NEW YORK CRAPPY CELLPHONE PICTURE ADVENTURE

Hey it it time. I know have been slacking majorly but with the trip and Great Adventure and all the work I have been super exhausted and lazy. Here are the wonderful pictures from my trip to NYC to see The Bouncing Souls. It was an epic show, they are still pretty damn impressive for their age. I went to the 4th night of their show, they played every song they ever wrote over the span of 4 nights. Pretty epic.

Would not be pictures from a trip with out the obligatory picture of travel ticket. Am I right?

An awesome shot of me stage diving..err...leaping. Took me a while to get crowd surfed op though. Dropped on my back before hand. Sucked.

There they are. In all their badassery. The Gold Album cover in background.

This guy. Tim Barry. Absolute Badass-Champion of the World-Hero of America. You heard his stuff early. He got down off stage and walked through the crowd playing. Tuff.

Picture of the crowd. Not quite sure how I got it.

Moar Tim Barry. He was a single guy with an acoustic guitar. Opening with a bunch of hardcore metal/punk bands. Singing about Virgina and stuff. Awesome.

BS again. Notice the sick Pirate Flag.

My last trip included a Times Square Picture but it was nighttime. I think this does it better justice. P.S. I cannot stand Time Square. Talk about sign pollution.

Like the subway like represents like life right and how like life has many different stops along the way, but there are only so many tracks you can follow man.

LOOK AT THE GARBAGE.

I love the "order" that these pictures are in. Completely backwards.

Look a Street. Isn't it neat?

Bryan doing the bass thing. Looking like a badass pirate

So they had this clever thing where it was like a boxing match between whatever albums were being played that night. They had the girls walking out and everything. Even Rocky theme song at one point inbetweeen.

More of them girls.

This is it. The door to the Fox News studio. All the stupidity and ridiculousness. It all happens here.

Big sign with all the rules and regs for the Fox studio. Some funny stuff in there.

This one. I don't know if you can read it but it says that no one in the studio may make false or defamatory remarks while in the studio. Because that is their job.

Another wonderful institution.

A hilarious sign outside the IRS. It goes up by about $10,000 a second. The bottom number is "Your family's share" if it were split evenly I guess. Either way we are effed.

Apparently this is like a classic motorcycle or something. My dad was all "take a picture." Well dad this one is for you.

 

Bye Bye NYC. See yah again real soon.

-KGM

Thoughts on The Bouncing Souls

Bouncing Souls. On Saturday, in NYC and then ay after that Six Flags Great Adventure. I am very excite. Just have to survive one more day in the desert wasteland that is Target parking lot. Seriously it was like a million and a half degrees plus humidity today. I almost died, could have cooked eggs on the sidewalk hot. Anywho I will be taking awesome pictures and stuff as usual. Otherwise it is early to bed early to rise push shopping carts all day and eat lots of french fries. Also, reddit has many comical casey anthony jokes to be found. No it is not to soon.

Broken Record - Bouncing Souls


-KGM

It is Here, As Promised, Crappy Cellphone Pictures From Wisconsin Trip

Well here they are, My pictures from University of Wisconsin Orientation. All 30some of them in no particular order. Hope you enjoy...
p.s. most of them are landscapes...sorry if it gets boring to you. I think it's the most amazing place in the world.

Obviously a big moment, after watching 4 planes leave with out me. Ahh the joys of flying non-rev.

Some buildings and stuff (the majority of these pictures are like this FYI). 

Saw a huge red-tailed hawk flying around. My High school team was the Hawks. Inception...

This will be my home for my freshman year. Turner Kronshage House.

State Street...A.K.A. coolest street ever. The amazing capital building in the background.

Some bushes. I was really tired by the last day...

Basically the view from my dorm, pretty spectacular.

More Lake, So pretty.

Turner House from the other side. Turns out it's not much different.

Lake and sail boat. You can rent little sail boats to take out on the lake. Definatley gonna learn to sail.

No explanation required. Just thought it was a pretty sign.

On of the many libraries on Campus. Rumor has it that at one of them people unzip their backpacks before going inside. It's that quiet. Also you can sleep in them, open all night.

Some aerial view action. I know I should change majors to photography.

He taught me how to bucky...

