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Raymond Pettibon for Crawdaddy Magazine

Crawdaddy Magazine has a long history – going back to the early 1960’s, and they continue to to be relevant today. Just check this article on The Greatful Dead vs the Boredoms ….amazing!
Their current web incarnation is run by Wolfgang’s Vault of Phil Graham Presents fame.

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs ACL Fest 2009

ACL Fest 09 Photos

Another ALC fest has come and gone, this year will probably be know as the “anti-acl fest” with the monsoon rains replacing the usual dust clouds and over 100 degree heat. Here are a few photos including a couple that Rolling Stone used. the yeah yeah yeahs Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck Ghostland Observatory John …

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South by Southwest 09 photos

another sxsw festival has come and gone. here are some of the photos I enjoyed taking amoungst the 1800+ bands that played this year. some of my favorites of the week were P J Harvey, Devo, Dinosaur Jr, the Meat Puppets and Echo and the Bunnymen. Rolling Stone published a number of my photos on …

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austin city limits festival 08

Here are some photos I took for Rolling Stone during the last week of September 2008 at Zilker park in Austin Texas. You can see more photos on the Rolling Stone site or the rest of the Flickr set.

Scott Weiland @ La Zona Rosa Austin

On 16 Jan I shot an assignment for Rolling Stone covering Scott Weiland and the first date on his current tour. Rarely without controversy I found him to be a pretty nice guy, albeit a little tardy to his own show. Also got to meet Doug Grean whose music projects include The Crystal Method of which I am a fan… not to mention Paz de la Huerta.

Rolling Stone 2008’s Best Live Shots

here are some photos 1 2 I took for Rolling Stone in 08 that made the list. Here’s a flickr set from ACL that some of these are taken from: Brian Birzer is a freelance photographer based in Austin TXall images are © 2008 www.birzerphoto.com