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As in Fiesta Cafe, one of my favorite restaurants in town.

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Continuing the mega camera dump off my phone(s), here are some crappy show pics from this year.

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And one ticket for an upcoming show, YEAH!

On Saturday, local band Withnail celebrated their first birthday with cake pan cookies, and a piñata filled with candy, noisemakers, airplane booze, and other goodies.

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I saw Daikaiju tonight, a mere four months since they came here last. And I actually brought my camera for once. All I got at their last show was a crappy cellphone pic of the destroyed stage at the end of the night, and all it looked like on that crappy camera was a bunch of red and something that may have been a drum.

So

To make up for last time, I took way too many pics… »

…why I took this. Derp?

Say hello to Millimeter Mountain (whose singer may look familiar to astute readers). This show was shot, as always, in Streak-O-Vision.

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Not pictured: the drunken jackass who did not like the use of maracas.

…of live music photography, and how my equipment is not up to the task without resorting to “space effects”, here’s a batch from May that I forgot to post. In this case, the “space effects” were appropriate, since they are from the future.*

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I’m not sure which of the duo is the one I work with, since they both have the Same Haircut. Sorry for that awful pun, but not really.

*Good news: in the future, I bought 3 copies of their CD, which is not yet out in my time.

In which I attempt to photograph a band, give up, and settle for “space effects” (flash + slowish shutter).

19 attempts, to be exact »

I saw someone drink this.

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And then at least five more, just like it. He wasn’t a hipster, and he wasn’t Rocky Balboa, so why a PBR w/egg? Dude was nice enough to let me take a few shots and mess with my camera settings, so at least I learned something.

The groovily lit bar surface at Radio Maria: