I’m going to try to post pictures that I think I like from the previous day for a bunch of days straight.
It begins with five from yesterday’s comic con:
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Ghostland Observatory Minus Color
Aaron Behrens of electro-dance soul rock duo Ghostland Observatory performs at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, FL in 2010. The rock outfit from Austin closed out the festival and were forced to stop playing at 10PM due to the Miami sound curfew.
[I am entering a B&W portfolio contest for B&W Magazine. I combed thousands of old concert photos and made some black and white conversions. I am probably not very good at doing that. The BW conversion part. But OK. I will post them gradually I guess.]
Eugene Hutz Minus Color
Ukraine native Eugene Hutz performs during the Superjam at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in 2008. Hutz is the frontman for the gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello. The Superjam comprised of Hutz, other members of Gogol Bordello, bassist Les Claypool, and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet covering Tom Waits songs.
[I am entering a B&W portfolio contest for B&W Magazine. I combed thousands of old concert photos and made some black and white conversions. I am probably not very good at doing that. The BW conversion part. But OK. I will post them gradually I guess.]
Dan Deacon Minus Color
Baltimore musician Dan Deacon performs at Backdoor Skatepark in Greenville, North Carolina on August 15, 2009. Deacon was a late addition to the lineup which also included Javelin, Lonnie Walker, and Future Islands. His elaborately wacky live show is highly regarded by many, including NPR Music who described him as a "seasoned conductor of coordinated mayhem."
[I am entering a B&W portfolio contest for B&W Magazine. I combed thousands of old concert photos and made some black and white conversions. I am probably not very good at doing that. The BW conversion part. But OK. I will post them gradually I guess.]
BORIS
This is Boris in Carrboro on August 2nd or so.
FUTURE ISLANDS, EAR PWR, NUCLEAR POWER PANTS
future islands, EAR PWR, nuclear power pants, and fat camp stopped by local 506 in chapel hill friday night. they played to a club so crowded, a fire marshal almost ruined the night. unfortunately i arrived too late to shoot fat camp, but i took photos of the other three acts.
first were nuclear power pants. they wear dinosaur heads and have sexy librarian ‘twins.’ they used to have two guys wearing a ‘two-headed guy’ costume thing, but no more:(
here they are:
next up was EAR PWR from asheville. they are awesome. i don’t know what else to say about them. their drummer performs while standing, which is always fun. here, follow them on twitter.
well the crowd came to see future islands, a band formed down the road in greenville, nc at east carolina university. future islands delivered:
SOCCEROO
thousands of bonnaroo folk decided to hang out by a giant screen outside in probably 96 degree heat to watch a tie soccer game. CHECK IT OUT:
BONNAROO: DAY 3
day 3 was cool too. that’s all.
photos:
the dead weather:
weezer:
jay-z
‘deadmau5′
gwar
BONNAROO: DAY 2
I LIKED DAY 2.
PHOTOS:
carolina chocolate drops:
edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes:
black keys:
daryl hall and chromeo:
tenacious d:
conan o’briiiiien
