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  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Concert Photos (Part 3)

    There will likely be one one part before I stop talking about Ashley’s Concert. I hope I’m not boring you all with my extended coverage of the event!

    Anyway, as I said I would in Ashley at the Grove Part 2, I wanted to share some of my photos from Ashley’s concert.

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I had already posted some pictures from her Soundcheck but as you can see, she changed before the actual show.

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    And she’s wearing the same shorts as she did on GMA! 🙂

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I also saw V Factory, her opening act. They where alright I guess. Boy bands don’t really have much appeal for guys. But here’s a pic for the girls. LOL

    V Factory at the Grove

  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Videos (Part 2)

    Yesterday i posted photos from Ashley’s soundcheck, but I was also working on getting these videos up on YouTube. My camera takes ridiculously high quality videos (20MB per minute) which makes the YouTube uploads take forever – especially with seven videos!

    Ashley Tisdale Concert Videos

    Ashley preformed a total of six songs, two separate times. I’ve uploaded two songs from the soundcheck, and five from the actual concert.

    There is one song missing, titled “Hair.” It is my least favorite song off the new album, so I took still photos instead of recording it.

    And speaking of still photos, I’ll be uploading a set of stills from the actual concert in the next day or so. 🙂

  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Intro & Soundcheck (Part 1)

    As I mentoned yesterday, I went to see Ashley Tisdale preform today at the grove in downtown LA.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    It was a free concert, and I know how much people like free stuff, so I got there early – just a few minutes before 10AM. Little did I realize when the day started how awesome it would be!

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I had gotten there just in time, because Ashley showed up for her Sound Check at 10:15AM!

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    She ran through her entire set of six songs complete with choreography. Now, they didn’t let us into the lawn viewing area to watch, but there where only 30-40 fans there already so we where all able to get a great view from the sidelines.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    And as you can see, I got some really great pictures. I even got within a couple feet of her after her check was over as security whisked her away.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    Over the next few days (just like I did with Demi), I’ll post videos and more photos from the event.

    EDIT: Videos have been posted. 🙂

  • The Drop with Mandy Moore

    So I hadn’t heard of the Grammy Museum or LA live before. I hadn’t even heard that they where building a huge new entertainment complex next to the Staples center. Now admitingly I don’t make it up that way very often (I think the last time was in 2004!) but I still thought I’d have heard of it.

    Anyway, I was there on Thursday (06/11/09) to see Mandy Moore. But before I headed over to the venue, I decided to swing by Disneyland. I only had a couple hours at the parks, so I decided to spend it at DCA. Quite possibly the stupidest thing I have ever done, for unbeknownst to me, Selena Gomez was at Disneyland that day! In fact, had I simply checked twitter on my phone when I arrived, I’d have seen her tweet about eating a pickle at Disneyland: “I ate a pickle, ice cream, fries, corn dog, and corn at Disneyland. Hmm now what else is there to do here? Oh. I guess I could ride rides…”

    But sadly, I did not check my twitter. As I got onto the tram several tween boys where seated right in front of me. And my ears perked up when I heard one of them mention Selena. Another clarified, “Selena Gomez, that girl from Camp Rock” Ar which point I realized that if they couldn’t keep Demi and Selena straight, they where probably idiots and tuned them out. Had I instead corrected them, I might have learned why they where taking about Selena.

    I arrived at the Grammy Museum with a good hour to spare. And was the 15th or so person in line. Not too bad if I say so myself. 🙂 As I stood outside the venue I pulled out my blackberry and checked Twitter. Once I saw Selena’s tweet, suddenly everything made sense and I quickly realized I had missed a possibly once in a lifetime opportunity. I mean, how often does one actually get the chance to meet a DC star? Even with SDS resources I had only met Amy.

    Needless to say, I was bummed. But then I remembered I was 15th in line to see Mandy Moore. And I realized that this day was still gonna be beyond awesome. As the line grew longer, they took us inside the building, up to the second level, and into the theater. I end up in the front row of seats, which meant that there was both no on in front of me, and because we where sitting, that no one behind me would complain about my height. 🙂

    Mandy Moore: The Drop

    The event was called “The Drop” in reference to the familiar phrase that signifies the release of the new album. The idea behind it, was to explore the process of creating the album. So we started with a rougly hour long interview and Q&A with the director of the Grammy Museum and Mandy Moore. Mandy told us a lot about Mike Viola who was in many ways her partner in producing this album. She had many great stories about the little house in Boston, and how they used the different acoustics of just about every room in the house on different parts on the album.

