I SEE SCUM!

Yes! The Santa Cruz Underground Music Fest.
Hella local bands played back to back. Everything from electronic and acoustic sets to some hardcore and punk rock shreadage.

Nursery.

Rare Times.

Good People got to rock out first in the Bike Church.

Acid Tapestries.

This is Cool Band Now.

There were tons more bands to see. Too bad my camera died. Besides, I could hardly stand up after a whole day of bouncing between the hot sunny outdoor shows and stuffy-damp-indoor-noise-pits.

//GO TO THE GALLERY!//

watch it on vimeo to see it in its full SD converted to HD glory… on Vimeo.

Another Moon Cadillac Ride.

How to have a good thanks giving.

at the parish…

This is the first episode of periodic ‘Day In the Life’ documentaries. This month we did some ‘Big Chillin’ with David M. David M is loved and hated in San Francisco, but regardless, if you follow David M around for day, you’re bound to see and hear some funny shit. The sound in this video is off sync at time and the mic we had was crappy so we apologize. Enjoy!

‘BIG CHILLIN’ with David M from Franklin Wong on Vimeo.

The Long Awaited:

POISON DIAMONDS
@ META MUSIC, SANTA CRUZ, CA!

just a quick fact, there are three friday the 13th’s in this year of 2k9. can you believe that? well, here is the second of those infamouse fridays documented. this time poison diamonds was playing in the little yet vast record shope called Metamusic. the party was there that night. the crowd was into it and here is some footage to prove so.

///KARATE (LIVE) @ Metamusic///

uploaded by Franklin Wong on Vimeo.

POISON DIAMONDS — “KARATE!” @ Metamusic on Friday 13th.

“Thanks to everyone who came out and dansed and got crazy with us<3″ —3PO

Also, the gallery is up! Check it out!

///Poison Diamonds @ MetaMusic Santa Cruz///

and also, thanks to our special guest from out of town:

BE THERE OR BE NOT THERE…..

HEY DID YOU SEE THAT ITS FREE?!!?! SO U CANT COMPLAIN! GO!!! DONT THINK! JUST GO!!
oh, and drink while ur there, cuz i will be.

expect to see photos and some video some time soon after the show. of course provided by your favorite website, WHEREWOLVES.net////

OH and if you havent yet heard of Poidon Diamonds, then i encourage u 2 check them out on the myspace.com social network website @ myspace.com/poisondiamonds.

see yalls @ teh show!

I decided to keep it mellow in Santa Cruz while Geoff headed south to LA to cover Together As One. To my surprise (but not rly), New Years left me feeling everything but empty. What’s better than being in a familiar place; Nick Green of Sad Dad’s Gone Bad’s house (only a golden nugget’s throw from my house), celebrating the new year with all your closest friends? Well, I snapped photos of about the first hour or 2 before I lost my camera, which I then recovered at the end of the danse party extravaganza. We were blessed to have one of my best friends come through and iphone DJ the party. His name is Mike, but he is also known as “Disaster.” Maybe you’ve heard of his highly respected electro/indie music blog; “Missingtoof.com.” Cheers to Missingtoof!

Well the playlist definitely encapsulated the funnest tracks of 2008. Fair well 2008, I had a great year full of good times, meeting rad new people, re-meeting rad new people, parking/ traffic tickets, good food, bad food, finally transferring out of De Anza College, ending up @ UC Santa Cruz, relentlessly getting duded by girls, R.I.P. Sparks+, peace love ecstasy unity respect, Poison Diamonds, a year full of mistakes, but never regrets.

2008 was a year of self reflection for me and I’m ready for the new year.. it’s going to come whether we like it or not. Well here are the photos of the first 2 hours of this party, after that, my camera got handed off and I proceeded to dance without any care..

Did ya’llz get a New Years kiss? I think this was my first REAL New Years kiss, I think I’ll be feelin warm and fuzzy for the next week before my inevitable feelings of emptiness start to settle in again. Anyways, if you didn’t get a New Years kiss this year, here’s one from Wherewolves.net. *Big Kiss muah!* Cheers to the New Year! May we all get our acts together and give more hugs, have less fights, cheer with more hoorays! and do with less “boo’s”.

