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Fake National Emergency Protest: Columbia, SC
February 18, 2019 - Tootsie Holland (above) says that president Trump’s recent declaration of a national emergency is only part of the reaso...
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Flashpoint Dominoes - Complexities of the Central American Caravan
November 27, 2018 - Near midday on Sunday in Tijuana, a large group of Central American refugees and migrants peacefully marched to the sout...
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Photos: Central American Caravan Thanksgiving in Tijuana
November 24, 2018 - For the Central American refugees and migrants who have traveled a near three thousand mile journey to Tijuana, Mexico,...
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Photos: No one is above the law protest - Columbia, SC
November 09, 2018 - Yesterday’s firing of U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, and the appointment of Matt Whitaker as a...
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Queef headlines "Bohemian Rhapsody" celebration
November 06, 2018 - In the upstairs Pastor’s Study at Lula Drake on Sunday night, Queef headlined a live musical celebration of the new film...
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Eighty 5 @ Eff 1.four @ the SC State Fair
October 17, 2018 - I added a Nikon 85mm f/1.4 D lens to my kit last year for portrait work. It’s the older version that was in production f...
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Photos: State Fair Traditions with Cameron
October 16, 2018 - Standing next to the Matterhorn, my friend Cameron asks, “Sean, when will the fair be back?”
And so begins, and ends mo...
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Photos: "Reign in Mud" - Bogging in The South
October 09, 2018 - Before Colby Hensley came into this world, his father raced a 1974 Dodge Power Wagon through pits of mud in a tractor pu...
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Photos: "Get Out of the Road" - Chapin Labor Day Parade
September 04, 2018 - After the first few hundred yards of the annual Chapin Labor Day Parade, Rep. Joe Wilson found himself holding on to a.5...
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Photos: BrickUniverse wows Lego fans in Columbia
August 12, 2018 - “I started putting some stands together with the north end zone seats and when I put in the walkway - you start to get a...
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Soda Citizen: Sean Thomson loves satanic crabs
August 07, 2018 - Sean Rayford: If you participated in organized crime, what would your role and nickname be?
Sean Thomson: Something bor...
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Photos: Brookland Beach Bash - West Columbia, SC
July 08, 2018 - Like a dog wiping it’s ass across the carpet, the back end of a tandem kayak slowly took on water Saturday afternoon whe...
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Photos: Hasher battles Congaree River to fetch beer for friend
July 02, 2018 - “Shit happens mate,” explained Dan Cooper when asked about the last stretch of his journey yesterday on the rivers in Co...
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"DTF: Down To break kids out of detainment Facilities"
July 01, 2018 - In unison with nationwide “Families Belong Together” marches and rallies, planned in over 600 cities, several hundred de...
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Photos: Summer grilling with Kristian Niemi
June 08, 2018 - “We are here to grill steaks today,” explained local restaurateur Kristian Niemi last night at City Roots Farm, “The rea...
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Photos: Black Bike Week Warms up for Weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC
May 25, 2018 - I've got Saturday and Sunday assignments photographing Memorial Day weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC - so I decided to get an...
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About Last Night: Flogging Molly at Music Farm
March 02, 2018 - Getting an early start on St. Patrick's Day celebrations, Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly kicked off their "Life is G...
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Photos: Moms demand closing the loop
February 28, 2018 - After morning meetings with state lawmakers concerning gun legislation for the upcoming session, representatives from Mo...
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Onesie bar crawl stumbles through the Vista
February 25, 2018 - As three elderly women waited the in the lobby of Carolina Ale House last night, the front door swung open and a boister...
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Two a.m. mandatory bar closing hearing stretches into afternoon
February 20, 2018 - Some residents near Five Points say that drunk college students have urinated in their gardens, passed out naked on thei...
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About Last Night: Confederate Fagg at Art Bar
February 19, 2018 - Celebrating his retirement from the U.S Army, Confederate Fagg drummer, Packer, and bandmates Teabag Balzac, Spanky Swat...
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About Last Night: Bask, Abacus, Vacation State, Galaxy Chief
February 18, 2018 - "Sean, can you do me a favor?" asked my friend Ryan, a former co-worker at New Brookland Tavern. "Sure," I responded. I...
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Photos: Mardi Gras Festival Columbia, SC
February 11, 2018 - A show at the Elbow Room was my alibi on two occasions in 1998. The first instance occurred when my neighbors in Preston...
