A photoblog and other things

Nah, just messing with ya. I think it unlikely that Coldplay would visit the fine city of Adelaide for one of their tours in the near future. I thought there was hope though when I received a Coldplay newsletter stating more shows in Australia, only to find that they were scheduling more shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Bugger.

At any rate, I’m not in Adelaide and I got to see Coldplay a month ago. They were pretty damn awesome of course and I don’t know why I didn’t mention that fact on my blog. Perhaps I did… I dunno. Here are some shoddy pictures from the concert taken with my phone camera:

and would you like to see a picture of a wankerchop? Here is one:

Pre-coldplay (during the Rilo Kiley set) this guy was more interested in playing a game on his phone than talking to his girlfriend. I award the “tosspot of the month” award to the wankerchop above.

My long, long, long time friend Steve W called me from Australia just before I was due to leave for New York to inform me that he was now engaged to Carrie. This didn’t come as a shock to me at all of course. But heck, it does make me smile a bit when I think back a few years to a particular pub crawl… Steve did you really know what you were getting yourself into? Haha! I kid, I kid 🙂

Again, congratulations!

I’ve been going along and updating photos in various photo sets, mainly because I’ve visited those places more than once and I’ve been hauling my trusty DSLR along with me. Sets that have been updated are:

Around Florida
The Keys
The Everglades

Oh, quick point about the Everglades, I noticed this story a couple of days ago about a python taking on an alligator. Wow.

Sailing boat along Key West waterfront
Originally uploaded by daecks.

Performer in Key West
Originally uploaded by daecks.

All I can say about New York City is “wow”. What a city. I found myself not wanting to return back to Florida after spending time in NYC. Here is a quick summary of what was accomplished:

– Helicopter flight around Manhattan
– Boat cruise around statue of Liberty
– Saw an off-broadway production “Slava’s snowshow”
– Saw a lot of of the districts in Manhattan – Soho, Meatpacking district (nightclubs are big there), Harlem, Times Square, Chinatown, Financial district… the list goes on and on
– Walked across Brooklyn bridge
– Saw comedy acts at Dangerfield’s club
– Jazz at a place called “Smalls”
– A funky salsa-like band at a place called “Cafe Wha”
– Museums including the Intrepid, Guggenheim and museum of modern design.
– Walked though Central Park
– Went up the Empire state building
– Tour through NBC studios
– Whilst travelling on the subway, saw the following: some guys doing flips in the middle of the car; some mexicans playing some mariachi-like music; a guy with a bass guitar playing “my girl”; a preacher woman telling us all to repent.

I did not in fact get to see any of the shows like Dave Letterman, the Daily Show nor in fact did we get our mugs on the Today show (that turned out to be way too early in the morning). The shows actually required a little more planning to see. There is always next time I guess, and there definitely will be a next time. Hopefully for an even longer time 🙂

Photos have been uploaded here