Howdy folks... So, I'm aware that the
front page for the Concert Chronology, which was designed in 1999 for 800x600 resolution, is a little primitive in today's modern world. Granted, I do generally prefer to keep unnecessary graphical bells & whistles to a minimum across my sites, but even
I don't use 800x600 anymore, and the current lone photograph representing Sonic Youth performing live is a grainy vidcap from May '98 that covers about three square pixels on my screen now. So, I was wondering if perhaps somebody had a more current photograph capturing at least the four core members in a live state, preferably with each one looking all cool and rockin' and shit. You can post your suggestions either directly into this thread, or post a link to them elsewhere. Try to submit pictures that you actually took yourself, just to avoid copyright bullshit (and no, you don't get compensated beyond photo credit, and no, I don't own your photo or anything, as far as I know...I just want an impressive intro to the page).
Speaking of impressive intros,
this is the actual intro page for the Concert Chronology, which seemed really cool to me nearly a decade ago but is slightly less dazzling now. That said, an updated version of this concept could possibly be even more effective than a lone photograph -- a collage of live shots spanning their entire career mixed with gig posters and ticket stubs or whatever. That actually sounds ideal, but it also sounds like a whole bunch of work I don't want to do. Hmmm.
Either way, goodbye 20th century! Post your submissions and maybe it'll inspire me to revisit the collage theme. I'm curious, what size resolution is generally considered common these days? I have one of those widescreen style monitors now but I don't think it would be wise to deliberately code pages to accomodate its width if they're not that widely used for web-browsing.