into the archives!/ramp building/Weston/Brian's canoe launch!
Ami asked me to look for a pic from one of our past parties so up into the rafters and into the footlocker I went. Came across some classic snaps in the process. (again, sorry for the pics of pics). Landsdowne park.
I agree with Don, that fence can go to hell
Jim grips a new stick at Sumac
a color coordinated Gleason browses the periodicals in prep for some serious bowl time. I loved that bathroom.
Justin, Will and Bryan in the living room on Noble St. in Kutztown. (obviously these pics are all out of order)
in keeping with the living room theme, here we have Ron, Chris, Nate and Brian probably watching Eastern Exposure 3 or X-files. (note the snowboard rack in the bathroom)
and finally, Ron and I neck deep in finals week
hahaha, this will forever be remembered as the "toilet punching night". You can already see it in the making in Brian's eyes. (hint, that's not coffee in Ron's mug)
recording back up vox for the first Rancor 7"
Barto family pic circa '78 or '79. L to R on the hounds are Mocha, Stormy and Buffy
Ami, is it this one?
another classic. after a night of skating Matt and I stopped by to see if a friend was home, she wasn't.
Me, Kyle and Webb
Troop 25 just before we headed off to the Adirondacks for a week of canoeing. This could be the last known documentation of the Vail tee. Wish I still had that Vision shirt.
This one Ami?
Fort Friendship! (on Noble St. we'd flip the couches over and cover them with sheets and have sleepovers) Susie, Nate, me (there's the Vision shirt again!) and Aaron
a different Fort Friendship night/or morning maybe? Chad, Erin and a long haired Stacey (note the TMNT sheets. they've seen it all)
Matt snaps a self portrait on the Noble St. stoop (musta been from this day)
Horrorscope premier night
Aaron and me on our high school senior class trip to DC (aka the day we introduced Jack the foreign exchange student to porn)
Greg "the shirtless wonder" Deck came up to Emmaus to skate one day
That was a fun session, peep Andy in his old VW truck
Andrew (although he was still Andy to me back then), Gassler and Jamie on the Beck Hall wall at Geekfest '97 or '98
this has to be like 8th grade. Bortz, me, Jen, Kristen (the Betties) Chad and Jason (basically Team Smiley minus Brian and Prater)
if I ever hand you a camera and say "Here take my picture!" please don't. A Bitchfest Christmas party.
Tiffany's graduation night. Kutztown, 1996. the video footage of this evening is legendary
Chris helps Brian find the proper F-stop in the Adirondacks
169 winter formal. '99 maybe?
oh Noble St., the stories your walls could tell
Brian attacks the vert ramp at the old Ocean Bowl in OCMD
fuck yeah, lay into that grind bro
here's Brian going full Frankie Hill style all over our hotel's parking lot
back at the Ocean Bowl. show me a backside hip and I'm blasting it! (well maybe not blasting)
me and my 13 year old knees wouldn't think twice about taking drops to flat. this would have definitely been a "stick of the day" for me back then
Weller and Chris get suited up for graduation (look at the pic by Chris's left shoulder. I'm pretty sure every guy had pics from that CK campaign on their walls at this time. Take another look at the pic of Ron and Brian on "toilet punching night" if you don't believe me)
Eric Unger and Regular at the Consignment shop
Matt, me and Andy when we were like 4
me and Kyle
always great photo ops outside the backdoor during Bitchfests
sometimes Ray and I would go for drives and just talk
Chris, Jeremy and me slept 3 deep in his Civic coupe one summer in Maryland. You had to make sure you were comfortable cuz once Jeremy shut the trunk, you weren't moving til morning. I still have the LifeSaver pillow.
my 21st or 22nd birthday. from front and center: Pensyl, Chris, Andy, Jamie, Chad, Nate, Pete, Aaron, me, Matt, Bortz, Brian, Jay and half of Marcia
if I was on facebook I would totally tag everybody in this pic
see Ami, I'm not a total jerk.
