I got the next roll from my Diana mini developed, from New York and Austin. Unfortunately, about 10 photos were lost when I dropped the camera and the back opened a bit.
Photos from our the New York part of our trip in March.
A wee bit of basketball footage I shot in Madison Square Garden. Our first basketball game was an amazing experience
We made it to Austin last night after some delays and a mad dash through Houston Airport. Spent the night catching up with our good friend Jess and went to a Bad Veins / Ted Leo show which was good. I love Bad Veins so much and it's always one of the best things about coming to SXSW.
Our last day in New York consisted of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Highline, burritos and more frozen Margeritas in Greenwich Village, then seeing the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. That was really amazing. A high point. as was the Shake Shack burger we had afterwards.
The rest of our crew arrives in Austin today, but before that we have Tacos to eat, Daniel Johnston murals to see, record stores to visit and Shiner to drink.
If you're around in Austin this week, let's drink together. I'll give you a Gerry Loves Records cassette.
Bring on the madness.
Lois an I are in New York for a couple of days for my 30th birthday, before heading to SXSW in Austin. Yesterday was the best birthday ever. We went up the Rockefeller Centre for the view which was sunny and great, went for Lois' first American diner breakfast, went on the Staten Island Ferry, saw the Statue of Liberty, Battery Park, the Financial District, then went to Greenwich Village. Did some record shopping in Other Music, then hit a Mexican place for Frozen Margaritas. A bit drunk, we headed to Williamsburg and had an awesome dinner at Walter Foods, then went to the Knitting Factory and saw The Loom (really good), Pepper Rabbit (a bit disappointing live) and Rural Alberta Advantage (great).
A good day all in all. Time for more, though. We are off to see the Knicks play at Madison Square Garden tonight. Tomorrow we head to Austin.
Andy Lobban
Edinburgh, Scotland
