Noah Smith of “Fire in the Northwest” @ Club 66

Tomorrow night I don’t know what to do. Three bands I want to see are playing at three different venues. Witch Cult will be at Northwest Pizza, and Stoneburner will be at Johnny B’s in Medford.

If only bands started on a schedule in this part of the world like they do in most other places, I could probably figure out a way to see at least two of them.

I’ll probably end up going to see Stoneburner since I can see Witch Cult and Fire in the Nortwest next week in Ashland.

March 15th, 2013 | Tags: club 66, concert photography, fire in the northwest, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4 | Category: only in ashland, people, places | Comments Off on Fire in the Northwest returns to Club 66 tomorrow night

Snowy Ashland, Oregon

Today’s photo is a little more than two years old. This is one of the last photos I took with my old LX3 before upgrading to DSLR technology.

It’s not often that you see the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s heraldic banners in the snow since the banners don’t go up until late February (when OSF begins), and Ashland gets most of its snow before then.

March 14th, 2013 | Tags: lx3, oregon shakespeare festival, snow, winter | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Lithia Way in the snow

Zack Karr on bass for Twice Born Gypsies @ Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company (3/9/13)

March 13th, 2013 | Tags: concert photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Twice Born Gypsies @ Northwest Pizza

For the next few days you can head to the parking lot between Cox Hall and Omar’s and take a sledge hammer to a car.

keying of the car before the smashing began

March 12th, 2013 | Tags: Car Smash, funky cars, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Alpha Kappa Psi’s “Car Smash 2013” at SOU

Ashland, Oregon sunrise

March 11th, 2013 | Tags: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, sunrise | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on Ashland sunrise

Arlo Brooks

Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company has transformed itself under new ownership over the past year and a half. They now have an open mic night. After hours they have started having live acts as well.

I headed to Northwest last night to hear Twice Born Gypsies, a band I’d never heard of before, but the “psychedelic space rock” description sounded good. “Fuck! A Monster” was listed as the opening act on the ad I saw, but given that members are also in FatherDoug (who was playing in Medford at the same time), I figured that wouldn’t happen. Arlo Brooks, who is in Fuck! A Monster but not FatherDoug, opened. His set was a trip, and everything he used to make the sounds he created fit in his backpack.

March 10th, 2013 | Tags: concert photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company | Category: only in ashland, people, places | Comments Off on Arlo Brooks @ Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company

March 9th, 2013 | Tags: night photography, plaza, signs | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Ashland’s Plaza – before the dawn

Jolene whipped up some more of her creations yesterday. The one in focus in today’s photo is her Chocolate Turtle Cake, a rich, three-layer dark chocolate cake frosted with rich creamy fudge, caramel, and toasted pecans.

As always, click on the image for higher resolution.

March 8th, 2013 | Tags: food, jolene's sweets, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4 | Category: only in ashland | Comments (1)

I headed in to Club 66 for lunch today. Until yesterday, the drink menu consisted of Rockstar and soda.

Now these empty glasses…

…can be filled with beer.

Bring your family for lunch or dinner, but once 8 p.m. rolls around you now have to be 21 at Club 66. Tonight’s hip hop / reggae show (Absract Rude, Mista Chief, Ekrostik, Stryk9, LuciBe, Efxhand, etc.) should have a huge crowd.

March 7th, 2013 | Tags: club 66, Nikon D600, signs | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on OLCC gives Club 66 a thumbs up