30 Seconds To Mars...

Here's some pics from last nights show at the SB Bowl including opening acts, Mutemath and Street Drum Corps...

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Fat Daddy, Jim Marshall & Johnny Cash...

That's who it took to put this little ditty together. I recently attended the Viva Las Vegas hot rod show at the Orleans Hotel in Nevada. While I was walking around taking some pics, I noticed this add on the side of a hot rod ice cream truck...I thought it was a witty and tasteful usage of the classic shot that Jim Marshall took of Johnny Cash at San Quentin State Prison. A nice gentlemen who goes by, Fat Daddy, runs the operational ice cream truck and claims to have designed it himself... copyright infringement?

I almost wanna guess that Jim would have liked it...

Primus Sucks! at the SB Bowl...

The good new is... Primus has announced their first headlining tour in four years. The better news is... I was just cruzing JamBase.com and discovered that the SB Bowl made the list of venues.

Photo by: Jay Blakesberg

I've seen Les Claypool in his side projects, Oysterhead and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains. I've also seen him sit in with Gov't Mule, but I've never had the chance to see Primus. This should be a great show.

Check-in, shoot, serve coffee...

I am currently residing at the Presidio Motel here in Santa Barbara, where my wife and I are the night managers. Sometimes we run the show during the day, for extra income, when the owners are out of town. Taking on such duties as... making reservations and checking in guests.

The other day we were doing such, when I had the pleasure of checking in Vonda Shepard, who was scheduled as the opening act for Sugarland at the SB Bowl. Later that evening I photographed her performance and the next morning provided her with coffee and muffins as she checked out of her room.

It was kind of weird to have this much interaction with someone who doesn't even know I exist. Here are a few shots from her set...

Sugar-Bowl...

Here are some pics from the Sugarland concert at the SB Bowl. Though it wasn't really my style of music, they put on an excellent show that was a blast to shoot...