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…

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DRIVE LIKE JEHU are GOOD … part II

February 29, 2016 band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, D7000, echo park, echoplex, family, gallery, Greg Jacobs, los angeles, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, tequila 0

Drive Like Jehu at The Echoplex last night (2/28/2016). Here’s my gallery from New Noise Magazine.

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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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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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Surprise show at Bar Pink

April 4, 2013 band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, Easter, fisheye, flash, friends, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, shadow 7

As some of you know, Rocket From The Crypt (RFTC) waited until 5:30pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013 (Easter) to announce a show at Bar Pink at 6:30pm the same night. Some of my friends, knowing my history with the band, assumed I knew earlier and even accused me of withholding information. I swear I…

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