Comments on: Thursday at the Square http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/ Featuring live local music and interviews from artists in the Buffalo NY area. Doc Wu hits the streets and clubs of the Buffalo area to find the best in fresh original music for you. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Susan Marie http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10559 Susan Marie Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:36:37 +0000 http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10559 Doc!!! Thank you so much for lending me the Marantz and having to come and get it because I was almost stuck in the bushes too! That was insane but it was amazing and the crowd gave me great interviews, cannot wait to get that up. What was truly amazing, is most of the people I interviewed were first time TATS goers, never saw Jackdaw - just moved to Buffalo and loved and were not only just Irish crowds, but multi cultural crowds loving every minute of Jackdaw - a lot of firt time fans and also kids who drive from Fredonia/Fla/Cleveland just to see Jackdaw. As soon as that is up will let you know, I just edited that last night and the "self proclaimed Mayor of Allentown" later was dragged off (thank you for that picture) Between you, me, Josh, Bob - we got audio, video, crowd and photography. Thank you again, Sue Doc!!!

Thank you so much for lending me the Marantz and having to come and get it because I was almost stuck in the bushes too! That was insane but it was amazing and the crowd gave me great interviews, cannot wait to get that up. What was truly amazing, is most of the people I interviewed were first time TATS goers, never saw Jackdaw - just moved to Buffalo and loved and were not only just Irish crowds, but multi cultural crowds loving every minute of Jackdaw - a lot of firt time fans and also kids who drive from Fredonia/Fla/Cleveland just to see Jackdaw.

As soon as that is up will let you know, I just edited that last night and the “self proclaimed Mayor of Allentown” later was dragged off (thank you for that picture)

Between you, me, Josh, Bob - we got audio, video, crowd and photography.

Thank you again,

Sue

]]> By: Kyle Brunelle http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10556 Kyle Brunelle Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:08:16 +0000 http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10556 Agreed! I had front row for it all, and I must admit that it was amazing! does anyone have any front row shots of the concert? I have one from spotted but that's all. I know people there had plenty of cameras! Thanks! Agreed! I had front row for it all, and I must admit that it was amazing! does anyone have any front row shots of the concert? I have one from spotted but that’s all. I know people there had plenty of cameras! Thanks!

]]> By: Doc Wu http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10547 Doc Wu Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:08:30 +0000 http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10547 Hey Andy! I didn't see you there, but it's not hard to miss someone in the thousands in the crowd! I was taking photos around there and have a bunch of people crowd-surfing that came out well. Check 'em out at Buffalo.com's Spotted section. Hey Andy!

I didn’t see you there, but it’s not hard to miss someone in the thousands in the crowd! I was taking photos around there and have a bunch of people crowd-surfing that came out well. Check ‘em out at Buffalo.com’s Spotted section.

]]> By: Andrew Gritzmacher http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10546 Andrew Gritzmacher Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:50 +0000 http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10546 That was possibly the best concert i've been to. During Jockdaw, the mosh pit was really just a skank circle that every so often broke into a frenzy of shoving and people being knocked over (me included, and I have the mostrous bruise on my shoulder to prove it as well). There was a fair share of irish jigs going on as well. It's really quite amazing how coordinated drunken 30-something year old men can be when dancing Irish jigs. At the end of Jockdaw's performance, the crowd erupted into applause and almost immediatly started chanting, WE-WANT-MURPH-YS! This started and stopped quite frequently for 30 minutes untill the Dropkick Murphys finally came on to the stage and the mosh pit was probably tripled in size which then became a little too much for me, being 5 foot 10 and 120 pounds, I was grossly out sized in every way and started to work my way out of the crowd which is really hard with everyone on the outside of the pit pushing you back in. It requires a bit of shouting and cursing to have people let you through, but when I was a good distance out of the crowd, i just relaxed and listened to the remainder of the concert. And some advice, if you dont like getting covered in beer, Dropkick Murphys concert crowds are not for you That was possibly the best concert i’ve been to. During Jockdaw, the mosh pit was really just a skank circle that every so often broke into a frenzy of shoving and people being knocked over (me included, and I have the mostrous bruise on my shoulder to prove it as well). There was a fair share of irish jigs going on as well. It’s really quite amazing how coordinated drunken 30-something year old men can be when dancing Irish jigs. At the end of Jockdaw’s performance, the crowd erupted into applause and almost immediatly started chanting, WE-WANT-MURPH-YS! This started and stopped quite frequently for 30 minutes untill the Dropkick Murphys finally came on to the stage and the mosh pit was probably tripled in size which then became a little too much for me, being 5 foot 10 and 120 pounds, I was grossly out sized in every way and started to work my way out of the crowd which is really hard with everyone on the outside of the pit pushing you back in. It requires a bit of shouting and cursing to have people let you through, but when I was a good distance out of the crowd, i just relaxed and listened to the remainder of the concert.

