Alja

I'll sum up several things as I see them:

I don't think Beta is golddigger per se, if she was, Axl is most probably dead by now for some 20 years, I guess. Actually, first time I've seen Beta I didn't recognize her as Beta, because I really suck in recognizing people, but a woman being so mom (for no better words to describe that vibe) and looked at us down in the pit like she's seeing it for the first time. Some women are born mom. I think it's the first time Axl eventually got this kind of experience of someone basically not having own heavy issues and package, who honestly and peacefully cares about him and stands for him (it could never work in erotic relationship).

The only slightly odd thing on that photo for me is the little age difference. An old mom lady and a man having great respect for her. He's not even hunched like usual.

Axl belongs to the breed not much grounded to earthy things, these people, both men and women, attract people who care about them and their earthy needs. Be it Axl, be it Freddie, be it Janis, you may look around and find them also around you. They do magic stuff, people do mundane stuff for them so they can do their magic, they get protected and cared. Axl has way too much experience with management not truly caring about him, just making him to go onstage no matter what, like a circus animal. People demanding but not giving anything for exchange. Axl is picky about his tight circle now and may they not be the best choice business-wise, I think it doesn't matter to him, as far as they have certain something which attracts him and they are loyal. (Axl himself seems to be a drop-dead loyal and protective guy)

Being open about mental issues and discussing it is what is needed, because it's not uncommon. Each one of us may be wrong about particular person, but at least for me it teaches me to recognize patterns, which is good. People will discuss and diagnose weirdly behaving people anyway (I know this fairly well, some people are courageous enough to ask. I can even imply like being on meds, yet I'm not). I appreciated when the band chose to support mental health awareness foundation with their last show. 

Maybe Axl is now just cozy-happy man with stable life and friends circle. This always soothes soul, even if that circle is not conventional.

Call it a therapy, he met someone to take care of that frighten two-year-old and who slowly, step-by-step learned him to trust and make a bond and not to get frightened and freak out, because that's how he ruined many of his relationships in the past and suffered. Also to count, he aged - and some issues just go better with aging.

Family and business: There is the strategy not to mix family and business and then there is family business. Some people are raised in families with running business. Those kids basically never had a chance to choose career on their own, they are risen as a cogwheel. You know, there is prestige, income and these things which people thing will bring happiness. If they are lucky, they have both vision and skill needed. But some of them just not. They may be the nicest and sweetest and most loving creatures, but they are pain in the ass for everyone who they co-work with and is not family. They want to make it, to do their job well, but they would be better elsewhere. Lots of tension and friction, lots of insecurities and slow, not so well-done job, yet no one around is willing to break the circle. They can become scapegoat for everything that is not running like people expected, because they suck and they are insecure. And they cannot meet their life purpose and are unhappy, even their life looks like a dream outside. 

*Duff is putting out his own album, like... they didn't agree to work on the songs he wrote? Is there other material and those kind of didn't make it as GNR? Or he just doesn't want to wait?

20 minutes ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

Has this been posted yet? I haven’t read D&N today.

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/8487681/guns-n-roses-donating-funds-hawaii-show-andy-irons-foundation

It's roaming around The Internets. Good idea. Some topics seems to be familiar with band members.

18 minutes ago, GingerHair said:

I don't find tantrums charming or anything and, actually, I cannot tolerate tantrums from anyone above 10 y.o.

It's just that, in the case of Axl, his looks are so different, his voice is not the same, he isn't late for show, he doesn't even cancel shows even he's ill !!! So, at least, when he throws a tantrum, I feel like I can roll my eyes and say: ' ok, that's Axl'. 

But I completely agree with you that it isn't good for him and neither for the energy of the people working both on and off stage. I remember thinking at some point of the concert in Malaysia: can not he just let it go?

