Welcome to the life and times of Sooz where I've been documenting my work and life adventures since 2002. Work = Sooz Media, my consulting business for web marketing, website project management, event planning and event photography. Life = shooting concert videos + photography, cooking for friends at The Granitorium, and scheming with my favorite Boston bands.
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Live concert video of The Rationales and OldJack at the Lizard Lounge

Live concert video of The Rationales and OldJack at the Lizard Lounge

Now that I've got the site rocking a new layout (cheers to the "Sight" theme from WPShower!) I'm inspired to catch up on photos and videos for Sooz TV. Back in May, I shot video at The Rationales album release party for "The Distance In Between" at the Lizard Lounge. They were joined by old...

PJ Maximus performs “Faith” by George Michael at Cog’aoke 2010 at South by Southwest Interactive

Happy Cog presented the 2nd annual Cog’aoke at The Scoot Inn during Austin's South by Southwest Interactive. Here's one of the videos I shot for Sooz TV of PJ Maximus (also known as Rannie Turingan) performing “Faith” by George Michael. Check out the denim jacket that Rannie wore, complete with hand-sewn jewels and Faith design...

Soul Sisters perform Lady Marmalade at Cog’aoke 2010 at South by Southwest Interactive

Happy Cog presented the 2nd annual Cog’aoke at The Scoot Inn during Austin's South by Southwest Interactive. Here's one of the videos I shot for Sooz TV of the Moulin Rouge version of “Lady Marmalade” by SXSW Interactive supergroup Soul Sisters. The group features Tara Hunt, Amanda Coolong, Corvida Raven and Karen Hartline. Watch more...

Sooz TV: Amanda Palmer and Kay Hanley cover “Makin’ Whoopee” at the Lizard Lounge

[tweetmeme] Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo) is back in town and played a show at the Lizard Lounge on Thursday, January 7th. Towards the end of her show, Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls) joined Kay to sing their cover of "Makin' Whoopee." You can watch the video below or on the Sooz TV channel at...

New Sooz TV videos: Brendan Boogie & The Best Intentions CD Release at the Paradise Rock Club

(Photo of Brendan Boogie & The Best Intentions by Johnny Arguedas If you would like to share these videos, use this short URL: http://sooz.com/tv/fh2 or you can also click on the tweet button below.) [tweetmeme]Brendan Boogie & The Best Intentions celebrated the release of their new cd "The Sweet And The Brutal" at Will Dailey's...

New Sooz TV live music videos: Session Americana covers The Band and Flatt & Scruggs at Lizard Lounge

[tweetmeme] Session Americana returned to the Lizard Lounge in December for a month of Tuesday shows. Gathering around a small table with ambient mics, they play a mix of originals and covers. These videos are two of their popular covers: "The Shape I'm In" by The Band and "Dig A Little Deeper In The Well"...

New on Sooz TV: Canadian power pop rockers Sloan at TT The Bear’s on December 3

[tweetmeme] Sloan brought their epic power pop rock and roll to TT The Bear's in Cambridge, MA on December 3, 2009. It was the first time I had seen them since 1996 or 1997. Crazy, yet true! They were as awesome live as I remembered them all those years ago. They've got a new EP...

New Sooz TV Music Videos: CD Release Party for Cassavettes new album “Shake Down The Sun”

[tweetmeme] Cassavettes celebrated the release of their second full-length album, "Shake Down The Sun", downstairs at The Middle East on November 6, 2009. Here are videos for the songs "Ordinary Girls" and "Lights On" that I filmed that night. The entire album is spectacular but "Lights On" is definitely my favorite song on the new...

New on Sooz TV: Boston Rocks Halloween 2009

[tweetmeme] It's an annual tradition for Boston bands to perform Halloween shows covering bands they love or just feel inspired to cover for the night. This year I got some great performances recorded on video: John Powhida and Chris Cote as Robert Palmer, Preacher Roe as The Replacements, The Luxury as Duran Duran and The...

Music Video: Township’s Marc Pinansky solo at TT The Bear’s Place

Marc Pinansky, singer and guitarist for Boston band Township, is exploring his mellower, singer-songwriter side with a collection of new songs that he tested out at TT The Bear's Place last week. I absolutely love Township. Their style of unabashed rock and roll is the real thing. But I wasn't sure what it was going...

Photos and video of the fourth night of preliminaries at WBCN Rock N’ Roll Rumble on April 9th

My collaboration with Ryan's Smashing Life continues with an assortment of photos and a video from the fourth night of preliminaries at WBCN's 31st Annual Rock N' Roll Rumble on April 9th. Visit RSL to see a review, photos and video. On the surface, it seems like a great idea to go to nine rock...

Photos and videos of WBCN’s 31st Annual Rock N’ Roll Rumble

My photos and some videos of WBCN's 31st Annual Rock N' Roll Rumble are being published on the always awesome Ryan Spaulding's music blog at Ryan's Smashing Life. Here's our coverage of Sunday night's festivities. The Rock N' Roll Rumble is a "battle of the bands" style competition for Boston area bands. Anngelle Wood, WBCN...