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“Skate and Annoy”
Slamming in the 1980s, no idea what show this was.
At the time there was this whole “skate and destroy” meme going around. I wanted to destroy plenty of things just as much as anyone else, but I never figured out what the two had in common.
Given how angry we made the cops, I thought “skate [...]
Portrait of the Artist With a Giant Mohawk
I’d put this photo at or about 1986. That’s my buddy Kellfire Bray in the beret (berets were cool in the 1980s). The reason the mohawk is so shiny is because I would obsessively apply the strongest Aqua-Net hairspray available (it came in the white can) over the course of the day: I [...]
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Blonde Wastoid
Another great shot by Justine Demetrick. This was taken sometime in 1988 or 1989, among several shots for my high school yearbook photo. I think this is right about the time I gave up forever on a straight-edge lifestyle.
The statue behind me is the Blue Angel, a prominent monument in the ,a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Burying_Ground_and_Island_Cemetery”>Common Burying [...]
Young Punks
Clockwise from the left: Jeff Dupre in the leather jacket with spikes; Chris Steeves in the sunglasses; Kevin Kinsella; Dan Dyer, with the red hair and the Crass logo on his jacket. make a big leap to the right to Keith Kinsella, Kevin’s twin brother, wearing a very old Verbal Assault t-shirt; Cliff Dorr in [...]
Read More..>>God Bless Brian Boog
While I was busy skateboarding and smoking cigarettes, Brian Boog was busy taking photos of us. I owe you one, Brian, I don’t have ANY pictures from my wasted youth.
That’s not an earring in my left ear, it’s a safety pin I jammed through the hole. No idea what I’m holding in my hand, probably [...]
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Doing an Ollie
I never mastered the ollie, which is why I finally stopped skating. Also, my knees were giving out on me.
Read More..>>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
From 1986 or so: some things never change…
Read More..>>A Few of My Favorite Things
I’ve been doing a lot of politics the past few weeks, and that’s probably going to continue through the election. I’ve been meaning to post some photos from Sam’s last visit for sometime now.
This afternoon as I was leaving work, a young black woman was sitting on the front steps crying and shaking. [...]
Garden
We’ve been harvesting a lot lately. Right now Christina’s downstairs canning the second batch of tomatoes. Our sunflowers are opening up, and while the zucchini seems to be dead, the bell pepper plant has four or five babies coming in, and the japanese eggplants have been producing steadily for weeks. We’ve been [...]
Read More..>>Some Pictures of Sam
I didn’t bring a camera to OATS, so I don’t have as many shots from the festival as I’d like, but here are some shots from the rest of Sam’s visit to Philadelphia and the Jersey shore.
Our friends Ryan and Amy have one of those large inflatable pools in their backyard. I caught a [...]