I don't think Axl can let it go lighthearted. Axl cares. His f*ck distribution is all or zero and nothing in between and onstage it's always "all". If someone can get hurt because of slippery stage or equipment can be damaged or the show is not going 110% because of sound problems or something is going wrong in the crowd or whatever, he goes for solution. He did so in Berlin, he went to the back parts of stage during instrumentals and you could see he is worry, strict, organizing and demanding until the possible maximum is reached (otherwise he would have fun with front rows people). It actually gave a strange vibe at least to first half of the show, not to say it definitely broke through KOHD towards the end of shortened set. As he got with the fact it won't go better and the sound will be bad until the end, he actually settled and regained his balance and shine back.

Sometimes is better a short intense stress than have a long-term stress from remorse.

Frenchmen love to protest (almost as much as Latinos) and since they didn't destroy it in 1968, Paris will carry on. 

Not that ridiculous

At first, if people already have religious beliefs, they are prone to believe anything else, to say, occult. With some theatrical abilities is really easy to convince people that you possess some kind of invisible powers. If you outsmart most of them and/or you are a bit weird, you are considered black mage or witch by them. Those people are taught that there are invisible powers going on, like there's Jesus fighting devil and stuff, but they aren't taught how to cope with it when their shit goes emotional. When things seriously derail, people are even more prone to believe/trust in things like that because they are basically helpless in the middle of something which they cannot grab and control. Or they want some kind of easy way to get relationship, wealth, get rid of unwanted people, all kinds of stuff... some magical solution for their life gone way they really don't like. They can dig deep if conventional religion doesn't work for that and become a death-frighten victim of some twisted mind. The thing is things can go nasty really easily when you don't control it with logic. And you want things done but stay nice guy, don't you? And guy who is married to a "light worker" and stuffs his home with talismans would easily believe in basically anything. Usually these light workers (that everything nice, sugar and spice kind of people,) summon angels and saints and good spirits, depends on religious frame. And usually do healing stuff or some rituals to bring positive things.

*here's a kitty

On 29. 11. 2018 at 12:28 AM, Andy14 said:

 

Credits: @MillionsOfSpiders for giving me the idea. 

No more sheep? Now cow-cow-cow-Axl?

26 minutes ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

I don’t think it’s really an unusual situation for long touring bands - James Hetfield tried to play through a show with a bad sore throat at the beginning of Metallica’s Hardwired tour, he ended up asking the crowd if they wanted to carry on or postpone, they carried on. I still read pissed off messages about that and the show the next day being cancelled because people wasted money on hotels and flights etc. 

Eddie Vedder collapsed and curled up behind an amp at a London PJ show last year - people moaned about that and the show the day after getting cancelled.

Pink and Fleetwood Mac pissed off their fans this year cancelling shows just before they were to start, people had travelled. 

I’m sure there are a ton more examples - these things happen and I don’t really give a fuck what people on Twitter say - but it was cool how much support Axl got from fans here, that was nice to read. 

Jimmy Page got food poisoned and threw behind amps until he wan't able to push the strings anymore and had to stop the show, so even demi-gods of rock'n'roll have to eat and are vulnerable.

6 hours ago, Padme said:

It doesn't matters what he feels. It matters what the doctor says. Asssuming somebody bothered to call a doctor. If there were expectations, nobody wins with a bad show that needed to end earlier. This show should've never happened

Not precisely how it works. 

As a doctor you guide your (conscious) patient, not mentor him. If he is not obviously lunatic or dangerous to self or surroundings, you won't force him into any kind of treatment and regime. In a case like this, you as a doctor are called to a case. You see what you can do, and you do it, and talk to your patient what he thinks about his state, abilities, possible problems and dangers and stuff. You may discourage your patient from doing some stuff, but, after all, everyone is responsible for oneself and this has to be respected. 

Axl is under enormous pressure, there is multitude of nitpickers waiting for him to f*ck something up, to be unreasonably late or cancel a show, to throw a hissy and storm offstage, make any mistake... I guess people would be generally far more compassionate if something similar happened to Slash. But maybe I'm naive and universe is just full of morons and plain assholes.

