May 2011
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The Black and White Project: Day 34: April 30,...
Day 34 is really much of a continuation of Day 33. I was out late and heading back home from a show at the Rodeo Bar (those photos to come — well eventually) and these are photos of certain things that struck me as interesting.
A Dos Equis XX sign at the Rodeo Bar.
A self portrait — somewhat — while on the uptown 6 train to 51st and Lexington, where I would catch a...
April 2011
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The Black and White Project: Day 33: April 29,...
Day 33 of the Black and White Project was inspired by random thing s I had come across while running an errand before covering a show at the Rodeo Bar later on that evening. (Yeah, photos will be coming from that one too — eventually. I’m running a bit behind as it turns out.)
I’ve seen this advertisement and several others in the 49th Street and Broadway N,Q and R station...
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WatchCheck out “Orange,” the latest video and single off Lollipop the 13th album from legendary Megaforce Records artist, the Meat Puppets.
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The Black and White Project: Day 32: April 28,...
Day 32 of the Black and White Project was mostly inspired during by my commute out to Manhasset to visit Tanya, who’s currently in North Shore University/Long Island Jewish hospital where she’s awaiting a skin graft surgery.
Commuters rushing to their trains — both New Jersey Transit and LIRR — from the downtown 1 train.
The main waiting room has this gigantic board...
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The Black and White Project: Day 31: April 27,...
Day 31 of the Black and White Project is about as random as you can get, thanks in part to having to run around to take care of some errands before a show I was covering later on that night. With that in mind, check out the following photos from wandering around and running errands below:
A gigantic screen for folks to view the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton in Times...
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Check out this amazing, kick ass single from the...
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The Black and White Project: Day 30: April 26,...
With it being the first warm and pleasant day of Spring in the New York City area, day 30 of the Black and White Project had me wandering around Central Park’s southeastern corner near Grand Army Plaza during a lunch break. Now, with 457 days to go in the Project, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve stuck pretty closely to my original rules — at least one black and white...
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Album Review: Avedis' Red Sea
Avedis
Red Sea EP
Release Date: January 2011
Track Listing
Bound Together
Mega Ditz
Mer De Mesonges
Walk Alone
Personnel
Corey Nietupski – vocals, guitar
Josh Lisiecki – vocals, bass
Chris Lehman – drums, percussion
Formed in 2007, Avedis, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based trio of Corey Nietupski (vocals, guitar), Josh Lisiecki (vocals, bass) and Chris Lehman (drums,...
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So check out the latest single from Datarock,...
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The Black and White Project: Day 29: April 25,...
At first I couldn’t figure out what I’d shoot for Day 29 of the Black and White Project but as I was aimlessly walking down Broadway after a long day at the office, I had sudden burst of inspiration — Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fair. Admittedly, what I find intriguing as a photographer about the park is the fact that most of the park is...
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Check out CFCF’s spaced out, syrupy, drugged...
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The Black and White Project: Day 28: April 24,...
As I mentioned in the previous post, many of these photos were inspired by my travels back and forth between a show I had covered (that will be an upcoming blog post) and an old high school friend’s birthday party. These photos came about while heading home around 3:00am.
This random cart had been sitting right by this bus station. It was one of those things that just screamed to...
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The Black and White Project: Day 27: April 23,...
Running around the city to cover a show and to an old high school friend’s birthday party, most of the photos for both Day 27 and 28 of the Black and White Project have some random photos from various subway stations I was in while getting around and other assorted things. For the most part, many of these photos will be somewhat self-explanatory.
Now, interestingly enough as I was out...
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The Black and White Project: Day 26: April 22,...
Because of the holiday I was dismissed from the office early and with a bunch of free time, I decided that I’d wander around Lower Manhattan and take photos while on the Staten Island Ferry, even if was a depressingly gray, chilly April afternoon. So you’ll see some photos from New York Harbor, some photos while around the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island’s north shore,...
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Album Review: Afterlife Parade's Death
Afterlife Parade
Death
Release Date: January 29, 2011
Track Listing
Fate: An Introduction
Death
Nothing But Love Can Stay
Arrows Fly
Simple
Afterlife Parade
Personnel
Quinn Erwin – vocals, acoustic guitar, additional percussion (tracks 1 and 2)
Jeremy McCoy – bass, additional programming, background vocals, keyboards and percussion
Brandon Lozano – drums and additional percussion (track 1)
Greg...
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The Black and White Project: Day 25: April 21,...