    Mandy Moore: The Drop

    Following the end of the Q&A, Mandy preformed several songs acoustically, accompanied by Mike who had been hiding in the back the whole time. 🙂

    Finally, following the end of her performance, Mandy autographed copies of her new CD. Sadly, the no photo rule was still in effect but I did get a moment with her and an autograph. 🙂

    Mandy Moore Autograph

  • Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour

    This Train Tour sounds like a really cool event, and I plan on seeing it in LA.

    Disney Train tour

    What follows is the official Disney press release.

    ALL ABOARD FOR “DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL” TRAIN TOUR

    Departing Los Angeles May 22; Tour to Cover More Than 16,000 Miles

    Burbank, Calif. (May 8, 2009) — Disney is pulling out all the whistle stops and taking its show on the
    road with a spectacular immersive and interactive 40-city train tour including a 3D sneak peek of film
    footage from the upcoming movie “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” it was announced today (05/08/09) by
    Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. Set amidst a snowy backdrop—complete with all of the
    sights and sounds of Christmas including carolers, decorations, giveaways and many more surprises in
    each of the 40 cities—the Train Tour is being launched with HP on board as the title and technology
    sponsor and driven by Amtrak. This family event is for guests of all ages and is free to the public.
    Starring Jim Carrey and directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, “Disney’s A
    Christmas Carol” opens in theatres November 6 in Disney Digital 3D™ and in IMAX 3D®.

    Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, “‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’ Train Tour is an incredibly
    fun way to introduce families across the country to the wonders and spectacle that is Robert Zemeckis’
    unique and spectacular new holiday film. We are so proud of the movie, and think the 3D footage is so
    incredible, we just had to give everyone a chance to see it in Disney Digital 3D. From Los Angeles to
    New York, and all points in between, guests are going to have a fabulous time discovering things about
    the making of this extraordinary film, participating in their own festive fantasies, and getting into the
    holiday spirit all year round. ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’ is great entertainment for moviegoers of all
    ages, and this is the perfect introduction to a fun and exciting new holiday classic.”

    Among the highlights of the tour are authentic artifacts on loan from the Charles Dickens Museum of
    London; artwork, costumes and props from the film; demonstrations of performance capture technology;
    and a chance to morph your face into one of the film’s characters using HP TouchSmart PCs. At each
    stop along the way, a state-of-the-art Disney Digital 3D Theatre will be erected, where guests can get a
    sneak peek of “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” and see other exclusive behind-the-scenes materials from
    the movie. The latest details about tour stops and scheduled events are available at
    www.christmascaroltraintour.com.

    Featuring four custom-designed vintage rail cars full of behind-the-scenes attractions, entertaining
    demonstrations, and fun activities, the tour will have its inaugural stop at Los Angeles’ Union Station over
    Memorial Day Weekend, from May 22nd through May 25th. During the next 24 weeks, the train will make
    40 stops in 36 states, as it travels its way across more than 16,000 miles of track. The tour will finish at
    New York’s Grand Central Terminal over the weekend of October 30th through November 1st.
    At every tour stop, Radio Disney will invite kids to enter for a chance to become a Movie Surfer
    representing their hometown. Each Hometown Movie Surfer will get a chance to appear on Disney
    Channel by filming their very own Movie Surfer’s segment! They’ll also receive a prize package of
    exclusive Movie Surfer and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” gear.

    ABC television stations across the country will run local promotions. At each stop, guests will have the
    chance to win an HP TouchSmart PC and an HP Photosmart wireless printer. Additionally, Disney is
    working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America organization to provide an early Christmas experience to
    kids across the country. Disney will present the organization with a donation in the amount of $100,000
    at the May 21st launch in Los Angeles to further the organization’s efforts of helping kids grow up to be
    great and will invite Boys & Girls Club kids to be part of the tour when it comes to their town. Boys &
    Girls Clubs throughout the nation are impacting the lives of 4.8 million young people each year with afterschool programs that emphasize education, career exploration, community service, technology skills,
    financial literacy, the arts and more to help them reach their full potential as productive, caring citizens.
    A variety of innovative HP technologies helped to make the Train Tour possible. HP ProLiant servers and
    HP ProCurve switches will provide Disney with the computing power that will allow guests to collect and
    upload photos. Throughout the train exhibits, Disney is using HP TouchSmart PCs to run an interactive
    face morph application and HP monitors to showcase performance capture technology as well as images
    and digital effects from the film. Additionally, each train car will be wrapped with Disney’s Train Tour logo
    using the versatility of HP Scitex printers.

