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Anonymous asked:
Hey Josh- Sorry if this came through twice, site seemed wonky. ...wanted to know if we could use that photo of RL Boyce for Gonerfest 15 site, it's amazing. Will credit you. RL is closing the ceremonies on Sunday. Could be amazing. Could be a shambles. Will be exciting. Hope all is good... let us know.. thanks! -eric / goner
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Hey! Tried to email you since I think Tumblr always posts replies, but yes, always feel free to use my pics without asking, just let me know, give credit where you can and if it’s something physical like a record, I’d love a copy. That’s a Sunday morning so I’m curious if Boyce will be sober or shithoused and start every song over 5 times. Like every time I’ve seen him.
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Anonymous asked:
You still alive?
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I am. I was going hard there for a moment but life has a way of changing your priorities. Like a lot of people, the world really shook me when Trump was elected president and, as if to further that confusion and panic, there was a bit of local ugliness that seemed like an echo of the darkness playing out at the national level. What I thought was, wasn’t and I retreated from shattered illusions, limping and hurt. Some heartbreak, some location changing (around the Memphis area, not out of it), some soul mending, some love finding, some house buying later and getting out to those shows has just fallen away as being less important. It takes a lot more time to turn a house into a home than I thought, at least for a guy like me that feels the need to taint everything in the general vicinity with personal aesthetic, and that’s what I’m plugging away at. One day I’ll get to the point where the long lists of things to do around here dwindles down to the less important tasks, the ones I don’t feel guilty about not doing when I do something else with my time. I’d like to think that when I get there, I’ll return to the thick of things at some late night dive bar, or at very least, on the outskirts of the crowd, back to the live music and shenanigans I enjoy so much. Memphis has always been a multi generational scene so I know there will be a place there for me when I want to take it. If you see me, buy me a beer.
Nature Half A Decade Back, Memphis, TN, 2012
Finally got a new computer. Photoshop runs like a dream. It’s been a while, but maybe I’ll start using this again.
R.L. Boyce, Turner Family Picnic, Gravel Springs, MS, 2016
Benny, The Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN, 2016
Windows, Memphis, TN, 2017
Bedroom, Memphis, TN, 2017
Apartment, Memphis, TN, 2017
My life is in flux. When you fall from a great height, a bit of time passes before you feel the ground underneath you again. I made this space my own, an extension of self, more so than any space before it. It turns out I was just practicing for the next one.
All Day, Every Day, Memphis, TN, 2017
I’m gonna miss this place.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN, 2013