Music - SB Hopper

Extrapolations

Two years ago, making the blog work with Lightroom and an increasing number of hard drives was easy. Step away for just a moment, and the muscle memory deteriorates. Took me ages to find and reconcile a few images I wanted to post today. Such is the blogging life. Poor

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She's so popular

My mom and I share an inside joke. I can't remember how it started, and there's no sense trying to explain it. It just won't make any sense. But here's how it plays out. I listen to a lot of 70s and

On the Streets

A big burrito

It's raining in Seattle. Go figure. I ducked into a Pike Street joint for a takeout burrito. Their house burrito, with vegan beef. It's enormous. The vegan beef lets me, for a brief moment, pretend it's healthy. There's a woman sitting at

Photography

Print your work...

...but be more organized than I am. And don't listen to people who tell you what to do. You're not the boss of me! But for me, man, viewing photos online will never be better than holding a print or looking at a photo on a

Music

Bremerton is the Wild West

My friend's band, Filth is Eternal [https://filthiseternal.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-a-lie-filth-is-eternal], had a show at The Charleston in Bremerton a few weeks ago. I forgot about the show until the day of. Tick tock, tick tock. You're not going to make that ferry. That bummed

On the Streets

Mea Culpa

This blog was a happy accident. I started it because I thought I needed a web presence for an ill-defined pursuit of photojournalism. A poorly thought out quest. I am seeking, and I think that is something that unites all of us. We're seeking meaning, purpose, understanding, and

On the Streets

On the fringes of May Day

Out of the Shoebox

Resilience

The blogger's dilemma - treat every post as a stand-alone, hello world or go with some continuity. I'm sorry 5 regular readers, I'm going to provide some context. I'll try to keep it short! Tony and I shot a lot of concerts

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: Merce Lemon

I used to go to Joe Bar daily. Man, that's a good coffee shop. That's where I met Merce. If you own a coffee shop, she's one of those people you want to hire. Always had time to talk to everyone. I eavesdropped on

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: Tobias, Anna, and Athena

Chop Suey, Capitol Hill, mid-June 2017. I remember it being cold for June. I thought my memory might be off (always a good chance), but Anna's wearing a jacket, so maybe not. I should back up. Chop Suey's side bar was (will be again) an accessible,

shoulda been a tweet

Shoulda been a tweet: NPR interview with Bob Gruen

If you like photography and music, listen to NPR's Dave Davies interview Bob Gruen [https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944164817/cameras-chaos-and-cognac-how-bob-gruen-photographed-the-spirit-of-rock-n-roll] about covering rock and roll in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. It's about 30 minutes long, and it's packed with insights

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: A hazy shade of summer

I braved the 2017 Northwest Folklife Festival to see Roselit Bone. It's a great event, and I went to subsequent ones, but festivals aren't really my thing. Just too many people. All that jostling and bumping. The nerve of people, having a good time while listening

Out of the Shoebox

Ode to a forgotten project

I like talking about photography. There are loads of different types of photography and photographers. I'm most drawn to documentary photography, but on most days I'm still trying to figure out what that means. There have been a couple of times I thought I was on

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Moonth

I was lucky in my first Capitol Hill apartment. The building itself wasn't inspiring, but it was close to Joe Bar, an awesome coffee shop [https://www.instagram.com/joe_bar_cafe/]. Great people, fantastic coffee, and delicious crepes. And dogs, there were always dogs. I moved a

Music

A lifetime ago

Strange times. Wherever you are, I hope you're doing well. Or holding up. I opened YouTube tonight, and the mysterious algorithm in the sky put my friend Tony Hammon's channel in my feed. It was nice to revisit some old memories. Tony and I used to

On the Streets

On the Streets: Coming Soon!

My friend Kate left today. I'm excited for her. On the open road, heading towards family in this crazy ass decade year. I think she made it to Richland. I've driven through there, and I think I can picture the hotel she stopped at. Might just

On the Streets

Vito's

Vito's on First Hill is one of my favorite places in Seattle. Dark, underworld lore, red booths, horseshoe bar, piano, and a disco ball or two. Its long history is associated with mob lore and violence. I'm not interested in glorifying those themes (despite a fascination

Read, Watch, Listen

Raised by Wolves, Season 1 Finale

Raised by Wolves isn't going in the direction I thought it would. It may not be going in the direction I want it to. I'm invested. I told myself, perhaps disingenuously, that the finale would be a decision point with respect to whether I continue watching.

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Shoulda been a tweet: Beirut

I'm critical of CNN. If you watch them on cable, you're just becoming less-informed. It's visual twitter. A stupid game. I'm not faulting the on-air personalities. They're hard-working, and I think they want CNN to be informative. But there'

Backstage Pass

Pebble n the Crick at Seattle's Lo-Fi

Pebble n the Crick [https://www.instagram.com/pebblenthecrick/] played at Lo-Fi last night. I can’t remember the last time I caught the full band. They’re all busy, that’s for sure. It’s a lot of fun following a band and catching their live shows over the

Backstage Pass

Backstage Pass: Devin Sinha's "What You're Given" (video for NPR's Tiny Desk)

I’ve wanted to share this for a long time now but had to wait patiently for the Tiny Desk [https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic/] competition to roll around. My friend Tony Hammons [https://www.instagram.com/t.hammons/] and I shot this video for Devin Sinha [https://www.instagram.

Backstage Pass

Backstage Pass: Patrick Galactic at Whiskey West, 13 July 2017

Patrick Galactic [https://patrickgalactic.bandcamp.com] has a new fan. I wish he’d record Savior for a Day so I could get my hands on it. Took this photo at his 13 July 2017 show at West Seattle’s Whiskey West [https://www.whiskywest.com]. (I can recommend the

Anna St- Lee

The Peavine Alley House celebrates the 4th of July...on the 8th

Have you ever been to a “house show” to see live music? I’ve been seeing references to them, and I like the idea. Someone with an apartment or house that is large enough (cue the envy) to host a bunch of people and a musician or a band hires

Anna St- Lee

Rain City Collective

In June, my friend and fellow photographer Tony [https://www.instagram.com/t.hammons/] and I launched Rain City Collective [https://www.raincitycollective.com], an online site that focuses on the diverse, talented community of artists in the Pacific Northwest. We have an admittedly expansive view when it comes to

Backstage Pass

Backstage Pass: Roselit Bone at Doug Fir Lounge

I didn’t anticipate that one result of picking up photography again after such a long break would be an increase in concert attendance. Safe to say that my presence at shows jacks up the median age of the crowd a bit. But having been overseas for a good chunk