Destruction Night and Other Stuff

     These two (crappy) shots represent the edge of my turf really.  All the way at the end of the train station parking lot lies this desolate land.  It is pretty creepy over here especially when you're alone.  It's very isolated and has been the scene of various juvenile mischief over the years such as breaking things or lighting things on fire, baby stuff.  But, one summer, this place, as well as the reservoir beyond the fence, was "discovered" by a group of kids, who were part of our historic larger group the year before, but were at that time on our second ring, so to speak, and it was then and ever since called Hell.  The reservoir is actually pretty interesting historically, it's called Smith's Pond after the original name of our area Smithville, and was man made in the 1800's to provide water that would be pumped into New York City.  It, and most of the other similar reservoirs in the area, has fallen to bored teenagers of all types seeking adventure.

     Anywho, so there's this place, Hell, and everyone (except us non-partiers) would hang out back there and drink.  One night, we met up with some of the kids coming back from Hell and one kid, let's call him John, was drunk, angry, thirsty for mischief, and was about to take us along for the ride.  I will tell what I remember, but if I leave anything out let me know.  We all took off, running amuck all over the streets, breaking bottles and doing our usual mischief.  John decided to step it up.  All I remember is him taking a huge metal pipe from somewhere and busting out people's sidewalk lights and shit like that.  He was in a raging fury and I saw fire in his eyes as John ran down the block without a care.  It was an intense fifteen minutes, the excitement, the anticipation, the fear, and the adrenaline that I felt had me running like mad, and at that point we were really all just watching this kid go crazy.

     Obviously this couldn't go on forever.  Me and two other kids split from the group and hid out in one of their backyards.  His mom knew something was up and was asking us what's going on, we probably said hide-and-go-seek, not such a great story for high schoolers.  This led to one of us having to head in, and me and the other lad, let's call him Josh, to fend for ourselves out on the streets, where we were no doubt being sought after by law enforcement and angry suburbanites that were interrupted during their TV dinners.  I get a cell phone call, bad news.  Apparently one of the lads we were running with, let's call him David, had been apprehended by angry homeowners and they were forcing him to do some late-night gardening because someone tore up their plant (lol).  We feel bad because he was innocent, most of us were, and he still got caught.

     The next thing I remember is making it back to home turf (Dunkin' Donuts) where our group began to trickle in.  Everyone makes it back and I decide to get home.  I round the corner of the building and I am confronted by two very angry and very bald men.  "So, you like smashing out people's lights, huh?" "Wat?" "Yeah, I'll fucking kill ya next time I catch you doing it." "I dunno what you're talking about dude, I didn't do anything." "Yeah well tell your friends I'll fuckin kill them too!"  What a great way to end what has since been known as The (greatest) Destruction Night.

     On a related note, Hell is where I have dreamed (seriously) of camping out when the shit hits the fan.  Just go inna woods and let it all blow over ya know?  Speaking of which, if anyone still cares, Morbid Curiosity's next release will be a four song demo tentatively called Premonition.  It will feature two new tracks, one remastered track off the Fuckin' Full Length, and a rerecording of Opinionated Bitch from the first demo.  This will have the best sound quality yet, and may actually be heard by more than three people.  Or maybe it will be heard by even less and remain true to the underground.

     ALSO, I have heard tales of a similar destruction night taking place in the next town over.  Car and store windows were smashed and young lads ran amuck.  I may or may not know who it was, but I wonder if it achieved the same legendary status in their circles as ours did.

More Awesome Randoms

This week was spring break, and I spent a few days in Philadelphia with Steph, some days adventuring and shooting (photos), and some days working.  I definitely have been neglecting the blog, but I don't really have any shots that I can either tell a good story about or that I rode the bike to get.  But, I do have a ton of unrelated stuff that I can post, so yeah:

This here is Stephanie enjoying the great outdoors at Connetquot River State Park.  I made her hike the five mile loop along a really muddy and snowy trail, making for some good times.  I was showing off how much I like the mud and I splashed my boots all in it.  It was a total accident (mostly) that I splashed muddy goodness all over her pants.  Sorry!  It was all worth it though.  The river was serene and the trout were jumping out of the water.  The lake that the river drains into is also really cool.  It is full of ducks and swans and we made friends with one that was hanging out on the shore.  He probably died right after though.  Most normal swans don't let people's girlfriends just lean in to pet them, they usually get pretty angry.  Definitely died.  Love ya Steph!

