GNAR Barge

Gone but not forgotten

2008-07-24T14:17:00.004-05:00

I've been sitting on these for a while. Ted Leo at the Do Division Fest.

When I get home from work everyday, instead of working on my resume, playing online poker, or sitting on the computer I've been skating.

Sleep Out

Sorry for the lack of posts.

Fail.

The symphony of the fair light

2008-06-12T22:26:00.003-05:00

I finally got to do some skateboarding in California

After all the epic spots I saw, I skated a park. I just didn't have it to skate downtown LA on my own.

It was across the street from NPR West.

Good bye LA, we'll meet again.

Let's not have a break down

2008-06-11T23:07:00.005-05:00

Our pasty bodies finally made it to the ocean

Looking South

Looking North

The other beach, Muscle Beach

A view from our hotel room

So here's the last call for regrets

2008-06-06T11:11:00.004-05:00

La Brea Tar Pits

Mammoth

Some of the hundreds of wolf skulls they found in the pits

The view of LA from Malibu

I got things to hide and nothing to offer

2008-06-04T22:52:00.008-05:00

Breakfast in Silverlake

Kathryn was stoked on the real Coca-Cola, I guess when you're closer to Mexico it's more abundant

View from the walk up to the observatory

A giant telescope

Meet up with Kurt @ LA's hipster Beauty Bar

Thanks Denny & Jen for the good time!

You will come down soon too

2008-06-03T22:52:00.002-05:00

You wouldn't know it but this was in LA

Denny!

E-house and Jen

This hotel had an unattended piano, not for long

You start to expect it to happen

2008-05-21T22:02:00.002-05:00

My first game this year

Overcast, but they won

I came home to this monster

What a supersonic sound

2008-05-21T21:52:00.007-05:00

Chris and Laura got married

We got our good clothes on

Brian and Jim

I got all the meat from the table, MEAT!

Jim was all dairy, ice cream and white russians

Ken and I came to ruin your wedding

It's always ends on the floor

Mike

A little bit softer now

Billy

Sulli

Congrats Laura and Chris!

Dudes doing dude stuff

Italiajew!

You're just hopeless

2008-05-20T21:49:00.002-05:00

Gaslight Anthem killed it

Tim Barry

Remember Bouncing Souls? Serious.

Nevermind the help we could be giving

2008-05-13T21:06:00.002-05:00

Papillon direct from the mid 90's

With special guest

Rollo Tomasi

Beertech view

We've had our thrills so what else matters

2008-05-12T22:12:00.002-05:00

We are at the age where the possibilities of having your own skatepark are much more likely

an excellent Italian Greyhound

Scared of sucess

2008-05-06T20:54:00.002-05:00

Slug did an Atmosphere karaoke to open the show

Abstract Rude

Atmosphere

Pony tail

The windows were open the whole time

2008-05-03T11:10:00.005-05:00

The wedding cake or "meat pie"

Kenzo and Jon

Our table made Paul Hogan proud.

Congrats to Nathan and Stephanie

Annie and Dan

Jefe

Jacob become best budz with the bartender

And we got down

He goes to the reservation drinks and gets mean

2008-04-15T23:54:00.006-05:00

We went to Stephanie and Nathans, this is their "yard".

New crib

It was a toga party

Dan helped me put one together

Then Annie and/or Stephanie helped spruce it up

Dan decided to use his rope to lasso people

Boy Scoutz

"I caught me a man"

Stand back, look proud and tall

2008-03-27T21:27:00.003-05:00

I'm trying to break more than 2 posts this month (I've been sick a lot), The Cobra Skulls

Out of all the times I had the chance to see them I always opted to have drinks instead, that was a mistake. They slay.

The Flatliners

This kid moved so fast and had so much energy

Get your head out from those mags

2008-03-27T20:58:00.005-05:00

Some randoms from March, Kwas is always watching you!

Hanging out with Zach and Ryan's new baby, Finn

Argg!

Getting in touch with my youth

I can't get enough of this lately

St. Patricks Day morning, slow cook the beef

We sing with our heros 33 rounds per minute

2008-03-05T22:24:00.006-06:00

It's been a while, these are from a while back. Work has left me dead at the end of the day, I'm working on getting that fixed. Here's the Arrivals with Paddy from D4.

