A Story About Gabe Saporta
So this is a rant. At least in my day we called them rants? Are we calling it meta now? Whatever, It is what it is.
I’m still upset that people don’t seem to love Gabe Saporta the way I do. Well I mean the people I’m friended here too agree with me, I guess, but like so many people on FBR Secrets have such awful things to say about him. And I just do not agree! And I scream at my friends about this, and I get really angry and defensive. Like firstly, who are we to judge Gabe anyhow? Because really we only see what he wants us to see, not to draw off him for my words here, but seriously. Even if Gabe is a total jerk to everyone and hates his fans and ignores them and treats them like crap, I don’t think that’s the same as Gabe chasing little girls and being some sort of pervert as has been implied on the internet. Really? How do you people even know this? You make me so upset, honestly.
So here’s what happened, I’m going to recount my encounters with Gabe. I am going to start at the Honda Civic Tour. I didn’t know who anyone was at that show except Fall Out Boy and that +44 was the band Mark and Travis were in. I actually read the bill as “Paul Wall and Cobra Starship.” like, as if that was one band. You know like “Butch Walker and the Let’s Go Out Tonights.” only not? I was so not focused on anything. So my friend and I had real seats, but we chilled on the lawn most of the show, just listening to the music. It was fun, it got Cobra Starship and The Academy Is... stuck in my head and albums were quickly bought, which was the point, wasn’t it? So Gabe (originally I thought it was Ryland, but in retrospect I think it was Gabe.) walks on by L and I where we’re talking shit about the scene kids and laughing at the state of the teenagers. These girls scream at him after he passes, he was on his way to the meet and great table, and he doesn’t notice. Now L and I thought this was bad ass, but looking back on it it wasn’t a, “I’m too good to respond to this.” sort of ignoring, it was a “oh wait, they were screaming at me?” Like honestly, I just think that’s what it was. And you know what, if it wasn’t, whatever. Gabe is bad ass and that’s awesome. Take it for what it is, let him be bad ass if he wants to be. For us, this was when we decided to love Cobra Starship just a little bit more. Or rather a little bit at all.
So my next encounter with Gabriel was at the Sleeping With Giants tour. Let’s face the facts here, I knew about this tour and I was like, well I guess I like The Academy Is..., but I didn’t really know the rest of the bands. So I didn’t really think it was worth the travels to upstate New York along with the 10 dollars just to see one band I was into. Once Cobra Starship was on the tour, however, that all changed. Ah yes, it was motivation enough to head out to the show and enjoy it. I danced, I loved it, and it was awesome. I’d never been to a small venue show before. Never ever. It was amazing. L, she bought the purple Cobra hoodie. The one I also later would buy. I saw the band sitting and signing stuff, I wanted to go say hi. I had nothing to sign so she gave me aforementioned hoodie. I headed over and chatted with the Cobras in delightful ways. Each one of them was amazing. Let me start my encounter with Gabe by saying the line was moving slow as hell because he stopped to take a picture with every kid and to hear their stories. Like, no kid was left behind. I got up to him and I was just in awe. He was so sweet and so nice to me. I know he doesn’t remember our conversation, there were tons of kids, but I remember it being something like this.
“Hey, would you sign this for me?”
“Of course, thanks for buying it.”
“I’m really glad I didn’t get the plain purple one at American Apparel, this is so cool.”
“Thank you so much.”
“Your music means a lot to me. It really is so great to have something to just dance around to and be a total spaz.”
“Oh my god thank you.”
And then we high-fived/head hands for a moment. Then we hugged. Because Gabe Saporta is an amazing man.
After that I went back over to my friends and we hung out in the back of the venue by some video games because we were sick and tired of the stupid kids up front. It was a lot of fun. So then Gabe comes to the Cobra merch table to hang with kids there. And we’re there and eventually he makes he way to where we are and we get a picture. Again, SO VERY VERY NICE! Later we (well really I) were (was) dancing to TAI in front of the Cobra Merch table. (Poor Lipski had to watch me dance like a loon. WTF man.) Anyhow Gabe saw the jive party I was bringing down behind the bar and totally nodded his approval. I mean, whatever it was just great. Gabe made that night great.
The next time I met Gabe was in New Jersey. I was sick so I left work early, but thanks to the wonders of teavana I was feeling better and decided what the heck, let’s go to the cobra Signing in Jersey. Trafic sucked and it took me like, two and a half to three hours to get there. By the time I arrived it was 9 (It started at 6:30 or 7 I think?) and they had sold out of all copies of Viva La Cobra and While the City Sleeps We Rule The Streets. I went into the line anyhow. The store was closing up, I was the very last person in line. I waited and waited. Here is probably the greatest thing Gabe has ever done for me. They’ve been there probably longer than they thought they’d be. There were more people than they thought. The rest of their tour is freaking out because Armor for Sleep’s bus just blew a tire and everything went nuts. They don’t really know what’s going on with their friends at the time because they aren’t with them. Lipski is managing them out of there because they need to get going to whatever the next stop is. He finally says, “No more pictures.” because it’s taking too much time. Gabe doesn’t listen to that all that much, I don’t know. I get to him, he totally doesn’t remember me, but that’s okay. I don’t really care. But he signs my little slip of paper and then I go to ask him to sign this other thing I brought. See, L couldn’t be there, so I wanted to have Gabe take a picture with a sign that reads “I heart LxC!” because I thought it’d be cute. Since he couldn’t do anymore pictures, I thought I would ask him to sign it, it’d be almost as cool. So I go to do that and he says, “Hey maybe we can take pictures as we’re leaving?” And so as the rest of the group packs some stuff away and gets ready to head out, Gabe snaps a few more pictures on top of the hundreds he’s probably taken already that day.