Leaving, sad sad sad...

I will be spending a lot of time here. Most if it spent not getting on planes. Dane County Airport.

It is quite nice on the inside.

Pretty sure that is another library on the left.

My college has a  Big Red Castle...does yours??

Map...meant to show how much stuff there is on campus. Maybe get a better camera next time.

They are building new stuff, just for me.

Definatley the first time I have ever worn any kind of clothing representing a school or sports team. A big moment...

Look grass...I guess I thought that was picture worthy...I don't know on this one.

Abe Lincoln sitting in front of Bascom Hall. Pretty badass if you ask me.

^^True that...

Lake front property sure beats this big ugly tower....

Yah see if I lived in ^^big ugly tower^^ from the picture above, I would have to walk up this big hill every morning. Lucky me right??

So there it is. I cannot wait to start school there, and finnally have something worth while to blog about. Until then these few pictures and New Jersey will have to suffice.

-KGM

Thoughts on New York City

As promised, here comes the awesome New-York-City-Cellphone-picture-orama. I know you have all been waiting so patiently for it, so I am happy to oblige yall. So after after a particularly gnarly day of work involving deep puddles and shoes with holes in them. When I got done I hopped on the bus and headed for the big city.

 I made these pics extra large to emphasize the low quality pictures my two year old phone. I am no photographer. Anyways, I think this may have been a picture of something important, but the bus was hauling ass so it turned out to be a random blur.  Moving on...

 Time freaking Square. This place, for those you have never been, is absolutely overwhelming. I visited NYC once before as a child and have frankly some bad memories of it. Reasoning being I was a tiny little child and this is not the place for children. There are so many freaking people, lights, cars and street performers. Saw the "naked cowboy" which was interesting...?

Rockefeller Center, I am pretty sure. So yeah this is where they put up the huge Christmas tree and ice rink. I felt it was photo worthy. If you disagree then I suggest you scroll right on down.

 This is the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. It is the hotel that Delta puts their pilots in on layovers. Conveniently some of said Delta pilots have families who live very close by. Which all adds up to a win for ME! The interesting thing about the Roosevelt Hotel is that its owners are Pakistani. I am not getting into the whole Pakistan/USA thing, I just think it is very funny that a hotel in the USA's biggest city, named after a very famous US president, would be owned by Pakistanis. Go Melting Pot Theory!

 View from outside the hotel room window. Eleven Floors up, creeping on the people in the office building next to us.

The Roosevelt Hotel....that is all.

Grand Central Station. This thing is a big freaking building. It is an absolute shocker to me that people where able to build such an impressive structure. Looks like a solid block of marble, the size of a city block was dropped there, and carved from the inside out.

 Speaking of insanely large marble buildings, here is another one for ya. Now I do not want to argue of the utility or importance of buildings. But this monster is a post office. Yeah the US Postal Service Palace in New York City.

The Obligatory Empire State Building Picture.

Okay, so these posters are absolutely everywhere. I am quite certain that New York law requires them to be displayed. They say Choking Victim on them, and give a detailed description of how to preform the Himelick Maneuver. Now you may ask why this is photo worthy, and I must answer that you should listen to more of my music. Choking Victim is like my favorite ska-ish punk band. The band started in New York City and I always wondered where there name came from and I figured it out. THESE SIGNS ARE THE KEY!!! Anyways, I feel like a more legit Choking Victim fan now that I figures out the mystery of their name. Yeah I am kind of a big deal.

Cool mural on the side of a school in Chelsea area. Gotta feed the hipsters!

So I had some other pictures that did not quite make the cut. Other notable stops where Urban Outfitters #1 and Urban Outfitters #2. I was able to resist my temptations and only bought one tee-shirt. It is pretty snazzy. It rained most of the afternoon and my mom and I were umbrella-less. It made for a rather miserable time, but made due. The most amazing thing about New York had to be the food. I had delicious pizza (obviously), but also satisfied my taste buds with curry and fish tacos. Also found some great coffee and baked goods all for a great price. New York is a wonderful city, a lot cleaner and safer then it used to be. Check it out! and stop by wonderful Brick, New Jersey!

 Kind of had to do this...

 

-Kyle Griffith McChesney