Bill Steer of Carcass @ 2017 Copenhell
@CarcassBand @COPENHELL #copenhell #carcass
I’m looking forward to seeing Carcass live in the USA for the first time (after seeing them in Denma… Read More
Absinth Shop (Prague – 2019)
A little-known fact is that the fourth wise man brought the baby Jesus absinth, and he enjoyed it far more than the gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Happy De… Read More
Melanie Radford and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill (November 28, 2022)
@Built_2_Spill @WOWHall
“I can’t get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can’t even figure out what… Read More
Blue hour at Brutal Assault
Four plague doctors holding torches on the fortress wall warned of the oncoming plague that would wipe out the next Brutal Assault. Rotting Christ played on durin… Read More
Marillion setlist (Huxley’s Neue Welt – Berlin, Germany – July 20, 2017)
@MarillionOnline
In addition to my prior comments on this show, I should note that I missed much o… Read More
Mt. Shasta from I-5 (Northern California – October 2022)
As you are heading south on I-5 from Ashland, Oregon, today’s view can be found from the convenient turn-off north of Yre… Read More
The Scotsman’s Lounge (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Last summer I was invited, by a couple of new Scottish friends, to watch some football at The Scotsman’s Lounge. Of course, I joined t… Read More
Coffin truck in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (October 2019)
Today is the day of the dead in Mexico. This photo was taken a bit over a week prior to that day, not that actual coffins really… Read More
King Diamond watching Black Sabbath’s final performance in Copenhagen (June 2016)
@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2016 @BlackSabbath #BlackSabbath @kingdiamond @MercyfulFate_HQ
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I was supposed to see Mercyful Fate a couple of times (at least) last summer. As my summer trip to Europe didn’t work out, tonight will be the first time I’ve seen Mercyful Fate… Read More
Kofu’s Arakawa River dusk (August 2013)
The Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital is the building on the left of this photo. The day was super hot and humid, but you can still barely… Read More
As promised, the reverse angle on that prior photo from near Fort Benton on the Missouri River. I would have missed this place entirely had it not been for my need to pee. It’s called… Read More
早稲田大学 (April 2010)
Revisited in photos only, unfortunately. I haven’t set foot on the grounds for almost 10 years, and today’s photo comes from… Read More
Hawaii (December 2017)
We’ve been to all of the Hawaiian islands once now, but in just two months we are going back to the first island we visited (way back in 1997), Maui Read More
Jean-Luc Godard filming The Rolling Stones in a recording session in 1968. Sympathy For The Devil. pic.twitter.com/1Sla3vVi53
— Jason Baum (@jasonbaum) September 16, 2022
…the… Read More
2019 Copenhell crowd
Looks like 2019 Copenhell was my final Copenhell. I would have been there in 2020 and 2021 had they happened, but they didn’t. Covid killed not only those years bu… Read More
Smoky sunrise off U.S. Route 87
Almost two months ago, I departed Havre, Montana one Sunday morning with Spokane, Washington being my destination for the day. The road from Havre to Great Fa… Read More
Goat Rocks Fire from Stevens Canyon Road (September 16, 2022)
As mentioned previously, the Goat Rocks Fire nearly ruined our long-planned trip to Mount Rainier. The fire began a few days bef… Read More
1975 Topps Baseball Cards sorted by color
My team didn’t make it. Nor did I really even follow major league baseball this year. I watched two A’s games during the entire season&n&hell…Read More
Before Topaz
A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to Costa Rica where he photographed the above hummingbird. He wanted to reduce the noise in the image while sharpening the subject… Read More
Hoary marmot on Golden Gate Trail in Mount Rainier National Park
You can see a bit of the Tatoosh Range in the background (as well as some smoke from the Goat Rocks Fire) Read More
Alaska’s Denali National Park (September 2022)
Turns out, if you want to see autumn colors in Alaska, you need to get there during the first week of September Read More
Prairie Dog Town in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota – August 2022)
From 250mm in this prior image to 50mm in the above, you can now see the entire scen… Read More
7-photo photomerged panorama in Mount Rainier National Park
The above photo was taken on Monday, September 12, 2022. We were a bit fortunate on our trip to Mt. Rainier as the smoke situation… Read More
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (July 2021)
The Skansin fort was built in 1580. The lighthouse was added in 1888, and the gun is British and dates to the second world war.
Why a fort in the… Read More
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel on Mount Rainier (September 2022)
While framing Mount Rainier for a photo, this squirrel decided to jump in the frame and strike a pose before I pressed the sh… Read More
Immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Minneapolis, Minnesota (August 2022)
While in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, we went to a trippy exhibition of Van Gogh’s work. Immersive Van Gogh is… Read More
Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit (near Boicourt Overlook)
How many days do you need in Theodore Roosevelt National Park? That depends. If you are only looking for a scenic drive… Read More
Emilio Pagán of the Minnesota Twins (August 28, 2022)
Pagán came in with two outs and runners on first and second. He proceeded to walk the next two batters, meaning he walked… Read More
Eastern cottontail rabbit in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
I saw a couple of these beauties this morning. If you ever find yourself in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, you’ll want… Read More
@Twins #MNTwins
The Twins swept the Giants this past weekend in Minneapolis. This was not my seat for most of the game, but it was a good seat for looking out over Minneapolis–both wa… Read More
Moorhead, Minnesota
Yesterday I came as close to visiting Scandinavia as I will this year when I stumbled upon my fifth Stave church in my lifetime (but the first outside of Norway or Denmar… Read More
Channeled scablands and the Snake River next to Twin Falls, Idaho
I’ve gone by the Shoshone Falls turnoff on I-84 several times in my life, but this week was the first time I actually… Read More
Elof of Hypocrisy @ Josefstadt (August 2021)
#brutalassault @hypocrisyband #josefstadt
I just realized that Elof wore the same shirt two years before. XD Read More
Mississippi Studios (PDX – August 2022)
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Steve Von Till @ Mississippi Studios (August 7, 2022)
Steve Von Till recites a poem from Harvestman Read More
2022 Brutal Assault
#brutalAssault2022 #brutalassault
In a perfect world, or just a better one, the rest of my week would look like the above Read More