Anyways, I haven't given them a formal thanks yet but I decided that I'll start by spreading the word about how awsome they are, so feel free to check them out!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Great News!
I hope everyone who celebrates christmas had themselves and enjoyable on and they got many goodies. As for me I really wasn't asking for much but I did get quite the surprise when I popped onto myspace and all of a sudden as I was looking through my inbox I saw that the band, Music for Animals (check out their Myspace though!) Had decided to use one of my photographs as their default profile picture.
Anyways, I haven't given them a formal thanks yet but I decided that I'll start by spreading the word about how awsome they are, so feel free to check them out!
Anyways, I haven't given them a formal thanks yet but I decided that I'll start by spreading the word about how awsome they are, so feel free to check them out!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
By the way everyone,
If you want to see the images up close and personal, feel free to click the images to blow them up.
=D
=D
Patent Pending @ The Space
Patent Pending: Joe Ragosta
Patent Pending: Joe Ragosta
Patent Pending: Michael Ragosta
Patent Pending: Marc Kantor
Patent Pending: Michael Ragosta
Patent Pending: Michael Ragosta
Ivydrive: Dave (Lead vox)
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Rawr
I apologize that i haven't yet gotten the chance to put up my photos or write a review on the latest show i went to in Hamden, CT but that's because (unfortunantly) my laptop is in short terms, busted. So now i have to get a new laptop so that i can edit my photo's but not to worry! Soon I'll have new pictures of Patent Pending up :D in the mean time feel free to listen to an amazing song (BRAND SPANKIN NEW!) by Patent Pending
Sunday, November 25, 2007
HEY!
If you are someone who passes by or someone who looks here on a weekly basis or so, I'm happy to say that one of my photos (one that I'll put up soon) is going to be in a book to be published xD
http://picture.com/picturebuy/product_info.asp?ID=2439440
so check it out!
http://picture.com/picturebuy/product_info.asp?ID=2439440
so check it out!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Westbound Train, The Stitch Up- Manhattan Grand Ballroom 11/10 (NYC)
Tonight i went to see Streetlight Manifesto and Suburban Legends in NYC at the Manhattan Grand Ballroom (formerly known as Hammerstien) and I got exactly what I paid for, an amazing show that i can dance to. I got to the venue at around 7 after some mishaps with my ticket, and waited in the coat check for quite a bit of time but things seemed well being as I didn't go alone. Unfortunantly, as soon as i entered into the main venue stage, I picked up a rank smell of marijuana. Then apparently people weren't being stopped from smoking anything (let alone pot) on the floor. Not only that, later I learned that the bartenders were willing to pass out drinks to people(minors) if they got a little extra cash, not exactly my favorite of the many venues i've attended.
The night kicked off with a band I hadn't really heard of, The Stitch Up, but as I've noticed based on other shows I've gone to, usually the very first opener doesnt really catch the audience so they indeed had a tough crowd (apparently it was their 1000th show). Personally, the music I heard wasn't exactly what i had expected but music is music.
The night went on and as most of us were expecting The Stitch Up to simply be followed by Suburban Legends we were treated with more reggae tones of Westbound Train who came on stage with an all black attire and music that could help the hungriest of dancers. WT came and went just in time for the first of 2 bands that I had intended to see.
Suburban Legends came on stage with a roar from the very engertic (and some high) parts of the crowd. They had a pretty fun set, new stuff and old classics of course (unfortunantly no Don Juan or Last Dance I was pretty disappointed) but i wasn't as into the music as i usually am, and i determined that because i have seen them 5 times that i've noticed the music a lot more. The band writes amazing music and when they preform they have usually come through with quite the preformance, but tonight they didn't play as well as usual. The songs were slower, and with what seemed to be less feeling but as i said, the music they make is amazing but they've had better shows (i still love them!).
On a quick side note, i just think that if you go to a ska show, that you should skank, because its not supposed to be a mosh pit, take it from the guy that got nailed above the eye.
Finally the one band that most or all of the attendants came for, Streetlight Manifesto, and man did they put on one hell of a show! As usual, they blew the crowd away and insane with some classics, and new songs off their most recent album Somewhere In the Between and of course, they played the one and only Point/Counterpoint with a side of Keasbey Nights which made the crowd go wild. They came back for an encore after their set, but at that point it seemed that all the attendees were worn out from all the dancing they did.