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Photos: Mardi Gras Parade Columbia, SC - 2018
February 10, 2018 - Like Bourbon St. on steroids, revelers flocked to the Rosewood neighborhood this morning for the annual Mardi Gras parad...
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Pass the #DreamActNow Rally at SC Statehouse
January 31, 2018 - As the sun went down yesterday in Columbia, SC about 75 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse to rally in sup...
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Soda Citizen: Alex Strickland of Abacus/Bathe
January 31, 2018 - Sean: Do you believe in aliens?
Alex: No. I want to, but I just don't.
Do you believe that they don't exist or just ha...
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Photos: Charleston, SC Women's March - 2018
January 21, 2018 - MISGIVINGS OF A PHOTOGRAPHER: I had planned to photograph the Women's March anniversary event yesterday in Charlotte but...
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Photos: King Day at the Dome - Columbia, SC
January 15, 2018 - The South Carolina NAACP hosted the annual King Day at the Dome this morning in Columbia, SC. Following the statewide pr...
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Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland
January 01, 2018 - Over the last decade, the annual New Year's Eve Covers Show at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia has grown to be one...
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Portrait: These Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate
December 13, 2017 - Quenetta Gunn, a 33 year-old African American mother of two, was in high school when Doug Jones successfully prosecuted...
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Photos: '68, Whores at New Brookland Tavern
December 07, 2017 - '68, Whores, Alistair Hennessey (not pictured) performed at New Brookland Tavern last night in West Columbia, SC.
The t...
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13 Practical and Affordable Holiday Gifts for Photographers [$10-$250]
November 23, 2017 - One of the best things about photography - and most creative endeavors - is the unending process of learning. In celebra...
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Photos: Susto at The Music Farm Columbia
November 20, 2017 - Charleston's Susto performed at the Music Farm Columbia and will be heading back out on the road during the month of Dec...
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Photos: First Week at Catitude Cat Cafe
November 16, 2017 - PHOTOS AND WORDS BY SEAN RAYFORD
University of South Carolina grad Andres Ortega had a nice job in corporate America.
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David Bazan at New Brookland
November 16, 2017 - David Bazan performed last night at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia. Upcoming shows below:
Nov 16: The Earl – Atl...
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Photos: Revolutionary War Field Days - Camden, SC
November 05, 2017 - “In colonial America, all able bodied men from teenagers to sixty year-olds served in the militia, a local force that tu...
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Photos: Elmwood knows how to Halloween
November 01, 2017 - Children laughing in every direction. Music coming from three. A shriek from a frightened skeleton wearing a tutu and an...
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Photos: Third Eye Blind last night at Music Farm
October 28, 2017 - The last time I saw Third Eye Blind my friend Fred punched my not friend Larry at a stadium show in D.C. It rained durin...
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Photo of the Day: Is it Halloween yet?
October 26, 2017 - A server waits for a drink from the bar at Grill Marks in the Vista on Thursday, October 5, 2017.
Photo by Sean Rayford...
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Photos -The Making of The Theta Girl
October 24, 2017 - NOT SUITABLE FOR WORKPLACE VIEWING - Adult content ahead
When I walked into the bathroom my friend Jaime Clark was pain...
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Photos: Protests against Richard Spencer - Gainesville, FL
October 20, 2017 - Three Texas men with extremist ties have been charged with attempted homicide after firing at a group of protestors yest...
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Photos: Anti-Trump Rally in Greenville, South Carolina
October 18, 2017 - Dressed as Lady Liberty, black tape sealing her lips, Miranda Anderson stood next to Brent Hutcheson on Monday night in...
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Photos: Jam Room Fest with Guided by Voices
October 15, 2017 - You know something’s afoot when a dude walks past you on Main Street in Columbia wearing a Merge Records t-shirt and you...
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Photos: Opening Night at the SC State Fair
October 12, 2017 - Cameron’s favorite amusement ride at the SC State Fair is the Musik Express, a Matterhorn/Flying Bob style ride with the...
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Photos: Last night with Manchester Orchestra & Tigers Jaw
October 07, 2017 - Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra booked their first out of town gig in Columbia, SC and singer Andy Hull, along with his b...
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Photo of the Day: "Brookland" Takes Shape in West Columbia
October 05, 2017 - Construction workers build the $40 million mixed use "Brookland" project in West Columbia on Thursday, October 5, 2017....
