Back to the grind....

Cedar Shoals' senior Taylor Davis on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

Well i didn't get to be the one who went to the NCAA tourney and watch Georgia run out of gas in the second half, but I've been dropped back into the daily grind and did a couple of sportraits, one afternoon of court and the glory of watching the NCAA tourney with some fans at a local bar.

After this past weekend, it's hard comming back to the same ol, same ol.

So here's some pictures.




Sophomore Sarah Morton yells in disgust as Corey Butler misses a free throw with a minute to go in the game while fans watch Georgia lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament 73-61 to Xavier on Thursday, March 20, 2008 in Athens.



First baseman Rich Poythress and second baseman Michael Demperio on Thursday, March 20, 2008 in Athens.

.... Learning to Dance for Flannigan's Ball

Al Barr.

Holy S! Now that's a show. Last night's St. Pats Day show was the best Murphy's show I've seen. Just a great time, great crowd, great energy.

Shout outs to Sarah from Ashburn & her sister, Jessica from Alaska and her friend from Montana.

Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins was in attendance, along with fellow Bruin Shawn Thorton. Lucic reminds of Rick Toccett and if you haven't seen him beat the holy heck out of anyone, go see some of his fights here. And Thorton had a really nice fight against Riley Cote of the Flyers this weekend, which i got to see in person. See that here.

People who really need thanks - Evan, Dianne, Woody, Dave with Ketchabrick, Dave at the Door, the Throat, Judd, the Paradise staff and bartenders. Also Halley and Chris of the Brighton Academy.

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone.



Tim Brennan.



Ken Casey and Scruffy Wallace. (Wallace was wearing an Andrew Ferrance Jersey)



Ken Casey ventures out into the crowd.



Tim Brennan, Jeff DaRosa and Scruffy Wallace.

Random.

Okay Kids. More Murphys photos Tomorrow. Sleep calls and i am too bloody tired to edit.

Incredible show, best one i've seen by the Murphys yet.

Random answers to questions from tonight:

-No, I don't know the band.

-Yes, it is a VIP pass. No, i can't get you one.

-Really, if pouty eyes from my fiancee doesn't work, what chance do you think you have?

-Yes, it is a nice camera.

100th Post: Dropkick Murphys in Paradise

Ken Casey leans out to the crowd.

Wow.... its been 100 posts now. So lets kick it off right with tonight's Murphys show here on St. Pats Weekend at the Paradise Rock Club. For those keeping score, this is show 4 of 5 for this weekend as well as a WBCN live performance AND this morning's annual St. Pats breakfast. I thought *I* was tired.

A shout out to the 3 Murphys fans from Chicago at the Bull and Finch Pub (or Cheers Beacon Hill if you will) as well as Darrell from Roanoke and Allison(?) from Winchester and the newlyweds from FDNY and his NYPD buddy who joined us on the balcony. (And Renee's sister. Hi Renee's sister.)

More photos will be on the DKM Website at some point in the future.

Observations:

- Marc Orell was in attendance. He is now playing in "Gimmie Danger." (I have no information on them whatsoever beyond that, so don't ask me.)

- Line of the night goes to some blonde lady who walked up to Ken Casey in the hallway and said "... and who are you again? What do you do with the band?" I fell on the floor laughing at that one.

- The Paradise Rock Club is pretty small. Decent light but SMALL. About 650 for a capacity. Fans were not allowed on stage during "Kiss Me, I'm S$%#faced" or "Skinhead on the MBTA." Something about the fire code i think but I'm not 100% sure. Either way, i wasn't even allowed behind the baracade to shoot, but it was small enough that there's no bad view of the stage. I pretty much stuck to one spot in the balcony. Tomorrow i plan on shooting from somewhere else. Since its so small, i really cant shoot from up front, which is what i really like doing.

... And there are loud, drunk people and loud, drunk giggles emminating from the other side of that wall here in my hotel.



Stephanie Dougherty and Ken Casey sing.



My apologies to the two kids from the Berklee College of Music who are playing the strings in this photo. I have no idea who you are, but a punk band with a string section? Halley Feaster, left, and Chris Baum, join Dropkick Murphys on stage.



A random crowd surfer during the show.



Ken Casey at the end of the show.

Boston Part 1.....

The flight was bumpy. Delta wouldn't let us upgrade our tickets because they are class"U" which seems to stand for "U go and F yourself." The air mattress flight attendant was rude, because i took longer than 10 seconds to decide between yuckie cracker or yuckie granola bars. The other one was irked that i asked for a whole can of ginger ale to settle my stomach.

Met a former chemist as a cab driver who was laid off on his 55th birthday by his company because the shoe company he worked for was in cost cutting mode. I tipped him well.

Well, we spent our first night here checking out a restaurant called fire and ice, which was entertaining as well as a nifty little stroll down to Boston Common. The food was good but our waiter sucked. Thats why he got 10% instead of 20%. When i have to go ASK for silverware, then you've got a problem. I guess he was too busy trying to keep his big tables of kids happy.

Today, we took in an impromptu hockey game. Flyers were in town. Boston won, 3-2 (OT) and i got a nice green hat as part of a giveaway. First pro sporting event I've gone to without a camera for years.

Here's some pictures from the stroll and Trinity Church, which is across the street from the hotel.

You Can Fly!!!!!

There's a local performance of Peter Pan and last week i went and photographed the flight lessons. Interesting stuff. Stage lights helped.








23 hours till i leave for Boston.....

Its all Dan Warren's Fault.....

Two years back, my friend Dan convinced me to go see the Murphys for the first time. I'd always heard of them but didn't own any of their music. I first heard them my senior year in college on an Epitaph compilation CD that featured "Heros From Our Past" and that song always stuck with me. So we went to the show, i was blown away and then some. Fast-forward two years, four shows and a thousand pictures later..... We end up with this:




Huge Gatefold Spread inside the album. The Art direction was done by Joseph Gloosian. Looks #^%@ing great! I really like the way it was kept as B&W.









So Dan, Its all your fault. =D My first actual album photography. F*&@#'n A.