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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OFF and The Descendents on the same bill?

October 2, 2014     ALL, band, bands, bar, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, downtown, filmage, friends, kids, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, pomona, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt     4

Two of the best bands in the world played in Pomona on Sunday night. OFF! supported the Descendents. I always consider myself fortunate to score a photo pass for any show, but especially for shows like this.  I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people responsible for getting me hooked up with the…

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going OFF! in Pomona.

October 2, 2014     ALL, band, bands, black and white, caught my eye, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, Documentary Film, downtown, filmage, FLAG, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo a day, photo pass, photography, Pizza, pomona, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt     9

OFF! is one of my favorite bands. 100% energy from start to finish. Their regular drummer, Mario from Rocket From The Crypt, was in the Pacific Northwest, so this is the first time I saw OFF! with Dale Crover (Melvins) … Holy CRISP (holy crisp was typo in an email I sent out last week…

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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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