Gaslight Anthem

The Loved Ones

Playing with other people's flashes

Sometimes you stick out your chin to catch the rain

2008-02-09T18:31:00.000-06:00

Lucero

Hot Water Music

Bazooka Joe

Tight Phantomz

If you dont know, now you know

2008-02-04T20:11:00.000-06:00

The winter TF report.

I learned it while skipping school

2008-01-22T23:09:00.000-06:00

I've been sick for almost 2 weeks, but I decided to post a medley of recent photos

The winter TF

A work in progress, I haven't been in a few weeks (sick), but I hear there's a quarter and burly wedge ramp!

Catsmas

New Years

Rainer shredding (on) the Gnar

Guitar Zeros

John built the most epic poker table ever

From Halifax to hell

2008-01-03T23:21:00.001-06:00

Don Shula, who talked shit about The Pats and Jimmy Johnson. He also kept asking if there were any members of the press in the room.

After my boss took some of us out to see the local "scenery"

They thought it was a dancing place, but it turned out to be an AARP biker bar

I'm here for number #1

Party bus, complete with champagne.

Come on with the come on

2008-01-02T20:24:00.001-06:00

For complaining about my job my company does do some pretty cool stuff

They took us to a private animal santuary called NGALA

They rescue animals and put on corporate events to pay for the costs of keeping a place like this

I fed this guy a carrot

Get down

Welcome to par-a-dice

2007-12-27T13:13:00.001-06:00

I had a chance to take a cruise around the resort

For your Satanic needs

I couldn't remember if I took my brain out

2007-12-20T22:53:00.001-06:00

I apologize in advance for the in frequent posts. I have gotten some shit about it.

You see winter in the Midwest there isn't much to do

So I went to Florida (death's waiting room)

This is what I look like when there's a bunch of gray hairs on my flight

Bottom floor, what a view

Over the wall I see this...

Now you can go where they get things done

2007-11-28T22:53:00.001-06:00

Sage Francis

Complete with DJ Nospinso

Against Me!

Money, money, money

2007-11-20T22:18:00.001-06:00

Dude, put on an art show and give some money to my friends

You got it Milo

Myself and three other guys put on a show to benefit a local animal shelter

It was all skate related art, entitled "Second Chance"

We raised nearly $2,000 in one night!

The shelter was stoked

Main Squeeze on the wheels of steel

Ryan & SK

Ben! He's alive, I hadn't seen him in forever!

Sporting some chops

Dave, Wes, Jeff and myself - the minds behind the show

Kathryn and Andrea

I remember Halloween

2007-11-10T14:36:00.001-06:00

Fish's Halloween Party

Rusty!

The Fishes

I done did it

2007-10-29T10:42:00.001-05:00

She said she had to think about it for a bit but finally I convinced her to say yes.

Here we go

2007-10-21T23:57:00.000-05:00

This post is kind of old, deal with it.

I'm middle class until the day I die

2007-10-17T09:13:00.001-05:00

My niece's 2nd birthday. She loves the Carebears.

As do I

Do think the time is right for a palace revolution?

2007-10-13T19:52:00.001-05:00

The Great Pumpkin

Not Much Chance for Survival

2007-10-07T22:54:00.001-05:00

Preston

Happy Birthday Danny!

Ryan+SK

Kathryn, Joe, and Andrea having some girl talk

L'nore

One Black Tooth

Digs didn't even spill his beer

For E-House

If you let go then that's where time will stand

2007-10-04T20:24:00.000-05:00

E-house

Danny trying to be tough yet domestic with Gina

Winning over the ladies by giving flowers attached to the roots and making funny faces.

What do you do when doing what you love gets you nowhere?

2007-09-28T10:18:00.001-05:00

Ryan and I are "TEAM PLAID"

Double chin lurker

Sgt. Lopez

Giant spiders

2007-09-27T09:58:00.001-05:00

Check out the fuzz on that thing, gnar.

