Ryan Ross is my boyfriend

Brendon is clearly obsessed with me
(note sarcastic tone)

On my way to the Exhibition center there was a train wide sing along-reminiscent of a train ride in Vancouver B.C. in 2003
The Hush Sound really nothing special, P!atD didn't seem to think so either as they didn't mention them once.
I arrive for the photo pit for Dresden Dolls and am told that I am not allowed to photograph in the pit-that I had to clear it with the venue's stage manager pre-hand (this is in addition to having a pass through P!atD's publicist.) Then I'm told I can go backstage, but that's all. But that's all! WTF!?! So feeling weird and like I'm not truly supposed to be there as I didn't clear it with a tour manager first (which I typically like to do) I went side of the stage for their set. Typically you get photo passes in an attempt to convert them to after-show or what not and then they're telling me that's the only access I can have. It's kinda like when I saw Patrick Wolf in Holland last year and Sons and Daughters had given me an artist wrist band and you can absolutely not watch Patrick from side of the stage-you have to be in front, clawing your way through the legions of believers. Security would absolutely not let me into the regular concert/tent area, saying I was supposed to be back there why would I want to be up front?

A few songs into the Dresden Dolls set, Brendon came out to cover Britney Spears with the Dolls to the tune of 'Baby One More Time'. It was great! The Dolls' drummer got so into it at certain points- standing up and dramatically acting out each lyric as Brendon would shout them. Amanda and Brendon traded off on the verses-him singing the majority of the song.

It's a good thing that the Dresden Dolls are doing an additional theatrical tour in addition to this, playing smaller venues after their set as the audience didn't even seem to recognize 'Coin Operated Boy'.

For Panic! at the Disco, I had to get their tour manager to actually ask security on my behalf if I could photograph the first three songs front of the stage. First I made the unwise decision to shoot with my 50mm lens, when I clearly in terms of aperature and agility should have shot with my 35-80mm. Then I made the possibly (seemingly?) unwise decision to go watch the rest of their set from the crowd and not side of the stage. I had only brought one memory card cos I wasn't expecting it to be eventful in the fact of back access, so I didn't actually have anymore frames to shoot, and my logic was I'd be seeing them shortly at a festival where side of the stage is easy until I realized-hey-I'm not living in Europe or the UK this summer, so uhh. . . they better be playing next year's summer Euro fests when I'll be (fingers crossed I make the entry clearance-it's $10K ie loan time) living in Germany.

The progression of Ryan Ross' make up is spectacular! I do wonder if his band mates are at all scurred. It started off whistful, then looked a bit dramatic and sloppy as he started banging on more eye shadow and sloppily outlining his creations in black eyeliner as seen on earlier tour stops. Now it is near beyond full scale-with multi-colors, scaling his forehead and cheeks-white intercutting parts ala Ziggy Stardust, and amongst some additional swirls, he's even added jewels.

The polaroid intermission was a bit anti-climatic because while I'm sure Brendon Urie has more than just the same two and a half secrets they've been telling at every stop, I didn't expect that to change because hey-this is a show-it really isn't spontaneous. But could they speak any louder during Ryan's!?! I only heard something about kickboxing. Those were the only "secrets" I cared about. Plus the throwing out of the polaroids-Britney Spears has done a similar thing and (okay maybe it was an Nsync show-it was 8th grade; memory is fuzzy) they actually went into the crowd, but I guess the lack of seating and the fact that it was just a pit (with parents on the bleachers) would hamper any attempt of that, still. . .
One middle-aged mom in front of me accompanying her two pre-teen daughters cheered over-enthusiastically when they predictably announced Brendon's virginity, and much more so than her daughters who didn't appear to understand.
In leading up to 'Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have without...' they played the same interlude as what appears on their site

If Franz Ferdinand have taught us anything-do not do new arrangements!!! That is all I will say about 'Lying is the most fun'
Ryan presented some awesome banjo action towards the end.
By the end the only conclusion I drew was the concert was not quite as life affirming as a Fall Out Boy show.
I ended up backstage again, catching the last song and getting a set list while girls from all angles relayed messages for me to pass on to Ryan and then deciding upon whether to harass the band for my polaroid project I decided to instead go meet up with Grant. Plus, I didn't want a repeat similar to the event with Asian Tom Cruise at FOB in April.

I was looking SO FORWARD to the Seattle show because I would be able to take better live shots now knowing the exact intervals of lighting and what not (like I did from two back to back Arctic Monkeys concerts earlier this year) and was going to be in Seattle on the night of their show, but the date was canceled, and briefly I was happy as I was already supposed to go to the Capitol Hill Block Party and I was just so upset that I would be missing P!atD, and then I wasn't because of the circumstances. He was originally the reason I took interest in P!atD, after reading in Rolling Stone about the alcoholism and his and Ryan's relationship.
May there be another Panic! at the Disco pre-teen adventure!

Care to watch the Britney cover on an earlier tour stop?

Comments

[Kyla]

How does that make Ryan Ross your boyfriend?

[Nilina]

I thought it was quite obvious that the title is facetious-ie that he is my make believe boyfriend.

[tori]

hi i love ryan ross

[aly]

i love ryan ross<3

[alli petty]

ryan ross is a fag hippy!his"girl"friend keltie is a man!ryan is gay but in fact he is really a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!i used to like him and panic!intell they were hippys!!brendon is still pretty coll!!

[venus (miss urie)]

Brendon Urie i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so damm hot :)

[mle]

dude you guys are all little teenies,
do u even like there music???
i mean every1 is like omg yeahs i love ryan and i love brendon... like yeah they may be hot, but what about spencer and jon???
spencer smith is quite possible one of the greatest drummers in new age music, but he doesnt even get a i love spencer smith, like come on fucking grow up, and listen to the music, even if they were ugly as shit would you listen to them?

PANIC ARE AMAZING MUSICIANS!!!
ITS NOT ALL ABOUT LOOKS!!!!
DIE TEENIES DIE!!!

[Clara]

ok, i was totally at this show. like july, two years ago? i still had braces and was a scene kid and i remember seeing you on the side of the stage being like "I WANT TO DO THAT", and then i did.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS YOU
but it's totally freaking me out