i never got around to finishing up my trip blogs. i traveled around a lot more in europe and therefore had less access to the internet and no home base to do blogs from. i'm writing this now in 2009 as i have decided to revive my blog, focusing more on music this time around. i've been bringing across previous posts/reviews from other sites, but i decided i'd better give some closure to this story before i move on. suffice it to say the rest of the trip was as awesome as the beginning. i'm not gonna go into too much detail about actions, but musically i got to see some great things. a local band called The Bookhouse Boys in London, and Krafty kuts in Brighton. I don't have any photos of either, but here's a video clip from The Bookhouse Boys, I thought they were fantastic.
I also went to the O2 wireless festival over 2 days in Hyde park in London, where I saw some fantastic acts, including:
Saul Williams
Jay-Z ("best rapper alive")
Jaguar Love (featuring former members of The Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves)
Beck. Morrissey headlined the second day, but he turned out to be a bit of a wingeing old bore really.
oh, and here's the massive box of stuff i purchased overseas and sent home.
i'm back in new york. but not for long. i'm leaving to go to london tomorrow, which is a bit sad. i'm excited about going to europe of course, but i'm not ready to leave here either. it's been awesome fun. still, at least there's more adventures to look forward to.
las vegas was cool. a lot more fun than i thought it would be. the casinos are huge and bizzare and kinda scary, but they light up at night like you wouldn't believe, and there's all sorts of insane attractions inside them - roller coasters, canals in venice, an eiffel tower, lions.... you wouldn't believe it. and we spent most of the time drunk with these enormous, gigantic monster drinks - 100 oz margaritas (that's basically 3 litres!) went to the grand canyon one day, which was great too. and we got to see an elvis wedding. i wouldn't wanna spend too long there though.
then we came back to new york. we went to another baseball game, the empire state building, statue of liberty, got a group photo in times square and and spent the rest of the time just hanging out together and going to bars because the tour was almost over. i've been back at shannon's for a few days and we went to a broadway show and coney island. then i'm outta here tomorrow. which is a bit sucky. obviously i could write heaps more, but i kinda still need to pack. so that will have to be it for now.
ok, i think i'm packed... i better be, i'm heading out in the morning. :) thanks to everyone i've seen/heard from over the last weeks. there's photos up on facebook now. i'll see you all again when i'm home. yay!
here's where i'm gonna be: may 8 - 17: new york may 17 - 21: los angeles may 21 - 23: san francisco may 23 - 26: las vegas may 26 - june 2: back in new york june 3 - 6: london june 6 - 12: ireland june 12 - 15: amsterdam june 16 - 21: france june 21 - 26: italy june 26 - 29: back in london
which looks something like this:
then on the 29th i'll either fly back via bangkok, or stay on in london for a bit longer. we'll see how the money goes. ;)