This delicious looking concoction is homemade gnocchi.  When we were in Italy, the waiters in the restaurants pronounced it "nyo-ki" but I don't give two balls and still say it like "no-key."  For those idiots out there that don't know what gnocchi is, it is basically balls of mashed potato and dough.  It's usually pretty good, but this here was extremely fuckin gnarly gnocchi that is made from scratch.  Yeah, bet you didn't see that coming.  In addition to being pro hikers, Steph and I are also accomplished cooks as this is our third dish.  We haven't messed up yet.  I tried to get Steph to bake some shit last night, but she was having none of it.  I'm about to pick her up soon so hopefully she's in the mood (FOR BAKING).  I really could use some cupcakes around the house, since everyone around here seems afraid of the grocery store for some reason.

A few posts back, I mentioned that I like taking photos of abandoned shit.  It's been my favorite subject for awhile, and seeing other people's shots is pretty much what got me more into photography.  I like it because I can get shots like this.  I usually only like one photo from a day of shooting, and the lighting and color in this scene definitely do it for me.  Not much of a story behind this one.  It was taken the other day in a large, mostly abandoned state hospital complex not far from where I live.  After avoiding detection at the two wide open back doors, we ninja-ed around to the side and into another wide open door.  As you can see, this is a totally pro location for only pro adventurers, so I can't go into more detail.

In other news, I just thought of a good potential post about a little thing that happened around town called Destruction Night.  I do have a related picture, so I think there will be another post tomorrow.  Those in the know should be excited and on the lookout for that.  Also, photo wise, I'm taking another photo class next semester (my last one).  So I am excited for that.  I got an A in Digital Photography I so hopefully I'll do the same in II.  I don't think I will do my shit on abandoned shit though, as I did that shit last time.  I want to do dreamlike shit.  I am looking around the internetz for some inspirational paintings and whatnot.  I think it will either be people in their dreams or just dreamlike environments.  Either way, I am sure to sound like a veteran artfag and achieve another A in the course.

Morbid Curiosity Update! + More

Whats up, I'm just updating this to keep track of some music-related stuff that's going on right now.  I haven't updated any new stories because for the last week and a half or I've been putting a lot of work into my bands.  So, for anyone who may care, here's the current deal:
Morbid Curiosity, quite possibly the most awesome underground Long Island band ever, is going to be putting out two releases in the near future.  The first is a full length album, temporarily called The Fuckin Full Length! with eleven new songs.  The second is a collaboration with long time friend and musically inclined person Anthony Capozzi, which will consist of six songs from the full length reworked with his lyrics and vocal tracks.  For anyone who may not know, MC is a band I formed around four years ago originally based on a basic grind/thrash sound with blastbeats, samples, and plenty of vocal effects (think Mortician, GUT and the like).  We (I) have progressed to a sound which blends elements of punk, thrash metal, and death metal.  For those lucky enough to have heard MC's only other release (the 2006 demo, Fucked Apart) you can expect to hear better quality on all fronts: production, vocals, riffs, songwriting, themes, ect.  As Anthony (hopefully) is working on the artwork for the collaboration album, I will now reveal the (possible) album art for this monumental full-length release:

 

The temporary front cover for the full length.

 
 

Temporary back cover.

In other one-man band news, Of Earth, a black/doom projected I started last year will be releasing its debut album, Elixir.  It will have 4 longer songs (think 10 songs shoved into four tracks that probably don't transition very well) and one ambient piece.  This band has (might have) the modern pagan/black sound inspired by nature, Drudkh, Askival, Agalloch, ect.

 

Elixir front cover.

 
 

Elixir back cover.

Both of those photos were taken Ireland in case you were wondering. 
Anywho, all three of the aforementioned releases will be available for free download.  However, I will be making complete packages with an actual CD(-R), jewel case, and inserts with art and lyrics.  If you want one of those let me know.  These will also be free, but I am sure you will sell them on Ebay for plenty of dough sooner or later.