Last Choice

As I mentioned previously, I went traveling a lot in January (LA, NY, London, NY, South Africa, NY). I brought my Holga, a recent acquisition, along with me to London and Africa, and here are the results.

London:


Paul (He's the sound guy for Foals)

The Three Crowns on Church Street (in Stoke Newington)

Berry and Georgie

My dear APC. She and Paul recently got married!

Thames

New York (interval):

Double (perhaps even triple?) exposure of Anita

I never claimed to be photogenic.

The album cover for the band that Mukai and Anita don't have.

South Africa:

Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

The Cape of Good Hope

I rode this elephant. His name is Casbar.

Leopard

Snoozing lions

Afternoon safari refreshment

The pool at Elephant Plains

Johannesburg Airport

I'm not your kind and you're not mine
but for tonight, you'll have to do just fine.

Just Drums

I started writing for The Brooklyn Paper and have already generated some clips!

Here are my first three stories, which is a lot of work considering my first and only day of work thus far was on Tuesday.

Tapes 'n Tapes : Fresh from last year’s new album, “Walk It Off,” the Minneapolis-based quartet Tapes ’n Tapes will slam into Brooklyn with its hard-driving drum-backed twangy indie rock sound for a must-see concert at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, Feb. 26.

Arborcide : The winds that slammed into Brooklyn last Thursday knocked down a beloved 120-year-old tree in Carroll Gardens — but it wasn’t the gusts that committed the crime; it was arborcide, the tree’s owner claims.

Police Blotter



And here are some pictures of recent events:



Dancing at Marie's party on Valentine's Day. (Oh, the single life.)



I interviewed the boys from Death By Audio, an awesome little warehouse venue in Brooklyn. This is Iran (featuring Kyp Malone) playing there. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and The Fakers also played.




This is the back room, or the living room in the warehouse.



I went to Lit Lounge one night, and there were a bunch of familiar faces that night. I noticed that the foam in my beer glass spelled out "LA", which I found fascinating.

Speaking of LA, I'm going there for the weekend. Just to visit and relax. I'm also hoping to get some work done and plan my trip to Tokyo with my brother, which is still pending.

Evil And A Heathen

My next DJ gig is on Friday the 13th, and I am quite proud of the flier I made for it:

(Click on it to enlarge.)

Try Again

I clearly suck because I haven't posted about my life in New York recently. I have been busy with life in general, but I have been updating my Flickr account with the band photography I have done in the past months.

I moved back to my city about a week after LA, and life has been crazy since. I have been traveling like crazy too. Since my last post, I have been to LA one weekend, San Francisco the next, Chicago a few weeks later, LA again, and again, London for New Year's and South Africa. Nuts, I know.

Speaking of San Francisco, I went to cover my time with Foals at the Treasure Island Music Festival, and my encounters with Hot Chip and Jamie Hince from the Kills. (Here's the story I wrote.)


And now, for a long set of photos that (I hope) sum up the past five to six months.














Mukai and I DJ now. She's DJ Homo and I'm DJ Snob.



























Pikkujoulu (Little Christmas) Party in BK.













Dancing onstage with The Teenagers in BK.













A photo Frank took of me on his Holga when I was visiting London last August.













Me at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.


























Nights of drinking with friends in Brooklyn.































Brunch at Lulu in Chicago













CMJ Music Marathon, NYC 2008













Hanging out with Foals in San Francisco













I was Carmen Sandiego for Halloween!


















Brunch and Sunday Fundays in Brooklyn













Visits to Scandinavia House













Election Night!













Snowy days in Central Park



I should just make a separate Africa post because there are so many photos from that.