{"id":675,"date":"2020-06-06T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetcrum.com\/?p=675"},"modified":"2020-06-06T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:02:26","slug":"socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"#SoCS: Fandoms (with gratuitous concert pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socs-badge-2019-2020-1.jpg?resize=168%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-659\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socs-badge-2019-2020-1.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socs-badge-2019-2020-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post is part of the Stream of Consciousness Saturday blog hop. Linda Hill posts a prompt every Friday; see <a href=\"https:\/\/lindaghill.com\/2020\/06\/05\/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-6-2020\/\">https:\/\/lindaghill.com\/2020\/06\/05\/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-6-2020\/<\/a>. This week\u2019s prompt: fan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some people hear, &#8220;fan,&#8221; and think of a cooling device. Or people with their faces painted in team colors, yelling from a stadium seat while swigging whisky (note: that described most of the adults at my high school&#8217;s football games. We teenagers had more dignity). Or maybe you think of fandoms, which has a definitely nerdy connotation: Star Wars fandom, Harry Potter fandom, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, though, &#8220;fan&#8221; immediately makes me think of music. Music fandom, especially for women, has a different&#8211;and distinctly sexist&#8211;connotation that sports or movie or nerdy fandom does not. If I schedule my vacations around my favorite football team&#8217;s home games, I&#8217;m a fan. If I schedule my vacations around Def Leppard&#8217;s tour schedule, I&#8217;m a groupie. And &#8220;groupie&#8221; has a very different connotation from, &#8220;fan.&#8221; When you paint your face and haul your giant foam finger to a 49ers game, no one thinks you&#8217;re planning to bang the quarterback. Even if that quarterback is Joe Montana, and you&#8217;re a horny 16-year-old (Not that I&#8217;d know anything about that. Nope. Not me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My sports fan days are mostly behind me, because I have too many hobbies already, and I&#8217;m old and cynical enough to be disillusioned by so many aspects of big-time sports. But that&#8217;s a <s>rant<\/s> post for another day. I remain, however, a diehard fan of 80s rock, and I do still take vacation to see Def Leppard when they play nearby (and when I can afford it. $150 a ticket? Seriously, guys? Don&#8217;t you have enough money already?) For a couple of hours, I get to feel like a 16-year-old again, dancing and singing along and, yes, looking at the band members. I&#8217;m middle-aged, not dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerts are a shared, multi-sensory, visceral experience, a combination of the band, the music, the lights, and&#8211;especially&#8211;the audience. It&#8217;s a chance to be part of a mob that isn&#8217;t angry, that&#8217;s feeding off each other in a loud, wild, primitive celebration of musical joy. It&#8217;s a wild party with 10,000 of your closest friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerts are also a fun photographic challenge. I&#8217;m not even good enough to call myself an amateur photographer, but I&#8217;ve gotten a few good shots at shows. If you scroll through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crumj\/albums\" target=\"_blank\">my albums on Flickr<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find some decent concert shots. Here are a few of my favorites: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-rich\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2h4SqWm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48614189808_3ac69a4e68_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"P1060096\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Rick Savage of Def Leppard, Las Vegas, August 23, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-rich\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2h4UoLP\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48614572751_04f5e390cc_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"P1060183\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard, Las Vegas, August 23, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-rich\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/3d6Wra\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/1014\/1449670163_4fc8dec112_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"P1040720\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Styx, Auburn, WA, September 26, 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-rich\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/36pQim\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/1114\/1373946070_d1f8366d3b_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"P1040240\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Ridgefield, WA, September 12, 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are some of your fandoms, dear reader? