On top of that, she brought out a local music ensemble group as the lead off set – Sintonía, followed by her billed opener, Geese, and then one of her accompanying musicians, gave the final lead in set to hers, Ben Christophers…and of course then it was Imogen herself, in all of her lanky, prancing, crazy haired madness…incuding in much of her set, supporting instrumentation, etc from the openers on stage again. All this to a packed theatre at the Paramount…loved this show…

Photos of Imogen on SoundSpike.com – http://soundspike.com/photos/?p=Imogen

Some of my faves of the night…

A few from the openers…
Ben Christophers –

Geese –

Sintonía –

The rest of the set here –
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On top of that, she brought out a local music ensemble group as the lead off set – Sintonía, followed by her billed opener, Geese, and then one of her accompanying musicians, gave the final lead in set to hers, Ben Christophers…and of course then it was Imogen herself, in all of her lanky, prancing, crazy haired madness…incuding in much of her set, supporting instrumentation, etc from the openers on stage again. All this to a packed theatre at the Paramount…loved this show…

Photos of Imogen on SoundSpike.com – http://soundspike.com/photos/?p=Imogen

Some of my faves of the night…

A few from the openers…
Ben Christophers –

Geese –

Sintonía –

The rest of the set here –
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This was also the swan song for my little rebel last week – which has worked tirelessly for me taking pictures where it was consistently outclassed by photographers around us…I think we did some pretty good work together…

So cheers…I raise my glass to my palm sized work horse…and to Ms Corinne Bailey Rae…who was simply gorgeous.

On LiveDaily – http://www.livedaily.com/photos/?p=Corinne%20Bailey%20Rae

Some of my favorite images from the night –

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Full set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157623844554478/show/

This was also the swan song for my little rebel last week – which has worked tirelessly for me taking pictures where it was consistently outclassed by photographers around us…I think we did some pretty good work together…

So cheers…I raise my glass to my palm sized work horse…and to Ms Corinne Bailey Rae…who was simply gorgeous.

On LiveDaily – http://www.livedaily.com/photos/?p=Corinne%20Bailey%20Rae

Some of my favorite images from the night –

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Full set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157623844554478/show/

Visual Highlights were probably provided by all the of the crowd interaction between the two bands, Phoenix, and 30 Seconds to Mars, via their leads…

The latter, seems to be a bit, how shall I say, much critisized, likely due to their overly accessible music, and movie star lead, Jared Leto. Here’s my take on that… The music, was good…it wasn’t edgy, and it wasn’t classic, but it was pleasant…and well, accessible will be successful, if not fully appreciated by the more than a bit critical musical ears, especially in Seattle…And the “rock star” moves, playing and bantering to the crowd, as well, was much poo-poo’d by several bloggers and tweets… Well as a photographer, the lens loved the playing to the crowd, and as evidenced in the images, the crowd loved it right back…I guess the people in front were less picky about the depth of the tunes? Regardless, Leto put it all out there, he is very good looking and mugged for the more than full photo pit and masses of fans… Some said, well, he is just “acting” the rock star…Note – he is not that good of an actor! lol. I think he may have found his true calling on stage. His definitely movie star good looks as well as his ease and accessiblity in his performance are pretty darned compelling. Like his music, or not… It did not make my ears bleed, so for me, it was all good…because, well as long as you bring me the rock star in the images, I am a fan! Oh and his eyes are so blue, they glow, even from far away~

Musically, Metric and Phoenix were my faves. Image wise, Leto aside, my fave shots were of the redhead that fronted the local opener of the show, Visqueen. Curly red flying hair…gorgeous.

Muse, the headliners delivered the close of the show that had been building in the final 5th hour. For those that left half way through the show…I still stand perplexed. But to each their own. I am an observer, and if I see the crowd responding, that will always influence how I remember a show…There is an engergy that flows between the stage and crowd…if it’s there, I am always impressed, whether or not, the tunes will ever flow through my own headphones…

A selection of images are posted on Live Daily Gallery Spotlight – (*no longer active link*)
http://livedaily.com/news/107-7-the-end-s-quot-deck-the-hall-ball-quot-gallery-spotlight-seattle-wa-dec-15-2009-21003.html

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Flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622886878159/show/

Visual Highlights were probably provided by all the of the crowd interaction between the two bands, Phoenix, and 30 Seconds to Mars, via their leads…

