I'm Waking Up

This weekend, some friends and I performed about an hour and a half set of music at Awakenings Coffee House here in Boise.  It was a lot of fun!
The sound isn't super great, and one video has a little gap in the middle, and we had to change cameras part way through, but we got pretty much the whole thing on video.
Enjoy!

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Viva la Vida - Coldplay

If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw

Remember This Day - Eric Millet

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

Free Falling - Tom Petty

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Wonderwall - Oasis

Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

Dixie Road - Lee Greenwood

Flake - Jack Johnson

Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five for Fighting

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads

Try a Little Kindness - Lee Greenwood

Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver

Let it Go - James Bay

Rockin' in the Free World

I'm in a band called "Jagged Iris," and this weekend our drummer, Jeff Redmond, got married. He and Melinda (the bride) asked us to play for their reception. We did 8 songs, 2 covers and 6 originals, plus a couple of repeats by request.
We played two sets, with the repeats happening in the second set. The audio mix was a little better in the second set, so I've only included the second set versions of those songs.

Break on Through (to the Other Side) by The Doors

 

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf

Ode to Society by Jagged Iris

Jeff Redmond, our drummer and the groom, had to leave for a few minutes to have pictures taken. While we waited, we just jammed a little bit. This is improvised on the spot.

One More Day by Jagged Iris

Ska Song by Jagged Iris

The Unseen by Jagged Iris

Shadows by Jagged Iris

Release by Jagged Iris

Mercury Rising

I took a little time Monday morning photographing the transit of Mercury across the Sun.
A transit is a little like an eclipse - in this case, Mercury passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, but because Mercury is so much farther away than the Moon, rather than blocking the Sun, it appears as a tiny dot.

These pictures are processed to sharpen and clarify them, as well as add color - the solar filter on my telescope actually makes the Sun appear a bluish-grey color.

Mercury, on the right, and some sunspots in the upper middle and to the left.

Same as above, labeled.

Below is a composite image showing Mercury moving across the Sun during the time I was observing.  Its path looks a little bumpy due to the conditions I was photographing under - the seeing wasn't very good (lots of moving air currents) and wind kept shaking my telescope.  Also, you can see that the intervals at which I took pictures were a little inconsistent.

A selection of different shots composited to show the path Mercury took.