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Photos: Columbia responds to need in Puerto Rico
September 30, 2017 - “One is running out of food and the other is running out of water,” says Yanira Rivera about family members who are batt...
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Overnight shooting in Columbia's Vista at closing time
September 16, 2017 - After talking with law enforcement outside of The Empire Supper Club on Lady St. in the Vista early Saturday morning, a...
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Photos: DACA Prayer Vigil - Columbia, SC
September 06, 2017 - "God of love and justice, you are the god of all peoples of every nation and yet no nation. For you do not recognize our...
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Photos: Friday night at Hoechella - Columbia, SC
August 27, 2017 - So far this weekend, I’ve made photos at an Apache helicopter team’s deployment to Afghanistan, a youth golf skills tour...
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"Disgruntled" worker shoots and kills one in Charleston
August 24, 2017 - The Charleston Post and Courier reports that a 'disgruntled' worker entered Virginia's on King in Charleston, SC during...
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Photos: Sneak attack finishing move on the dance floor
August 24, 2017 - It was a sneak attack from behind. Energized by the crowd’s appreciation for his jive, sporting a black fanny pack and a...
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Photos: Total Solar Eclipse - Columbia Fireflies vs. Rome Braves
August 22, 2017 - Yesterday I got to pick where I went to cover the the great American eclipse of 2017.
I chose minor league baseball.
J...
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Photos: Soda City preps for eclipse
August 21, 2017 - I hear something weird is going on this afternoon in Columbia, SC. Here's how folks prepared.
Photos: Tourists Flock To...
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Photos: Billboard battles lasers on banks of the Congaree
August 20, 2017 - Last night hundreds gathered on the eastern banks of the Congaree to take in a laser light installation that will cris c...
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Sipping on Capri Sun backstage at Girls Rock (Photos)
July 23, 2017 - While I overheard one comment that the green room wasn’t even green, I saw no other dissatisfaction from anyone backstag...
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First Week: Duck Donuts [photos]
July 15, 2017 - Some of my earliest memories from childhood involve eating donuts in the Australian Outback. My family had moved from Ma...
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Photos: Activists Raise Confederate Flag At SC Statehouse 2 Years After Its Removal
July 11, 2017 - “LOOK AT THOSE SNOWFLAKES WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION TROPHY! BOOOOOO!!!!!!” shouts a protestor with a bull horn as a man d...
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Photo of the Day: Debbie and the Skanks at NBT
July 09, 2017 - Deborah Adedokun and Joe Buck Roberts perform at New Brookland Tavern Saturday night in West Columbia, SC on July 8, 201...
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Photos: American Dream Car & Bike Show with Plies, Jeezy and Rick Ross
July 03, 2017 - Before yesterday I hadn’t been to a car and bike show concert combination since I was the de facto “manager” of a rap gr...
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Photos: Lake Murray Fourth of July Boat Parade
July 02, 2017 - Adorned with a few American flags and some streamers, a single boat passed by a few families who had gathered yesterday...
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Photos: Party at the Library - Columbia, SC
July 01, 2017 - “Sarah created this amazing sea monster that was grabbing a boat and it was delivering it from the sky. Our monsters… mi...
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"Feels like 100" - Photos: Charleston Summer Shindig
June 25, 2017 - Outside of a recent trip to the Apple store — because even though Augusta has one, Columbia doesn’t — yesterday was my f...
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Photos: Make Music Day in Columbia SC
June 22, 2017 - If you passed through Five Points in Columbia yesterday you may have seen Joe Robinson celebrating Make Music Day walkin...
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Soda Citizen: Tyler Morris Listens to Phish
June 16, 2017 - Sean: If you are eating peanut butter, how or with what are you putting it in your mouth?
Tyler: With a spoon. Or in a...
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Photos: March for Science - Columbia, SC
April 24, 2017 - In coordination with Earth Day celebrations on Saturday hundreds of cities across the globe participated in pro-science...
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Photos: Town Hall meeting with Sen. Lindsey Graham - Columbia, SC
March 26, 2017 - Some hide -- U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC.
Some plant supporters in the front rows and have donut holes and coffee -- Tom...
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Photos: New Millwood Ave. Mural Connects Artists with Neighborhood
March 22, 2017 - Watching four street artists as they painted a new mural on Millwood Ave., a 59 year-old neighborhood man sat across the...
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Photos: Spirit of America Rally! Fake News?