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crumj\/48614189808\/in\/album-72157710528759928\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crumj\/48614189808\/in\/album-72157710528759928\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of the Stream of Consciousness Saturday blog hop. Linda Hill posts a prompt every Friday; see https:\/\/lindaghill.com\/2020\/06\/05\/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-6-2020\/. This week\u2019s prompt: fan. Some people hear, &#8220;fan,&#8221; and think of a cooling device. Or people with their faces painted in team colors, yelling from a stadium seat while swigging whisky (note: that described most of the adults at my high school&#8217;s football games. We teenagers had more dignity). Or maybe you think of fandoms, which has a definitely nerdy connotation: Star Wars fandom, Harry Potter fandom, etc. For me, though, &#8220;fan&#8221; immediately makes me think of music. Music fandom, especially for women, has a different&#8211;and distinctly sexist&#8211;connotation that sports or movie or nerdy fandom does not. If I schedule my vacations around my favorite football team&#8217;s home games, I&#8217;m a fan. If I schedule my vacations around Def Leppard&#8217;s tour schedule, I&#8217;m a groupie. And &#8220;groupie&#8221; has a very different connotation from, &#8220;fan.&#8221; When you paint your face and haul your giant foam finger to a 49ers game, no one thinks you&#8217;re planning to bang the quarterback. Even if that quarterback is Joe Montana, and you&#8217;re a horny 16-year-old (Not that I&#8217;d know anything about that. Nope. Not me.) My sports fan days are mostly behind me, because I have too many hobbies already, and I&#8217;m old and cynical enough to be disillusioned by so many aspects of big-time sports. But that&#8217;s a rant post for another day. I remain, however, a diehard fan of 80s rock, and I do still take vacation to see Def Leppard when they play nearby (and when I can afford it. $150 a ticket? Seriously, guys? Don&#8217;t you have enough money already?) For a couple of hours, I get to feel like a 16-year-old again, dancing and singing along and, yes, looking at the band members. I&#8217;m middle-aged, not dead. 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And &#8220;groupie&#8221; has a very different connotation from, &#8220;fan.&#8221; When you paint your face and haul your giant foam finger to a 49ers game, no one thinks you&#8217;re planning to bang the quarterback. Even if that quarterback is Joe Montana, and you&#8217;re a horny 16-year-old (Not that I&#8217;d know anything about that. Nope. Not me.) My sports fan days are mostly behind me, because I have too many hobbies already, and I&#8217;m old and cynical enough to be disillusioned by so many aspects of big-time sports. But that&#8217;s a rant post for another day. I remain, however, a diehard fan of 80s rock, and I do still take vacation to see Def Leppard when they play nearby (and when I can afford it. $150 a ticket? Seriously, guys? Don&#8217;t you have enough money already?) For a couple of hours, I get to feel like a 16-year-old again, dancing and singing along and, yes, looking at the band members. I&#8217;m middle-aged, not dead. Concerts are a shared, multi-sensory, visceral experience, a combination of the band, the music, the lights, and&#8211;especially&#8211;the audience. It&#8217;s a chance to be part of a mob that isn&#8217;t angry, that&#8217;s feeding off each other in a loud, wild, primitive celebration of musical joy. It&#8217;s a wild party with 10,000 of your closest friends. Concerts are also a fun photographic challenge. I&#8217;m not even good enough to call myself an amateur photographer, but I&#8217;ve gotten a few good shots at shows. If you scroll through my albums on Flickr, you&#8217;ll find some decent concert shots. Here are a few of my favorites: What are some of your fandoms, dear reader?","og_url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/","og_site_name":"Janet Alcorn","article_published_time":"2020-06-06T18:02:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socs-badge-2019-2020-1.jpg?w=300","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Janet Alcorn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Janet Alcorn","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/"},"author":{"name":"Janet Alcorn","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/#\/schema\/person\/1aac50de576bdaf0779748da66890dfa"},"headline":"#SoCS: Fandoms (with gratuitous concert pictures)","datePublished":"2020-06-06T18:02:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/"},"wordCount":497,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/#\/schema\/person\/1aac50de576bdaf0779748da66890dfa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socs-badge-2019-2020-1.jpg?w=300","keywords":["concerts","def leppard"],"articleSection":["Stream of Consciousness Saturday"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/","url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/06\/06\/socs-fandoms-with-gratuitous-concert-pictures\/","name":"#SoCS: Fandoms (with gratuitous concert pictures) - 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