Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Strahov

This show was a few weeks after the Gattaca show, one of many that I attended at Klub 007 during 2015. I've only uploaded a handful of these cameraphone shots, as there are a very large number of them in my files, most of them mediocre to bad in quality. The Unholy Preachers were a fun band to see, though, so this show seemed like a worthy one to include.

About two months after Fluff Fest, I got to see Gattaca again at Klub 007 in Strahov. As this was only my cameraphone, it was hard to get anything that wasn't blurry, but I tried anyway. This is the second shot I selected for iPernity. From a technical standpoint, I'm not claiming that this is one of my better shots, but I wanted to upload it anyway.

About two months after Fluff Fest, I got to see Gattaca again at Klub 007 in Strahov. As this was only my cameraphone, it was hard to get anything that wasn't blurry, but I tried anyway.

About two months after Fluff Fest, I got to see Gattaca again at Klub 007 in Strahov. This was only the setup and soundcheck, which enabled me to get a better look at some of the gear.

This was the second As We Were show that I went to, at the After Fluff show at Klub 007. This was where I got to meet them.

This was my second good shot. Again, I was running into the limitations of the cameraphone.

Between Earth and Sky claim to play only infrequently, being more social and political activists than a band. The frontman is Greg Bennick, perhaps best known for his charity work in Haiti. They're promoting a video of this show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2R1-8afJws As an aside, if this photo looks exaggerated in its contrast, its because I did an extreme edit to compensate for my cameraphone overexposing Greg's face.

Here's an alternate shot of Gattaca.

This band is called Gattaca. I thought that I had photos of them on iPernity already, but I guess not. They're a hardcore band from Prague, and I would argue they're one of the best. This show was at Klub 007, maybe the most famous punk club in Prague, which actually has been in operation since 1969, on and off, and continuously since 1989.

"Silicon Hill," is really Strahov, a neighborhood on a hill overlooking the rest of Prague. It's adjacent to Petrin, and the Petrin tower (the Eiffel Tower copy) can be seen from here. It's called Silicon Hill because some of CVUT's buildings are located here, and you can see some of the dorms in the background of this photo. CVUT is a technical university, obviously, but I've attended free lectures there in other subjects like history.

Soon after passing Vysehrad, the main for Beroun crosses the Zeleznicni Most, the most visible of the rail bridges over the Vltava (as the others are in out-of-the-way neighborhoods). If you look out over the city, it's surprising what you can see when you consider that this is a cameraphone image. Every major landmark on the west bank of the Vltava (except for Miklasky Chram) from Stadion Strahov to Prazky Hrad is at least slightly visible, encompassing the neighborhoods of Smichov, Strahov, the Mala Strana, and the Hradcany all at once.

Strahovsky Klaster (Strahov Monastery) is one of the oldest complexes of buildings in Prague, although that tower to the left is the Petrin watchtower, which is much newer, dating to 1891. The Monastery wasn't built all at once, of course, but was constructed in stages from 1140-1798, at least from I can quickly ascertain from what's online. The most famous feature is the library, which although it has a collection stretching back hundreds and hundreds of years, was built in its current form as the Philosophical Hall as recently as 1782. If I've misinterpreted my sources, or if there's more to add, please comment and do so!! Thanks. :-)