Free Post Out of the Shoebox Resilience The blogger's dilemma - treat every post as a stand-alone, hello world or go with some continuity. I'm sorry 5 regular readers, I'm going to provide some context. I'll try
Free Post Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Merce Lemon I used to go to Joe Bar daily. Man, that's a good coffee shop. That's where I met Merce. If you own a coffee shop, she's one of those people
Free Post Out of the Shoebox Have I told you... ...how much I hate tech? Let's say that a lot of us have a shot at 70 years on this space-traveling rock. To be alive in 2021, how many moments
Free Post Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Tobias, Anna, and Athena Chop Suey, Capitol Hill, mid-June 2017. I remember it being cold for June. I thought my memory might be off (always a good chance), but Anna's wearing a jacket, so
Free Post Music Moonth I was lucky in my first Capitol Hill apartment. The building itself wasn't inspiring, but it was close to Joe Bar, an awesome coffee shop. Great people, fantastic coffee, and
Free Post Music A lifetime ago Strange times. Wherever you are, I hope you're doing well. Or holding up. I opened YouTube tonight, and the mysterious algorithm in the sky put my friend Tony Hammon's channel in my feed. It was nice to revisit some old memories. Tony and I
Free Post Backstage Pass Lovefest with DATENITE, Heather Edgley, Sandi Fernandez, Halley Greg I used to shoot a lot of concerts. My friend Tony and I even started a little entity dedicated towards music photography. We loved it, and we’re proud of
Free Post Backstage Pass Pebble n the Crick at Seattle's Lo-Fi Pebble n the Crick played at Lo-Fi last night. I can’t remember the last time I caught the full band. They’re all busy, that’s for sure. It’
Free Post Backstage Pass Dead Spells and Sterling Serpent at Seattle's Highline On Friday I saw Dead Spells play at Seattle’s Highline. I really like them. And that sentence reveals a source of frustration – I can’t write about music
Free Post AJR concert Seattle On the Streets: AJR at the Paramount I had to run some errands downtown yesterday. I spent money on things I don’t need. But then I spent some money on more important things – I stopped
Free Post Backstage Pass Dead Spells at Capitol Hill's Highline Bar Dead Spells played at Capitol Hill’s Highline last night. I went. They were great. One of their guitars or part of the sound system was acting up, and they
Free Post Aleida Gehrels Seattle viola Tobias the Owl's NPR Tiny Desk 2019 entry On Sunday I filmed Tobias the Owl’s entry (Sing Me to Sleep) for this year’s NPR Tiny Desk competition. Tobias the Owl is one of my favorite Seattle
Free Post Backstage Pass Backstage Pass: Devin Sinha's "What You're Given" (video for NPR's Tiny Desk) I’ve wanted to share this for a long time now but had to wait patiently for the Tiny Desk competition to roll around. My friend Tony Hammons and I shot this video for Devin Sinha and his band. I love the song –
Free Post Backstage Pass Roxanna Walitzski's Farewell (to Seattle) Performance My fairly recent introduction to Roxanna Walitzski was through her photography. It’s incredible. I can’t remember exactly how I found her work, but I suspect it was through
Free Post Capitol Hill On the Streets: DJs Explorateur, Pepperazzi, and Scorpio Tail A few of my favorite DJs (and photographers) played a set at Capitol Hill’s Nacho Borracho last night. I went to see if I could get a good photo.
