Let me start by saying that if you have tickets to this event, consider yourself a lucky mother f—er. Pardon my French, but this is THE concert to see in January 2012, regardless of your geographic location. Words cannot express the impact which Tool, led by the one and only Maynard James Keenan, has made on myself, my generation and the world I have come to better understand since their breakout in the early 1990’s.
I’ve personally never attended an event at the Reno Events Center, but it looks like a huge venue, which didn’t make a lick of difference when it came to ticket availability on December 16th; hence the strike-through on the link to purchase tickets below:
Tony L. Walker of Status-FLO delivering an energetic opening set on World AIDS Day...
About 10 days ago, Status-FLO (Joel “Jaybird” Cowell, Tsyoshi “Yosh” Curtis, Tony L. Walker, Mark Sexton + more) laid down their luscious and smoky grooves in preparation of Sage Francis’ headlining set at the 2011 World AIDS Day benefit concert at Knitting Factory Concert House in downtown Reno. With a non-stop lyrical overdrive carefully laid atop soulful downtempo grooves, Status-FLO’s local blend of organic musical ingredients is a solid bet any day of the week, and it pleases me to no end to have the privilege of photographing a bit of the magic to share with the faithful readers here at I Shoot Reno.
Settings on the Nikon D7000camera (using theNikon 50mm f/1.8Dlens) were essentially the same as shooting Sage (and many other shows at The Knit), with shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, aperture set to 1.8 and ISO cranked up to 3200. Editing took place in Lightrrom 3 and Lightbox byPhotocrati is the theme used on IShootReno.com to present the final product. Included in the full gallery (link below, in ALL CAPS), images include Status-FLO’s performance, breakdancers performing in-between sets, live art taking place throughout the night including such themes as ‘Zombie Bill Cosby’ and Eazy-E, as well as a very unique pair of sparkly blue jeans (under red light). Yes, you read correctly, there’s a photo of a pair of sparkly jeans.
Tsyoshi "Yosh" Curtis pumping up the crowd during Status-FLO's opening set...Joel "Jaybird" Cowell keeping it classy on the Rhodes...
Mark Sexton laying down a bluesy groove and vocals with Status-FLO...Tony L. Walker aka "doodles" contributing to the silent auction on World AIDS Day...One of the many breakdancers performing in-between sets at The Knit on Thurs. Dec, 1st 2011...
Camera(s) Used:
Nikon D7000
Lens(es) Used:
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D
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Zombie Bill Cosby: Jello!RIP Eazy-E...Yes, those are sparkly pants...
