Rocky Horror 2002 Show 1
November 8-9, 2002

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I met up with Neal at Grand Central Station, so we rode in together. We got into Poughkeepsie at around 11 pm, but thanks to Neal's mad connections up at Vassar, we had a ride already waiting for us.

The first shot of the night, after I whipped out my might camera, was the ever-popular Neal-Looking-Doofy shot. I also captured a few random shots of cast members, and Savannah eating Coureton's banana.
Keep in mind, this was still very early in my experimentation with this camera. I blame this, and not my own ineptitude, for the ass-like quality of these shots, especially the only front-on shot I managed to get of Savannah all night.
Here we see the ritual virgin cherry-popping, performed by Lauren and Chandra. Also, a shot of near-blackness... thrilling.
I'm still fucking around at this point, which is why my shot of the two beautiful cherry-poppers is from the back. Also, my only shot of Kate -- who showed up and vanished with remarkable speed, and who was feeling very sick, so do excuse the somewhat disheveled photograph. I also started using my camera to help Sarah work off pre-show jitters.
More random shots, including what I am sure is a fuzzy shot of a keebler elf (sorry Mo... but hey, at least I didn't say "Peter Pan.") And at this point, the virgin humiliation begins...
Our first virgins of the night included some very colorful characters... a nicely done up drag queen and a spandex bunny were there. And for the first orgasm of the night, this young gentleman fucked his hat.
Despite help from the lovely Cathy, the first batch of orgasms were uninspired at best. To help the process, the ever-ravishing Butch was called up to aid a young man who looked well on his way to becoming a russian literature student.
Butch's performance was masterly, and he garnered great applause. Unfortunately, the young man being aided was not so fortunate. A few more orgasms were had, and one or two were actually worth watching.
The spandex-bunny got quite emphatic. When time came to vote, Cathy led the audience.
And what's this? A tie? Heaven forfend! Helpful as ever, when the time came for an orgasm-off I suggested a duet instead. There is nothing in the world more beautiful than when two people come together. And now... the show!
I must explain. These photos are barely worth seeing, but I include them for completeness's sake. You see, I was led astray by rule #1-b: no flash photography. I turned off my flash for the show, but my camera attempted to make up for the low light by increasing exposure time. This would have worked wonders had the naked girls who appeared at that point agreed to stand very, very still while I shot their photos... but instead I wound up with some very teasingly erotic but overall disappointing shots.
Still more disappointment. I was actually somewhat pleased with the center shot in this row... I think my camera managed to make the neckless criminologist quite interesting-looking. I did manage one decent shot of Sarah, who managed to make a very sexy sign/elevator door.
More of the same. I gave up on photos for most of the show, instead focusing on callbacks and such. I did attempt to get a couple more shots during the floor show scene, as the slow exposure on my camera wouldn't suck when the cast members were pretending to be statues...
And still more. At some point, it occured to me that Liz -- the girl playing Janet -- was a remarkably good choice; very cute in a clean-cut pretty sort of way. This was also approximately the time that I thought up my first truly distressing rocky callback... the 50-foot tapeworm.
And with that, the show ended. On came my flash, and I got one or two not-so-bad shots of the cast taking their bows and dancing.
In a way, I missed the crutch of the poor lighting/no flash, because now my truly awful picture-taking abilities came to the forefront. I promise, this stuff gets better.
More people, in a crowd, being very non-cooperative with the poor cameraman.
I did manage to get one of the nicest shots of the fabulous Edd that I have ever seen, and this is a happy thing. Also, a fairly nice shot of her Maffu, who was looking very nice in makeup and golden lace panties. Or at least... that's how I imagine him. Also in this row, my first real shot of Joanna, and a couple of pictures of Saif, the man with the car that saved me a 40-minute hike from the train station.
Finally, I attempted to get a nice shot of the lovely V-Jesse in drag, but failed to turn the flash on... I quickly corrected my error and re-shot it.


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