Sunday, April 13, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! RIP/ST - Pauly Crush @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone 04.03.08 < - - -

Well, this was the last ST as we all have come to know it. Although, the thing was, we didn't know it at the time. On Monday April 7th, Pauly Crush and Firestone severed ties. Subsequently, everyone who was a part of the original S/T crew, including all djs, all promoters, and photographers (myself and kappow), all followed with Pauly out of sheer respect and loyalty.

So this will be my final S/T photoset. It was an awesome ride and it's ashame it came down to all this...but trust me, something better is on the way!

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Kissy Sell Out (BBC Radio 1) - Spring Training Day 4 @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 03.27.08 < - - -

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Digitalism - Spring Training Day 3 @ Club Firestone (Orlando) 03.26.08 < - - -

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! PAULY CRUSH Happy Birthday @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 03.20.08 < - - -

w/ Miss Fit, Justin Scott, Ge30n

Riot in Belgium was really damn damn damn good last night! Spank Rock tonight @ Dancers Royale!

Another quick TOP 10!











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Monday, March 24, 2008

 

- - - > KColl taking photos ALL WEEK in Orlando (Spring Training 08) and Miami for WMC!! < - - -

My CRAZY ass Itinerary for this entire week and weekend.

Melanie and I will be hitting up each Spring Training event here in Orlando, then heading to Miami sometime early Friday morning.

Friday Afternoon - Party hopping between Franki Chans IHEARTCOMIX Showcase at The Raleigh Hotel and Pauly and Mikes (Subversive and Stereohype) WINDISH AGENCY Showcase Pool Party at South Seas Hotel right next door. There is also special guests at the Windish Showcase that I am allowed to hint at: They were here very recently, so I just pray you can guess who!

Friday Night - Fools Gold Showcase at The White Room (where i shot the Girl Talk afterparty in Feb) w/ A-Trak, Sindin, LA Riots, etc

Saturday Afternoon - I'm doing a photobooth type setup at Ultra Fest for URB Magazine. That should be neat! Then I can shoot the rest of the event, buuuuuuuut I might go here or instead...

Saturday Night - 2 Choices. Either Calvin Harris with Heatsrevolution at The White Room, or the fucking Bloody Beetroots, LA Riots, Laz Cazanova, Felix Cartal, and Riot in Belgium.

MAN O MAN. Me taking photos, Melanie doing reviews. Very little sleep. More than likely alcohol poisoning...

KColl taking photos in Orlando and Miami at:













































03.24.08 - 03.27.08 Orlando, FL

SPRING TRAINING 08

Backbooth - Dancers Royale - Firestone



Mon 03.24.08 Orlando, FL

Riot in Belgium @ CRUSH Backbooth

w/ Pauly Crush, Miss Fit, Justin Scott

$5 cover, no guestlist - 18+



Tue 03.25.08 Orlando, FL

Pase Rock @ Dancers Royal

w/ Pauly Crush, Miss Fit, Justin Scott

$5 cover - doors at 10pm - 21+



Wed 03.26.08 Orlando, FL
Digitalism @ Club Firestone
w/ Guns N Bombs, Summerbirds in the Cellar
$7 cover $5 for members - doors at 8PM 18+



Thurs 03.27.08 Orlando, FL
Kissy Sell Out @ Saturday/Thursday Club Firestone
w/ Miss Fit, Justin Scott, Ge30
$7 cover $5 for members - doors at 10PM - 18+



Fri 03.28.08 Miami, FL
IHEARTCOMIX WMC Showcase

@ The Oasis - The Raleigh Hotel
Calvin Harris, A-Trak, Hearts Revolution, Surkin, Para One, Bobmo, Toxic
Avenger, Franki Chan
2PM - 8PM - RSVP @ www.scion.com/miami



Fri 03.28.08 Miami, FL
Windish Agency Pool Party WMC Showcase

@ South Seas Hotel Pool
12PM - 9PM Freeeeeeeeeeee
Kis Sister, A-Trak, Flosstradamus, Switch, Drop the Lime, DJ Mehdi, Jesse Rose, Pauly Crush and very special guest! (pst. they were here very recently, so I just pray you can guess who)



