State Midnight Mass this Thursday

The State Midnight Mass is back for 2009, featuring the DJ skills of the State.ie massive, Loreana Rushe, Niamh of Ham Sandwich, Messiah J and Gav from Super Extra Bonus Party. There will also be the famous lucky CD dip on the night.

This year we’ll be teaming up with the good people from Love Music Hate Racism who’ll be looking to get you on board and maybe stick a couple of quid in their bucket. Come down, let us put faces to names, tell us what we did wrong (or right) this year and join us for the odd drink. The venue is Shebeen Chic on Great George’s Street and it all kicks off at 8.30pm and it’s FREE all night.

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*Updates*

Heading to ATP over in Minehead this weekend! Really looking forward to Papa M, Deerhoof, Fuck Buttons, Modest Mouse, Afrirampo, Beak> and The For Carnation. Should be a seriously awesome weekend. Just measured my hand luggage to make sure I don’t get fucked by Ryanair for extra charges.

I’m photographing The Richter Collective Christmas Party tonight featuring Adebisi Shank, Bats and more down in Twisted Pepper. Tomorrow night I’m djing in Kobra Bar at the UCD Conway Institute Christmas Party, so I expect loads of science nerds dancing to some 80s music! Haha!

Sonic Youth

Hollie’s Birthday Card

Really quick birthday card I made for Hollie for her 19th Birthday, loosely based on the monster I designed for Fight Like Apes- Lend Me Your Face single cover. Just used an edding pen and colour pencils because I was running to catch the last post before 5.30pm. Typical An Post didn’t deliever it on time anyways!

The Comic Cast Mixtape #2

Liam & Craig of The Comic Cast kindly invited me to co-present The Comic Cast Podcast Mixtape # 2. I had to pick 5 songs from comic-book, illustration and animation related movie soundtracks. I spoke about my choices and tried to be witty and hilarious inbetween the songs. Expect lots of laughter, mistakes and all round nerdiness!

Click here for all the info and linkage on The Comic Cast Website

www.TheComicCast.com

Atlas Sound

Click here for review at state.ie

Jay Reatard

Henparty in Connected Magazine

Photograph I took of the band Henparty in this month’s Connected Magazine.

http://www.myspace.com/henparty

*Updates*

My poor little car got vandalized on Halloween night so I decided to swap Dublin for Mayo to relax and clear the aul head! Went to visit my Mam for a few nights and helped out with her boutique called Kalora on Teeling street in Ballina. If anyone is ever around that area drop in and check out the clothes they are amazing.

I got offered the job of photo editor at state.ie, which I greatly accepted. I have worked with state as a photographer since they started out in 2007 so I am more than happy to take on this role. The lads at State have great plans for the future and I’m delighted to be part of the editorial team!

I got the prints back from Ian’s album shoot yesterday and they turned out alright, just a bit darker than I expected so need to do some touch ups on them in photoshop and lighten them out, but there’s a definite potential album cover shot which I’m happy enough with once I fiddle around with the images.

Just a reminder I’m djing at Cassette tonight with Vinny at 11pm in Wax on South William street and tomorrow night I do my first vinyl set in over a year down in the basement of Shebeen Chic opposite The George on Georges street. Expect lots of weird and wonderful music from the depths of my record collection. Should be an interesting night really looking forward to it!

Yo La Tengo

Click here for the review and photos at state.ie

Cassette Halloween

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Thomas and Vivienne

Whelans Fun(zo)

The Former Soviet Republic Album Shoot (Sneak Peak)

I was out at Ian’s house in Clane shooting the cover artwork for his forthcoming debut album as The Former Soviet Republic. I shot scenes from his bedroom and his front room on 120 Film and brought the digital as back up. Here are a couple of sneaky shots from the digital. I get the prints back next week so fingers crossed they turn out good!

This handsome aul doggo is Charlie, who belongs to Ian’s neighbour and sat very obediently for photos. I thought I’d get a nice portrait of him while he was being so good!

A small selection of some of Ian’s pedals he used to record with.

Cassette’s Thriller Night in Le Cool Magazine

Cassette’s First ever Halloween Party, Thriller Night is featured in this week’s LE COOL Magazine

The duo behind the Cassette club night in Spy may aswell dust down the ouija board, order some incontinence pants and call Yvette Fielding from Most Haunted Live as they prepare to resurrect the recenty deceased Wacko Jacko tonight. At five minutes to midnight, Cassette Djs Vinny and Loreana will be playing Thriller and they want as many people as possible to dress as zombies and come down for a zombie dance-off. Considering it’s the one video that most closely represents what Michael looks like right now (too soon?), we expect plenty of tongue-in-cheek costumes and gore galore. No tricks just pure treats. / Luka Scoones

CASSETTE AT WAX, SOUTH WILLIAM STREET

Free in before 10pm
Free into WAR upstairs in SPY
5 Euro before Midnight
10 Euro after Midnight

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*Updates*

Here’s a picture of a Frog we found while I was out shooting the album cover for Halves. We got the prints back and are really happy with them, but obviously cannot reveal the final results until the album is released. Looking forward to actually hearing the completed album and see the finished packaging. Halves are one of my favourite Irish bands, so I was honoured to work with them on their debut.

I was meant to shoot the cover of my friend Ian’s album, The Former Soviet Republic but the weather was too horrible we took a raincheck until next week.

Didn’t shoot any of the gigs at HWCH as I was working all weekend so I only got to check out the photography exhibition.

HWCH 2009 Photography Exhibition

The Hard Working Class Heroes Festival takes place this weekend around Dublin from Friday 16th til Sunday 18th October. This is my 5th year taking part in the exhibition (which i curated in 2007) and it’s being held in Filmbase, and the photographs are being projected into all the venues. If you’re heading to the festival come check out the exhibition, there are 59 other great photographers involved so its well worth viewing.

Cassette Launch this Friday

CASSETTE, Dublin’s only 80’s night worth going to launches on Friday 16th October in WAX (downstairs from SPY) on South William Street.
Resident Djs Vinny (Adebisi Shank/The Vinny Club) and Loreana (PANDAmonium!) play the best tunes from the decade including Pop, Dance, Synth, Indie, Power Ballads, Rock, New Wave, Hip-Hop and the down right Cheesy!

Free Stinger bars and Dance competitions on the night!

20 Euro Bucket of Corona all night!

Free in before 11pm
Free into WAR upstairs
7 Euro before Midnight
10 Euro after Midnight

Female Wanted

Looking for a female to pose in a photoshoot for a band this weekend. Any age and no experience required. Details of photoshoot available on request. No time wasters please. This is unpaid work but photos will be made available for portfolio and the end result of the shoot will be widely distributed.

Please mail if interested along with a recent photograph to myleftventricle@gmail.com

‘Look at this Fucking Hipster’ Book

My photos of Podge from Ham Sandwich are being printed in the ‘Look at this Fucking Hipster’ book!  He’ll be in there with BEANS!!!!

Click on the link below for the website

http://www.latfh.com/