I had to run a couple of errands but it occurred to me that I wanted to include a picture of Minerva and the Bell Workers, (also known as the Bellringers) a statue that was once on the top of the old New York Herald building (which no longer exists and hasn’t existed in most people’s lifetimes). I used to work not too far from Herald Square, so I used to pass by Minerva almost every...
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I just got a hold of this one this afternoon but...
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The Black and White Project: Day 24: April 20,...
Right before I left my office to take these photos, I was chatting with a friend of mine and I had said to her that I wasn’t sure what I was going to take photos of for Day 24. I felt as though I had run out of immediate ideas. Her response was a very simple question: “Have you gone out by the runner’s path near the West Side Highway?” So, I bolted out of the office and...
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The Black and White Project: Day 23: April 19,...
Day 23 of the Black and White Project was more random and much more impromptu — and I mean in the sense that if something caught my eye I was taking a picture of it or I’d figure out how to convey it in an interesting way. I love graffiti and how it looks in black and white; and three of the four photos for today had immediately captured my attention.
For these photos and...
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WatchCheck out Cult of Youth’s latest video and single for, “The Pole Star.” They’ll be in town on Saturday at the Bowery Ballroom with labelmates Zola Jesus.
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The Black and White Project: Day 22: April 18,...
Day 22 of the Black and White Project and I figured I’d take some photos in and around the Austin Street, Forest Hills LIRR train station. I’ve taken a few photos around there in the past because the station and it’s surrounding buildings are beautiful and look like they could have appeared in a Victorian novel. But this was a continuing experiment of trying to see the familiar...
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Album Review: Class Actress' Journal of Ardency
Class Actress
Journal of Ardency
Terrible Records
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Track Listing
Careful What You Say
Journal of Ardency
Let Me Take You Out
Adolescent Heart
Someone Real
Personnel
Elizabeth Harper
Scott Rosenthal
Mark Richardson
Elizabeth Harper, the creative mastermind behind Class Actress, originally had her start doing acoustic guitar-based...
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The Black and White Project Day 21: April 17, 2011
Day 21 of the Black and White Project had me taking picture in and around Lefrak City. Interesting enough, as a boy I used to play on many of these things and as an adult, they seem sadder and much more worn down than ever before.
For these photos and the rest of the photos in the continuing project, check out the Flickr set here:
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Rush at Madison Square Garden 4/10/11
Last Sunday, I caught Rush at Madison Square Garden, for the third time in about two years. Of course, what made this particular concert intriguing was that it was the last stop of a rather lengthy tour of North America. Now, this was another show where I attended like a normal person with a couple of friends but I wanted to take pictures. Admittedly, I think that out of the small group, two...
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The Black and White Project: Day 20: April 16,...
Day 20 of the Black and White Project had me out by the South Ferry Terminal in a torrential downpour to take photos. Yes, talk about dedication, right? In any case, after a much needed renovation, South Ferry was turned from a dark, damp, dank and utterly hopeless, turn of the 20th century space space into a very airy, roomy and modern space — that sadly isn’t quite finished. (I might...
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The Black and White Project: Day 19: April 15,...
Washington Square Park, has a special place in my heart. Before I went to NYU and as an undergrad, I spent a lot of my free time hanging out in and walking through the park at all hours of the day and night. The first time I can remember being in the area, I had an interview with an admissions person at the school, and as I was walking back to the subway, I saw a political protest — if I...
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The Black and White Project: Day 18: April 14,...
DAY 18 — 12:45PM: Day 18 was a lovely spring day in New York City — cerulean blue skies with white, cotton ball-like clouds, and in the sun, just warm enough to inspire people to sit outside for a few minutes to day dream, read, people-watch, meet friends and so on. And so, I felt particularly inspired to take a 242nd Street-bound 1 train, one stop to 59th Street/Columbus Circle,...
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Check out this minimix of Poly Styrene’s...
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Cookies and the Octopus Project at the Music Hall...
Last Wednesday I was at the Music Hall of Williamsburg to catch Cookies and the Octopus Project. (Coincidentally, as I write this post on a damp, dreary Wednesday, the show I’m writing about was on a damp, dreary Wednesday. That strikes me as being quite strange.) After running a couple of errands which included taking photos for my Black and White Project, I took a Rockaway Parkway-bound L train...
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The Black and White Project: Day 17: April 13,...
