11.24.07

I don't even know how to begin
a post like this. Today I lost a friend of mine. Casey Calvert of Hawthorne Heights passed away.

When I heard this today I was completely floored, actually paralyzed. I thought it was some sort of really sick joke. But unfortunately a started getting a barrage of phone calls about it, and it was confirmed.

I've always loved all the boys in Hawthorne, always kind, always going out of their way for people. I've never known a band to do so much to help people out. I don't know how to really express all that I feel for the guys, but I really owe them quite a bit. Not alot of people know this, but Hawthorne really was one of the first really large bands that I was asked to shoot for. They were amazingly kind, and from that day stayed in touch with me and gave me numerous opportunities to shoot for them all around the country. When any other band in a position like theres would have probably gone off to use a more popular or seasoned photographer, they took a chance on a new young up and comer. I'll never forget all the times hanging out with the guys and shooting them. I owe them all so much, and I don't even know how to express what I am feeling right now about this loss. He was an amazing guy.

08.25.07

So today is the last day of the Warped Tour. The Warped tour and I have this love hate relationship. It's super hot, muggy and dirty, but every year, it calls me back. It really is a city of like a thousand people that moves it's location everyday. So you really grow close to some people and have some really great times. But, I'm glad it it's over, so I can recover for next year.

A good friend of mine, and friend of the arts, Marsea Goldberg is haveing an art opening at her gallery today that I wish I could go to featuring the work of the artist Bast. All of Marsea's shows at the New Image Art gallery are great, and the bad part of all the traveling that I have been doing is that I miss her shows. I already blew it big time when I missed out when Herbert Baglione showed there. I saw the work from that show, and it was really amazing. I'm super bummed that I'm going to miss this opening to, I really need to take some time off so I can go out and do all the things I use to do for fun. I really miss the gallery.