Jodie Ponto Photography

Views From The Windshield: Europe

Jodie Ponto — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:46:20 +0000

St. What’s Basilica? Leaning Tower of Where? Anne Who’s House? Spending 4 weeks getting intimate & interactive with the rest stops, service stations, driving conditions, and road rules of Europe was not exactly what my 18 year old self had in mind when she first set out across the Atlantic all those years ago with her Mountain Equipment Co-op backpack, Eurorail pass, and quick-dry travel pants.

This is what the Autobahn, Autosnelweg, Autoroute, and Autostrada look like through the windshield of Miss Quincy & The Showdown‘s English rental van:

Calais, France

Autosnelweg Windmills, the Netherlands

Autobahn Ausfahrt, Germany

Autostrada Porn, Italy

Country Road, the Netherlands

Rainy Autostrada, Italy

Autostrada Tunnel, Italy

Autostrada Alps, Italy

Autoroute Canola Fields, France

Autoroute Sunset, France

Miss Quincy & The Showdown: Slaughterhouse Sessions

Jodie Ponto — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:12:59 +0000

Last week I took some new press photos of Miss Quincy & The Showdown in Rivoli, Italy at Maison Musique — a 100 year old slaughterhouse turned music venue.

Miss Quincy & The Showdown (Joy Mullen, Miss Quincy, Shari Rae)

Postcard From Italy: Zoagli

Jodie Ponto — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:04:08 +0000

Postcards From Italy: Rosignano Solvay

Jodie Ponto — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:57:23 +0000

The Caribbean-colored sand of Rosignano Solvay’s Spiagge Bianche (white beaches) is a side effect of a nearby factory that has been manufacturing sodium bicarbonate for 100 years.

Postcards From Italy: Umbria

Jodie Ponto — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:05:20 +0000

Every once in awhile I understand why people think touring with a band is living the dream. Like last night, when we stayed & played in a restored 17th century olive mill on a 75-acre farm estate that produces organic vegetables, fruit, and herbs.

Photos are from Fattoria dei Comignoli in San Martino in Colle, Umbria.

Postcard From Italy: Adriatic Sea

Jodie Ponto — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:08:54 +0000

Rainbow over the Adriatic Sea at Raphael Beach in Civitanova Marche, Italy.

Das Greif

Jodie Ponto — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:38:55 +0000

After 3 weeks in England it feels good to be in a place that knows how to rock n’ roll (Germany, that is). Here are a few photos of Miss Quincy & The Showdown getting hot & sweaty at Das Greif in Lunen.

Laser Quincy.

Intimate & interactive acoustic encore.

Views From The Windshield: England

Jodie Ponto — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:15:47 +0000

While in England I didn’t fondle the crown jewels at the Tower of London, watch Will and Kate parade their baby bump around Windsor Castle, hear Big Ben ring at noon, see the sunrise at Stonehenge (although I did have quite the adventure there 2 years ago), attend a church service at Westminster Abbey, see the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, or have tea the Queen …. So don’t even bother asking.

What I did see in the past 3 weeks was more miles of motorways, A roads, B roads, and teeny tiny country roads than the average Brit has seen in their entire life. Here’s what the UK looks like through the windshield of a big power-hogging right hand drive Vanny.

Cotswolds country road

Ribble Valley

Hampshire

Crossing the border into Scotland

M62

Rainy M5

Ropley Music Nights

Jodie Ponto — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:21:31 +0000

Miss Quincy & The Showdown at Ropley Music Nights.

Pre-show vocal warm-ups.

Ropley Music Nights

Miss Quincy & The Showdown

The Shambles

Jodie Ponto — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:09:36 +0000

The (Great Flesh) Shambles in York.