It was quite a show, but unfortunantly I had absolutely no way of getting photos of the bands themselves so i took a different approach and took photos of the skank pit in action which i got a couple good ones.
~Possible Future~
After talking to Vince and Brian W. I was told that the future shows that they are gonna be playing aren't known as of yet, but apparently they are going to try and head to Iraq to entertain the troops. Who knows?!
One last note, if you see Suburan Legends live, hit the merch booth and invest in a tee or in fact an amazing new hoodie they have on sale (not online yet, sorry!) Oh! and this :D
The night kicked off with a band I hadn't really heard of, The Stitch Up, but as I've noticed based on other shows I've gone to, usually the very first opener doesnt really catch the audience so they indeed had a tough crowd (apparently it was their 1000th show). Personally, the music I heard wasn't exactly what i had expected but music is music.
The night went on and as most of us were expecting The Stitch Up to simply be followed by Suburban Legends we were treated with more reggae tones of Westbound Train who came on stage with an all black attire and music that could help the hungriest of dancers. WT came and went just in time for the first of 2 bands that I had intended to see.
Suburban Legends came on stage with a roar from the very engertic (and some high) parts of the crowd. They had a pretty fun set, new stuff and old classics of course (unfortunantly no Don Juan or Last Dance I was pretty disappointed) but i wasn't as into the music as i usually am, and i determined that because i have seen them 5 times that i've noticed the music a lot more. The band writes amazing music and when they preform they have usually come through with quite the preformance, but tonight they didn't play as well as usual. The songs were slower, and with what seemed to be less feeling but as i said, the music they make is amazing but they've had better shows (i still love them!).
On a quick side note, i just think that if you go to a ska show, that you should skank, because its not supposed to be a mosh pit, take it from the guy that got nailed above the eye.
Finally the one band that most or all of the attendants came for, Streetlight Manifesto, and man did they put on one hell of a show! As usual, they blew the crowd away and insane with some classics, and new songs off their most recent album Somewhere In the Between and of course, they played the one and only Point/Counterpoint with a side of Keasbey Nights which made the crowd go wild. They came back for an encore after their set, but at that point it seemed that all the attendees were worn out from all the dancing they did.
It was quite a show, but unfortunantly I had absolutely no way of getting photos of the bands themselves so i took a different approach and took photos of the skank pit in action which i got a couple good ones.
~Possible Future~
After talking to Vince and Brian W. I was told that the future shows that they are gonna be playing aren't known as of yet, but apparently they are going to try and head to Iraq to entertain the troops. Who knows?!
One last note, if you see Suburan Legends live, hit the merch booth and invest in a tee or in fact an amazing new hoodie they have on sale (not online yet, sorry!) Oh! and this :D
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Something Everyone should look at...
The Fanatix
a friends band that really aren't bad so take time and checkem out!
a friends band that really aren't bad so take time and checkem out!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
fun update!
So recently I've been spreading the word about my blog to differentbands via Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/thebluequailman ) and i got pretty lucky. I got a reply back from a band that i saw in San Francisco during my art experinece saying they wanted to do a photoshoot with me. I guess im moving up in the ranks haha. I'm gonna have some more traditional photography up soon because im in a certain shortage of money xD
Monday, October 1, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
MCS Show
the show was by far a pretty amazing show! The Show kicked off with EONS a simple band, but I didn't really enjoy their soft into a little deeper rock transitions. They came on to a packed Knitting Factory and only got maybe 4 or 5 acknowledgements, which proved the unpopularity of the band.
Followed by EONS was Farewell which in my opinion was great (I ended up getting their CD). They came on strong despite the fact that it was 6 people cramped onto the one stage. In the crowd it was worse though with the majority of girls that were dying to get into the front at any cost of the well beings of people around them. Farewell played an amazing set and then Motion City Soundtrack finally came on.
Before the show I was told that I wasn't allowed to use flash at the concert because they were taping for myspace which frustrated me because the only decent shots i could get would be because i had flash. i got into an argument about it and ended up being told that if i kept persisting that i wouldnt be allowed to shoot at all so i left...
So motion city soundtrack found their way onto the stage and played an amazing show (despite the fact that i got beat up by the surrounding girls. I ended up shooting with flash but only about 100 photos so it was somewhat of a dissappointment, but the show was so worth it!
