Totally Rad Despite the Wave of Rain: Longboard Grand Opening

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to connect with a lot of the Broward Palm Beach New Times crew as they made the drive "up north" in support of the Longboard Restaurant Grand Opening and Block Party. Take a look at what went on via the slideshow, PLUS some additional photos below:

They were excited!

This guy, not so much....

Jacuzzi Boys' lead singer, Gabe.

Danny seems pretty excited to see this piece of fruit land on stage.


Diego on drums.

The rain begins.

Driving shades

The rain continues and so does the Surfaris' set!

They seemed quite happy. Must be all the surfing...

Dancing in the rain

"Lady Gaga" even showed up! I heard this guy used to dress as Beyonce prior to this outfit. Amazing.

Sweet board painted by local artist, Adam Sheetz.

Speaking of great local artists, here's Teresa Korber and the board she painted.

This little skater girl was fearless!

Look her board is almost as tall as she is!

wow

AND a couple of fun (digital) polaroids:


My editor, Reed Fischer. Read his review of the night HERE.

Crissy without the "H."

Reed and Ian making me laugh.

South Florida Music Photographer: John Ralston LP is here!

Thanks again to John Ralston for allowing me to be involved! Just got BOTH of my copies (yes I had him sign them!) one in a translucent red, and the other in white. Makes for a great Christmas in February present. It's John Ralston, he gets to celebrate the holidays whenever he chooses.

SPIN Magazine: Bruise Cruise Giveaway

In an interesting twist of fate, I won SPIN Magazine's Grand Prize Giveaway. It's still surreal and yet surprisingly perfect news in every way. I know there are so many people who are sad that they don't get to go, but I hope that me being the observant person photography has trained me to be, I can report about the event to make everyone feel as if they were there too.

South Florida Music Photographer: of Montreal at Revolution 01/14/11

Here are just a few photos from my night that didn't make it into the NEW TIMES Slideshow. I'll be sure to add more later!! Plus a story about how I first discovered of Montreal's music....


Live at Revolution in Ft Lauderdale. All Images Originally shot for Broward Palm Beach NEW TIMES

The of Montreal passes got stuck in the snow and couldn't be delivered to Sunny South Florida in time for the show, so we got whatever random passes were laying around. The band got "New Found Glory" and I got the "Micheal Franti" sticker shown in the photo below:

Self-Portrait: Image Originally Photographed for Broward-Palm Beach New Times.


Portrait of Davey. Image Originally Photographed for Broward-Palm Beach New Times.

After the of Montreal show, I stopped at Dada's in Delray Beach as I was bummed I couldn't make it to the Grey and Orange and John Ralston show. Luckily there's a great review of it here.
Also despite the time, approx. 2am, I still got a chance to see some of my favorite hometown heros. (I especially love in this photo that Greg looks as tired as I was feeling at that moment.) It was also great to see Steven Copeletti make the trip "Up North" for the show.


L to R: Steev Rullman, Dan Bonebrake, Greg Lovell, Jesse Dalton.



A very special thanks to John Ralston for filling in my cd collection of some really amazing music!! This gift may even compete with the mangos...

An Exciting Day: John Ralston Album Released

It's been 3 years since the last John Ralston release so today makes for a very exciting day! Both musically, and personally as I was fortunate enough to be the photographer for the album. There's a very limited production of the special 7inch vinyl release so I'd suggest you order yours today! I already ordered both the red and white versions. They're only $5.00! Also, be sure to check out the label's description of the songs HERE.

(If you don't want the album you can get the digital downloads.)

Peace
Love &
Rock n' Roll,

~Monica