Lights! Camera! James!
Apr. 27th, 2012
01:21 am - That Hair Got Me Fired
I have a report! Hey wait, where are you all going? :-P Well, anyway. If you'd love some pics and some random details (GRAPES) about a play James did, and the story of how having big Godspell hair ain't all it's cracked up to be, then read on!
So! James performed in Frost/Nixon at the James Bridges Theater, UCLA, for L.A. Theatre Works. April 19-22. For those that aren't familiar with the LATW plays, they aren't staged or costumed. They're very much like those old fashioned radio plays. The audio is recorded before a live audience and sold at a later date. James played David Frost, and it centers around the interview he did with Richard Nixon.
Thursday after the play. Note the curls, because they didn't make any other appearances that weekend. This is his David Frost attire. Dapper, yes?
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I hope you all enjoyed!
Sep. 15th, 2011
01:54 am - Hi my name is Becky, and I'll be your fan today.
Greetings, gentle readers. I went to DragonCon! There were splendid things there, like trout on grits. Black eyed peas. Pecan cookies. Whale sharks. Wil Wheaton (who had the best panel EVAH.) And James was there! Really, something or someone for everyone. Yes!
There was no James party/concert like there usually is at D*C though. Woe. But as it turned out, he did two mini-concerts. Of sorts. If you kinda squint. The first was at the Moonshot panel on Friday. He started out reading his notes, trying to convince us that the moon landing actually happened. Erm, were there secret groups of numbskulls attending D*C that thought it was all a hoax? I kinda doubt it. I think James sensed that he was preaching to the choir, so he finally asked who believed that we actually walked on the moon, and practically everyone raised their hands, so he tossed his notes and changed the subject. lol At that point they started playing clips from Moonshot (wherein James plays Buzz Aldrin) and he commented on them.
Watching a scene:
( More exciting pics and reportage here... )
And that's it, peeps! Thanks for reading. And if you didn't read, thanks anyway for being continuously awesome. :-D
Edit: Please don't take any of these photos and post them elsewhere, thanks.
Aug. 1st, 2011
12:48 am
::tap tap tap:: Hey, is this thing on? ::waves::
It's been awhile! Not a whole lot o' fandom goodness to report on, that's why. I did see James and Ghost of the Robot at San Diego IndieFest. Woot. IndieFest of course is always fun, and I took many pics, and I do want to do a report, but so far I haven't had the heart to do it. So! Moving along, I almost went to the Bard Bash (James doing Shakespeare, singing, Q&Aing, etc) in New Jersey. Alas, it was canceled. I saw NYC anyway! Yay! Ton of fun there. If you're friends with me on Facebook, you were royally spammed by me. Mwuahaha. I mean, sorry. :-D What else. Just did San Diego Comic-Con. Had a GREAT time. Maybe I'll do some reportage on that. But first! I wanted to tell you about the party that Ghost of the Robot hosted last night (29 July) at the Swing House Recording Studios , Hollywood.
It was a listening party for their new CD "Murphy's Law". The master was hot off the press, and James hadn't heard it since they had finished mixing it. So about 37 of us sat in a room and listened to it for the first time. I don't know who was more excited, James or us. And wow! It was soooo good, peeps. I'm not lying here. It just blew me away. And James was thrilled too. But, allow me to back up and tell the experience from the beginning.![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1){kind=small}
seapealsh and I arrived first, and were joined soon thereafter by oanimation. We were dismayed to find we were the only ones there. Well, except for James and his crew. They arrived about the same time we did. And when James came out to move his car, we got big hugs and had a nice opportunity to talk with him. He looks REALLY good, and I told him so. He's happy and healthy, and was so excited about hearing the CD. He introduced us to Micah who is doing backup vocals for them, and Jordan who is their new drummer. Kevin joined us, and it was really nice talking to him again.
