A Rock n Roll Adventure

Ok first things first go to this link and start playing one of these songs as you read this post.

http://soundcloud.com/dead-rocking-horse/sets/the-dead-rocking-horse-ep/

L to R-David on bass, Jacqueline on violin, Julio on drums,
 and Marron on vocals/guitar

You may or may not know it, but Saturday night in New York City is only dull if you want it to be.  There is literally everything imaginable going on.  A person could realistically get overloaded trying to decide what to do, but this last Saturday Miles and I had no such problem.  The choice of activity was a very easy one.  One of our dear friends is the lead singer for the band Dead Rocking Horse, and they were playing in the Bowery Ballroom!!  Now the Bowery Ballroom is THE New York music venue, everything awesome in the New York music scene goes through it.  It is the goal of many the aspiring young musician. 

Me and the gorgeous singer/guitarist Marron

That evening we met up with Meg and after a brief stop at Snack Dragon for some dinner we headed to the show.   Dead Rocking Horse, along with some other bands, was opening for Panzie and Star Killer.   They kicked off the show at about 7:45 and they immediately set the bar high.  To me they are a band reminiscent of old rock n roll, back when the instrumentals were awesome, and the lyrics carried amazing stories.  They started the set with “Down the Mountain”, which immediately breaks into an amazing rhythm and got everyone all pumped up.  They also played one of my personal favorites “Whiskey and Water”; it is a beautiful, almost soft, song which they have further differentiated by the addition of an electric violin.  Thank you to Dead Rocking Horse for kicking off a night of great music and awesome friends.  We are looking forward to seeing another show in the future!

Eric stepped on to play the guitar for one cover song

Also very special thanks to Marron and Jacqueline for inviting us to the event, and to Eli for sharing his photography with the blog.  Check out the band at the soundcloud link listed above, or at their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/DeadRockingHorse?ref=ts&fref=ts.  And check out Eli the photographer at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eliseu-Cavalcante-Photography/392960040778997.



An amazing voice, and photograph!!

 -SM-
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Scope Art Fair

Well dear friends and followers, the Scope Art Fair was in NYC last week.  I have written about Scope before, it is the festival that Miles built in Switzerland.  In a way it was the building of Scope that kicked off this whole blog.  Scope was the reason I traveled to Europe last year, and the traveling to Europe is the reason I started the blog. 

We got your disease.



STAR WARS!!!
-Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, Fl



I was, needless to say, excited to see the festival again, this time it had a New York feel to it.  There were lots of New York galleries showing work here, although I did see some old friends from Switzerland as I wandered around.  The art was again, as it always is, an exemplary example of diversity; so rather than keeping you waiting by dolling on about it I shall simply show you the pictures from the event. 

This is both 3-D and 2-D

 

Took a visit to the supermarket

Truth in advertising??

Kinda scary, yet captivating
Reaves Projects, NYC

Some new friends, I think I shall not share kool-aid with them.

I'll give you a hint.  There was not a full railroad track installed just for the event.

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-SM-

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A One Man Band

After living in New York for over four years Miles and I have become rather jaded to the strange carrying ons in the city sometimes.  We have developed the armor of unimpressed and simply walk on by.  Occasionally, however, there is something so odd that even our jaded selves have no choice but to stop and stare. 

This was the case last week when, entering the subway, we witnessed a man performing as a one man band.  He had a banjo for his main instrument, which automatically made him cool in my book.  Then he had a backpack on which appeared to be adorned with almost every other possible musical device known to man.  Each of these devices was connected via strings to some part of the musician so that depending on how he moved he created different sounds.

It was really quite a wonder.  I don’t expect to see him selling out the Garden any time soon, but he was impressive for a subway performance.  He had the right mixture of unusual and fun.

I can't seem to upload the video I had taken so if you would like to see this guy in action please check out this youtube video I found for you.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJbxuExMito

-SM-

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New Digs

Hey there dear friends, the oppressing cold has started to show signs of relenting so that means I may venture out for some new stories!  Actually it would be wrong of me to fail to inform you that I have material for two new posts as we speak.  Hopefully I will be able to get them up in this week. 

What I would like to say right now is that I now have a cool new shirt to rock.  A couple days ago for my birthday I was gifted an awesome Kentucky tee shirt in honor of my being a huge Kentucky basketball fan.  Here is a new picture for you to check it out in. 

Saw an awesome picture on the side of MSG of last years National Championship team, so I had to take this.

Please check back in to see the upcoming posts of, "The One Man Band", and "Scope Art Fair NYC".

-SM-

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