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I have two photos (Dan Deacon and the Oxes) in Big Shot magazine this month. In the Whartscape article. Check me out on newstands near you!

Last weekend was the Virgin Fest, and after that was the inevitable afterparty at Sonar… it was a pretty good time, Dave Nada killed it of course… watch out for this guy, he is about to be huge. Which is awesome because he is the most crucially best dude ever… Celebrity DJs Vito from the Rapture and Kele from Bloc Party were also spinning, as were Emily Rabbit and Will Eastman. Check the whole set here.

A week or so ago, still shaken from the amazing Rock the Bells experience, I shot Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, Blaqstarr, Sy Young, Diplo, and friends at Sonar… it was a blast, Blaqstarr killed it as always… Click here for the whole set.

Another photo of mine is on some RIP K-Swift shirt apparently? If you see one for sale, buy it for me and I will pay you back. Size medium.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of shooting and attending the 15th Anniversary Party for Unruly Records, My Crew Be Unruly at Paradox in Baltimore. Scottie B, K-Swift (one of her last performances), Diplo, Blaqstarr, DJ Class, Stretch Armstrong, DJ Sega, Say Whut, Dave Nada, Tittsworth, Mz Streamz, and many more DJs and MCs were there to make it a ridiculously amazing party… Check out the set here.

This sunday I went to Rock the Bells, a big travelling hip-hop festival. It was awesome… I got to see so many of my favorite artists… Nas, Ghostface, Raekwon, A Tribe Called Quest, as well as check out some artists from the old school I had never gotten to see like Mos Def, Dead Prez and Tha Pharcyde. I would say that Nas was the highlight of the night for me… that and seeing my friend Blaqstarr come out on stage during Mos Def’s set! That was amazing.

Check the set out here.

Last weekend was Whartscape in Baltimore. It’s a music and arts festival held by the collective arts group WHAM CITY every year in Baltimore… it kicked off an insane weekend that also included Artscape, the Unruly Records 15th year anniversary, and some other events too. For me, the Whartscape highlights were Future Islands, which I can only describe as an avant dance band with Meatloaf as singer, Celebration, Dan Deacon, an illegal lecture by Mark Hosler from Negativland, and the Oxes reunion. Click here for the whole set.

Last night, I saw Jay Reatard, Vincent Black Shadow, and Ratsize at Sonar… I loved VBS and Ratsize, VBS was kind of stoner-y and Ratsize was kind of 80s hardcore-y. Never seen either before. Jay Reatard was fun, but I didn’t really see why people are so excited about them/him. Fun pop-punk-esque fast rock. Full set here.

This show was GREAT. Full set here.

Last night, I shot Jamie Liddell at 9:30. He started out strong, the first few Prince-and-MJ-influenced songs were great fun, but after awhile the show just sort of petered out for me… I had never really listened to his music before, though… now I am going to probably check out some of his tracks.

See the whole set here.

This weekend I made it up to Philly for the Mad Decent Block Party… it was a blast. Diplo, DJ Sega, Blaqstarr, Rye Rye, Flosstradamus, Dave Nada (with his new partnership with Matt Nordstrom, Nadastrom), a ton of other DJs… plus elmo, a dunk tank, tons of food and drink… it was a great time. Check out the full set here.

Friday, Diplo played at Sonar with Dan Deacon and DD/MM/YY (and Emily Rabbit from BBC, Ari Goldman/AFP from Nightmoves)… it was AWESOME. People, as always, flipped the hell out for Dan, and Diplo made the whole place dance like crazy. Check out the whole set here.

Saturday, I checked out the Cut/Copy & Black Kids show at Sonar. Crowd full of unfamiliar faces, but I think I got some okay shots. Check out the full set here.

Partyline was awesome, they opened up for Ted Leo last week… I hadn’t been to the 9:30 in a long time… the sound there is great and it was fun shooting.

there is so much baltimore stuff in the video, it rules. ps rye rye is like 16. you can see my pictures of blaqstarr and rye rye if you are so inclined!

This is a promo shot I did of Baltimore Club producer and artist DJ Blaqstarr for Mad Decent records. Check out his new ep, Superstarr.