I ventured out on a Monday night to catch some early shows. Swim Party opened the night, but I figured I'd save shooting them for their NPMT show at the new Eleven club. They have a new member now, which was a surprise to a lot of people. 

After Swim Party, I talked with Joshua White for a while in the atari lounge. It was his first time in the Casbah, and I hope I can get him out to some more shows here. Cross-pollination is always a good thing for the arts. He brought me a print of a flyer for an upcoming show:



Thanks to Jamie Shadowlight for turning my photo into an informative piece of arwork, and to Dennis Reiter at Chrome for turning it into a tanglible object.

I shot Softlightes since I know one of the members. I think I saw them once before, but it was one of my non-shooting nights and I couldn't get anywhere near the stage. Click on a photo to go to the full gallery.



Three keyboards and two guitars make pretty pop, but I don't remember hearing many catchy melodies.





Abraham fronts his own band, but plays bass and keys in this one. It was his birthday the day before so Swim Party wished him a happy birthday during their set, making sure to mention that he likes whiskey.



Ron puts a lot of himself into his vocal performance. He was purposely messing with me when I came in close, turning away from me no matter where I was. We laughed about it later because it was funny, but I still win since I did get a nice group shot. Shooting towards a singer's back most of the time does open up an unusual angle though.



I usually have to lean pretty far into the stage to get behind a guitar. And as a bonus, I can keep other members in the background instead of just shooting into the front lights.



Next weekend will be packed with shows. It's going to feel like old times.