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Ruckus Roboticus' "Take Me to a Disco" Video Shoot: Behind the Scenes

2011-11-27T01:48:00.000-05:00

Ruckus Roboticus recently asked me to join him at the shoot for his upcoming music video for his song "Take Me to a Disco". I took quite a few behind-the-scenes photos, many of which I still need to edit.

Here, however, is a quick shot from about 3/4 of the way through the day.

That's Ruckus Roboticus in the middle, with the robot head, and the director is on the right, doing a bit of, well... directing. :)

Some of the photos turned out great; I'll share them when I'm allowed.

Mehrangarh Fort

2011-04-16T18:47:00.001-04:00

In early March, I went to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, on a clinic visit with the charity OneSight, to give out glasses to those who couldn't afford them.

On one of our free days, we went to Mehrangarh Fort. Here are a couple of my faves from the fort. You can csatch the rest in the flickr set from my India trip.

This is the view of Jodhpur from the fort.

This is Anton viewing a couple of the guns at the fort. I particularly like this one.

Here are a couple of our team members, far enough ahead of us on the tour that they were on a different level of the fort.

This dude had a sweet mutsache.

The fort from outside.

2007-05-10: Ruckus Roboticus

2010-10-09T23:17:00.002-04:00

A few more here.

Catch a Flash in Action

2010-10-09T23:10:00.000-04:00

Ran across this pic from a few years ago. It's from a Ruckus Roboticus gig (that's him far right), and I caught a flash in action. Pretty neat.

Some of My Favorite Pics of 2009

2009-12-29T18:27:00.002-05:00

In 2009 photography took a big step back for me, as I'd gotten a bit burnt out after snapping a dozen parties' worth of Juke pics, plus a ton of other stuff. However, I thought I should go through and grab my favorite pics from this year, just to maybe inspire myself to get back into it in oh-ten.

So here they are, in no particular order. I should say that some of these pics here because they are faves and not necessarily because they are the best quality. There were some good times around these pictures.

And yeah, the Pris logo is a bit much, sorry. I need to go back and replace those with logo-less versions. Oh well.

Evan Scott

Pris

Special J, of 2 Skinnee J's

Sunn O)))

Lady Foursquare

Irene Moon

Sean, a.k.a. Scary, of Black Signal

Love Between Equals

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Jen and Kelly

The Wall of White People's Names

Sun

Love Between Equals

Matt, of Black Signal

Three-Legged Race

KFrey

Gizzmo

Kool Disko Kurt

Trustus 2.0 Pics

2009-12-13T23:07:00.001-05:00

I caught the second installment of Trustus in Louisville last weekend (12/5). Here are some of the best of my photos from the night.

Kool Disko Kurt

Lady Foursquare advance prep

Lady Foursquare

Local Hero

Chrissy Murderbot

Thunderous Olympian

When I upload more, they'll be over at flickr.

Irene Moon

2009-11-01T13:38:00.003-05:00

I just got a chance to upload some new photos, including a handful from Irene Moon's recent Cincinnati show.

(head to flickr for more)

Also, check out a hilariously lame review of the show. Note the comments especially. :)

NYC & 2SJ

2009-09-04T17:00:00.000-04:00

I went to NYC last week to catch the premiere of Get in the Van, the documentary on the reunion tour of the 2 Skinnee J's, an excellent band and personal friends of mine. I only got a few snaps from the premiere, though, since I was more focused on the film. Here's one from the Q&A:

While I was there, I was able to attend a semi-exclusive recording of a live, acoustic set the band did for Raw Dog on Sirius XM. I'm not sure when it will air, but I did manage to get quite a few good pics. The whole set is on flickr, but here are a couple of my favorites.

This was the first time I really got to use my new lens. I like it!

2009-07-12: Sunn O)))

2009-07-12T21:28:00.001-04:00

I didn't want to let my photo blog miss out on my Sunn O))) pics, especially since I've gotten quite a few compliments on them. They were taken with my Canon SD750 point & shoot (and a couple in the flickr set are from my Treo).

2009-06-27: Pris Prom

2009-06-27T21:36:00.001-04:00

We at Pris decided to team up with RaceCarProductions (which a lot of us are involved with) to present Prom for 2009. Here are a couple snaps (courtesy the Nikon D50); more at flickr.

2009-05-13: Shark Shark

2009-05-13T20:50:00.000-04:00

shark shark, originally uploaded by DJ Empirical.

hit up the Newport Aquarium. got some pictures of sharks.

2009-02-08: Black Signal recording session

2009-02-08T23:25:00.002-05:00

2008-10-17: Virago & stAllio! feeding each other cake

2008-10-17T23:06:00.000-04:00

Virago & stAllio! feeding each other cake, originally uploaded by DJ Empirical.

this was really the only good picture i got; the ceremony was short, and we were late due to traffic.

2008-10-17: Sir Vixx

2008-10-17T00:11:00.001-04:00

Sir Vixx, at stAllio!'s wedding party.

2008-09-20: Into the Darkness

2008-09-23T10:06:00.004-04:00

I didn't bring along my good camera (the Nikon D50), but i usually have my p&s (Canon SD750), so i was able to grab a couple ok photos, plus a couple vids.

Here's Kyle Geiger spinning some techno:

2008-09-20: Kyle Geiger from dj empirical on Vimeo.

and here's a still pic of Kyle:

Here's Shiva spinning some garage-y dubstep:

and here's a still photo:

a couple more pics from this night over on flickr.

2008-08-16: Punisher

2008-08-16T23:01:00.000-04:00

IMG_0551, originally uploaded by DJ Empirical.

Punisher did a live PA at Mad Frog in Cincinnati. I think she brought the entire Electribe line.

A few more pics here.

2008-08-10: 2 Skinnee J's @ Irving Plaza, Update

2008-08-10T21:00:00.001-04:00

I made it through the rest of the photos from the show itself. A few are below, the rest on flickr.

Stevie Spice

Special J & Stevie Spice

Lee tunes up Eddie's bass before the encore

Joel laying it down

B.A. jockeying the video

I've still got a ton of pics from the Meet & Greet and the green room afterwards. Watch this space. :)

2008-08-10: 2 Skinnee J's @ Irving Plaza

2008-08-10T20:10:00.000-04:00

Here they are: pics from what's possibly (and probably) the last 2 Skinnee J's show.

I still have tons more, but I wanted to get a few up now:

Many many more to come, but you can check them all out over on my flickr account.

2008-08-10: Tragedy, A Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees

2008-08-10T20:00:00.000-04:00

When I hit the (last?) 2 Skinnee J's show at Irving Plaza in NYC, I wasn't expecting that the opening band, Tragedy, would be good. Boy, was I wrong.

Here are a couple snaps:

One cool thing about then was that they had a sign language interpreter:

What better excuse do i need to make an animate gif?

Check the rest of my pics from their set out on my flickr account.

2008-08-08: Jubilee @ RowdyNYC

2008-08-08T23:26:00.001-04:00

We got to Rowdy late, so we only caught Jubilee's set, but it was killer nonetheless!

Big ups to Secret Agent Gel for having us!

Catch the rest of the pics over on flickr. Catch a short vid of Jubilee on my main blog.

2007-12-13: Datarock

2007-12-13T22:50:00.000-05:00

See the rest here.

The Librarian

2007-06-20T22:53:00.001-04:00

The Librarian, at LBE's going-away party.

My View from the Stage

2007-05-09T23:01:00.000-04:00

My view from the stage.