There is that certain thing, that clicking with audience and... highly motivated people can do miraculous things. Axl wants to give it all and he would do anything for that, it's the deep magic of his performance and he nurtures from feedback he gets. There is something extraordinary, painful and pleasurable to perform on the edge, a kind of kamikaze performing, delirium - some people already mentioned that it was unusual, giving-it-all performance, that the performance wasn't bad.

I don't think anyone could stop Axl from stepping onstage if he feels like able to do so. Neither Slash, Duff, any other member of band or entourage, doctor... The doctor just has to respect patient's decision, pray for best and get ready and set up things for worst, that's how it works. You as a doctor guide people so they can make the path they chose as well as possible.

As far as Axl was able to walk away on his own, he wasn't that irresponsible.

So, again, respect.

Note: There is always medical help backstage solely for the band and entourage, they hire local seasoned professionals. (for plebs there are different teams) They have ambulance just for them and nearest well-equipped ICU is announced and some beds in ward are kept just for purpose of those important people (be it artists, sportsmen, politicians, royals...) They may even bring portable blood lab and stuff and set a mini-ICU backstage if needed, it' really not difficult. 

* It reminds me how Show must go on was recorded, they discouraged Freddie, that he's too weak to make it through the song, and he was like: "Darling, I'll f*cking do it." Rest is on the tape.

49 minutes ago, Padme said:

Axl seems to like privacy. He is far from being an attention whore. It is headscratcher for me that he would enjoy walking around Vegas. I just thought he would enjoy other kind of places during tour breaks

If you know how to, you can be really private and pass unattended in crowd, especially in a place where many people crave for attention - even more than in remote, little visited space or some celebrity haven. Also, busy place offers thoughts and observations food. 

*edit

It seems to me he is talking about what he did around this time:

2 minutes ago, Padme said:

Ok here I give you information for those who have never been in Vegas. I have been there many times. Unlike Axl, I was parting and gambling 

In Summer, during the day it is impossible to be walking around because the heat in unberable. So you have no choice but to walk around at night. But there is always a sea of people walking around at night. Yet Axl walking around watching people? I'm shocked 

During Spring, Fall and Winter it is ok to walk or drive around during the day as well as night.

All the hotels also have many attractions other than showgirls and casinos

Been there once, in the break of the summer day was so unbearable and kind of boring we rather went to a desert trip (Valley of Fire, I haven't seen desert more red and yellow with bluer skies above). No partying and gambling for me, it was a stop on a long, rather low budget trip. I felt kind of uncomfortable on The Strip in the evening because it was just... weird. City thick of lights and smells head goes round. Tourists, sellers of anything an everything, performers, attention seekers, freaks of all kinds... . All the people, mess and noise, but I can easily imagine that even someone with boldness of Axl Rose just blends in. It's Vegas, you can be anything and no one cares. I think he has this hobby of walking the streets and observing since at least teenage years. He's one hell of an observer (watch, like, China Exchange).

Still, I can imagine that as soon as I would get comfortable with city oddities and found some working observer strategy, I would enjoy its vibe and plain people observing, it's my hobby, too, after all.

I love how Axl loves Freddie! Not a deep cut, but nice and cozy interview.

1 hour ago, Tori72 said:

Harsh! Throw up because of looks., seriously? That’s what I’d call lookism.

What I see is a miserable, sad man who bloated probably because of meds and/or depression. Knowing what and how he was and looked a few years before tells me, how very different he must have felt at the time. Something drastic has happened to him. All that makes me feel sorry for him. That’s all. That’s why I meant with not wanting to look at the pic.

My first impression of the picture without the story few days before was sorrow, Axl has something deeply blue in his eyes. It's not a time in someone's life to be picky about image and clothes choice. At least he looks clean and kempt. Maybe if current me met '98 Axl I'd try to talk to him in a way to...shine a sparkle, even without asking for picture, because meeting some people is so sacred moment I just don't want to ruin it with picture-taking, but depends, I've had to be there and smell the situation, but just in case of accidental bumping into him or like that. 

To know the story, I don't wear my rocking outfits in the garden either, I prefer baggy comfy ones (I would be additionally dirty from soil and grass). If anyone knocked unannounced on my gate and wanted to see me and stuff.

