Let’s Go A’s!
Grant Balfour picks up the win in the Oakland Athletics thrilling victory today. I think if my last name was Balfour I would have chosen a position other than pitcher.
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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Another pic today from Stout Grove, one of my favorite places on the planet.
Pelican Bay
Pelican Bay is most famous for its prison, but just a couple miles from the prison, on Pelican Bay itself, is a decent beach. And, yes, that is a pelican in the distance.
AgesandAges @ Britt
Opening for Heart at Britt Festivals last week was AgesandAges from Portland, Oregon. I was completely unfamiliar with their music, but it was kind of fun. They sounded a bit like The Mamas & the Papas.
Stop and enjoy the Milky Way
On my way back from Sacramento I pulled off of I-5 somewhere between Dunsmuir and Weed to pee. I looked up at the beautiful Milky Way and decided a photo was needed. So I opened my shutter while doing my business and this pic was the result.
I’ll be posting photos from the Death Angel, Testament, and Anthrax show on my other blog over the next little while.
Heart @ Britt
I wasn’t planning to see Heart at Britt Festivals this past Tuesday night, but a friend called me up during the afternoon with a free ticket so I ended up at Britt anyway. As a frequent listener of rock radio in the late 1970s and early 1980s things sounded quite familiar even though I’ve never owned a Heart album.
I only took a couple photos before the volunteer Britt nazi came over and told me I would be kicked out if she saw my camera again. She didn’t seem to care that everyone around me were taking photos with their cell phone. This was the first time I’ve been asked not to take pictures at a show since Loudpark 2009 in Japan and the first time in the USA since I saw King Diamond at The Stone in San Francisco in 1986 or 1987.
Tonight I will have no problem taking photos as I have a photo pass to see Death Angel, Testament, and Anthrax in Sacramento at Ace of Spades.
Brandi and the Barr Bros at Britt
Another photo today from Brandi’s show a couple weeks ago at Britt Festivals. For pics of The Barr Brothers, click here.
Night Nurse (PDX) @ Musichead
After Witch Cult we had another female-fronted band to partake of, Night Nurse (great name for a band BTW) from Portland.
Witch Cult @ Musichead
Last month Musichead had their “First Annual Metalfest.” Unfortunately, I was unable to attend. The band I really wanted to see at Metalfest was Witch Cult from Ashland. Black Metal in Ashland? Seemed hard to believe so I was excited to see that they were playing again. This time (September 4, 2012) they opened for some Portland bands.
I arrived a little late, in part because the shows never start on time in Medford. If Witch Cult started late it wasn’t very much after the 7 p.m. start time. I don’t think I missed more than one song. As I entered they were blasting through a familiar tune, some old Sepultura, written long before the Witch Cult members were born.
Witch Cult is as close to the Norwegian black metal bands as you can get, including corpse paint and names like Lillith, Destruidor Louco, Blaspherion Necrokult, and Kadath. With Witch Cult so close to home I won’t need to head to Norway for my black metal fix again anytime soon. 😉