February 27, 2017 - Shawn Herzog (below) helped to organize a pro-Trump rally on President's Day a week ago in Red Bank, SC. On Monday, he j...
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Photos: Donut Holes and Drama at Florence Town Hall Meeting
February 24, 2017 - Last night’s town hall meeting with Rep. Tom Rice in Florence, SC was a bit more boisterous than than last week’s dual t...
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Photos: One detained by police at Wells Fargo during NoDAPL protest in Columbia, SC
February 04, 2017 - Holding a pink protest sign that read, "I Stand with Standing Rock," and some paperwork from the bank, Stephanie Godbolt...
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Soda Citizen: Lindsey Vidal, back from church retreat with pink hair
January 07, 2017 - Sean: Everybody is talking about snow on Saturday. What are you gonna do if it snows?
Lindsay Vidal: I hope all my appo...
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Photos: Surfing Santas take over Cocoa Beach, Florida
December 25, 2016 - In 2009 George Trosset, joined by his son and wife, dressed up as Santas on Christmas Eve to surf the waves at Cocoa Bea...
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Soda Citizen: Jessica Bornick - Accomplice in high school paddle theft
December 14, 2016 - Sean: Have you ever had an imaginary friend?
Jessica Bornick: No.
If you had an imaginary friend, we’d need a name and...
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Soda Citizen: Josh Bumgarner vs. the Giant Duck
December 13, 2016 - Sean: Would you rather fight one donkey-sized duck or 100 duck sized donkeys?
Josh Bumgarner: I’d probably go with the...
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Soda Citizen: Aaron Graves on What Makes a Good Donut
December 12, 2016 - Sean: What makes a good donut?
Aaron Graves: A good yeast donut or a cake donut, you can dunk it. The cake or the yeast...
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Photos: Anti-Trump Protest in Columbia, SC
November 12, 2016 - Just before I left Friday night's Anti-Trump protest in downtown Columbia, a couple hundred demonstrators held hands on...
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Photos: Gunpowder Residue on Last Day of the Trump Campaign
November 08, 2016 - "Do you photograph fireworks or some other substance with gunpowder?" asks a friendly secret service agent named John in...
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Photos: All-American Halloween in the Soda City
November 01, 2016 - I went to Autozone last night around 8:30 p.m. and picked up a camouflage hat with a black and white American flag patch...
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Photos: Pride in the City - Columbia, SC
September 04, 2016 - Yesterday morning I got up at four a.m. to drive over to Gate 2 at Fort Jackson. Another in many recent newspaper assign...
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Capitalist at house show convinces photojournalist to change career goals
August 08, 2016 - When I ran into Summer Ruisseaux on Friday night at New Brookland Tavern she was a bit apprehensive about hosting a hous...
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Photos: A dissident, cameraman, po-po shit sandwich - On the streets at the RNC
July 20, 2016 - "NAZI SCUM!...OFF OUR STREETS! NAZI SCUM!...OFF OUR STREETS! NAZI SCUM!...OFF OUR STREETS!
I can hear protestors in the...
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About Last Night: How I Shot It - Say Brother at New Brookland
May 23, 2016 - I've been shooting shows at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia since 1998. That's ridiculous and I don't know how I f...
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Sea Farming in Rhode Island - #AvoidPollen in the Ocean State
April 01, 2016 - "This dog's name is Clamcake, you don't get more Rhode Island than that," explains Steve Medgyesy, who handles marketing...
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People watching like it's my job: Five Points on St. Pat's - Photos
March 20, 2016 - I imagine The Drive by Truckers have seen some interesting things in their days. Despite that, Saturday evening they tha...
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Shamelessly Hot - Burlesque on State Street
February 13, 2016 - "The word deflowered sounds like this pretty word but it's like this horrible thing. Some bad thing that somebody does t...
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The Year in Photos / by South Carolina photojournalist Sean Rayford
January 07, 2016 - In Andrews, South Carolina on October 9, 2015 Davey Morris showed me around his neighborhood where floodwaters from the...
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In Photos: Soda Citizens Celebrate Famously Hot New Year
January 01, 2016 - I felt for the folks last night celebrating New Year's Eve when I watched a girl finish a Bud Light at the front of the...
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Jam Room Celebrates Christmas with Confederate Fagg
December 21, 2015 - Last night at the Art Bar, in a somewhat surprise appearance, Teabag Balzac, Spanky Swatnasty, Packer and Lady Miss Mang...
