return to pearse

It’s been almost 2 months since my last post. I sense a New Year’s Resolution coming on.

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Gran Casino played the Student Bar on the 25th October as support for The Stone Roses Experience, but for me they were a whole lot more interesting, both to listen to and to shoot. Check out their myspace and have a listen (Sun Music comes particularly well recommended).

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It’s been waaaaay too long since I was here. I promise it won’t happen again… for a while.

I’ve been shooting plenty of gigs in college for UCDents.com, so there’ll be lots of shots from there on the blog soon. The one above is from MTV’s Dirty Sanchez’s live show. Following a theme from their TV show, it was pretty disgusting, with plenty of bodily fluids on display. I left before the end to get a bus home, but am so glad I was there for this moment.

There’s more of the show on flickr

Shot on my Holga, developed and scanned by Camera Centre, Grafton Street

Sorry, I was in Spain for 2 weeks and didn’t quite get around to scheduling posts before I left.

The night before I left, I shot Nine Lives again, this time at the launch of their EP in the Voodoo Lounge:

The lighting was very dim throughout, especially after a stagediver managed to knock one of the lights away from the stage. As a result, lots of the shots are fairly noisy and I opted to use black & white a lot to make the best of a bad situation.

Also popped the flash a few times to get some crazy light streak effects:

And a stagediver for the crack:

More here on flickr

That was fun. My first gig with a photo pass, and in the pit.

I was asked on Thursday by Nine Lives to shoot their support slot for Billy Talent at the Ambassador.

From what I heard, it’s very rare that an unsigned band like them, used to playing Scout Halls and birthday parties gets picked to play support at a gig like this one.

Previously the biggest crowds Nine Lives had played to were around 300 or so. The Ambassador holds 1250 people, and was sold out last night.

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