Tag: Z Berg

No comments

2015: A Year in Pictures

  By ,

Hello, darlings. I hope you are having excellent holidays, or at least excellent days.

Normally this feature is just a year’s worth of shows – or a year and a bit – but I’m doing something a little different this time around. 2015 has been amazing, at times, and brutal, at others, and as I uploaded my images, it occurred to me that some of the silences had as much of an impact as the instances of joyful noise.

So, here it is: a year of pictures of rockstars, and some other things, too.

IMG_6015
Book of Love, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Dec. 31, 2014

IMG_6047
Andy Bell, Erasure, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Dec. 31, 2014

IMG_3162
Kennedy (tuxedo) and Nikita (fluffball), dozing, New York, NY, Jan. 17, 2015

IMG_3093
Nikita, 2001-Feb. 16, 2015

IMG_6121
Kennedy, Feb. 28, 2015

IMG_6146
Alina in the snow, March 1, 2015

IMG_6608
Snow, birds, intrepid traveler, Brighton Beach, March 20, 2015

IMG_6744
Fort Tryon Park/George Washington Bridge, Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015

IMG_6909
Nick Morrison, Mumblr, Emerson House, Brooklyn, NY, April 24, 2015

IMG_6917 Mumblr,
Emerson House, Brooklyn, NY, April 24, 2015

IMG_6869
Bonfire at the Mumblr show, Emerson House, Brooklyn, NY April 24, 2015

IMG_6854
Flowering tree, Brooklyn, April 24, 2015

IMG_7201
Kennedy, 1998-May 21, 2015

IMG_7581
The beach at Corpus Christi, TX, June 27, 2015

IMG_7797
Karma Killers, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7800
The Dirty Nil, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7822
Metro Station, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7835
Family Force 5, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7847
Black Veil Brides, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7856
Rivers Monroe, Warped Tour, Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7864
The beach at Jones Beach, July 11, 2015

IMG_7899
Z Berg, the Studio at Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 21, 2015

IMG_7945
Alex Greenwald, PHASES, the Studio at Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 21, 2015

IMG_7952
Z Berg and Michael Runion, PHASES, the Studio at Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 21, 2015

IMG_8196
Father John Misty, Central Park, New York, NY, August 5, 2015

IMG_8276
Austin Plaine, Rockwood Music Hall, August 12, 2015

IMG_8297
Plastic Cannons, Rockwood Music Hall, August 12, 2015

IMG_8451
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH, Aug. 20, 2015

IMG_8654
House band at the Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge, TN, Sept. 23, 2015

IMG_4009
Patriotic finale, Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge, TN, Sept. 23, 2015

IMG_4017
Elvis Presley at the pancake house, Pigeon Forge, TN, Sept. 24, 2015

IMG_8797
Elvis Presley (impersonator) at the State Fair, Jackson, MS, Oct. 10, 2015

IMG_8964
The Famous Maroon Band comes marching in, Starkville, MS, Nov. 14, 2015

IMG_9242
Tombigbee River, Columbus, MS, Dec. 13, 2015

IMG_9328
Miss Gay Oklahoma 2014, Rick’s Cafe, Starkville, MS, Dec. 15, 2015

No comments

2014: A Year In Pictures

  By , ,

A year of rock n’ roll, in pictures, including two shows from late December 2013, which I shot after I posted last years’ Year in Pictures.

Tonight I’m headed out to dance the New Year in with Erasure (!); have fun and be safe, y’all, and I’ll see you on the other side.