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Photos in the News: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2015
December 07, 2015 - It was day three of my flood coverage when the sun came back out. I woke up early and photographed the attempts to repai...
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Photos in the News: Nov. 22-28, 2015
November 29, 2015 - All the lights were off in the room where I saw Prince and Sugar Ray in 1997. Not in the same evening though. For the ne...
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Photos in the News: November 15-21, 2015
November 23, 2015 - A week ago this morning, I was preparing to cover a student organized walkout and protest at the University of South Car...
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"Studies show that riding a bicycle makes you more awesome than the general population"
September 30, 2015 - According to many of the world's best BMX riders - Rock Hill, South Carolina is home to one of the best BMX facilities i...
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Mud Bogging at the Old Salkehatchie Pit - Yemassee, SC
June 18, 2015 - "What's your job?" asked one of several waif like creatures who curiously approached me at the Old Salkehatchie Mud Pit...
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Queen of Sheba meets Swamp Metal in Soda City West
May 24, 2015 - Kicking off the Memorial Day weekend on Friday night in West Columbia, it seemed there was little more personality reari...
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About Last Night: Of Montreal at Music Farm - Columbia, SC
May 16, 2015 - I'm balancing between a Red Bull table and a metal stool during Of Montreal's headlining set when Tyler Morris of E.T. A...
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Welcome to the EasterCat Columbia Alley Cat Race/Crawl/Hunt
April 05, 2015 - I knew this wasn't your average sporting event when my friend Katie showed up and showered a participant with champagne...
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About Last Night: Defeater at New Brookland Tavern
April 03, 2015 - There are 7,070 miles between Columbia, SC and the hometowns of the five bands who visited New Brookland Tavern last nig...
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Riding the White Whale in NOLA with Say Brother
March 18, 2015 - It's 1164 miles from Columbia, SC to Austin, TX and a little more than halfway sits the city of New Orleans. Headed to S...
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Mardi Gras Kills Camera
February 14, 2015 - Things were going well on Saturday afternoon. I was able to catch the Mardi Gras parade through Rosewood and General She...
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Sunset in the Soda City - February 7, 2015
February 07, 2015 - There was a time period where I often walked to work at my old bartending gig. I'd leave about an hour early and I'd mak...
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“Clouds are high flying Fog”
January 05, 2015 - At times on Saturday night, a miniature waterfall developed over the back exit at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia.
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The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Four - 2014
December 31, 2014 - For me, 2014 has most resembled the journey our elementary school kickball used to take during homeruns and when someone...
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The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Three - 2014
December 31, 2014 - It's the morning of the final day of the year and we've only reached June of 2014 in this 365 day music narrative. That...
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The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Two - 2014
December 30, 2014 - Welcome back. If you've been following along with the narrative, we're about a third of the way through 2014 and picking...
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The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. One - 2014
December 28, 2014 - Against Me! at New Brookland Tavern
At first, I thought that I might be able to cram a years worth of my music photogra...
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"This is just a perpendicular line to the grain"
December 04, 2014 - As a freelance photographer, I end up shooting for a lot of different entities. From the university, a greek organizatio...
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Columbia, SC Responds to Michael Brown Decision - Photos
November 26, 2014 - About a hundred people gathered at the foot of a thirty foot christmas tree and a confederate flag on Tuesday evening at...
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Soda Citizen: Brian Timmons of fk mt.
November 21, 2014 - Sean: Draw me something in this space in five minutes or less.
Brian: Anything?
Yea.
Goddamnit.
Anything as long...
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New Favorite Sport to Photograph: Competitive Cheer
November 16, 2014 - "It's like if there was a sport where coaches competed for best locker room talks, except it's twenty-some teenage girls...
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Happy Halloween - DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR!
October 31, 2014 - BOOOOOOOOWWWWHIHHHHHIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOWWWWHIHHHHHIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR!
I was next...
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Microphone Perplexes David A. During Ivadell Set
October 28, 2014 - Ivadell's Josh Gilley watches as OG David Adedokun tries to rescue the vocal mic last night at Foxfield on Rosewood in C...
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Superchunk praises Soda City dance moves at Jam Room Music Fest
October 12, 2014 - "The drums exploded and our amps are down, but Mathew's got it wired and we're coming around."
The sounds of Superchunk...
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South Carolina State Fair Gracefully Kicks Off 2014 Season
October 09, 2014 - Fascinated by the organization of shapes and colors and avid observer of human behavior - the fair for me is heaven. The...
