Subscribe via RSSBruges, Belgium
Here’s some more from the Christmas-New Year’s Holiday trip. Leaving Holland, I worked my way south to Belgium. I started in Brussels, but took a side trip to see the town of Bruges – a much cooler city, in my opinion. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t inspired by a certain movie to [...]
In the News!
There haven’t been a lot of updates here, because I have been both incredibly busy (deciding where to study for the next three years, preparing a presentation for the kids on Canada, etc.) and incredibly lazy. Yes, it is possible to be both. But there was one thing that I wanted to share: I was [...]
Happy Easter!
Just got back from a week-long road trip across the north of Spain with Dietrich, from Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela. Good times! We got back to Martos just in time to see the Easter procession. Plenty more photos where that came from… on my computer desktop. (Gimme a break, I’m relaxing today!) This song [...]
Holidays in Holland
After Ronda, the next stop on my travels was the Netherlands. I landed in Eindhoven and was there for three days over Christmas (overall, a miserable place). Then I spent a day in the unpronounceable city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, home to medieval painter Heironymous Bosch. The highlight, however, was a week spent visiting friends in Utrecht, [...]
The Grass is Always Greener
Woke up this morning thinking this to myself, and with the urge to mess around a bit in photoshop. Here’s what I came up with. Just a little reminder to be happy wherever you are. The background photo is Drew__’s “Grass in A Minor.” This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 [...]
Día de la Paz
On January 28th, schools across Spain celebrated Día de la Paz, or Peace Day. Perhaps its closest comparison in the United States is Martin Luther King Day, which occurs around the same time. Children focus on messages of anti-violence and anti-racism and celebrate with performances, readings, and a flotilla of white balloons. My school, CEPR [...]
An Upgrade and an Update
You may notice a few changes around here. I just finished a much-needed overhaul of the website to streamline everything. Edit one: The site looks a lot better (I think, I hope) because I didn’t design this template. Edit two: It works in Internet Explorer. Welcome, people stuck in the past! Edit three: The blog [...]
Ronda
The first stop on my 20-day journey after my friends left me in Málaga was the town of Ronda, in the same province but about 100 km (62 mi) northwest. This ancient town is built on either side of a deep gorge named “El Tajo.” On one side lies the ancient Arab portion of the [...]
Up La Peña
I had hoped to be posting some pictures of my holiday trip right about now, but, well, read my last post… Instead, I will bring you some photos of Martos I had waiting to be posted. It’s an apt subject, actually, because I’m tired of traveling and it’s nice to be home. (Ok, maybe it’s [...]
Might As Well Jump
Last weekend my roommates and I took a trip to Seville. We took a little time to go to Plaza España, one of the city’s landmarks from the 1929 exhibition, and try out some mid-air photographs. Here are the results…
Halloween v. Día de Los Santos
On 1 November, Spain celebrates Día de Todos los Santos, or as we know it in English, All Saints’ Day. This is the day after Halloween (which, as you already know, I’m sure, comes from All Hallows’ Eve). Here it is one of several holy days that is celebrated throughout the country as a national [...]
Feria San Lucas, Jaén
This is a HUGE festival here… It runs for a little over a week, all day and all night. Buses from all over the province stop at the fairground itself, which is just acres and acres of games, rides, food, and dance clubs. We went out on Saturday, saw the parade and then went out [...]
The Arboretum
Early last week I took an expedition to the Arboretum – that is, The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens – to get the dose of nature I’m not otherwise able to get thanks to the not-yet-quite-contained Station Fire. Although you would expect this to be located somewhere downton, it’s not. It’s in Arcadia [...]
Farewell, New York City
After 7 years (and lots of really good stories), I’m finally leaving New York City.
Black Gold @ Mercury Lounge
Here’s one from the archives! Indiepop rockers Black Gold performed at New York City’s Mercury Lounge last December, bringing an unexpected buzz to an otherwise average Monday night.
New Orleans
About a month ago, I took a road trip to New Orleans with a couple of friends to celebrate a birthday, go to Jazz Fest, and just chill out. It was an awesome trip that I really needed, and I had a couple of opportunities to take photographs of this beautiful and historic city. Normally, [...]
Portfolio Update
Just a quick bit of good news: I’ve finally updated my portfolio! This means two things. First of all, there is now only one portfolio on the page. It’s just concert photography. I figure that’s what most people are coming here to see, so that’s what I should be featuring. More importantly, it cuts down [...]
Donavon Frankenreiter @ Highline Ballroom
In one of those interesting and strange combinations of bands placed on a bill together, Donavon Frankenreiter‘s opener was Sara Watkins. While I’m sure you could find two bands who were farther apart, this one was good enough to create a near-complete audience turnover in between sets. Almost all of Watkins’ bluegrass-loving fans were replaced [...]
Jukebox the Ghost @ Guilt by Association, Vol. 2 CD Release
Jukebox the Ghost was one of several bands asked to contribute a song to the compilation Guilt by Association, Vol. 2. Aptly named, the compilation is all covers of pop songs, most of them from the 1980′s. To celebrate its release, Jukebox performed along with Lowry, Robbers on High Street, and Takka Takka for an [...]
Sara Watkins @ Highline Ballroom
Bluegrass darling Sara Watkins lit up the stage of the Highline Ballroom during the CMJ Marathon in October. After the dissolution of Nickel Creek last year, each of the members has gone off to do their own things: Chris Thile started the Punch Brothers, Sean Watkins teamed up with Jon Foreman to form Fiction Family, [...]
Kid Theodore @ The Alphabet Lounge
One of the bands whose set I was most excited to see at CMJ last year was Kid Theodore‘s. True, I had hardly heard any of their music, but what I had heard, I liked. The reason I really wanted to see them was their story… How many bands do you hear that come from [...]