James told us that Ziggy Marley was inside. "That's great! Who's Ziggy Marley?" I asked James. He informed me. And said that Ziggy was leaving *ahem* a gift wafting in the air. He said that all we need to do is breathe deeply when we get inside and the CD will sound better and better. LOL! Well now, we were gonna have some fun. :-D
I was curious about who was doing the mixing and whatnot on the CD, and James said that they were all doing it. For some reason, I thought that James just did the vocals and guitar, then others did the other production stuff. Well, wrong! James does it all, man. ;-D Somehow the subject was changed to a BBQ and pool party James was having at his house after the listening party. He got sheepish here and confessed that he's using propane to heat the pool, and the conservation gods will not be pleased, but it's only for one night. I agreed that they're pissed at him. ;) Anyway, James went to move his car, drove the wrong way down a one-way street, moved an orange cone, and achieved parking nirvana. He then went inside, saying that he'd see us later.
I asked Kevin if Aaron Anderson (GotR 1.0 drummer) would ever play with the band again. He said that he's busy now with his other band Fictionist. I brought up how he's also getting married, which is great. But Kevin didn't say that we'd never see Aaron play with them again, so who knows, I guess it could happen someday. :)
Other fans finally came. Kevin shared about buying a table cloth for the party, and sheets for his bed for the first time in his life recently. I asked what characters were on the sheets, maybe Peanuts? ;-D He said a paisley print. And now you know, dear readers, what kind of sheets Kevin has.
Eventually Kevin let us in, and we went to Stage 1. Here's a pic taken by Ivy Dickerson during the party (and posted in
this article from collegepulsemag.com). Why didn't I take my own pic? Because any cameras or cell phones were forbidden. They didn't want their hard work being bootlegged and played on YouTube. So that's understandable.
On the chairs and sofa from left to right: Charlie De Mars, Micah, Jordan Latham, James Marsters, Kevin McPherson, Sullivan Marsters. I was sitting directly across from them on a sofa.
( More inside, including amazing life-like sketch... )
So that was it! We left the studio, talking amongst ourselves. Rosie snagged one of the printed out signs for the event that were posted outside of the studio. They said, "Ghost in the Robot Listening Party, Stage 1". Note the "in" there. To throw people off track, no doubt! lol I snagged a couple, one for me and one for seapealsh. As I started walking to my car, James drove out in the driveway right in front of me. He and Patricia saw me and waved goodbye. :-D So James and family/friends were off to his BBQ with heated pool, and oanimation, seapealsh and I went to IHoP to indulge in a little post-party revelry. What an amazing night. We were all so happy with how it turned out, and that we were able to share it with James and the rest of the band. Yay!
November 15th, release date! Can. Not. Wait. \o/
Dec. 23rd, 2010
05:44 am
I went to see Ghost of the Robot last weekend. SHORT-ish report, this time. (AND MY FLIST CHEERS! I heard that. :-P)
It was a dark and stormy night. Haha. I always wanted to start a report that way. And it's kind of accurate. It was raining buckets all day and night. I expected that, so I came prepared with rain boots, puffy jacket, warm hat, umbrella and such. I didn't know I'd need all that inside though. Here, have a pic of the tiny stage area before we were let in. Notice the trash barrel set up there to catch the rain leaking through the ceiling. See that guitar there on the stage? That's the area where I ended up standing. There was no leaking there at that point. I had my jacket off and all was fine. Then I started feeling the occasional drips. Then more. It got so bad I had to put on my puffy jacket. By the end of the set, I was pretty well doused. In some vids I took, I can hear the rain falling onto my camera. lol Makes this the weirdest concert ever. And am I ever glad that my camera has weather sealing. Otherwise, it'd be dead Jim, and I'd be rather cross. (ETA: It has occurred to me that people who don't know the original Star Trek series wouldn't get the "dead Jim" reference. In short, Dr. McCoy had a habit of saying, "He's dead, Jim," usually about people in red shirts. So sometimes I say something is "dead Jim" when it's kaput. So there there you go, non-Star Trek fans! :-D)
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And that ends the tale. (The next day, I was never so happy to stay in my warm, DRY bed forever and ever, amen.)
Big thanks to seapealsh for the DELICIOUS cupcake. She came to the gig with copious amounts of cupcakes, including one called Fudgey Yummy just for me, which makes her massively awesome. Thanks also to wrigglerosie for the lovely ornament shaped like a Christmas pudding! So cute! And thank you, sintonia for the virtual holiday cookies and milk! ETA: Aw, thanks so much seductivembrace for the adorable Santa Bear! xoxo
Sending much love and good wishes to my friend's list. May you all have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Festive New Year! ::hugs::
Dec. 8th, 2010
06:51 am
I went to Boston! And yes, James happened to be there at the same time. What? Coincidence! You believe me, right? :-D Actually, this trip was to make up for not going to DragonCon. But it was especially fun because I'd never been to Boston, and I LOVED seeing the historical sites. So I was a happy tourist while not at the New England Comic Con, getting my geek on. I thought I'd share some reportage and piccies.
