THE ANGRY WHALE

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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 the third and final installment of concert photograp...
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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 up yesterday awakened with a new spirit concerning...
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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 Soda City were coping with and preparing for the impe...
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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 and that will put me somewhere over 5,000 bands over...
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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 revisit the South Carolina backwoods in search of the...
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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 style. Join me on my day off from New Brookland as I...
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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 DJ turned pig racing emcee in front of a energized...
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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 Festival in the Vista waiting around for something to h...
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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 work schedule (3:30 p.m. is like near dawn in rock n...
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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 hillbillies from the upstate of South Carolina. Abo...
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