Uploads from Poonam Parihar, tagged santacruz

Swingin' Utters |Santa Cruz | Punk Rock | Street Punk | Folk Punk | iPhoneography

nobody@flickr.com (Poonam Parihar) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:41:22 -0800

Live music after a long time... and Alternative rock ( Not much sure but I think Punk is also part of it? ) after a long time ( Last I remember I was at Bryan Adam's Concert in Bangalore ) and something of this kind, perhaps 6 years back. Great experience this, a couple of tracks I found melodious in fact, and somehow familiar and I wonder why.

Swingin’ Utters is an American punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s. Having begun in Santa Cruz, California, the band moved to San Francisco where they are now based. They have been signed to Fat Wreck Chords since 1996.

As well as being classed as a “punk revival” band (reminiscent of British 1970s bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Sham 69 and Eddie & The Hot Rods), Swingin’ Utters have increasingly shown themselves to be influenced by Irish folk, particularly The Pogues. The Utters paid homage to their influences with a stellar cover of Cocksparrer’s I Got Your Number on the Blackout compilation Punk Rock Jukebox.

Members of the Swingin’ Utters have been involved in many musical side-projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski’s Filthy Thieving Bastards and Druglords of the Avenue (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson’s Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the singer). Drummer Greg McIntee’s side project Viva Hate was founded with Tiger Army bassist Geoff Kresge and singer Matt Wedgley of The Force. Guitarist Jack Dalrymple formed and fronted the Fat Wreck band Dead to Me after One Man Army disbanded. Dalrymple, Slawson and Koski also play together in the Re-Volts.

Swingin’ Utters tracks have been used in the soundtracks of computer games including “Five Lessons Learned”, which appeared on the soundtrack to the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 and “Stupid Lullabies” which was used as the title track to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX.

Text from - www.last.fm/music/Swingin'+Utters

Swingin' Utters |Santa Cruz | Punk Rock | Street Punk | Folk Punk | iPhoneography |B&W

nobody@flickr.com (Poonam Parihar) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:41:31 -0800

Poonam Parihar posted a photo:

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. ~ Robert Morgan

nobody@flickr.com (Poonam Parihar) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:09:50 -0700

Poonam Parihar posted a photo:

I am still in a dilemma, as where exactly i should put up the iPhone/iPad and other pictures, flickr stream suddenly looks a bit different than usual with em. anyways. got some time to process a couple of images from a recent trip. and yes these are DSLR shots ... true,,,, long time.

as I said before, I am not in to set up shooting..,I like real and natural shots.. the raw moments. this is one of those shots which I hadnt planned at all..all i did was to stand and frame and click the button at the right moment.. photogs? you know what i m saying?

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.

nobody@flickr.com (Poonam Parihar) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:13:36 -0800

Poonam Parihar posted a photo:

~ Lord Byron

uh no not high enough for me, that cable car! but perfect for the photo ;)

Shot and processed in Camera+ app on iPhone4S and yes I am keeping the grains, "for now"
Shot at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement park.

Na I haven't abandoned canon. I did take my DSLR and used that as well, I am just trying to like you know, experiment. ( the favorite word) and uh BTW incase you are curious, its a 5 MB file, had to upload it on flickr.

Be the lighthouse!

nobody@flickr.com (Poonam Parihar) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:25:00 -0800

Poonam Parihar posted a photo:

Some days the road is lit and the way is easy, other days the path is dark and the going rough. Fear no darkness, be the lighthouse.

The storm will come and there’ll be no shelter, stand tall and let your light shine. Be the lighthouse.

It is said that which doesn’t destroy you can only make you stronger, free your mind and choose to be the lighthouse.

One thought can change the entire universe.

Peace or war? Love or hate? Who’s right and who’s wrong? Who owns this or that bit of dirt? Be the lighthouse and everything will sort itself out just fine.

Many will become lost, be the lighthouse and help them find their way.

Wherever you’re going, you’re getting there. Your path is already before your feet, be the lighthouse, carry the water and bring your light to the places where there are none.

Tune in to your inner vibration and become millions of voices that carry out across all time and space, be that beacon of hope for those who have none. Be the lighthouse and help them find their way home, be the light to guide their way on.

They’re out there, right now, looking for you.

As it gets darker, shine brighter, be the lighthouse, become the eternal light… Be the lighthouse.

~ title and poem by Steve Coffing