Fri 03.28.08 Miami, FL
Fools Gold WMC Showcase

@ The White Room

A-Trak, Sinden, LA Riots, Jokers of the Scene, Treasure Fingers, Nacho Lovers, Nick Catchdubs



Sat 03.29.08 Miami, FL
Calvin Harris (live) @ The White Room
w/ Heartsrevolution
10PM



Sat 03.29.08 Miami, FL
MSTRKRFT (hosts) @ Rokbar
w/ Lazaro Casanova, LA Riots, Bloody Beetroots, Felix Cartal, Riot in
Belgium

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! JUSTICE / Dj Medhi - MySpace Music Tour - Club Firestone - Orlando, FL - 03.06.08 < - - -

JUSTICE / DJ Mehdi - MySpace Music Tour 08
Club Firestone & Saturday/Thursday - 03.06.08
by Melanie Gapany & Kevin Collier


If it weren’t for high tech cell phones and digital cameras, a typical Thursday night at Club Firestone would have most people running to check their calendars to make sure that they haven’t somehow traveled into the eighties. Surrounded by latex, sequins, and hairspray, it’s easy to get confused. Filled to capacity (around 1500-1600 people), however, this Thursday was different. The day-glo was still present and the pants were just as tight, but it was the only Florida stop on the Myspace Music Tour, and the club felt distinctively different.

On a regular basis, there are plenty of musical acts to get the crowd going (Residents Pauly Crush, Miss Fit, Justin Scott, Ge30n, and Y-Not along with international acts and DJs such as Flosstradamus, Kid Sister, Girl Talk, Tommie Sunshine, Felix Cartal, and Boys Noize just to name a few), but with a lineup that includes international sensation DJ Mehdi and electro-superstars Justice, there seemed to be a particularly intense amount of energy inside Firestone.

Two of Saturday/Thursdays residents, Justin Scott and Miss Fit (formerly Bodywerx) started the night, soon followed by Mehdi, who took the floor by surprise, quickly fueling the floor with energy, spinning tracks that are both recognizable to the usual S/T crowd and some previously unheard. With the dance
floor completely covered, there were still a few brave souls who did their best to dance where they could. While everyone appeared to be enjoying Mehdi's selection and mixing for the evening, it was obvious; the crowd was there for Justice and were aching to turn their feet and ears to the main stage behind them...waiting for that big black curtain that hid Justice's impressive stage display to open up.

The curtain opens; a giant cross adorns the middle of a huge sound board with stacks of giant amplifiers on both sides. The main act rightly deserved that attention. Looking at the stage, anyone could easily assume they were about to witness a great rock band blow their minds. The DJs, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, collectively known as Justice, walk out and immediately whip the room into frenzy. There is barely standing room, but everyone is dancing. As they play the songs that have made them popular, including "Waters of Nazareth", "We Are Your Friends", and Grammy nominee for electronic song of the year "D.A.N.C.E.", you can barely hear yourself think, but the entire room is singing along. The room is electric, the people are ignited.

They finish their set and perform their encores, which included various remixes of their hits (everyone sang along to each and every one no matter how many times a remixed song was already played).

Justice (Xavier, at least) moved away from the giant stage to the turntables back on the other side of the room. Mehdi, once again enters the VIP-area-turned-DJ-booth, to tag team with Xavier until almost the end of the night with Pauly Crush hopping on to close the night out and send everyone home with memories of a pretty freaking amazing night!.

Thank you Firestone, Saturday/Thursday, Pauly Crush, Mike Feinberg, and all else involved for bringing in one of the biggest current electronic acts right now for their only FL tour stop and for putting on a perfect production and awesome show!

















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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

 

- - - > JUSTICE Photo Preview! - Myspace Music Tour - Orlando, FL - Club Firestone - 03.06.08 < - - -

I'm close to finished with the JUSTICE photos from Firestone with DJ Mehdi, but here's a preview to help tide everyone over! It's mostly DJ shots, but there are some crowd shots as well. The full gallery will be over 200 photos and should be up tonight or tomorrow afternoon!

