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BrYan Kremkau

'I Can't Wait to Get Off Work...'

About Me

My name is Bryan Kremkau and I'm a web designer & music photographer. I have been a web designer & concert photographer for over 10 years. I started a music website called SkaPunkAndOtherJunk.com back in 1997. SPAOJ and READ Magazine merged in 2006 and now its called ReadJunk.com. I love working on the website because I like to review music and movies, and it gives me a chance to discover new music/movies & meet people. I also review concerts and post the photos from the concerts on ReadJunk.com and on my photography website, SkaPunkPhotos.com . The website has all the photography I have taken over the years, along with a photoblog that I try to update frequently. My photography has been featured on Altpress.com (Alternative Press Magazine), album covers, band websites, and many MySpace profiles as well. If you would like me to cover your show, take publicity photos of your band, or you would like a website done; please contact me here or IM me at XXXSkaPunk.

My Interests

..listening to lots of music, going to movies, creating bad art, taking lousy photos, ice hockey, NY Rangers, ska, punk, film scores, classical, celtic, hardcore, metal, reggae, cartooning, collage art, graphic design, going to shows, downloading stuff illegally, complaining, breaking into buildings, ghost huntin', sleeping, napping, crapping, www.readjunk.com

I'd like to meet:

.. Shane MacGowan, The Pogues, Leonard Peltier, Bruce Campbell, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Rachel Perry, Peter Jackson, Seth MacFarlane, Wayne Gretzky, Mr. T, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, Billy Bragg, Any Monty Python members, David Cross, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, MacGyver, Easter Bunny, Dave Chappelle, Winston Smith, Keira Knightley, Matt & Trey

Additional Links

SkaPunkPhotos.com
SkaPunkPhotos.com Photoblog
Bryan Kremkau's ReadJunk Blog
BandGallery profile
Last.fm: ReadJunk
Linkedin: Bryan Kremkau
Buzznet profile

Music:

..The Levellers, The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, Tom Waits, DeVotchka, Nick Drake, Gogol Bordello, The Shins, Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, The Queers, Screeching Weasel, The Saw Doctors, Morrissey, The Jam, The Clash, Bob Marley, Billy Bragg, The Decemberists, Great Big Sea, Subhumans, Minor Threat, Dropkick Murphys, Authority Zero, Johnny Cash, John Williams, New Model Army, Pilfers, English Beat, Madness, The Specials, Hatebreed, Four Tops, Less Than Jake, Jethro Tull, Buju Banton, Pennywise, The Travoltas, Real Mckenzies, Joe Strummer, The Mahones, Bouncing Souls, Toasters, Mustard Plug, Descendants, Flogging Molly, Sam Cooke, Barrington Levy, Ignite, Citizen Fish, Swingin Utters, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, All Out War, Wailing Souls, Planet Smashers, The Cranberries, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Dennis Brown, Luciano, Anti-Flag, The Hotknives, Greenland Whalefishers, Street Dogs, One Man Army, Oysterband, The Cure, The Waterboys, Edna's Goldfish, Roaring Jack, Cock Sparrer, The Police, Agnostic Front, Kaiser Chiefs, GWAR, The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, Ziggy Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Circle Jerks, Korpiklaani, Hard-Fi, Rogue Wave, Teen Idols, Loudon Wainwright III, Mad Caddies, Lily Allen, the Fratellis, Josh Ritter, Teenage Bottlerocket

Movies:

..LOTR Trilogy, Star Wars, Braveheart, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dances With Wolves, The Goonies, Grosse Pointe Blank Road To Perdition, Ferris Bueller Day's Off, Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrells, Shawshank Redemption, Band Of Brothers, Gladiator, Brain Donors, Office Space, Weird Science, Spaceballs, A Fish Called Wanda, Vacation, Ronin, Old School, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, 12 Angry Men, X2, A Clockwork Orange, The Abyss, Willow, Back To the Future, Better Off Dead, BoonDock Saints, Harry Potter, The Mummy, Spies Like Us, Last of the Mohicans, Princess Bride, Shrek 1 & 2, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Anchorman, Man with No Name Trilogy, Serenity, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Sixteen Candles, Army of Darkness, Tommy Boy, City Slickers I & II, PCU, Lethal Weapon 1-4, Euro Trip, Stripes, Animal House, Toy Story I & II, Sandlot, Borat, Knocked Up, Superbad

