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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 02:51 AM
Great show & was able to take pics all night with a Canon Power Shot A560 7.1 Megapixel. I worked in manual mode with flash on & an ISO of 200 for most pics. I used the digital zoom "effect." I'm not happy that the pics looked fine on the camera's display & now look kinda crappy on the computer. Any way to fix these in Photoshop?

Thanks!

Al

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 02:52 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:04 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:07 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:08 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:09 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:10 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:11 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:12 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:13 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:15 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:15 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:16 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:17 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:18 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:20 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:21 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:22 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:23 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:23 AM
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jerryhallvenom
07-05-2008, 12:06 PM
Yeah man ! nice pics :buttrock:

rilynil
07-05-2008, 12:15 PM
Very cool, Al! Thanks for posting the pics! :)

JadeGiant
07-05-2008, 12:28 PM
how long did they play and how did they sound?

risingstar
07-05-2008, 02:03 PM
Why Rush isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just makes no sense to me. Their vast library of music is simply outstanding.

I always found Rush to be one of the best live bands out there. They are incredible musicians and, after 30 plus years in the biz, they never sold out. I was lucky to see the Signals, Grace Under Pressure, and Power Windows tours and was completely blown away.

Thanks for the pics!

insomniac
07-05-2008, 02:25 PM
I would have nevered guess that you were a Rush fan. :buttrock: They were one of my favorite band growing up. I have been to about 3 of their concerts.

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 02:42 PM
how long did they play and how did they sound?

They start their shows (no opening acts for years now!) at 7:40 usually, play until 9, take a 20 minute intermission, return until 11:05. A lot more bang for your buck than most bands! Usually they are way too loud! The playing is flawless, but the volume has been ridiculous in recent years. My buddy who has followed them with me since we were 15 & is a musician, always wears ear plugs & say they sound great. I have to say that I was very pleased with the sound at the Taj. They finally lowered the levels & you could hear every crystal clear note! :thumbs2:

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 02:45 PM
Why Rush isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just makes no sense to me. Their vast library of music is simply outstanding.

I always found Rush to be one of the best live bands out there. They are incredible musicians and, after 30 plus years in the biz, they never sold out. I was lucky to see the Signals, Grace Under Pressure, and Power Windows tours and was completely blown away.

Thanks for the pics!

Why did it take Rolling Stone 34 years to FINALLY feature an article on them (this week!)? Do you realize that their latest album, Snakes & Arrows debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts? The media just doesn't get them. They have a loyal, devoted, male, nerdy/geeky following...ya know...kinda like comic book fans!

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 03:42 PM
I would have nevered guess that you were a Rush fan. :buttrock: They were one of my favorite band growing up. I have been to about 3 of their concerts.


When I was a tweener, my best friend at the time would play his 2112 LP over & over again. I couldn't stand the singer's high voice. He sounded like a girl! Plus he had posters in his room of them in kimonos, eye make-up, and platform shoes! I was like..."screw them! they ARE girls!".

But then something started to change. In 1981, our local top 40 station, "Hot Hits 98" started playing a track off the new Rush album, Moving Pictures. It was called...Tom Sawyer. I thought...wow! they sound MUCH better than that crap 2112 that Rob plays all the time. Then Rob bought the live album, Exit...Stage Left. He played in constantly! I was really getting into Rush finally! 2112 even started sounding good to me! But then came...Signals.

Signals was the follow-up LP to their multi-platinum selling Moving Pictures. It was very keyboard heavy. Many fans were outraged! I...kinda liked it! But, my buddy would have none of it! Rush was dead! He told me to forget about liking them as they sucked now. The constant sonic barrage at his house was now over. It was on to AC/DC and Van Halen.

At this point, it was 1984 and music had never been that important in my life. I was a geek, who SECRETLY read comics, but NEVER discussed this activity with my friends! Yet, all the other dudes were buying music & it seemed like the chicks dug it, so I went on to purchase my 1st album (which won the Grammy that year...I was so pleased with myself!), TOTO IV. Bad move on my part! TOTO was a dork band, according to the other guys! I didn't know better! I still liked it and was vindicated over time as I came to realize that TOTO was a group of studio musicians that played on some of the biggest albums ever, such as Pink Floyd the Wall and Michael Jackson's Thriller, plus the guitarist was/is Eddie Van Halen's best friend. Anyway...as much as I was loving my TOTO album, something was missing, something that sounded as good, but with a harder edge. I still found myself thinking about Rush & I would always turn up their songs on the radio.

