I was looking through some old negs and found these King's - X pics...I've got hundreds of photos of these guys, I'll add more later...also adding a few pics from my Scofield and Stephanie McKay shoots...7dust, The Roots, Cindy Blackman, JD Allen, Johnathan Blake, The Bad Plus, Less Than Jake, The Yellowjackets and Tim Blane

So dig this, friday night I went and shot Joan Jett @ Seneca Niagara Casino. I've never been to this venue, I was told the stage for this particular show was outside.

I drove to the show with my bud Joey Koch, we had a lil time to kill before Joan's set so we got our gamble on...I think Joe won a hundo' or maybe he lost...I wasn't paying attention...anyway we make our way outside to the VIP area, but before I can get to the front of the stage we're accosted by this yard ape who Joe tells me is the house photographer (I could care less) he informs us that we can only shoot the first three songs to which I reply "I got approved to shoot the whole set". The yard ape starts sweating and drooling throwing his hands in the air, frothing from his pie hole and screaming at the top his lungs "Who are you with!!??!!" "Who are you with!!??!!" he repeats this ad nauseum...Any minute I'm expecting animal control to show up and and tranquilize this baboon..."Who am I with?!?" "Who thee fuck are you!?!" "What an asshole!"

I pulled the paperwork out of my bag so I could rub it in his face.

Joe shows him, and I have to give Joey props for maintaining his cool, cause this clown is screaming at him and being quite rude...

I'd had enough at this point, I grabbed the paperwork put it in my bag and was getting ready to tell this guy to fuck off when he ran away on his cell phone calling upstairs to see if he could get some answers.

Hey douchebag!! *newsflash* They're the ones who told me I could shoot the whole set!

Joan was in-freeging-credible!! How old is she late 40's? She's still wicked hot, I've had a crush on her since I was a kid...

Shot the mighty Sevendust.

I got 10 minutes with the band (not a lot of fucking time!) *fast forward* outside the bands dressing room 15 minutes before they take the stage I'm chill'n...waiting....looking @ my watch....waiting...waiting...finally Lajon steps out of the dressing room doing vocal exercises, warming up the pipes. The rest of the band showed up a few minutes later.

Lajon and I say Hi rap a lil' bit, then I say what up to Morgan...Everyone gets together, Lajon invites me into the bands prayer circle (ritual before taking stage) he spoke about our troops in Iraq (7dust just got back from Afghanistan/Iraq where they entertained the troops for two weeks) he also touched base on the importance of family. Actually, it was a very profound moving moment. I was stoked to be part of it...we knocked out a few frames then the band was off to destroy!

New pics in Music III (I've also got a few rolls of b&w film that I shot, they're @ the lab getting developed "That's right I still use film!")

Kudos to the bands tour manager Chris Vineyard, thanks for all the last minute hustle bro you're the shit!

Sup,

I shot Less Than Jake on Sunday...I'll publish a few pics under my Music I port this week...

Upcoming shoots with Sevendust, Jucifer, The Foo Fighters and The Melvins

What's up,

I'm moving some images around on the site...

New photos added...

The Roots
Cindy Blackman
The Yellowjackets
John Scofield
Johnathan Blake
Joe Locke

More photos to be added from...

Stephanie McKay
The Bad Plus
Beady Belle
David Liebman
Tim Blane
TV On the Radio

I added a few Fall of Troy photos to the Music III portfolio, you can find them after the Sevendust pics...

I shot The Fall of Troy yesterday...super nice guys...I'll publish some pics when I get my prints back from the lab.

My shoot with Divine Heresy was canceled...it hasn't been officially announced yet but they're looking for a new vocalist...

Saturday I'm shooting The Police...I haven't seen them play in ages...85 or was it 86?...I forget

I shot Idiot Pilot on Monday. I wanted to get them in the studio but they were still on the road @ 4:30 in the afternoon, no time. We ended up shooting a few rolls outside in 10 degree weather, they were hella cool about it...

Also planned a shoot with Bullet for My Valentine....that didn't happen...LAME!!...I had some really cool lighting and prop concepts I was going to try, a buddy of mine who owns a shooting range/gun shop booked time off for me the day of the show so when it didn't go down I was vexxed. Long story short B4MV's people (ie: Matt w/Hungry like a Woolf) need to pull there heads out of there ass...

Added a few photos to Port IV

I just got in from shooting Flogging Molly, they're such an amazing live band!!

I'll add some photos to my portfolio later this week...

Congrats to Flogging Molly guitar player Dennis Casey (dude you're the bees knees)

Denis and his wife just had there 2nd child.

"James Patrick Casey" was born yesterday morning.

His wife gets out of the hospital tomorrow afternoon which means she should be pregnant again by tomorrow evening...

I'm shooting Medeski Martin Wood this week...looking forward to that...

What's the Happs?

I haven't updated my news/blog page in eons...I've been super busy shooting and hanging out with the Family...

I had a chance to catch up with the brilliant trumpet player Terell Stafford a few weeks back. You can find a few snaps in my Music II portfolio...

I shot Dillinger Escape Plan for a mag last month...I can't tell you what zine (not my idea) when the story is publised I'll link it...

On deck I'm shooting Flogging Molly this week and Bullet for My Valentine and Idiot Pilot early next month...

I've had a few people ask my favorite albums of last year so here goes in no particular order...

4 hero - Play With the Changes (best album of 07')
Bad Brains - Build a Nation
Prong - Power of the Damager
Down - Over the Under
Rahsaan Patterson - Wines and Spirits
The Cult - Born Into This
Fishbone - Still Stuck in Your Throat
Christian Scott - Anthem
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Saul Williams - Niggy Tardust
Jason Moran - Artist In Residence
Little Brother - Get Back