Tattered Flag
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
At the Earth School on Avenue B.
Santacon NYC 2008
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Update: Now with more Santas, part 2 of the video is embedded below.
Both videos are mildly NSFW, mostly for language.
I regard Santacon and other roving gatherings as street art, people expressing themselves in public. I was torn between capturing the event on video and dancing down the street. This year I pretty much sacrificed the dancing for the capturing. Maybe next year I’ll attach my camera to a Santa helmet and just go for it. Though if I wasn’t having fun shoving my striped pole in the air like a crane, I would have put the camera away, had a drink or two, and joined the dance.
Bill Cunningham in the New York Times stumbled upon the event and has an audio slideshow. He was greatly amused.
Part 1 finds the Santas in midtown completely covering the steps of the General Post Office on Eighth Avenue,
and then traipsing over to Grand Central Terminal.
Full Screen (Link to YouTube, click play in high quality and then hit the full screen button on the player)
Santacon NYC 2008 Part 1 from GammaBlog on Vimeo.
Part 2 takes the Santas from Rockefeller Center, to the South Street Seaport, and the Staten Island Ferry.
Full Screen (Link to YouTube, click play in high quality and then hit the full screen button on the player)
Santacon NYC – 2008 – Pt. 2 from GammaBlog on Vimeo.
The pedal-powered stripper pole at the South Street Seaport. I mostly shot video during this year’s massive NYC Santacon. I have eight and a half gigs of it to edit into something worth showing.
Warning if you go to Santacon dressed as a panda, you will likely get whacked in the head with a candy cane by feisty girls!
Tattered Flag
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I suspect this is one of the many flags that went up in the city late in 2001. It has survived most of the Bush regime. Little Italy.
No Flag
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Tattered Flag
Friday, December 1st, 2006
God and Countries
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Pinnacle Flag
Friday, September 1st, 2006
When high steel workers reach the highest point of their construction tradition has them flying a flag. So it looks like the whatever it is on Allen Street is as high as it is going to get. Now the question is how high is the building on Houston and Ludlow next to Katz’s going to get.
New Jersey Terrorist Hunting Permit
Monday, August 28th, 2006
No bag limit. Tagging not required. Yeee Haww!!! Is there some way to make the bridges and tunnels one way?