7 hours ago, Ratam said:

for my sound a bit silly she write about UTLH , about that Slash said ,many buzz for a song is just a joke, but in general is good article.

I always think of traditional songs, they are just like UTLH, all kinds of ancient ballads about getting rid of unwanted marital partner, cuckoldry, jealousy, messing up with dead ones, men and women, you name it. We still sing them for fun. Usually the older, the more violent and detailed description is there. Some folk artists still make new songs in this style. 

Yay, rabid DV bad bad Axl discussion again!

Axl has no record of any violence in years, so what's the point? 

He did some hard work on himself to not to be threat to people and things around (and himself, he suffered alike). He is not an average person, he is contradictory and it's his nature and personal magic/charisma to be so. He was born with it anyway, it's no way to get it or get rid of it through your life. It is in his androgynousness, he rocks some finest feminine  traits and it's far more difficult to man to get away with that than when a woman posses typically masculine traits. 

He grew up in environment where being berserk aggressive was a way to cope with much bigger people threatening him. It's also partially because in men are not accepted traits like vulnerability, or overall being emotional, only accepted are joy and aggression. So any negative emotions fear, insecurity, vulnerability, sadness, anything an emotional boy learns to turn into aggression. He moved to an environment where aggression and unpredictability was the thing, nice boys don't play rock'n'roll; long story short, he was lucky to have his intelligence and will to figure things out and make them work, even when it lasted decades.  That is what differs him from average guy who repeats behavior he learned at home forever. 

I know way too many misogynist bollocks to consider Axl misogynist. 

I don't say it's okay to be aggressive, but actions against it should be in extent that person should not be subsequent threat, yet not unnecessarily harmful, even to culprit. It's complex problem to establish any kind of universal solution for aggressive behavior or any complex problem. 

When you are intelligent, you just need some thoughts food. Weird and contradictory is the tastiest one. Being fascinated by historic characters I consider as normal. They are just interesting, not average, straightforward people, that's it. What's weird on trying to figure out some twisted mind?

I know, I know, many people love it, they love to judge and ostracize, once you make something and you are called for it forever. Is that really how it should work? Who of you did perfect all your life? You judge young years of some guy and compare it with current actions of a late middle-aged man, who is supposed to be more mature, if anything.

Also, Axl moves between rich and famous for decades, groupies, hookers, golddiggers of all kinds, I am sure he can spot hooker (like... (recovery) junkie can spot other junkie far better than an inexperienced person, too, if anything). 

Basically, if he even wanted to do anything, to show compassion or whatever, he would be despised by some people because of some lyrics from '88. Seriously, it's 2018, calm your tits. 

11 hours ago, Fourteenbeers said:

And a matching shirt... 

No, Axl would have to have Charlie Watt's concert expression to wear this shirt. Axl doesn't match now. Rather some thick socks, and pack of dogs and cats, maybe some kids around... 

I think he has people to care about his little zoo, not just cats. 

On 8. 11. 2018 at 7:51 PM, SerenityScorp said:

Soooo here's the boring review from Me since Im not a good story teller

Setlist: Nothing special. same like before. But seriously I freakin love that cover,  Wichita Lineman

Axl's voice: Better than I thought.Even though theres some Mickey and His normal voice in couple of songs because out of breath N maybe He cannot reach some notes. Btw,  He should practice bit more before He sings Slither

The Big 3: 

Axl, He always using tshirt only in the end, He use jacket. Btw now I know why You Girls said He should get a rid of that jewrlry, boots n hats,  What I hate from Acl fashion is too much jewelry, boots(How in the hell He can running with that?????),  American jacket (Im not sure cause what I saw is white, blue with stars), anddddd THAT UGLY RED ROBE!!!!! 

Wichita Lineman is of the three most important songs for Axl during current tour for me, where the biggest pieces of his heart is. Other two are, despite struggles This I Love and November Rain. But Wichita Lineman has certain something, maybe some far memory of his; strange song, his version, like when he sung It's All Right during UYI, Wichita having some similar quality, but being mature man's song. Axl's basic singing voice is soothing.

