It may surprise you to learn that I like the Protomen a lot.
Not pictured: highly satisfactory pizza eaten both before sound check and again thirteen hours later after load out, the blisters I inflicted upon myself by wearing new boots on a concert day, and Commander’s strong feelings about A League of Their Own.
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I have a special treat for Protomen fans, but only a select few of you! If you attended the Light Up the Night video shoot last month in Brooklyn, you will certainly recall that those who stayed up late were treated to a private mini-concert.
You will also recall that we were instructed that this concert was only for those who actually worked all day at the shoot (stairs and shushing and all). As such, while I have fabulous video of Beards Going Nowhere from this show, you will have to demonstrate to me that you were at the shoot before you will be allowed to see it. Send me a message with sufficient proof, and you will receive further instructions!
Loving these posters the Protomen are making using my Light Up the Night comic sequence art. Gotta find a way to get my hands on this one.
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Sometimes I just need a little Light Up the Night.
Here I am, living my best life. Photo by the luminous angel vision that is The Gambler.
I feel like some of you might enjoy this brief clip of The Protomen playing Separate Ways during soundcheck. (See also.)
We’d like to give a shoutout to truly hardcore Protomen fan ShutUpAndJamza. He’s such a total badass that not only did he attend the November show in NYC while undergoing chemotherapy, he rocked out in the middle of the goddamn pit.
He’s got an incredible thread going with more photos over at Reddit if you’d like to read more.
Here’s to you, dude. Your unquenchable fighting spirit is what being a Protofan is all about.
Guess what? It’s the five year anniversary of this post, which means it’s now five years I’ve been friends with this cyborg motherfucker right here. Because it turns out shortly after that Reddit thread we went to PAX together and gamed some games and attended some concerts and spooned with some robots.
There’s a pretty great update thread on Reddit that you should definitely consume. Here’s to not dying!
This seems like a good week (or month, or year) to be reminded that the internet isn’t always unceasingly awful. Right now my Twitter feed is basically a dumpster fire, but there’s also this guy who I met on goddamn Reddit of all places five years ago and now we’re friends and better still he’s also not dead.
Last night I was on the subway home, and a dude standing near me noticed my Protomen wallet when I took it out to put my Metrocard away. He was also a fan, so we started chatting about the band, which turned into chatting about other fans we knew.
He started telling me about this one totally crazy NYC fan he knows who takes the entire band out to dinner every time they’re in town, and lets half of them them stay in her apartment, and has these epic hotel parties at conventions and stuff. I was just about to say that this sounds like someone I should really be friends with because we have a lot in common, when he added that oh yeah, she also has a big Protomen back tattoo designed by the guy who did the Act II album art. Then I realized what was happening.
A stranger on the subway told me a story about me, in an attempt to impress me. I can’t even.
Another clip from the Protomen show at Glasslands on Sunday. I still get goosebumps every time I hear this song live. (Lots more of my Protomen videos on Vimeo.)
Last night was pretty much a perfect New York evening, the kind that makes me happier than I can say with my life as it is right now. And I don’t think there’s a better way to spend the evening of the 4th than at a picnic on the roof of the McKittrick, watching fireworks with friends & fellow drunks.
eleven years ago tonight! I believe this was the only 4th of july event the mckittrick has ever had, and it was also the first event held at gallow green.