I still remember that day on the Wildwood Boardwalk in the summer of 83. I had won at one of those spinning wheels, where you put your quarter down on the word/number/saying that you think the pointer would land, and the prize was an LP. I really wanted the RUSH album, Signals, but I knew that my friends would mock me. Remember...Rush was a keyboard band now. At that time in my youth, it was very important to be liked by my peers. I was the guy who collected comic books in shame! So, I wound up choosing a more "acceptable" album that my buddies held in high esteem...Journey "Frontiers." When I got home and listened to it, I thought...OK...this has about 3 good songs on it, but...but...it's filled with keyboards & worse yet...there were all these love songs! How could my friends think Journey was cooler than Rush?!?!?!? That's when I began realizing that many people are sheep and they just follow along with the herd all the while patting themselves on the back! I decided, I like Rush! I don't care what these bozos say!

I had a paper route and every week, I would save some money and buy 1 Rush album. The first was Moving Pictures, then Exit...Stage Left, and of course, Signals! I would put my Dad's headphones on and just absorb every note, word, nuance, etc...this was MY band! Screw what everyone else thought! I started buying any magazine that featured an article on them and eventually learned that a lot of their fans were Marvel Comics fans as were Rush themselves! David Anthony Kraft had even dedicated an issue of The Defenders to them! My two worlds had met and I felt...cool! :buttrock:

What cemented my life-long obsession with Rush was that fateful night at 3 in the morning when the local radio station said..."up next is the brand new single from the forthcoming Rush album, Grace Under Pressure....I jumped out of bed, slapped a TDK blank tape in the cassette player & hit record! The DJ announced...this is the 1st single, "Distant Early Warning." I was blown away! I LOVED it!!! I played that tape over and over and over again! I was there at the store on release day to buy RUSH - Grace Under Pressure. The madness was cemented and I never looked back!

Remember now, this was 1984...who would have thought that in 2008, my favorite band would still be releasing top of the chart albums and be one of the highest grossing touring acts in the world? And they would achieve this by being largely ignored by the media, such as Rolling Stone, MTV, top 40 radio, etc...I really got lucky! I watched my friends bands come & go, burn out & fade away, become irrelevant old men, or just die. All the while my guys are playing stronger and better than ever! I took my brother last night. He hadn't been to a Rush concert since 1987's Hold Your Fire tour. He couldn't believe how good they still were and how much better they were than all the other bands he's seen in recent years! That made it all worthwhile to me!

I learned through Rush's music to be an individual and be proud of who I was and what I liked. I stopped hiding the fact that I collected comic books and loved to draw. I was able to finally speak up when others put me down or pushed me around. Rush made it cool to be a geek! Again, I'm so lucky at 39 years old to still have my teenage fav band still alive, healthy, and strong. Hopefully, it'll stay that way for many more years! :thumbs2:

ickwinzs
07-05-2008, 04:03 PM
I saw Rush in 80,81 and 82. these where the best concerts I have ever attended. I still listen to Rush when ever I paint!

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 04:35 PM
I saw Rush in 80,81 and 82. these where the best concerts I have ever attended. I still listen to Rush when ever I paint!

When I used to draw all the time I would listen to Rush, Triumph, YES, and Marillion. :thumbs2:

risingstar
07-05-2008, 04:48 PM
When I used to draw all the time I would listen to Rush, Triumph, YES, and Marillion. :thumbs2:



Marillion is another underrated band... Incidentally, I once saw them open for Rush. I believe it was the power windows tour.

I saw the clutching at straws tour too. Loved it.

HoldyourfireAl
07-05-2008, 05:16 PM
Marillion is another underrated band... Incidentally, I once saw them open for Rush. I believe it was the power windows tour.

I saw the clutching at straws tour too. Loved it.

You are so freakin' lucky! I know North Jersey, the Meadowlands, got Marillion, but in Philly, we got stuck with Blue Oyster Cult. :(

I don't know if you realize, but a lot of American fans got into Marillion directly through them opening for Rush at Radio City Music Hall for the pre-Grace Under Pressure shows and later when they opened for them during the Power Windows tour. I hear they actually got booed! I can't imagine!...my two favorite bands touring for two of their strongest albums, Power Windows & Clutching at Straws! Drunken idiots! Anyway...