If you start to think about what Axl wears onstage as a kind of armor, it starts to make sense. Basically, Axl performs skinless, heart on his sleeve, and therefore very vulnerable. You can exactly see how he feels about performance by how much he gets rid of certain parts of garderóbe, namely I swear on shades and tablecloth. The more happy and assured Axl is, the less trinkets. He is known to be sensitive on his ankles, I guess he has some massive socks stuck in that cowboy boots, and straps around ankles work the same. As far as I've seen concerts, he starts with bare head and fluffy hair, then he moves to scarf and he ends up in hat because sweat pours down him and he's aware that it doesn't look as hot as in Marquee '88. I think for him each and every piece he wears makes sense and is important. It's performance, he can wear normal shoes outside. Now when I have cold ankles because I put on improper socks, I think of Axl. There is definitely something on warm ankles.

On 8. 11. 2018 at 7:51 PM, SerenityScorp said:

Slash: This is My first time I saw Him but I dont know why I dont have any excitement like some Fans tht saw Him 4 the first time,  N' He really cant be bothered lol,  He focus too much. Also He have funny tshirt tht I like N' I dont see any drool 

Slaxl: IS SLAXL JUST MY IMAGINATION?????   I only find 2 Slaxl moments N'Those were only Axl pat/touch on Slash's back  Like I said before it was like Slash had invisible barrier tht surrounds Him,  Even thought Axl run alot, Mostly He was running,  pass through Slash. Occasionally standing near Slash but the vibe is different than how Axl treat Duff N'other Members.  N'there is a time when Axl walking near N'in front of Slash,  Slash instinctively back away. 

Someone tell Me if is it just Me or some of You feel the same???

4tus: He is wild on the stage lol

I think one problem with Slaxl is Slash being high on guitar during performance. Slash can be called back to Earth for a while with flying bras (he discussed one during the show with Duff, both guys intensely hand-gesturing) or some rail boobs that would eventually deserve extra standing ticket (I saw him boob-struck which is again a kind of sub-cortical primal state, not conscious). He can register Axl walking backwards and step away in last moment. Maybe Slash has some auto-pilot or very hard-working guardian angel. Axl knows Slash is high on guitar and he disturbs him accordingly to his ability to interact. Yes, I cannot channel Slash, too. But I must have had seen the show to tell you. Axl sometimes does little jokes and this no-touch kind of bonding. Or lovely moments when Slash is wildly soloing and Axl calls all the other members and he's like look at that guy, he is f*ckin' awsome!. Or Axl shimming on Slash's melodies in stage "hideouts" like no one is watching (his ass).

Richard is lovable shy guy. It was great when I was front right and he stayed with us and was having fun and interacting and really appreciating that we love him - as soon as he got that it's him who we cheer. In Berlin he really tried hard to uplift the show and he was so cute. Other thing is that when Axl is around, Richard goes shit-scared and petrified. But he was awesome when the show was going sour and tried to make the show working and played his soul off. When the show was going smooth, he held backwards. As much as Ronnie Wood-ish he is, I wish he was as self-assured as Ronnie (of The Stones) is. He doesn't deserve the usual neglect!

On 8. 11. 2018 at 7:51 PM, SerenityScorp said:

Duff: MAN!  HE'S HOT! even in just simple Sleeveless tshirt and jeans, HE'S HOT!  With that tall, build body and short blonde hair,  N'that Sleeveless tshirt really makes Him hot

From the Big 3, I think the one cool one is Duff,  even thought I like Axl (Sorry Axl! )

First time seeing Duff, I was right opposite his spot on rail, It's so Easy I almost pissed my panties a lil' when they hit the stage. This guy is not normally hot, he is essence of hot, he is epic, he is comely... having read what that man came through made him even more epic in my eyes it was like my book hero standing there alive, vivid and palpable, tall, and noble, and grounded, on his long legs and yes, that guy is cool, groovy base player cool with totally charming smile and truly interactive with fans! I think being cool is in base player's specialty narrative.