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Dance Party Erupts on Main St. During Pride Fest
September 22, 2014 - On Saturday afternoon the South Carolina community celebrated the annual Pride Fest by turning Main Street in the capita...
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Soda Citizen: Bakari Lebby at Diarrhea Planet
September 14, 2014 - I met up with Bakari before the Diarrhea Planet show at Art Bar the other week. Before I could get the questions rolling...
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The Creative Process, Uncertainty, and the clempson Taters
September 10, 2014 - For twenty years I've been stumbling around photography and the creative process and until recently, I've been pretty cl...
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50 Awesome Moments from the Dixie Youth World Series - Lexington, SC
August 16, 2014 - I had forgotten the implications of being an out during the last inning when your team is losing an elimination game or...
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Soda Citizen: Dylan Dickerson of Dear Blanca
August 02, 2014 - I tracked down Dylan Dickerson of Dear Blanca at last night's Arts & Draughts to not talk about their new record or the...
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Ending an Era - Final Regular Season Game at Capital City Stadium
August 01, 2014 - “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound lik...
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South Carolina Holiday Weekend Wrap-Up - Photos
July 08, 2014 - This was my first Fourth of July holiday weekend without a hotdog - despite the efforts of the track announcer at the La...
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Sunsets in the Soda City - Episode One
June 11, 2014 - On Tuesday morning I had an assignment to photograph South Carolina women's basketball coach and three-time Olympic gold...
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Spaghetti Taco dumped for Joe Biden Special - Can't Kids Album Release
May 15, 2014 - Last week Can't Kids introduced a new item to the Beezer's menu, a staple in most young Soda Citizens' diets. The "Joe B...
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"Bizarre Celebrations" - Soda City Gets Weird with Of Montreal
April 20, 2014 - For a few minutes on Thursday night, patrons at the Columbia Museum of Art were teleported to Antarctica with a large he...
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Man Finds Sweet Chair on River
April 18, 2014 - It's that time of year again and humans are starting to explore the banks of the South Carolina midlands river system ag...
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Soda City Kicks Off Indie Grits Film Festival
April 14, 2014 - Entering it's eighth year, the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, SC showcases 15 feature and almost 50 short films,...
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That Time I Went To a Party on Willie Nelson's Ranch - Photos
March 27, 2014 - This time two weeks ago during the SXSW Music Festival I was avoiding cacti while driving my bicycle around Willie Nelso...
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Street Rat in a Ball - SC at SXSW Part Two - Photos
March 25, 2014 - "Street rat in a ball," said the young man wearing a knit cap on Sixth St. in downtown Austin on a Wednesday night durin...
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The Street Sound of the Crescent City - Lawlessness in NOLA
March 18, 2014 - "GET YOUR HENNY! GET YOUR CIROC! GET YOUR RITAS!" announced a "bartender" from the back of his pick-up truck on North Br...
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Someone's Mom Rips Beer Bong at St. Pat's Festival - Photos
March 17, 2014 - "MOM! MOM! MOM!"
I could hear the chant behind me funneling through the chaos of St. Patrick's Day in Five Points, Colu...
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Welcome to The Live Music Capital of the World - Photos - SXSW 2014
March 11, 2014 - "It's about to get real windy out here," says the dude carrying the leaf blower on the deck of the Javelina Bar at 69 Ra...
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Carolina Cryptid - Sasquatch Sighted in Upstate South Carolina
March 05, 2014 - A few weeks back I took a trip into the woods near Clemson, SC on assignment for Columbia's alt-weekly, The Free Times c...
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Mardi Gras at City Roots - Soda City Style 2014
March 04, 2014 - As the sun crashed across the City Roots Farm near Owens Field Airport on Saturday, groups of children played on piles o...
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Can't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 4 - Rainbow Pooping Unicorns
March 03, 2014 - The premise of this photoblog is a pursuit of rainbow pooping unicorns. Saturday morning I came pretty close, when I sho...
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"Rear Naked Choke" - Caged Chaos at the Jamil Temple
February 24, 2014 - Alex Larmey, a combat engineering army officer who recently served in Afghanistan, came down from upstate New York to fi...
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Henderson Bros. Burlesque Show at Trustus Theatre in the Vista
February 21, 2014 - Last weekend, Trustus Theatre in the Vista hosted the Henderson Bros. Burlesque Show in celebration of Valentine's Day....
