Weekend plans Sept 23-25

Friday

nowTime to get a rental car. $50 for the weekend special on an economy car from Enterprise.

2:05pm Ralph arrives from NYC for the Abandoned In Detroit (AID) photoshoot. He'll be staying with me a couple weeks. During that time I'll get started in male modeling. I'll have a great guide.

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6:00pm Edgewise Gallery opens two doors down from Oslo, 1428 Woodward, Detroit. I'm pumping this up as a meet-and-greet for people in the AID shoot. Come out and meet my film making / art scene friends.

Jan D tells me she is playing the music I love at Slows Bar, across from Tiger Stadium, Michigan and Trumbell. I'm not sure how much energy I will be spending tonight, Ralph and I may stop there briefly.

Saturday

8:00am - 9:30am SideEffect is holding a CD release party benefits to MADD at Canterbury Village. I'll be on site taking photos.

11:00am - 8:00pm Abandoned In Detroit photo shoot. We are parking in the lots at the NW corner of Rosa Parks and Michigan, behind The Works. More information is going to be posted this afternoon on the AID website. The location for the shoot is Michigan Central Station (the train station across from Tiger Stadium). You will not know how to get inside without contacting me and being IN THE GROUP. DO NOT APPROACH it directly!! You will blow the shoot. Please read the guidelines posted in the blog

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After the shoot we can head to Bleu for dancing and celebrate Kimmie's birthday.

Sunday

Could be a day of recouperation and photo processing. That evening The Brazilian Girls will be playing at St Andrews Hall. I would love to see that show!!!

Let's see how the plans come together...

Arts, Beats, Eats 2005

Tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of photos to go through. It is times like this that I'm not so sure about photography, perhaps I just have to bring things in focus more. There are some great photos that happened this weekend. Best advice I can give is to check the galleries that are going to fill up from this link at fuzzytek.com. There's even a gallery there that points you around to the other galleries related to activities listed in this blog post that aren't part of the main group of photos.

Friday

Friday night I went to ABE (Arts, Beats, & Eats) in Pontiac with Mike (TimeFragment) to take photos of the bands there. We saw Crossfade and Seether. I managed to get into VIP between the two sets and got great shots of Seether. Mike was surprised that I got into VIP, but he knows I manage to do that sort of stuff regularly.

The photos from VIP were GREAT. I hope I can sell a few and make some money. Lord knows I could use it.

It was great meeting Scott Legato during the show. It was funny to have met his father and mother just a few weeks ago at Woodward Dream Cruise.  They mentioned me to him - he was blown away realizing who I was. That was a freaky and fantastic meeting.

Saturday

The day of Pure Detroit Design Lab's runway show. Mike and I drove in and met Rachel and James when they arrived. We had a great time with Vinnie & Rob at Detroit Choppers before the fashion show and told them we would return afterward.

At the temporary store for the Design Lab the models gathered and began pulling together outfits. Time came for runway and things came together great. Most of the models wore two outfits and the rotation looked comfortable.

After the fashion show our group held a quick photo session in the back space of the temporary design lab. Then we headed to Detroit Chopper and met Casey and Athena at their tent. We setup a shoot using their bikes with Kim & Rachel in a small parking area across the street from Mill Street.

Kim's friend Katrina came down and I stuck with them as we went over to see Better Than Ezra. The performance was great, but the crowds were far less animated than they were for Seether and Crossfade. Most of the time the VIP area was seated in the chairs. I guess they were conserving energy for Rick Springfield who was to follow. Our group didn't stay for Rick to come on. Kim & Katrina got backstage with Better Than Ezra. I met up with Mike, Rachel and James since they weren't with us when we entered VIP. We decided to head to the car, the night was pretty much over.

Sunday

Rachel, Mike, James, and I returned Sunday afternoon to catch more of the scene in photos. Sunday turned out to be a shorter more relaxed day than Saturday's activities.

Monday

I returned in the afternoon with Tony to get more photos. Tony wanted to discuss a few things over dinner. After dinner he headed home. I stayed and met a bunch of people, as I always do. I saw Kim from Broadzilla. Met the band RadioCraft and held a quick photo shoot with them. And I met Amanda, and held a fast photo shoot with her on the patio of Sevin. I eventually headed to the bus stop and took the Smart bus home around 9:30pm.

Side Effect CD Release Party(s)

Side Effect,
uploaded by Fuzzytek.

When: Thursday Sep 22, 2005 at 8:00 PM
Where: Busters Lounge
50935 Van Dyke (just S of 23 mi)
Shelby Township, MI 48317
Description (from Kevin):

The recording project (Side Effect) that myself and my working group (Annie Richards & Jester) were asked to be a part of has been completed and is scheduled for a few CD release parties and I would like to personally invite everyone out to be a part of something that is soon be Nationally recognized, have a good time, listen to the disk, eat, drink and be scary...I mean merry...LOL.

Cd's will be available for purchase and proceeds will benefit M.A.D.D and S.A.D.D (students against drunk driving) as well.

Let me make it clear that we are definetly NOT against having a good time and drinking responsibly, we are just trying to help make aware the consequences of Drinking and DRIVING. Not only is it dangerous, but VERY, VERY expensive!

"Better Think" is one song off the cd which is dedicated to the people who make the right choice in finding another way home, and also to the ones who need to think ahead before they go out and drink and drive!

***(There are other great songs as well on the cd in which do not pertain to this subject).

There will be live performances at each of the following and both are free of charge!. I hope to meet ya there! ~Kevin

www.kevinpruett.com
www.myspace.com/sideeffectweb

Thursday Sept 22, 2005 Busters Lounge- 8pm (alcohol will be served, so set up a designated driver ok!) 50935 Van Dyke rd (just S of 23 mi) Shelby Township, MI

Saturday Sept. 24, 2005 ©Olde World Canterbury Village (Special M.A.D.D event & early show...8:00am 2369 Joslyn Ct. (off I-75) Lake Orion, MI 48360

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Stephen's note ... I can't make the party on the 22nd. I will be attending the MADD event at Canterbury Village on Saturday September 24 from 8:00am to 9:30am. I have to be in Detroit immediately after 9:30am. I have another photo shoot I organized immediately following that in Detroit - Abandoned in Detroit. Another post will be made for this very soon.

Weekend plans Sept 2-4

Smugmug changed the default look of things and it has the front page of www.fuzzytek.com all messed up.

Friday night - going to Pontiac for Arts, Beats, and Eats taking photos around and the bands performing.

Saturday - again at Arts, Beats, and Eats.
Noon - hang out for a while with friends, time to meet up and enjoy
3:00pm - precall to Pure Detroit Design Lab checking in.
3:30pm - call for runway models, make-up, hair, ...
5:00pm - runway show starts
5:30pm - runway show ends

Sunday - Paxahau Anniversary at Masonic Temple
Still looking for a music review writer. Contact me ASAP

If you need to reach me call 248-259-3980 (my cell)
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

P.S. Don't forget The Mitten Movie Project - Tuesday night at the Emagine Theatre in Novi. Showcasing Michigan's independent film makers!