she looked right at me!

Sheryl Crow and John Mayer were at Shoreline last week. Andrea and I grabbed some seats in the fifth row to watch Sheryl's set. (Membership does have its privileges afterall). Anyway -- when Sheryl sang 'Steve McQueen' she looked right at me! We locked eyes for a moment. I'm sure of it! I now have a new favorite Sheryl Crow song :)

download festival at shoreline

Beck headlines the Download Festival this year. He had a puppet show happening in the middle of the stage during the performance. There was a puppet representing each band member. The puppet show mimicked exactly what the live band was doing. It was fabulous!
















Beck's puppets in action.

Other bands on the stage for the festival included The Shins, Muse, Yeah Yeah Yeah's and TV on the Radio and straight from Monterrey Mexico -- Kinky! They (Kinky) totally rocked the second stage and TV on the Radio is definitely worth a listen.

Check them out:
http://www.amazon.com/Kinky/dp/B00006314Y
http://www.tvontheradio.com/

cones of september

at the baylands (that's shoreline amphitheatre in the distance).

along the baylands trails.

dave matthews at shoreline

here's a picture of dave matthews when he was at shoreline a couple of weeks ago -- or maybe should i say a "picture of a video of dave..." i have a video monitor in my shoreline office and can watch the show from there when i want to.

natalya's first week of school

ready for her first day of school!
(yes. she's wearing purple socks
and that is a barbie doll .)






















talya's shoes: after first day of school

















talya's shoes: after second day of school

















talya's shoes: after third day of school

random but meaningful

a sign of the times...

my favorite new shirt (great for shoreline shows)

dancing with natalya

cone fest

My obsession with cones (pylons) continues. Here are some recent pics.

kitsch klub gathering

I spent saturday afternoon with my buddies from art school. we call ourselves the 'kitsch klub' (long story). our assignment for this meeting was to create a self-portrait. we then exchanged them randomly. i did a self-portrait in dryer lint. kim is now the proud owner of it.





















renee and kim are comparing salt packaging. renee is holding a really cool plastic pouch with a spout for pouring the salt. and -- this salt package had a great story on it about where the salt came from (something about ancient sea beds). i guess you know which one i liked the best.
















kim just bought a new Mac that has an application on it called Photo Booth. we had fun playing with it!

Sounds of the Underground

Lots of people have asked me what I’ve been up to this summer. So -- I thought I’d give you a taste of a recent day at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The event is called “Sounds of the Underground”. It’s a day full of heavy metal and speed metal bands. Rock on!
















My pals Dave and Norma who work in the front office at Shoreline. They’re doing the heavy metal salute.
















This is a band from Poland called "Behemoth". They have the KISS make-up thing going on -- that's so 80's isn't it? By the way, I'm usually standing in front of the stage with the guys in the blue shirts. This is where I keep an eye on the photographers for the first three songs of each act.

















There's the heavy metal salute again. And it's a good thing I got the memo about wearing black to Shoreline that day.


















Ahh. Another 14 hour day at Shoreline comes to an end. This is the last band on the Sounds of the Underground line-up. They're called "As I Lay Dying". Catchy isn't it?