Poster-Size

Funny when I get emails from fans of my friends wanting to blow my photos up for their homes...

Night at the Vogue

The Vogue Theatre had some renovations done, and once complete decided to throw a party to celebrate. Food and beer abound, they also gave tours (mine was led by Cary Pratt! aka Prairie Cat) and proceeded to show me haunted projector rooms that led to crazy nightmares. It didn't help that there was a sticker on a theatre seat base with MY name on it!

On top of all of this, they had a few live sets by Dan Mangan, Shane Koyczan and Bif Naked! Dan and Shane almost brought me to tears when they both performed Dan's song "Not What You Think It Is" and Bif Naked brought me back to 2003 when I saw her during my first week of university.

Here are some shots:

Re-Blogged: Being Emme

A local blog, "Being Emme", did a write-up on the Dan Mangan show at the Vogue from last month and a few of my photos are up on the site.

Check it out here.

Dan Mangan: Live at The Vogue

I can't really put into words how amazing it is to see 1000+ people singing back to Dan from this view:

Dan was kind enough to GL me for his sold out show at The Vogue and I took full advantage of it...running around from floor to balcony to backstage taking photos of Dan, the band and the screaming crowd.

The Crackling (aka Kenton, Dan's drummer) and Jesse Sykes opened up the show...here are some of the photos!:

"I wrote this song in Port Colborne on the edge of Lake Erie"

My heart did a little leap when Tony Dekker uttered those words...and I may have involuntarily let out a loud WOOO!

With Jon-Rae Fletcher opening for them, Great Lake Swimmers played to a boisterous sold out Vogue Theater Friday night.




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Catch Up/Wrap Up!

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've blogged...but it makes sense given that I shot 5 shows in 6 days and then flew to Ontario for Christmas.

So to sum up my last days in Vancouver before Christmas:

Saturday the 12th:
Aidan Knight @ The Media Club, where I finally met/got to hear the WONDERFUL Jody Glenham



Monday the 14th:
The Aidan Knight Experience continued with a show at the Biltmore, where We Are The City also came to support. Very nice guys. And THEN I ran (and taxied) as fast as I could The Media Club, but still missed Dave Vertesi's set...my friend and fellow photographer Mark Cohene was having an art show that night. After I checked that out, I went and relaxed for the rest of the night at the Racoon's Christmas Party:





Tuesday the 15th:
Racoons @ Fortune! See post.

Wednesday the 16th:
DAY OFF! zzzz.

Thursday the 17th:
Ridiculous spandex suited Topless Gay Love Tekno Party took over my 2nd home (aka the Media Club)(with opening act For British Eyes Only) and a giant dance party began, which led to my going home covered in sparkles and confetti...




Friday the 18th:
The Zolas & Hey Ocean at the Vogue. I seriously love the lighting in this venue. My favourite part of the evening was getting access to the closed off balcony to take some shots, and then taking a 2 minute dance break...which amused me because only the band could see me. Dave-O even waved...







Saturday the 19th:
NIGHT BEFORE MY 8AM FLIGHT!
I was once again at the Media Club (they're so good to me) for Undercover Brothers...a selection of cover/tribute bands, of which I caught Neverland (Michael Jackson) and Wheezler (Weezer). It was great fun and I even cut my knee wide open:






Longest Post ever! Hope you liked all the shots.