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Post by needacoke on Sept 22, 2012 18:48:26 GMT -5
 I threw this purple fuzzy whip on the stage. 
OMG  Was that you? Yer a bad, bad gurl, but we know that already ;D  Yep, that was me in Duluth (Atlanta) and then I went to my 2nd Afterparty in 5 days and met Adam again. Here'a a pic I took 5 days earlier at the After party in Memphis. Elvis Adam!  |
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Post by nonchallance on Sept 22, 2012 18:48:27 GMT -5
ERA #2? I think I, and maybe many others, thought that when Adam emerged from his year off and released his fabulous second album it was going to create a storm the size and strength of a force 5 hurricane. He was going to conquer the world in very visible fashion. Didn't happen. I was probably being unrealistic. Instead, what we have gotten in ERA 2 is a calm and steady course, with a few marvelous highlights thrown in (and not just hair highlights) and a few disappointments. I miss the excitement and thrill of a skyrocketing new star, I can't lie. But, as in any relationship, that kind of incandescence cannot be sustained indefinitely. At some point it either burns out or transforms into something quieter and deeper. In ERA 2 I see Adam as an established international artist who is doing well, creating wonderful music, enjoying life and exploring new possibilities. Now, I just have to adjust my fan style to enjoy what he is giving us in this ERA and look forward to what he will give us in the future, without placing my own expectations on his career or his life.  This. And I love that Adam changed in ERA 2. Not as a human being but as an artist. This requires courage. Change is the word I most associate with Adam and with art. Change is creativity. |
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Post by Alison on Sept 22, 2012 18:51:43 GMT -5
The good old days are back. I hope they stay |
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Post by leenaseyez on Sept 22, 2012 18:53:28 GMT -5
The good old days are back. I hope they stay DITTO! Good night! |
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Post by seoulmate on Sept 22, 2012 18:55:29 GMT -5
ERA #2? I think I, and maybe many others, thought that when Adam emerged from his year off and released his fabulous second album it was going to create a storm the size and strength of a force 5 hurricane. He was going to conquer the world in very visible fashion. Didn't happen. I was probably being unrealistic. Instead, what we have gotten in ERA 2 is a calm and steady course, with a few marvelous highlights thrown in (and not just hair highlights) and a few disappointments. I miss the excitement and thrill of a skyrocketing new star, I can't lie. But, as in any relationship, that kind of incandescence cannot be sustained indefinitely. At some point it either burns out or transforms into something quieter and deeper. In ERA 2 I see Adam as an established international artist who is doing well, creating wonderful music, enjoying life and exploring new possibilities. Now, I just have to adjust my fan style to enjoy what he is giving us in this ERA and look forward to what he will give us in the future, without placing my own expectations on his career or his life. I think what you say rings true, cassie. The past couple of months have been so strange... I mean, July was INSANE with the Queenbert concerts, the the OC Fair concert, then Endfest, then the CRAZY FANTASY SPRINGS concert, then Six Flags in Texas, then Winstar, then that Des Moines concert (Star 102.5), and there were SO MANY recaps and pictures and vids and we were just rolling around in it all, unable to even keep up. Then, suddenly, things kind of fell off quite drastically. Last month in August we had the Japan promo and Summer Sonic, and the Take 40 thingie in Sidney... But all the while in the background was the INTENSE Idol speculation, and how the judging position would blow everything up and we'd see Adam TWICE A WEEK on TV and how he'd have a fabulous platform to promote his new single... And then suddenly it's over, and so far there's very little to fill the vacuum. This month Adam had a few minutes on Fashion Police. He's doing the Fundraiser in DC in a few days, and he'll be over in China for The Voice at the very end of the month, possibly singing only one song. Yes, Adam was totally brilliant to do the Trespassing fan vid contest, but it wasn't Adam performing. Next month in October, he'll be in Melbourne on Oct.13, a state fair in Arizona on the 17th, Pretty Little Liars on the 23rd, and the Texas Tango thing at the end of the month on the 29th. That's all we know, because ALL OTHER PLANS ARE TOP SECRET. And it doesn't help that Shoshanna teases with "exciting plans in the works", because there's nothing concrete to squee about or speculate about because WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, and speculating and guessing is something we do best. :  So, we get cranky and feel somehow out-of-sorts and maybe kind of bored, so we go back to hash out old stuff, and then we get snippy and impatient and peeps get hurt... And we could post silly gifs (I've got hundreds), and hot Adam pics... but some of us feel a bit nervous about doing this because it's a NEWS THREAD... but there isn't any news... but we want to be here... Sigh. It's not easy. Because there's no news, I was going through some old threads and found the BEST INSULT EVAH from skylar aimed at some writer who dissed Adam: "Boring, ignorant, homophobic, artless onion-eyed maggot pie writer. He wishes he had balls the size of Adam's. Shrunken brain and balls syndrome. SBBS rank sheep-biting ratsbane. Mewling rump-fed fustilarian."  |
