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  • Deep Cuts: Songs For Those Stuck in a Tar Pit

    The La Brea Tar Pits don’t figure into the collective imagination as much now as they did when I was a kid. Los Angeles’s bubbling puddle of goo always seemed to crop up in a cartoon or a sitcom, but not anymore. I guess Miley’s sideboob is more interesting. Thanks to my stellar intergooglewebtube skills…

  • Interpol Concert Review on Diffuser

    Interpol is out and about touring their new album, El Pintor. Are they worth your hard earned concert dollar? Check out my review and photos on Diffuser.FM.

  • This Week on Paste: James Drinks The Pacific Coast Highway

    The “Best Damn Beer Road Trips” series continues with a drive up California’s stunning Pacific Coast Highway. Did your favorite west coast brewery or brewpub make the list? There’s only one way to find out. You can read the full story here.

  • 190. The Baptism

    Theresa and I immediately became work buddies. We’d stock the cassette wall together or straighten the video shelves, and time melted away like clocks in a Dali painting. I pissed away the work day behaving like a cartoon character and Theresa laughed. It was a perfect friendship.

  • Aftershock 2014: Godsmack

    Godsmack closed this year’s Aftershock Festival. They turned in a solid set, but come on: They had to follow Rob Zombie. You know who can follow Rob Zombie? Yeah. Me either. For more on this year’s Aftershock festival, check out my coverage on Loudwire.  

  • Aftershock 2014: Five Finger Death Punch

    What’s it like shooting photos at a Five Finger Death Punch show?

  • Aftershock 2014: Escape the Fate

    Escape the Fate’s set marked the start of the Sunday crowd surfing, and it didn’t let up all day. For more on this year’s Aftershock festival, check out my coverage on Loudwire.

  • Aftershock 2014: Buckcherry

    Buckcherry was packing Skid Row guitarist Scotti Hill on this outing, so that was pretty cool. For more on this year’s Aftershock festival, check out my coverage on Loudwire.

  • Aftershock 2014: Black Stone Cherry

    For whatever reason, this was the toughest shoot of the festival. Aftershock ran four stages, and this one suffered from the most direct sunlight. But that was a photographer’s problem. The band played great, and the crowd didn’t seem to mind the sunshine. For more on this year’s Aftershock festival, check out my coverage on…

  • From The Stacks: Double Shot of Willie Hamburger

    I want to be fair to Willie Hamburger, so listen: This is a comedy record. You may have guessed that from Willie’s nom de twang, or perhaps the KISS-Meets-Rodeo-Clown makeup, but the real giveaways are the crossed eyes and Willie giving Willie bunny ears. Oh, Willie!