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Summer nights and young veins…

adamsjoberg — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:47:10 +0000

I went with Bonnie to see the The Young Veins play on a rooftop 48 floors up in midtown. St. Germaine, music, beautiful weather, with a good friend. The night felt like a smile and a sigh.

I’ve started putting together these little videos here and there. Each video takes about 40 minutes to piece together. I guess it’s sort of a creative exercise that you guys get to be in on… I didn’t plan to do any recording so I didn’t get good sound of the actual show… but I put together a little something anyways. I think that last little shot of Bonnie is lovely.

Pavement

adamsjoberg — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:27:18 +0000

Laura Marling at Music Hall of Williamsburg

adamsjoberg — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:23:45 +0000

I went to a show the other night that was really nostalgic for me. A couple years ago when I was first posting photos from my time spent on the road on this little blog, I went to see a couple of great British imports– Johnny Flynn, Mumford & Sons, and Laura Marling. I was blown away, and sort of fell in love with this wave of Brit-folk that was coming from across the pond.

I’ve continued to follow all three bands (along with Noah and the Whale), and have photographed Mumford & Sons’ live a couple of times since. It was a blast to see Laura again the other night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. She’s such an old soul, with incredible music-writing ability and an impeccable sound. Above is a little (shaky) video I made of her song “Hope in the Air” from her album “I Speak Because I Can”– which you should buy now. I also am posting a little recording (below) of a cover she did of Jackson C. Frank’s “Blues Run the Game.” Really beautiful.

Screenshots

adamsjoberg — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:03:08 +0000

I’ve now logged 100+ hours on the project I’m currently working on. I’m terrible with spoilers… but I can’t help it.

Fauxchella 2010

adamsjoberg — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:04:22 +0000

I spent the weekend in Santa Maria, CA with 25 friends– old and new– for the 3rd annual Fauxchella. It’s our own gorilla music festival where we hang out, eat, and collaborate making music for 48 hours– culminating in a Saturday night concert and dance party.

You can see last years post from Fauxchella here, and I’m sure Laurel will have a big blog post of her photos soon.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures throughout the weekend (although the ones I did were apparently mostly of Ashley), because I spent the weekend filming everything along with my good friend Todd. So I’ve posted a little video from Saturday night of Josh performing. More to come.

Mumford & Sons – Music Hall of Williamsburg

adamsjoberg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:50:24 +0000

I had the pleasure of seeing Mumford & Sons in Williamsburg today. Haven’t seen them play since I was in Seattle last October. Please check out their music and their debut album which will hit the States soon.

A little video from their myspace page:

Mumford & Sons / Little Lion Man video

Mumford and Sons | MySpace Video

and then photos I snapped:

Phoenix & Passion Pit

adamsjoberg — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:59:51 +0000

My computer battery is about to die and I’m a couple miles above middle America (first in-flight blog post?) so I just want to get these images published. Great show last night– Phoenix & Passion Pit in Central Park. Passion Pit was great, but Phoenix was INCREDIBLE. Such a good show.

Enjoy these images from deep within the audience. I was infatuated with all of the handheld cameras poking out of the crowd.

The Vacaville Sessions.

adamsjoberg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:41:09 +0000

Nothing to post of my stuff today. But a real treat instead…

While on the bus to the odd Tiki Bar we went to in Staten Island, all 7 of us took a turn on my iPhone to have a listen to the song you’re about to lay ears on. A song sent to us from friends on the West Coast. Thanks to Jess, Josh, Emily, and Josiah for sending this our way. Ladies and gentlemen, “Lay Your Burdens Down.”

Lay Your Burdens Down

Read more about it on Emily’s blog here and listened to more of Josiah’s music here.

Top 50 of 1,993. Now I need your help.

adamsjoberg — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:21:06 +0000

Well for those of you who didn’t know this, I applied for a job in Sonoma county at a winery called Murphy-Goode. The job description is simple:

“We want to hire a social media whiz (your title will be “Murphy-Goode Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent”) who will report on the cool lifestyle of Sonoma County Wine Country and, of course, tell people what you’re learning about winemaking. Did we mention that the compensation was $10,000 per month Plus accommodations in a beautiful home in picturesque Healdsburg, a popular vacation destination in our neck of the woods. Working hours are flexible. And all you have to do is experience wine and good living…”

Now out of around 2,000 applicants, I was selected as one of the top 50. But it only get’s more competitive from here. So I need your support in a couple of ways so that I can get this amazing job!