And some advice, if you dont like getting covered in beer, Dropkick Murphys concert crowds are not for you

]]> By: Doc Wu http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10545 Doc Wu Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:51:44 +0000 http://wnypodcast.com/2007/09/18/thursday-at-the-square/#comment-10545 What a concert! It had to be a near-record crowd. Jackdaw played to a huge crowd, complete with mosh-pit and crowd-surfers. Security at the front of the stage was just like an A-list band gets. The crowd filled in even more for the Dropkick Murphys. It became an impenetrable wall of bodies. I spent most of the show behind the stage with Jackdaw at their bus. When they finally got a path to get out, I went to spend my last drink ticket and gave up standing in line at two different beer-tents. After that, I began to work my way back to the sound board where I had left some of my equipment. Usually you get through a crowd like that by zig-zagging sideways. You can move through a crowd at a slant to the direction people are facing. But this time there wasn't even room for that. You just kept pushing and yelling "excuse me!" At one point, I seemed to be tripping on something on the ground. It was like someone left something laying there. I looked down and figured out I (and everyone around me) was standing in the bushes. The guy next to me said something and I answered "Well, at least I know where I am now." You can loose your bearings when you can't see landmarks around you. Well, at least the sidewalk was just in front of that and I knew it led in an arc to the sound board tent. I followed on and came to one last lady who just wouldn't let me by. I quickly realised, it was because she was standing right up against the table at the side of the sound board. she had no where to go and knew I couldn't go any further. But I worked forward to the opening to the sound area. The security guard let me in when I showed my ID and I finally got room to breathe. I sat in the back on the steps and chatted with the security (when they weren't hustling people off the steps. fence, wall, wherever. I gave up on getting any more pictures and put my camera away. Then the Dropkick Murphys brought about 50 fans up on the stage. Quite a sight. And I got the camera out again. I was in the perfect spot to get some good shots of that. What a concert! It had to be a near-record crowd. Jackdaw played to a huge crowd, complete with mosh-pit and crowd-surfers. Security at the front of the stage was just like an A-list band gets.

The crowd filled in even more for the Dropkick Murphys. It became an impenetrable wall of bodies. I spent most of the show behind the stage with Jackdaw at their bus. When they finally got a path to get out, I went to spend my last drink ticket and gave up standing in line at two different beer-tents. After that, I began to work my way back to the sound board where I had left some of my equipment. Usually you get through a crowd like that by zig-zagging sideways. You can move through a crowd at a slant to the direction people are facing. But this time there wasn’t even room for that. You just kept pushing and yelling “excuse me!”

At one point, I seemed to be tripping on something on the ground. It was like someone left something laying there. I looked down and figured out I (and everyone around me) was standing in the bushes. The guy next to me said something and I answered “Well, at least I know where I am now.” You can loose your bearings when you can’t see landmarks around you.

Well, at least the sidewalk was just in front of that and I knew it led in an arc to the sound board tent. I followed on and came to one last lady who just wouldn’t let me by. I quickly realised, it was because she was standing right up against the table at the side of the sound board. she had no where to go and knew I couldn’t go any further. But I worked forward to the opening to the sound area. The security guard let me in when I showed my ID and I finally got room to breathe.

I sat in the back on the steps and chatted with the security (when they weren’t hustling people off the steps. fence, wall, wherever.

I gave up on getting any more pictures and put my camera away. Then the Dropkick Murphys brought about 50 fans up on the stage. Quite a sight. And I got the camera out again. I was in the perfect spot to get some good shots of that.

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