The dancer blocking your view towards the end is me. Sorry about that. Tomorrow Men yesterday (Saturday July 21, 2007) The Tomorrow Men were awesome yesterday. I don't think I can describe in musical terms what they do right, but I've seen lots of bands and I know what I like. They have it. Loud. Fast. Ton of energy. Waves of reverb. Solid rhythm section and flaming lead guitar. They are clearly having mucho fun being on stage and playing in a little dive. Guys in wheel chairs were rocking out. Feet were tapping. I wasn't the only one dancing! Women who had come to see other bands were shaking it. They have a myspace http://www.myspace.com/tomorrowmen http://www.myspace.com/theeparkside 1600 17th street , S.F. C.A. 94107. 415-252-1330
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Tomorrow Men at THEE PARKSIDE 1/2
Tomorrow Men yesterday (Saturday July 21, 2007) The Tomorrow Men were awesome yesterday. I don't think I can describe in musical terms what they do right, but I've seen lots of bands and I know what I like. They have it. Loud. Fast. Ton of energy. Waves of reverb. Solid rhythm section and flaming lead guitar. They are clearly having mucho fun being on stage and playing in a little dive. Guys in wheel chairs were rocking out. Feet were tapping. I wasn't the only one dancing! Women who had come to see other bands were shaking it. They have a myspace http://www.myspace.com/tomorrowmen http://www.myspace.com/theeparkside 1600 17th street , S.F. C.A. 94107. 415-252-1330
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
english beat at music in the park in San Jose
video taken as I walked from way back to up close... July 12, 2007 The English Beat kicked off the 2007 Music in the Park series of free Thursday evening concerts downtown at Caesar Chavez park. I had lots of fun. Especially at the end when I located the small circle of kids who were actually skanking. Access the photos on my flickr account using the link below. English Beat in San Jose put a smile on my face 4:45 pm Saturday 7/14/2006 I'm driving home from skating. Feeling happy. My knee seems to be ok and I skated the best I have in a month. Stop at a light. I am in my sticker covered van with skinhead reggae cranked up. A car pulls up next to me. The guy rolls down his window and shouts: DUDE! WEREN'T YOU AT THE CONCERT ON THURSDAY, WEARING A HAT? I reply: YEAH. He says: I SAW YOU AND YOU WERE DANCING LIKE A MADMAN. I smile. The light changes and I drive away. There are 1 million people in San Jose. I'm still smiling. // posted by Miles @ 7/15/2007 12:12:00 AM
put a smile on my face
4:45 pm
I'm driving home from skating. Feeling happy. My knee seems to be ok and I skated the best I have in a month.
Stop at a light. I am in my sticker covered van with skinhead reggae cranked up. A car pulls up next to me. The guy rolls down his window and shouts:
DUDE! WEREN'T YOU AT THE CONCERT ON THURSDAY, WEARING A HAT?
I reply: YEAH.
He says: I SAW YOU AND YOU WERE DANCING LIKE A MADMAN.
I smile. The light changes and I drive away. There are 1 million people in San Jose.
I'm still smiling.
I'm driving home from skating. Feeling happy. My knee seems to be ok and I skated the best I have in a month.
Stop at a light. I am in my sticker covered van with skinhead reggae cranked up. A car pulls up next to me. The guy rolls down his window and shouts:
DUDE! WEREN'T YOU AT THE CONCERT ON THURSDAY, WEARING A HAT?
I reply: YEAH.
He says: I SAW YOU AND YOU WERE DANCING LIKE A MADMAN.
I smile. The light changes and I drive away. There are 1 million people in San Jose.
I'm still smiling.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Driving up to SF on Friday
Around 8:30 PM on 280 near Rt. 92 where the fog rolls in and on the embarcadero. I went up to see the Soul Captives and more at Pier 23 on 7/6/2007. Photos of the music are here Soul Captives at Pier 23
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
Eddy air
Eddy has the spine at Campbell Skate Park dialed in. Sunday 7/1/2007 about 4 pm. My knee is feeling better! I also like slow mo. Can you tell?
Sunday, July 01, 2007
UCSC ska show !! JOKES !!
Shot by: Lewis Ingham Lewis. I am the old guy skipping around like a fruit loop. The Jokes are providing the heavy heavy sound. This was back in May on Friday the 18th (2007). It was lots of fun. The label in the video is wrong. The band here are The Jokes. They are from Fresno and kick ass. Justifi are from Livermore. They kick ass too.
