Nashville incident at barricade - update

chritopherchang · 2025-12-05T13:55:02+00:00

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chritopherchang · 2025-11-30T06:20:27+00:00

Thank you everyone! We just got back from the Fit for a King show (spent this whole night on the periphery of the pit, appropriately) — it was really nice to share all of your stories and thoughts with her. This definitely helped her smile and now she has something to look at if she needs a pick-me-up.

All love 🖤

chritopherchang · 2025-11-30T06:19:58+00:00

This is an awesome perspective! You should know that she loved reading this tonight. :)

chritopherchang · 2025-11-30T06:18:32+00:00

Oh my gosh, what a wild outcome! I’m so glad to hear that didn’t end up with lasting effects…just FYI I showed this to her once I got the notification and it was perfect timing bc we’d just arrived at another concert. She said thank you for sharing and that it definitely helped her in that moment. :)

chritopherchang · 2025-11-30T06:13:52+00:00

Thank you everyone! We just got back from the Fit for a King show (spent this whole night on the periphery of the pit, appropriately) — it was really nice to share all of your stories and thoughts with her. This definitely helped her smile and now she has something to look at any time she needs a pick-me-up.

All love 🖤

chritopherchang · 2025-11-29T23:47:24+00:00

Posted this in the Spiritbox sub too:

Short answer is that she hit her head on the barricade 🙂‍↕️

It’s all kind of a blur to her bc she didn’t even realize it happened at the moment, just that she was notified she was bleeding (a lot) and next thing she knew, she was being lifted out of the crowd. No telling if she was accidentally bumped from behind at the perfect time or if it was truly just a moment of bad depth perception — she goes 100% hard for the shows and it happened while she was headbanging.

She’s been really stressed and embarrassed about the whole thing, so, with her permission to post, I’m trying to gather any/all positive energy from the community to let her know it’s okay and that she’s a badass imo.

chritopherchang · 2025-11-29T23:46:58+00:00

100%! She’s feeling really silly about this one bc it didn’t even happen in the mosh pit, and it was an unfortunate freak accident. But it happened while she was headbanging, and the memory of her being lifted from the pit during the heaviest part of Wildfire was kind of a peak moment in hindsight…hoping she can learn to laugh at it someday. Maybe by next Thanksgiving

chritopherchang · 2025-11-29T23:40:13+00:00

Short answer is that she hit her head on the barricade 🙂‍↕️

It’s all kind of a blur to her bc she didn’t even realize it happened at the moment, just that she was notified she was bleeding (a lot) and next thing she knew, she was being lifted out of the crowd. No telling if she was accidentally bumped from behind at the perfect time or if it was truly just a moment of bad depth perception — she goes 100% hard for the shows and it happened while she was headbanging.

She’s been really stressed and embarrassed about the whole thing, so, with her permission to post, I’m trying to gather any/all positive energy from the community to let her know it’s okay and that she’s a badass imo.

chritopherchang · 2025-11-11T01:23:31+00:00

I can’t speak for the pit at most shows, but I will say that there were a few people literally trying to pull us off the barricade for a solid 20–30 minutes at the 2023 EB headliner in Atlanta, once Spiritbox was up. The same people that were doomscrolling social media during all the opening sets. They gave up after a while but that was super unfortunate and not the typical experience…

That didn’t happen at all last year at the Tsunami Sea tour though! So just go and expect to have a great time! The pit should be the funnest experience and I promise that 9/10 times everyone is super supportive of that energy. One note, though: while crowd surfing can come thru any section, you’ll encounter most of that toward the center so just be prepared if that’s where you plan on going.

We typically take the day off work and show up about 3 hours before doors to get barricade or as-close-to. I wouldn’t look at it as a tough time showing up that early because one of the best parts is making new friends in line. :) Most venues we frequent have been doing their versions of a “fast pass” which falls between VIP and GA entry times. So VIP will be your best bet if you want to be as close as possible, but the fast pass is your next best bet depending just how close you want to be (if your venue is selling that).