The Districts, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 30, 2013


The Felice Brothers, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 30, 2013


Team Spirit, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, Dec. 31, 2013

Andrew W.K., Irving Plaza, New York, NY, Dec. 31, 2013


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 001, NGHBRS, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, Jan. 10, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 001, States and Kingdoms, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, Jan. 10, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 001, Frank Iero, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, Jan. 10, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 001, The Gay Blades, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, Jan. 10, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, Fred Mascharino, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, States and Kingdoms, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, Geoff Rickley, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, Frank Iero, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, I Hate Our Freedom, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Fadeaway Friends Benefit 002, The Gay Blades, St. Vitus, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 18, 2014


Deep Pockets, Santos Party House, New York, NY, Jan. 19, 2014


Patrick Kindlon with Loss Leader, Santos Party House, New York, NY, Jan. 19, 2014



Ovlov, Santos Party House, New York, NY, Jan. 19, 2014



Pity Sex, Santos Party House, New York, NY, Jan. 19, 2014



Patrick Kindlon with Self Defense Family, Santos Party House, New York, NY, Jan. 19, 2014


X Ambassadors, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, Feb. 4, 2014


The Colourist, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, Feb. 4, 2014




Panic! at the Disco, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, Feb. 4, 2014


Rob DiPietro, Subculture, New York, NY Feb. 7, 2014


The Grahams, Subculture, New York, NY, Feb. 7. 2014


Z Berg, The Deep End Club, New York, NY, Feb. 9, 2014


The Grahams, Chez Andre, Feb. 17, 2014


Phone Home, Shea Stadium BK, Feb. 20, 2014


Weird Womb, Shea Stadium BK, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 20, 2014


The Dirty Nil, Shea Stadium BK, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 20, 2014


Samantha Crain, Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2014

Murder By Death, Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2014



Sleepwave, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, April 15, 2014


tonightalive., Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, April 15, 2014


Taking Back Sunday, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, April 15, 2014


The Used, Best Buy Theater, New York, NY, April 15, 2014


Andrew W.K., Subculture, New York, NY, April 25, 2014


Kate Myers, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, May 3, 2014


Sean Van Vleet, empires, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, May 3, 2014


Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, May 3, 2014


Rhymin’ and Stealin’, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2014


LaToya Kennedy with Rhymin’ and Stealin’, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2014


Leroy Justice, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2014


Bottom Dollars, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2014


AF THE NAYSAYER, Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY, May 26, 2014


Durazzo, Trash Bar, Brooklyn NY, May 26, 2014


Brendon Urie, Panic! at the Disco, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, August 5, 2014


Alice Cooper, Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY, August 29, 2014


Mötley Crüe, Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY, August 29, 2014


Slomile Swift, Spike Hill, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 11, 2014


SKYES, Spike Hill, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 11, 2014


AF THE NAYSAYER and friends, Spike Hill, Brooklyn, Sept. 11, 2014


Rosie Flores, Hill Country BBQ, New York, NY, Sept. 13, 2014


The Dirty Nil, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 20, 2014


Cory Branan, The Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, Oct. 1, 2014


Mumblr, Shea Stadium BK, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 4, 2014


The Eeries, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, Oct. 20, 2014


Gerard Way, Irving Plaza, New York, NY, Oct. 20, 2014


The Eeries, Webster Hall, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 2014


Gerard Way, Webster Hall, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 2014


NGHBRS, Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 2014


Cold Fronts, Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 2014


Sean Van Vleet, empires, Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 2014


Tom Conrad, empires, Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 2014

No comments

Two Songs from: Z Berg

  By ,

zbytennessee

Photo by Tennessee Thomas

Z Berg (JJAMZ, The Like) has kicked off her solo career with some acoustic tunes. There are four altogether, all quite good. The acoustic format showcases both her voice – sunny with a touch of smoke, delicate, sweet but not cloyingly so – and the glimmering sharpness of the lyrics.

These two are the ones I particularly like.

First up: Charades, which I have a feeling is the one I will be humming while walking barefoot in summer rainstorms from now on:
 

 
And second: I Fall For the Same Face, which is for anyone who has ever, like me, looked at the rogue’s gallery of their objets d’affection and muttered I have a type and a problem with rueful amusement.
 

