In case anyone didn't know... my punk rock photo blog, Punk Turns 30 is part of the Mog Music Network and has its own presence. Just wanted to let LA and other So Cal Moggers know that I'm running an easy to win trivia contest for a pair of tickets to the We The People Festival being held in LA next Saturday, the 21st.... if you wanna go, or know someone who does, I could be your free ticket!Chec
hello mogger friends, as most of you know, i am photographer.i have about 75% of my archive --- negatives and slides of rock n roll pictures taken from the 70s til present day --- in storage in a friend's warehouse in jersey city. they had a flood there and in the clean-up, their landlord is going to throw out everything that appears damaged. TONIGHT. i live in nashville, tn and can't get to NYC
Maybe MOGGERS I don't know have mentioned this, but I did not see any mention of the passing yesterday of Memphis / Mississippi based musician/producer/legend, Jim Dickinson. He was one of those quiet guys... you may not know his name, but you knew his work... the piano on the Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" --- Dickinson.... producer of Amy Levere --- Dickinson.... father of the North Mississip...
With no disrespect to the passing of 70s girl power icon, Farrah Fawcett (so iconic that even a punk rock bad girl took her name... that woman was no angel tho).... 60s garage rock legend Sky Saxon also shuffled off this mortal coil. He had recently moved to Austin, TX and began to resurface in the rock scene that he never really left. Read more about it here.I worked recently with music produ
I am going to Memphis to see the Gories and the Oblivians. This Friday and Saturday at the Hi Tone Cafe.Each band is a seminal 3-piece no bass line up playing the most bad ass dirty garage punk rock n roll flavored with their respective hometown soul.And there's also Memphis BBQ in the mix.I think my weekend trumps all weekends I can think of...