Television:

..Little Britain, Heroes, 24, Family Guy, LOST, Firefly, The Office, Prison Break, Seinfeld, Married With Children, Wings, South Park, Coupling UK, The Simpsons, Fawlty Towers, Friends, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, NewsRadio, Flying Circus, Kids in the Hall, Looney Tunes, Penn & Teller Bullshit, Ghosthunters, Mr Bean, Chappelle's Show, Robot Chicken, Futurama, Las Vegas, Mythbusters, Venture Brothers, the Soup, My Name is Earl, Man vs Wild, The Unit, The Riches, Jericho

Books:

..Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, My Side Of The Mountain, A Drink with Shane MacGowan, Communion, MAD Magazine, READ Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Filter Magazine, Alt Press

Heroes:

..i don't know about heroes but people that influenced me in some way: Winston Smith, Terry Gilliam, Jello Biafra, Ian MacKeye, Chuck Jones, Bob Marley, www.readjunk.com

My Blog

Photos: Gwar and Mensrea @ The Chance - 5.28.08

Gwar @ The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY - 5.28.08 It's been about 2 or 3 years now since the last time I saw the mighty Gwar. This was my third Gwar show and each time, it's b...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Fri, 30 May 2008 03:58:00 PST

Article: Warped Tour Photography Tips for Beginners

check out my recent blog entry at SkaPunkPhotos.com:http://www.skapunkphotos.com/2008/05/28/wa rped-tour-photography-tips-for-beginners/...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Fri, 30 May 2008 05:13:00 PST

Photos: DeVotchKa @ Terminal 5, NYC - 5.20.08

I've been a fan of DeVotchKa for over 2 years now. Right before Little Miss Sunshine came out, I found their music on MySpace and thought they were unique and had a cool sound. Then Little Miss Sunsh...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:22:00 PST

MacGruber!

I'm not sure if anyone has seen the hilarious Saturday Night Live skit MacGruber, but I think you should head over to Hulu.com or NBC.com and watch them all! MacGruber is a MacGyver spoof that is prob...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:34:00 PST

Photos: Jesse Dayton @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, NYC - 5.18.08

Jesse Dayton opened up for Mike Ness Thursday night at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City. When the band went on, the crowd was still strolling in. By the end of the set, most of the crowd...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Sat, 17 May 2008 09:01:00 PST

Photos: Mike Ness @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, NYC - 5.18.08

I only saw Mike Ness once, and that's when Social Distortion played the Warped Tour back in 1997. I had the choice between seeing The Descendents or Social D but I couldn't get over to other stage in...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Sat, 17 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

ReadJunk.com Re-Design in the Works?

Yes, yes&I know what you're thinking. Don't you guys re-design the website every 6 months? Yeah, I like to tweak things up and try new things every once & awhile. I like to change color schemes si...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:57:00 PST

I just bought the Nikon D300!!

Well, I finally did it! I got the Nikon D300 from B&H Photo!! Since it was announced back in the fall, I knew this was going to be the next camera I would own. Of course I would love to own the N...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:55:00 PST

What should I do for my 30th birthday? Put on a show?

My 30th birthday is on July 19th and I don't know what I should do to celebrate it. I don't want to do the same old boring thing where I go to work, go out to lunch/dinner and that's about it. Since m...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:17:00 PST

Top 10 Favorite Concerts Photos of 2008..so far

I've been to quite a few shows this year (more than usual it seems), and most of these shows I've been scoring photo passes. So I figured I'd post my top ten favorite photos of 2008 so far. I'll proba...
Posted by BrYan Kremkau on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:32:00 PST