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carina

www.defyunlearn.com~my site

About Me

i've become known as the RTTP girl..bahahaha...

since this is my personal account, if you don't know me or are in a band, feel free to request my site as a friend:
http://www.myspace.com/defyunlearn
you can also email me your photography needs.
Other than a bunch of shows, I have a few band photo shoots lined up
[email protected]
my photography portfolio is up : www.carinamastrocola.com and ALMOST running...
I'm a staff photographer for Alternative Press Magazine, and am constantly shooting for the Boston Phoenix newspaper, Ibanez guitars, Metal Blade Records...
I also started working on a new photo project that deals with women in metal..more details soon!

My Interests

photography (www.carinamastrocola.com is my portfolio site), going to concerts (pics here: www.defyunlearn.com), reading, writing, metalsmithing (making silver jewelry)

Music:

Joy Division, Pixies, Social Distortion, Magnetic Fields, American Analog Set, Nature and the Organisation, Red Hot Chili Peppers, NIN, The Cure, Modest Mouse, Sonic Youth, Neutral Milk Hotel, Death Cab for Cutie, Skeleton Key, Opeth, Nile, HIM, Interpol, Mogwai, Leonard Cohen, Gianni Morandi, Red Chord ...

Movies:

Paris Texas, Scarface, Blade Runner, The Bicycle Thief, Joe the King, Stand By Me, Fight Club, Before Sunrise, Requiem for a Dream, The Good the Bad & the Ugly, 8 1/2, Notte, Breakfast Club, Mallrats, The Jacket, The Notebook, V for Vendetta

Television:

Three's Company, Happy Days, Heroes

Books:

Delta of Venus~Anäis Nin, Franny & Zooey~J.D. Salinger, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man~James Joyce, Le rêve~Emile Zola, L'etranger~Albert Camus, A la recherche du temps perdu~Marcel Proust

Heroes:

my dad R.I.P.

My Blog

My pics from Live Earth

haven't been on here in a while..so much going on...figured I'd link my Lvie Earth pics..so if you haven't seen them yet... Giants Stadium, NJ - Live Earth: Pics of:Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Bon Jov...
Posted by carina on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:00:00 PST

Joey Ramone bday bash, Velvet Revolver

More photos added on my site.   The Joey Ramone bday bash: http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2007-05-19 Lighting was dark and a lot of reds so it was a tough shoot but what an amazing sh...
Posted by carina on Wed, 23 May 2007 07:30:00 PST

More pics..Arcade Fire, Chris Cornell and ...

Arcade Fire! Chris Cornell NEMHF Day 2 those are all Phoenix links..make sure to also check out the pics on my site...   What's up for 2007 so far: ..> May 4, 2007 - The Paradise, Boston, MA -...
Posted by carina on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:59:00 PST

pics!!!

Peter Bjorn and John:Link on my site:May 4, 2007 - The Paradise, Boston, MA - Peter Bjorn and John, Fujiya and Miyagi, Au Revoir Simoneonthedownload section of the Boston Phoenix:onthedownload picsFin...
Posted by carina on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:30:00 PST

New England Metal and Hardcore Fest photos Part 1

In case you want a quick view...here's a link to the Phoenix pics for day 1: http://thephoenix.com/onthedownload/PermaLink.aspx?guid=6a1c f81e-7744-46da-859a-cb233d4c5720 http://thephoenix.com/onthedow...
Posted by carina on Tue, 01 May 2007 06:10:00 PST

Local Band, The Taste of Silver in AP magazine

hah..since he posted it for me...guess I will repost the bulletin!carina----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: returntothepitDate: Mar 27, 2007 2:20 PMthis is not my picture (it's m...
Posted by carina on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:46:00 PST

first show of 2007:incubus

link to pics and casey's review:http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2007-01-30 &band=Incubusphoenix coverage too:http://www.thephoenix.com/onthedownload/PermaLink.aspx?g uid=bb00c285-fcd5-4db...
Posted by carina on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST

Strokes!!!!! (Wolfmother and Mess Hall)

Yes I love these guys...link to the Phoenix review and slideshows featuring my pics http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid22597.aspx stage was too high for me to get a set list pic but it's all in Wi...
Posted by carina on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:29:00 PST

My photo on the main FNX radio site

from disorientation fest link: http://fnxradio.com/ pic from main page: link to slideshow on the Phoenix: http://www.thephoenix.com/Slideshows/Disorientation06/defaul t.asp link to OTD coverage with m...
Posted by carina on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:04:00 PST

Lollapalooza on my site..Warped tour too...

ok all lolla pics are up on my site so please check them out! day 1: http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2006-08-04bands:B lue October, Bon Mots, Cursive, Deadboy and the Elephantman, Eels, Ghos...
Posted by carina on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:45:00 PST