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Post by FanOfTheMan on Sept 22, 2012 18:58:20 GMT -5
I applaud your post...took cahones to say what you did, Leenasayez!This is my two cents...something happened here during the 'Great Drought' when there was no information and no Adam. We were so used to seeing him perform constantly and spirits were generally high before this. To me, that is when the angsting really set in. I wish if I could go back to that time, that Adam and his team had thrown a few crumbs to us now and again. Then the rollout came and it was a mess. Two singles that haven't smashed the charts. It's been one continuous state of emotional tension IMO for fans. Today is the Equinox..the balance between the light and the dark. My hope is for Atopers to feel free to discuss away, but never forget that laughter and playfulness are integral or there is no balance. We have lost, what, 3 people today? I don't have a solution, but together we have many light spirits and great minds here. Can we work together to create an Atop that allows for discussion and fun? Losing members like this seems so unnecessary, but what do I know.. Thank you vivilite! I love Atop because it is real. Life isn't all rainbows and puppy dog tails and neither is an artist or fandom. We have days of SQUEEEEEEEEEES and days of instrospection and serious discussions and even "gates." Is one really better than the other? I think fans who love Adam can experience both and still keep our equilibrium, can't we? Can't we be strong like Adam? |
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Post by adamrocks on Sept 22, 2012 19:01:02 GMT -5
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Post by seoulmate on Sept 22, 2012 19:02:00 GMT -5
I applaud your post...took cahones to say what you did, Leenasayez!This is my two cents...something happened here during the 'Great Drought' when there was no information and no Adam. We were so used to seeing him perform constantly and spirits were generally high before this. To me, that is when the angsting really set in. I wish if I could go back to that time, that Adam and his team had thrown a few crumbs to us now and again. Then the rollout came and it was a mess. Two singles that haven't smashed the charts. It's been one continuous state of emotional tension IMO for fans. Today is the Equinox..the balance between the light and the dark. My hope is for Atopers to feel free to discuss away, but never forget that laughter and playfulness are integral or there is no balance. We have lost, what, 3 people today? I don't have a solution, but together we have many light spirits and great minds here. Can we work together to create an Atop that allows for discussion and fun? Losing members like this seems so unnecessary, but what do I know..  |
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Post by EmoElvisSpikeyMessyElvis on Sept 22, 2012 19:02:13 GMT -5
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Post by Catzmadam on Sept 22, 2012 19:02:55 GMT -5
Seoulmate, you know I luv you to bits bb, but you are such a friggin nag 
 But seriously tho, I know I just stopped dead with my Queenbert Quest posts guys, but the truth is that I just hit a brick wall not long after I got home. With all great highs, also come great lows.... I know many who ~suffer from the post Adam depression trauma and mine was a doozy. You plan a trip like that for months, the excitement is intense, then whoa...you're actually physically doing it - it's really happening. You run on adrenaline and energy you don't normally have and the fact that it was physically quite grueling as well made it hard for me. I have chronic back pain, plus low level fibromyalgia, so I had to push myself really hard on this journey. And then.... you're home! It's all over.... You're still on a high and buzzing at a million miles an hour, but as the days and weeks go by and real life starts butting it's ugly head in, then you go "WTF now?" and a reverse spiral starts happening. I had got pretty down there for a while and I was finding things difficult. Then along came the surprise of Sydney... and there was another HUGE rush of adrenaline. But, once again the pattern of up/down took over, plus I got really sick with flu from that little jaunt. I've definitely been feeling 'burn out' for the last few weeks and probably a big dollop of berting overload, so have been trying to ease back on my ~obsession a bit And now I have Melbourne to look forward to :Clap: . In some odd way, this one isn't all about Adam, but the incredible group of 25 other Kiwi's that are going to the concert with me. The NZGlitterTribe are a very tight knit group, with huge amounts of love for each other. Many, many real life friendships have been born of this group and the party is gonna be EPIC! We have booked an entire serviced apartments block out to stay in And, trust me, Kiwi's partay hard! Anyways, just a long assed way to say that when I get my brain back and can focus properly again, I will try to get back on the crazy train and finish my travel log.... haha I also want to say, that I know I have been very blessed to have been able to undertake all these trips, when so many have not been able to see Adam live at all. If it helps, I went 13 years without a holiday or a break of any kind prior to my Mum passing over, so I feel that I'm just making up for that shortfall now #karma
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