December 7, 2009 - 1:43 am

Stripmall Architecture

Last night, I went to the Box Factory to see Stripmall Architecture. Their new album (We Were Flying Kites) is wonderful - I've been listening to it constantly. At the show, I picked up the physical CD version, which came with a bonus disc - Object03. It has different versions of some of the songs, plus some that I hadn't heard before. If you're reading this, and you don't have their new album yet, go fix that now.

November 20, 2009 - 10:51 pm

Loud Objects at Noisebridge

Tonight, Loud Objects performed at Noisebridge. Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan soldered their instrument while playing it. Beautiful 1-bit glitch. This makes me happy. Full photo set is here.

November 19, 2009 - 12:28 am

Lee Presson and the Nails

At last month's Hubba Hubba Revue, I shot with two cameras. The digital shots went up a little while ago. Now I present to you the film version of the night. 160 ISO film in my Contax with the 1.4f Zeiss lens. This, of course, means multiple exposures! A lot of them! Like this one of the beautiful Vienna la Rouge.

Vienna La Rouge

The rest of the photos are here, added to the set of digital shots.

October 26, 2009 - 8:37 am

OktoberfestOktoberfest

Friday night at the DNA Lounge. Oktoberfest burlesque, silly German outfits. Full album is here

October 12, 2009 - 5:28 pm

Corpus Callosum's first music video, Lullaby #2, is now out in the world. I feel incredibly honored to have been part of the process. They celebrated the video release with the San Francisco crowd with a musical performance and a puppet show.

Corpus Callosum at Noisebridge

Afterward, I found myself at for Five Cent Coffee and Lady A and Her Heel Draggers. I was treated to some new music and dancing in the dark red room. When I wasn't dancing, I took a few photographs. Here they are:

Five Cent Coffee

October 10, 2009 - 4:47 pm

Now, I will present to you, Corpus Callosum's first music video. The song is "Lullaby #2." The video was shot at the Wave Organ in San Francisco over the course of a single day. Directed and produced by Corpus Callosum with Nicole Aptekar as the Director of Photography. I was on the technical crew and on camera #2.

Corpus Callosum - Lullaby #2 from Dax Tran-Caffee on Vimeo.

Last night at the Anno Domini Gallery, they played a concert with Battlehooch and then premiered the video. Watch the video and check out my photos from last night.

Corpus Callosum - Lullaby #2 Video Premier in San Jose

If you're in the SF Bay Area, join us at Noisebridge (2169 Mission Street, San Francisco) for a puppet show, musical performance, and another video screening. The all ages show starts at 7pm.

October 6, 2009 - 2:06 pm

Arse Elektronika

The first of my photos from monochrom's Arse Elektronika are up.

October 4, 2009 - 9:47 am

Friday night was the Noisebridge Open House Party. Noisebridge has had a physical space for a year now. After a year 83C Wiese Street is dead, and we're in a new location at 2169 Mission Street. The art gallery featured photography by httf, Rubin Abdi, Joachim Pedersen, and me.

Corpus Callosum played a spectacular show at 10pm. And I, cameras in hand, took a bunch of photos. Look!

Corpus Callosum at Noisebridge

September 28, 2009 - 1:53 am

Handcar Regatta

Two cameras for each of us, Mike and I went to the Handcar Regatta in Santa Rosa. Two cameras that are unfamiliar. A Pentax DSLR borrowed from Nicole with Ian's wide angle lens, and a Mamiya 645. So, it was a day of making brand new mistakes. I missed my Contax, the camera that I've carried with me for over five years. But, had I brought that one, I would have remained in my comfort zone. I doubt I would have used either of these other cameras nearly as much.

There were races. One of the cars was carried across the finish line, with things falling off and clattering onto the tracks.

making it to the finish

The Front Porch became a stage. I first encountered it at Burning Man, running across the playa with Slim, leaping onto the stairs as it was still moving, dancing on the porch in the moonlight. Here, it was still. Parked by the train tracks. Music being played to the crowd around it.
music on the front porch

See the rest of the album here

July 20, 2009 - 10:08 pm

Hubba Hubba Revue - Hell

Friday night at the DNA Lounge we died and went to Hell, and what a beautiful Hell it was... Once again, Hubba Hubba Revue put on an amazing show.

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