Some recent pictures I've taken of The Pogues
I was lucky to be able to shoot four shows of The Pogues (Atlanta, DC, and twice in Boston) over the past couple of weeks. Here are a few of my favorites; you can see more on my music site and Flickr. The Pogues along with NIN are my two favorite bands in the entire world, ever, and to have been able to shoot both of them multiple times has been a highlight the past year for me.
This was the first time I'd shot at any of the three venues. Of the three I liked the 9:30 Club in Washington the best--nice low stage, pretty decent lighting, fairly wide pit. The Tabernacle in Atlanta had a nice pit but the stage was incredibly high; very difficult to see over (and I'm about 5'9" in my boots). The new House of Blues in Boston was pretty nice to shoot from and a *great* place to watch. There is not a bad seat or blocked sightline anywhere in the whole venue.
And for those who didn't get my stunned Twitter posting, they dedicated a song to me on St. Patrick's Day. Yes I am telling everyone as many times as I can. :-D It's not often I get songs dedicated to me, in fact, it's never. So gotta get the word out. ;-) I was also invited to the aftershow twice, had my tickets comped a few times, and met many wonderful people from the Pogues' organization as well as people from a couple of forums I frequent. It apparently pays to act normal and non-creepy.
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