got a text today. “hey hope your tour was good! any crazy stories?” and like, sorry that the media has fed you lies about what touring is like, especially over 30. the bassist of the band i tm ate 111 oysters over 3 days at a festival. is that wild and crazy enough for you?
i got fired today! now, more than ever, if you or anyone you know is in need of photo work (headshots, promo photos, socially distanced weddings, anything) please please please pass my name on.
some snaps of stef as he was finishing up recording his part of the anaphylaxis live vid. i edited it, and its floating around somewhere.
@puptheband
also made masks, with proceeds going to toronto's trans toolkits collective - more info here
it bears repeating what i tell everyone who wants to get into touring - your attitude and ability to hang are more important than your quality of work and experience. i will not comment on the photos. this is a subtweet about the harry styles photographer thing.
lady on the subway behind me coming home from the BT show explaining loudly that she didn’t like pup because she “couldn’t find the beat” and “all they did was scream” and she’s been talking about it for like 5 minutes and i’m having a nice time being nosey
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@puptheband
refused to dial down the volume for its Tiny Desk (home) concert, filmed from a neatly-furnished living room complete with an Ontario pennant.
stefan just wrote a song for me. it went “amandaaaaa if we win a juno tonight/will you take me out/for takeout indian food in our house/and i’ll even pay for itttt”
selling prints (pup, jeff rosenstock) with 100% of proceeds going to support wet'suwet'en. raven is trying to raise $250k! if you hate my work and still want to donate there's links in the description in my store!!!!
stef's watching hockey in the other room. they just started singing the national anthem. i hear him quietly mutter "this sucks". he is now an anthem singing expert.
look i don’t wanna single anyone out but if ur a dude working in the music industry or wanting to work in the music industry, might i suggest you just... be better? so you don’t have to make a statement in 2 years stating you’re sorry and trying to do better? don’t try. just be.
one thanksgiving my cousins husband was stung by a wasp while we were all up at the cottage and even though it was only like, noon, most of us had way too much to drink to be able to drive him to the hospital and his wife was just making fun of him and even though he was mostly
new song/ep/livestream preorder from
@puptheband
today. here's a shot from earlier this year of them in the studio recording rot. link to purchase here
stef's been sitting across from me for an hour and hasn't said a single word but suddenly looked up and asked earnestly "what sound does a guitar make?"
hey
@yelyahwilliams
have you heard of
@tothefrontdiy
before? its a collective of female and non binary music photographers and artists. we put out a zine yesterday. if you want a copy lemme know and i’ll send it to you
Here’s my book.
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stefan and i have been together for 8 years. today i learned that he knows every single word to hotel california. he also does a mean guitar solo... but singing. hes signing the solo. help me.
anyway here are some music photos i love even tho the focus isn’t great or the exposure is weird or the composition isn’t ideal. don’t fuss too much about being perfect because you’re just going to stress yourself out and hate what you shoot.
i wish you could have just seen stef and i literally launch ourselves into the lake with canned vodka sodas and pool floaties trying to run away from an angry swam of wasps. was it graceful? no. did the vodka sodas go overboard? yes. did it look like a scene from ACNH? absolutely
i was going to make a joke about the guy who scoffed at me in the pit with my camera tonight - he looked my dead in the eye and said “yeah good luck with that”, but honestly, fuck that guy. i’ve been shooting this band longer than he’s known they’ve existed.
"whats touring like" well, there's a group of us in a smoothie gang that wake up in the morning and immediately go hunt for a smoothie, so idk it's pretty badass and we obviously party very hard
v annoyed by how judgy ppl are about how folks are spending their time these days. if ppl wanna make bread let them make bread. we’re all just trying to get through this & if baking or AC or contemplating the crushing weight of existence is getting them thru let em be
hi!! for the next 48 hours im selling prints from this tour with
@puptheband
and donating all the proceeds to
@AbortionFunds
. prints are $35 and will ship out as soon as i get home. here’s some options - link to my big cartel is in my bio 🤘