First, to start things off, here is a jazz tune by a very good player. Mostly for Jona, but anybody who likes good music will love it.
Now to more NYC stuff. We climbed the Empire State Building yesterday, but of course not by feet but by elevator...more than 1100 steps ;) When we got there it was already dark, but perhaps that was better then during day, because we did not have to wait at all, it was (in comparison to the usual lines) really empty and so we had the opportunity to take some really great shots of the New York skyline during night. Enjoy:
Sorry for the tilted images, but .... mh...whatever ;)
When we visited Philadelphia, we took one day to visit Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore, so i could apend one day of 2006 to see the ocean. One of my goals of every year: see the ocean and climb a mountain. So far I made it every year since 2000. pics of that:
I was unbelievably lucky to pick the best game to go to. It ended in tripple OT and the Knicks won. Additionally Rip Hamilton had a new career high with 51 points. The atmosphere was very intense and since it was my first NBA game i saw live in an arena it was even more special. Here's a short clip from the game:
The seats were great, as you can see and the beer was very expensive but bad...but i didn't expect anything else. People started chanting for the Knicks very shortly after the tip-off already and I was completely into it. Here are a few shots from warm-up:
The Knicks started by getting the ball down low, very good strategy I might add ;), and Eddy Curry battled his way to the rim, made the contact, the bucket and got the foul. He didn't hit the FT, but he would on his next possession, were exactlly the same thing happened. Pistons couldn't contain him and eventually he went on to score 33 points with 11/15 FTs... The biggest game of the night came from Rip Hamilton who raised his career high to 51 points. And it was relly great to be able to watch him the whole time. On TV it's sometimes hard to see everything going on, but when you're right there it's just incredible. I would go so far to say he's easily the best man to come off the block. This statement is probably nothing new to the most of you, but to actually experience it that way.....woohoooo! some shots from the game:
I am a little sad that I don't have any more pics from the game, or a longer video but my camera fell down during the game and i lost my batteries in the process....they rolled somewhere and I couldn't find them anymore. ah and by the way....my girlfriend who was with me, listened to Harry Potter Audiobook during the game, and slept for minutes on my shoulder....seems like not everyone appreciates a good game :(
I returned to NYC yesterday, after 3 days in Philly. Great days. Have a happy new year everyone, i will post some really nice pics and tell you what happened tomorrow after new years ;)
we took the subway to make it to the rockefeller center bathrooms, which were, naturally, totally crowded.
Afterwards we walked north towards Central Park. We passed the Trump tower, all different expensive shops and everything you might think to find on 5th Avenue. Very nice walk, even though it rained again.
cab home, and had dinner in a nice restaurant. now we gonna go to a bar and have a drink.
We went over Williamsburg Bridge, into the Lower East Side. Actually we were looking for a shoe repair store, but since most of them are Jewish they were closed because of sabbath. After walking around Lower east side we found a great guitar store with veeeery cheap prices. I wonder how that works, how can they be that cheap. But i didn't buy a thing yet :)
Walking up Broadway to Union Square we found an Usbekistan-shoe-repair-shop. Had a coffee at Union Square. My mistake was to choose Broadway to continue the walk up to Times Square... Didn't know it was Broadway though...Way too many people trying to sell stuff on the street and at times you couldn't walk at all. Eventually we made it to Times Square. Pictures to follow. Took a packed subway home. Met with Samantha (Gillians sister) at 1am, trying not to fall asleep again. ;)
pictures will follow. Soon i will be able to climb the Empire State Bldg, and take some nice pics. take care. these are: me on Union Square, Manhattan looked at from Williamsburg Bridge, and some tall buildings at Union Square
some sculture(s) down in the subway, very cute some tall building
the world famous flat-iron building. just to be the tallest buidling in the world upon its construction
i got a new tune for you: click me it's a little blues jam track. not the best i made, but sometimes quiet interesting ;)
on completely different news, i watched "children of men" yesterday...thats really an amazing film. go watch it. it is sometimes disturbing, fascinating and i often didn't think it was the (possible) future i was looking at....really realistic and to the point of how the world nowadays is.
one of my fears is a dying blogslashwebsite... well this shouldnt be one. so i will be able to give you some new tune tomorrow....after waking up that is. -tuzz
Hi, i found this new tone this morning...and i just let it flow and recorded everything of it.... so here are two minutes of sound from me...you can comment using the link just at the bottom of this article...here it is: click me
Hey there, now both of "them" are in Portugal. And I feel like the last remaining in Berlin. No I don't ;) But as i try to (look at the title of this page) find emotions and dwell in them, i certainly know how it would feel like. I have zero to none knowledge of soccer. But i want to give a guess on who will become world champion (i love this term ;) ) It will certainly, and with my very educated guess, be: GERMANY! Hehehe. I know it is one of the least potential contenders....but hey who knows? When they win I can shout: "I TOLD YOU SO!" And if they lose...hell..everybody knew they would lose. ;) Sounds clever doesn't it. Hihi.
take care and don't get a sunburn down there! cheers -tuzz
Hey there, sadly i won't be able to "release" my song until perhaps the end of the week. But that is only guessing I must admit. Urgent deadline for my project at university keeps me from completing the song. But please don't mind Cathy ;)
The last stand is really a nice movie, you shouldn't let that one slip past you. If you are not so much into the whole Xmen/Superheroes thing than it's at least a decent action movie. Superb special FX and good sound :)
If you are feeling the XMen than you might have a little problem with this flick. I find it to straight-forward. I don't want to give you too much hints on whats going on - find out for yourself - but the struggles they have to overcome seem so simple in comparison to whats going really on. But one last hint: When you see the closing credits, don't stand up. Stay sit and enjoy the music. Else you would miss a very important hint regarding a possible sequel...
Hi, i am going to watch XMen3 tonight. I almost can't wait. On Tuesday or Wednesday i will release my first Song. It's probably going to be all instrumental, but perhaps I will try to sing, hehe. We will see ;)
Take care and i will tell you tomorrow what to think of XMen3. cheers -tuzz
Yeah, great movie. saw it yesterday. it's really touching the heart und you start to think about stuff. great acting by mrs. paltrow and mr. hopkins. although this gyllenhaal guy is good as well, guess i do got to watch brokeback mountain after all?!
still working on my blues, somehow i dont get the sound for the guitar that i am looking for, gotta try harder ;)
Yeah, i am gonna visit the museum for communication tomorrow. unfortunately my camera is not here right now. my best friend has it with her in lisboa. and i dont regret it ;) hugs&kisses to you cathy cheers -tuzz
May 21, 2006
been some busy weeks lately. my father ruptured his achilles tendon, right after moving into a new flat. lots of help needed. then the typo2006 (www.typoberlin.de) started on thursday, and i attended my lectures as well as helping my father with his calligraphy workshop which was a blast as the last 3 years!
i listened to the lecture of chip kidd (www.goodisdead). he told us about how he came to create the new paul simon cover for example (paulsimon.com). lovely baby on the cover ;) it's his godson as he told us. hehe. of course you see this cover right here.
then i watched "daVinci Code" today. quite interesting movie, but not such a big deal :(