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30 Reasons why USC students sledding are better than the Sochi Games
February 13, 2014 - Eighty-five miles an hour down a three quarter mile frozen Russian water slide? Try going down Barnwell or Henderson Str...
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Soda City Begins Snow Freakout
January 28, 2014 - There's been a buzz of excitement during the last 24 hours concerning the possible accumulation of snow in the capital o...
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Twenty Fourteen: More Action Figures & Mosh Pits - Less Ignorant Cops
January 11, 2014 - "Are we that interesting? That you must photograph us?" said one of the officers who approached me on the sidewalk last...
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Vultan's Theme: Attack of the Hawk Men
January 08, 2014 - "Pathetic Earthlings! Hurling your bodies out into the void without the sligthest inkling of who or what is out here. If...
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Photo evidence shows Soda City told 2013 to suck it - Pt.1
January 07, 2014 - In 2014 I promise to photograph more mosh pits, more portraits and more action figures. Hopefully all at the same time....
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Gamecocks get down at Citrus Bowl pep rally
January 01, 2014 - Kickoff between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2014 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL is 150 min...
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West Columbia Apartment Fire Claims One Life
September 13, 2013 - We could hear the firetrucks screaming past New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia about 30 minutes before doors were to...
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Soda City Slickers Conquer Table Rock Mountain
August 20, 2013 - We weren't planning on spending the last two hours of our hike stumbling down the side of a mountain in the dark. But li...
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"Two Star Hotel" A Book of Photography by Sean Rayford
August 09, 2013 - My favorite photography medium to work in is now "book" - followed closely by buttons.
I'm happy to announce that...
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Nuke Facility Employees Try to Bully Photojournalist - Fail
July 24, 2013 - "Don't you know what you are doing is against the law?" shouted the Westinghouse Nuclear facility's rent-a-cop from the...
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Weird Al Yankovic Ruins Birthday Party
June 21, 2013 - "Was it dark or light beer?"
"That's awesome if that is your first question - and it was a PBR."
So begins my phone co...
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Soda City Salutes Legendary Rockafellas' Music Club
May 20, 2013 - I saw three notable bands at Rockafellas' during my freshman year at USC before the music venue shut it's doors: Machine...
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Unicorn sighted at Kenny Chesney Concert - Photo
May 13, 2013 - I spent the Saturday before last hanging out at Williams Brice Stadium photographing the Kenny Chesney concert. Most of...
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Guitarist John Vail Suffers from Bangover - Photos
April 29, 2013 - "The Bangover lasts about three days. The first show, you lose your mind [onstage]. And then the next two you are in ago...
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Drunk Guy at the Festival & Hula Hoops - Photos
April 23, 2013 - The drunk guy at the festival has always been a side attraction for me, orchestrating a ballet of intoxication that is o...
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Clowney Catches TD Pass - South Carolina Spring Game Photos
April 14, 2013 - Jadeveon "Hammer of the Gods" Clowney was standing next to me on the sideline in sneakers and shorts when the quarterbac...
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Go Fish! Springtime in the Soda City - Photos
April 09, 2013 - I'm experiencing a strange personal dream episode of MSNBC's Lock Up. It's as if the hand of god has reached down throug...
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Mardi Gras in the Soda City - Columbia SC - Photography
February 15, 2013 - I would compare Columbia's third annual Mardi Gras Festival held at City Roots, to the long running St. Partick's Day Fe...
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Welcome to the Soda City: Jan 16-21 - Columbia, SC
January 23, 2013 - I found out about last Wednesday night's show at Cult Classic after running into a band from Miami outside of Drip Coffe...
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How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Part 3 of 3 - Concert Photography
January 02, 2013 - "Could you take my picture - cause I won't remember."
-'Take a Picture' by Filter (1999)
Can you blame me? Here's th...
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How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Part 2 of 3 - Concert Photography
December 26, 2012 - Shoot for the Moon.
Hopefully, Santa was able to fit that 400mm AF f2.8 down the chimney the other night and you woke u...
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The Final Days of the Soda City - Columbia, South Carolina - Photos
December 21, 2012 - I spent the final week before the end of the world wandering around Columbia observing how my fellow citizens of the Sod...
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How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Concert Photography by Sean Rayford - Part 1 of 3
December 17, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina
By my rough estimate - come New Year's Eve - I will have seen over 600 bands play this year an...