1. Please please please Watch and favorite my video.

2. Follow me on twitter if you don’t already @LooseLuggage and RT about my video.

3. Subscribe to this blog. Tell your friends about LooseLuggage.com

4. If you have a blog, re-post this link to your blog. I can use all the publicity I can get. Not that people need an incentive, but any blogger that posts this link to their blog will get a bottle of wine and t-shirt on me IF I GET THE JOB. Just let me know you posted it so I can add you to my wonderful list (first 20 bloggers I should say…

5. And lastly— if you really believe this would be the job for me, tell your friends, loved ones, enemies, co-workers, etc. etc. to watch my video as well. If you can’t remember all this information, just tell them to go to www.tastethegoodelife.com (that’s GOOD with an E).

Big gigantic thanks to the Pelz’s for pushing me to do it and believing in me like crazy and to Marcy Guevara for her amazing encouragement and camera-holding ability in the production of my video.

And remember, you can just tell people to go to TASTETHEGOODELIFE.COM.

A great little stop motion short…

adamsjoberg — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:26:05 +0000

I found this incredible stop-motion video by Tomas Mankovsky on (ehem…) Kanye West’s blog. It’s an incredible find… and to be honest, I really like Kanye’s blog. Can’t really vouch for it because I haven’t spent that much time on it, but he has some good stuff on there.

Sil-Comp2
Uploaded by videos22. – Arts and animation videos.

Fauxchella, part I.

adamsjoberg — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:26:34 +0000

So this last 6 weeks has been a crazy time for me. A time of funerals and moving and couch-hopping and jet setting and bank accounts emptying and nerve-racking meetings. And the days ahead are filled with tons of shoots and grant applications and phone/in-person meetings. Its not slowing down.

So sorry for my absence here lately. But I do have about 15 posts on deck to start shooting at you. Among the things that have gotten back-burnered in the last weeks has been a video I’m putting together of a musical weekend we had a couple weeks ago in LA. It’s becoming a yearly tradition with my friends in Long Beach. Here is part one of two posts. These are the photos of the weekend. The next post (in a few days) will be of the video. Enjoy.

John Kray, Ladies and Gentleman.

adamsjoberg — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:53:08 +0000

Check him out here.

Making music in the woods.

adamsjoberg — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:07:55 +0000

Showmans. Harlem.

adamsjoberg — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:16:01 +0000

Showmans, a wonderful historic Blues Club in Harlem, was the choice for Friday night out with Jon and Matt. Good choice. Check it out:

Sleepytime in the Western World. Blitzen Trapper.

adamsjoberg — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:31:47 +0000

Blitzen Trapper played a great show at the Bowery Ballroom last night. Check it out (by the way, thanks Tina for helping with the press situation .

Backstage at the Bowery

adamsjoberg — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:54:45 +0000

Beirut. Brooklyn, New York.

adamsjoberg — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:01:43 +0000

Tonight I fumbled my way through a crowd of bouncing Brooklyn hipsters and music geeks to see what turned out to be an excellent show. I was in there on a press pass, so I was somewhat confused by the following interaction:

Zach Condon says some nonsensical tuning-in-between-songs band banter.
Tall, sinister man standing next to me: “It doesn’t make any sense.”
Me: “Yeah I know.” I lift up my camera to take a picture.
Tall, sinister man standing next to me: (seeming irritated) “I SAID it doesn’t make sense.” Covers my lens with his hands.

Turns out Tall Sinister man was a security guard whose unhappy job was to (quite unambiguously) move through the crowd and stop people from taking pictures of the concert. I’m not sure what “it doesn’t make any sense” was supposed to mean, but I felt bad for the poor man as I saw a forest of glowing cell phone cameras snapping away throughout the crowd.

We were all pretty packed together, and after a few minutes of unsuccessfully stifling contraband photo-taking, Tall Sinister Man was beginning to look flustered. He leaned over to me and said, somewhat desperately, “I can’t get out.” So I helped him out of the crowd and that was the last I saw of him.