I’m sorry, this jerk that I see portrayed on the internet is not a person who would do that. It just doesn’t work that way. Maybe Gabe can be a pissy bitch from time to time and has his moments, who doesn’t? Like seriously, keep yourself grounded and remember that everyone in this fandom is a human. But for him to have taken that time to make those moments so important to me- that, in my opinion, reflects on his true character. He wants us, the kids, to have a good time when it comes to anything he does. It’s important that we enjoy it, if not for our sakes, then for him to be able to make a living. I like to believe though that Gabe is a good person to his fans because he likes them. Because he loves having someone enjoy music he create and come out to his shows and dance and sing and enjoy that experience.
And just at the end here I’ll add that stuff like cultverse and whatever, I mean things where Gabe is painted a certain way in fiction are totally not what I’m talking about here. I mean just for the record. I could get into the whole fiction thing that’s been driving around as of late, but I’m really ranted out. Well maybe not, but whatever, I’ll save all of you.
In conclusion, I am thinking about making pins on Cafepress about supporting Saporta. Anyone interested?
Oh hey, some poorman excuse for links to some of the secrets so you even know WHY I've been so frustrated:
http://community.livejournal.com/fbr_secrets/
Tons of negative here
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/wanktit/seecrets.jpg
This one is the reason I got so mad, I think.
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/60/gabelt4.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/34sgqc8.png
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj254/yergay456/hahahakillyourself.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/82bolly.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/6p9jvi0.jpg
IDK you guys, and maybe it's just nagative anywhere else where people are fans of these bands and in bandom we're like this happy little island where we all love everyone? IDK I don't get it, I don't understand it. I think everyone is awesome, even old Ryan Ross over there. Not to get all random chick in mean girls, but for serious. Let's just all get along, go to shows, rave about it later and be happy!!!
xoxoxo
-Jeanne
I’m still upset that people don’t seem to love Gabe Saporta the way I do. Well I mean the people I’m friended here too agree with me, I guess, but like so many people on FBR Secrets have such awful things to say about him. And I just do not agree! And I scream at my friends about this, and I get really angry and defensive. Like firstly, who are we to judge Gabe anyhow? Because really we only see what he wants us to see, not to draw off him for my words here, but seriously. Even if Gabe is a total jerk to everyone and hates his fans and ignores them and treats them like crap, I don’t think that’s the same as Gabe chasing little girls and being some sort of pervert as has been implied on the internet. Really? How do you people even know this? You make me so upset, honestly.
So here’s what happened, I’m going to recount my encounters with Gabe. I am going to start at the Honda Civic Tour. I didn’t know who anyone was at that show except Fall Out Boy and that +44 was the band Mark and Travis were in. I actually read the bill as “Paul Wall and Cobra Starship.” like, as if that was one band. You know like “Butch Walker and the Let’s Go Out Tonights.” only not? I was so not focused on anything. So my friend and I had real seats, but we chilled on the lawn most of the show, just listening to the music. It was fun, it got Cobra Starship and The Academy Is... stuck in my head and albums were quickly bought, which was the point, wasn’t it? So Gabe (originally I thought it was Ryland, but in retrospect I think it was Gabe.) walks on by L and I where we’re talking shit about the scene kids and laughing at the state of the teenagers. These girls scream at him after he passes, he was on his way to the meet and great table, and he doesn’t notice. Now L and I thought this was bad ass, but looking back on it it wasn’t a, “I’m too good to respond to this.” sort of ignoring, it was a “oh wait, they were screaming at me?” Like honestly, I just think that’s what it was. And you know what, if it wasn’t, whatever. Gabe is bad ass and that’s awesome. Take it for what it is, let him be bad ass if he wants to be. For us, this was when we decided to love Cobra Starship just a little bit more. Or rather a little bit at all.
