Red Collar | Pianos, NYC | 7.15.2009
Red Collar played the L.E.S. the other night. I’ve never seen them live and was pretty eager to check ‘em out, especially since their record Pilgrim has kept a pretty steady spot in the rotation since its release. So after checking out the new digs over at Brooklyn Bowl I rolled down to Piano’s for a set of blue collar rock played by a bunch of North Carolina punks. Read the rest of this entry »
When You Get A Chance, Go Check Out Brooklyn Bowl
There’s a new venue in Brooklyn where people can bar it up, bowl, and even catch a live show at the same time. The Brooklyn Bowl is a pretty awesome new venue and I highly suggest you make the trek there and check the place out, it’s right next to the Brooklyn Brewery. There was a listening party for the new Clutch album Strange Cousins From The West so I rolled out there with some co-workers to check the digs out. I snapped some pics in between tossing the ball down the lane and eating some of the awesome finger foods from their menu, highly recommend the disco fries. Read the rest of this entry »
Future Of The Left | Maxwell’s, NJ | 7.13.2009
I was looking forward to this show for a while. Future Of The Left is the new project from Andy Falco and Jack Egglestone, 2/3 of the defunct band Mclusky, who if you ask anyone are pretty much one of the most awesome bands of the last 10 years and their album Do Dallas still pretty much shreds anything that’s been released since. Read the rest of this entry »
Digital Photography School
Since I don’t know everything about photography (hell I’d say I downright don’t know anything), I often find myself browsing the ‘net reading posts for tips and information about how to get a better picture and/or how to fix my screw-ups with Photoshop. I’ve found myself reading a lot of posts on Digital Photography School. They have a tremendous archive of posts and tips written by a variety of contributors. They also include post production tips and even equipment reviews. It’s pretty one-stop shopping for all your questions. Bookmark the site, I do.
New Jersey…Making A Scene
About two years ago I was asked by a friend of mine who runs the Chicago-based music site Heave Media to do a write up of the Jersey scene. Since New Jersey is such a damn big state and there’s no way that it can all be covered in one quick blog post, I limited it just a few choice joints to check out while in the state. I just came across the write-up again so I figured I’d share, you can read the entire write up here.
