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February8th

2-5-10 Show at Cafe Berlin, Nothing to Nothing Record Release

Posted in: Music, Photography

Originally this show was supposed to be at Orr Street Studios, but apparently the girl who works there that helps us book our shows there quit, didn’t tell any of us, and the people at Orr Street canceled all her shows without telling anyone. So at the last minute (literally) we got in touch with the folks at Cafe Berlin and they let us have the show there. So a big thank you to those people for stepping up and helping out. The show was a blast, click the link below for some choice shots and links to all the sets.

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September30th

9-29-09 Hardcore Show

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Last night I took pictures of Nothing to Nothing, Fare Thee Well, Expire, Life Won’t Wait, Everything Went Black, and Landlocked at the Orr St studios. The show was a ton of fun and a lot of people came from all over for it.

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September29th

Show tonight.

Posted in: Music, Photography, Promotion

This is an older pic, but one I really like of Nothing to Nothing. I’ll be taking photos tonight at their show with Fare Thee Well, Expire, Life Won’t Wait, Landlocked, and Everything Went Black…

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April2nd

Last show ever at Sapphire.

Posted in: Photography

Last Friday was the last show ever for Sapphire Lounge, and in honor of that, Jesse put something like 11 or 12 bands on the bill. I showed up to take pictures and shot photos of Nothing to Nothing, Old Men Dead Dogs, Fare Thee Well, and Steddy P. It was a good time and everyone had a blast. Sapphire will be missed but is relocating and reopening under a new name in June. I cannot wait for the new venue to open up so we (the hardcore/punk rock community) has a place to book shows that won’t screw us over at the drop of a hat.

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March8th

I love Take Control.

Posted in: Music, Photography

Friday my good friends from Take Control were in town to play a show. 6 bands on the bill, unfortunately I could only shoot the first four bands. Nothing to Nothing played their first show, and I must say I think everyone was really stoked. Check out their demo, it’s up in their player on their myspace. Outlive Outlast and Just Do It came to town for the show also and played just as good as they always do. Unfortunately I missed Scouts due to some work things, and I didn’t have time to shoot Fare Thee Well’s set (who also absolutely murdered it). Links to the bands are below the photo of my main man Doyle from Take Control hate stomping his way to another insane set.

Take Control

Outlive Outlast

Just Do It

Nothing to Nothing
February27th

Hardcore to Hip Hop and back.

Posted in: Music, Photography

Last night Saints Never Surrender, Hundredth, Sergio Slayer, and Fare Thee Well all performed at Sapphire Lounge here in Columbia, MO. This was Saints first time in Columbia, and the second time around in just a few weeks for Hundredth. Both bands played amazing sets and got kids moving around. Fare Thee Well opened up with a new jam which was so sick. I over heard some people saying that they hope it’s a sign of things to come out of the FTW camp. Furthermore last night was a breath of fresh air when the hardcore stopped for a moment and gave way to Sergio Slayer, a local hip hop artist. Although he was def a far cry from a hardcore band, he fit right in no problem with the other bands performing due to his enthusiasm and energy.

Following the trend from Scouts show earlier in the week I strobbed this show as well with a Nikon SB800 and a Nikon SB600 both triggered with CLS. (For all my fellow camera nerds)

I put together a little slide show from the show last night of a few of my favorite photos, BUT UNDER THE SLIDE SHOW ARE LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL SETS FOR EACH BAND. (I put this in caps and underlined it because all too often someone complains to me about not being able to save photos from the slide shows I’ve been doing recently even though I always put links to the sets below them. Go figure.) There are many more photos in the individual sets, I just picked a few for the slide show.

Saints Never Surrender

Hundredth

Sergio Slayer

Fare Thee Well
January25th

Fare Thee Well Winter Tour Photos

Posted in: Music, Photography

Finally done with all the show photos… There were too many bands to remember the names of and divide into sets when I was going through everything, so I grouped everything by date… I’m sure one day I will divide them up by band and put them in my “Bands” category on my flickr account, but till then everything is in the Fare Thee Well Winter Tour 08/09 Category…

Furthermore, I didn’t shoot photos at all the shows of the tour. Unfortunately in Dixon, IL on Jan 2 some idiots in some really shitty As I Lay Dying’esque rip off band shoved some kid half their size into the band I was currently taking photos of. He tripped over the monitor and slammed into me, sending my camera/flash in the air. The venue and promoters were really cool and took up a collection to try and reimburse me for my loss. I will always remember and appreciate that. As for the too cool know-it-all members of the shitty metalcore band and their overly tanned pretty boy friend… Let’s just hope you never play a show near me or any of my friends again… Word is out.

Overall the tour was a ton of fun. Check out Crossed Off and Widower from Wisconsin, Barricade from PA, and Made For War from Colorado… All super legit doods who we met while on tour who were also on tour. We met and stayed with a lot of great kids, and it was so sick to see other areas of the mid-west hardcore scene. From playing in a Tae Kwon Do studio to a little lodge with only a fire place for heat in a state park of some sorts, we were all over and had so much fun. Big ups to anyone who helped us out and bought merch, gave us a show, gave us food, or a place to crash, it’s people like you who keep underground music scenes alive, and people like us on the road love you.

Stay safe America, I’m sure I’ll be out again with another band in no time.

View all the photos here.

Here’s a few favorites.

Hangouts and Bangouts will be sorted and uploaded later. I promise.