ok, back to normal. if I had to pick some albums of my youth that helped shaped who I am today, these 4 would be a good place to start
off to build a ramp with Jim and Ant
I sat in the back to keep the table saw from sliding around
let's begin
here comes the vert
refilling the "genny" is a 3 man job
lest you think I was only taking pics
75 2x4's needing to be cut requires an assembly line at the table saw.
taking shape
we had some help leveling out the platform area
whaddya got on the speed wall?
if I wasn't growing my hair out I would've shaved up for a crucified skin pose
off to a well deserved lunch
about 20 seconds later
crossblogging with Owen
knife shopping at Army Navy
25 cent A-Treats...count me in! hmmm, black cherry or grapefruit?
found out about a Weston show at the Secret Art Space. Chuck and Zia's band Paramedics were there. stoked!
Walter Krug
Weston opened with one of my faves, David Soul. great fuckin' energy!
all the people up front in white were dancing like crazy the whole set. so fun. guy in white tee on the right reminded me of Adam the way he was just going off non stop.
the next morning it was Brian's big day
Dad said, "Get in there so I can take a pic." I did my best to look busy.
You ready for this Mazzy?
time to load in
let's go!
"Now which side is port again?"
Some light reading on the commute.
yup, still on top
zero hour
I was on the stern helping Brian get her in the water while dad documented the launch
touchdown
time to test out the caning
bon voyage!
Ahoy out there! Keep it under 100 knots. This is a no wake zone!
if it looks like he's doing a wheelie it's cuz he is. he actually sat in the bow instead of the stern when he first stepped in.
no bigs. nothing a quick dock side switcheroo can't take care of
after Brian did a few solo laps I climbed aboard and took the bow
she corners like she's on rails. great job Brian
obviously Brian had honors of the maiden portage as well
Damn! why'd I blow my last quarter on that Black Cherry A-Treat?
game of catch with Pops in the backyard? Count me in. The Dudley's always in the trunk
always nice to get back to south philly after a weekend in the woods
views from the stoop
Ami asked me to look for a pic from one of our past parties so up into the rafters and into the footlocker I went. Came across some classic snaps in the process. (again, sorry for the pics of pics). Landsdowne park.
I agree with Don, that fence can go to hell
Jim grips a new stick at Sumac
a color coordinated Gleason browses the periodicals in prep for some serious bowl time. I loved that bathroom.
Justin, Will and Bryan in the living room on Noble St. in Kutztown. (obviously these pics are all out of order)
in keeping with the living room theme, here we have Ron, Chris, Nate and Brian probably watching Eastern Exposure 3 or X-files. (note the snowboard rack in the bathroom)
and finally, Ron and I neck deep in finals week
hahaha, this will forever be remembered as the "toilet punching night". You can already see it in the making in Brian's eyes. (hint, that's not coffee in Ron's mug)
recording back up vox for the first Rancor 7"
Barto family pic circa '78 or '79. L to R on the hounds are Mocha, Stormy and Buffy
Ami, is it this one?
another classic. after a night of skating Matt and I stopped by to see if a friend was home, she wasn't.
Me, Kyle and Webb
Troop 25 just before we headed off to the Adirondacks for a week of canoeing. This could be the last known documentation of the Vail tee. Wish I still had that Vision shirt.
This one Ami?
Fort Friendship! (on Noble St. we'd flip the couches over and cover them with sheets and have sleepovers) Susie, Nate, me (there's the Vision shirt again!) and Aaron
a different Fort Friendship night/or morning maybe? Chad, Erin and a long haired Stacey (note the TMNT sheets. they've seen it all)
Matt snaps a self portrait on the Noble St. stoop (musta been from this day)
Horrorscope premier night
Aaron and me on our high school senior class trip to DC (aka the day we introduced Jack the foreign exchange student to porn)
Greg "the shirtless wonder" Deck came up to Emmaus to skate one day
That was a fun session, peep Andy in his old VW truck
Andrew (although he was still Andy to me back then), Gassler and Jamie on the Beck Hall wall at Geekfest '97 or '98
this has to be like 8th grade. Bortz, me, Jen, Kristen (the Betties) Chad and Jason (basically Team Smiley minus Brian and Prater)
if I ever hand you a camera and say "Here take my picture!" please don't. A Bitchfest Christmas party.
