omg it was after the msi show in ny when death spells had played. me and liz (liketheleaveschangeincolors) went outside looking for him and i knew what death spell’s van looked like so we just kind of led a little troup of people that were looking for him. we waited for a little while and we weren’t sure if he’d show since an hour earlier he was SWAMPED by fans but i swear to god i turned around and he walks by and says “hi” and i forgot how to fucking speak. he was pretty subdued and tired looking but he was VERY sweet and so patient but omg i accidentally made an asshole of myself because tons of the girls were like “frankie never smiles in photos” which is PATENTLY UNTRUE so i was like “aww u better smile in mine!” and i swear to christ he made a :| face in my photo but i asked for another later and he was like yeah sure and he was trying to keep up with like 15 people at once so i didn’t want to monopolize his attention so i just told him that death spells was awesome and that i hoped they’d tour again and i told him i photographed the show and he was like “that’s so cool!” and he signed my ticket and omg he was great. and then the next day he tweeted my photos on @deathspells and i cried
putting this behind a read more because this is definitely longer than most essays i've written in my life
omg so obviously you guys all know that i;d been dying to photograph that show and at the last minute, anna swooped in and saved the day and by "last minute" i mean we waited five hours for kitty to wake up and check her messages and after that all happened they slotted me in to photograph the show and JESUS WEPT I WAS SO HAPPY
so i showed up at irving plaza and while i was in line, dani came back to talk to some of her friends and i was like omg!! i know you! and we chatted for a little while and it was AWESOME she's such a cutie. when we finally got inside, i picked up my pass and they gave me a ticket which i wasn't expecting since i already had one but it was only a print out so i was REALLY HAPPY but i also got a vip sticker which i'm pretty sure i didn't take full advantage of but I WAS FREAKING OUT I'VE NEVER BEEN VIP IN MY LIFE
when they let us into the photo pit, i started chatting with raychuuuul who's super awesome and then death spells finally came out and i totally froze for a second because frank was literally an arm's length in front of me and i just shut down for a quick second there and let's just get one thing straight: death spells is AMAZING. idk how to describe it, especially because their sort of sound has generally never appealed to me before but i LOVED THEM. but it totally took me a moment to process the fact that they were people standing right in front of me and NOT photos on my tumblr screen. after my three songs, i went up into the balcony and this guy started asking me about the band because obviously people who aren't into mcr probably know next to nothing about death spells and he was like "so how old are these guys?" and i pointed at frank and said "that guy has three kids" AND HE TOTALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME. dewees' back was to us so he couldn't tell how old he was just by looking but he was totally in shock omg. btw i was pretty fortunate that they didn't move around much because of the tables and the cramped set so i got to take some close up shots, yay!
AND THEN CAME TIME FOR MSI!! lynz came out right in front of me and i just fZZTT because omg how can someone be so perfect but anyway, their set was very tricky to shoot and sweet GOD, it was tough to get some decent shots of kitty back there. and jimmy's fucking white suit kept making most of the pics over exposed so hopefully that won't be too problematic lol. it was so hectic that i nearly missed lynz's backbend omfg LITERALLY WOULD'VE KILLED MYSELF but i was standing so close to her that it was tricky to catch a sot of her by thankfully i scraped a couple out :D also, it was tough to balance taking shots with singing along because they did "it gets worse" and i fucking love that song. the one downer is their songs are short so we were in and out pretty quickly :( but i just wandered around the vip areas sneaking in shots wherever i could. and they're such a fucking fun band! they aren't serious for even a fucking second which is nice to see because i'm sorry but bands "with a message" start to get old after a while.
so before the show ended, i picked up an msi shirt and a death spells hoodie, so now i'm out $60 but this hoodie is warm as hell so it's cool. i was talking to a guy with some chantal claret/morningwood tattoos and he spotted her in the vip section so we headed upstairs and chilled out with her and she was SO AWESOME. i was wearing my "the one, the only..." tshirt so she was totally psyched about it and she took a bunch of photos with me! :D i told her that i won the shirt from her street team's art contest and i showed her what i drew and she loved it so that felt pretty good omg. i lurked around for a while until lynz came out and i'm such a doormat and i let a whole bunch of people cut me but i met liz (liketheleaveschangeincolors) so it's all good! i couldn't believe how patient and gracious she was to the people flocking around her but she really was an absolute sweetheart and i'm glad i got to chat with her for a quick minute :) after that i found kitty and told her all about anna helping me out and i thanked her and btw, anna told me today that kitty said i was really sweet. I NEARLY DIED SHE'S SUCH AN ANGEL ;3;
AND THEN! dani pointed me over to dewees and i gushed at him for a couple minutes about death spells' set and when their album would come out (fall-ish) and if they would tour again soon (hopefully!). and i also waxed poetic about how kickass the piano piece in "sleep" is and he's such an awesome guy! i loved him so much and the goofy faces he made in my photos. he talked about how mcr had been considering releasing sheet music for their songs but obviously everyone's on their own doing their own thing, but hopefully it would be something they'd come back to in the future.
after that, me and liz headed outside and pretty much led the patrol as we looked for frank because earlier, he'd come out of the venue and girls just FLOCKED after him unsurprisingly. for a little while we were worried he'd left but we lurked outside and all of the sudden he walks by me and says hello and i swear to god, my conversation skills completely dried up. and let me just interrupt to mention that jamia came out with him and she is SMOKING HOT. she lost a lot of weight and she was already gorgeous before but omfg. anyway, frank was a total sweetheart even though you could tell how tired he was and i was so nervous, i nearly asked him something about how many miles to the gallon their van gets. I'M SERIOUS, MY BRAIN TURNED INTO JELLO. but i managed not to make too huge a fool of myself and i took a few photos with him and he signed my ticket and i manged to sneak in a question about death spells but obviously there were a lot of people so he went back to them but i just pretty much chilled near him until he had to leave and the whole time i was just dying like I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF FRANK IERO HOW IS THIS MY LIFE. also he was the highest, most nasal voice ever and it was the absolute cutest fucking thing considering two hours earlier, he'd been screaming his face off about murder lol
so after the bands had left, me and mentallyworndownartmajorproblems peaced out and took the subway down to grand central where i promptly MISSED MY FUCKING TRAIN and one thing led to another, but i got to hang out with the train conductor and a cop, and i got ack home at 4am
AND THAT'S MY STORY 8D studying now omg. i've already gone through all my death spells pics so those should be up tomorrow btw, sorry this has been taking so long
Omg I was talking to this guy and he was like are these guys even out of high school yet and I pointed at frank and said that guy has three kids and omfg his jaw literally hit the floor
