Photos: IAMX @ Lincoln Hall / May 2013

IAMX
Lincoln Hall, Chicago
May 2, 2013

I had been waiting since 2006 to see IAMX again. Words can’t describe how amazing this show was.

For fans who are interested in the setlist for the night:

Annunciation by Fra Angelico (1438-45)

Yesterday I had a “reuse printer paper” fail and overlapped some things I was trying to print out. It created an interesting result, which I later recreated. Because I thought it looked neat.

Sheba.

Sheba won’t let us throw out this old bed. She has reclaimed it.

Photos: Shiny Toy Guns @ Skullys / April 2013

Yaaaaaay!

Shiny Toy Guns played Skullys Music Diner last Thursday April 11th. It’s been too long since I’ve seen on of their gigs.

Shiny Toy Guns
April 11, 2013
Skullys Music Diner
Columbus, Ohio

Photos: CD102.5 Day Second Dose w/ Joy Formidable, The Neighbourhood & Guards

CD102.5 Day Second Dose
Joy Formidable, The Neighbourhood & Guards
April 6, 2013
LC Pavilion

Joy Formidable!

The Neighbourhood

Guards

Photos: CD102.5 Day First Dose w/ Alt-J, Little Green Car, Family of the Year @ LC Pavilion

Cd102.5 Day
First Dose
Alt-J, Little Green Car, Family of the Year
LC Pavilion

Alt-J

Little Green Car

Family of the Year

I will grind you and I will drink you!

SXSW 2013 Amanda Palmer Ninja Gig

Where do I even start? I was debating attending the ninja gig at the Scottish Rite but decided to hike over last second.

Amanda “Fucking” Palmer is well known for putting on “ninja” pop up gigs around a town where she is playing. This ninja gig was put together in five hours complete with multiple bands, a panel (This is Southby, after all) all interspersed with AFP solo pieces. All work was volunteer and tickets were free.

The panel included volunteers from the audience, filmmakers, members of the bands and Amanda herself. Topics discussed included the music industry, getting scheduled at SXSW (or being cancelled behind your back by a crook booker), crowdfunding and Amanda’s TED talk, and something that struck a cord with me, being a woman in the modern day… the frustrations about being taken seriously as a female and how to use that fact as an advantage.

Every day I am quickly covering my SXSW experience but I thought this needed a separate piece.

Because I am better at taking pictures than writing words, here was the Ninja Gig. A picture blog.

This dog was crowned Bongo.

many more!

SXSW Wednesday wrap up

What a busy day! Again and as always I started the morning with a clear plan through the day which was immediately destroyed. Thankfully my first planned event was not something I had to wake up at 8am for (I’m looking at you Nick Cave!).

This post will include photos of Amanda Palmer, Jared Leto, Jim James, NERDIST, Nick Cave, Heartless Bastards, Black Angels, Young Galexy and Hurray For the Riff Raff!

Began my morning with Amanda Palmer, who I was not stalking today, and her awesome panel made up of people from Girlie Action (I love you Girlie Action! You’re the nicest PR people I’ve ever dealt with!), Kickstarter and others who were involved with her madly successful campaign on producing and releasing her last album.

SXSW Tuesday wrap up

My plan, mentioned yesterday, of following Amanda Palmer worked a little too well. We both attended A Conversation with Nick Cave in the Convention Center. Then, 20 minutes later, I nearly tripped her in the Starbucks down the street. (I don’t even like Starbucks! If there are any other coffee shop options in Austin, please let me know.) Finally, I saw Palmer at the interview she was doing with Paste, my only planned interaction of the day.