Full Sun Lampworking / and a trip to the homeland

                            Full Sun Lampworking

The other day I had to make a quick trip up north, on the way home I decided to stop by and see my good friend at Full Sun Lampworking. When I Arrived he was just putting the final touches on a Monster oil holder. We chatted a little bit and I decided to take some shots, if youve never seen glass blowing/lampworking in real life, its a pretty interesting process. Well anyway, check out the pics and check out my friends shop he does great work and always willing to do something custom as well (link above)

J Phlip / DJ Belly / Cowboy Monkey

                             J Phlip

                             DJ Belly

This last week I went to the J Phlip / DJ Belly show at The Cowboy Monkey in downtown Champaign. It was really nice to see 2 of Champaign's best DJs in a cozy intimate venue like The Cowboy Monkey. J Phlip is a Champaign native that has since moved on to San Francisco where she is signed to Dirty Bird records, recently she has played at such premiere festivals such as Electric Forrest, and North Coast, and Movement Detroit where she had the closing spot for the festival. Dj Belly is also a Champaign native that is a staple in the area and has opened up for such acts as Wu-tang Clan, Rusko, and many others. I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot at the show for the evening, thanks to J Phlip and Dj Belly.

 

Umphrey's McGee at The Canopy Club

                                   Umphrey's McGee

Tonight I was able to get some really great shots at the Umphrey's show at The Canopy Club. Although I've seen Umphrey's quite a few times (at least 20, no shit) I couldn't tell you the name of a single song or album. They've gotten pretty big over the years and always put on a good show. One thing I always enjoy about seeing Umphrey's is all of my friends that I haven't seen seem to make it out to get their hippie shuffle on. Tonight the light show was mesmerizing as you will see from the pictures.

 Some photo-shop fun i did in class double Stasik

Sun Stereo, Canopy, Halloween (the day after)

                        Sun Stereo

Tonight I returned to The Canopy Club to shoot Sun Stereo, the night after Halloween. All of the audience was still filled with the Halloween spirit and came dressed in costume. Sun Stereo is one of my favorite local bands and always put on a great show and a good time. One of the things I especially enjoy about Sun Stereo is that their tunes are catchy and easy to dance and sing along to. They opened up the night with the theme from "Ghost Busters" and followed up with some of their original jams such as  "Rouge Satellite" , "Better Than Yesterday" , "D N A" and my favorite song "Give It All Away", and then closed the night with a Talking Heads cover and what Halloween party would be complete without Michael Jacksons "Thriller". All and all it was a really fun night, check out the links and their awesome video for "Better Than Yesterday" with a cameo from yours truely.                                                        

                 Sun Stereo Sound Cloud

                                     

                "Better Than Yesterday" music video

Minnesota (the dj not the state), The Canopy Club, and Bro bro's

                          Minnesota


                          The Canopy Club
For my final project in my photography class I am doing a series of photos from different shows at The Canopy Club. I was fortunate enough to be granted access as a photographer and will be shooting a variety of different shows there. The first of which being Minnesota. As far as EDM goes, it all pretty much sounded like the same old WOMP WOMP as per usual but one of the things that made it unique was the projection light show that it had going on. For the smaller acts opening the show it started out pretty basic with a TRON feel to it (that i enjoyed) and as the night progressed it got more intense with colors and video .. Well anyway here are some shots from the show

 Oh yeah almost forgot, bro's, there were a bunch of bro's