August 29, 2008
August 27, 2008
August 26, 2008
53rd Street Waterfall
August 24, 2008
Full Moon over 42nd Street

The view down 42nd Street looking towards the Chrysler Building. It sort of looks like a street light, but the bright light in the sky is a full moon.
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42nd Street,
Chrysler Building,
Midtown Manhattan,
Taxi
Art Rack
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Bicycle,
David Byrne,
Midtown Manhattan,
MOMA,
Talking Heads
August 23, 2008
Shoe Rack
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5th Avenue,
Bergdorf Goodman,
Bicycle
No Cavities
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Dentist,
Empire State Building,
Midtown Manhattan,
Skyscrapers
August 21, 2008
August 20, 2008
Kill Bill
August 19, 2008
Window Cleaning
Jumbo Sunglasses
A Little Privacy
August 17, 2008
Free the Bees
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Bee,
Flowers,
Nature,
New York Botanical Garden
August 16, 2008
Halal Guys
August 15, 2008
Sleepy Stroll
August 14, 2008
I Woke Up Today - Port O'Brien
They played a terrific and extremely fun show tonight (though much too short) at Mercury Lounge. Right before their final song they passed out pots and pans and other metal kitchen tools and invited everyone on stage to sing along to the incredibly catchy song "I Woke Up Today." I found some videos of the song. I like this one and this one and even this one.
I think the last time I was up on stage was during a Misfits show in Boston (a cover of "Rise Above" by Black Flag at 2:09).
ADDENDUM: They are playing Friday night in Brooklyn! Only $10.
Labels:
Mercury Lounge,
Music,
Port O'Brien
August 13, 2008
Mockingbirds from London
I have to say my mood improved immensely as I came up the escalator and I hear these two scruffy English guys singing and strumming some really great songs. Highly unusual for a subway stop in midtown underneath the Museum of Modern Art on a weekend. But it's New York so anything is possible and I stuck around to listen to a few songs.
Turns out these two rebellious chaps are an unsigned band -- Mockingbirds from London. Tons of energy, enthusiasm and charisma. They earned around $15 in the ten minutes that I watched them. As one of them told me, apparently they were kicked off their tour in the US and needed to raise money to get back to England. I can only imagine what kind of trouble this adventurous pair did to get kicked off their tour. Drinking and destroying houses across the US or God knows what other shenanigans they managed to get into that left them stranded in New York and forced to sing in the 5th Avenue subway stop.
I especially loved their cover of Jamie T's "If You Got The Money," but they played plenty of other good songs. The random tourists on the subway platform seemed to enjoy them if they cash they pulled in was any indication.
Good luck guys! Hope you got home safely.
Jonas Brothers Take Manhattan
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