It's kinda long, but if you just want the Jamesy portions (I CAN NOT BLAME YOU) just scroll down to the Saturday and Sunday bits.
First, a little preview of James walking on stage for his concert. Man in motion.
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Can you tell I had a fantastic time? \o/ Awesome sights were seen. (And as I left through Logan Airport where they use the Naked Scanners, I was seen in Boston too. Full Monty! The scanner person asked me out! Haha. Joking, natch.) It was great spending time with friends and squeeing with James! :-D
There are more Comic Con pics to be found here:
Autographs
Q&A
Concert
Big yays and thanks to seapealsh for the candy cane, and ghostgirl13, oanimation and chic_c for the holiday presents! xoxo
Cookies and mad props to any who made it through this whole post. :-D
Oct. 6th, 2010
05:40 am
Did y'all know that James' band, Ghost of the Robot is back together? After six years apart! Yes! I went to their gig at The Central Social Club and Pleasure Club in L.A. on Saturday. Waited in line for too long, considering that the crowd never got big. I'd say maybe 70ish were there? But still, I got a primo spot by the stage, and I was happy to hang with friends beforehand, so it's all good. Anyway, when James arrived, he was outside talking to other people and he noticed me and came over, gave me a handshake and a hug and said he's missed me, and that he hadn't seen me for a while. (If he'd attended DragonCon, he probably wouldn't have been missing me so much. Haha.) I said yeah, it's been a while. And I told him to have fun tonight, and he smiled real big and nodded.
I also talked to the guys in the band. Aaron (the drummer) is living in Utah and plays with a band called Fictionist. He said he didn't know about this GotR gig until the previous day (Friday) so he jumped on a plane and came down for it. That surprised me. But hey, so glad he was able to be there. He said that Kevin was going to be recording the audio from the gig through the sound board, so they could share it with us. Great news! Charlie gave us some posters promoting the concert. They were a lovely peach color because that's all the printer's had. (That seemed to bother Kevin. lol) It's got the same artwork as the new t-shirts (see pic under the cut), and it turns out that it's Charlie's handiwork, with input from the other guys. Charlie said that he wanted it to be GotR 2.oh on the t-shirts, but the printers got it wrong. Oh well. Kevin and Charlie tried to explain to me about the artwork, but it didn't help much. lol The robot's receiving a charge of electricity from above. They want us to wonder if it's helping or hurting. And that Pacman-looking ghostie has two heads. "What does it mean?" Kevin asked. Well, if he doesn't know, I'm sure I don't. :-D "Everything won't happen again." Referring to the difficulties they had before they broke up? They also talked about how talented James' son Sullivan is. I said I'd seen his videos on YouTube, and agreed. Charlie said that he was teaching him his secrets for playing guitar, and that he caught on very quickly.
Wow, the concert rocked! They mostly did James' songs, which is good because those are the ones that have resonance for him, not to mention they're in his vocal range. \o/ To make their reunion even more special, it was Sullivan's live debut as a guitar player. He initially came out with his own band called Electric Gold, and did three songs. He's quite talented, and he's only been playing for what? A couple of years or less? Very impressive. He later joined his Dad on stage with GotR, did a solo, then stayed and played with the band for about three songs. James was so freaking proud.
James and Sullivan sharing a moment:
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I'll have pics up soon on my site (and on the GotR FB.) I want to give big thanks to sintonia for the fuzzy dice and kind wishes, seductivembrace for the cake and waffles, anonymous for the waffles, oanimation for the waffles and foot long, and debris4spike for the foot long. ::nom nom nom:: :-D
Jul. 27th, 2010
08:56 pm
Wow, San Diego Comicon went by fast. But what fun! Just so you know, I shall be in a movie! Tron! Yes! I'll be part of the crowd noise! Are you impressed? I know I am. :-D But more about that in another post. This one is dedicated to none other than the very fine Mr. Marsters, who not only showed up to sign autos and do photo ops, but was on the Caprica panel as well.
