20081004 Jump Up Records 15th Bash Saturday night 1

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Slide show with sound from the first several hours of my great Chicago birthday trip. Much more is coming. The thread on Bay Area Ska is at http://www.bayareaska.com/SKABoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4432 Bands in the slide show are GREEN ROOM ROCKERS, LORD MIKES DIRTY CALYPSONIANS, EASTERN STANDARD TIME from Wash DC, ROY ELLIS of SYMARIP (Skinhead Reggae legend--only US appearance!) Just one image of Roy Ellis. Lots more in the next episode. Music in the slide show is low quality Symarip--buy the real thing.

Rancid Aquabats at Warfield on Saturday 9/27/2008

Well...



That was fantastic.



My forearms are bruised, I've got a small black eye and I cannot stop smiling when I think about that show. It was so much better than when the Slackers opened for them at the Warfield a couple years ago.



The crowd was really into the Aquabats, who played lots of my favorite songs, tossed kids into the crowd, and declared their love of Rancid.



Rancid was great. They sounded superb. Their bass player has to be the best in the genre. Maxwell Murder was killer.



I sweated buckets, managed to never get knocked down, got up to the front a couple of times, and generally enjoyed myself. My son and his friends were way into it as well.



Any other eye witness reports?





Miles

photos at http://ping.fm/7xMFV

my big trick

my big trick
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Screen shot from video, so I have proof! Sunday afternoon 9/21/2008 -- last day of summer.

woman skating

There was a young woman skating at Cunningham yesterday. She was gorgeous, blonde and an ok skater. It triggered a memory of when Don Schenck and I drove down to the shore to watch a big skate contest in 1977. Ellen Berryman vs. Laura Thornhill and Chris Chaput vs. Dennis Martinez! Ellen was a blonde great looking California girl, like the woman at the park.

LCRSP deep end backside air by skater X

LCRSP deep end backside air by skater X
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Hi everyone, I posted an episode to my podcast, Skate and enjoy! ROCKSTEADY .

Click this link to check it out:
9/27/2008 preview playlist

- Miles

Over 1 hour of my favorite Aquabats and Rancid songs sorted by length, with a Tim Armstrong song to close it out. If you live in the SF Bay Area, I suggest you put this on heavy rotation to prepare for:

Rancid with The Aquabats and Broadway Calls
Warfield Theatre
Sat, Sep 27 @ 8:00 pm

I'll be there!

See ya down front

bert in the evening

bert in the evening
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messing around with video stills of me working on my one big trick

20080808 33 Pittsburgh CMU

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Rolling down the cut at CMU on my son's chinook skateboard.

20080823 run out circuit 2

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Old dude (me) leaving LCRSP (Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park) on Saturday evening. Music is by The Phenomenauts, covering Make a Circuit with Me

http://ping.fm/2Zcsz for nantucket photos

20080805 02 Lake Cunningham sunset panorama

20080805 02 Lake Cunningham sunset panorama
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large version is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/milesgehm/2738048122/sizes/l/

enormous version is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/milesgehm/2738048122/sizes/o/

20080801 04 Lake Cunningham

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Friday evening. This grind around the shallow end of the tight little bowl is so sweet. I dream about being able to do this. Sorry about my outburst at the end. Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park aka LCRSCP is located off of Tully Road in East San Jose. http://www.myspace.com/lakecunninghamskatepark1 http://www.sjparks.org/Skateboard/index.asp

reverb weekend

can someone please explain why my bathroom is such a bloody mess? listen to the song?

20080725 Deadbeats in Richmond

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Jump on the deadbeats before the bandwagon is full. These guys are good now and are going to be awesome in 6 months. Surf music to make skinheads shake it. Effing exciting. http://www.myspace.com/deadbeats63 Night ended suddenly when someone broke in my car. Stole my ipod and headphones. Bastards. photos here http://flickr.com/photos/milesgehm/sets/72157606400140720/ real video here http://blip.tv/file/1117820 http://blip.tv/file/1117808

20080727 Deadbeats in Richmond

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Jump on the deadbeats before the bandwagon is full. These guys are good now and are going to be awesome in 6 months. Surf music to make skinheads shake it. 

Effing exciting. 

http://www.myspace.com/deadbeats63 

photos here 

http://flickr. com/photos/milesgehm/sets/72157606400140720/ 

real video here 

http://blip.tv/file/1117820 

http://blip.tv/file/1117808

20080726 josh pipe

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charging at the end of the day

20080726 josh pipe slow mo

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charging at the end of the day

my bert movie

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Sunday July 20, 2008 at Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park

20080717 Flogging Molly WITH IN A MILE OF HOME

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Flogging Molly played a free show from 7-8:30 Thursday evening as part of the Music in the Park series in downtown San Jose. They were good, but the middle of their set wasn't super. The pit was really tough (or I'm a wimp), but I sustained no injuries. The pit was the only place people were moving.

20080717 Flogging Molly NEVER SEE THE LIKES OF YOU AGAIN

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Flogging Molly played a free show from 7-8:30 Thursday evening as part of the Music in the Park series in downtown San Jose. They were good, but the middle of their set wasn't super. The pit was really tough (or I'm a wimp), but I sustained no injuries. The pit was the only place people were moving.

20080717 Flogging Molly INTRO TO WHATS LEFT OF THE FLAG

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Flogging Molly played a free show from 7-8:30 Thursday evening as part of the Music in the Park series in downtown San Jose. They were good, but the middle of their set wasn't super. The pit was really tough (or I'm a wimp), but I sustained no injuries. The pit was the only place people were moving.

20080717 Flogging Molly crowd

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Flogging Molly played a free show from 7-8:30 Thursday evening as part of the Music in the Park series in downtown San Jose. They were good, but the middle of their set wasn't super. The pit was really tough (or I'm a wimp), but I sustained no injuries. The pit was the only place people were moving.

20080718 03 Monkey at Ye Olde Royal Oak Pub

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First Monkey at Ye Olde Royal Oak on Coleman by the airport. First band was insanely loud. Then a 17 year old guitar whiz. Then Monkey. I cut out before it was over. Crowd was different.

20080718 02 Monkey at Ye Olde Royal Oak Pub

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20080718 01 Monkey at Ye Olde Royal Oak Pub

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