CD Review: Or, The Whale by Or, The Whale

If popularity in the music industry was actually based on the quality of music, San Francisco’s Or, The Whale would be infiltrating everyone’s iPod and conquering the FM radio waves. Unfortunately that’s not the way the industry works. The assembled by way of Craigslist seven piece, Americana ensemble builds on the promise of their debut […]

(Photos and Review) KISW Holiday Hangover Le-Ball-Ski @Showbox Sodo

I had the gracious opportunity to shoot KISW’s annual Christmas show titled KISW Holiday Hangover Le-Ball-Ski, which took place at the Showbox Sodo. This year the station went balls to the wall and had a theme based on the 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, with many of the station jocks dressed as characters […]

Show Review & Photos: Deck the Hall Ball 2010

Deck the Hall Ball, the annual holiday concert event put on by 107.7 The End, happened last Wednesday at WaMu Theater, featuring Broken Bells and The Black Keys as the headlining acts, and special appearances by The Presidents of the United State of America and Santa and Jesus. The full evening of music kicked off […]

Interview: Jade Esteban Estrada

I had the gracious opportunity to interview comedian/singer Jade Esteban Estrada while he was on tour through the pacific northwest. A little backstory; while I was a theatre/communications student at Yakima Valley Community College, I had taken one of his acting workshops, and learned a great deal from him. Jade had made a stop in […]