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Jenny Owen Youngs – 31st Street Pub
Jenny flew into Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon. I met up with her and Andy at Jerry’s where she snagged the mint promo copy of Tapestry that I had my eye on. I took some time out of my pub-induced panic attack later that night to shoot some photos while she rocked the faces:
Store
Sometimes I sell things through this Etsy shop.
All of Your Friends Were There – Hyperlocal First Friday (Jenn Gooch | JJ Cass & The Dub Soul Comrades | Neighbours)
Assemble hosted a Hyperlocal First Friday event during Unblurred. All of your friends were there. With apologies to Jenn, whose set I missed. Assemble. Penn Ave Pittsburgh. 1/6/2011.
Save Aeris – How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Aeris Gainsborough (Kill Screen)
Everyone has an Aeris story. You’re fifteen or sixteen years old. Or maybe in your twenties. Or maybe ten. You’re playing your (or your older sibling’s, or your friend’s) PlayStation in a dark room—a basement or a bedroom at night, maybe—bedcovers shoved at the base of the door in a weak attempt to fool your [...]
All of Your Friends Were There: Friday Nite Club 2
9/2/2011. Neighbours EP release show with The Mt. McKinleys and DJ Jordan K and also Derek White made his DJ debut. All of your friends were there. These images are displayed randomly rather than chronologically because this photo gallery plugin won’t sort on file name.
Game Stories: Pulling Them Apart, Putting Them Back Together Again
This post was promoted to the front page of Bitmob.com on February 24, 2010. An edited version later appeared in the July 2010 issue of GamePro magazine. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” It’s a bold statement that opens the eponymous essay in Joan Didion’s book The White Album, first published in 1979. When the [...]
All of Your Friends Were There: Kill Screen Loves Scandinavia Party – GDC 2011
A work of photo and resistance against the tyranny of the web gallery. Here.
All of Your Friends Were There: Arlo Aldo and Big Snow Big Thaw at Club Cafe – 5/13/2011
Show photography. Some images used in a City Paper FFW music blog show review. Gallery here. City Paper show review by friend Andy here.
All of Your Friends Were There: Neighbours, New Shouts, DJ Jordan K – Friday Nite Club – 5/20/2011
Another non-standard gallery. Neighbours. New Shouts. Friday Nite Club.
Start Snitchin’ – Quidditch in Kill Screen and Pitchfork
My article for Kill Screen Magazine’s Public Play issue ran on Pitchfork.com. You can “Start Snitchin’” it if you want. It’s about college students who play quidditch. Also, the photo of the game of Ninja on the second page is mine.
Columns – Paratext on Joystick Division
Will keep this post updated with links to each of my Joystick Division columns. Magic Words – September 4, 2011 On Dying – August 21, 2011 Pac-Mania Is A Book About Pac-Man Things – August 7, 2011 So I was reading this strategy guide… – July 24, 2011 IMCO – In My Court Opinion – [...]
Game Reviews
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – Paste – 11/29/2011 Saints Row: The Third – Unwinnable – 11/15/2011 X-Men Destiny – Xbox 360 – Unwinnable – 11/3/2011 Space Marine – Xbox 360 – Unwinnable – 9/9/2011 BloodRayne: Betrayal – Xbox Live Arcade – Paste – 9/23/2011 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Xbox Live Arcade – Paste – 8/17/2011 [...]
Cartography – Downtown Pittsburgh
Limited run of maps of “land parcel data” of downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Fits an LP frame! Currently available for purchase from the back of my Volkswagen Golf at various Pittsburgh events or my Etsy shop. $20 + $5 shipping. GIS data from PASDA. Screenprinting by Commonwealth Press.
Simes – 11/2/2011
It’s Simon and his parents!
Pittsburgh City Paper – Advance Base
For Pittsburgh City Paper’s 8/31/2011 issue. —————- Just over a year ago, Owen Ashworth announced he was killing his one-man-and-collaborators band, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. He spent the back half of 2010 playing his last shows under that name — the band’s final appearance on Dec. 5, 2010, was the 13th anniversary of its [...]
Lucy Woodward with Nightly Standard – Highlights
Lucy Woodward with Nightly Standard – 8/9/11 – Club Cafe These are photo highlights. Full “All of Your Friends Were There” gallery coming eventually.