It's a pretty nice night for a drive

2007-09-25T23:00:00.001-05:00

Kathryn's first official league game and Jesse's last

Jefe finally got to host

Say have you heard the news today

2007-09-12T14:24:00.001-05:00

Dan

Bro and sis

Jonemy

His bike palace

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Harry Jewz

Ricker

Hot dudez (literally)

For Sinbad

2007-09-12T14:21:00.001-05:00

Tim Barry (of Avail fame) and sister

William Elliott Whitemore

Come on sugar let me know

2007-09-07T10:26:00.001-05:00

We headed down to St. Louis for Bobby and Maura's wedding

The first dance

Daddy Dixon

The Dixon familia

Jeff pleasing his fans

Rob and Kat

Anne and Dave

Breakin' the edge

It's a boner sandwich

Congrats to Bobby and Maura!

Got them toes done up with them fingernails matchin'

2007-09-05T21:35:00.001-05:00

Sharing some margaritas with my business associates

Happy Birthday Joe!

Kenton and Joe

Pronails

James

Carl and a new bearded look.

Eruptin' on ya'll

2007-09-04T23:46:00.001-05:00

Driftless Pony Club

Mt. St. Helens

After a few years of laying dormant

Playing the whole new album in it's entirety

Mast on the keys

2007-09-01T23:54:00.001-05:00

I forgot to publish a post a few back and just did now so scroll down and enjoy. More to come soon, sorry for the break.

-Management

Vegas Vacation

2007-08-15T18:44:00.000-05:00

We got upgraded to the new "West Wing" at the MGM

TV in the Mirror

Big cats

Hard Rock - Cobain

Slash

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Some punk exhibit which had a bunch of fliers and punk rocker jackets

GNR

Some dude posing with another dudes Kimono Dragon in front of a hotel

Our crew, Gordon and Sarah

Making friends

Bellagio's art exhibit

In all it's magnificent, hooray capitalism.

We fought and we fought until our bullets ran out

2007-08-09T22:45:00.001-05:00

I met up with these dudes

and Joe

and Pablo

With Kathryn

and Jeff

To see the Cornish Gay Men... I mean the Lawrence Arms play at Ronny's

Brendon had a wardrobe malfunction

He got that fixed

I'm glad I wasn't back here

I don't know if Nate will remember a whole lot but people were chanting "MVP" for him at the end of the night.

Now I'm Ready to Close My Mind

2007-08-09T22:26:00.000-05:00

Amy Winehouse

Iggy and the Stooges

Halfway through their set he said "come up share the stage with me, LET THEM UP!"

And it turned into this fiasco for about 10 minutes after the song, they had to get all those people off the stage, and continued the set!

A really shitty shot of My Morning Jacket and the Chicago Youth Symphony

Pearl Jam

Take it away Eddie

My teacher won't teach me

2007-08-09T12:16:00.001-05:00

Some on air banter

Spin + Q101 after party with MIA

Spandex gear crisis

Lupe Fiasco

Who's left and who's leaving

2007-08-07T23:01:00.000-05:00

Day 2 begun with a kick ass Rhymefest performance

Complete with break dancers

We got Lolla Lounge passes, that means free food and booze

The Roots

That is a tuba player

Matt & Kim played a second performance because CSS got caught in NY

Hold Steady

As it begun to rain I was going to try to make it to Spoon to take some photos but bumped into Scott

And Benny

We had a table with an umbrella when it began to come down Gordon's work buddies took advantage

Jesse

Thanks to Gordon and Sarah for everything

Muse as we made off while the rain took a break

When I look in my rear view now what would I see if I didn't have the music in my history

2007-08-07T09:22:00.001-05:00

Lollapalooza day 1, Against Me!

Silversun Pickups

LCD Soundsystem

Daft Punk

The light show got pretty intense, these photos really don't do them justice.

You should probably just go look it up on Youtube. I only was close for a bit to shoot some photos.

When I get home I'm gonna open up all the windows

2007-07-31T22:54:00.001-05:00

After the wedding we met up with Dave

Bro-mates

I'm hiding

In case you didn't know

Surprise, I've got eyes, now goodbye.

2007-07-30T22:02:00.000-05:00

Jim and Amanda got hitched

My date

Wedding pirate

Kathryn and Andrea

Negative Mike and Jonemy

The wedding present

The married couple

Nice to meet you

I love you!

