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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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Soda Citizen: Mike Busbee
July 27, 2017 - Mike Busbee and I made this photo for an interview as part of a regular series with Columbia artists. We never got aroun...
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"Tour Brain" with Slingshot Dakota - THURSDAY night at New Brookland
April 06, 2016 - One of my favorite memories during my days as a bartender at New Brookland Tavern was a Slingshot Dakota show. So when I...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland Tavern
January 02, 2019 - At the stroke of midnight on New Years at New Brookland Tavern, after shifting through different roles in Fleetwood Mac...
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Year in Review: 2016 - Photos by Sean Rayford
December 31, 2016 - In 2016 I learned about tear gas, the superpowers of fishing waders and my need for a chainsaw. Here are 55 photos that...
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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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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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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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"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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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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"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" Happy Birthday Josh Scogin!
July 17, 2014 - I've been photographing and working shows involving different projects from Atlanta musician Josh Scogin for most of my...
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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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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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Nightmare on State Street - Halloween Night at New Brookland
November 02, 2014 - After working at New Brookland Tavern for over a decade, I had grown almost desensitized to the creative wheels of the l...
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Soda Citizen: Curt Heiny of Archnemesis
August 07, 2014 - A few weeks back I got a phone call from Curt Heiny, an EDM producer from Columbia, who makes and performs under the mon...
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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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The Gatekeeper - May 15, 2012 - #TBT Episode 1
July 10, 2014 - There are currently over 15,000 edited photographs in my online archives, so it makes sense that we start revisiting som...
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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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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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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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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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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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Photos: Junior Astronomers at New Brookland Tavern
February 25, 2018 - Junior Astronomers at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia, SC. 2/23/18
Learn about photojournalism and documentary ph...
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Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland Tavern
January 01, 2017 - Three hundred and sixty-four days to do something this year.
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That time I threw 50 cheddar cheese cubes into the crowd
June 24, 2016 - Back when Susto's Justin Osborne fronted Charleston's Sequoyah Prep School I used to tend bar at New Brookland Tavern wh...
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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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Say Brother guitarist delivers baby at Halloween Party
November 01, 2015 - "I didn't even know I was preggers," said Say Brother guitarist Zach Morrison out back of New Brookland on Halloween nig...
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"Seizure-inducing pedal tornado...¿music? from Columbia, SC"
May 26, 2015 - Alex Strickland, vocalist of Abacus (and Bathe) spent ten days on tour in March 2014 alongside Sein zum Tode to SXSW and...
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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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“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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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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"What the hell is a D Poop game of Crisco Twister?"
June 25, 2014 - When I used to bartend at New Brookland I would create drink specials and name them for the experience of having custome...
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Photos from last night at New Brookland - Against Me!
January 16, 2014 - Last night Gainesville's Against Me! played at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia, SC. I didn't have to bartend so I...
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Adam Cullum: 1981-2018
September 06, 2018 - Having worked at New Brookland Tavern for over a decade, Adam Cullum has been a consistent reminder of the amazing cogs...
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Photo of the Night - Mikey Collins
December 23, 2017 - Photo of the Night - December 22, 2017
Mikey Collins, performing with Kid Trails and Hunter Park, pays tribute to Tom...
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Photo of the Night - Josh Roberts
December 22, 2017 - Photo of the Night - December 21, 2017
Formed in 2005, Charleston's Josh Roberts and the Hinges, played at the New Br...
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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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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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Live Music Survives in West Columbia Despite City Ban on Posters
July 11, 2014 - In West Columbia, SC posters are against the law. Land of the free unless you are a business like a live music venue wan...
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Congaree Monster Hurls Through the Soda City - Photos
January 15, 2014 - I crossed the Congaree River via the Gervais St. bridge on foot for the first time in 1999 to see Stretch Arm Strong pla...
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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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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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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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Emo Night Columbia: #SelfiesWithStrangersMakingOut
July 08, 2017 - In 2015, a New Brookland Tavern staffer took a photo of himself standing near a couple sucking face, posted it on Instag...
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Photos: Hoechella showers West Columbia in Glitter
August 28, 2016 - If you attended the second day of Hoechella on Saturday at New Brookland in West Columbia you'll probably remember it as...
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"They got an enemy. The eagle... and hawk." #AvoidPollen in Hartford, CT
March 31, 2016 - Armando feeds the pigeons just outside of the "Ancient Buriual Ground" at The First Church of Christ in downtown Hartfor...
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Minus the Spurrier - "Someone has to take, take, take the wheel now man"
October 16, 2015 - From behind the bar at New Brookland Tavern on Monday night, a War Eagle bartender tapped me on the shoulder as The Fish...
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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 - Future Islands at Music Farm Columbia
April 14, 2015 - Just after the turn of the century - around the time I started working at New Brookland Tavern - a band from North Carol...
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Life in the Pit with Christian Metalcore
January 17, 2015 - Last night in West Columbia, throngs of young Christian metalcore fans wrapped around New Brookland to catch the Sioux C...
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About Last Night - Debbie and the Skanks
January 16, 2015 - At the turn of the century I was at a house party on South Waccamaw St. when I walked into the kitchen and my buddy's li...
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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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About Last Night: Oathbreaker, Cult Leader and Steely Dan
July 30, 2014 - Just before Steely Dan took the stage last night at the Township Auditorium, I had a conversation with a venue employee...
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Don't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 1 - The Hamburglar Strikes Again
February 03, 2014 - The game ended and I thought the Gamecocks had won. There was no scoreboard to look at and I wasn't even sure how points...
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