Big Deal …

March 25, 2015     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blues, building, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, family, filmage, fisheye, FLAG, flash, flowers, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, graffiti, haze, hollywood, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, phonography, photo pass, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, soul, The Damned, true crime, venue     4

While I am merely an unpaid hired gun set photographer, I feel very attached to Death or Glory. Recently, I assisted in putting on an event at Angel City Brewery called “Steal Music Buy Art” or SMBA for short. SMBA was created to debut 4 episodes of Death or Glory but became so much more….

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On Line Gallery for ArtExchange show in Long Beach

November 7, 2014     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Blasters, blues, Captain Sensible, D7000, Dave Alvin, exhibition, filmage, fingerprints, fisheye, FLAG, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, garage, hollywood, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, Moorpark, Naked Raygun, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Rock and Roll, rock show, soul, The Alarm, The Damned, The Living End     0

Here are the photos that I’m showing at ArtExchange Holiday Salon (Nov 8 – Jan 15). Opening is Nov 8 at 6:00pm – I hope to see you there. I had all of the photos framed by the incomparable Dick McCoy (except the 11″ x 17″s). They are all framed with a square black molding…

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On Line Gallery for Los Angeles Punk Museum show

November 5, 2014     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Blasters, blues, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, festival, fisheye, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, The Damned, venue     0

I currently have 8 photos in the Los Angeles Punk Museum show at The Stockroom in (Silverlake) Los Angeles, CA. The show runs through Nov 8, 2014 and included some really cool stuff. Great photos, Punk Rock Cartoons, Paintings, Clothing, Original Sex Pistols posters, movies, rock shows … It’s great … All of my photos…

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On Line Gallery for the Memphis show.

October 2, 2014     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, color, D7000, Dave Alvin, Denver, descendents, exhibition, filmage, fisheye, FLAG, flash, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, Moorpark, motion, music, Natural Light, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, Santa Ana, superchunk, venue     0

The show at Memphis is still hanging (2920 Bristol St. Costa Mesa, CA 92626) … It will be there through December 10, 2014. If you can’t make it, here’s an on line gallery to check out. All images are printed on 16 x 20 paper, with borders, matted and framed. Here they are, in the…

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A steak, a baked potato and an Octagrape

July 29, 2014     band, bands, bar, D7000, fisheye, flash, long beach, low light, motion, music, Nikon, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     6

On July 19 my new favorite band, Octagrape, played at The Prospector, in Long Beach. This is the second time I’ve seen them and the first time I bought my camera. Their record is GREAT, but live they take it to another level. Jaw on the floor, amazing! The entire band oozes with sweat and…

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Bell Bottoms!!

April 18, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, blues, crowd, D7000, echo park, fisheye, hollywood, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, orange, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, soul, the echo     0

I’ve seen the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion a few times – mostly back in the 1990’s … But I have to say, Wednesday night (4/17/14) at The Echo in LA, they were awesome. They have not lost a step. They were bar sludgy, swamp boogey, punk rock, or something like that. It was dirty and…

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it was on the news, so it must be true

February 28, 2014     band, bands, bar, casbah, fisheye, flash, fluf, la jolla, motion, music, night, Nikon, otis, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego, stimy, venue     0

The other day, while surfing around on facebook, I saw a news story about the 25th anniversary of the Casbah. Of course I clicked it … And what did I see at the 1:34 mark of the story? One of my photographs! I had no idea! I was super stoked to see it. I think…

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top ten of 2013

December 31, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, Denver, downtown la, Easter, festival, festival of colors, fisheye, flash, Foo Fighters, Hindu, holi, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, jabez, lambretta, lensbaby, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, model, Moorpark, motion, music, Natural Light, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, scooter, scooters, street photography, superchunk, vespa     0

I was reading a post by fellow photographer Michael Ares and he did a year end, “top ten” list of his favorite shots of 2013. After reading his post, I thought it was a great idea. A great way to look through your work throughout the year and see how your are improving or if…

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Surprise show at Bar Pink

April 4, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, Easter, fisheye, flash, friends, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, shadow     7

As some of you know, Rocket From The Crypt (RFTC) waited until 5:30pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013 (Easter) to announce a show at Bar Pink at 6:30pm the same night. Some of my friends, knowing my history with the band, assumed I knew earlier and even accused me of withholding information. I swear I…

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