Walking out to wild cheering at said Caprica panel. Ballroom 20 is huge and was packed, so that must have been quite a sight for James. He should have recorded it on his cell, like so many actors are doing now.
He was asked the first question which was about his character Barnabus who's a religious terrorist. He said he (James) is personally in the middle of a non-violent revolution, which involves art, so he's writing songs and poetry. He based Barnabus on Timothy McVeigh, but could have based it on anyone of any religion who thinks they know everything. (Factoid: Timothy McVeigh was actually agnostic and didn't commit his terrorist acts for religious reasons.) He's sure there's even one stupid Buddhist out there. lol He said he was surprised by the love in the character, and was directed to play him as a loving Methodist priest, which is what his father was, so he based the character on his father, except his father doesn't blow people up. It's been YouTubed here. And yes, those are the producers downing Tequila shots.
James says that Smallville (in which he'll be appearing again this coming season) is still on the air because Tom Welling moisturizes and still looks hot. Haha. He also said that the way he played Spike was inspired by the time he was kicked out of college and was hanging out with very bad people.
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So that's it for the Jamesy portion of the Comicon festivities! It was lovely seeing him again. He seems very happy and healthy and all that good stuff.
I've got all my James pics on my site here. I hope you enjoy. :)
Jun. 13th, 2010
08:06 pm
The Phoenix Q&A is all up on YouTube (go! enjoy!). Dayum, but he was pretty. I mean, seriously pretty.
Observe. The flowing, wavy hair (well, it would flow in a gust of wind, I suppose. Or maybe not.) The blue shirt that sets off his cerulean orbs. His supple lips parted slightly. His angelic gaze of genuine interest. His muscled arms. His HUGE hands framing his...well I could go on forever here. But you get the idea, right? Right! Simply put, this is The Best Q&A Pic of James Evah! It's time to put our cameras away, because THIS IS IT. AMIRITE? Wait? You've seen better? Well, I want proof. EVIDENCE. Then I may reconsider my stand. Maybe. :-D
( Why's he so pretty? WHY? And why was the concert lighting so wackadoodle? )
Well, I hope you've enjoyed my con reports/pics! I'd like to thank my wonderful roomies hellziggy, oanimation and ghostgirl13 for being awesome. ::squish squish squish::
More concert piccies here (some of them strange)! And if you're not ded yet, there's much more Q&A prettiness here.
Will be seeing James this week at She Stoops To Conquer. Yay.
Thanks and ::hugs:: to chic_c for the adorable Lemur! <3
Jun. 5th, 2010
02:57 am
Coffee with James. I did it! Except I don't drink coffee. So for me, it was watermelon with James, yay! It's one of those auctioned-off experiences where you and nine other fans get to talk with James for a particular amount of time, over watermelon. This time it was an hour long. And we paid $165 each.
I'd never done this before, so I didn't know what to expect. I figured I'd just sit there and listen because I tend to be shy. But hey, I said things! And I don't think I embarrassed myself too much. Woot. I'll try to tell what I remember, but I'm sure I've forgotten things, and I'll probably mess up the order in which he said things. But oh well! (Warning: There's a Caprica spoiler, within.)
( No navel gazing allowed...much )
I hope you enjoyed. More pics from the coffee are here. ::cracks knuckles:: I think I'll tackle the concert pics next. :-D
Jun. 2nd, 2010
04:00 am
I went to Phoenix Comicon (May 28-30)! It's a rather small con. Only 14,000 geeks, which is a good geek to guest ratio. You get to spend more time with guests during autographs. And we were allowed to take photos to our hearts content, just as long as it was all right with the guest. Thankfully James has no problem with that. :-D I'd thought I'd tell about my autograph experiences first. Warning, the dorkiness is off the charts here. Haha. Not that that is any different than before, but just sayin'.
James at the autograph table, posing for the official photographer.
( Exciting autograph deets under da cut... )
So that's it for the wacky auto experiences. I'll be putting a whole bunch more pics on my site as soon as I get them all processed. :)
ETA: Got the auto pics up here.
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