Blog: Fresh Bread

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Earlier (real earlier) this morning, Olek did her thing to the Astor Place Cube . Unfortunately some jerkstores tore it down in the afternoon. Here are a few more photos of the Cube in full crochet.

Things happen in NYC overnight, kinda like last night in Astor Place. Olek , meet the Cube. The Cube, meet Olek. How it happened:

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This was the only time I ever saw R.E.M. in concert, on the Monster Tour. Glad I went. While never my favorite band, I always enjoyed and respected them. A long history of writing amazing songs. They will be missed.

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Daniel Johnston / Wieden+Kennedy "Space Ducks" Gallery Showcase and Performance. for more information on Space Ducks visit here .

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Childhood dreams came true in June. Paul Simon , club show, nuff said. Oh yeah, David Byrne joined the fun for a couple songs - Talking Heads' "Road To Nowhere" and the classic Simon track "You Can Call Me Al" (with a David Byrne stage fall included). Full photos on Brooklynvegan.com here .

The Cars reunited and toured earlier this Spring (yes, its photo set catch up time here on FB) and I was lucky enough to shoot the show for Brooklynvegan. Though I was young during the band's most successful period, I always loved the Cars and was glad I could see them live. The hits sounded awesome, the new songs okay. You can see all of the photos on BV here . [...]

Valley Lodge brought all of their hits to the Bell House Thursday night. All of them. Even future, unreleased hits were on display. You can probably tell that from this picture set.

Phish played a Father's Day show to end the first leg of their Summer Tour in Portsmouth, VA. I finally posted my photos. You can see the whole set here . [...]

Brooklynvegan finally posted my photos of Old 97s set from his SXSW Friday Day showcase at Barbarella back in March. You can see the whole set here .

Steve Earle is currently on a book tour in support of his first full novel, I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive . Last week in Chicago he read an excerpt, did a Q&A, and signed autographs at the Old Town School of Folk.

( Phish Festival 8 attendee dressed as Macho Man for Halloween 2009 ) HUGE WWF watcher in the 80s. Though he was never my favorite wrestler (yet I crushed HARD on Miss Elizabeth) and I honestly can say I have never had a Slim Jim in my life, very sad to hear about the passing of Randy Poffo aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage. NPR link . The only live WWF event I attended was the pay-per-view extravaganza World World 3, live from the Scope in Norfolk, VA. Here is an interview with Macho Man from [...]

All I know is, Dirty Beaches is striking live. I caught the early set at Mercury Lounge last night, my photos are up on Brooklynvegan.com here .

Last week The Airborne Toxic Event played 5 shows in Los Angeles at local venues in order of size (small to large). They did it in London the week before. This week, they tackle 5 of New York's most special venues in the order they played them, starting with Piano's tonight (Monday). I work with the band (full disclosure) but even so, thought it was really great. I am really digging the new album, in particular a few of the songs ("All For A Woman", "All At Once", "Half Of Something Else"). See the rest of [...]

Toad the Wet Sprocket played The Irving Plaza a few weeks back. First time seeing the band since 1994 and have to say they sounded really great.