After two years of ups and downs in California, I am happy to be back on the East coast and living again in the Boston area. Last week, I took the long way home, driving 3,700 miles. I ate at mom and pop diners, took detours for kitchy attractions, slept at truck stops, and took [...]

Rose Rossi, The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA 5/28/08. Check out Rose’s Myspace to hear songs from her new album.
The most exciting thing about this post for me is how easy it was to make and repost thanks to some new plug-ins and apps I’m using. A post on streamlining your blogging coming up.

Here are some shots I took of Los Angeles guitarist and bassist Alex Rentumis. Alex is involved in a wide range of projects including writing and recording solo material, Bill and Al’s Acoustic Adventure, Crematorium, The Brian Fox Band, and Trinity Test. Check out Alex Rentumis on Myspace.

 
 
 
I came [...]

Following that weekend adventure last month, I quickly fell ill and spent several weeks in bed sleeping straight through everything from days of work to a rock record being recorded in the next room over to police breaking doors down in my house.
Here are some Converge and Red Chord shots you might have caught [...]

My first concert outing with my new camera set-up.
Total shows attended: 3
Total band sets seen: 11
Total photos shot: about 600
Total keepers: about 50
Adding to the challenge…
Focal lengths used: 1 (50mm)
Flash used: none
Thanks to The Red Chord for the hospitality and to Converge, Baroness, Genghis Tron, Rafter, Bad Dudes, and Toubab Krewe for two days of [...]

“At the lake today I saw one duck getting attacked by the others.”
“Oh no!”
“I wanted to intervene, but then thought ‘But what if that’s the Adolf Hitler of ducks?’ and pictured it with the little mustache and decided I should stay out of it.”
“You have to include this story when you post the photo.”