Happy Birthday to Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris!
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Chuck Billy
Testament’s Chuck Billy
Testament kicked off their headlining tour (Dark Roots of Thrash Tour) last night in San Francisco. Also on the bill are Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam, and 4ARM. Testament will wrap up the U.S. portion of the tour in Sacramento at the Ace of Spades, where I took today’s photo last year, on February 28.
Happy Birthday to Dave Murray (of Iron Maiden)
Dave Murray of Iron Maiden
Volleyball sunday
I have watched a lot of volleyball over the past several years–some of it college and some at lower levels. Today I’m heading up to Eugene, Oregon to catch the highest level of college volleyball. #1 Stanford is taking on #2 University of Oregon so this should be a great match. It has been 20 years since I’ve watched volleyball of this caliber live.
Today’s photo is from a Southern Oregon University volleyball game a little over a week ago.
Gene Hoglan (aka Pickles)
The first time I heard the drummer Gene Hoglan was back in 1989. The drumming on Dark Angel’s “Leave Scars” blew me away. Since then he has become one of the most prolific drummers in the business with more than 30 albums to his credit including appearing on releases by Death, Strapping Young Lad / Devin Townsend, Dethklok, and now Testament. Kids these days hear Gene Hoglan’s drums (not voice) when they see Pickles on Metalocalypse.
The first time I saw Hoglan in person was walking down the street in broad daylight in Sacramento on my way to this show. I knew who he was, but this was not how I wanted to see such a legend. I prefer today’s photo which puts him back into his proper place–somewhat hidden and fairly mysterious behind his drum kit.
Food photography
“Will work for food.” If I were to ever go into business as a photographer, that is what I would put on my card. Today, that is exactly what I did. A friend of mine is starting a bakery and wanted some photos of some of her delectable creations. I was more than happy to oblige, and I ended up going home with many of the items I photographed.
What does this have to do with travel or Japan? Not much although my friend is Japanese (born in America).
November 2012 update: Jolene’s Sweets is now open for business.