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Aiken County Slurtoth vs. Serbian Zastava M70 AK47 - Photos
December 04, 2012 - After the recent acquisition of another AK-47 by a co-worker at the music club, it seemed like an opportune time to revi...
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Almost Halloween in the Soda City - Photos
October 27, 2012 - It's not quite Halloween in Columbia, South Carolina but it's Friday night and we're living in Zombie Town Soda City sty...
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Scared Shitless: The Diving Pig at the South Carolina State Fair
October 23, 2012 - Friday - October 19, 2012 - Columbia, SC
"Awe come on pig. Just jump in the darn water," pleaded the former strip club...
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Ghostface Killah Headlines First Night of Cola Con 2012 - Photos
October 06, 2012 - Columbia Museum of Art - Friday, October 5, 2012 - Cola Con
I spent most of the evening at the Rock 93.5 Fall Out Festi...
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Photos - The Sheepdogs at New Brookland in West Columbia, South Carolina
September 26, 2012 - I didn't expect to see anybody at New Brookland Tavern when I dropped by mid-afternoon on Tuesday to double check my wor...
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South Carolina Gamecocks Defeat Clemson Tigers - Soccer - Sept. 19, 2012
September 18, 2012 - College sports rivalries are so much fun, especially when your alma mater comes out victorious over those nasty orange h...
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Photos - Famously Hot Music Festival - Day Three - Columbia SC
August 27, 2012 - August 26, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina
Sunday was the final day of the Famously Hot Music Festival at Finlay...
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Photos - Famously Hot Music Festival - Day Two - Columbia SC
August 26, 2012 - August 25, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina
I have come to the conclusion that some of the happiest people on earth ar...
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Photos - Famously Hot Music Festival - Day One - Columbia SC
August 25, 2012 - August 24, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina
As I walked across the perpetually soaked concert lawn of Finlay Park yest...
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Welcome to the Soda City: Columbia, South Carolina - Part 2
August 16, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina: July 31 - August 11, 2012
A few months back I moved over to the west side of town, a mere 9...
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"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
July 25, 2012 - From here on out I will be naming my cameras after Hall of Fame baseball players. I'm thinking that if I can give the tw...
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Click. Click. Clunk. It's Dead... 10 Ways to Cope With the Death of Your Camera
July 18, 2012 - Monday, July 16, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina
I stood at the top of the South Carolina state house steps and looke...
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Cult Classic Punks - The Hottest Day Ever in South Carolina
July 05, 2012 - June 30, 2012: Columbia, South Carolina
It was the hottest day known to history in the state of South Carolina. Here in...
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Guns & Ammo: Hunting the Slurtoth in rural South Carolina
June 25, 2012 - June 22, 2012
My co-workers from the New Brookland Tavern like shooting guns and one of them just got an AK. It's also...
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Welcome to The Soda City - Columbia, SC #1
June 07, 2012 - Columbia, SC: June 5-6, 2012
Welcome to The Soda City. The first post in a regular series that is simply a product of...
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Flaming boobs at the Pretty Things Peep Show
May 22, 2012 - Monday, May 21, 2012 - New Brookland Tavern - West Columbia, SC
You may recognize the Pretty Things Peep Show from NY I...
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Gin Blossom's singer: "Take a picture of that girl's legs"
May 07, 2012 - Rosewood Crawfish Festival - Columbia, SC - May 5, 2012
I'm pretty sure it was mid-song, during an instrumental interlu...
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La Dispute, Balance and Composure, All Get Out and Sainthood Reps
May 01, 2012 - Dudes in vans. Sunday, April 22, 2012 - New Brookland Tavern
I have been bartending at New Brookland Tavern for too lon...
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"I lost my job today and that's worth celebrating" -Tim Barry
April 23, 2012 - April 17, 2012: New Brookland Tavern
On a hobbled picnic bench in a parking lot next to an abandoned motorcycle co-op g...
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What I did yesterday instead of filing my taxes
April 18, 2012 - I filed an extension yesterday and decided to use the time I would have spent dealing with our unreasonably complex tax...
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No Unicorns at the Mt. Airy Castle
April 03, 2012 - While visiting my old stomping grounds from the grade school days a few months ago during the Christmas holiday in Mt. A...
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When Unicorns Poop Rainbows - An introduction to the Angry Whale
February 27, 2012 - I've heard people talk about unicorns dropping out of the sky and then pooping rainbows. You might say those people are...
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