Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer is one of the few celebrities that I miss and think about on a regular basis the way I would a close personal friend. I saw this wall painting during a marathon bar crawl on trip to New York in 2006. I couldn't remember exactly where it was, but a FaceBook friend reminded me that it's outside Jessie Malin's bar, Niagara at 7th Street and Avenue A. I was quite excited to hear that it's still there.

some photos taken while waiting for the ferry in Hoboken circa 2004

Looking towards NYC from Hoboken.

Some assorted pics from New York trips

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 New York Circa 2008

  

ABOVE: New York circa 2008 - left: obligatory graffiti shot , right: outside the Dual Specialty Store in the East Village, a store I visit every NY trip to stock up on spices

ABOVE and BELOW: window meats (2007)

LEFT: Woman reading Playboy at the Brooklyn flea market (2008)  RIGHT: some sort of tiki thing in an otherwise abandoned lot (2008)

Lafayette Grocery and Dairy in Brooklyn (2008)

CBGBs circa 2004

A few pics from the only time I was in CBBGs. I don't even remember who was playing the night I was there - I vaguely recall them sounding like a poor man's Jon Spencer.

Heading down to the bathrooms

Looking into the bar from the side of the stage.

some pictures around new York

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"Scoop. Pray. Eat." 2007

 There was a Banh Mi place that I had to hit on every trip to New York - a small deli counter in sewing supplies/video store - but the place is gone and it looks like the building is being renovated for condos. Now that my favorite place for a Banh Mi is gone, this place will have to do.

 

 I have no idea what these Travis Bickle, Bronson, Hanibal Lecter flyers I saw in Chinatown are for, but they looked damn cool.

I love a good sandwich, and the sandwiches at this insanely good smelling market were some of the best I've ever had.

some pics from a recent New York trip

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 ABOVE: Joe Strummer wall painting - I don't remember exactly where this is. I recall taking the picture somewhere after drinking lots of beer and before drinking more beer.

 ABOVE: Noodles at a little place behind a news stand and a shoe shop in "the other China Town". A fabulous place with only 4 tables and some of the greatest smells ever. I would never be able to find this place again.