This Machine Destroys Borders

October 27, 2017     band, bands, bar, children, cigar, color, crowd, D7000, friends, Greg Jacobs, iphone, music, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, Santa Ana     0

4 bands on a Sunday night? What in the hell are people thinking? Sitting through a 4-band bill on a weekend night usually requires arriving late and missing the opener or standing outside smoking cigars for a good chunk of the night, likely both … And still leaving early. Grumpy old guy at the rockshow?…

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Pirates and Gamblers, What a Night!

January 31, 2017     alex's bar, band, bands, bar, black and white, casbah, color, crowd, flash, Greg Jacobs, long beach, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, true crime, venue     0

Please click here to see my photos and review of Alex’s Bar’s 17th anniversary rockshow in New Noise Magazine. I am still not very comfortable with using my flash … But I used it for the Riverboat Gamblers’ set … I went back to high ISO for Throw Rag. Alex’s Bar is bathed in RED…

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JUMP shots only – Warped San Diego and Pomona.

August 9, 2016     band, bands, black and white, color, crowd, festival, fisheye, friends, Greg Jacobs, low light, motion, music, night, Nikon, photo pass, photography, pomona, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     2

I love jump shots. Teenage Bottlerocket:   Masked Intruder (or should I say Intruder Green): The Interrupters: Four Year Strong:

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The Warped tour – Grumpy old man version

August 9, 2016     band, bands, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, fisheye, Greg Jacobs, long beach, motion, music, night, Nikon, orange, palm tree, photo pass, photography, pomona, punk, punk rock, Ribshots, Ribshots43, Rock and Roll, rock show, san diego     2

I had a booth for STEAL MUSIC BUY ART at the San Diego and Pomona Warped Tour stops this year. We learned at the IT’S NOT DEAD Festival in October that people at festivals really don’t want to buy artwork while attending a festival … They probably don’t have the money with them and if…

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Sneaking in the back door with dirty magazines …

June 1, 2016     band, bands, bar, black and white, cars, color, crowd, D7000, fisheye, Greg Jacobs, high school, 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, Santa Ana     0

Who’s better than the BUZZCOCKS? No one, that’s who!! Buzzcocks are on their 40th anniversary tour … I think I can say that I’ve been a fan for at least 36 of those years … Check out my photo gallery of Buzzcocks and Residuels on NEW NOISE MAGAZINE

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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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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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never got kicked out

September 28, 2015     band, bands, black and white, color, D7000, low light, m43, micro 4/3, motion, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show     0

I shot one of my favorite bands this month (September): THE DAMNED. I’ll not bitch about the parking at the House of Mouse , but please know that it was the worst I’ve ever seen. I’ll try to keep this short, since my Social D post is long. I love The Damned. Captain Sensible is…

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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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