I've seen Marillion & I've seen Fish, but never together.

The Fog
07-05-2008, 07:07 PM
Al, you are the Modern Day Warrior, saw Rush up at Philly a few week's back, haven't missed a Tour since Moving Pictures, then they played at the Spectrum, my seat's were very similar to your's, was going to go to AC to see them but, the freakin' traffic, and extra 1hr and a half drive from Ne Pa.
I hate to say this but, I think time is catching up with them, really MY favorite group of alltime, band's before them are long gone, and band's that came out around the same time are long gone, but they still play the Full tour.
I still remember going to see the Moving Pictures tour concert, we stopped along the Pa turnpike, just below Lansdale exit to take a leak, car was full of Bud can's, Pa State trooper pull's in right behind us, ask's us what and where were going, we told him the truth, he say's zip up and get that RED Barchetta outta here, he was a big Rush Fan and was pissed he couldn't go, well the car was a purple Challenger and we tore off, that would never happen today. circa 1980, the Good Ole Day's.
A New Album??
Thank's for the Pic's.

HoldyourfireAl
07-06-2008, 12:18 AM
Al, you are the Modern Day Warrior, saw Rush up at Philly a few week's back, haven't missed a Tour since Moving Pictures, then they played at the Spectrum, my seat's were very similar to your's, was going to go to AC to see them but, the freakin' traffic, and extra 1hr and a half drive from Ne Pa.
I hate to say this but, I think time is catching up with them, really MY favorite group of alltime, band's before them are long gone, and band's that came out around the same time are long gone, but they still play the Full tour.
I still remember going to see the Moving Pictures tour concert, we stopped along the Pa turnpike, just below Lansdale exit to take a leak, car was full of Bud can's, Pa State trooper pull's in right behind us, ask's us what and where were going, we told him the truth, he say's zip up and get that RED Barchetta outta here, he was a big Rush Fan and was pissed he couldn't go, well the car was a purple Challenger and we tore off, that would never happen today. circa 1980, the Good Ole Day's.
A New Album??
Thank's for the Pic's.


You think time is "catching up with them." Is that good or bad? :confused:

JadeGiant
07-06-2008, 12:20 AM
They start their shows (no opening acts for years now!) at 7:40 usually, play until 9, take a 20 minute intermission, return until 11:05. A lot more bang for your buck than most bands! Usually they are way too loud! The playing is flawless, but the volume has been ridiculous in recent years. My buddy who has followed them with me since we were 15 & is a musician, always wears ear plugs & say they sound great. I have to say that I was very pleased with the sound at the Taj. They finally lowered the levels & you could hear every crystal clear note! :thumbs2:

sounds awesome ... I really need to get out and see them again:thumbs2:

HoldyourfireAl
07-06-2008, 12:47 AM
sounds awesome ... I really need to get out and see them again:thumbs2:

At this point in my life, they're the only band that can hold my interest for a few hours. :thumbs2:

HoldyourfireAl
07-06-2008, 12:48 AM
Hey guys! After 34 years, Rolling Stone finally decides Rush are worthy of an article!

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/rush-never-sleeps.php

Alex655321
07-06-2008, 12:51 AM
Great Pics Al !

JadeGiant
07-06-2008, 12:53 AM
At this point in my life, they're the only band that can hold my interest for a few hours. :thumbs2:

I don't do many concerts myself ... just saw Van Halen recently and that was the first in years ... Rush would be the top on my list:thumbs2:

HoldyourfireAl
07-06-2008, 01:06 AM
I don't do many concerts myself ... just saw Van Halen recently and that was the first in years ... Rush would be the top on my list:thumbs2:

How was that? I refuse to go after what they did to Michael Anthony and Eddie being a drunken idiot in front of his kid is just disgraceful. It's a shame. They are one of the all-time greats. :thumbs2:

JadeGiant
07-06-2008, 02:06 AM
How was that? I refuse to go after what they did to Michael Anthony and Eddie being a drunken idiot in front of his kid is just disgraceful. It's a shame. They are one of the all-time greats. :thumbs2:

Eddie and Alex were great. Roth put on a good show but his voice was off at times ... his mic also cut out a few times. Overall a good show that I was glad to have seen

HoldyourfireAl
07-06-2008, 02:20 AM
I'm glad Roth got a chance to do the VH thing again. I prefer Sammy, but Dave & Eddie made the band.