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music
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03.17.10Alex Chilton has died
Alex Chilton, the brilliant and hugely influential singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Big Star and The Box Tops, died today. He surely will be missed. I shot this picture in 1999, where Chilton was performing with a newly formed Big Star. Bob Mehr reports on the terrible news in Memphis’s Commercial Appeal (Bob had recently written liner notes for the Big Star box set, Keep An Eye On The Sky).
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03.06.10The Blacks 2000
The Blacks are celebrating the release of their new album tonight Schubas. I shot this picture for Magnet in 2000.
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02.23.10Magic Milk Pt. 2: this time it’s personal
Their credo is violence…their god is hate. They call themselves Magic Milk. I shot the duo live a few weeks ago, and again in studio last weekend.
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01.26.10My Gold Mask video: Violet Eyes
Violet Eyes, a brand spanking new video by the fabulous duo My Gold Mask, has just been posted. I shot and directed the video, which was shot both in HD (with the trusty Canon 5DMII) as well as with a low-res toy video camera (circuit-bent Fisher Price PXL-2000, aka “Pixelvision.”) Working with Jack and Greta and their Pug Roadie was a treat.
httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxzUQAaCZdU
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01.13.10Jay Reatard found dead
Awful news from Memphis.
Memphis musician Jimmy Jay Lindsey Jr., better known as Jay Reatard, was found dead in his Midtown home this morning, according to family and friends. He was 29.
Memphis police have opened a death investigation, spokesman Jennifer Robinson said. Lindsey was found around 3:30 a.m. at his home, Robinson said.
“Yeah, it’s true,” said Alicja Trout, a friend and former bandmate. “I don’t know much about it yet, because I haven’t been able to get in touch with the police.”
– Jody Callahan, Commercial Appeal
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01.13.10Weasel Walter changes coasts
Yesterday’s Village Voice profiles aberrant musician Weasel Walter, who just moved from Oakland, California to Brooklyn (where he’s got three gigs this month). I took this photo for the Reader in 2002, back when he was a Chicagoan. I wish more people I photographed wore antennae…
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01.12.10Rob Mazurek
Tomorrow night Rob Mazurek will be at the Hideout performing with Matt Lux, Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, and John Herndon (with John Corbett DJ’ing between sets). Should be quite a show. Peter Margasak previews the concert in the Reader. I shot this picture of Mazurek in 2006 for Thrill Jockey.
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12.28.09Joanna Newsom
I’ve been going through my archives preparing to do some portfolio updating for the new year. I came across this 2006 picture of the fantastic harpist, songwriter, and singer Joanna Newsom, shot in an Erdovator for Drag City.
