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The Circle City Classic was this weekend, and with the annual football game between two historically black universities (this year, South Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University) came the Cabaret, a concert featuring Tank, SOS Band and Charlie Wilson at the Indiana Convention Center. My deadline kept me from taking any photos of Wilson, the headliner, but Tank and SOS ("Sounds of Success") were fun to shoot.

Just a quick, little assignment for the Star. Full gallery here.

SOS Band guitarist Bruno Speight performs during the Circle City Classic Cabaret at the Indiana Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (Alex Farris | For The Star)

And now for something completely different.

Before I went traipsing across Ohio following the presidential candidates for two days, I was in Chicago for the weekend. My stated goal was to take some photos of the Chicago World Music Festival (and I did, though minimally), but I also had larger goals of meeting with a friend for some book editing and flying a kite in the Windy City. Both of those goals combined wonderfully.

Success!

(This probably isn't the real curvature of the Earth. In fact, I'd almost guarantee it, partly because of the fisheye nature of the GoPro and partly because of very prevalent warping.)

On Monday, I got another email from Demotix asking if I could take some campaign photos in Ohio. I obliged, especially since it turned out that, not only would I take pictures of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in Dayton, but I'd also go to Toledo and Bowling Green to take photos at both a Romney rally AND a Barack Obama rally. Score.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with a supporter during a presidential campaign stop Sept. 26 at Bowling Green State University's Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney also campaigned in Ohio on Sept. 26, at the Sea Gate Convention Center in Toledo, Ohio.

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