[LSyd]

SOUNDTRACK HERE (http://www.explodinghamster.com/lsyd/Panzer%20AG%20-%20Machinegun%20GoGo.mp3)

i went to Atlanta this weekend to see Panzer AG, Psyclon Nine and Helltrash.
it was a kickass show and good trip, although i was followed by a security guard from the Suntrust tower for 3 or 4 blocks after being told
no photography was allowed on the property.
then i noticed from my reflection in a window that i looked pretty shady...unshaven, wearing sunglasses on a cloudy morning to fight
a hangover, chav cap...:cheers:

later on a bum asked if i was a cop...i said no, then the shithead started yelling at me, saying i just can't go around taking people's pictures because
it's "illegal and shit"
(and for once, i wasn't even taking pictures of people, because the lighting was crap for it on that block.)
the other bums just gave that bum a STFU look.
the biggest problem with Atlanta? it's full of Georgian assholes. anyway, on with the pics.
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Panzer AG (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=35029679) (Andy, the singer, moved to Atlanta from Norway)
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71529965.jpg

Psyclon Nine (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9178816)
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71529964.jpg

Helltrash (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=42999047) - from Atlanta
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71529962.jpg

dancing between bands
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http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71529963.jpg

the next morning
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71 - this view's a lot better without that tower that got demolished in October
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71599095.jpg
72 - on to midtown for a quicky
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71599106.jpg
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[Fiorenza]

Nice work.

[jason21atl]

great pics!

[MarketsWork]

71 - this view's a lot better without that tower that got demolished in October

Don't let Andrea hear you say that about her precious 615 Peachtree -- she'll rip your head off!

Thanks for posting the great photos.

[BG918]

Some great pics of Atlanta there and the concert looks likes fun. And that's cool you'll be able to fly from Atlanta to Prague nonstop on Delta (pic 4). :)

[Stratosphere 2020]

Great pics again!

PS assholes you find in every city, believe me!

[EuphoricOctopus]

your best thread yet, steve. especially liked the pano, and... hell they were all great. i'm going home in two weeks!

i'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you're editing on a crt, no?

#$&@!!!! you know who this is by now...

[john3eblover]

im lovin that first pano man. very cool

[Sacto]

Awesome photography!

[shanthemanatl]

This Georgian Asshole loves your pics, man!

[flar]

Nice photos

[Buckeye Native 001]

Atlanta? Never heard of it. :tup:

[ATLmangum]

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/71598846.jpg

It's about time I get some dental work done!

[crisco disco o o]

mmmmmmmmmmmm thanks for the nice angles. i'm sure this is a thread that i'll be revisiting regularly.

[A-town]

Love that first pano, these pictures must've been taken Saturday. I noticed that large crane disassembling the 45 Allen Plaza tower crane and that was Saturday. By the way 45 Allen Plaza looks unbelievable in the first pic. Great job LSyd.

[LSyd]

thanks y'all.

your best thread yet, steve. especially liked the pano, and... hell they were all great. i'm going home in two weeks!

i'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you're editing on a crt, no?

#$&@!!!! you know who this is by now...

yeah dude. CRT all the way.

Don't let Andrea hear you say that about her precious 615 Peachtree -- she'll rip your head off!

Thanks for posting the great photos.

:haha: yeah, it's better to not irritate her, but oh well. not that i had anything against 615, i kind of like it's clean lines, but that view looks better w/it gone.

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[Wheelingman04]

Downtown Atlanta has more character than a lot of people are willing to give it credit for. Atlanta also has one of the top collections of modern skyscrapers in the country IMO.

[dirtybird]

And that's cool you'll be able to fly from Atlanta to Prague nonstop on Delta (pic 4). :)

There's also going to be a direct flight to Dubai.

[atl2phx]

:cheers: excellent pics.....this series makes an awesome compliment to KC's ABOVE ATLANTA thread.

[LSyd]

Downtown Atlanta has more character than a lot of people are willing to give it credit for. Atlanta also has one of the top collections of modern skyscrapers in the country IMO.

yeah, downtown's great...midtown used to be cool (before the clubs were closed for condo towers.) hopefully downtown'll keep getting better...i need to go check out the underground clubs some night to see how that's working. Farlie-Poplar would be awesome if it managed to stay alive during evenings.

There's also going to be a direct flight to Dubai.

:omg: :haha: :wizard:

:cheers: excellent pics.....this series makes an awesome compliment to KC's ABOVE ATLANTA thread.

thanks, i'm flattered.

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[oliveurban]

Wonderful Atlanta. Never tire of seeing it.

Great pictures.

[Paintballer1708]

Great shots of a great city. Atlanta is quickly becoming one of my favorite American cities.

[Randy Sandford]

Great pics Steve! That pano is awesome!

[LSyd]

thanks y'all.