So my next encounter with Gabriel was at the Sleeping With Giants tour. Let’s face the facts here, I knew about this tour and I was like, well I guess I like The Academy Is..., but I didn’t really know the rest of the bands. So I didn’t really think it was worth the travels to upstate New York along with the 10 dollars just to see one band I was into. Once Cobra Starship was on the tour, however, that all changed. Ah yes, it was motivation enough to head out to the show and enjoy it. I danced, I loved it, and it was awesome. I’d never been to a small venue show before. Never ever. It was amazing. L, she bought the purple Cobra hoodie. The one I also later would buy. I saw the band sitting and signing stuff, I wanted to go say hi. I had nothing to sign so she gave me aforementioned hoodie. I headed over and chatted with the Cobras in delightful ways. Each one of them was amazing. Let me start my encounter with Gabe by saying the line was moving slow as hell because he stopped to take a picture with every kid and to hear their stories. Like, no kid was left behind. I got up to him and I was just in awe. He was so sweet and so nice to me. I know he doesn’t remember our conversation, there were tons of kids, but I remember it being something like this.
“Hey, would you sign this for me?”
“Of course, thanks for buying it.”
“I’m really glad I didn’t get the plain purple one at American Apparel, this is so cool.”
“Thank you so much.”
“Your music means a lot to me. It really is so great to have something to just dance around to and be a total spaz.”
“Oh my god thank you.”
And then we high-fived/head hands for a moment. Then we hugged. Because Gabe Saporta is an amazing man.
After that I went back over to my friends and we hung out in the back of the venue by some video games because we were sick and tired of the stupid kids up front. It was a lot of fun. So then Gabe comes to the Cobra merch table to hang with kids there. And we’re there and eventually he makes he way to where we are and we get a picture. Again, SO VERY VERY NICE! Later we (well really I) were (was) dancing to TAI in front of the Cobra Merch table. (Poor Lipski had to watch me dance like a loon. WTF man.) Anyhow Gabe saw the jive party I was bringing down behind the bar and totally nodded his approval. I mean, whatever it was just great. Gabe made that night great.
The next time I met Gabe was in New Jersey. I was sick so I left work early, but thanks to the wonders of teavana I was feeling better and decided what the heck, let’s go to the cobra Signing in Jersey. Trafic sucked and it took me like, two and a half to three hours to get there. By the time I arrived it was 9 (It started at 6:30 or 7 I think?) and they had sold out of all copies of Viva La Cobra and While the City Sleeps We Rule The Streets. I went into the line anyhow. The store was closing up, I was the very last person in line. I waited and waited. Here is probably the greatest thing Gabe has ever done for me. They’ve been there probably longer than they thought they’d be. There were more people than they thought. The rest of their tour is freaking out because Armor for Sleep’s bus just blew a tire and everything went nuts. They don’t really know what’s going on with their friends at the time because they aren’t with them. Lipski is managing them out of there because they need to get going to whatever the next stop is. He finally says, “No more pictures.” because it’s taking too much time. Gabe doesn’t listen to that all that much, I don’t know. I get to him, he totally doesn’t remember me, but that’s okay. I don’t really care. But he signs my little slip of paper and then I go to ask him to sign this other thing I brought. See, L couldn’t be there, so I wanted to have Gabe take a picture with a sign that reads “I heart LxC!” because I thought it’d be cute. Since he couldn’t do anymore pictures, I thought I would ask him to sign it, it’d be almost as cool. So I go to do that and he says, “Hey maybe we can take pictures as we’re leaving?” And so as the rest of the group packs some stuff away and gets ready to head out, Gabe snaps a few more pictures on top of the hundreds he’s probably taken already that day.
I’m sorry, this jerk that I see portrayed on the internet is not a person who would do that. It just doesn’t work that way. Maybe Gabe can be a pissy bitch from time to time and has his moments, who doesn’t? Like seriously, keep yourself grounded and remember that everyone in this fandom is a human. But for him to have taken that time to make those moments so important to me- that, in my opinion, reflects on his true character. He wants us, the kids, to have a good time when it comes to anything he does. It’s important that we enjoy it, if not for our sakes, then for him to be able to make a living. I like to believe though that Gabe is a good person to his fans because he likes them. Because he loves having someone enjoy music he create and come out to his shows and dance and sing and enjoy that experience.
And just at the end here I’ll add that stuff like cultverse and whatever, I mean things where Gabe is painted a certain way in fiction are totally not what I’m talking about here. I mean just for the record. I could get into the whole fiction thing that’s been driving around as of late, but I’m really ranted out. Well maybe not, but whatever, I’ll save all of you.
In conclusion, I am thinking about making pins on Cafepress about supporting Saporta. Anyone interested?
Oh hey, some poorman excuse for links to some of the secrets so you even know WHY I've been so frustrated:
http://community.livejournal.com/fbr_secrets/
Tons of negative here
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/wanktit/seecrets.jpg
This one is the reason I got so mad, I think.
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/60/gabelt4.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/34sgqc8.png
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj254/yergay456/hahahakillyourself.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/82bolly.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/6p9jvi0.jpg
IDK you guys, and maybe it's just nagative anywhere else where people are fans of these bands and in bandom we're like this happy little island where we all love everyone? IDK I don't get it, I don't understand it. I think everyone is awesome, even old Ryan Ross over there. Not to get all random chick in mean girls, but for serious. Let's just all get along, go to shows, rave about it later and be happy!!!
xoxoxo
-Jeanne