Exsanguination @ Musichead
Musichead had three bands play last night. The fourth cancelled. First up was Exsanguination from Brookings.
Jenna Jameson drum kit
small but appreciative crowd
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Photos from Ashland’s 4th of July Parade
Close up of F-15 flyover
Stan Smith car
Dave Nourie
Some more pics from Ashland’s 4th of July festivities
F-15 fighter jet flies over Siskiyou Boulevard to signal the start of the parade
Houses and people along the parade route all decked out in their patriotic red, white, and blue
At times the 4th of July parade looked more like the Halloween parade
A clown driving a funny car followed by the Ashland High School football team
Ashland Family YMCA 4th of July parade entry
Southern Oregon Rollergirls
Part of the Southern Oregon University parade entry
Having a party while watching the parade--I want to sit with these people next year
The evening wrapped up with fireworks fired off from Iowa Street near the SOU softball fields
More photos from the Fourth of July
Ashland fireworks from Ashland Middle School soccer field
Angela Spieker of the SOU women's volleyball team representing the university in the parade
Ashland’s annual 4th of July Parade – 2012
I had only been to one of the four prior Ashland 4th of July parades until today.
SOU parade entry
Before that I don’t think I had missed more than one during the first eight years we lived in Ashland.
The Macaroni’s band is still in the parade.
I’ll post some more photos from this event over the next week.
Robert Ellis (& The Boys)
Robert Ellis
In New York City in the summer they have a series of (mostly free) concerts called SummerStage. My wife wanted to see Alabama Shakes. I wasn’t planning on taking photos, but I was heading over to Citi Field in Queens to catch the Mets and Yankees game later in the day so I had my camera with long lenses in the bag.
Ryan Chavez on drums
The first band on the bill was Robert Ellis. We weren’t very close to the stage, but with a crop sensor DSLR (Nikon D7000), 70-200mm lens, and 1.7X teleconverter, I didn’t need to be to take these shots.
Geoffrey Muller, bass
Wil Van Horn, pedal steel guitar
Kelly Doyle, guitar
New York sunset
Sunset from Brooklyn's Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)
We had some crazy weather on our trip to New York. In addition to the heat I mentioned yesterday, we had some thunder and lightning. After a downpour, I took today’s photo. We had planned to walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge (on the left) after dinner in DUMBO, but another storm hit before we finished eating so we took the subway instead.
That’s the Manhattan Bridge on the right over the East River. In the distance, you can see the new WTC 1 nearing completion.
My friend Nelson made some minor adjustments to my original photo to come up with what you see pictured above.
Yankee Stadium panorama
Panorama view from Section 224, Row 1 in New Yankee Stadium
The year was probably 1977 or 1978. I was about 9 years old. The setting was my home, and I was watching TV–not just any TV, but the NBC baseball “Game of the Week” which came on most Saturdays after “This Week in Baseball.” Mickey Rivers was the batter, and the location was Yankee Stadium. The field looked frightfully hot as the players were sweating and the sun danced off of Rivers’ helmet in strange ways. At that moment I subconsciously put a visit to Yankee Stadium on my bucket list.
Flash forward 30-something years and I was in a similar scene. Rivers wasn’t batting and Yankee Stadium got a face lift, but the sun and heat were the same. I took today’s photo (photos actually as this is a photomerge of 10 wide angle pics) 10 days ago. The reason the seats around me are mostly open was because it was brutally hot–over 95 degrees with high humidity. I could only stand it for a couple innings myself, and then I moved to a shady seat on the first base side.
Tommy Hanson was pitching for the Atlanta Braves and Derek Jeter was at bat for the New York Yankees in the above picture. I was actually much closer to the field than the photo makes things appear. The first row of the second deck (main level) is a wonderful place to sit (if the weather is reasonable) as you have tons of leg room, no one walks in front of you, and you are closer to the field than any other second deck (that I’ve been on) in baseball.