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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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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On Line Gallery for ArtExchange show in Long Beach

November 7, 2014     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Blasters, blues, Captain Sensible, D7000, Dave Alvin, exhibition, filmage, fingerprints, fisheye, FLAG, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, garage, hollywood, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, Moorpark, Naked Raygun, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, Pizza, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Rock and Roll, rock show, soul, The Alarm, The Damned, The Living End     0

Here are the photos that I’m showing at ArtExchange Holiday Salon (Nov 8 – Jan 15). Opening is Nov 8 at 6:00pm – I hope to see you there. I had all of the photos framed by the incomparable Dick McCoy (except the 11″ x 17″s). They are all framed with a square black molding…

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On Line Gallery for Los Angeles Punk Museum show

November 5, 2014     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Blasters, blues, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, festival, fisheye, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, The Damned, venue     0

I currently have 8 photos in the Los Angeles Punk Museum show at The Stockroom in (Silverlake) Los Angeles, CA. The show runs through Nov 8, 2014 and included some really cool stuff. Great photos, Punk Rock Cartoons, Paintings, Clothing, Original Sex Pistols posters, movies, rock shows … It’s great … All of my photos…

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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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