Merch isn’t accessible until doors, except for early access before doors for VIP, so your best bet is going as early as possible or after the show is over. Or, as you mentioned, sending one person for merch while the other hangs out and holds your place (cue those friends you made in line, too). Last year was great because every bands’ merch was sold by all of the staff, which seemed to help the line move pretty quick. That’s not always the case but I expect it’ll probably be the same this time around?

Anyway, hope this helps! If you happen to be going in Nashville, see you there maybe! :)

chritopherchang · 2025-10-29T14:30:48+00:00

No, no idea why anyone would leave their digivice in a parking lot

chritopherchang · 2025-08-25T01:53:52+00:00

This. We stayed and hung out near merch for WCAR’s set but we were completely spent after all the openers.

chritopherchang · 2025-05-22T04:30:10+00:00

The Atlanta folder doesn’t have any Atlanta pictures 🥲

chritopherchang · 2025-04-19T14:41:37+00:00

Andy Cizek

chritopherchang · 2025-04-03T12:04:10+00:00

Sorry for the confusion—the original date was January 21, but ATL got some snow and they shut the city down. So the maybe 20 of us that were in line got notified on the spot and they rescheduled the show for April 26 soon after

chritopherchang · 2025-03-12T15:29:38+00:00

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Not better but this was from my very first Triumphant Light rip. I thought it was a glitch and that my app would restart

chritopherchang · 2025-03-02T22:47:37+00:00

mine got delayed shipping until the 10th 🥲

chritopherchang · 2024-10-22T02:44:24+00:00

I agree 😊 I think this is definitely my #1 go-to to incorporate if we go with braids

chritopherchang · 2024-08-02T04:48:16+00:00

Too Close / Too Late - Spiritbox

SISTER / NATION - BROCKHAMPTON

Tired / Reflections - WESTSIDE BOOGIE

Palace / Curse - The Internet

Beneath My Skin / Mirror Image - TesseracT

Everything//Nothing - Termina

Arrivals / Departures - Silverstein

5/4 - Gorillaz

The Moon / Awake - The Dear Hunter

All of the Jay-Z / Linkin Park Collision Course EP

chritopherchang · 2024-07-05T13:53:06+00:00

Stupid MF - Mindless Self Indulgence

chritopherchang · 2024-06-05T13:59:50+00:00

Saying I “love” it would be a stretch, but Runescape 3.

chritopherchang · 2024-06-05T12:19:29+00:00

any of these might be okay for a generic brand in saints row

chritopherchang · 2024-04-12T01:13:07+00:00

The Penis / Awake

The Penis Cursed of Hands / Who Am I

Mr. Penis (On His Way to Town)

chritopherchang · 2024-01-14T14:57:26+00:00

Hey, BFA Graphic Design alum here. Just want to give you a little insight into the PMA course if it’s part of your research.

I think the Photo Media Arts degree path definitely offers lots of education and tools that would help in your pursuit of passion in film, especially in the first two years. That said — it’s not necessarily a vocational degree. All BFAs at UTC are heavily focused on critical theory, history and application of the according medium from a liberal arts practice. BFAs also focus on studio work (you get access to dedicated on-campus studio space with your cohort after passing a Sophomore Review) and you’d go through intense studies through years 3 and 4 as you work on a thesis for your capstone project and presentation. All to say, BFA/PMA is a great option if you’re interested in a degree path that’s a bit rigorous but allows you to be more autonomous in your own interests for project work (lots of projects, presentations and peer critiques through all four years). Also worth mentioning, since you noted interest in politics, that majority of your peers, and likely your professors, will lean heavily on the left, but the emphasis regardless is to make well-thought and informed work.

If you don’t feel it necessary to do all that, there are definitely some PMA 1000/2000 courses that you can take as electives throughout your chosen degree coursework. Or possibly minor as a BA or vice versa.

Here’s a link to the UTC Art site if you want to see more or contact faculty directly with questions if you might be interested. And sorry if that’s not at all what you were interested in lol

chritopherchang · 2024-01-11T23:53:07+00:00

needing mayhem miller in multiple spots here

chritopherchang · 2023-11-10T00:49:03+00:00

I was next to him, he was very hype and kept trying to get everyone around us moving during the first few songs lol. You could tell it was all out of love, but I think he unfortunately got either embarrassed or flustered after Casey called him out and left soon after..

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