    “For decades HP and Disney have joined together to captivate audiences through technology innovation
    and digital entertainment,” said Michael Mendenhall, senior vice president and chief marketing officer,
    HP. “HP technology used in the making of ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’ has enabled Disney to push the
    boundaries in performance capture technology. The Train Tour offers an innovative way for guests to
    interact with HP’s latest technology and experience the magic behind the film.”
    Amtrak locomotives and engineers will lead the four-car Train Tour (plus a private car), across the US, with
    stops ranging from 1-3 days along the way. Each train station will be themed with holiday decorations, and
    feature artwork from the film, Christmas Carolers, fun activities for the entire family, and snow!
    “Rail travel continues to influence the way people connect with each other and celebrating the release of
    a true classic is a perfect way to further that connection,” said Emmett Fremaux, Vice President
    Marketing and Product Management, Amtrak. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to be teaming up with Walt
    Disney Studios for this 40 city tour to help educate Americans about the benefit of rail travel.”
    Dolby Laboratories will be supplying its DolbyÂŽ 3D Digital Cinema solution for the traveling Digital 3D
    theater, and Barco is providing the DP2000 digital projectors. Panasonic provides some of the latest
    high resolution large screen technology available to consumers today throughout the train cars. And,
    the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is encouraging guests
    traveling to and from the train to Buckle Up, Every Trip, Every Time!

    ABOUT THE MOVIE
    “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning
    filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a
    groundbreaking, performance-capture 3D motion picture event. Ebeneezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins
    the holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery
    nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an
    eye-opening journey, revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo
    years of ill will before it’s too late. Through the magic of performance-capture technology, Jim Carrey
    tackles seven roles, including Scrooge and all of the Christmas spirits.

  • Another Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 1)

    On Monday December 8th, The talented Demi Lovato had an hour long concert at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles, California. I was there, just like I was when she preformed at the Roxy back in July.

    For starters, this theater was a LOT bigger. On a one to ten scale, I’s say the Wiltern is about a four, where the Roxy and any of the House of Blues are what I consider a 1 (small venues). Sports arenas are good examples of a 10 (Large venues). I don’t believe we had a sell out, but it was a rather full house.

    She had two short opening acts, KSM and Honor Society. I hadn’t heard of either, but then again I’m not a teenage girl either. It took me almost an hour before I realized that all the messages txt-ed to the screen about “Edward” where about that vampire guy from Twilight. And I was funny when everyone booed at the pro-Miley, anit-Twilight, etc. messages.

    Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera. I hadn’t been to this theater before, and I didn’t want to risk losing my place in line. As it turns out, I would have been fine but by the time I found out it was too late. So if any one else who was there would be kind enough to send me some of your photos I will love you forever and put them up on the site. You can email me at greg@dcfans.tv thanks!

    The show, as I said, was about an hour long. Demi did every song off her album except “On the Line.” This included “Believe In Me” which Demi said was a first for her at a concert. She also did “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted, “This is me” from Camp Rock and “Daydream” (a cover). All of which she did the last time I saw her. She also did a cover of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” and John Mayer’s “Daughters.” the one song I expected that she didn’t do was “Who Will I be” from Camp Rock.

    Credit to timeiswastingus for the following YouTube Video.

  • Demi Lovato Concert (and Selena) in LA (Part 5)

    Selena WAS there! Along with her mom and cousin Brandon

    Selena Gomez leaving the Roxy

    And even crazier, they actually parked across the street where I’ve parked before! It’s hard to tell for sure, but it looks like she just waited for most of the crowd to exit and then just left out the front door. Had I known, I would have hung around. Oh well.

  • Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 4)

    This is likely my last post about Demi’s concert last week.

    I’ve finished screencapping the videos I took at the concert. By that process I created more than 3000 images. However, most of these where badly blurred, and others quite repetitive. I went through the mass of images and hand picked 200 to share with all of you. These images have been added to the gallery I mentioned in “Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 2).”

    Sexy Demi Lovato Concert Photo

  • Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 3)

    The Demi concert videos are up!

    My camera takes ridiculously high quality videos (20MB per minute) which makes YouTube uploads take forever – especially when there are eight videos!

    Demi Lovato Concert Videos

    I only recorded her new songs, because I’m sure anyone who cares to can find footage of “This is me.” And I used the “old” songs to take still photos.

    I’m going to try screencapping my original video files over the next couple days. If I can get some good pics, I’ll add them to the existing gallery and announce it here. 😀

  • Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 2)

    I saw on The Roxy’s Website that the Jonas Brothers where at the concert. I never actually saw them, or any of the other people that I’ve heard where there. And if any one has a pic that can confirm Selena was there, please send it to greg [at] dcfans.tv. Nevermind, she was there.

    Anyway, I’ve gone through and picked out my best still photos for the gallery. Every photo in this gallery is mine, if you repost them please link back.

    Demi at the Roxy

    I also wanted to share this great photo from the Roxy’s in house photographer, Erik Voake.

    Videos will be coming soon! I do have a day job, and it’ll take a while to get them all onto YouTube.