Add my myspace account to catch my bulletin posts!

























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Thursday, March 6, 2008

 

- - - > Photos of JUSTICE tonight at Club Firestone, Orlando!! < - - -

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship) @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 02.28.08 < - - -

Sunday, February 24, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Nick Catchdubs (NY) @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 02.21.08 < - - -

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Lazaro Casanova / Pauly Crush @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 02.14.08 < - - -

Monday, February 11, 2008

 

- - - > GIRL TALK PREVIEW! Photos from Orlando (S/T Firestone), Tampa (Pulp/Czar), Miami (Studio A) 01.31.08 - 02.02.08 < - - -

Ok, I'm posting a preview of each night because I just can't wait anymore to post at least soooooooooooomething! The full galleries will be available soon, but hopefully this is enough to tide everyone over!

Here are my top 25 picks from the Orlando, Tampa, and Miami shows!




GIRL TALK @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 01.31.08

Top/Fave Photos!


















GIRL TALK @ Pulp - Czar (Ybor/Tampa) 02.01.08

Top/Fave Photos!


















GIRL TALK @ Studio A (Miami) 02.02.08

Top/Fave Photos!














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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

 

- - - > Girl Talk Photos upcoming @ Firestone / Orlando / Tampa / Miami - GET READY! < - - -

Will Girl Talk crowd surf this time like he did back in Oct 06?? I sure fucking hope so!




I'm going to attempt to make it the Saturday/Thursday performance in Orlando, the Pulp performance in Tampa, and the Studio A performance in Miami. Boy am I going to be knee deep in photos to edit!

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Monday, January 28, 2008

 

- - - > Girl Talk is coming to town! Photos from Orlando / Firestone / Saturday/Thursday show in 2006! < - - -

If any of you were around for Girl Talk's first visit to Orlando / Club Firestone back on October of '06, you should remember how much of an insane show it was. It still ranks up there as one of Saturday/Thursday best national act performances to this day (right up there with any of the DJ Funk shows).

Back then Firestone had only half the floor open due to the ongoing renovations...big stage was covered up, there was pretty much no VIP section, and only one operational bar on the floor. So needless to say, it was jam packed in there and Girl Talk was fresh on the scene with his glitchy supermashups.

These "remastered" photos are from that '06 show. I call this series the...

GIRL TALK STRIP & SURF!








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Sunday, January 27, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Pauly Crush w/bodywerx @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 01.24.08 < - - -



My new flash did me well this past Thursday! It was neat to actually like my photos again, haha.

This was the official Wu-Tang afterparty and you can't technically call it an afterparty if the first party never freaking ends. Wu was scheduled to perform until 11 or 11:30 tops, but they didn't get off stage til 1am! While I know some people enjoyed them playing thaaaaaat long, I myself, was anxiously awaiting to listen to some jams from Bodywerx and Pauly Crush and go flash-crazy.

You know, for seeing those DJin fools week in and week out for over a year now, I sure do never get tired of them, they are that good!

TOP 30 (thanks to my new flash kicking all kinds of ass)















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Monday, January 21, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Pauly Crush w/bodywerx @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 01.17.08 < - - -



Well, despite my piece of shit lens crapping out on my half the night (for the second week in a row), i still managed to save most of them from the brink of sucktitude and actually wound up with more favorite picks than usual. I have a new flash heading my direction in time for S/T this week!

TOP whatever photos of the night! (I got tired of trying to cut it down to 20, so here's a whole bunch of faves)
















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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Andy Pry (Throne of Blood) @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 01.10.08 < - - -



Well, thanks to technically difficulties (stupid flash), I was only able to manage 60+ decent pics this week, bleh! Sucks because Andy Pry really did a great job out there. I didn't know much about him prior to this past Saturday/Thursday, but I was pleasantly surprised! Anyways, on to the top 10...

