DRESDEN DOLLS February 6, 2005 InStore SIGNING BullMoose Music - Scarborough, Maine PHOTOS by SHERI HAUSEY PART ONE (follow link at bottom for part two) Instore Signing Firsts. They stick in your soul and mold your being, especially those early, early firsts. My first rock concert was Iron Butterfly in Albuquerque, NM. I was twelve years old and I still have the journal in which I wrote that first rock review. I've been a live music junky ever since. This is a new first for me and I imagine all kinds of people are having memorable firsts. This is the first instore I've been to that actually had enough space for the performers and audience. This is my first daylight Dolls' experience. Being able to see the band AND the audience casts me in more of an observer role than ever. I'm struck again and again by the unique multi-generational make-up of the crowd: parents with young kids, elementary age and younger; pre-teens sans any adult accompaniment; teenagers across the spectrum; plenty of that twenty something crowd and, yes, some of us WAY beyond thirty something. As I snap shots I've never felt like such a documentarian. This feeling becomes even more pronounced as I snap away during the signing. As I watch each enthralled fan approach Brian and Amanda and proffer whatever item they've brought--posters, shoes, bras, purses, body parts, an artificial limb, casts, t-shirts, artwork, a tiara, journals, jackets et alii--, I sense that thrill of the first. These are synergistic moments that will be cherished. For even if one has been to an event of this sort before, one has never met the intense gaze of the totally engaged Brian and Amanda. Their eyes look deep and you are the center of their world. This is star quality. This is how people become fans for life. MORE MORE MORE CLICK NEXT ARROW TO SEE MORE IN-STORE DRESDEN DOLLS SIGNING at BULL MOOSE & BACK ARROW for DRESDEN BULLMOOSE SHOW BACK - HOME - NEXT see dresden dolls photos from other shows sherihausey.com/dresdendolls SHERI HAUSEY writer - photographer - latin teacher click below to see other photos by sheri mission of burma | consonant einsturzende neubauten | circuit bent festival holger czukay | mel the cat dresden dolls | sunburned hand of the man black keys | pj harvey more photos orgy of noise | website design by btm SHERIHAUSEY.com