slideshow!!! queers methadones manges at bottom of the hill

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The Queers show 6/14/2007 at The Bottom of the Hill was epic. I had the bruises to prove it. In an evening of great punk rock, the highlight for me was Danny Vapid doing CINDY'S ON METHADONE with The Queers. The next day I headed over to Santa Cruz to skate for the first time at the new park. My long father's day weekend got off to a killer start.

 The backround songs are by Screeching Weasel: Cindy's on Methadone, and Hanging out with You Tonight.

BenD great run until the end at CSP

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He lived.

I skate CSP half pipe

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About 2.5 minutes of me doing what I can, with the really sucky parts cut out. I call it fun. At 2:20 Chris Henderson makes his appearance and after that the skating is good. The song is by THE TOMORROW MEN, from their 4 song EP. http://www.myspace.com/tomorrowmen

Tomorrow Men slide show

Tomorrow Men at THEE PARKSIDE 2/2

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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

Tomorrow Men at THEE PARKSIDE 1/2

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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

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english beat at music in the park in San Jose

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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.

Driving up to SF on Friday

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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

June 2003::Harker School 6th Grade Party

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Eddy air

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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?

UCSC ska show !! JOKES !!

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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

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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.

Lorraine by Bad Manners at Corona Theatre June 17 2007

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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

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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

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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.

Follow the leader

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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.

righteous fathers day

I am driving down to SoCal to see this show with Matt, my son!

20070609 csp tyler street 2

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Tyler and another guy hitting the rails. A couple of nice runs.

20070609 csp tyler street

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20070607 hula hoop reggae chick

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Not something I see every day. This was at the Monkey, eekAmouse music in the park show

20070603 irritating csp kids

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You know who you are! Just kidding. The scary part is how much like an uptight adult I sound like. jeesh!

20070603 csp rail and more

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The usual scene late on a Sunday afternoon.