September 2007

September of 2007. Hmm. My memories reflect a sweaty time of working outside on May street at Lance's house. Stalwart was working on extending the kitchen on the lower level and then extending the bathroom on the second floor that was directly above the first floor kitchen. There were a lot of early mornings and even earlier nights during this period. The band was in full swing in preparation of releasing our record in October. We practiced at least once a week and I am surprised to find that I was able to keep this exhausting schedule. The band met with a filmmaker and were talking about shooting a music video. All sorts of discourse resulted from this and I remember getting early morning phone calls from some members of the band. Indeed.

Other than that I was trying to keep myself busy and having a great time with it too. I was in the middle of marathon training and was doing pretty well with it. This all halted later with subsequent touring (it is nearly impossible to train while on the road with Southeast Engine) but maybe next year is what I say.

These pictures from September are from one evening after work and probably after running. I went to go meet up with friends at Donkey Coffee and then later at the Smiling Skull Saloon for open mic night. The band pictures are from the Mid Point Music Festival in Cincinnati. Right around that time I was pretty busy re-vamping and redesigning the Southeast Engine website in collaboration with Charlie MacArthur.

Let the good times roll.

*****Jukebox Whore*****

This was the old jukebox at the Smiling Skull. Since then, the owners have replaced it with a newer and on-demand-friendly one. The old one had a lot of charm.

*****Me and Jessie*****

I laugh at this photo eternally. Jessie looks like Quasimodo.

*****Beer in the Smiling Skull*****


*****Converse All-Star*****

Leo and his phone.

*****Riley*****


*****One of the band's favorite tour stops*****

We took a bunch of photos inside with a Wendy's sign. Those photos can be seen at southeastengine.blogpsot.com along with a lot of other photos I took.

*****Midpoint Music Festival Street Performers*****

They seemed so happy.

*****Rem and Leo -- the constant navigators*****



******On the Wing*****

Photos taken from the trip from Switzerland to Atlanta. This picture was probably taken over Canada. It was such a clear sky although it's hard to not see a clear sky when you are flying 30,000 feet above the earth.

*****What a mess*****

All of it looks so serene from this high but just think about what is going on down there.