Girls Who Rock Benefit Concert 2011

It's been a year since the last Girls Who Rock video we put together, but on June 10th, it was finally that time again for us to rock out with Cynthia Hellen and She's the First's, Tammy Tibbetts! It was a full line up that evening, with performances by Kimberly Nicole, Eddy, Nikki Jean, Nina Sky and JoJo! The event's music was provided by DJ Kiss and was emceed by Touré (Fuse). There was also stand up comedy performed by Heather Knight and Data the Robot. John Wanda, co-founder of Arlington Academy of Hope, also took to the stage to deliver a special message to all of the supporters that night. Check out the video of this memorable event.

The goal of the event was to fund at least $20,000 to sponsor girls’ education at the Arlington Academy of Hope, where primary school education is $360 a year, and then students continue secondary school education nearby for $1,000 a year. AAH’s vision is to transform villages in rural Uganda into vibrant, self-sustaining communities through quality education and healthcare.

As usual, we had a great time working with Girls Who Rock and She's the First and really look forward to next years concert!

YRB Kids Party Expo Birthday Show

Before you can begin to understand these photos, you need the following history lesson.

Once upon a time, there was a place called Yellow Rat Bastard. In this place lived many YRB Kids who slaved away selling knock offs and working for minimum wage. They were kind of like those guys from that movie "Kids", but with employers. Anyhow, beneath those YRB Kids lived the Rats. Black out Buddies, Fake Gringas and other basement dwellers alike. They would suffer heat stroke in the summer, they would huddle around a hand warmer or a lit candle in the winter. They'd run from giant monster roaches and kick unruly boxes who just kept getting in the way. The subway would shake their makeshift stations and rats would leave them gifts to clean up. When they were spoken to, it was either with disdain from the Children of Abraham (the Overseers) or pure hatred from unhappy customers. But despite all the hardships, there was one thing that kept them smiling and from burning the place down... loud music and each other.

It is there I met the birthday boy Derek, as well as my friends Luisa, Alveen, and of course, Chris. So I will now tarnish any presumptions that you may have thought the foundation of my career is based on. I may be a fashion photographer now, but I owned a guitar long before my first camera. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Culo Blanco!

Band list:

SPED

Ruffian Arms

Boogie Brains

Fake Hooker

TIGHT CHOCOLATE