Remembering Gaga and SPW before they ruled the world...

This weekend, Lady Gaga invades Chicago much differently than 18 months ago, let alone last summer. Her show was so oversold they originally moved the Chicago Theatre shows to the United Center but protests from ticket holders resulted in a compromise at the Rosemont theatre. Sir Reeves is the only photographer invited to shoot anything at the show and Gaga is off limits. We have to thank our friends at Semi Precious Weapons for making it all happen and hope that the Fame Monster doesn't eat everyone alive! In an effort to fuel the hype, here are some pics of Gaga and SPW from not so long ago, when large nightclubs and small venues were just the beginning of the greatest music revolution this century.

Click Here for Lady Gaga's first Chicago appearance...

Make love to this underline for more vintage Gaga.

Click Here to see SPW performing at SXSW 2009!

And more pics of SPW here at the Metro

Upcoming Events for the Darkroom Demons

Next Thursday, Justin from Semi-Precious Weapons (Reeves other family) will be performing at Manor for the Bonnie & Clyde's Uncensored Summer fashion show. A must see.

This Friday, after the Plain White T's Show @ the Metro, we join Derek Berry and party into the night in the Mainstage @ the Metro. This will be a wild little experiment so if you feel like a change of pace or can drag your ass out of Smartbar, come play with us. Sir Reeves will also be at AK that evening for the Plain White T's Afterparty.

Also, we are at the Metro ALL weekend with Dan Deacon, Plain White T's, The Horrors, The Kills and we'll be at some afterparty with some guy named Wentz.

P(R)eview: The Presets/ KDM

Another amazing night at Chicago's musical wonderland, the Metro. Did you know if you're in the front row you can get bar service from a smiling server? When the beers flew past me in the photo pit I realized I have yet to experience many things. Amazing! Despite being completely confused by the opener Golden Filter (I couldn't tell if the lead singer was 22 or 82...nor if any of their songs were their own...) The Presets scorched the crowd with "Talk like that" as their opener followed by "Yippio-ay". I was exhausted by the 3rd song I didn't even want to take pictures anymore. The grandest thing was I couldn't remember the last time I saw so much lighting on stage for 2 guys. They had 14 Entour Mac 250s on stage with a huge light wall and leds for all you lighting geeks. Booka Shade might have had intense strobes, but The Presets had tactile brain destruction rolling out in every color. Beautifully done, mates.

KDM proved to be better than alright with some surprise appearance that made the night: Millionaire$Mano, Hollywood Holt, Caiti G., Jessie Lynne and q101's half-a-Manno. Jimmy O slammed some PBRs, waved goodbye and kidnapped Brandon's girlfriend to New York. This all ended seemingly well with two Irish-American asshole left wing socialists yelling about Obama at 2:30 in the morning. "Hey kids, welcome to the back of RiNo!! Its the Morgan and Tyler minute!" My apologies to anyone who had to swallow that vomit-inducing discussion. I've decided I will leave the politics at home next time and beef up on my Tolstoy or Joyce.