Last night there was a Cinco de Mayo Metal Show in Medford with Cauldron (from Canada), Gladius (Portland) & Negative-Zen (also Portland). Sunday night isn’t the best night for a show, but Musichead shows usually end before 10 p.m. so I headed up I-5 to check it out.

First up was Negative-Zen. The thing that looks like a sharks fin in the foreground of the left part of the above photo was actually the mohawk of the person standing in front of me.

Negative-Zen from Portland, Oregon @ Musichead

Posted on May 6th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Negative-Zen @ Musichead

Middle East – Artah

Japan fashion show

Korea – Nanta

International Welcome

SOU ISA International Show 2013

Posted on May 6th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: international show, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on More pics from the 2013 ISA International Show @ Southern Oregon University

SOU Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout 2013

Yesterday was the annual Southern Oregon University Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout at Eagle Point Golf Course. Most of the participants are former Raider football players who are now giving back to the program. All proceeds from the event go to help finance the football team.

But they did a bit more than just golf on this glorious, 80-degree day in early May…

A hole-in-one on this hole won you a Harley

Pay $10 to kick a field goal on this hole and you can tee off from the women’s tee

Posted on May 5th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Red Zone, Southern Oregon University. Comments: 3

For the larger view gallery click here.

Posted on May 4th, 2013 under people. Tags: austin dodge, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Red Zone. Comments Off on 2013 Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout Picture Gallery

Several days ago I posted some photos of Lich King at Musichead. About a million Lich King fans paid the blog a visit so I’m rewarding their presence with some more pictures of the band today. Actually, it wasn’t a million visitors, but blog traffic did go up by a factor of more than three times the norm for any given day so thank you Lich King for the Lich King bump.

A couple of funny parts of the evening were when Witch Cult covered Nargaroth’s “Black Metal Ist Krieg” to end their set while Lich King members were selling their “Black Metal Sucks” t-shirts not far away. Members of Witch Cult then requested Lich King’s “Black Metal Sucks” a couple hours later when Lich King was on stage which Lich King dedicated to Witch Cult. Good times…

Posted on May 4th, 2013 under outside of ashland. Tags: lich king, musichead, Nikon D600, witch cult. Comments Off on More Lich King pics

“Papalina Lahilahi” by the Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club

Greetings in many foreign languages

MC and ISA President Sohana Bakshi

“Tausagi Mai Manu E” by the “Ho’opa’a Hawaii Club” of SOU

Lolita Boutet singing “Je Te Donne”

Japanese Yosakoi

More photos from the evening can be found here, and I posted some on my other blog of the Yosakoi here.

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: international show, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on 2013 ISA International Show @ SOU

The color of the trees when they first get their leaves in late April is somehow different than the color of the leaves in mid-summer.

Posted on May 2nd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, spring, sun. Comments Off on Sun peaking through on the valley

Southern Oregon University’s Indian Color Festival 2013

This is International Week at Southern Oregon University. As part of the festivities, yesterday featured a Holi or Indian Color Festival.

SOU International Student Association (ISA) President Sohana Bakshi

Thursday night is the annual International Show in the Music Recital Hall on campus. Admission is free and doors open at 6. In some years the line has been so long that people who didn’t arrive before the doors opened were turned away due to lack of available seating so get there early. The show starts at 6:30.

More photos from the color festival can be found here and here.

Posted on May 1st, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: indian color festival, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on Indian Color Festival @ SOU

Justin Miller of Core System Failure @ Musichead (4/27/13)

Kudos to Core System Failure for not only putting on a very entertaining, live performance on Saturday night but also for bringing the lighting and allowing the other bands (Lich King, Crimson Guardian, and Witch Cult) to use the lighting as well.

Jonathan Holden of Core System Failure

Core System Failure will be playing at Edgefest 2013 on June 29 at Howie’s on Front Street. I will not be able to attend as I will be in Korea in late June. Hopefully, I will see them again soon though.

Travis Pidgeon

Peter Kinney of Medford, Oregon’s Core System Failure

Core System Failure

Kyle Frost

Posted on April 29th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, core system failure, musichead, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Core System Failure @ Musichead