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*I'm going to put up the weekly picture for the maternity series at 3PM EST today.
I have a half day assisting job this morning. It's in Tampa with this talented man. So I will not be able to get all the bells and whistles finished on the weekly picture done until I get back. I might as well make this Place Holder thing "a thing" that I do here until I get my shit together. I know this isn't like earth shattering breaking news on brand new music or anything, but I really love the videos these guys are making in one of my favorite places on earth. If I were a rich frivolous asshole I would fly all the way there just for dinner at 13 Coins. Yum! Since I am not I will just smile at my pewter finished Space Needle souvenir and be content with the memories.
I noticed that I have only been listening to music by bands that I wish I could photograph lately... like todays Place Holder NPSH, and the band I posted this weekend Mt St Helens Vietnam Band. They just seem like they would do just about anything you thought up. There aren't many bands I would actually agree to shoot. I decided that I hate band photos, and have belly laughed for hours at sites like The Hall of Douchebags over the ridiculousness of promo photos. It's really hard to take a shot of a band and not have them all end up looking like complete ding-dongs. I do know if I were in a band and we ever made the cover of Rollingstone, I would demand that we be on a train track that has a brick wall along side of it (or maybe a wall built on the tracks with a train busting thru it), and we were all looking in opposite directions, and everyone would be blurry except for me, and maybe to show we were zany (because we would be) someone could be jumping so they're in mid-air when the shot is taken. Now that would be sweet :)
So here is the only promo shot I have ever taken that I liked for a band: Summerbirds in the Cellar
This was shot in Jacksonville, FL at a place called Little Talbot Island. That sweater that dude is wearing on the back of the scooter was actually worn by Theo Huxtable himself on the Cosby show. (actually that's a lie but we made fun of him all day about it. he is one of the best drummers I have ever seen in my life so he gets away with it.)
I am pretty sure had I just went ahead and wrote the fucking post for the weekly update instead of getting all blabber mouth about my thoughts on band photography and my boner for Seattle you would be looking at the new shot for the Maternity Series right now. I would be pissed if I were you.
All the Love in the Universe ~ Me
P.S. I wanted to also mention, and offer an explanation, that if I haven't answered an email or responded to something that you wrote I have been putting a lot of extra time into working on some other writing projects that I have a responsibility to. If I am going to get things done in time to release before the baby comes I need to start working on it a little everyday. So I am not an ungrateful ass I promise, I will get on top of all this in the next couple days.
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nice post! i was just thinking about that song by npsh the other day and recalling how much i enjoyed it so I was happy to see it here!
You had me convinced that was a genuine Theo sweater.
it´s ok, I can wait for the belly shot, and I didn´t write you anything, so I am happy with the video and the post and that picture of the band, I like it. It is...I like it!
Good luck with all your writing. Nothing like a blog to distract you.
I was just re-checking out your JPG submissions and think you should also submit to this magazine. It's my favorite mag, very clean and awesome.
http://www.blindspot.com/about/submissions.html
And then there's always Lenswork, more traditional, but beautiful, and black and white only.
http://www.lenswork.com/submissionsguidelines.html
I just think it would be great to see your work out there, it's positively better than most.
I was also convinced it was Theo's sweater. Now I'm so let down.
bloop, farf.
A fan of Seattle, eh? I get to "The Coins" every once in a while, myself. Perhaps I'll see you there sometime.
Okay, seriously: WTF? That's the singular most strangely spectacular thing I've ever seen. (What is/who are NPSH? Hello? I'M OLD.) I've watched it three times now. And after I submit this comment? I'm watching it again. On a side note (heh), I had a sideways ponytail in my senior picture. It's just as sad as it sounds. Only worse.
GREAT band shot. Wow.
1) I love this new incarnation of the 80's. It's like the old 80's, only smarter.
2) You said boner. It's going to be a good day.
Seattle is your fave place on earth? Nice. I think it's fab but I also daydream daily about living a multitude of other places....usually ones that have more sun..ha. I am still on a high from the sunshine we had yesterday...wowza! Doesn't get any better than Western Washington on a sunny day....GORGE!
As for 13 coins, I've only been there twice and neither time do I remember much of anything because I passed out in the booth having imbibed significantly in the hours prior. It's dark in there, what was I to do? Next time you come, you have to check out Ocho in Ballard...so fab, my new fave spot.
Seattle's your favorite? Really? We should do a vacation swap - though our house is in the 'burbs. You could come to work for me too, I have been taken to 13 Coins several times for work-related meetings and I don't have a fancy job (I'm wearing jeans right now). Yum!
You're calling this a placeholder, but you've managed to pour more content into this post than I've got up on my entire blog.
Take care of yourself Ryan. And have fun!
you don't have to apologize to us. Don't you know that???
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