TOP 10 photos of the night!





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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

 

- - - > Photos! Felix Cartal w/bodywerx @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 01.03.08 < - - -



First Saturday/Thursday of the year, and it did not disappoint! '08, here we come! I've said it before, and I guess I'm saying it again...those Frenchmen know how to work that Firestone dj stand! Sucks Felix couldn't afterparty...he had to catch a plane before any of us who were still around at the end of the night even went to sleep. Maybe next time...

TOP 20 photos of the night!










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Thursday, January 3, 2008

 

- - - > Felix Cartal @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) ...TONIGHT! < - - -

YAY! Felix Cartal pretty much rules. Listen to some of his tracks: www.myspace.com/felixcartal

Also, check out a mixtape of his from early December, exclusively for Franki Chan and the IHEARTCOMIX blog:

NEW FELIX CARTAL MIXTAPE (EXCLUSIVE)!! or listen to it directly by clicking here.

And as always, i'll be taking photos tonight. Come get your soul stolen!

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

 

- - - > Photos! Pauly Crush @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 12.26.07 < - - -



TOP 20 photos of the night!










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Sunday, December 23, 2007

 

- - - > Photos! DJ FUNK and XXX-Mas 2 Party @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando) 12.20.07 < - - -

**HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!



Well, to sum it up...DJ FUNK ruled it once again at Firestone. I believe he called Firestone the best party in the south in one of his bulletin posts not too long ago. He's so right! Everyone was in good spirits (aka drunk as shit) and dancing to Funks trademark style of electro-bootie / ghettotech.

TOP 20 photos of the night!










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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

 

- - - > DJ FUNK this week! Club Firestone 12.20.07! XXX MAS 2! Photos by KCOLL! < - - -

XXXMAS with DJ funk! This Thursday (Dec 20) @ FIrestone! Open bar every 30!

Come on, we all know DJ Funks shows are pretty much the epitome of what Firestone is all about. Dancing, getting wasted, going nuts, having fun. And anyone who has been to a DJ Funk performance before knooooooooows all of that does indeed happen, and then some!

So check out photos form the last couple times he's been here, and don't effin miss Saturday/Thursday this week!

Last time he played S/T I fell off the damn platform setup for Yo Majesty! Thats how crazy it was :)

Now Bounce. Dat. Assssss!

GALLERY: DJ Funk / Jackal & Hyde @ Blackout Firestone 09.22.07

GALLERY: DJ Funk w/ Yo Majesty! @ S/T Firestone 07.05.07
Warning, Yo Majesty boobie shot's inside...







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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

 

- - - > PHOTOS! DJ ORGASMIC + AFTERPARTY @ Saturday/Thursday - Club Firestone (Orlando)12.06.07 < - - -





DJ Orgasmic definitely pulled the party out for Orlando at this past weeks Saturday/Thursday at Firestone! He's part of the Paris Terror Club and the Institubes label and he continued where PTC left off last time they hit Orlando...leaving us in awe and respect for those wild Parisians, their dj skills, and their ability to throw 'The Fun' down! Check out the end of the photoset for some silly afterparty photos with Orgasmic, Pauly Crush, Justin of Bodywerx, a kitty, myself and my silly friends!

TOP 20 combined photos of the night!










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Thursday, December 6, 2007

 

- - - > Dj Orgasmic Tonight at Firestone! Art Basel in Miami this weekend! < - - -

Tonight starts off a crazy busy weekend!

DJ Orgasmic, part of the Paris Terror Club/Institubes clique, is returning tonight for a solo performance behind the turntables!

Check out the photos from his last visit to Firestone and from the afterparty!

THEN, in some awesome news, I'll be shooting for URB MAGAZINE (from LA) this weekend at Art Basel. I'll be shooting MSTRKRFT w/ LA riots at The Pawn Shop on Friday night, then MOBY and Princess Superstart at Studio A on Saturday. FUNFUNFUN!!

Anyone else heading to either of these shows or Art Basel in general?

Check the flyers below for more details on all 3 events: