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That's all Folks

I've stopped updating the blog. But I haven't stopped going to shows and taking photos.

For more of what you've seen here, check out my Flickr photo sets at Live Music

Thanks for reading!

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The Decemberists at the Beacon Theatre 1/25/11

The Decemberists played three sold-out nights at the Beacon Theatre in NYC 1/24-1/26/11.

Thanks to my friends at Linchpin Digital I got a last-minute photo pass to shoot one of my favorite bands.

More in my Flickr photoset.

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Ingrid Michaelson's Holiday Hop 2010 Ingrid Michaelson's Holiday Hop 2010

Ingrid Michaelson and friends played their fourth annual Holiday Hop at the Highline Ballroom on 12/10/10.

Greg Laswell opened after a set by the "Aunties;" Ingrid, Bess and Allie in disguise...

More in my Flickr photoset...

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Jeff Tweedy at the Tarrytown Music Hall on 12/6/10

Jeff Tweedy played a solo show at the Tarrytown Music Hall on 12/6/10.

There was no photography allowed. I sneaked in my DSLR, but my stealth shots were a bit too rushed to get good sharpness. When the going gets tough, the tough go for... special effects. :)

A couple of more shots can be seen in my Flickr photostream.

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Brandon Flowers, Hammerstein Ballroom, NY 12/2/10

Brandon Flowers played the Hammerstein Ballroom, NY on 12/2/10.

No photo pass, so this was another "point-and-shoot" show.

See more in myFlickr photoset.

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Guster at the Beacon Theatre 10/29/10

Guster played the Beacon Theatre on 10/29/10; it was the last show of their Fall tour supporting their new album Easy Wonderful.

No photo pass for this show, so this was shot with the point and shoot.

A couple more can be seen in the Flickr photoset.

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Johnny Flynn, Music Hall of Williamsburg 10/22/10

Johnny Flynn played a set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 10/22/10.

Although it was a short set, he played both favorites and songs from his new album, to be released in the US in a few days.

Don't miss him the next time around...

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Ingrid Michaelson Band, Best Buy Theater in NYC, 10/13/10

Ingrid Michaelson and her band played the Best Buy Theater in NYC on 10/13/10.

Entering to Led Zep's 'Immigrant Song', the band uncovered, then covered the song.

Ingrid was funny, sincere and talented as usual. Her band is a tight musical unit and good friends too.

More in my Flickr set.

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The National in Prospect Park, Brooklyn 7/27/10

The National played in Propect Park as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn summer festival.

The band was happy to be playing in their neighborhood and played an intense set.

Additional musicians included Kyle Resnick on Trumpet, Ben Lanz on Trumpet and more, Padma Newsome on Violin and keys and a percussionist whose name I missed.

For more, check out the entire photoset on Flickr.

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Titus Andronicus at "The Stood," SUNY Purchase 4/14/10

Titus Andronicus made a stop on their "Monitour" at SUNY Purchase's student center. Debuting their new album "The Monitor," this was a free show and a warmup for their sold out show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ.

They played a late, hot and intense set for a small crowd of SUNY students.

Cassie Ramone, of The Babies and Vivian Girls sat in after their set.

More in the Flickr photoset.

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(50+6 being Wilco in Hartford, 4/9/10; no photos taken).

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Wilco at the Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ 4/2/10

Wilco played the first of a two night stand at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. These were shot for the Vulture blog at New York Magazine online. All of the photos are on my photoblog 50showsat50.

Part of the show was an acoustic set. The lamps gave the stage an intimate, living room feel.

More photos in higher resolution in my Flickr photoset.

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The National @ The Bell House, Brooklyn 3/11/10

The National played the first of two shows debuting songs from their new album High Violet. Set to be released 5/11/10 in the US, the band seemed excited to play the new songs.

Guests included Thomas Bartlett AKA Doveman and their horn section that included Kyle Resnick.

This show and tomorrow night were some of the hottest tickets in NYC this week. I got lucky and snagged one of 30 tickets released at 5:30 by the band for fans.

More high resolution photos in my Flickr photostream.

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50showsat50 photo makes Relix magazine...

The current issue of Relix magazine contains this photo of legendary producer Steve Lillywhite sitting in with Guster at one of last fall's Beacon Theatre shows.

Thanks Relix...

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Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett at Mercury Lounge, 1/12/10

Sam Amidon played a set accompanied at times with his friend Thomas Bartlett on 1/12/08 at Mercury Lounge.

Thomas Bartlett, AKA Doveman, sat in. Both of these talented guys collaborate with Beth Orton on her next album.

More on Flickr.

This preceded sets the following week with Beth Orton in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

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Evelyn, Evelyn Private show at The Slipper Room, 1/12/10

Evelyn, Evelyn, the conjoined twin singer(s)-songwriter(s) played a private, tune-up show for fans at the Slipper Room in NYC the afternoon of 1/12/10.

For more on the sisters, see this internet entry.

To avoid knowing too much, don't look here.

Photography wasn't permitted. I was too great a fan of everyone involved to violate that request.

It was a special event. Be sure to check them out when they tour and release their next album.

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Emily Wells at City Winery 1/2/10

Emily Wells headlined the show at City Winery on Saturday, January 2, 2010.

Playing unaccompanied by other humans, Emily proceeded to create, on-the-fly, amazing mixes of her songs.

Don't miss a chance to see her play.

NY Magazine liked this one for their Vulture blog NYE weekend slideshow.

More high res photos in my Flickr photoset.

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Jenny Owen Youngs at City Winery 1/2/10

Jenny Owen Youngs played the opening set at City Winery on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. She was accompanied by the multi-talented Chris Kuffner and Elliot Jacobson.

Last seen backing Ingrid Michaelson, Chris and Elliot had many friends in the audience including Bess Rogers.

More in my Flickr photoset.

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50showsat50: The year in review

Watch this space for what I learned and a roundup of some of the best photos from the run.

I hope to get some tie after the weekend and I get back to a smaller household and normal schedule.

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Ingrid Michaelson's Holiday Hop 2009 at City Winery, 12/21/09

Ingrid Michaelson, her wonderful band and friend Greg Laswell held their third annual Holiday Hop at City Winery on Monday, December 21st, 2009.

Her good friend (very very good friend?) Greg Laswell opened the show.

This is a really talented, very tight band. The multi-talented Bess Rogers is hidden in this shot unfortunately.

See more high-rs shots in my Flickr photoset.

This was show number 50. I'll post more about the project and an incredible year of music after Xmas. The amazing Nick Sonderup of 100bandsin100days and his muse Sunshine joined my wife and I for dinner and the show. Make sure you check Nick's blog for the soon-to-be-released short documentary of his project. Stay tuned for a new music blog by Nick with some photography by me if I'm lucky.

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