Mike Rastiello
@mikerastiello.com
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Mike Rastiello
@mikerastiello.com
· May 23
Hey everyone! It's @mikerastiello.com here with another new project - amomentinrock.com
Amateur concert photography by me, taken around Austin and elsewhere.
You can follow this account for updates when I see a new show.
Amateur concert photography by me, taken around Austin and elsewhere.
You can follow this account for updates when I see a new show.
A Moment in Rock
Amateur concert photography by Mike Rastiello
amomentinrock.com
Hey guys! I'm excited to be launching a new project and website - amateur concert photography by me around Austin, TX.
This is a passion project, combining my love of music and photography, where I will try to capture special moments on stage.
I'd love if you'd follow along here, or at the site.
This is a passion project, combining my love of music and photography, where I will try to capture special moments on stage.
I'd love if you'd follow along here, or at the site.
The chicken wanter. #dachshund #dogs
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The chicken wanter. #dachshund #dogs
Some more photos from the Queens of the Stone Age show the other day. I’m still thinking about it.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Some more photos from the Queens of the Stone Age show the other day. I’m still thinking about it.
I saw Queens of the Stone Age in #Austin last night on one of their final stops on the Catacombs tour.
I’ve been a massive fan of QOTSA for a long time, pushing 25 years. I’ve seen them six times, but last night was something magical and is the best live show I’ve ever seen and will be hard to top.
I’ve been a massive fan of QOTSA for a long time, pushing 25 years. I’ve seen them six times, but last night was something magical and is the best live show I’ve ever seen and will be hard to top.
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I saw Queens of the Stone Age in #Austin last night on one of their final stops on the Catacombs tour.
I’ve been a massive fan of QOTSA for a long time, pushing 25 years. I’ve seen them six times, but last night was something magical and is the best live show I’ve ever seen and will be hard to top.
I’ve been a massive fan of QOTSA for a long time, pushing 25 years. I’ve seen them six times, but last night was something magical and is the best live show I’ve ever seen and will be hard to top.
It’s killing me that I’m not watching the Queens of the Stone Age stream of them recording an episode of Austin City Limits, but I’m going to the real show tomorrow night and I don’t want to be spoiled.
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s killing me that I’m not watching the Queens of the Stone Age stream of them recording an episode of Austin City Limits, but I’m going to the real show tomorrow night and I don’t want to be spoiled.
Apple Music threw this song into my radio station and damn is it good. I never heard of this band and I want to dive deeper.
music.apple.com/us/album/wei...
music.apple.com/us/album/wei...
Weird by Kicking Giant on Apple Music
Song · 1993 · Duration 2:42
music.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Apple Music threw this song into my radio station and damn is it good. I never heard of this band and I want to dive deeper.
music.apple.com/us/album/wei...
music.apple.com/us/album/wei...
I am a nu metal fan for the most part but people need to stop labeling Deftones as nu metal.
Over two decades since the height of its popularity, nu metal remains divisive. But, it’s currently enjoying a cultural re-evaluation that can’t be ignored. https://disc.gs/49BJBMT
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I am a nu metal fan for the most part but people need to stop labeling Deftones as nu metal.
This is the first (non-Looney Tunes) road runner that I ever saw.
It was 2013 and I was actually 32 years old.
It was 2013 and I was actually 32 years old.
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is the first (non-Looney Tunes) road runner that I ever saw.
It was 2013 and I was actually 32 years old.
It was 2013 and I was actually 32 years old.
Last night our friends came over with their two Boston terriers and I achieved my greatest form: a dog bed. #dachshund #bostonterrier #dogs
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Last night our friends came over with their two Boston terriers and I achieved my greatest form: a dog bed. #dachshund #bostonterrier #dogs
It's my duck in a box
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's my duck in a box
Every morning is a game of keep away. #dachshund #dogs
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Every morning is a game of keep away. #dachshund #dogs
Leopards and faces and all.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Leopards and faces and all.
This is a religious figure talking the talk and walking the walk.
More of them need to step up like this man.
More of them need to step up like this man.
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is a religious figure talking the talk and walking the walk.
More of them need to step up like this man.
More of them need to step up like this man.
Reposted by Mike Rastiello
Out today, a visit to the "Trans Takeover" of Barton Springs: All across the stone slab, LGBTQ+ folks sat in clusters, talking and dipping in and out of the water together. ... Happy people who use every pronoun and none at all.
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Out today, a visit to the "Trans Takeover" of Barton Springs: All across the stone slab, LGBTQ+ folks sat in clusters, talking and dipping in and out of the water together. ... Happy people who use every pronoun and none at all.
We went on a lengthy walk this morning. As usual, Poppy’s nose led the way and today it led her up a little hill next to the sidewalk. What she didn’t understand was as she was walking up the hill, I was on the flat sidewalk.
She was very confused and didn’t know how to get down.
#dachshunds #dogs
She was very confused and didn’t know how to get down.
#dachshunds #dogs
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We went on a lengthy walk this morning. As usual, Poppy’s nose led the way and today it led her up a little hill next to the sidewalk. What she didn’t understand was as she was walking up the hill, I was on the flat sidewalk.
She was very confused and didn’t know how to get down.
#dachshunds #dogs
She was very confused and didn’t know how to get down.
#dachshunds #dogs
All glory to the giant coffee shop cinnamon roll.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
All glory to the giant coffee shop cinnamon roll.
Please, my state. It’s so dry.
WITH WHAT WATER? AND ON WHAT POWER GRID??
If the plans come to fruition, Texas would have more Google data centers than anywhere else in the world, CEO Sundar Pichai announced with Gov. Greg Abbott. bit.ly/49UoTrr
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Please, my state. It’s so dry.
And another thing: I didn’t get peed on. Please dont put in the newspaper that i got peed on.
Drake claims T.I.'s friend never urinated on him
Drake Claims T.I.'s Friend Never Urinated On Him
On T.I.’s 2020 song “We Did It Big,” he honored his late friend Terrance Beasley, aka Cap, who’d died in prison a year earlier. One way T.I. chose to pay tribute on the song — an emotional ballad feat...
stereogum.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And another thing: I didn’t get peed on. Please dont put in the newspaper that i got peed on.
Reposted by Mike Rastiello
I like to sit down when I brush my teeth.
It’s more enjoyable.
I bet there’s some more weirdos like me out there.
It’s more enjoyable.
I bet there’s some more weirdos like me out there.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I like to sit down when I brush my teeth.
It’s more enjoyable.
I bet there’s some more weirdos like me out there.
It’s more enjoyable.
I bet there’s some more weirdos like me out there.
It is insane to me that businesses across the globe pay Microsoft billions of dollars combined for the shittiest and wildly unproductive application suite.
Office is pure garbage and everyone is just fine with that?
Office is pure garbage and everyone is just fine with that?
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It is insane to me that businesses across the globe pay Microsoft billions of dollars combined for the shittiest and wildly unproductive application suite.
Office is pure garbage and everyone is just fine with that?
Office is pure garbage and everyone is just fine with that?
I still can’t believe that people don’t understand that any written or typed communication is never private.
The shit people put in emails and texts is mind blowing.
The shit people put in emails and texts is mind blowing.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I still can’t believe that people don’t understand that any written or typed communication is never private.
The shit people put in emails and texts is mind blowing.
The shit people put in emails and texts is mind blowing.
I think bacon is better on chicken sandwiches than burgers.
And I love bacon on burgers.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
And I love bacon on burgers.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think bacon is better on chicken sandwiches than burgers.
And I love bacon on burgers.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
And I love bacon on burgers.
I will not be taking questions at this time.