the BIG SHOW was april 12, 2008 and it was the grand finale of the huge local musical experiment where you take 140+ local musicians and form bands by pulling numbers out of a hopper until you have 33 bands that get 10 weeks to rehearse and record a few songs and be prepared to perform a 10 minute set at the BIG SHOW at the beachland ballroom & tavern [3 stages, bands go on immediately after the previous band is finished]. the only rule was when forming the bands, no one musician could have previously performed with another lottery league band-mate.

i was posting many updates in the 10 weeks that the lottery league bands were practicing and have 100s of photos of those practices and also photos from the BIG SHOW where i shot 31 of the 33 bands that performed that night [a camera problem precipitated me missing one band and a mishap in the scheduling of an intermission caused me to miss the other].

i have a list of links below that link to the photo pages of the practices as well as videos and several ‘blog-entries’.

lottery league links: my LL blog posts / LL photo galleries / LL: THE BIG SHOW / LL draft night photos / LL practice sessions photos / LL slot selection photos / LL bowling night photos / official LL blog / LL myspace page

november 10, 2007 @ the beachland.

brooklyn based band, APTBS have been getting much indie press following their debut s/t album on ‘killer pimp’ records. this show tonight lived up to the hype..

my photos are here.

a place to bury strangers [myspace]

to fix a gash in your head [MP3]

recent pitchfork article

august 23, 2007 at the parish hall.

there is one month left in the existence of parish hall, the local DIY that was a start up of ryan weitzel and a collective of folks that promoted the local cleveland art and music scene with providing a multi functional space for local & international performers to share their craft.

there is another month to ‘experience’ another soon to be defunct DIY space before they close the doors on october 1st.

my shots of this ‘dark meat & ‘the new lou reeds’ show are here.

august 24, 2007 at the grog shop.

this was the second half of an four band bill at the grog shop that was complimenting the jon hicks art show down stairs at the b-side. hicks show also inspired an article in the friday magazine of the PD that feature jon as well as jake kelly john greiner, derek hess and others, that PD article is here.

i arrived here after my day job so i missed ‘paleo’ & ‘mystery of two’. local writer the organic mechanic has a blurg of this evening here as well as a couple dark videos of paleo & chum [thank you adam].

i have several shots of the night here.

my birthday fell on sunday the 12 of august & i needed a boost so i rode my bike around the near west-side/flats and shot some pictures of old buildings, most of them being abandoned and feeling worse than i.

those shots are here.

this was the third year for compound fest which held at a dusty parking lot off of 63rd & st. claire. the event lasted for 12 hours but i was only present for 8 hours and saw 9 bands perform.

the large size of the above panorama is here, the rest of the photos are here.