Have Heart Limited 24x36 print for sale officially!

First round of my prints is finally underway.

First one to be offered is one of my favorite pictures i took at the Sound & Fury festival 2007.

Have Heart playing to hundreds of kids... not much else can be said.

This is being offered two ways.

1) 24" x 36" Black and White print on matte photo paper. rolled and shipped in a document mailer, hand numbered on the back. Cost- $80 USD plus shipping, to be determined on your geographical location.

2) 24" x 36" Black and White print on matte photo paper, framed in black border poster frame ( as pictured ). Hand numbered on back of print. $125 USD PLUS shipping, determined on geographical location.

I will only make 10 of these. I am doing the printing, and framing, and shipping etc. So, if you are into it, thanks for your support. If not, pass it on to someone who may be interested.

This will be on a first come first serve basis. Also consider, this is a piece of art, and not just a mass produced photo on a piece of paper. It is a real deal digital photo print, on photo paper, printed by ME, hand numbered for YOU.

any questions please EMAIL me at richdgaccione@gmail.com

i accept paypal (highly preferred) or money orders ( if you absolutely must).

This is the original image:



And here are examples of it framed on my wall:

You hate yourself so much...

...Its impossible to love you.

The bed next to me stays made perfect. Waking up holding a pillow that
felt like your body in my dreams. The thought of your arm around me,
and the kiss in the morning before you walked out the door.
The memory can't exist if it never happened, yet I feel like its all
I'm ever going to have.

--
Rich Gaccione.

http://richgaccione.com

Something More Than Ink.

These are my hands after the show i played last night.

I havent "X'd up" in years, although ive been Straight Edge since i was 15. Last night was almost like a rebirth of that feeling when i decided to call myself Straight Edge.



1- Last night, I had the chance to play a set with the band Have Heart, at the annual "Edge Day" show, in Massachusetts. This came about, kind of in a weird way. My job at the rehearsal studio lead me to bumping into the Have Heart guys a couple weeks ago. It had been a while since i had seen them and it was cool to see them practicing and getting ready for their tour and what not. So, one night when i was working, they were practicing as well, for their edge day set, and before the end of the night, i was sitting behind the desk, figuring out Alone In A Crowd songs and HH songs.
P.S. Click to check out pictures from the show here. Dan rules.


We had one practice together, and the show last night went off perfect. It was an awesome opportunity to play with those dudes. They have been friends and tour mates, and to play those songs with them was something that ive secretly wanted to do ever since the summer tour i was on with soul control 2 summers ago. So, in short. Thanks Have Heart.

2- I now have 3 jobs.

job 1: Jamstage rehearsal studio, 2 nights a week and filling in random shifts (like right now)
Job 2: Ritz camera store at Providence Place mall. Not a bad job for someone who likes to take pictures.
Job 3: Trinity Brewhouse. Barbacking 2 nights a week, mostly Fridays and Saturdays. So many frinds work and frequent this place. Its really fun and keeps me busy. Straight Edge 30 year old working at a bar. yea. I know. I don't drink, other people do, not a big deal.

3- I'm Straight Edge. Im proud to be, and dont really understand what makes people go from being edge to " oh man, straight edge is so dumb....pass the joint dawg." Its a decision i made long ago when i understood what being straight edge was all about. I was told its a life long decision. People DO change and yes, i understand this, but those who go from being openly straight edge and being proud of it, to becoming just another dude who drinks/smokes/smokes weed...whatever, its just...sad. Im glad im a part of something that so few seem to hold onto for a long time.

4- apartment life is good. but, im lonely. really lonely. Its getting cold, its starting to be that time of year where i get...sad. It happens like clockwork. Last year was ok, becaus ei was in LA and there were palmtrees, instead of trees losing their leaves, so i was able to keep a chin up last year, but, this new england season brings out the best and worst in my brain.


5- Please visit my flickr page and if there are any photos you would like prints made, please email me and give me the link to the photo and i will get back to you with size availabilty and prices for different options. Thank you.

COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES!

i woke up at 8am today, knowing last night i bought the supplies to bake stuff.
i was excited, so, i got this recipe for some basic chocolate chunk cookies. Its the first time i baked in my kitchen, so i kept it simple.

I "veganized" the following recipe:

Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

2 sticks of "butter". i used the store brand "buttery sticks" which have no dairy ingredients.

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup soy milk. i used Silk Very Vanilla

2.25 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1.75 cup dark chocolate chunks ( i only had Baking chocolate chunks available, so i chopped up 4 squares into small chunks and used these. It worked just fine. I used Bakers Brans semi-sweet baking chocolate ( no dairy, of course)

2 tablespoons cocoa powder



Baking Instructions ( pictures included of each step to help out):

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. grease baking sheet(s)

3. beat the butter and sugar together in large bowl until pale and creamy

4. pour in milk, beat to combine ( this mixture didnt fully blend together, but it all pulls together in step 6)

5. In seprate bowl, sift together, flour, cocoa and baking powder.

6. stir dry mix into butter/milk mixture and combine well, but DO NOT beat.

7. take about a tablespoon of mix and place onto tray ( i didnt want to make a billion cookies, so i used way more mixture per cookie, as you can see in the pictures.)

8. bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. ( mine were done in 16 minutes)

9. remove from oven, let stand on baking sheet for about 5 minutes. After cooling on baking sheet, transfer the cookies to cooling rack or similar.


STEP 3


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EVEN ROSS FROM CEREMONY APPROVES!

