Killer TofuWhen it comes to my favorite time of year, Fall takes the cake. The cool, crisp air filling your lungs is enough to put some pep in anyone’s step. The whole season is tailor-made for long walks admiring the increasingly color -filled scenery and the best for nighttime star gazing. I decided to take my camera along with me and capture some of the sights of Fall. The first photo is my favorite.
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Artist: Tokyo Police Club
Album: Elephant Shell
Release Date: 4/22/2008
I had to get this out there. I have been listening to it on repeat for the last three or four days. It is by no means a new album nor a groundbreaking one. It is, however, intoxicatingly catchy. Back in the day (2007-2008) when I worked at the Purdue Student Radio (Not the other nice radio stations at Purdue like Cary, this one was in the basement of the union with a soundboard that’s heyday was before I was in existence) we used to receive tons of pre-release and promo albums so they bands could try to get some airplay. Purdue Student Radio might not have been the place to send it as our station had such a limited range and the stream was broken for a while. I mean no disrespect to PSR as it was tons of fun, it was just in bad shape when I was there. Anyway, this post isn’t about PSR it’s about Elephant Shell. So, this album showed up in a stack one day and the band’s name intrigued me, so I gave it a play. On the first listen I was hooked. It has some of the best hooks and the songs have a quirky charm to them. Even now I find myself singing along to Centennial and The Harrowing Adventure Of… (Ouuurrrrrr Cen…Tenniallllll). The lead’s voice (Dave Monks) is unique and suits the indie pop jams of Tokyo Police Club. As I said, it’s not Earth-shattering, but I just really have fallen in love with this album. Go check it out and tell me what you think.
Every Halloween millions of pumpkins are ruthlessly slaughtered for our sick, twisted amusement. For years I wanted to capture the plight of the pumpkin and bring attention to brutal death of our favorite gourd.
Really, I wanted to try my hand at perspective photography and try to bring emotion into pictures with lighting and colors. I thought it would be neat to take pictures of all the smashed pumpkins immediately following the Halloween festivities. It has been bouncing around in my brain for a while and now I am finally acting on it (as I am on lots of things which feels pretty awesome). Here is a preview of kind of what it will look like when it is finished. These are two photos I took outside my friends Tim and Mary’s house. Those with a weak heart look away.
