people ruin everything

October 1, 2014     Acoustic, ALL, band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, buffalo trace, Colorado, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, family, long beach, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, san diego, travel     4

Last week, Sept 25-26, I had the pleasure of hanging out with Scott Reynolds and Chad Price. I offered to help book them a couple shows, one of which was in San Diego, so I drove them down to the show and hung out. It was a lot of fun. We got a room at…

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Caffeinate, shoot the Captain!

September 18, 2014     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Captain Sensible, color, crowd, D7000, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Slim Jim Phantom, Stray Cats, The Alarm, The Damned, The Living End, venue     0

Friday, September 12, I drank a Red Bull and an iced coffee after work, and went to see Dead Men Walking at Alex’s Bar. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect … This band has members of some amazing bands: Captain Sensible of The Damned, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, Mike Peters of…

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The Hold Steady, The Cheap Girls and I got a show …

September 16, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, caught my eye, D7000, exhibition, family, friends, gallery, m43, micro 4/3, minneapolis, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     2

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’m sure you’ve all missed me. First is that I saw The Hold Steady in Costa Mesa / Santa Ana, The Observatory. I was really surprised that they ended up in the small room. I guess they didn’t sell enough tix for the big room … I guess…

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Write Your Obit Before Darting Across Beverly

August 8, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, D7000, downtown, downtown la, food, friends, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, obits, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, san diego, street     0

I had never been to the Bootleg Theater before seeing The Obits there a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting venue. There are 2 rooms. You enter into a room with a big stage, a bar, some tables and stools. This is the smaller of the 2 rooms. The one thing that annoyed me about…

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honky tonk your face off

June 13, 2014     band, bands, blues, downtown, fingerprints, in-store, long beach, micro 4/3, music, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography     0

Dave and Phil Alvin played an in-store at Fingerprints Record Shop in Long Beach on Tuesday 6/10/14. They were great! I was lucky enough to get a good spot in front of the stage and shoot some photos. One of the photos of Phil reminds me of the cover of the Blasters LP, it looks…

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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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I never saw the Golden Gate Bridge

April 10, 2014     band, bands, black and white, blues, bourbon, bridge, crowd, downtown, food, friends, m43, micro 4/3, night, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, soul     0

That’s true. We were in San Francisco for 4 days and never saw the Golden Gate Bridge. We didn’t see Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghirradelli Square, we didn’t even see a cable car! We did get to see great friends (though we missed a few of those too), great bands, we ate great food and had a…

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Show on Saturday April 5!

April 3, 2014     art gallery, band, bands, black and white, children, D7000, exhibition, flash, Foo Fighters, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, portrait, punk, punk rock, Redballs, Rock and Roll, rock show     0

I’m honored to be one of the participants in this benefit group art show for the children of Anthony Castaneda. Please come out and support the cause. CROWNING GLORY 11135 Weddington Street # 127 N. Hollywood, CA 91601 818.487.7424

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websites …

January 8, 2014     band, bands, bar pink, bbq, black and white, Black Flag, cigar, D7000, FLAG, Foo Fighters, friends, long beach, m43, micro 4/3, Moorpark, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, smoke, supernova     0

2 things I hope you’ll check out. 1. I was very surprised and excited to be asked to participate in Swimmingly’s 2013 year end round up of music and food. I can’t tell you how many times I wrote and re-wrote my answers … I tried to edit and shorten each time and I still…

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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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