Day 17 of the Black and White Project and I wanted to try doing something somewhat experimental and playful. What I wanted to do was to try to make the familiar unfamiliar in some fashion — by presenting some things with unusual angles or paying attention to certain details that others would miss. So check out the following photos:
For these photos and the entire set of...
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The Black and White Project: Day 16: April 12,...
Day 16 of the Black and White Project was a damp, rainy, miserable day. So miserable that it made it quite difficult to take photos — it was cold and wet, and it made walking much further than a couple of blocks. Below the pics will speak for themselves, I think.
This is actually a close up a waterfall fountain/passageway between West 47th Street and West 48th Streets, between...
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The Black and White Project: Day 15: April 11,...
As a photographer and as a struggling journalist/novelist, there’s something that I personally find fascinating about Grand Central Terminal. During most hours of the day and night, the building is teeming with the hustle and bustle of daily life in the New York metropolitan area. Overlooking the rush of humanity as I was as I was taking many of these photos, you’d see exactly what...
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The Outer Borough Brass Band and the Rebirth Brass...
Last Thursday, I caught the Outer Borough Brass Band and the amazing Rebirth Brass Band with my friend J, who I’ve mentioned in passing before on this blog, at Brooklyn Bowl. And since I wasn’t at this show for any official duties, I just took photos which you’ll see in a little bit but before that I wanted to mention a couple of things very briefly before I forget: I enjoyed the Outer Borough...
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The Black and White Project: Day 14: April 10,...
There has been an unintended result from this particular project and it’s this: everywhere I go, I’m reminded of the fact that New York has a hold on my heart that is quite frankly inescapable and unbreakable. And although the city I’ve loved for so much and for so long isn’t the city that I remember even ten years ago, there are still moments where New York is full of wild...
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The Black and White Project: Day 13: April 9, 2011
Day 13 of the Black and White Project and I was spending the rare Saturday night in Queens. A former coworker invited me to catch a friend of hers play a set at the Waltz Astoria, and for the second time in a few days, I was going to a show as a regular person without worrying about covering it in some fashion. But I still needed to continue on with the project. So tonight and the following...
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Check out the latest single “No...
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Check out this kick ass track from Premonition 13...
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Album Reviews: The Fleshtones' The Brooklyn Sound...
The Fleshtones featuring Lenny Kaye
The Brooklyn Sound Solution
Yep Roc Records
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Track Listing
Comin’ Home Baby
I Wish You Would
Day Tripper
Bite Of My Soul
You Give Me Nothing to Go On (Instrumental)
I Can’t Hide
Solution #1
Rats In My Kitchen
Back Beat # 1
You Give Me Nothing to Go On
Solution #2
Lost on...
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The Black and White Project: Day 12: April 8, 2011
12:30AM FRIDAY, APRIL, 8, 2011: These photos came as I was heading home from Brooklyn Bowl after catching the fantastic Rebirth Brass Band. (Just like the Octopus Project photos, those will be coming soon, I hope.)
This must have been the last Continental Avenue-bound M train and it was a surprise for me to catch it so late.
In some cases, part of this project allows me the opportunity to...
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The Black and White Project: Day 11: April 7, 2011
At the Lorimer Street station you have to walk up a flight of stairs and then down a narrow pathway to transfer at the G train or to exit near Metropolitan Avenue. And as you’re walking through this part of the station, there are some random bits of very odd public artwork. In fact, it’s so odd that every time I’ve seen it, I kept wondering if the people who commissioned this...
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The Black and White Project: Day 10: April 6, 2011
With some time to spare before covering The Octopus Project at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, I needed to take photos for Day 10 of the Black and White Photo so I stopped in Union Square on a rainy and dreary Wednesday evening before stopping by the Village Pourhouse for a quick bite to eat for dinner and a couple of beers. (The Octopus Project photos will be coming eventually but I’ve been...
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The Black and White Project: Day 9: April 5, 2011
Day 9 of the Black and White Project had me wandering around Bryant Park for the photos you’ll see below. Instead of the regular and expected stuff, I figured it would be much more interesting to take photos of the increasingly detailed and different — hopefully.
For these photos and the continuing series, check out the Flickr link here:
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The New Orleans Jazz Funeral March for Coney...
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was down by the shores of Coney Island to check out the New Orleans Jazz Funeral March for the old Coney Island. James Demaria, presented the event lead by Darryl “Dancing Man 504” Young and the New York-based Jambalaya Brass Band led the way in a brisk but fun loop through much of remaining bits and pieces of the old Coney Island.
Thanks to the...
