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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 is here to [...]
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 [...]
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 on [...]
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 [...]
Seth Kallen & the Reaction @ Fontana’s
Taking his cues as much from The Gin Blossoms as he does Maroon 5 or singer-songwriters along the lines of Jason Mraz and Ryan Adams, Seth Kallen and his backing band the Reaction brought their show to Fontana’s on the first night of the CMJ Festival. Another skilled student of NYU’s Clive Davis Department of [...]
Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned @ Pete’s Candy Store
The first night of the CMJ Festival was a freezing cold Tuesday, and I headed out to the crowded warmth of Pete’s Candy Store to catch Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned perform a late show. Sometimes a band and the venue don’t match, and this show was a case in point – Pete’s is [...]
The Northern @ Tisch School of the Arts
As I’ve mentioned previously, I live with about half this band, but I don’t post photos or recommend them just because of that. The Northern are a legitimately good band with great potential. If you like Coldplay, Aqualung, or bands of that sort, then you will enjoy these guys.
Jukebox the Ghost @ Mercury Lounge
Finally, I’m digging my way out of the sea of photographs I took at the CMJ Music Marathon – which was almost a month ago now. Also, this is the first batch of photos to come out of my messing around seriously with Lightroom. Let me know if you can see a difference.
But now… to [...]
No Age @ South Street Seaport
Here are a few shots that I discovered this week had never made it up, to my shame. You are looking at No Age, a self-described experimental powerpop punk band from Los Angeles, performing at the South Street Seaport this July. If you listen to the stuff on their MySpace page, you will find a [...]
Titus Andronicus @ McCarren Park Pool Party
Here, anotther set of photos from a Pool Party. Titus Andronicus, which is what I guess you’d call a punk band from New Jersey, rocked the stage at McCarren Park Pool before Yo La Tengo came on. It was an interesting pairing for several reasons, not the least being that these guys were all over [...]