Tiffany's graduation night. Kutztown, 1996. the video footage of this evening is legendary
Chris helps Brian find the proper F-stop in the Adirondacks
169 winter formal. '99 maybe?
oh Noble St., the stories your walls could tell
Brian attacks the vert ramp at the old Ocean Bowl in OCMD
fuck yeah, lay into that grind bro
here's Brian going full Frankie Hill style all over our hotel's parking lot
back at the Ocean Bowl. show me a backside hip and I'm blasting it! (well maybe not blasting)
me and my 13 year old knees wouldn't think twice about taking drops to flat. this would have definitely been a "stick of the day" for me back then
Weller and Chris get suited up for graduation (look at the pic by Chris's left shoulder. I'm pretty sure every guy had pics from that CK campaign on their walls at this time. Take another look at the pic of Ron and Brian on "toilet punching night" if you don't believe me)
Eric Unger and Regular at the Consignment shop
Matt, me and Andy when we were like 4
me and Kyle
always great photo ops outside the backdoor during Bitchfests
sometimes Ray and I would go for drives and just talk
Chris, Jeremy and me slept 3 deep in his Civic coupe one summer in Maryland. You had to make sure you were comfortable cuz once Jeremy shut the trunk, you weren't moving til morning. I still have the LifeSaver pillow.
my 21st or 22nd birthday. from front and center: Pensyl, Chris, Andy, Jamie, Chad, Nate, Pete, Aaron, me, Matt, Bortz, Brian, Jay and half of Marcia
if I was on facebook I would totally tag everybody in this pic
see Ami, I'm not a total jerk.
ok, back to normal. if I had to pick some albums of my youth that helped shaped who I am today, these 4 would be a good place to start
off to build a ramp with Jim and Ant
I sat in the back to keep the table saw from sliding around
let's begin
here comes the vert
refilling the "genny" is a 3 man job
lest you think I was only taking pics
75 2x4's needing to be cut requires an assembly line at the table saw.
taking shape
we had some help leveling out the platform area
whaddya got on the speed wall?
if I wasn't growing my hair out I would've shaved up for a crucified skin pose
off to a well deserved lunch
about 20 seconds later
crossblogging with Owen
knife shopping at Army Navy
25 cent A-Treats...count me in! hmmm, black cherry or grapefruit?
found out about a Weston show at the Secret Art Space. Chuck and Zia's band Paramedics were there. stoked!
Walter Krug
Weston opened with one of my faves, David Soul. great fuckin' energy!
all the people up front in white were dancing like crazy the whole set. so fun. guy in white tee on the right reminded me of Adam the way he was just going off non stop.
the next morning it was Brian's big day
Dad said, "Get in there so I can take a pic." I did my best to look busy.
You ready for this Mazzy?
time to load in
let's go!
"Now which side is port again?"
Some light reading on the commute.
yup, still on top
zero hour
I was on the stern helping Brian get her in the water while dad documented the launch
touchdown
time to test out the caning
bon voyage!
Ahoy out there! Keep it under 100 knots. This is a no wake zone!
if it looks like he's doing a wheelie it's cuz he is. he actually sat in the bow instead of the stern when he first stepped in.
no bigs. nothing a quick dock side switcheroo can't take care of
after Brian did a few solo laps I climbed aboard and took the bow
she corners like she's on rails. great job Brian
obviously Brian had honors of the maiden portage as well
Damn! why'd I blow my last quarter on that Black Cherry A-Treat?
game of catch with Pops in the backyard? Count me in. The Dudley's always in the trunk
always nice to get back to south philly after a weekend in the woods
views from the stoop
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