Im going to try and sell some digital prints...

i would offer:

multiple sizes.

different mounting options.

black and white or color versions.

here are a few pictures i have edited and think are worth offering. Please leave comments or get in touch if interested.
Thanks!


Have Heart



Ceremony



Verse



Witchcraft



Trash talk



Soul Control




Boris


im toying with the idea of offering a few of my photos of live music photography, for sale.

Random list of things that make me happy.

Now that im on a computer and not my phone, im going to update this entry...and add pictures...

Vegan birthday cake i made:


Finally seeing At The Gates:


GERSHWIN MY CAT.


My Family:


Road trips.


Getting Tattooed by Luke Taylor


My 1995 les Paul classic premium plus


This bulldog on a raft. Her name is Talulah.


Vegan general tsao fried tofu & broccoli


My best friend Mark.



Gigantic hardcore shows that i can capture moments like this:


Zak Drummond )front) and of course the rest of Verse:


Playing music in front of happy fans:


Mike Dubin:


Hot sauce. On EVERYTHING.


and even though it makes me sick to think about the moment i took this picture, it still can bring a feeling of happiness:


and here is the original list, sent from my blackberry:




Riding My bike at night.

The auto brew feature on my coffee maker. Nothing like waking up to
the smell of pumpkin spice coffee in the morning.

Being vegan and having non vegans enjoy my cooking.

Meshuggah.

Anthony greens voice.

Writing a heavy riff and just playing it back and being able to headbang to it.

My camera.

The color of the leaves right now.

My blackberry. Even though its the lame "buisnessman" version.

My new apartment.

Freedom of living alone.

Peanut butter.

Running into old friends and having good talks.

Memories of those happy moments, even though they are gone forever,
they still hold a place for a smile.

G'nite.

--
Rich Gaccione.

http://richgaccione.com

I made sushi at home. I win.

i finally put that sushi kit i got as a gift like, 4 years ago, to use.
i just went for it and im glad i did.

the rolling part will take some getting used to, and trying different vegan options for the filler will be fun, but i stuck with the ole, Avocado and Cucumber for my first attempt...






i also had a job interview at Ritz camera, which went well, but i have no idea what the outcome will be. Tricky interviewer dude made me "sell" him the camera i own.
i mean, i did well, but i haven't "sold" something since guitar center in may. i was a little rusty, especially not really knowing 100% of the cameras features and benefits, but, im told im a good salesperson, and the guy confirmed this at the end as well.

Im currently in starbucks using free internet, listening to Hate Eternal and contemplating my next life moves.

14 days went by fast. Apartment update.

its been exactly 14 days since i signed my lease and moved into my new apartment in providence. i still need a TV and the internet, but as of now here is where i live.
One trip to Ikea was awesome. Some free stuff from the apartment manager and some hand me downs from Jim, set me up pretty nice.
I still need to decorate a little more, and frame some posters.

BEDROOM, featuring a nice new Ikea bed frame for my free mattress.
Posters are, High On Fire, Hum, Coliseum.


BEDROOM


BEDROOM


KITCHEN


BATHROOM
posters: OM, High On fire, Torche, Mayhem.


LIVING ROOM
posters, from Left:
sigur ros Takk promo poster, Sigur ros Heima screening secret show poster, Morrissey pasedena civic center, Morrissey Hollywood Palladium, Boris japanese promo ad, Roky Erickson live in San Francisco.

The TV area is going to be where the speakers and that little penguin guy are.


LIVING ROOM


LIVING ROOM


KITCHEN: This is to highlight the little shelf addition i put up.
I wasnt 100% happy with the amount of counter space so, i just got a small piece of shelving and brackets and extended the amount of counter space for appliances. There is a coffeemaker and a powered speaker on there now, in case i want to make dinner and listen to some tunes whilst doing so.


LIVING ROOM. This is to highlight the Ikea wallmount bar/table i decided to get.
being as i dont think im going to have many people over for dinner parties, i decided to get this and mount it to the wall. It collapses when not in use, and is big enough for 3 people to eat at comfortably.

I agree with this shirt. I dont agree with police brutality.

This is a picture of the Providence band, The Body, from a benefit show they played on friday night at AS220. It was a benefit show for Alex Svoboda. She was brutally hurt BEFORE a peaceful demonstration, in an altercation with North Providence police officers, resulting in this injury:




Please click the link above to read her's and the IWW story. It is acts like these that make this society so incredibly sick and twisted. Where people that are there to speak their right of free speech, are mangled and broken, by officers of the law.

The shirt above, sums up my feeling for this situation and many of those like it.

Also, if you ever have a chance to see The Body live, i suggest you do so.

It haunts me

Without fail, every day that has gone by since I left LA, there has
been a reminder of that place.
It may be a movie I watch, and it was filmed in places I stood, or a
song that sings a similar emotional song, about a place that was
special to them. It will not leave me.
I've been trying and trying to just look east, and forget the time I
spent in the west, but the eyes on the back of my head never sleep.

--
Rich Gaccione.

http://richgaccione.com

Soul Control Promo Shoot

The dudes won some sort of online contest run by Taco Bell, where they submit the band, and some sort of " tell us about yourselves" thing and taco bell chose a bunch of bands to win $500 in "taco bucks". Well, soul control, amongst some other bands won that part, and the winners move on to a next round that could lead to a $15,000 recording session or something crazy like that. Well. They needed some promo shots for the taco bell profile thing. Here are a couple. Eyeballhead is the official Soul Control icon from here on.