8.08.05 Monday nite fun!!!!
8.8.05 at Il Corral with the films of KELLY SEARS, THE SWEET THINGS, and THE TOP DRAWER…
Thanks for coming to the first Sean Carnage Monday Night
I wonder how long we can keep this going? With FM BATS, SZANDORA, HAIRCUT MOUNTAIN TRANSIT and BUKO…
Kill Girl Kill 2, DJ Don Bolles, Buff Monster & more at Il Corral"/>
Photos: Monday test run with Eon Mckai’s Kill Girl Kill 2, DJ Don Bolles, Buff Monster & more at Il Corral
Monday, July 25, 2005 was a test run for the Sean Carnage Monday Nights concert series—and a huge success!
‘Emo night’ in Hollywood: Hey Mercedes rocks The Roxy
Six weeks after we parted ways in Cleveland, I got to see my friend Mike Shumaker be a rock star at an historic Hollywood venue…
Young People, Get Hustle, Mummers at Anthony & Dan’s loft, November 2002
This show was just the first of many nexii of L.A. talent that I experienced in 2002-04. Very inspiring…
My first concert at 924 Gilman: The Futures from Japan, Out Cold & Capitalist Casualties
Nowadays I’d never be like, Let’s go to a show in the Bay on a random night! And drive all the way from L.A. But that’s what I did in 2002…
The best 9 Shocks Terror photos I ever shot, at the “new” Peabody’s
How we ended up at the sanitized 2002-version of Peabody’s, I have no idea, but it was a great show!
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Never can say goodbye: Yet another star-studded Invisible City farewell
More farewell concerts than a Cher tour: It’s an all-star jam with celebrities from the Cleveland music scene. First time online!
Pointless Orchestra goes all the way out in Tremont
Before I hit the road for L.A. in 2002, I paid my respects to Pointless Orchestra, a trailblazing hybrid group of far-out musicians…
Saying goodbye to Cleveland: Coffinberry and Sean & Ian at The Invisible City
This was the first of the farewell parties we had at our recording studio / loft. These photos have never before been published!
Michael Shumaker’s Hey Mercedes homecoming at the Agora, 2002
Friends from across my Cleveland years gathered at The Invisible City ifor a sweaty & fun pre-party before we walked en masse to the show…
California comes to Cleveland: Annihilation Time, Fields Of Fire with 9 Shocks Terror at the Grog Shop
In George W. Bush America, I didn’t want to hear complacent or arty music. Includes pages from Ben Edge’s tour diary!
100,000 Years Of Sean & Ian album listening party at The Invisible City"/>
100,000 Years Of Sean & Ian album listening party at The Invisible City
At the time, we used our newly-arrived CDs as—you guessed it!—yet another excuse to have a bon voyage party…
Under the bridge, Cleveland-style, with Brian Straw at Hart Crane Park; Or, how I learned to let loose in the middle of the Zika epidemic
This was a special event—an unsanctioned outdoor concert in a public space. I’m all for that kind of shit. NOW, STAY AWAY BUGS!
The best—and last—damn concert I saw in Cleveland
9 Shocks Terror, Arab On Radar, Flying Luttenbachers, Lightning Bolt, The Locust, Wolf Eyes, Aloha—all on the same bill? Wow!
F**k the Pit: Coffinberry, Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & more at Pat’s In The Flats
Pat’s backyard was pretty magical when Brian Straw, Ted Flynn & Rob Sirovica took the stage with a noise-informed, rock-styled performance…
DC’s Black Eyes & rare Sheilbound quartet lineup at Mohawk Place, Buffalo 2002
Help! I can’t remember when this excellent night of music happened, but I’m thinking it must have been late July or August 2002…
Electroclash in the Flats: The Foreign Exchange Students with The Cassettes at Pat’s
I was feeling suffocated by the gnarly dude-wall of folded arms at every fucking show. Enough! I needed to live. And dance.
Maraca mania: Sheilbound quartet line-up at the Lime Spider, 2002
This was Sheilbound in their final quartet permutation. I wish I knew the exact date—do you? Please contact me with any details you have.
Baptized as a bondage bottom by Misty Martinez at Pat’s In The Flats
This was THE disruptive, change-your-thinking concert no one—least of all me—ever expected it to be. Photos never before online!