tinnitus photography

eh, looks like the re-press is $48 from Bull Moose... looks like i was a few months late w/ this.

what's good money? looking at discogs, most are priced at $200 or so. is that realistic? there are a couple of records on Discogs that I could use, and $200 would make a nice dent in that total.

i'll trade my copy for a mint Vertigo pressing of the first Sabbath record, or Vol 4.

i saw Guided By Voices last night, with a bunch of friends and unencumbered with camera gear or the need to take photos in a jammed club w/o a photo pit. it was blissful.

even better, now i have a free ticket to GBV!

set lists have been about 40 songs.

looks like i'll be going to GBV after all, but just as a fan.

a bartender in NOLA turned me onto this guy last year when i noticed he was playing Brian Jonestown Massacre over the house stereo. Good stuff. We shot the shit about music over my last two drinks.

NYT: mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/what-white-america-fails-to-see.html

on that note, here's a fantastic read:

hang on... I swear it was on here the other day, but no clue where it went!

probably seeing some rocket heading off to space. i also have vague memories of Watergate.

i did three shows (Sleep; Marty Willson-Piper; FLAG) before heading to Iceland, and though the festival was canceled we did get to see Sleep and Thee Oh Sees/Angel Olsen shows. I was posting older photos taken at ATP as a memorial. I actually shot Phish at Fenway a while back... put in for it as two good friends are massive Phish fans. DO NOT FORGET EAR PLUGS. seriously. you will damage your hearing. Gira's got a thing for thunderous volume. I've seen this lineup four times now and this is their last go-round before Gira dissolves Swans into some new form. It's not easy listening, but

i also heard that i'm very likely to be approved for the Paul McCartney show at Fenway... i shot him there before, but am happy to have another go at it, as i didn't bring a step stool and was not super psyched w/ my shots.

Swans tmrw. it's been kinda slow for me but i did see 5 shows over 9 days recently.

i find the concept of an Englishman like Robyn living in the sweaty hellhole of the South somewhat humorous. though i guess that Ray Davies survived in NOLA for a while, so anything's possible.

does Robyn (and by extension, Pat) live in Nashville now?

just back from their tour, hitting active volcano and virgin spruce forest sites. it was extra kvlt. also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYSnZRDe7h4

have they set a record for band calling it quits the longest after their sell-by date?

FLAG!

Marty Willson-Piper tonight! i hope he plays "Chromium," one of my all-time favorite Church songs.

well last night was really fun!

not exactly (at least according to this washington post article w/ a very misleading, clickbaity title

Sleep and Windhand, with my youngest son. \m/

yeah after seeing the NO FRACKING sticker on his Jazzmaster a few years ago, i figured he wasn't pals with Charlton Heston or Dick Cheney.