Saturday afternoon at CSP with Chris and Tyler
My knee is messed up, so my skating session was short. Chris still has a bad hip, but he was out anyways. He and Tyler were messing around in a mellow session. There are some good shots.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Lorraine by Bad Manners at Corona Theatre June 17 2007
This was an epic show for me. The first time I have ever seen Bad Manners. I had been waiting 25 years! I drove down to see the Sunday SoCal show in Corona. Dan told me the Fresno and Ventures shows suffered from a serious lack of fans, maybe 50 for each. At this one there were close to 200 people and while it wasn't sold out, it was nicely crowded. Monkey sounded great and was well received with lots of dancing. Bad Manners kicked ass. They played all the songs I wanted to hear, and a couple of cool covers I didn't expect. Buster sounded great, jumped around like a man possessed, and stuck his tongue out just enough! The whole band seemed to be having a great time and so did the crowd. If you are going to see one of the upcoming Monkey/Bad Manners shows, then you are in for a real treat. My only regret is that my "good" knee is messed up and I had to dance on one leg. Highlights included seeing the Monkey horn section doing the can-can, dancing with Donelle to "My Girl Lollipop", and getting Buster to sign my album cover from ~1982.
Skin Head Love Affair by Bad Manners at Corona Theatre June 17 2007
This was an epic show for me. The first time I have ever seen Bad Manners. I had been waiting 25 years! I drove down to see the Sunday SoCal show in Corona. Dan told me the Fresno and Ventures shows suffered from a serious lack of fans, maybe 50 for each. At this one there were close to 200 people and while it wasn't sold out, it was nicely crowded. Monkey sounded great and was well received with lots of dancing. Bad Manners kicked ass. They played all the songs I wanted to hear, and a couple of cool covers I didn't expect. Buster sounded great, jumped around like a man possessed, and stuck his tongue out just enough! The whole band seemed to be having a great time and so did the crowd. If you are going to see one of the upcoming Monkey/Bad Manners shows, then you are in for a real treat. My only regret is that my "good" knee is messed up and I had to dance on one leg. Highlights included seeing the Monkey horn section doing the can-can, dancing with Donelle to "My Girl Lollipop", and getting Buster to sign my album cover from ~1982.
ne-ne-na-na-na-na-nu-nu by Bad Manners at Corona Theatre June 17 2007
This was an epic show for me. The first time I have ever seen Bad Manners. I had been waiting 25 years! I drove down to see the Sunday SoCal show in Corona. Dan told me the Fresno and Ventures shows suffered from a serious lack of fans, maybe 50 for each. At this one there were close to 200 people and while it wasn't sold out, it was nicely crowded. Monkey sounded great and was well received with lots of dancing. Bad Manners kicked ass. They played all the songs I wanted to hear, and a couple of cool covers I didn't expect. Buster sounded great, jumped around like a man possessed, and stuck his tongue out just enough! The whole band seemed to be having a great time and so did the crowd. If you are going to see one of the upcoming Monkey/Bad Manners shows, then you are in for a real treat. My only regret is that my "good" knee is messed up and I had to dance on one leg. Highlights included seeing the Monkey horn section doing the can-can, dancing with Donelle to "My Girl Lollipop", and getting Buster to sign my album cover from ~1982.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Follow the leader
Friday 6/15/2007 around 4:30 PM at the new Santa Cruz Skatepark in Santa Cruz, California. I had fun taking pictures of these two guys. The sunglasses on the small guy are hilarious. It was really hot and my knee was messed up so I didn't do much skating.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
20070607 hula hoop reggae chick
Not something I see every day. This was at the Monkey, eekAmouse music in the park show
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
20070603 irritating csp kids
You know who you are! Just kidding. The scary part is how much like an uptight adult I sound like. jeesh!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
02 GHOST TOWN covered by Uptones at BOTH June 01 2007
Listen to the trombone. Enjoy looking at the lovely trombonist. What a great song. If you were there, then you know. If you couldn't make it, I wish you could have. If you were too lazy, drunk, drugged, tired, etc to make it out, I hope you get your shit together. Bay Area RUDEBOY Ska Club 2007 Justify, Hobo Erotic, Monkey, and The Uptones Bottom of the Hill 1233 17th Street / San Fransisco Doors - 8pm / Show - 9pm $10 - All ages This was so much fun. Follow link for more info http://www.bayareaska.com/SKABoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3868 photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/milesgehm/sets/72157600301316854/
Friday, June 01, 2007
spinning surf and ska tunes
If you missed it, there is a copy up here
http://milesgehm.podomatic.com/
It rocks!
From: Gehm, Miles
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:06 PM
Cc: Gehm, Miles
Subject: tomorrow night, Wednesday 5/30
I will be on the radio spinning surf and ska tunes from 9-10 pm
KFJC 89.7 FM
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