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So I haven't got a whole lot of time to write another amazing blog entry, but I just wanted to take a moment to point out that I freaking love working here at musicplustv. And one of my favorite things about the job, even from back when I was still an intern, is getting to shoot live performances of some of my favorite musicians. There is literally nothing doper. So with that in mind, I decided to take a moment and compile some of my personal favorite clips that were shot by yours truly. Enjoy.

Aesop Rock - Fast Cars at Emos during SXSW 2007.

I had never seen Bjork before. Sonic Youth, either. I had seen El-P, a couple of months earlier, but I was filming, so it’s not lot like I’d actively participated in watching that show. I had never been to a massively staged, international, outdoor-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-for-a-weekend festival before, and I’d also never been to an exclusively branded pre-festival house party before, and let me tell you something

I get the call at 7:30 that Ghostface goes on at 8:30 and it’s open to the public and of course, I don’t believe it. Too good to be true. But I’m not driving and I don’t have anything else going on until later, so I say fuck it and tag along

I was a Myspace spammer. 

Before you trip out like, “dude, I fucking hate you people,” read the fine print. Yes, I did use an automated spambot to blast messages to thousands of people. But no, I wasn’t trying to sell them on a get-rich-quick-through-online-surveys-scheme or perpetrating like I’m a hottie new to myspace and they should totally check out my web cam site, because it’s awesome. Nah, never that. Here’s what’s up: Over the course of the past three years,