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Lee “Scratch” Perry had a recent part on the big screen with ‘MARLEY’ hitting indie theaters everywhere, and for those around the District, he was at the State Theater in Falls Church last Wednesday night. For me, he’s the subject of one of my favorite backstage portraits. It was at the 9:30 Club a few years [...]
During the early days of the .COM boom, there was no shortage of odd domain names. In this particular instance from Santa Monica, CA, a couple of homeless fellows took a wry cue from the inflated tech world. Having been part of a number of startups (the most recent being that little $2B startup [...]
The Washington Post made a call for graffiti photos from around the world, so I dug this one up from the Casco Viejo neighborhood of Panama City. It definitely qualifies as a worldly graffiti shot, but the back story is fun, too. My wife Stacey and I had been wandering through the very-old neighborhood of [...]
When doing technical work, the more I can dedicate a particular tool to a particular job, the fewer mistakes I make with the technology itself. This goes for soft technology like macros in Excel or pre-sets in Lightroom or Compressor, or even which settings in an iPhone app to use, as well as the settings [...]
While shooting Earthdance this past year, I was blown away by Beats Antique for the first time–Wednesday night was the second time, in as many shows! David Satori, Tommy Cappel, and Zoe Jakes brought the house down with an intricate weaving of belly and tribal dance / performance art with drum kits, banjo, fiddle, triggered sounds, vocal [...]
(Empresarios press shot, February, 2011) Another motion picture, this one’s from April 23, 2011, of The Empresarios performing — “La Nota” live at Artisphere! For more videos, hit http://vimeo.com/jessejustice!
(See-I promo shot, February, 2011) I’ve been shooting and editing video lately–here’s one from last month of See-I performing “The Punanny Song” at Eighteenth Street Lounge! For more videos, hit http://vimeo.com/jessejustice!
I’ve been shooting promo and art work for Bobby “BobbyT” Thompson for quite a while now, and he’s got a new album out that’s cloaked in JJP work. Here are a few to enjoy: First, here’s the flagship image from the recent album art shoot for “By the Hand” that’s out TODAY Second, from a [...]
It’s never easy to expand your repertoire–much less, to do it in front of 100 friends, family, supporters, and critics. On Saturday night, at Montserrat House in the District, Frank Mitchell Jr. successfully demonstrated that, in addition to being a world-class saxophonist, he’s a crooner, an ensemble leader, and an all-around cool cat. You may [...]
I shot Leeds-born, L.A.-anchored New Mastersounds for the first time in 2009 at the State Theater in VA, and I was immediately mesmerized by the quartet. Yes, Eddie Roberts’ guitar and vocals are driven, sweetly vicious, lilting, inspired. Yes, Simon Allen’s drums are steady thunder and waves. Yes, Pete Shand’s bass is a silky, deep, liquid [...]
Well, it was Bob Marley day this past Sunday, so I spent some time putting together a little mashup gallery of my favorite funk-ridden, soul-driven, roots reggae band, See-I! Lead singers Zeebo and Rootz hold down a weekly residence called Rockers International (Live and Direct Reggae in the Gold Room–a.k.a. “church”!) at the Eighteenth Street Lounge. [...]
Last Thursday Jamie Foxx came by Perf 1 (in SiriusXM’s 1500 Eckington facility) to talk about life, music, and his latest album “Best Night of My Life”. R&B singer Tank (old friend of Jamie’s) was in the house to do the interview for a studio audience which consisted of SiriusXM employees, the usual visitor suspects, and [...]
On Saturday night, Artisphere hosted Fort Knox Five for a great party to close out the Thanksgiving weekend. Artisphere is Arlington Arts‘ new art space with three theatres, three galleries, a ballroom, and and outdoor terrace. FK5 played in the ballroom and took advantage of two huge overhead screens for visual fun. Here they are [...]
Washington, DC, November 3, 2010 - Rex Riddem opened for the SOLD-OUT Bassnectar show at the 930 Club last Wednesday–WHAT A SHOW! The crowd piled in quickly, and Rex brought up the temperature with a cool DJ set, dropping classics spiced with pre-release joints off of Thunderball‘s ”12 Mile High”, just released yesterday. Now, for a little [...]
Fotoweek DC’s NightVisions “Portrait in the Night” event was last night. Given Thunderball, Pretty Lights, Rex Riddem, Emancipator, Bassnector, a promo shoot for BobbyT, and finishing my tardy Earthdance set, I was trying to go for minimalistic. Got pretty close. Last night’s shoot was cold and late at night, and involved Sara–method acting the raccoon [...]
Thunderball amped up a huge Bourbon Street Ballroom crowd last night in Baltimore, opening for Pretty Lights (tour!). Check out the crowd going nuts in front of Mustafa! Rex, holding down the congas… Mustafa and the crowd again! Here’s a little music-chiaroscuro fun, thanks to the heavy-duty LEDs of Pretty Lights… Finally, click through Steve to [...]
Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert brought hundreds of thousands of ralliers to the National Mall here in Washington, DC, for for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. Although the actual person count was as elusive as a cohesive message, the crowds were substantial enough to cause the police to climb towers and the ralliers [...]
From the Nappy Riddem archive: Rex doing a DJ set at the G40 Summit last March, complete with burlesque models… Nappy Riddem was assembling… Mustabar, with one of the models: Nappy Riddem then performed a live show–check the gallery (gallery page or either of the above image pages) for more images of Rex, Mustafa, and [...]
John Forté (Fugees/Refugee Camp All-Stars) came over to the studio last Fall for a promo shoot, and we had a great time. A good singer-songwriter’s emotions come through their music and touch you a little. John’s words grab you in the chest, and squeeze… and when they let go, you feel true relief, and maybe [...]
So, I’ve known of Bob Edwards for some time. I grew up listening to him on NPR, while my mom and I roared over suburban New York roads in a gigantic, baby blue Caddy with white vinyl top. When he came to XM years ago, in the days when XM was young, I was thrilled! [...]