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[atlantaguy]

Here's another Georgian asshole that enjoyed these.

Re: Underground - eh, it's not doing too well......

[cactuspunk]

WOW!! Very cool! :tup:

[LSyd]

thanks for the comments.

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[Evergrey]

I hope you enjoyed the gentle sounds of Helltrash.

[atlantagh]

Here's another Georgian asshole that enjoyed these.

Re: Underground - eh, it's not doing too well......
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Well, as in his original post statement, it's not that there are lots of assholes here (or any more than any other big city), it's that there's lots of bums downtown. Last time I took my camera with me in broad daylight (night time? He's BRAVE), I walked from Peachtree Center to Underground (maybe what.. about 6 blocks or so?) and was asked for money ELEVEN TIMES, and on top of that had two very odd guys want to uh.. "hold my camera and look at it" (yeah, right). I've been here over 20 years and even I don't go downtown anymore unless I've got a group with me.

Regarding your Underground comment though: I know someone who works with one of the tourism agencies in Atlanta and they gave me a scoop on that. Ok, the Mayor doesn't like the bum situation any more than tourists or residents do. However, whenever they try to enforce the anti-panhandling laws, the activists get riled up, file lawsuits, have marches, etc. So at some point around the time the Aquarium opened, they decided to make the Centennial Olympic Park / Aquarium area the "new downtown". It's been razed and rebuilt from scratch around there, is still growing with higher end housing and attractions, and it's easier for them to keep secure from the get-go than the Five Points area is where Underground is at. In short, their attitude is to "sacrifcie Underground and let it die, and build on the new downtown area away from Five Points".

A lot of work just to avoid bums, but that's their plan. Expect to see much more development focused on the Aquarium area and much less attention in the Five Points area... it's kinda like "Thunderdome" over there - they're just going to let it have a life of its own. That's one reason they were so ticked off when they lost the bid to get the Nascar museum here as it was to be built one block from the Aquarium -they're trying to make the "new" downtown area very diverse and all new.

Just my two cents. And the pics in the top post were very good to add - and I applaud anyone who has the chichis to walk around downtown Atlanta after dark with a DSLR (which I assume you were using since the pics were so good).

[cabasse]

^are you a suburban dweller? (should i even ask?) lsyd was referring to those outside atlanta, i'm pretty sure, to be specific.

i'm very pleased the nascar museum went elsewhere. this up and coming area of museum superblocks will never become a new downtown. a tourist attraction in its own right, sure... but the real downtown you speak so negatively of is just now seeing a rennaisance. oh, and as a relatively small (white, if you're interested) guy i've never once felt threatened in downtown. sure the bums are an issue, but they're just beggars, nothing else.

[shanthemanatl]

^are you a suburban dweller? (should i even ask?) lsyd was referring to those outside atlanta, i'm pretty sure, to be specific.

i'm very pleased the nascar museum went elsewhere. this up and coming area of museum superblocks will never become a new downtown. a tourist attraction in its own right, sure... but the real downtown you speak so negatively of is just now seeing a rennaisance. oh, and as a relatively small (white, if you're interested) guy i've never once felt threatened in downtown. sure the bums are an issue, but they're just beggars, nothing else.

I agree, Cabasse. I spend alot of time downtown, both during the day and at night, and I've never felt threatened or unsafe.

Are the beggars sometimes a nuisance? Sure, and it's an issue that's going to have to be addressed more vigorously. I can see how a visiting housewife from Sioux Falls might find these encounters unsettling. Like it or not, we do have to be very conscious of how our visitors perceive Downtown. Much of Downtown Atlanta's vitality and well-being is tied to the tourist and convention trade.

[LSyd]

thanks for the comments everybody.

I hope you enjoyed the gentle sounds of Helltrash.

:haha: this is the 3rd time i've seen them.

atlantagh, thanks for the compliment on the photos. i don't have a DSLR yet, i was using an older prosumer (Nikon Coolpix 5400.) i saw a guy out doing a model shoot and he had what looked like a very expensive, professional DSLR with a pricey lense.

i didn't feel threatened at night...i think only 2 or 3 people asked for money. the next day it was 5 or 6, which was slightly worse than a weekday when i was in Atlanta in September. both days were better than a couple years ago when the number was too high to count, so the panhandler situation is a lot better.

the asshole comment was, well, about assholes of all kinds. people excessively honking their horns and yelling at pedestrians and vice versa, rude bums, security/police that stalk you for 3 blocks but won't even ask you a simple question about the situation...i always seem to encounter a lot of rude people in Atlanta on weekends (but i also run into a lot of nice people, it's too bad the rude ones are such an anomaly that they stick out.)

that's too bad the plan is to turn the center of downtown into mega museums, especially when there's already nice areas like Farlie-Poplar.

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