Pictures will be up here tommorow from the show
edited and all =]
Followed by EONS was Farewell which in my opinion was great (I ended up getting their CD). They came on strong despite the fact that it was 6 people cramped onto the one stage. In the crowd it was worse though with the majority of girls that were dying to get into the front at any cost of the well beings of people around them. Farewell played an amazing set and then Motion City Soundtrack finally came on.
Before the show I was told that I wasn't allowed to use flash at the concert because they were taping for myspace which frustrated me because the only decent shots i could get would be because i had flash. i got into an argument about it and ended up being told that if i kept persisting that i wouldnt be allowed to shoot at all so i left...
So motion city soundtrack found their way onto the stage and played an amazing show (despite the fact that i got beat up by the surrounding girls. I ended up shooting with flash but only about 100 photos so it was somewhat of a dissappointment, but the show was so worth it!
Pictures will be up here tommorow from the show
edited and all =]
Monday, September 17, 2007
tonight
So i was on myspace the other day and i was looking through concerts to see what im gonna want to go to so i can take photos of the shows and build up a portfolio. i was trying to make a list of shows i wanted to go to one including a november show in nyc which had Motion City Soundtrack headlining so i got excited.
then i kept looking through concert dates and different bands id want to see and take pictures of so i looked around until i stummbled onto a bulletin that said
Myspace Secret Shows presents Motion City Soundtrack CD Release show
so im thinking thats awsome
then i keep reading and it says
IN NEW YORK CITY @ the KNITTING FACTORY (a well known venue for me, i like to go to a ton of the shows hosted there)
so at that point im excited
i keep reading and BOOM
FREE ADMISSION
i pretty much freaked out because, well i love them
i keep reading
and conveniently
its this tuesday (i found out sunday night)
so im in awe
of this show
until i realize
im still in high school
and i cant go to a show on a school night...
so im thinking
FUCK
how the hell am i supposed to go to this show
that will indeed blow me away!?
so i made some story up so i could get to the show
and my mom bought it
"Mom, I think the easiest way to explain the enormity of this band is that they are the next up and coming Beatles!"
not
true
(btw if any members of MCS or worshippers see this, remember that i love the band but they arent that big quite yet haha)
so its about 12:45 am
i have to get up in less than 8 hours
nearly 7 hoursw actually haha so i can take a train into nyc and stand in line
forever....
haha
im heading in with my friends
but ill have photos up by tommorow night im sure.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
on a side note
ill put up previous photos ive taken in the past from other concerts of bands including
Whole Wheat Bread
Patent Pending
Suburban Legends
The City Drive
No Use for a Name
Jet Lag Gemini
Music For Animals
The Mooney Suzuki
The Starting Line
Motion City Soundtrack
then i kept looking through concert dates and different bands id want to see and take pictures of so i looked around until i stummbled onto a bulletin that said
Myspace Secret Shows presents Motion City Soundtrack CD Release show
so im thinking thats awsome
then i keep reading and it says
IN NEW YORK CITY @ the KNITTING FACTORY (a well known venue for me, i like to go to a ton of the shows hosted there)
so at that point im excited
i keep reading and BOOM
FREE ADMISSION
i pretty much freaked out because, well i love them
i keep reading
and conveniently
its this tuesday (i found out sunday night)
so im in awe
of this show
until i realize
im still in high school
and i cant go to a show on a school night...
so im thinking
FUCK
how the hell am i supposed to go to this show
that will indeed blow me away!?
so i made some story up so i could get to the show
and my mom bought it
"Mom, I think the easiest way to explain the enormity of this band is that they are the next up and coming Beatles!"
not
true
(btw if any members of MCS or worshippers see this, remember that i love the band but they arent that big quite yet haha)
so its about 12:45 am
i have to get up in less than 8 hours
nearly 7 hoursw actually haha so i can take a train into nyc and stand in line
forever....
haha
im heading in with my friends
but ill have photos up by tommorow night im sure.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
on a side note
ill put up previous photos ive taken in the past from other concerts of bands including
Whole Wheat Bread
Patent Pending
Suburban Legends
The City Drive
No Use for a Name
Jet Lag Gemini
Music For Animals
The Mooney Suzuki
The Starting Line
Motion City Soundtrack
Some wise advice
after recieving some wise advice from two very informative adults i decided to blog and show myself through photos.
Im Sean
and im a photographer.
Im Sean
and im a photographer.
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