So my second stop on Friday night was at Spread Love The Chicago Affair . It was also a birthday celebration for Dj Doc, so it was the teaser for The Second Sat reunion . Kemit had the crowd rockin with cool vibes from Chicago, classic house music and rare grooves . Dj Doc came on and followed up with some more dance jams, it was a fun night. But enough of me lets see the pics.
Enjoy
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

Well it was another fun weekend here in Atlanta. The rain, the cold, the snow, and the parties and fun. I started off at City of Ink for Enough Iz Enough. This exhibition had art with themes that dealt with police brutality. It was a packed house Dj Wildlife had the grooves flowing , Mya and Mister Soul were great hosts and curators. But enough of me lets see some pics.
Enjoy
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

Hey there folks its been a minute. I still don't have a replacement camera for my broken one. But I got my wife, family and friends, so all is well. This valentines day I went to check The Gathering's 5th anniversary over at Cenci. For this special event Ian Friday was the guest Dj for the evening. Ramon Rawsoul opened up the night to get the crowd started. Then Ian Friday came on and had the crowd up in a frenzy, and Kai came on to close out the night .But enough of me lets see the pics.
Enjoy
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

I Shot too many pics so here is part 2 enjoy.
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

My second stop on friday night was Dj Kemet's Spread Love party at 595 North ave. This Spread Love was a tribute to Roy Ayers. Kemet had the crowd moving. Musiki Scales and Khari Simmions had the band groovin.It was a good vibe and alot of folks came out who I haven't seen in a min. Like I stated it was a good time had by all. So enough of mee lets see the pics enjoy.
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

It was a busy friday night for me . My first stop was the monthly Castleberry Art Crawl in the Castleberry gallery disrtict here in Atlanta G.A. Friday night was the soft opening of Fahamu Pecou's Diamond Lounge Gallery . There was a small jazz photography exhibit by Michael Reese as well as a small showing of Fahamu Pecou's 2008 presedential campaign posters. Down the street The Threshing Floor Academy & Childrens art Gallery had the Live Young Art exhibit. With artists Tommy Lee, Julie Ross, Allen Cooley,and Yahnia Curtis. And at Ty Stokes Gallery, artist Meg Aubrey's exhibit I Just Live Here, was a interesting take on suburban life . But enough of me lets see some pics . Enjoy
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

































































 

Happy New Year to all and I hope that your year is off to a good start. Well my camera is still down so I'm still shooting with my old back up point and shoot. So this past saturday I went to The Gathering at Cenci, with Djs Ramon Rawsoul, Kai Alce, Brain Edwards and Nabani. Kai and Ramon were spinning downstairs and Brian and Nabani were upstairs. The vibe was cool and the crowd was sweating and movin. Lets see the pics enjoy.
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"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"













































 

Well Happy New Year to everyone. After a shaky 2008 the recession, war, the election, my camera. I decided to go bring in the new year with Sweat & Sir Thomas for their new year's eve party. It was a blast !!! When I got there Dj Theo was spinning upstairs and had the crowd in a frenzy with dope classics. He played "Peace Pipe " by B.T.Express when I got there, and when I was leaving "Girl You Need To Change Your Mind" by Eddie Kendricks. Downstairs Djs Ramon Rawsoul and Sir Thomas was killing it with their tag team spinning . I had to tear myself away from the vibe, it was definite the way to bring in the New Year. So Thanks Calvin, Mike and Thomas for a great party, Happy New Year to all, also if you like to donate to the camera fund you can make a donation on my myspace page. Thanks and lets see the pics.

John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

So last night I went to check out Halo lounge for Dj Menelik's The Habit party. When I got there Menelik was playing a funky mix of 80's music that had the crowd moving. Later on that evening Menelik went into a electro funk vibe that had the crowd up into a frenzy. Also Landras Mitchell was celebrating his birthday that evening so Happy Birthday to you Sir. Now lets see some pics enjoy.
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"

So it was Christmas time here in Atlanta . It was a mellow holiday for me, with my camera still out I had to resort to my old digital point and shoot back up. I went to check out The Goodness at 529 EAV. This was the Soul on Ice James Brown Tribute. Dj Apple jac was on killing it with Classic James Brown cuts and break beats. The highlight for me was Apple Jac's remix of Body heat. After that I went around the corner to check out Spread Love with Dj Kemet. This was the holiday party so everyone was in a good holiday spirit. Dj Kemet ad the crowd groovin. A few folks that I haven't seen in a while showed up to say hello, and folks going back and forth between the two parties. To sum it up two good parties. Then on saturday I stopped by Moods Music to wish my man the Dynamite Dave Soul happy birthday . Dave was spinning his cool ecclectic grooves at a chill mellow vibe. To sum it up it was a great weekend for me . So lets see the pics enjoy. RIP Eartha Kitt
John Crooms
"Everybody's Favorite Photographer"