Ok, I won't list any of my friend's bands because if I list one, I have to list them all... and that's a LOT!!
The Jesus Lizard - Refused - Clutch - Dead Kennedys - NoMeansNo - Barkmarket - Voivod - Neurosis - The Pixies - Nick Cave - Tom Waits - Willie Dixon - Howlin' Wolf - R.L. Burnside - The White Stripes - Ani Difranco - The Goats - KRS-One - and thousands more!!!
Heroes
I admire people who speak their mind. On that note, I'll say George Carlin and Bill Hicks.
The Halifax Skateboard Coalition hosted a
skateboard art auction on Fri. June 22 at Argyle Fine Art Gallery (1869 Upper Water St.)
and I was one of the featured artists. All of the
funds raised went to running the new Halifax Skatepark!!
Here's a look at the deck I did.
It's quite a departure from the photos of
hairy sweaty band dudes I'm generally known for!
You've all seen those photos where the band lines up in front of a brick wall. Then the singer looks thoughtfully in the distance as though he is pondering whether or not he left the iron on. Yeah, I didn't shoot those!
Some of the fine folks crazy enough to work with me are: The Novaks - CD design, CD & press photos Matt Mays and El Torpedo - CD & press photos Joel Plaskett - Live & press photos & New Years poster design Wintersleep - Press photos Dunane Andrews - CD & press photos Patrick Boyle - CD & web design, CD & press photos Two Hours Traffic - Press photos Mardeen - Press photos Bucket Truck - CD photos Pogey - CD & live photos Jill Porter - Press photos Jolene & Sharlene Keats - Press photos Junofest 2006 - Ads, banners, t-shirts, posters, postcards, etc. EXCLAIM - Pop Explosion photos The Coast - Pearl Jam, Slayer photos & more Music Nova Scotia - Photos for website, brochures, posters, etc MusicNL - Website design Musicstop - Tradeshow photos Oxfam - Concert for Asia photos
To date I have had photos published in:
- American Photo
- Billboard
- Exclaim
- Chart
- Gasoline Magazine
- The Coast
- Halifax Magazine
- HFX
- The Independent
- The Newfoundland Herald
- The Evening Telegram
- Current
- The Gazzette
- and many more I'll never see
Who I'd like to meet:
I'm looking for anyone who doesn't live their life vicariously through Paris Hilton! Bring it on if you're a musician, photographer, film maker, comedian, dancer or anyone else who is interested in creating culture and living life.
Chris - saw a lot of great Halifax friends at NXNE and it reminded me how much better it would have been if you had been here. We should do it soon - bring Toronto a little more Funk Factor.
IndieCan is NXNE for those who couldn't be there - two one hour radio shows of us on the streets of Toronto with industry, artists observations and some of the newest CDs that made our A-list this fine week in T.Dot.
Oh, and now I am in the UK. See... I can do this: £
Can't do that on my home computer.
£ for £ IndieCan loves ya, Chris!!!
Joe C host IndieCan Radio www.indiecan.com info@indiecan.com
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
Hi Chris!! Some party animal with the worlds biggest mouth told me that it's a extra special day for you. SOOOOO, I thought I'd drop by before my memory loss kicks in and wish you a HAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPYYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
May it be the best day of the year for you!!!! Don't forget to have a HUGE and WILD party!!! OH!!!! Don't over do it on the fun though or you might be hurting the next day....trust me on that one!!! lol
Let me know how everything goes after you recover from all the excitement....I would love to hear from you!!!
And again.....HAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPYYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
Hey Chris! How are you these days? I just wanted to swing by like a monkey in the zoo on display and come say hi...maybe give a song and dance as well.. I mean, what is better than that? Well there are many things that are but hey i can't be the best thing in everyone’s life all the time. lol. I am not here to just promote a band, but i am here to get to know you because it is more than just the music...if that makes sense to you. lol. I sometimes make no sense!! Oh well!!! But i love having friends and getting to know them.... I hope you are excited that spring is here? I am because I want to set myself free and run through the neighbourhood gardens!!!!! But i am sure no one will be happy with me!!! lol.
Anyways, i hop everything is going well for you!!! Take care and i look forward to hearing from you!!!