Axl ain't cool, Axl is on fire!

On 8. 11. 2018 at 7:51 PM, SerenityScorp said:

N Axl voice is great!  NITL Shows is better when You watch it live cause Axl sounds different when You hear it on Youtube. Also I think because thus is My second time/I dont have any starstruck/naive like when I was before/I got spot that bit far from Them,  I dont have any excitement like 2012 show. 

Nnnn' Who is that bodyguard with big body, bald head N' beard????  He is so scary! He is on left side in front of  Me,  I dont know what happened but He climb the barrier N'walking pass Me to the audience on bit far in the back

Theres some People who fainted before n during the concert

I love live sound, there are some extra sound layers you just can't hear anywhere else (mainly Melissa's job) like sub-bass and other thickening layers and overall, the sound is much fuller and juicier and more exciting and omnipresent...

Gio, head of the security, sweetheart and fluffiest teddy bear if you behave, but never ever mess up with Gio. Nor disturb behaving fans - or he will pull you from crowd by neck. He's the hand to Axl's eyes.

People do faint during the concert, depends mainly on weather and promoters, if they hire good healthcare, otherwise people go dehydrated, exhausted and they faint. Sometimes it's collapse from excitement. Berlin disappointed me, I thought I'm in developed Western Europe, but I haven't seen single medic there. Security guys helped us with their water, you know, once stuck in the front... In Poland, many people suffered from heat and lack of promoter care.

All the concert memories! Hope you had awesome time and don't mind turn-offs. 

4 hours ago, money honey said:

I'd much rather feel him *on* my skin fnar fnar 

Been reading a lot of Slaxl fanfic

Three meters and, yeah, that intense gut feeling of his presence is the nearest I managed to get. 

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll get what you need.

5 hours ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

Have you seen or are going to see the new movie?

I saw it a couple of weeks ago and was thinking I would hate it because for 1: I’m not much of a Queen fan and 2: the critics really gave it a good old panning - but I loved every minute of it and I cried my eyes out towards the end (most people did). 

I wanted to sing out loud a couple of times, I kept having to stop myself 

I am a Queen fan, I loved the movie, totally. I think Brian and John must have had their faces cried off several times during the production, I've seen some recent actual documentary about Queen and Freddie's last days, or, basically after Wembley, issue was still very emotional for residuary members, especially John Deacon; he goes emotional way faster than Brian. I have great respect for Freddie as a singer/songwriter and also his working morals.  

I loved film Brian, he was like some  and... it was almost exactly a year ago I met real Brian May and he is of the nicest people I've ever met (he was also mentioned in some GNR bio that (not sure if band or Axl himself) he is of the nicest people you can meet in business). 

I'm not good in remembering exact details but my take home messages (Axl and GNR related was...) Of course they had to push all the career into a 2 hours of working film, I think it's even way more difficult than making a movie from a book... so some imperfections and adaptations are okay with me. It's a story, where everything clicks together and makes sense, which is not like actual life works. 

I cannot find the quote now but at the beginning Freddie is talking the clicking with the audience, the very moment when he is true and all himself and that's what made him a quintessential frontman. The band also mention the parts when audience sings their songs, when they are all together. Too young to see Freddie, it's THE thing I really love on Axl as a performer. When he hits the note unexpectedly well, when he sees that he made you happy, when he can give you all he is, all he went through, share it, he is of the genuinely happiest people I've ever seen. Shines like a batshit crazy diamond. You can feel him under your skin.

Queen was one of the bands which mastered this clicking with the audience.

Freddie carried a hint of insecurity all his life, another component of his art as a performer

In some moments of the film, seventies, I was like... guys, do you know that there's a boy in Indiana secretly listening to your music under the sheets on a crappy little radio or wherever he can? When I was a kid, I was told rock n' roll wasn't music. It wasn't art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong - and they meant everything to me.