I love you back!

Andrea and SK

JC and Courtney

Steve

Lil' Jim upset about The Matt's no-show

Kirk

Neil fanning out

I made friends on the dance floor

Congrats Jim + Amanda!

Just don't stay too long

2007-07-29T22:04:00.001-05:00

I know these photos have been all over the internet but here's my excursion to a Kwik-e-mart

After I went down the street to have a long day of playing poker

I was able to take home some loot, but not as much as those dudes

Somebody give me a big YES

2007-07-25T23:07:00.001-05:00

We started the day off at a baseball game

The real view

This is what we look like when they're losing

Joe got in a fight with a cab door and it looks like he lost

Jimbo and his roommates had a little party and I had some drinks. This resulted in a lot less photos. Sorry dudes.

Felt so right four years ago

2007-07-24T23:17:00.000-05:00

Some old pals and a friends band were playing a show on Friday

Making set lists

One Black Tooth

Digs

James

So long buddies

I feel it in my bones when the storm is close

2007-07-19T21:20:00.001-05:00

My and my favorite bronze statue in Elgin

The Croc

This will never be what I want

2007-07-12T22:19:00.001-05:00

I went to Charlotte and Asheville NC in the same day in and out.

Kudzu was EVERYWHERE, killing almost every tree in it's path.

Mountains?! I didn't therer was mountains in western NC.

I think we were in the Smokey Mountains/foothills

A Carolina beer with some Carolina bbq.

There's a lot of things that should be said

2007-07-12T22:13:00.001-05:00

Slam poetry openers

Alias

Buck 65

All for Sage Francis

Double Joe, double chin

Joe looking in the mirror

Jacob singing Raspberry Beret, Happy Birthday!

A proper photo

Mast's new hair-don't.

I hate them all, creatures!

2007-07-07T17:28:00.001-05:00

Joe, working hard or hardly working?

The beach!

Dog beach

Happy Birthday America!

2007-07-07T17:17:00.001-05:00

Gnarbeque

Danny decided to take a branch for a ride down the hill

Nice run!

Rowen-g's and Brode

Danny giving Jim some pointers on how to ride a branch

Obviously they worked

Pushing our limits to the point of no return

2007-07-07T17:09:00.000-05:00

My favorite fake Central American was back in Chicago

Sarah and Jim

Potter remixed

Get yo triscuit on

I finally got to see Ms. Potter

Rubbin' bellies

Indo-nation

Just tell me who is who

2007-07-07T17:01:00.001-05:00

We went to the zoo for an outing with Kathryn's work

The bear grotto

Baby polar

Sloth bear

A baby giraffe

Goofiest site ever, I thought they ate off of trees. Surprise!

Someone's got to clean up the elephant shit.

Dude had a rough day

Later at home, we got a leash for our beast, so he would stop whining about wanting to go out

We follow our association's rules

Geek Post

2007-07-07T16:53:00.000-05:00

So Kathryn had this Ipod and it was giving the frown face that it was broken and to call Apple. I called them and they wanted 199 for it to be replaced with a refurb. I said fuck that.

So I got some parts for a lot less, $27 total and with tools. I also decided to replace the mediocre battery while I'm in there replacing the drive.

Beer, a key tool to keep your mind steady.

Glue holds the top and bottom on

There a spring you need to undo and 2 screws and then...

You slide the innards out

Old parts

New parts

Put it back together and plug in it, viola! Like new, now with more battery power!

Ain't nothin' but a garage party

2007-07-02T22:04:00.000-05:00

JC wanted a no double chin shot so I'm putting these up...

Myself and Curley

Jerry, JC, and Courtney

Yeah baby I found a new home, I drilled a hole in my head

2007-06-28T19:54:00.001-05:00

After Chris's we went to Kyle's going away party, he's going to Irak

Pablow loves mmmen

He's a cute little guy

The "New Kathryn"

Jon was stealing kisses

Kathryn and Andrea

Did you lie when you spoke to me?

2007-06-26T12:10:00.000-05:00

We got some sushi

For Handle's birthday, I snuck a photo before his "hang loose sign".

