365-86: from a broken land called detroit city

Day 86 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Von Bondies, Broken Man
We picked up Pawn Shoppe Heart by the Von Bondies at Amoeba Music in San Francisco on the recommendation of Todd’s friend Nelson. I’d heard of them, but wasn’t sure if I heard anything by them, and we needed something to [...]

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365-85: raise your cup and let’s propose a toast (contest winner!)

Day 85 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Faith No More, Last Cup of Sorrow
I know I skipped the last two days, I’ll get back to them eventually. I’m all discombobulated now.
So it’s about time I announce a winner to the contest, eh?
I took a very surprising amount of photos. Surprising for [...]

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365-85: raise your cup and let’s propose a toast (contest winner!)

Day 85 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Faith No More, Last Cup of Sorrow
I know I skipped the last two days, I’ll get back to them eventually. I’m all discombobulated now.
So it’s about time I announce a winner to the contest, eh?
I took a very surprising amount of photos. Surprising for [...]

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365-78: welcome to der wienerschnitzel

Day 78 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Descendents, Wienerschnitzel
Taken at Wienerschnitzel on Broadway in Sacramento
Yes, I finally tried the famous Wienerschnitzel chili dog, along with chili cheese fries and a kraut dog.
They were smaller than I thought they would be, which is good, being that I ate both the dogs. While [...]

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365-79: i will ask the chamber of commerce how to get to haight street

Day 79 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Frank Zappa, Who Needs the Peace Corps?
(I think I got the numbers on these right, if not I’ll figure it out later)
I went through a hippie phase when I was a teenager. I was maybe 13 at the time, heavily influenced by Ken Kesey, the [...]

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365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

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365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

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365-82: the people, the places, the weather, the faces

Day 82 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Vandals, Rico
I’m working backwards here. I’ll fill in all the days eventually, but I wanted to get started with this one first.
I’m sitting here in a freezing cold New York, drinking my Peet’s coffee and going through my pictures from California and I miss that [...]

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365-75: california, here we come

Day 76 of A year in songs and photos
Song: Phantom Planet, California
I figured I’d get this last post up here now, as I’ll be pretty busy after work today getting ready and we have to drop the pup off at my cousin’s tonight (goodbyes are so hard!). We leave at 6am tomorrow for the airport.
How [...]

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365-75: i won’t quit til i hit california

Day 75 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Atmosphere, Trying To Find A Balance
I’m finally packing. I like to save everything for the last minute. In less than 48 hours, I will be in California.
This is my first ‘real’ vacation. Well, my first vacation that won’t include having breakfast with Winnie the [...]

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