The Proud, The Few, The Birthday, The Secret show

April 21, 2016     ALL, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, color, crowd, D7000, descendents, filmage, gallery, Greg Jacobs, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show     3

On 4/20/2016 The DESCENDENTS played a secret show at The Standing Room in Hermosa Beach for Fletcher’s 50th birthday (he’s the Pennywise dood). It was insane! They played EVERYTHING from the really old songs like Catalina to Silly Girl to Everything Sux to a few new ones that will be on their new record coming out in…

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Day Late

January 26, 2016     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, Black Flag, D7000, FLAG, flash, long beach, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, rock show     3

I got this in the mail ONE DAY after my birthday … I’m still going to call it a birthday gift … I shot the band PIGGY at Alex’s Bar a few months ago …  They asked for a couple shots to use on their facebook page and a few prints, which I was happy…

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Online Gallery for ALL ACCESS show – Long Beach Dec 5, 2015 – Jan 9, 2016

December 7, 2015     alex's bar, Alvin, art gallery, bad religion, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blur, Captain Sensible, caught my eye, color, crowd, D7000, damage, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, exhibition, family, festival, fingerprints, FLAG, flash, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, Greg Jacobs, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, missed shot, modern, Moorpark, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Replacements, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, The Damned, The Replacements, venue     2

Here’s an online gallery for the framed images in the ALL ACCESS show currently hanging at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. These framed photos are available for purchase at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. Thank you for asking! Phil Alvin – Framed, white mat, square black molding, 13 x 19, Gelatin Print –…

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a piggy’s favorite shot

August 19, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, blur, color, crowd, D7000, FLAG, flash, gallery, long beach, low light, mingus, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, queens, Rock and Roll, rock show, signal hill, venue     2

August 5, 2015 – Piggy played at Alex’s Bar. It was so dark that I popped up my on-camera-flash for a few shots to fill in some light in order to get some of these photos. I never do that. I submitted a grip of PIGGY photos to New Noise Magazine, which you can see here….

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these guys aren’t in Black Flag anymore

August 14, 2015     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, cigar, crowd, D7000, damage, FLAG, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     0

2 years ago, when I pawed through my Black Flag shoot from the Observatory, I wasn’t very happy with the results. I pawed through them again today and found a couple that I like … It’s always good to get away from your photos after you take them … Then come back and look at…

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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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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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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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I don’t want to do a review of Riot Fest (Day Two)

October 14, 2013     bad religion, band, bands, bar, Black Flag, Byers, caught my eye, color, Colorado, crowd, Denver, descendents, Farms, festival, FLAG, friends, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, Naked Raygun, olympus, omd, peelander-z, photo pass, photography, Public Enemy, punk, punk rock, rain, rancid, rides, Riot Fest, rock show, storm     0

Riot Fest, Denver (Byers), CO – DAY TWO First band I saw was Chuck Ragan (no photos). PEELANDER-Z I HAD TO POST 2 OF NAKED RAYGUN NAKED RAYGUN PUBLIC ENEMY AND TWO OF FLAG TOO FLAG BAD RELIGION (without Hetson) We watched RANCID from the stage and I really couldn’t get a shot. I’m bummed,…

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