Takka Takka at Smack Mellon
shot with my blackberry

Fun times last night at Dumbo First Thursday Gallery Walk. Good music and free beer at Smack Mellon. We also checked out “The Experience of Green” at the Dumbo Arts Center – very cool…

I know it’s kind of blurry but I like the light.

I’ve seen a few interesting things from the windows of 1221 and now two of them are connected. Back on 9/11 I, along with many of my coworkers watched in horror as the world trade center was attacked and watched the towers fall right in from of our eyes. Yesterday from different windows on the same floor we watched the The USS New York, whose bow stem includes seven and a half tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center’s twin towers sail down the Hudson River. It was with mixed emotions as I watched… a battleship – the towers were created and destroyed and this ship was created and will perhaps one day destroy – cycles…

And on a more aesthetics note – I think the ship is ugly – odd because I thought the twin towers were ugly too.

It also made me remember my friend John, who we lost on 9/11 and will always miss….

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Remember voting is sexy! See you at the polls.

So, I wrote a post about crisis and friendship (or lack thereof) and saved the draft – then I realized that their were only two people that were completely insensitive to me and decided to change my entry. I want to thank everyone that has been supportive of me during these past few months – I won’t know the outcome of this job thing for a few weeks and it’s very stressful but it’s good to have you as my my friends

Full galleries are on Prefix but I wanted a record here of all the CMJ ‘09 performances that I attended. This is pretty much in chronological order.

Greycoats

Home Video

Javelin

Motel Motel

Fanfarlo

Milagres

Blood Warrior

Casxio

Small Black

Autodrone

Highlife

Psychic Paramount

Sian Alice Group

Change The Station

Whisperians

Stricken City

Zaza

Lia Ices

Javelin

The xx

Mumford and Sons

Dinowalrus

The New Collections

Screaming Females

Coyote Eyes

Helado Negro

Sure Juror

The Loom

Peasant

Blood Warrior

Emmanuel and The Fear

Choir of Young Believers

Tony Castles

Bottle Up and Go

The Answering Machine

Kittens Ablaze

Drink Up Buttercup

La Strada

Kria Brekken

Exceptor

Tickley Feathers

Headlights

Japandroids

Drink Up Buttercup

Alice and the Beekeeper

Cale Parks

Elizabeth & The Catapult

Mama Bear

Locket

Marie Stella

The Postmarks

Au Revoir Simone

Headed out to Gowanus/Park Slope last night to see some friends play at a backyard Halloween party. It was a fun evening and as I had no camera (a rare night off) I shot a few (very few) photos with my blackberry.

These fires kept us warm but at times the smoke was a bit much….

special appearance by Kurt Cobain.

with Neon Indian and Real Estate at The Living Room

Neon Indian

Real Estate

Hosted by Jordan Carlos and Seth Herzog

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Highlights:
Drink Up Buttercup at Brooklyn Brewery and The Delancey (it was also really nice to have dinner with you on Friday).
Japandroids – What a night at The Bell House – there was so much stage diving that I had to go and stand on a bench at the side of the venue – fun, fun, fun!
Dinowalrus at Cake Shop
Kria Brekken at Cameo
Peasant and Blood Warrior at Bruar Falls
Zaza at Cake Shop
Screaming Females at Mercury Lounge
Sian Alice Group at Knitting Factory
Hanging with Bryan and Jenna – you Mainers are a blast
Running into Chris La Putt at the Marie Stella show at The Delancey – it was good to see you

Lowlights:
Being trapped in the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night and missing DUB’s showcase
Running into a friend that I hadn’t seen for months and he was rather hostile to me – hope things get better for you.
One broken laptop
Disrupted F Train service
Being shut out of a few shows that I would have liked to shoot

All in all a pretty good time was had.

Many thanks to Prefix for letting me cover CMJ for them!

Photos from Day 4
at Brooklyn Brewery: La Strada, Drink Up Buttercup atCameo – Pawtracks Showcase: Tickley Feather, Excepter, Kria Brekken atThe Bell House – Polyvinyl Records Showcase: Japandroids, Headlights

Day 5 – at The Delancey – Presented by The Young and The Hungry Elizabeth and The Catapult, Cale Parks, Alice and The Beekeeper, Drink Up Buttercup. At The Delancey – Presented by Stereoactive Marie Stella, Locket, Mama Bear. At The Bell House Au Revoir Simone, The Postmarks.

And a few more to thank
Jeremiah – for buying me a beer (one of the few beers that I had during CMJ)
Matt and Jen – always good to see you
Pat – thanks for cracking me up once I escaped from Mercury
Chris – for pointing me in the direction of water once I escaped from Mercury
Simon – for letting those two go on Thursday night
Michael and Farzad for not getting lost and/or losing each other

It’s been quite awhile since I made an addition to this project.

To see photos in the Hands Project click here.

so pretty..

To see the tattoo project click here.