Philly Sound Clash: In Photos

It was a long 19-hour day, but it was one hell of an event my company put on. The inaugural Philly Sound Clash* was awesome. We were filled over capacity by 9p. There was a line out the door into the alleyway for several hours, eventually people were allowed inside the venue as early goers headed home early on Thursday evening. The shot above was from behind the DJ stand as two of our co-founders took to the mic thanking everyone for coming out for this event.

I was running around with a [horribly uncomfortable] headset snapping 800+ photos of the bands, people and co-workers. A flickr set of 49 shots from the evening.

This was my favorite shot of the night. The drippy yellow stage lights reflecting off of the back screen with that single pink/white light still lit. The white of the bassist's t-shirt just right. The velvety, rich black stretching all over the frame. Killer. As much as I liked the rest of my shots, I was THRILLED at how well this shot came out. The band was Matt Santry.

The winner of the grand prize was Philadelphia Slick. I've been to two battle of the bands at World Cafe Live and this is the second hip hop ensemble group to win [not so oddly {?}, both mostly white]. They got the packed house moving throughout their 15 minute set. Unfortunately, some haters stole their gigantic Billy Madison winning check. I wish I could remember their intro freestyle which mentioned something about Philadelphia Slick's entry into this 2007 mayoral race.

I want to do it all over again and also don't ever want to hear about this event again. It was crazy in a good and a bad way, but I guess that's just how it works. I had fun. And I'm still tired. I ran into so many friends randomly throughout the night. Including the keyboardist of the runner up band with whom I play soccer during the spring/summer. It's a small world.

Anybody head out to this event? Thoughts?

*We [I worked at PCS] hope we can throw another event like this next year!