Queen has always been my favorite band. Freddie is the greatest singer, ever, is the way I look at it. The other thing about Queen for me is they embraced so many different styles. Look at Illusion, there are so many tributes, tribute to soul-searching Roger Waters, tribute to versatility of Queen, piano play of Elton John... also now I think that the costume thing in UYI had a lot to do with Queen and Axl trying to make the show some complete art, performance more than playing album(s), incorporate theater. All that emotion, storytelling, fantasies, everything. 

What poke me was how easily was Freddie cut out of the band, which was his family, of all the relationships with people who genuinely cared about him, by some manager(s). The music industry is ugly business. People want you to care about them or their lives, their kids, but in the end, you are just a commodity. He must have felt hell alone in the world he created and payed for, all the parties, one night stands, house full of strangers... The moment when he found that out, kicked out the manager and finally found people and told "Call the mothership". When he told all the band members what does he love on them, that the great music is not made by some musicians doing exactly what you tell them to do, but by the tension inside a band where everyone brings his own ideas (and even fight). Beautiful, warm, humbling moment.

This Freddie's ...sorry, I'm late. Did I hear it somewhere?

*I loved the coffee machine scene

Italics are actual Axl's quotes

Just now, SerenityScorp said:

stones more than Grandpa, They arr immortal 

Being a rail junkie, the moment I looked directly into Keith's eyes rounded with black kohls, it was like looking into the eyes of history...

Talking about grandpas, Angus is Grandpa

1 minute ago, SerenityScorp said:

Should I shake Axl hand later to proof that?  

For sure, for me, for science, and stuff. 

3 minutes ago, SerenityScorp said:

Just reedem the ticket! Cant wait to watch Grandpa Axl,  Grandpa Duff,  Grandpa Slash!!! 

Stones are grandpas, named gents are still uncles  

10 hours ago, Fourteenbeers said:

Does that cat have some kind of medical condition? That is caused by thinking about Axl's incredibly soft hands? 

Cat just has smaller iris than is usual in the species, probably some developmental defect, so you can see it's eyes moving. That means no.

10 hours ago, Padme said:

"I've heard"??? 

In some men, as they age, the skin on palms goes incredibly soft and warm and pleasant to touch, but I've never hold or shook Axl's hand, someone just found it interesting enough to mention that. Fun fact. 

I don't know, it's k´just normal hand to his body type and age. I've heard Axl's hands are incredibly soft to touch.

Since there was discussed everything from eyline for hooded eyes to football to politics... whatever.

21 hours ago, Lio said:

A reflex camera? Or SLR camera, I think.

22 hours ago, MaskingApathy said:

What is mirror glass?

Tako and Bethany Vegas on IG have some really good shots.

Thanks, it's SLR, what you see in finder is what exactly goes through lens because there's a mirror mechanism inside... that's why I know it under name "mirror glass" (one-eye-mirror-glass to translate term commonly used in my language). I am sorry, I just didn't do major vocabulary research, only described key feature of the camera class. 

Tako has some good pics; I think mainly due to number of shows she goes to and number of published pics overall - she is, after all, adjusted to the show. It's on everybody to have a preference on certain photographer. There were really good amateur pics on various pages during the tour.

If you ever heard about Annie Lebowitz, she also uses minimum gear, like one camera with one lens and... it works. There are pit photographers - journalists who almost cannot pass through narrows because of the cameras hanging all around them and... the magic is not in gear. 

Other thing is that, after all, Axl was choosing not just photographer, I guess he knows many, but someone to join the fishbowl touring band is; there are many more required qualities than just photographing abilities. After all, Axl has his own, specific demands when it comes to choosing people and I'd say he, after all, operates with his kind of perception which is very specific, he literally feels people, so he sees the world in a way which is quiet different (and so are his choices) and grown enough to trust it (he's happy now, after all - so I guess it works for him). I like Kat's point of view and that's it, the way she sees people, portrait photography it is. It's seems to me that it is that thing which clicked with Axl and created the bond and why some of her photos are so specific and speaking to me.

It's art, after all. There's no right or wrong in art.