I wanna get funky..... but i don't know how!

23 March at Union Pool, Williamsburg

Beasts of Bourbon
Dallas Crane
Die Die Die

anyone.... anyone?

http://www.myspace.com/unionpool

all i can say is screw Langhorn Slim that night at Southpaw..... Oh My Rockness darlings, die die die will get this show hopping and the rest will be history!

pete's?

jennie & trent; wes & trent

wes, trent, paul & jennie

yes well i think we were at pete's candy store in williamsburg, brooklyn to see Matty Charles a few weekends ago..... it was a late one and one final outting before buckling down to "no-job-getting-worried-budget-mode". we had fun though!

as promised........ faye & glen

Adrian & Nhi's wedding Jan 2007

YES.... We're engaged

We're getting married!!!

It has been a few weeks since our return to New York, but I have to say that the beautiful sea shores of Fiji made it too hard to resist asking Alicia to marry me!!! We are excited and are starting to plan for a wedding in New Mexico come October this year. Love always Paul & Alicia xoxo

oh just one more

some old riding pics - from the Johnny Waddell Fundraiser

Smile it's Peyton

Personally I don't see the similarity.

I will Send out snapfish Links

fiji
fiji
fiji


We have so many photos, far too many to put on the blog. When Alicia gets back we will send out snapfish links to everyone and go from there.

Happy Snaps

Hi Mum- Chrissy

Wine, i mean Dad & Anna / Dad kicking back at Penguin Is.


Penguin at the one and only / Sydney - Coogee Beach

What a time we have Had

Alicia and I spent quite a few weeks in Oz and then a week in Fiji.... and we had such a great time. Christmas with the whole fam, camping a few nights, road trips, roos, beach and sweetass weather the whole time. So spoilt. Adrian and Nhi got married and I caught up with the old crew, even went for a DH ride up at Mundaring. Couldn't ask for more. Sydney was beautiful as ever, even if the water temp was ice chilled. Fiji was a paradise like non other. People thought we would get bored sitting on a beach for a week... not a chance. Do yourself a favour and go to the Octopus Beach Resort for some of that scenic relaxation treatment.

So coming back to New York ended up being an anti-climax after the summer pleasures of the southern hemisphere. It is so fucking cold here that i can barely leave the house. It hasn't got above freezing for over a week and with the wind chill it has been around -15 to -20C ouch! But I am working hard on Anna & Andy's house, a bit of web stuff with John as well as getting my shit together finding a job. Alicia has gone to New Mexico for the week/end so I'm missing her too. I went out with Gero & Khanh to Soda on Vanderbilt the other night. lovely place and the happy hour was super long and the beers were only $3!!!! got to like that. So before I tell anyone more important news... even bigger news (fair dinkum) I will up load a pic of me coming to terms with the freezing NY winter weather.

ok ok

Lee has paved the way for re-blogging.. i shall proceed to post my summer up from camping trips, beach trips, coney island and even baseball, md, jen pilmer and all inbetween... ok ok

it's the World Cup's fault

the world cup has been taking up all my internet time... some blogging will follow July 9th. my thoughts regarding the finals are limited to: Italy = suck and my aussie & germany friends agree!

..::taconic camping::..

mum, as promised, alicia and i went up to the Pittsfield, Berkshires in western Mass. for the Memorial weekend and had a really great time. did a long hike and a bunch of short walks. got a taste of the northeast wilderness. camped out for a few nights semi-roughing it! fun... bugs, catapillars and all!

Gigs

The National......: 7/10
The Walkmen.....: 7/10

forgot to bring my cam both gigs and i can't be bothered to do a review. they both had windows of sheer rock joy but only fleeting. i will admit i did turn to alicia after the walkmen played "the rat" and said...."it doesn't get any better than that"... and it was true.... but it wasn't enough... i was expecting more!

9 parts water : 1 part sand

not too many days go by where i see something and think..... gee that was a little weird: yesterday on the train home there was this really strange guy i have seen a few times over the year. one of those peeps who ride the subways for a living and he normally wanders around the car and freaks all out and asks for change. so he gets in the car and sprawls out on the bench and empties his pockets of all his change... a big hand full of quarters a leaves them on the bench. the guy next to him has his ipod on looks at the change an probably thinks that that was his weird quota for the day. so the mental guy gets up and walks down the car and starts asking people for change and then opens the door to the next car and starts car hopping asking for change, leaving say $10 - $15 on the bench.... what's up with the subway car hoppers anyway? straight past empty seats to the front or back of the train and sometimes back again?

coming soon......

while the bizarre rock triangle is still in effect...... (i shall now jump on the bandwagon as not to seem too out-o-date)...... next week i am going to see 2 NYC based bands. unfortunately not so underground.... so finally gonna see The National and then The Walkmen. Webster Hall (uh-oh, it's not t & a nite) rock photos only to follow peeps!

loft pt1

288 west street, 10012.

more tribeca loft stuff... ta pt.2

grant mclennan

firstly grant mclennan was an truely great australian musician. his and the go-betweens songs have an everlasting place amongst those who have heard them. i am lucky to have seen them here in brooklyn june last year with john and pam and they rocked!

Things done

/ Eastern State Pen... Philadelphia last weekend // Walking to Williamsburg, Brooklyn from our place has some amazing free attactions like this tree's plastic installation. A few weekends ago // A snap of a loft we did on Westside Hwy, Tribeca /

Sara Genn is doing some shows in London

People in London.... my friend Sara is playing some inaugural shows in London next week.
In the words of Molly Meldrum "go do yaself a favour" & check it out. Follow the links in my links and listen to some tunes of hers... i reckon i saw her play 20 times last year here in NYC.

http://www.myspace.com/songsforlonging

Upcoming Dates

Date Time Venue City
Mar 30, 2006 10:30 PM The Electroacoustic Club @ The Slaughtered Lamb // London, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 2006 TBA Jazzfly // London, United Kingdom
Apr 4, 2006 8:30 PM The Doghouse Loughborough, United Kingdom

4 days in London pt III

My theory now is that no blog post is complete unless there is a sidewalk shot.... at night with an abandoned object (this case a cart).... flash use necessary.
ahh Dr. Sticky has a 'must do when on Oxford Street pic': http://drleephd.blogspot.com/

4 days in London pt II

Some contact shots at the Tate Modern and uh-oh the back of a cab!

4 Days in London pt I

Well my long weekend trip to London was bloody brilliant. I had such a fun time and I thank all who we apart of the weekend..... especially Alex & Juliette. Lee & Amy came down for Sunday evening and ate Okonomyaki at Lee's fav restaurant. And seeing Chris O, Tanya R, Melanie and David M (even though intoxicated for the most part) was really great.

I got to to a bunch of tourist type stuff including doing a lap of the London Eye, a long walk along the South Bank, Sir John Soan's house, a crazy theatre show below London Bridge, pub, pub & pub, food & more food, markets and walked about 20 miles...... we were super busy all weekend and the weather was cold (not too harsh) but generally sunny or close enough.

Thanks again Alex & Jules for making the trip so brilliant and looking after me!