http://www.countessian.com/countessian minor european royalty, exiled in los angeles Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:43:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oso snuggling with the excellent Damian of Fucked Up at my old house, after Fuck Yeah Fest 2008. Can't believe I had this one sitting on my computer doing nothing until now. That was a fun weekend. http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/10/oso-joins-fucked-up/ This one makes me really happy, because I LOVE GOGOL BORDELLO. It really was a dance frenzy, too. I should actually take a picture of my feet, because I've never had bruises like it. I worked the hardest I'd ever done in my life for my time in the pit because there ... http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/08/gogol-bordello-on-nmecom-via-countessian/ T.I.'s record release show for "Paper Trail" at the Key Club was super duper fun, and included unannounced guest performances by Kanye West and Rihanna. (These were all for Prefix, as you can probably tell. Click that link to read a little about the show and see more shots.) http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/08/ti-rihanna-and-kayne-west-at-the-key-club/ I like them. And I like this picture. That's all. (Actually, I woke up this morning with them yelling "I want almost everything and I get almost everything I want" stuck in my head at six am, and am posting pictures in the hope that I will appease the Mae Shi ... http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/07/the-mae-shi/ .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Detour was fun. Pictures of Grand Ole Party, Bitter Sweet, Black Lips, Hercules & Love Affair, The Presets and The Mars Volta are published on Prefix now. Pls go directly to look at them, because I ... http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/06/babygirl-bike-whiskey-whiskey-at-detour/ That's what her badge says, anyway. (Shot at Street Scene in San Diego for NME.com.) http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/02/cat-power-for-president/ Mine always get dirty immediately. That's why I'm not a rapper. Above, David Banner. Below, Talib Kweli. And Nick Thornton from Islands, proving that you don't have to rap to have good taste in footwear: And one of the boys from Black Lips: (All of the above were shot for Prefix.) http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/02/i-love-a-man-in-clean-white-trainers/ .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I moved. I like it. I'd been saving my golden bedsheets for the new place. I like them, too. In other news, I went to the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip last night and didn't ... http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/10/01/pinky-in-his-new-home/ .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I woke up that morning (after two hours' sleep) freaking out scared that I wouldn't get a jumping-in-front-of-the-sign shot of The Hives. Even before I was scheduled to shoot them, I'd been afraid for months that ... http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/09/29/the-hives-at-street-scene/ .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Not very good picture from Street Scene for NME.com. Really, really good new song on Prefix -- "My Piano". http://www.countessian.com/countessian/2008/09/28/hot-chip-on-nme-and-prefix-street-scene-and-my-piano/