TV in the mirror

Then we headed out to the bah for a bit, Joe and Jim met up

Leave it there

2007-06-18T19:39:00.000-05:00

May or May not pwned the suburbs

The crowd was way into them

The Smoking Popes

Tyler (double chin) and Jonny

Tyler and Jonny (double chin)

We met up with Jim after, who was in great shape after attending the Cubs game

and came home to a neglected cat

Hey Chicago what do you say the Cubs are gonna win today

2007-06-18T19:34:00.000-05:00

Like I said, two games in one week...

The bleachers where people were heckling Ichiro in Japanese

The dude in the tie-dye (Old Style shirt) 3 people over was an old timer bleacher bum that kept score and double fisted beers. I don't know how he did it.

You and I've got different agendas

2007-06-15T15:39:00.001-05:00

I went to 2 cubs game, the first one was probably the best seats I've ever sat in.

Rowengartner and Pickles

SK

The only dudes in front of me were wearing numbers, and from the opposing team. They got heckled by us.

Pickles got called a "douche" I was told that it was impossible to make me look good in a photo

We still got the W

You could always breathe the air they chose for you

2007-06-13T23:27:00.000-05:00

One Black Tooth at the Gasthaus

Then we headed out to Heinl and Laura's engagement party

Kush and Billy

Liz and Ken

Zappy

I get so mean around this scene

2007-06-12T23:57:00.001-05:00

Went down to the gallery side of town to see a skart show

Some pieces were good, most were okay and over priced

My girl admires art

They don't make them like this anymore

2007-06-07T22:35:00.001-05:00

We went to meet up at Brian and Jen's for her graduation party

Their dog is huge, like a giant Labrador. His name is Larry, 1/2 Lab 1/2 Great Dane, a Labradane?

They're trying to take that view away, cranes everywhere

Jonemy and Zo

Getting down with Larry

Brian and Rodger

Rodger shared with us his new part time job, tow truck driver and the stories of the road. He also had a killer pair of boots on. No photos of Jen but congrats!

Climb to the top of the mountains we see

2007-06-04T09:01:00.000-05:00

Brad and Danny

One Black Tooth

After them this band played they're called Rager and they slayed. It reminded me of old thrash/skate metal.

She steps on toes if she wants to

2007-06-02T00:45:00.001-05:00

Elgin redid some of their downtown area, it's actually pretty nice

JC and Kirk

Jayce killed the slide, he wasn't too impressed with it's stature.

What have you done?

2007-06-02T00:21:00.001-05:00

The Fasts bros hosted a stellar badminton round-robin tournament and bbq

Complete with an old Triumph in the backyard that's been there since they moved in. I semi-swooned over it.

Quinn

Kathryn and Matt what an enjoyable shot

Jonemy

Rick and I acting tough before a serve

Hold your breath and follow me

2007-05-30T09:25:00.001-05:00

I met up with Digs and co. at the Abbey to see...

Some Canadian with an afro preach

And Propagandhi slay with their axes.

After I met up with some dudes for mystery beers.

Be careful

2007-05-27T11:07:00.001-05:00

Milo's on the hunt under the recliner

I don't make cents

2007-05-26T12:01:00.001-05:00

The Arcade Fire

I was very impressed with their stage show

The 10pm news!

Jones, cruising, stopping and catching

2007-05-24T22:11:00.001-05:00

From bands to babies, Campbell

Libby and Alayna

Babies love me

And poker at my crib

Just keep on moving

2007-05-23T22:15:00.000-05:00

My and my pal Jeff went to see Smoke Or Fire

This time not at an old lube place

Then Sundowner and the pretty epic backing band

Everyday is like Sunday

2007-05-21T23:17:00.000-05:00

The Auditorium Theater

Morrissey, I'm only posting show photos it seems.

How the seats really looked

Tops off

He pretty much played the same set as a few months ago, although he laid in front of the drum kit for about 10 minutes before going into the encore

Maybe he did that before? I don't remember him doing that.

Are you restless like me?

2007-05-17T17:40:00.000-05:00

This weekend I went to the a show that had a weird line up. Planes Mistaken for Stars opened, I was too nervous to take a photo but when Cursive came on (above) flashes went off and the security didn't give a shit.