Meanwhile I glanced over my shoulder and saw the Press section. “So that’s where I was supposed to sit.” I saw camera’s snapping photos and hipster girls flipping through notebooks jotting down thoughts about the show… way up high in a cramped nosebleed balcony… the kind of place you think would be great seating until you actually go to a concert and sit there.

Though my picture taking ability was limited where I stood, I was glad to just bounce with hundreds of other non-press people, let the cinematic and sweeping music of Beirut wash over me (joined later in the evening by an entire orchestra), and be one in a crowd of many.

Did manage to take take a few pictures though. Don’t tell Tall Sinister Man.

Bleeding Bells… Delta Spirit in London, England.

adamsjoberg — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:56:22 +0000

Just when I needed a break from my California home-sickness, I get a taste of good old Long Beach. I saw that Delta Spirit (here & here) was playing in Londontown. It was honestly the best show I’ve seen over theirs, and I think their first in the UK.

Medi & the Medcine Show. London, England.

adamsjoberg — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:38:27 +0000

I returned to London for a brief hiatus from my trip to the coun’ry for a meeting today. I’m heading back to Cornwall tomorrow for one more week of relaxation before I’m back to New York City. Tonight I went to a show near King’s Cross. Hadn’t ever heard them before, but the French band Medi & the Medicine Show put on a good show. Bravo. Gotta go.

Blues Club. London, England.

adamsjoberg — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:47:01 +0000

Scott, Ben, Finn and I went to a crowded-but-authentic Blues Club the other night. It was the weekly open mic night where they piece together bands from the sign-up list, throw them on stage, and let them roll with it. There were some incredibly talented musicians there. I wish I could post a live recording of the music but these pictures will have to do.

Welcome Wagon, New York, NY

adamsjoberg — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:54:02 +0000

There’s always something great going on in New York. It can become a daunting task to try and manage your time here. But it’s a good problem to have, I think– too much good stuff to do.

Today, after breakfast with Ira, we headed over to Gagosian Gallery on 21st in Chelsea and checked out the Hiroshi Sugimoto show, which was incredible.

Last night was a fun treat. The new hodge-podge group “The Welcome Wagon” debuted their music (mostly old hymns/spirituals written to new music). It was a great show, with a great group of musicians performing together. Here’s the specs:

Asthmatic Kitty Records presents…

The Welcome Wagon
Playing a show to Celebrate the release of their debut record.

The Welcome Wagon is:

The Rev. T. Vito & Mrs. Monique Aiuto

Assisted by:

Alexander Foote
Jay Foote
Sarah Fullen
Evan Gregory
Justin Keller
Evan Mazunik
Kelley McRae
Sufjan Stevens

December 9, 2008
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Delta Spirit. New York Style.

adamsjoberg — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:30:40 +0000

Ben Kweller

adamsjoberg — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:34:42 +0000

Great show last night in Seattle at the Chop Suey. Ben Kweller. Too tired to write more then this.

Johnny Flynn+Laura Marling+Mumford & Sons, Seattle, WA

adamsjoberg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:31:01 +0000

I was blown away last night by Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, and Mumford & Sons at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle last night. I went there to photograph the show and was absolutely floored by all 3 performances. I’ve already been a big fan of Johnny’s but Laura and M & Sons are now up there with him on my list. Laura’s hauntingly beautiful voice and tragic lyrics, and M & Sons driving and passionate folk ballads were equal to Johnny’s tremendous song-writing ability. It was a Brit-folk phenomenon that was over too soon. I’ve got loads of stuff for you all. Tons of photos and a couple videos. The video of Laura turned out pretty good but the Johnny video was a bad audio recording. I’m posting it anyway because the video itself is good if you can endure some of the distortion. You can buy Laura and Johnny’s albums on iTunes and get Mumford & Sons’ EP for free here.

Johnny Flynn

Laura Marling

Mumford & Sons

VIDEOS

Laura Marling performing “My Manic & I”

Laura Marling – My Manic and I from Adam Sjoberg on Vimeo.

Johnny Flynn performing “Leftovers”

Johnny Flynn – “Leftovers” from Adam Sjoberg on Vimeo.

Delta Spirit

adamsjoberg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:23 +0000

I had more photos, and this video to post. Unfortunately my external harddrive is non-functioning at the moment and so this video will have to do. Here’s where the other pictures were.