Paige Wood Warped Tour 2008

Paige Wood Warped Tour 2008

Originally uploaded by :: Faith-Ann Young ::

Faith-Ann Young survived her European Tour, and jumps back into the thick of the US Summer Music Festival scene by joining the Warped Tour 2008.

Pretty in pink Texas songbird Paige Wood shares a little introspection with the masses.

Performers in Xi’an

Performers in Xi’an

Originally uploaded by marcosborn

Musicians perform a traditional Chinese song during a cultural arts show in Xi’an. In modern China, these forms of art are relegated to shows put on for tourists – but at least there’s still someone out there doing it.

Photo Taken By: Marc Osborn
Xi’an, China
May 2008

Seattle’s Capital Hill Rocks the Block

Devotchka

Originally uploaded by corey_bayless

The emerald city’s annual celebration of music and arts, the Capital Hill Block Party, was a huge success this year. Thousands of enthusiastic fans turned out for a couple of days and nights of music from the likes of Chromeo, The Hold Steady, Devotchka, Jaguar Love, The Lesbians, and Sleepy Eyes of Death.

For more great images, please check out this from Citizen Image’s Corey Bayless

MISE EN SCENE: Cedar Falls Flood Damage

flood damage #8

Originally uploaded by rpcvcar

By Citizen Journalist Joe McCright

On Monday I returned to my home state, Iowa, for the first time since the June floods and I found a state with many scars.

We drove through a neighborhood in Cedar Falls, not far from the Cedar River, and found dozens of homes with waterlines up to or above the front windows and sheets of paper attached to the front door – notices to the occupants that the house is not habitable. There was a home with a van in the front yard. The van’s front axle was lodged into the soil – likely brought there by rapidly flowing flood waters.

Another house had a camper that would normally fit into the back of a pick-up truck. The water had left it torn apart in someone’s yard. The van was covered with dirt – the same gray, ashen dirt that filled many yards.

Two now empty grain elevators had bottom sections of aluminum wall missing. My sister explained that the elevator had flooded and tons of grain had spoiled. When it did the stench was horrific. It must have been doubly bad to Iowans who rely on agriculture for a large part of the state’s economy.

I saw no human activity in this neighborhood. No traffic. No pedestrians. No pets or people walking pets. No laundry drying on clotheslines. No functioning vehicles in driveways. It was like a ghost town

In Bremer County, just north of Cedar Falls, I read a notice that residents could file for disaster relief for some time. On the radio I heard an announcement that residents could secure housing in FEMA trailers.

Driving back to the Cedar Falls area we stopped to buy sweet corn from a roadside vendor/farmer. He explained to us that he’d be selling corn much later this year because the corn is so far behind schedule. His fingers showing a space of six inches, he showed me how short the latest planted corn was. Iowans normally say corn ought to be ‘knee-high by the Fourth of July’. He was glad to have corn to sell.

Pharrell and N.E.R.D.

Pharrell and N.E.R.D.

Originally uploaded by corey_bayless

Producer, skateboarder, rapper and business man, Pharrell Williams takes to the stage at last Spring’s SXSW, fronting his funk-rock band N*E*R*D.

Photograph by g. piper carr

Pharrell and N*E*R*D

Pharrell and N.E.R.D.

Originally uploaded by corey_bayless

Photograph by g. piper carr

Jumping Pelle Almqvist

The Flare of The Hives Lead Singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist

Originally uploaded by corey_bayless

Forget about air guitar, Hives front man “Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist” gets some serious air, unfurling a full leaping lemur maneuver during the band’s Sasquatch 2008 performance last May.

Photograph by g. piper carr

Sunset over Ixtapa

Palm Tree Pool Sunset Shot

Originally uploaded by corey_bayless

As the sun sets on the long holiday weekend, Citizen Image photographer Corey Bayless captures the mojo from the Meliá Azul Resort in Ixtapa, Mexico.

Independence Day

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Originally uploaded by Piper Carr

Pretty in Pink. Festively-garbed pro-choice cheerleaders face off against a crowd of pro-life placard wavers.  Freedom of Speech in action.

Troubadour Night – early July ‘08

Troubadour Night – early July ‘08

Originally uploaded by Tim 2008

 

 

Hear ye! Hear ye! Attention all you Hoosier hipsters and homegrown hempheads, Free Pamphlet Publishing, Hit City Recording and D’Vine wine bar have teamed up to feed your heads. July marks the start of the Wednesday Troubadour Songwriting Night! Tim Brickley, lead singer behind The Bleeding Hearts and founder/owner of Hit City Recording, will be playing host to the event. See you there.