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This Thursday (8th Jan 2009) I popped into the Light Lounge in Basingstoke at the suggestion of a friend of mine. He is the sound-man and compère for "Three on Thursday", a gig consisting of three bands, and he thought I might like to come along and take some pictures of the bands performing.

The first of the three were a little too loud for me. They like to play really hard and loud (amp set on eleven!), but with out ear protection, I couldn't get close enough to get some pictures of them.

The second band, The Mundane Mondays, were much friendlier on my ears. They kicked out some great up-tempo guitar driven tunes, and at one point showed versatility by the singers excellent version of the Run DMC hit "It's Tricky".

The third and headline act was Kingston based Cats and Criminals, who were very slick and had a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm in their performance. Catch some of their tunes at their MySpace or Facebook pages:

http://www.myspace.com/catsandcriminals
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cats-and-Criminals/33218975595

All shots were taken with my Canon 40d at ISO 1600, with a f1.8 50mm lens. Noise at that ISO is acceptable, though I am hoping to upgrade to a 5d Mark II later this year which should allow me to get better shots in low light.

Gallery: The Light Lounge - 8th Jan 2009
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