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LOLLAPALOOZA 2014

Rob — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:40:28 +0000

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.

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

Rob — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:38:52 +0000

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!

WHATTA ‘WEEN!

Rob — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:29:48 +0000

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

Rob — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:34:51 +0000

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.