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LOLLAPALOOZA 2014

I covered Lollapalooza for CMJ.  I’m more of a dive-bar and basement show kinda guy and I like my music raw and gritty.  I shoot that sort of thing all of the time so I figured that a big show biz extravaganza like Lollapalooza would be an interesting experience.  I strolled around  this  humongous pop music festival for a weekend and took thousands of pictures.  You can find the full article with a lot more photos here.

 

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NIK TURNER’S HAWKWIND, KILLER MOON AND PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SYNDICATE

Posted on November 6, 2013    Tags: ,
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Here are some pics from a psyched-out nutzoid show that happened at Reggies a couple weeks back.  First, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate  bashed through some spaced out punk jams, then Killer Moon oozed some droney, tripped out tunes, and then Nik Turner’s Hawkwind  hit the stage. I love the Hawkwind of the yesteryears and heard that there were currently two versions of this legendary band touring and fighting over who gets to be called Hawkwind so who knew if this would be any good.  Man!  This thing floored me.  Nik’s band was composed of some dudes from a bunch of classic British punk bands and they totally ripped through a ton of Hawkwind’s Space Ritual era songs.  It was so unbelievably good, it cruised along for at least an hour and a half, and I was really sad that it ended.  I can’t wait to see David Brock’s Hawkwind in March!

 

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WHATTA ‘WEEN!

Posted on November 16, 2011    Tags: ,
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Crown Tap Room in Logan Square was transformed into a the kind of  holiday hell house that could only be built from the dreams of one serious Halloweener.  That ‘Ween dreamer was none other than Shana East.   Cover bands included The Damned, The Cramps , Devo and GG Allin (with whom I had the pleasure of playing bass!)  The best costume award went to a large pile of trash (pictured below).

 

 

ARTS OF LIFE

Posted on October 26, 2011    
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I recently had  the pleasure of photographing The Arts of Life Band at as they rocked  way out to other dimensions and flaunted their new band costumes during their Fashion Forward event.  They play out fairly often and produce tons of art nearly every day.  Take a tour of  The Arts of Life Studio at 2010 W. Carroll Ave.