2025

2025: The Year in Review (or: Joe Had Way Too Much Fun with His iPhone) (Photo-Essay Style Because Nobody Reads This Stuff Anyway)

I don't know why the fonts in the captions are different and why some are bold. I seem powerless to change it. Just deal with it. 

A.T.S., Kollar Club, 8/23/25

Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey, the Baseball Project, Mr. Smalls Theatre, 9/20/25
 

Creedmoors, Poetry Lounge, 8/15/25

Dave Wakeling, the English Beat, City Winery, 11/14/25
  

The Dead End Streets, Moondogs, 9/13/25

  
 

Ed Crawford, Ed Crawford Band, The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, 4/12/25

  
Ed Crawford dances to the Pooks, Poetry Lounge, 8/15/25

Gary Numan, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25
Rich Good & Richard Butler, Psychedelic Furs, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25

Steve Hodge & Mike Watt, mssv, The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, 4/12/25
  
John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen, City Winery, 6/7/25
  
 

Jezmi Tarik Fehmi & Nina Cristante, bar italia, Spirit Hall, 11/18/25

 
Kraftwerk, Stage AE, 3/7/25

The Little Wretches, Moondogs, 5/31/25

  

Micky Dolenz, City Winery, 5/4/25
 
Mike Baggetta, mssv, The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, 4/12/25

Mike Mills, the Baseball Project, Mr. Smalls Theatre, 9/20/25

Nick Lowe, Hartwood Acres, 8/3/25
 

Repo Man, Poetry Lounge, 11/29/25

Rich Good, Psychedelic Furs, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25

  
 
Richard Butler, Psychedelic Furs, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25
 
 Shonen Knife, Preserving Underground, 9/28/25
 
 

Special When Lit, Poetry Lounge, 12/6/25

Spieler Time! Spirit Lodge, 10/4/25


Steve Wynn, the Baseball Project, Mr. Smalls Theatre, 9/20/25

 
 
Tim Butler, Psychedelic Furs, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25

 

Tim Slade, Gary Numan, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, 10/8/25

 

The voyeurs, Spirit Hall, 11/18/25

The Wurms, VFW #214, 10/31/25
  

Steve Wynn & Mike Mills, the Baseball Project, Mr. Smalls Theatre, 9/20/25

Record Night, Smiling Moose, 2/6/25

 Photos and video by Joe