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"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity."

- Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story

Hijacking Music Festival

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On a side note, I have spent the last few days sifting through the pictures from the Hijacking Music Festival, and I am quite pleased with the results, as Lenny's is a notoriously hard (and sometimes rather fog-filled, hah) shoot for a natural light photographer such as myself, but the additional fantabulous light rig helped to fill in the usual cracks.

And what a fun and diverse festival it was... The fact that there were no mandatory set breaks in between the artists not only saved time, but kept the audience in place, which was a blessedly refreshing change from a great many other festivals I've attended, and only served to further illuminate the already obvious professionalism of the event organizers. Everyone was sweet and helpful and friendly; it was more than apparent how much effort was made in the production, even down to providing cupcakes and real barbecue for the hungry patrons. Add into that a whole host of great new local musicians I'd not yet experienced live, and it adds up to the best fun I've had taking photos in a long time.

Photos will be posted by the end of the week! Stay tuned!

Holy crap -- Guitar Player magazine!!

Much love once again to the lovely & talented Ms. Julie Slick for 'adopting' me -- thanks to her, I've been published in the September 2010 issue of none other than Guitar Player magazine! My first national by-line!

(click to enlarge! that's my name next to that photo! woot!)

As sweet as Julie's brownies...

Hijacking Music Festival tomorrow -- last minute plug!!

Come out, come out, wherever you are!!

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Red, White and Boom

Happy Independence Day.

Upcoming Events

Looks like I've got some places to be. You should come, too!

I am also pleased to announce that I will be one of the event photographers for the Hijacking Music Festival, so dress pretty, kiddies! http://hijackingmusic.com/hijacking-music-festival-2010

You may have heard...

I suppose I have to make some kind of a statement, so here it is:

Randy Garcia and Chris Sheldon have fired my husband from Nerd Parade. No reason of any significance was cited. Apparently the Nerd Parade 'directors' (heaven forgive me such a word, but it came straight from Them) will attempt to continue without Richie; however, in the opinion of many, myself included, "there goes the band."

So in addition to this, after three and a half years, I found myself magically deleted from Nerd Parade's (newly taken over by the 'directors') page on Facebook -- although they apparently continue to use my photography on their webspace (however temporarily I'm sure). In exchange for this oh-so-mature insult of adding my personal self into this mess that has nothing whatsoever to do with me, especially after all of the work I did for no compensation, I have therefore decided to terminate all ties with the musical artists now known as Nerd Parade. Believe me, from where I sit there, is no love lost -- and way to burn yet another bridge, eh?

To be perfectly truthful, overall I never cared for the overly-depressing 'Daylight Saving Time' album anyway (and I can actually say this now). 'Span of a Life' was a far superior album, and is thankfully something worthwhile to have salvaged from this wreck of things.

Warning: Do not purchase Nerd Parade's "Director's Cut" of Daylight Saving Time from this point forth if you think Rich Wilson will be on it. If you do, you will be getting an inferior product without the original bass tracks.


From my birthday to my birthday, the light had gone away.
From Eyedrum to Eyedrum, it's all shadows now.