a blue moon, my kid will ask me to get her a shirt from the shows I go to, if it's a show she'd want to go to and didn't for whatever reason (she lives half time with her mom and goes to boarding school) so I can rationalize it.  She'd actually LIKE to go to Maiden with me this weekend (she's a huge fan of stage sets and stuff and I've played her Live After Death and Raising Hell, and she wants to get her some of that) but she's away, so I'll get her a shirt and it'll be our thing. 

Also lame?  Band members wearing their own band (current tour) shirts on stage.  I find that crass.    I'll give a pass to a past tour shirt, or another band, but I think it's a little weak to wear your own merch to your own show. 

[Kwyjibo]

Also lame?  Band members wearing their own band (current tour) shirts on stage.  I find that crass.    I'll give a pass to a past tour shirt, or another band, but I think it's a little weak to wear your own merch to your own show.

Why?  Presenting your new record, your custom made guitar, amp, drum sticks whatever is okay but not your merchandise? That's simply advertizing.

Or they forgot to pack enough shirts and had to rely on their merchandise. 

[Stadler]

Also lame?  Band members wearing their own band (current tour) shirts on stage.  I find that crass.    I'll give a pass to a past tour shirt, or another band, but I think it's a little weak to wear your own merch to your own show.

Why?  Presenting your new record, your custom made guitar, amp, drum sticks whatever is okay but not your merchandise? That's simply advertizing.

Or they forgot to pack enough shirts and had to rely on their merchandise. 

Didn't say all that other stuff was okay.    (Though I probably would, since it's how they make their art).   I can't argue with your logic, it just feels wrong to me. 

[El Barto]

Danny Carey does it right. My understanding is that a new, local basketball jersey is part of Tool's hospitably rider for each show, so he wears that on stage and amasses a helluva collection in the process.

I wonder if Maynard demands a fresh leather g-string in each town.

[Samsara]

But I generally don't buy concert shirts anymore, especially black ones. I only have a few left of my old ones anyway, and it's not like I'm going to my kids' school in an Iron maiden shirt anyway.

I looked at the shirts last night, and I was like, when will I ever wear that. Probably in 5 years when Iron Maiden comes back.

I have a love-hate relationship with band shirts. I used to buy one all the time from almost every gig I went to. That got pricey, and I stopped for many years. Then I started buying again, but was really picky about which band. Now, over the past couple years, I've resisted (I bought a couple GnR shirts). What I am finding that I prefer is simply getting a generic band shirt at Target or Hot Topic or something, if I really want to fly the flag of some of the classic hard rock/metal bands I love.

The shirts are often softer (the whole Gilden or Hanes heavy t-shirt thing is old, and I want nothing to do with it), cheaper, and I'm not adverse to wearing them all the time (as opposed to concert shirts with the dates on the back, which I tend to want to wear sparingly to preserve). So, that's pretty much the route I've gone. I'll probably pick up a Dream Theater shirt this fall/winter for I&W, but I know me -- I won't wear it much. But generally, I'll grab something at Target, Kohl's or Hot Topic if I'm really wanting a shirt with a classic band.

[millahh]

I wonder if Maynard demands a fresh leather g-string in each town.

Would be more interesting if he demanded a used one...

[bosk1]

I'll just say, I don't get the arbitrary rules about who can/should where what and in what circumstance.  I don't care if you are a fan, a band member, or just Joe-on-the-street.  If there's nothing offensive or inappropriate about it, wear what you want.