Moogfest 2011: Day Three
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Moogfest 2011: Day Two
Highlights from Day Two of Moogfest:
- Sitting front row at Brian Eno’s Illustrated Talk
- Finally photoing The Flaming Lips and realizing that the amount of confetti & balloons I was expecting was off by A LOT.
- Showing up to Crystal Castles to find out that there was no photo pit, but still getting the shots you see below from within the insanely packed crowd
- Being one of the only people in the room while Terry Riley sound checked A Rainbow in Curved Air
- Hearing Suicide play their self-titled debut in its entirety
- Being front and center in the photo pit during Amon Tobin’s ISAM set, pressed against the shoulder high subwoofers
- Watching Dan Deacon literally lounge-surf across the crowd
- Taking the headline image of the rabbit mask from Donnie Darko
- Running a half mile between venues six times, strapped with 30+ lbs of photo gear, and never missing a single song (why so many hills Asheville?!)
- Lunch/Dinner at Chai Pani
- Espressos & Macchiatos, all day
It was a very good day. Evidence below…
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Moogfest 2011: Day One
If there is anything that choosing a career in photography has taught me, it is that you can wake up in the morning thinking you will be editing wedding photos all day, but instead find yourself in a city you have never been to, standing next your idol and living legend, Brian Eno. That is exactly what happened on Thursday, October 27th. By Friday, I was taking the pictures you see here on the first day of Moogfest in Asheville, NC for NPR’s All Songs Considered.
I think I chose the right profession.
Featured Bands: Atlas Sound, Austra, Holy F**K, Moby, Tangerine Dream, The Field, TV on the Radio.
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Hopscotch 2011: Weekend
My favorite thing listed in the wiki article about Weekend’s unbelievably good album Sports? (mp3, vinyl, cd)
“Sports was also mentioned in Sports Illustrated alongside Huey Lewis‘ album with the same name.”
Whoever wrote that is a genius.
Here are some pictures of a perfect band playing in an extremely dark (and red) room:
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Hopscotch 2011: Swans
I vote for Swans to soundtrack the apocalypse. I could have given you that answer 10 seconds after walking into Fletcher Opera Hall. It was like listening to a Glenn Branca guitar symphony interpreted by Neurosis. Jaw droppingly intense and a true testament to the quality of musical acts picked for Hopscotch.
I opted for the long lens for this one, shooting from the back of the hall and adding the 1.7x teleconverter for a little extra reach on some. The magenta and blue hues in the lighting balanced nicely and gave an entirely different look from each side of the stage. Luckily the ambient was high enough to afford some nice action stopping shutter speeds, especially with the aperture dropping teleconverter added on.
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Hopscotch 2011: Japandroids
You know who’s psyched for a new Japandroids record? Adam David Kissick, that’s who.