yep. 8 of those songs are different versions of mmmbop. like i said, this post is entirely unnecessary.
i have more tshirts and hoodies and other various memorabilia than i care to count. but, here's my car:
i have been to 10 hanson concerts (THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A LOT FOR AN AVERAGE FANSON AND I AM ASHAMED, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT CUZ I'M POOR AND LIVE IN THE MOST ISOLATED CORNER OF THE US, DON'T JUDGE ME):
July 20th, 2004 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH - Underneath Tour
-my first hanson concert! beautiful venue, one of my favorites. we wore rainbow pants and helicopter hats. yep, that happened. unfortunately, there is no photographic evidence.
August 22nd, 2004 - State Theatre - Portland, ME - Underneath Tour
-at which we camped outside the night before, had eggs thrown at us, and generally had a blast. we wore the rainbow pants and copter hats here as well.
November 5th, 2005 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH - Live and Electric Tour
April 26th, 2008 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH - The Walk Tour
July 23rd, 2010 - Cape Cod Melody Tent - Hyannis, MA - Shout It Out Tour
-amazing venue, and our first hanson concert on our own/without parental figures with us. also, first time we met and got signatures from them after the show. but it rained on us - hard. like, typhoon rain. it was crazy. so yeahh, by the end of the night we looked like major crap.
July 24th, 2010 - South Shore Music Circus - Cohasset, MA - Shout It Out Tour
-also was an awesome venue, and again got signatures after the show. both this venue and the last had a rotating stage in the center of all the seats, which made it so everyone had a great view. 2 favorite venues for sure.
October 7th, 2011 - Calvin Theater - Northampton, MA - The Musical Ride Tour
October 11th, 2011 - State Theatre - Portland, ME - The Musical Ride Tour
-technically only half a show - the boys were sick and couldn't finish the set. but it still counts, dammit. also, this is the one where julie got a meet & greet/reporter pass. lucky bitch.
May 5th, 2013 - Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK - 2013 MOE
-our first MOE, and our first time in tulsa! we had a blast. this was a trip that changed my life, and this is what we are recreating again this year.
August 31st, 2013 - House of Blues - Boston, MA - Anthem World Tour
as a side note, here is a good website for future reference regarding past hanson concerts. (tells you the setlist of each show, and gives you stats as to how many times you've heard each song)
julie and i got matching hanson tattoos in april of 2010. this is an old photo of mine, because right now it really needs a touch up:
also in 2010, i splurged and got the platinum package for shout it out's release. these packages came with a one-of-a-kind painting, done by a member of the band, signed and numbered as part of a collection. the reason i purchased this package ($800!!!) was only because i wanted one of those paintings. i didn't much care about the rest of it. i have painting # 102/113. it was done by zac, and it's everything i've ever wanted. i just got it framed a couple years ago. here's a really crappy cell phone-quality photo of it, in all it's glory:
here's a close up of the camera:
the other night mary and julie and i were browsing thru the "113 paintings" book, which shows all the paintings in the collection. every few pages there is a photo collage of the band doing the actual painting on these. we realized for the first time that my painting is shown in-progress 4 times in the book. which is amazing.
the 4th photo of the painting in progress is a little less obvious...
i know what you're thinking - this looks nothing like my painting! well, my painting has a lot of layers in it. mary was observant enough to notice that the bottom-most layer is actually the painting in this photo. here's some proof:
the areas in the red circles correspond to the following areas in my painting:
so that hopefully sums up my love for hanson. borderline unhealthy? sure. but that's really the only way to properly love something that's important to you; passionately.
--ashley
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