Jay Reatard
October 2008
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
By Andres Jauregui

Before I bought my DSLR (a present to myself the day I got axed from a shitty office job), I took pictures on a lowly point-and-shoot. This is one of my favorite concert photos taken with that camera. I love how Jay and his bassist, Stephen, are just a throbbing mass of hair, testosterone, and substance abuse. You can’t really make out Jay’s face because his headbanging was a little more than my setup could handle, but contrast that with how clearly defined the rest of his body is, and you get an idea of how firmly planted and intense he was. The light spots and haze add a little lo-fi charm. I took this at the Rhapsody party during CMJ ‘08. Mission of Burma and the King Khan & BBQ Show also played and they were both awesome, whereas the Duchess & the Duke complained about the lighting and the sound at the venue (Music Hall of Williamsburg) throughout the entire set. I guess it was a weird bill for them to be on, anyway.

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