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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sometimes I really hate RED

June 24, 2014     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, iphone, long beach, missed shot, music, night, phonography, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     0

I got to see 2 great bands on Thursday night (6/19) at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach. The Widows and Octagrape, both from San Diego. Weekday rock shows are always difficult. After a day’s work you need to rally to go out that night. Personally, I depend on Red Bull. So, I got home from…

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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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group art show

May 27, 2014     art gallery, band, bands, black and white, D7000, descendents, Foo Fighters, huntington beach, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, superchunk     0

I had hoped, before creating another post, that I would have updated my website. That has not happened, but I want to let people know that I will have 4 photos in a group show in Huntington Beach on Saturday, May 31 from 7 – 10pm. I found out about this show when I saw…

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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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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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