Bass pedal reflections, Oxford
‘Ooh, those knobs are shiny,’ I thought. I tried capturing this hand-held, but my over-caffeinated hands were juddering all over the place trying to get my face in the shot at the same time (even at ISO 80o and 1600), so out came the tripod. It came out all right, though you have to see [...]
My top ten albums of 2009
10. Obits – I Blame You The chaps from Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes’ new band… spiky and surprisingly poppy, with a nice line in surf-guitar-meets-abrasive-noise. 9. The Flowers Of Hell – Come Hell Or High Water Woo, this is pretty! It sounds a bit like all the lovely little instrumental bits in Spiritualized’s [...]
And So I Watch You From Afar, Oxford
Last post for a week as I’m away from cameras and computers for a bit. Here’s a shot of the marvellous …And So I Watch You From Afar in the Cellar, Oxford, from September. HUGE METAL BALLS. That’s all I have to say. Until October…
James Chapman, Offset Festival
Here’s another shot of Maps from the Offset Festival – James from the band presumably thinking hard about the lyrics to the Bob Dylan cover he’s contributing to the Audioscope album. And overlaid with a texture from a photo of some iron covered in moss that I took on the South Bank last week. Makes [...]
Maps, Offset Festival
Here’s a shot of James from Maps playing at the Offset Festival – he’s had the title of his new album tattooed on his arm, which I thought made quite a nice detail for a shot, given that they’re far from the most visually dynamic band (good as their music may be). This also affords [...]
Offset Festival, Hainault
Here’s a shot of the sun going down over the Offset Festival on Sunday – perhaps the last day of summer we’ll see in 2009. I managed to get hold of a photo pass, so took around 600 photos in the various photo pits, but I’m coming to the conclusion that I’m not the best [...]
