East Houston and Lafayette Streets in Manhattan.
I got there at 6 and the station was barricaded, this event was well publicized and obviously the cops have the internet too.
Smeared in oil or molasses, I can’t tell you, she reminds me of a photo I saw the other day of a gulf pelican, chocolate brown and covered in oil.
A good flash mob should get in and get out quickly and on time, make your point for the cameras and go before it gets tiresome and the cops cranky. Well at least that’s what I did. When I left at 6:20, twenty minutes after the scheduled start, the cool kids were already starting to leave, heading east, going my way. I later learned it went on until at least 7:30.
This video has gotten more comments and views (124 and 9000 in 3 days) faster by far than any other of my 60 or so YouTube videos. Many commenters support the protest and are extremely pissed at BP. A large group is mad that it was not flash mobby enough for them, which I find hilarious. Another group thinks, not without merit, that the protest should be at BP headquarters or the White House and not in front of a franchised BP station. Then a large group piled on yesterday saying don’t Blame BP, they are doing the best they can with this unfortunate accident. They don’t appear to be reading the same news reports as me. Renegade Refiner: OSHA Says BP Has “Systemic Safety Problem” 97% of Worst Industry Violations Found at BP Refineries
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Juggle This, the 9th annual juggling festival at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. It’s basically Pratt’s huge gym, with the floor covered in a blue protective tarp, and given over to jugglers of all skill levels for three days. There you can learn techniques and show off your skills to your heart’s content. Some of the jugglers I captured on the video are: Joshua Edelman from Jersey City, Michael Glenn from New Hampshire, Keith Leaf, Keith Nelson, Tony Duncan, and the Case Juggling Club. Anyone else here, who is featured here, and wants a link, leave it in the comments.
I wrapped my camera in plastic wrap and took it out into the wet blowing snow.
Though I purposely let the drops accumulate on the plastic in front of the lens, for the cool light effects, next time I’ll wipe it off more often. The camera remained dry under the Glad food wrap, which had the additional benefit of acting as a wind screen for the microphone.
My brother Bob is a Myrtle Beach celebrity, at least among the easy listening crowd of WEZV in Myrtle Beach, SC. I took my camera along to watch him record the inserts for his weekend shows. He is assisted by my lovely and talented niece Angelina. Listen live.
Samantha is a rescue raven from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. My camera was barely able to capture her faint vocalization, I’ve never heard her make a loud squawk like the crows that also visit this cemetery in the East Village of NYC.
Samantha Raven injured her wing and has found refuge in the Marble Cemetery on East Second Street in the East Village, Manhattan. This was shot on Sunday and the wind chill was around 10 F.
I shot this with my new Lumix FZ35. It has an 18x zoom and shoots video in HD. I cropped the video to 720×480 to zoom in even further. I had the camera set a bit over-exposed but aside from that I’m happy with how much detail I was able to get.