Then Against Me! came on, full of energy

Honestly I can say I haven't had feelings like this for a new band in 5 or 6 years. As usual a white wash, dressed in black, and this time a back drop of their new album cover.

Then it was time to get your metal on with Mastodon

Metal poses

A little less professional, a little more upfront and confrontational

2007-05-16T23:41:00.000-05:00

Gordon totally got us into the best fan out Against Me! op ever...

Photos courtesy of Kathryn.

This was my view, right behind Andrew, next to Gordon...

Fanboys

After we went to Millennium Park, typical bean photo op

Rust in pieces

2007-05-06T00:23:00.000-05:00

I saw a pup at the pet store, and Kathryn drove all the way out and he was sold.

She reminded me of Baxter, her name was Prada

Then I went to help tear down Scrap

Kind of sad, adios middle to late teens

Tired and behind

2007-04-29T22:46:00.000-05:00

More show photos, this is The Draft

Like Hot Water Music but more blah

Lifetime killed it

They kept telling people to stage dive, it was pretty crazy, they pissed off the bouncers/promoters

Somebody's nailed the door shut

2007-04-27T16:19:00.000-05:00

I played some poker

Got to see the dudes babies

And how they're going to turn out.

Come on, lets break this heart in two

2007-04-26T15:50:00.000-05:00

This is what we look like when we clean up, weddings do this to me.

After we decompressed by seeing Gordon's HS nu-metal band.

Hold on to what you need

2007-04-22T12:21:00.000-05:00

Every morning on the weekends this monster gets me up at 8am.

Jim had a birthday gathering, I forgot it was a plaid theme

Happy Birthday Jim!

Bertucci paid us a visit this weekend and Curley

But I called it an early night, because I wanted to get to this super early.

It was Jackie Robinson Day and free Lou Pinella bobble heads!

E-House

Denny

SK

The rhyme sorcerer forces you to shout my praises

2007-04-17T21:18:00.000-05:00

We took another with Gordon and Sarah to Dekalb again to see Catfish Haven

Hoags and co are rocking the USA with...

Lucero

Profit driven expansion into foreign markets

2007-04-12T22:21:00.000-05:00

The night started out by me telling Joe to order 2 Busch Lights and 2 Jaeger Bombs, this is what he ended up with.

Riverboat Gamblers

Eric

Rachael and Andrew

E-house

Jim and Kathryn

Josh showing off his new antler tattoo

Against Me!

It was pretty fucking crazy

For the new songs they chilled out because they didn't know the words

This is how we felt in the crowd

It's good! Big ups to Sarah for driving also Gordon and Kevin and putting up with my drunken I didn't have to work tomorrow self.

Low flying winged books

2007-04-04T14:16:00.000-05:00

Last week I spent 3 days in the armpit of Wisco, Wausau

The river and the mountain was actually quite majestic

If you ever want to know what it's like to work in a retail store there for 2 days I can let you know.

Complete with young Mennonite men cleaning windows

There wasn't much for restaurants there. I checked online and this was the only "rated" place. To me it seemed there was a bunch of crappy pizza in town. It was right next to my hotel, I ate here both nights.

You grill your own steaks

And they brew their own World Class Beer.

Fun note, I found out that this building is sinking, it was right next to my hotel. I was told that they can't put windows in the top floor because it shifts so much.

I remember this sign and park behind it from when I was a kid and we'd pass through here on the way up to my granfather's farm in Antigo.

The weird thing is that there's a bunch of paper/wood mills in the area that fuck up the great landscape and air. I saw a trailer for a film the other day on the skate industry and it said most of the wood comes from MN, WI, and MI.

You're the most two-faced bastard I've ever seen

2007-03-28T21:47:00.000-05:00

I met up with the Abplanalps (sp?) after I wrenched on my whip with my brother

This is how the night ended.

Make a difference

2007-03-27T21:30:00.000-05:00

My old boss asked me to go see a show with him, he's really gotten into indie rock

Screaming Yellow Zonkers

A one man band, The Brokeoffs, he played percussion with his feet

He was also the backing band for Holly Golightly

Please let it work itself out

2007-03-26T22:33:00.000-05:00

The Lawrence Arms

It was fucking bonkers in that little room