Ps. when someone is deejaying with an ipod and switches the song, and the music stops for a split second.. PLEASE don’t be the person who starts boo’ing! That’s just a rude/downer thing to do.. the dj is JUST trying to get ya’llz to have a BETTER time. C’mon! Keep it positive everyone.. life’s too short to be boo’ing. Anyways here are the photos!

On Dec. 20th, 2008, a laundry list of of local musical artists are coming together to pull an all night RAGER for everyone who shows up to the first annual NUCLEAR WINTER show, hosted by Critical Hit Records. The hand picked line-up is a cornucopia of electro DJ’s and ambient, indie, punk, electro, disco-post punk artists. THE SHOW/PARTY IS IN NEWARK, CA (it’s right by Fremont).

Now here are the key details you must know:
1. THE PARTY GOES FROM 8PM TILL DAWN, WHICH IS THE MORNING AFTER!
2. THE LISTED ENTRY FEE IS A $10 DONATION
3. BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE/ PSYCHEDELIC ENTERTAINMENT ;]
4. BRING A WARM COAT JUST IN CASE (w/ some rubbers if ur feeling lucky) AND YOUR DANCING SHOES
5. THERE AREN’T ANY OFFICIAL RULES, IT’S JUST GOING TO BE AN ANYTHING GOES DANCE PARTY (130 max occupancy), BUT USE YOUR COMMON SENSE AND PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE ARTISTS AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS.
6. THE VENUE IS A HOUSE W/ A FIRE PIT IN THE BACK. (NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO STAND IN THE FRONT IN CASE THE COPS DRIVE BY).

SO WITH THAT SAID, HERE’S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ARTISTS:

FUTURISTIC PRINCE- a 2 person electro act based out of San Francisco.
BRO MONTANA- A dynamic electro/synth trio w/ live drummer (masterminded by Chris Hopkins) based out of Santa Cruz, CA.
DJ LXNDR- An SF/Oakland based electro DJ who regularly spins 4 to the floor bangers @ Bay Area parties and events.
POISON DIAMONDS- a mask donning indie/post disco-punk/electro- dynamic duo, based out of San Jose/ Santa Cruz.
Twain Harte- an indie rock act based out of Livermore.

2 MANY 2 NAME! COME TO THE SHOW AND DISCOVER NEW AND UPCOMING BAY AREA INDIE ARTISTS FOR YOURSELF! BRING A FRIEND, BRING AN ENTOURAGE, BRING ANYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A POSITIVE EVENT TO GO DOWN IN THE BOOKS FOREVER!

SAVE THIS FLYER! PRINT IT OUT! SPREAD THE WORD! USE THE POWER OF THE INTERNET TO PROMOTE LOCAL ARTISTS YOUR SUPPORT!

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so this week i felt spendthrift and greedy, like normal. i was searching around craigslist really wanting to get a wide angle lens for my canon 10d. after searching around for a while i came upon a surprisingly awesome deal for a tamron 11-18mm lens for my camera. dude was asking 400 bucks and i wanted it. badly. so i bought it. and it was worth it. i took a bunch of test shots today to see how awesome this set up really was and i am now in love with it. i never thought i could be in love with a cylindrical metal object, but i guess that lust isn’t just for the females… anyway, on to the shots.first couple shots were of a gorgeous sunset around the board walk in santa cruz. there was a full moon and the way the clouds glazed over the moon just seemed like a spectacle worth capturing. so i did. i captured that sight and thought about making a scenery porn site. where you can give yourself the one hand shake to amazing views. but then i said fuck that and just went on to the next shot. indoors this lens is awesome. gets plenty of the subject field into frame and only has a small amount of light blockage from the kit flash against the lens rim. so all in all i am so stoked about this lens and am dying to try it out on some skateboarding and other things to come.