washington, district of columbia / tuesday / 1923
tons of pics to upload. jesse took this first one about three hours ago outside the whitehouse. today is a global day of action for troy davis ( http://www.amnestyusa.org/ ). troy's case is increasingly high-profile, and rightly so.
we have had a couple of days here, and had a chance to wander a fair bit. we also spent a bit of yesterday recording some drums for a fun cover we are doing (sorry... can't tell you what - it's a secret right now in case it turns out we ruined it!), plus a couple of drum loops for a demo tim is working on. managed to get that done in time to go to see the washington nationals play the pittsburgh pirates. poor washington - they were doomed to lose from the moment i bought one of their caps in support! it was fun, and followed by a night out. sadly, thomas sweet was shut by the time we wandered home (tim and i had some of their amazing ice cream the night we arrived), so instead we had a late night snack / early breakfast at the georgetown cafe (open 24h) on the way home. not the healthiest of days, but a really fun one.
our dressing room - the conductor's room. you know you are in a classy joint when that's on your door.
anti-nuclear protest outside the white house
navy yard subway station
and then the sky turned this amazing colour!
i set up a long exposure shot, and the guy hit a home-run - that's why the fella stood up and cheered. nice timing, but crap photo!
the studio, out in arlington. it was a great place, expertly run by Don Zientara, who engineered for us.
scott (drum legend) soundchecking the drums when we arrived
this is one of my favourite shots of tim, ever - never happier than in a recording studio.
we recorded to tape - i had approx 16 minutes to get it done - three takes plus 90 seconds for the loops!
don and his desk
jesse was there to lend a second drummer's opinion
and to help packing up
tourist shot no.1 - people playing with kites in front of the monument. it's bloody massive. i think there must be several million american flags in washington.
tourist shot no.2 - the back garden.
pics from chicago
cool mural
there are a few really cool old theatres in this area of chicago - this was where we were playing, just along from a venue we played a while back, called the riviera.
and this place was being restored - maybe next time!
i guess we found the swedish area
windows at the aragon
the entire venue was hand-painted by one man, over the course of 3 years. it's insane.
real plant / painted plants
alien mops
the iconic overland train system
firefighters memorial
shadow
and someone had asked for a pic of me, so i took this in the mirrored tiles at the venue in st. paul.
