Mary Bell Photo: December 2011 -- Year in Photos (Part 1)

Dec 2nd

Warpaint with the Growlers @ the Observatory (formerly the Galaxy Theater)

The second in the string of bras I've seen thrown on stage at the Observatory. This one has some writing in it, I spent far too long trying to figure out what it says, but I did make out there was a phone # on it....hm...

Growlers

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Dec 4th
Allen Stone with Honeypie @ Constellation Room

Allen stone is one of my favorite new finds. I signed up to shoot this show because my friends Honeypie were opening, but was very pleasantly suprised and blown away by Allen. He has a truely incredible voice.

Allen Stone

Allen Stone's Drummer

Trisha Smith of Honeypie

Ryan Radcliff of Honeypie

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Dec 7th
GIRLS with Papa @ The Observatory

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Dec 8th

Scott Weiland @ The Observatory

This Scott Weiland show by far goes down as the worst show of 2011, and possibly of all time. (And I've been to a LOT of shows over the years!) The almost 3 hours late aside, his performance and vocals were truly appalling; I've enjoyed listening to ally cats fight more. I'll admit that I was fed up from waiting and basically snapped what I needed and got the hell out of there. But those first few songs alone added up to the worst show of all time for me, so I don't even want to image how much worse it got. I still cringe when I think about it. Ick!

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Dec 10th
Caveman @ Fingerprints Records

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Dec 11th
Bijan Gilani - Bijan Gilani is an Ex-Millionaire who is now "Orange County's most brilliant, classiest homeless person"
Had the privilege of photographing a truly incredible man with an even more fascinating store this. I really hope that someone gives this guy a chance soon so he can get back on his feet sooner rather than later.

Bijan sitting on a futon he often sleeps on, located in an alley off Newport Blvd in Costa Mesa

Bijan only real refuge from the elements is his 1997 Land Rover

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Dec 11th
Vandals Christmas Formal with The Crowd @ the House of Blues Anaheim