personal experiences – Page 2 – Box of Fallen Leaves

IBTABA Nº 46 — Airfix Kits

ah! a new toy to try out. the Olympus EP-1 was released, and like all Mirrorless cameras since, it is great to put an adapter, and try out some lenses. at the time, the sensor was not great in low-light, but for some reason I wanted to try it— the results were very noisy, with…

IBTABA Nº 45 — Bill Callahan ( Smog )

In Nº 42, I mentioned that there was a “Set List Incident”, which was an innocent grab… which came to a plot twist at this gig. the gig, as the one in Nº 42, was excellent, and seeing it at a smaller club was great. the Set Lists are not that interesting, though there is…

IBTABA Nº 44 — Lumerians ( Luis Vasquez )

another “blind gig”, in that I had not heard any music from them before the gig. it was great. it was also not intentional to be on the right side by Luis Vasquez, who then went on to be (or already concurrently) the founding/main member of Soft Moon.

IBTABA Nº 43 — The Young Prism

opening band for Lumerians (Nº 44). a SF-based Shoegaze band, which is still active and have a facebook page [ link ]

IBTABA Nº 42 — Bill Callahan ( Smog )

another memorable Bill Callahan gig… whereby the album and the concert are complementary, though not quite as large a gap as the previous tour concerts with Jim White. this time, a more minimal band,consisting of Neal Morgan and Matt Kinsey and quite impressive in their performance of Apocalypse and the flavor it gave to his…

IBTABA Nº 41 — Crystal Stilts

(an alternate photo with Brad Hargett is posted to Instagram, doing the but the microphone is in focus thing… thus to be used later on a Essay post. )finally, a proper gig with Crystal Stilts. that first time was at a cafeteria, and this one was a proper club, with the fantastic second album being…

IBTABA Nº 40 — Sad Lovers and Giants ( Garçe Allard )

this was an epic gig. full stop, but I should really expand. first, musically, among my favorite bands, and I was finally able to catch them: so lucky to fly from San Francisco to Berlin. it was just fantastic, as any long time expectation (20+ years in the making). photographically, it was also the culmination,…

IBTABA Nº 39 — Spectrum ( Peter Kember / Sonic Boom )

an alternate— portrait style— will be posted to Instagram, but to make an appeal later under a Essay: Elements of Style post. a much anticipated show, and at a surprisingly small venue, but that afforded a great spot for photographing— noting that I pick a spot and stay put with no “I am a photographer,…

IBTABA Nº 38 — Low ( Alan Sparhawk )

my first concert for the “slowcore” genre— in which I did not get past Low and Bedhead (thereafter as The New Year) to sample the genre— and it was great. in a weird way, this concert felt more “Americana” in feel than with “Americana” styled groups. due to the side angle, it can be seen that…

IBTABA Nº 37 — winfred E. eye

not only were these series of concerts great, but it was very formative— as I can see from the photos taken. more importantly, was using Aaron as a portrait subject… and then the ability to be close enough to see how the “but the microphone is in focus” [ link ] approach. it would be…

IBTABA Nº 36 — Xiu Xiu

a memorable concert, in many ways: this also being the last time I caught them live. I hope that it can be rectified. this night was also unusual in that there were two concert… almost literally across the street was The National doing as small of a venue as they would in those days, and…

IBTABA Nº 35 — winfred E. eye ( Aaron Calvert )

an alternate is posted to Instagram [ link ]— in which it closes in on the aspect of it being a portrait, as opposed to a concert event. and yes, that is the key, and it would not be out of consideration, in hindsight due to this process, that the evolution was to go away…