The Casualties by Joe Perri

Posted November 20, 2009 at 11:41pm

The Dangerous Summer by Joe Perri

Posted November 20, 2009 at 4:25pm | 5 notes

So in a week I will be hitting the road again. I will be joining my friends of The Dangerous Summer on a 3 week tour with Straylight Run, Dave Mellilo, Mansions, Moving Moutains, and Brian Bonz. Following that, im sticking with them for a few more weeks for a couple seperate shows, and then another tour that they have yet to announce. All in all, i will be gone for about a month, but I will be loving every minute of it. It will be a month filled with long drives in an un air conditioned van, beautiful weather (hopefully snow), taco bell, and great music and im looking forward to meeting new people and taking lots and lots of photographs. I am gunna try to update this thing as much as I can to keep you all updated on everything, but internet is spare when you’re constantly traveling, so i’ll do my best!

BUT, i do update twitter daily from my phone, so you can hear from me daily via twitter

twitter.com/joeperriphoto

thanks and speak to you all soon!

Posted October 12, 2009 at 7:09pm | 2 notes

Brian and AJ of the Dangerous Summer // Taken in Buffalo, New York

Posted October 12, 2009 at 6:18pm | 2 notes

So I guess the only question to ask here is, where the heck did I go!? Although it has seemed that I disappeared off the face of the earth, I have spent a majority of my time traveling, photographing and enjoying myself. These past few months have taken me to the coast of california, to the dirty streets of New York, and everything in between, traveling by van, plane, and train, and loved every minute of it. All in all, this summer I am very grateful for. Because of all this, I was lacking on updates, so this should fill you in on everything ive been up too.

SO, to start, most of June, I had been working alot on shoots that I had and preparing for my travels. The last week of June, I left for California for 2 weeks to spend time with family, meet with people, and do some good ole’ exploring. I love it there, its my home away from home, and I never wanna leave. Ive been going there every summer since I was a kid, so I have basically be all over, but it never gets old. Here our some photos from the the trip.

ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY ME

I was fortunate enough to be in Hollywood, CA, around the time surrounding the death of Michael Jackson. It was crazy to see the reaction of people, and how for weeks straight, people continued to visit his star on the walk of fame and showered it with gifts, photos, posters, and flowers, to show their appreciation. On the morning of his funeral service, most of LA county highways were shut down due to the transportation of his family and every one else involved in the ceremony, leaving us to hold off on our travels till later in the day. It was truely a crazy experience and really made me realize what an idol he was.

Midway through our trip, my brother and I decided to take a trip to somewhere we’ve always wanted to see, Seqoia and The Redwood Forest. We took a long drive through the desert, eventually leading us snuggled high in the mountains, with trees the size of sky scrapers shading the road. Once there, we took a hike through the forest, and up a huge rock canyon, which let to a peak overlooking all of seqoia. I felt like I was on top on the world, and it was definitely an amazing experience.

After coming home from California, I was home for 4 days then left to hop on the BBQ Across America Tour with The Dangerous Summer, Ace Enders, Person L, The Gay Blades, and School Boy Humor. I took a train from my home in Ft. lauderdale Fl, to Orlando, Fl, and met up and left with the guys from there. Overall, it was an amazing experience, and it was a pleasure being with all the bands and crew. Here are some photos from the tour

The last day on the tour was in Wilmington Deleware. It was a very chill day, compared to all the other shows. We all hung out, bbq’d, played games, and had a great time catching up before we left. It was sad to have to leave everyone you basically lived with for almost a month, but we all will be staying in contact and hopefully seeing each other soon.

In the end, I can say that I am more than grateful for the summer I had and the opportunities I recieved. I met so many amazing people, traveled to so many amazing places, and I wouldn’t trade those times for anything. So far I have seen half of this amazing country and plan more and more of it as soon as I can, and I truely cannot wait. I will be leaving on my next tour on the 23rd of October, which will take me to Texas, and some untraveled places such as michigan, arkansas, and more of the northern east coast.