The latter, seems to be a bit, how shall I say, much critisized, likely due to their overly accessible music, and movie star lead, Jared Leto. Here’s my take on that… The music, was good…it wasn’t edgy, and it wasn’t classic, but it was pleasant…and well, accessible will be successful, if not fully appreciated by the more than a bit critical musical ears, especially in Seattle…And the “rock star” moves, playing and bantering to the crowd, as well, was much poo-poo’d by several bloggers and tweets… Well as a photographer, the lens loved the playing to the crowd, and as evidenced in the images, the crowd loved it right back…I guess the people in front were less picky about the depth of the tunes? Regardless, Leto put it all out there, he is very good looking and mugged for the more than full photo pit and masses of fans… Some said, well, he is just “acting” the rock star…Note – he is not that good of an actor! lol. I think he may have found his true calling on stage. His definitely movie star good looks as well as his ease and accessiblity in his performance are pretty darned compelling. Like his music, or not… It did not make my ears bleed, so for me, it was all good…because, well as long as you bring me the rock star in the images, I am a fan! Oh and his eyes are so blue, they glow, even from far away~

Musically, Metric and Phoenix were my faves. Image wise, Leto aside, my fave shots were of the redhead that fronted the local opener of the show, Visqueen. Curly red flying hair…gorgeous.

Muse, the headliners delivered the close of the show that had been building in the final 5th hour. For those that left half way through the show…I still stand perplexed. But to each their own. I am an observer, and if I see the crowd responding, that will always influence how I remember a show…There is an engergy that flows between the stage and crowd…if it’s there, I am always impressed, whether or not, the tunes will ever flow through my own headphones…

A selection of images are posted on Live Daily Gallery Spotlight –
http://livedaily.com/news/107-7-the-end-s-quot-deck-the-hall-ball-quot-gallery-spotlight-seattle-wa-dec-15-2009-21003.html

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Flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622886878159/show/

They were the first opener for the Sounds ahead of Semi Precious Weapons at the Showbox here in Seattle this past October 27th…

A quirky fun group, full of humor and energy…and having the absolute best time on stage.

I shot both the opening sets(didn’t shoot the Sounds – but probably should have – hindsight!) and treated them both with a high contrast black and white in post…

I just got to the Foxy set last night, and really am liking what I somehow got despite difficult light…they are fun, striking and charismatic…

Have a look…

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Flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622662901203/detail/

For more on Foxy Shazam – www.myspace.com/foxyshazam

Mudhoney tomorrow night…and going to Kiss – just for fun, not shooting, on Sunday…then off to Philly for the holiday…
xoxo

They were the first opener for the Sounds ahead of Semi Precious Weapons at the Showbox here in Seattle this past October 27th…

A quirky fun group, full of humor and energy…and having the absolute best time on stage.

I shot both the opening sets(didn’t shoot the Sounds – but probably should have – hindsight!) and treated them both with a high contrast black and white in post…

I just got to the Foxy set last night, and really am liking what I somehow got despite difficult light…they are fun, striking and charismatic…

Have a look…

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Flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622662901203/detail/

For more on Foxy Shazam – www.myspace.com/foxyshazam

Mudhoney tomorrow night…and going to Kiss – just for fun, not shooting, on Sunday…then off to Philly for the holiday…

xoxo

Take a look…

Gallery Spotlight on LiveDaily.com – http://www.livedaily.com/news/mika-gallery-spotlight-seattle-wa-oct-26-2009-20533.html

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flickr slideshow – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622568724251/show/

For more on Mika
http://www.mikasounds.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mikamyspace
http://twitter.com/mikasounds

Last Tuesday, the night before I escaped for a week, I got to see, and photograph the band as they kick off their tour, supporting their new CD – Save Me San Francisco…Sounded great, looked great…was a great shoot. You never would have known, had they not told us, how sick Pat was…he was like, we cancelled last shows, and they ended up cancelling the next night in PDX, but he was like, we couldn’t cancel at home…as he harks partially from here…there were tons of local fans…everyone was super excited, most up front in the pit area had VIP passes that would earn them a Meet and Greet post show …the fans were really excited, and I can see why. There is something inherently real and authentic about this band.

Anywho, their new CD drops this week…pick it up…

A selection of the images are on Spotlight on LiveDaily.com –
http://livedaily.com/news/train-gallery-spotlight-seattle-wa-oct-20-2009-20487.html

Here’s some of my faves…even under the weather, Pat looks pretty good, just sayin;)

Full set on flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/emswazzu/sets/72157622670469296/detail/

…shooting Mika tonight, and SPW again, tomorrow, so many more images to come…along w/a special collection of Fall colors to be blogged later tonight;)