brocas

Arr, been a while since I was here - the site is repaired and back alive. And, the Wondercon photos are up; they disappeared in the restoration - I had to re-upload them.



http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=346

Good god, I forgot to post the Yaoicon photos, the few that I took. I'm lazy. Life is hell. It'll get better, I'm sure. Or I'll die, and won't have to worry about it any longer.


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Rawr, swamped in photoshoots n life n stuff.... got a show in SF tomorrow, somewhere, on the 5th...  too tired to write much now, but here's the photo links. Apparently a lot of people found them already, hundreds of hits before I even got done uploading.

http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=334
http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=335

This one's kinda interesting, just for the variety of expressions. Full size, here:  http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/albums/fanime2008a/PICT9434rs.jpg

Once again, one of those rare American appearances... if yer bored, come on down. We even start early (9 - 9:30, I'm told) so even you other poor working bastards can go, and get up in the morning.

Hm, where? O, Teddy B's, in San Mateo. 2128 S El Camino Real San Mateo , more exactly. Please, no dogs or children allowed. Or chickens. This is the real stuff, the sounds that defy reality.... certain ears aren't made for the experience.

Monday night, the 28th. Which is tomorrow, if it's still today when you read this. If not, it ain't.

Hey look, 2 posts in one day. Caught up on con photos, too. Sac Anime 2008.... the con where Bart Boy finally did it. Did what?
Go look. Last photo in the set.

http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=328

Yes yes, I'm a bit late with these... I'm way backed up. A lotta people want me to shoot them these days, and I edit their stuff before my personal crap. But these are worth looking at, if you like colored lights and stuff. Most of us do. It's like fireworks, without motion. Colored lights in the sky. Man defeating his fear of the dark, and having fun at it.

So, at that time of the year, there's a place down South, where the people seemingly don't care about the price of electricity.... or light bulbs. There's a staggering amount of both used; if you look through the photos, you'll find a couple signs that refer to only ONE house. They pay as much for one month, as most of us pay in a year for electricity. Or more.

The small photos don't really have the impact, so you should pump these up to the full size... after you click on the thumbnail, click the larger image again to max it out.




O, I accidentally left a bit of John Lennon graffiti at the front... skip over it if yer so inclined.

It's Burrow.




Close up?

Oh, I am sooo far behind.... The tour in Greece, lotta photo shoots before and since.... guess I should start catching up a bit. Let's see, the J-Rock show at DNA Saturday... (didn't see many of you there.... I think they shoulda had better advertising; I only knew about it because Daria works security there....)



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Second shoot with Emobi, Piper at the Sea of Dreams





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Some shoots with Soma.... Claws, Ice, n stuff.









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And many, many shots of Greece.. pretty much from my viewpoint, so you might be able to get a feel of what it's like there. I'll be doing the tour write up over Christmas, but the photos are already up.




Greece Part 1

Greece Part 2

Greece Part 3


Woof, lotta stuff. And even more that I realize I haven't put up yet; I'll get on it. (Super jet lag, dammit. 14 hour plane flights.)

A minor update... I got the first poster today:

Arr, just a quick and dirty post (cut and paste from the promoters) cause I'm tired. And lazy. More later, maybe. At least a bigass travel journal when I get home.

I'm heading off to Greece for a few weeks, to play. If you happen to be in any of these areas, drop in. I'll get you a pass. Really.


