Jah Phnx started his musical career as an Alternative Rap artist but last year he started taking some of his music into dark Post-Punk territory, reminiscent of many of the OGs in the genre as well as of newer acts like Molchat Doma and She Wants Revenge.
The music is moody, minimalist and catchy. He doesn't have that many songs out yet, but what he does have out sounds highly promising. Check him out!
Another Great Gildersleeves club shot with John Lydon kneeling in what would later be an ankle deep barrage of oddities onstage. As promised, the purple fan.
And as usual I was crashing the band party onstage, shooting right behind him. No one ever tossed me off which I found odd. Still, I don't remember much other than thinking I had at least 4 good shots to review.
Usually 4 good shots out of 2 rolls of 36 is a pretty good night. It had been a long week shooting the Palladium shows and just trying to just keep up with him onstage is a circus act. I never went out after any of the shows.
Exhausted.
Always went straight to sleep with earplugs thanks to The Ritz parking lot behind my building. 6 hours later at the crack of dawn I'de drop off color film for processing so I could send to the magazines before 3pm. So much for the glamorous life of a 20 year old. But I remember every crack in the sidewalk back then, walking (?) from 12th street to 44th. No idea why I didn't take a bus. I don't miss New York, haven't been back in years, but I would assume the midtown photo district is more or less unchanged. Haggling, buying blocks of film and preparing for the coming week.
Crash course.
Nothing like it.
Bob Marley Getting Ready For The Wonder Dream Concert!
Bob Marley and The Wailers preforming a soundcheck a couple hours before the Wonder Dream concert would begin.
The event was a benefit concert to raise funds to help blind people. (Jamaican Institute For The Blind). They would end up receiving 23,000 dollars.
Photographer: Kwame Brathwaite
Location Of Photograph: National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica. 10/04/1975
Omg! 💖 I love all her songs, but my favorites are Rolling in the Deep, Oh My God, Skyfall, Rumor Has it, Can I Get It, When We Were Young, Set Fire to the Rain, Woman Like Me, Strangers by Nature, Cold Shoulder, Cry Your Heart Out, Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Easy on Me, Someone Like You, and Love in the Dark.