tinnitus photography

yeah Wilco is generally pretty cool about photos...they do ask for approving additional uses, but i've not had a problem w/ that in the past.

i shot from the crowd. bigideas, it's a contract you are signing, basically giving him free use to do whatever he wants w/ the photos w/ no compensation to you. i am not sure if anyone with these sorts of rights-grabbing contracts has actually enforced the contract, but i wasn't about to find out via Ryan Adams.

Spencer was having fun

ok. celebrity makeovers aren't really my thing. collaborations w/ equally talented musicians? bring it.

i won't edit the rest of the photos in this manner, but i liked how this came out.

i ended up w/ a Mogwai shirt on yesterday, a black one w/ a yellow lion like the Scottish national symbol. it was pretty great being in the room. I know Jeff isn't the biggest camera fan so I only took a handful of photos and had my shutter sound dampened. Pics on DigBoston later today. eidt - those are my buddy Ben's shots. nice ones!

i'd rather he cut a record w/ Steve Gunn.

i think the order is: Misunderstood Acuff Rose Passenger Side We've Been Had Hummingbird Heavy Metal Drummer IATTBYH

no thread on this yet? i'll start w/ a photo of Team Tweedy

i was. i happened to be upstairs around noon, charging my phone, when i heard Chris Funk say something about Tweedy. i went downstairs and found him, and asked him about it...he told me the time Jeff was gonna be playing so i cut out after 1 song from Dawes to get a good space in the room. glad i did because Valerie June's delay of her set meant i missed a big chunk of Jeff's regular set to shoot Lucero.

i've consciously avoided listening to Adams because his public persona is being a total dickhead. silly, i know. then there was a release to shoot him at Newport. i took offense at the clause that had me surrendering ownership of the photos, and would allow him a one-time use for anything, w/o recompense to me. I added a 'not' to that when i got my photo pass in the morning, and when i went to get in the photo pit later that day, i was denied entry. i guess they check out the fine print. i think i was the only one who didn't sign it. i shot from the crowd, and actually really enjoyed t

Heavy Metal Drummer was played, and he also did We've Been Had.

Tar Cows Roxy Music w/ Eno The Chameleons Spacemen 3 Flying Saucer Attack The Gordons Uncle Tupelo

if you decide on a time and a place to meet, hopefully i can swing it.

yeah i didn't type 'out' after kicked but meant to

wow, his band members were total dicks:

i think they kicked him and then he killed himself.

but you know this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB6XdAkkAo

i saw them twice in 2008 but was unfamiliar w/ the new material, as it wasn't out.... i would later learn and love it, ranking In Prism as their best ever record. Siberia's pretty good too, but not to the same level. unfortunately, i guess they couldn't keep it together. I saw Ash during the Breeders show at Hopscotch last year and should have asked him about future shows.

how about a closing acoustic set of Jeff and Jay?

I had the white version of that shirt too. Kinda pissed that polvo never toured after putting out In Prism. My Dad Is Dead opened for them at The Orpheum on the Trompe le Monde tour.

i wonder what the extent of financial largesse those particular covers afforded Meat Puppets. they certainly sold a lot of copies....way more than any Meat Puppets record.

bummed i didn't get approved for Queen tonight.

i've seen two of those bands. my mind was blown recently when talking w/ Tom Brewitt (Big Dipper bass player) at the recent GBV show, and he told me that he saw Electric Wizard at The Hideaway in 2002. The Hideaway was a tiny little shithole across the street from where I now work. had no idea.