Archive for the 'photoblog' Category
I Hurt My Brain
After yesterday’s ongoing exercise in fact-checking, my brain just isn’t working today. Instead, please visit my brother ray’s photography blog, Seen in Philly. It’s really awesome, and he does great work.
One of these days, he’s going to get hired by a publication that can afford to pay him what he’s worth, which I think [...]
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
I refuse to get breast implants. Tacky.
i DO, however, need a new mouse, as the little track ball in mine has trouble actually moving.
Trip to Montreal, Part 1
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I really haven’t written very much about the adventure I had getting Sam into the US for Christmas.
Dad and I left for Montreal around 6:30 PM on December 23rd, and got on the road about a half hour later due to a stop for gas and a visit to [...]
“Skate and Annoy”
Slamming in the 1980s, no idea what show this was.
At the time there was this whole “skate and destroy” meme going around. I wanted to destroy plenty of things just as much as anyone else, but I never figured out what the two had in common.
Given how angry we made the cops, I thought “skate [...]
Portrait of the Artist With a Giant Mohawk
I’d put this photo at or about 1986. That’s my buddy Kellfire Bray in the beret (berets were cool in the 1980s). The reason the mohawk is so shiny is because I would obsessively apply the strongest Aqua-Net hairspray available (it came in the white can) over the course of the day: I [...]
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Blonde Wastoid
Another great shot by Justine Demetrick. This was taken sometime in 1988 or 1989, among several shots for my high school yearbook photo. I think this is right about the time I gave up forever on a straight-edge lifestyle.
The statue behind me is the Blue Angel, a prominent monument in the ,a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Burying_Ground_and_Island_Cemetery”>Common Burying [...]
Young Punks
Clockwise from the left: Jeff Dupre in the leather jacket with spikes; Chris Steeves in the sunglasses; Kevin Kinsella; Dan Dyer, with the red hair and the Crass logo on his jacket. make a big leap to the right to Keith Kinsella, Kevin’s twin brother, wearing a very old Verbal Assault t-shirt; Cliff Dorr in [...]
Read More..>>God Bless Brian Boog
While I was busy skateboarding and smoking cigarettes, Brian Boog was busy taking photos of us. I owe you one, Brian, I don’t have ANY pictures from my wasted youth.
That’s not an earring in my left ear, it’s a safety pin I jammed through the hole. No idea what I’m holding in my hand, probably [...]
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Doing an Ollie
I never mastered the ollie, which is why I finally stopped skating. Also, my knees were giving out on me.
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
From 1986 or so: some things never change…
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