This Machine Destroys Borders

October 27, 2017     band, bands, bar, children, cigar, color, crowd, D7000, friends, Greg Jacobs, iphone, music, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     0

4 bands on a Sunday night? What in the hell are people thinking? Sitting through a 4-band bill on a weekend night usually requires arriving late and missing the opener or standing outside smoking cigars for a good chunk of the night, likely both … And still leaving early. Grumpy old guy at the rockshow?…

Continue Reading →

A Group of Vultures

March 6, 2017     band, bands, bar, black and white, Colorado, crowd, friends, Greg Jacobs, long beach, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, rock show     0

I love when stuff like this happens. My friend’s band came to Long Beach last weekend and I brought my camera … Then I asked New Noise Magazine if they were interested in posting the photos and review on their website … They said yes, so here it is . A Vulture Wake – A Wake…

Continue Reading →

JUMP shots only – Warped San Diego and Pomona.

August 9, 2016     band, bands, black and white, color, crowd, festival, fisheye, friends, Greg Jacobs, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, pomona, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     2

I love jump shots. Teenage Bottlerocket:   Masked Intruder (or should I say Intruder Green): The Interrupters: Four Year Strong:

Continue Reading →

Pounded by the Swami

April 11, 2016     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, cigar, D7000, friends, Greg Jacobs, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, Santa Ana, surf, tiki     3

Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Observatory in Orange County. We saw Swami John Reis and The Blind Shake along with Pounded By The Surf. There was an opening band, but we missed them … Pounded By The Surf were great … Then “Swami John Reis and The Blind Shake” came out and kicked it…

Continue Reading →

Not Much Lately

April 4, 2016     band, bands, friends, garage, Greg Jacobs, iphone, long beach, music, Natural Light, phonography, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show     3

I haven’t been shooting too much lately. I was scheduled to shoot the Jon Bunch memorial show last month in Santa Ana, in fact, I was asked to be one of the official photographers, and to have some of my images used in a documentary being made about that show … Unfortunately, I got sick…

Continue Reading →

Online Gallery for ALL ACCESS show – Long Beach Dec 5, 2015 – Jan 9, 2016

December 7, 2015     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, bad religion, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blur, Captain Sensible, caught my eye, color, crowd, D7000, damage, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, family, festival, fingerprints, FLAG, flash, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, Greg Jacobs, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, missed shot, modern, Moorpark, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Replacements, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, The Damned, The Replacements, venue     2

Here’s an online gallery for the framed images in the ALL ACCESS show currently hanging at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. These framed photos are available for purchase at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. Thank you for asking! Phil Alvin – Framed, white mat, square black molding, 13 x 19, Gelatin Print –…

Continue Reading →

Death or Glory #9 (I think)

April 21, 2015     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, black sheep, D7000, friends, haze, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show     0

While I am proud to work on every episode of Death or Glory, there are a couple that I am a little closer to. This is one of them. I think it’s because I was able to reach out to Tom Hazelmyer to be a guest, so I felt like I helped to get the…

Continue Reading →

Death or Glory #7

April 6, 2015     Acoustic, band, bands, bar, black and white, blues, D7000, friends, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, portrait project, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     0

I guess I’m going backwards, I posted episode #8 last week … Here’s Death or Glory #7 with Derwood Andrews from Generation X and Casey Chaos from Amen. In my mind, this episode epitomizes what Death or Glory is. It’s not an interview show, it’s a conversation between 2 people with interesting stories and you…

Continue Reading →

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….

Continue Reading →

I would pay you a dollar to play dollar.

February 6, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, bixby, black and white, blues, bourbon, buffalo trace, california heights, crowd, D7000, family, friends, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, missed shot, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, signal hill, soul, tiki     2

Rocket From The Crypt played a 2 night stand at Alex’s Bar on January 30 and 31, 2015. They were great, playing different sets each night, and spanning their massive catalog. I’m sure everyone there left satisfied, hot, sweaty and tired … I also assume everyone there left bummed that they didn’t get the hear…

Continue Reading →