Tres Padres near Cinco de Mayo

May 4, 2015     band, bands, blur, D7000, Foo Fighters, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll     1

I am one of the biggest “dorky-fan-boys” I know. Needless to say, when I got a text from Lou Barlow last week asking for permission to use some photos I shot of a recording session back in 2013, I was blown away. I love all Lou’s music, but I have to be honest and say…

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A 3-fer!

April 30, 2015     bad religion, band, bands, bar, black and white, crowd, D7000, downtown, downtown la, hollywood, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, venue     5

I hope when I type things like: “I was lucky enough to score a photopass” that I don’t sound like a phony. I truly feel lucky to get these photopasses. Regularly, professional, working, photographers will ask me how I get my photopasses … I am lucky to have friends in the right places who can…

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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…

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That was in tents – Like a circus – Replacements.

April 16, 2015     band, bands, bar, black and white, D7000, hollywood, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, minneapolis, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, soul     2

I am cutting down on the wordiness of my posts. A few words and a few photos. Done and done. Now that I’ve exceeded my word-count allotment for this post … I’ll simply say that I’ve always felt that I was a little late to the Replacements … I think “Let It Be” was my…

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Drive Like Jehu are pretty good

April 10, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, casbah, crowd, D7000, downtown, fisheye, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, Rocket From The Crypt, soul     2

I saw Drive Like Jehu the other night in Pomona. It’s been over 20 years since seeing them last and they still are amazing. Rob Crow lending a hand on LUAU. SUIT UP!

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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…

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Death or Glory #8

April 3, 2015     Foo Fighters, hollywood, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, speakeasy     0

Some of you know that I am the set photographer on a video show called Death or Glory. It’s really fun and I’m going to start posting links to the episodes … I’d love to know what you think. Here’s #8 with Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) and Jonny 2Bags (Social Distortion). This episode is the…

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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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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…

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