march 21, 2008 @ MOCA.

i arrived after my late shift and drove through a snowstorm but made it to MOCA just in time to see P&L setup while a odd film of an asian woman giving birth in her living room.

parts & labor had a new look with two new members joe wong [drums] & sarah lipstate [guitar] since their last visit in cleveland and performed some new material as well.

my shots are here.

june 30, 2007 at the beachland tavern.

this show was part of the ‘prole’ CD release show, word from stephe that this will be the last show ever..
parts & labor also have a new CD out called ‘mapmaker’ that they were promoting on their tenth trip to cleveland. SDB has a new 7″ out as well but they’ll be promoting that with an upcoming release party in august,

adam harvey has a couple videos of prole & parts & labor that he posted on his blog, those links are here: proletarian art threat, parts & labor - the great divide.

the photos from this show are here.

december 7, 2006 at pat’s in the flats. this was the first night of the ohio smoking ban being in effect and the large crowd at pat’s this night cooperated fully and smokers went out into the windchill that was in the teens to quench their smoke.

early in their set, BJ of parts & labor recounted the last time they performed at pat’s which was the first time they played cleveland some four years ago. BJ went on to say: “the last time we played cleveland was also the first time we played pat’s, we played in the backfield and halfway through the set we were shutdown because of a noise-complaint. that was pat’s only noise complaint to this date. that won’t happen tonight”.
P&L then went on with one of the best sets i’ve seen of theirs out of more than a handful times that i was at one of their shows.

jerk and clan of the cave bear did not dissapoint, both putting on very inspiring sets that only get better with each show.

the flicks are here.

may 8, 2006 @ the chuech

parts & labor are a trio out of brooklyn that have that distinct brooklyn NY sound. P&L has a new album out called “stay afraid” and is evidence that their sound and songwriting continues to evolve. BJ used a couple of my photos as well as pics of a handful of other photographers. the photos are included on a insert in the album. i am not sure if they’re included in the CD.
BJ was kind enough to give me a copy of the album and unlike the defiance ohio record, P&L got my name correct.

the shots from this may 8, 2006 show at “the church” are here.

theclevelandchurch.com

there were three awesome shows at the
beachland tavern august 17, 18 & 19th.

wednesday august 17 had the "magik
markers" with "sunburned hand of man" &
"fuzzhead  

those photos are here.

the next night august 18 had "oneida"
performing an amazing set that featured new material from
their new release "the wedding". if you enjoy good music
you should check out the brilliance of this band.

opening for oneida was "kinski" and
locals "lives of the saints" and "flat can
co.".

that gallery is here.

parts & labor, coffinberry & ume ended this R&R troika on the august 19, those shots are here.

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