Brocas Helm headlining with:

SATURDAY 24  NOVEMBER
AGRINIO - Dewars club
Support bands : STRIKELIGHT + CONVIXION + SORROWS PATH

doors open at 19:30, first band on stage 20:00

ticket price 15euro



SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER
ATHENS - Underworld club
Support bands: POWER CRUE + METAL EDGE + CRIMSON FIRE

doors open at 19:30, first band on stage 20:00

ticket price 12euro



TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER

TRIKALA - Suita art cafe
Support bands: DARK NIGHTMARE + DEATH VALVES

doors open at 20:00, first band on stage 20:15

ticket price 12euro



THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER
KOMOTINI - Valhalla metal bar
doors open at 20:00, Brocas Helm on stage 21:00

ticket price 15euro ( including beer)



FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER

THESSALONIKI - Rock bottom club
Support bands  : BLADE OF SPIRIT + DARK NIGHTMARE

doors open at 20:00, first band on stage 20:15

ticket price 12euro


SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER

HERAKLEION - Studio club
Support bands : BATTLEROAR + CONVIXION + RELEASED ANGER + STEAMROLLER 
ASSAULT + MORROWIND

doors open at 18:00, first band on stage 18:15

ticket price 15euro (Including free drink)





SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER
ATHENS - Underworld club
Support bands : EMBRACE FIRE,  WRATHBLADE,  METALMORFOSIS

doors open at 19:30, first band on stage 20:00

ticket price 12euro

Um, not that this really needs any explanation... I'm a bit behind in my posting, lots of photoshoots, the trip to Montana (still mostly unedited), but Innhel brought me a batch of Pinkies the other day.... including one with a book that builds out into Pinkytown.

So yeah. I'll get organized soon and post some crap. Let this hold you over for a sec. (hey, the new Pinkies can tilt their heads....)

Arr, I forgot to post this.... we're (Brocas Helm) playing the official re-opening of Metal Mondays at Mabuhay Gardens tonight, in San Francisco. That's down on Broadway in North Beach. If you want to see the dark(er) side of brocas, come on down. Somewhere between 9-11pm we go on, hellifiknowwhen.

Ok, we're heading out to Montana later today... maybe stopping in Idaho for Fandemonium, if I can make it fit. I'm heading home for my Father's birthday party; he wants me to play bass.

So, I'm going. Can't really afford it, but whoosh.

Before I head out, I'll have the final AX photos up; the masquerade.... I can't believe it took me so long this year to do all the photos. (too many other photoshoots in between, I guess.) We did another bloody shoot last night, where Soma fought Nixon Sixx with edged weapons, won, and strapped her down to the table saw, Snidely Whiplash style.

However, can't post those for you; 18+. Sorry sorry.

What I can do, is show you the truth. The photographer's truth. What really happens at AX? This. Photo by Soma Stardust.

So. I'm supposed to be professional. I'm supposed to be cool, collected, and think before my mouth runs off.

I didn't really mean to say, "Wow, you look hot in that" to tsukinobara.

I'm not a fan boy, dammit.

But I was provoked.



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Oh, and on another note, the monkey blood surges up in  pour_me_coffee once again; I think it's a con disease.

Sunday photos are up... about all that's left is Oreskaband, Masquerade, and the swimsuit edition.
Pst. The lovely Melodie Gore.





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More photos up: the rest of Saturday, Monday, the Lolita Tea Party from Monday, and another batch of favorites. Soon to come, the Pool, Sunday, Masquerade, and Oreskaband. Like maybe tomorrow. Come on, give me a break. Sunday is over 15 gigs.


http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/index.php

Yes, yes. I know you want to see photos. I'll talk later. There's 50 gigs, so it'll take me a few days to edit.... here's the first batch, with Friday, part of Saturday, the Pop/Shock, and some of my favorites.

http://californiacosplaytimes.com/ax2007.html

O wait, I can just post the damn page here....  and you can see when the photos appear.

http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/index.php

Rrr. Not super happy with these - I hate using flash, and fluorescent lights are no fun either. But here they are.

http://californiacosplaytimes.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=281

Just a quickie: An interesting thing in my neighborhood this weekend:



and, a photoshoot today.... but Nekomimi kept helping:




My Sunday, the end.

Fanime 2007. Photos finally edited. Took days, dammit. But a lotta good stuff.

Cons can be tiring.

Fanime 2007 extravaganza.