 
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Twitter
 

DON’T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE NTSIB READER SURVEY! 10 questions that should not take more than 10 minutes of your time. Only 15 more days stand up and be counted and give us your unvarnished opinions!

One Comment

2012: A Year In Pictures, October and December

  By ,

IMG_7209
Johnny Hallyday, Beacon Theater, Oct. 7, 2012
 
IMG_7244
Blake Mills, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Oct. 16, 2012
 
IMG_7280
Fiona Apple, Terminal 5, New York, NY, 0ct. 16, 2012
 
IMG_7277
Fiona Apple, Terminal 5, Oct. 16, 2012
 
IMG_7337
Beast Patrol, The Studio at Webster Hall, October 19, 2012
 
IMG_7365
Alex Greenwald and Z Berg, JJAMZ, The Studio at Webster Hall, Oct. 19, 2012
 
IMG_7386
Alex Greenwald and Michael Runion, JJAMZ, The Studio at Webster Hall, Oct. 19, 2012
 
IMG_7468
Sweatheart, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Oct. 22, 2012
 
IMG_7526
The Dirty Pearls, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Oct. 22, 2012.
 
IMG_7611
Justin Hawkins / The Darkness, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Oct. 22, 2012
 
IMG_7672
Jeffertitti’s Nile w/ Father John Misty, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, Oct. 24, 2012
 
IMG_7714
Katy Goodman, La Sera, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, Oct. 24, 2012
 
IMG_7758
Father John Misty, w/ Jeffertitti, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, Oct. 24, 2012
 
IMG_7813
Lindi Ortega, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, Oct. 26, 2012
 
IMG_7850
Mike Ness, Social Distortion, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, Oct. 26, 2012
 
Apparently I didn’t go to any shows in November, either.
 
IMG_8050
Sheena Ozzella, Lemuria, Webster Hall, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 2012
 
IMG_8085
Ceremony and stage diver going in to the pit, Webster Hall, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 2012
 
IMG_8141
Titus Andronicus, Webster Hall, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 2012
 
IMG_8202
Animal Collective, Terminal 5, Dec. 5, 2012
 
IMG_8223
Casey Neill, 68 Jay Street Bar, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 8, 2012
 
IMG_8261 A small fraction – there are nine of them! – of Industries of the Blind, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 21, 2012

One Comment

2012: A Year In Pictures: July – September

  By ,

IMG_6264
Alex Greenwald and Z Berg, JJAMZ, Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 10, 2012
 
IMG_6280
Michael Runion, JJAMZ, Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 10, 2012
 
IMG_6276
JJAMZ, Webster Hall, New York, NY, July 10, 2012
 
IMG_6324
Lita Ford, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6358
Bret Michaels, Poison, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6349
C.C. DeVille, Poison, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6336
Bobby Dall, Poison, Nikon at Joes Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6334
Ricki Rockett, Poison, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6354Poison, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6369
Rick Allen, Def Leppard, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6404
Rick Savage and Joe Elliot, Def Leppard, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6371
Phil Collen, Def Leppard, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6425
Def Leppard, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, July 13, 2012
 
IMG_6594
Marcy Playground, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, July 28, 2012
 
IMG_6637
A. Jay Popoff, Lit, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, July 28, 2012
 
IMG_6663
Mark McGrath, Sugar Ray, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, July 28, 2012
 
IMG_6690
Art Alexakis, Everclear, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, July 28, 2012
 
IMG_6578
Art Alexakis (Everclear) and Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), Bank of America Pavilion, July 28, 2012
 
IMG_6840
David Kuckhermann, Beacon Theater, New York, NY, Aug. 30, 2012
 
IMG_6871
Dead Can Dance, Beacon Theater, New York, NY, Aug. 30, 2012
 
IMG_7111
Larry & his Flask, Webster Hall, Sept. 29, 2012
 
IMG_7155
Frank Turner, Webster Hall, September 29, 2012