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SXSW and a roadtrip..

kiim — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:09:41 +0000

Leaving Oslo, Norway in March is always a very very good idea. Its dark, boring and very cold. Destination SXSW 2011.. and a roadtrip.

Leaving Oslo, Norway. Snow, dark, cold. This flight: Oslo Norway - Schiphol Amsterdam - Memphis US to Austin Texas

KLM. Boring but effective..

Transfering at Schiphol, Amsterdam. Tom is getting his fro on..

At Schiphol we found beautiful Morten coming from Trondheim

Tom waiting for the full bodyscan at Schiphol

My seat on Delta Air Lines 157, Airbus A330-200

Our hotel: Omni Downtown Austin.

Arriving Austin we hook up with Henrik, The Mexican Slaveboy

... and the always happy Marius!

Drumsession at 6th Street in Austin

After a few days of interrail by air, Jonas also shows up!

Downtown Austin, tacky spectaular.

Austin architecture is.. meh.

Out eating steaks at Cantina Laredo - Jonas just found out that the menu is not written in his native language...

Fellow Norwegians, Kvelertak, performing at Emo's

Jonas was lucky enough to find his cheap favorite drink

Tom realizing his party-limitations

A room with a view. Looking down on 6th street from room 312 at the Omni Hotel Downtown

Henrik The Mexican Slaveboy strutting at the hotel

Public transportation in Austin

Yeasayer at some Bill Gates party. Fruity free drinks..

After hooking us up at an epic Yeasayer-consert, The Party Jedi™ try to find out what those Norwegians actually are about..

Arty audience photography™. I should start a blog..

We are done doing Austin and send Jonas to New York City. Kim, Henrik, Tom and Marius heads out to the airport to pick up the rental

So, the route;

Our ride. A Buick Enclave. "Luxury Crossover". With a GoPro mounted on the hood

Day 1. Driving Austin to New Oreans. Luckily lots of entertainment along the i71 to Houston

Nightwalking in New Orleans which smells like a nifty mixture of piss and vomit, stearing at the Greater New Orleans bridge

Marius ready for Bourbon Street at our hotel, the Historic French Market

..while Henrik try to hide.

I met an angel in the lobby

New Orleans historic marked

St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

While walking around in New Orleans trying to find lunch

Day 2. Leaving New Orleans driving to Memphis alongside Misiisippi

Roadtripping USA

We had to buy Henrik some toys he could play with in the back seat

Day 3 Memphis to Waynesville, NC. Ditching Memphis we head straight out to the darkest place on earth: Graceland! Me, Henrik and Tom in His livingroom..

His (Elvis that is) car. A Ferrari Something.

He actually had great taste in cars.. and jets.

Day 4: Waynesville to Washington DC. Here looking out over one of the trillion national parks

I say jump, some jump. The Mexican Slaveboy and TomTomTom at the Blue Ridge Parkway

TomTomTom alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway trying to figure out the meaning of life

Between Richmond and Washington lightning and thunder keeps us awake

Entering Washington DC - The Capitol™

Washington DC. If I had to pick one photograph representing DC, this would be it.

... and not this. Since Henrik had no money, we kept giving him AT&T datapackages for jumping. Here in front of the Captiol in Washington

Walking around The Mall in DC

Washington Monument

Day 5: Washington DC to New York City. Sjarmøretappen as we like to call it in Norway

Due to too much entertainment (hell, we have 5 iPads with 3g...) we end up driving into Manhattan.. thats not the plan...

...but our designated driver, Marius, is calm as always and guides us to La Guardia so we can turn in our Buick. Empire State Building lurking in the background

Passing through Times Square by car. Bad idea.

Blasting our beloved rental under the Hudson river

Tom posing at the subway molesting his AT&T plan

Walking around on Manhattan alone at 0430 in the morning is awsome!

Especially when the city that never sleeps sleep.. 5th (?) avenue 0500am

At that hour even Grand Central Station is ok to float around in

Me and Tom walking over the Brooklyn Bridge from Dumbo

Pace University and the new wonderful Beekman Tower (which seems to still be under construction) shot from the Brooklyn Bridge

A close up view of the famous.. eh, something-building

Tom hanging out in Williamsburg

Hanging at Times Square panning all the cabs passing by while people look stupid at me

Only tourists look up in NYC

So that is what I do lots of the time there - looking up. Here at the Bank Of America building

Actually, I couldnt stop looking at it..

Sunday morning at 5th (?) street..

Underneath The Standard at Highline Park. One of the coolest places in town. For sure.

Brooklyn Museum gasping at the exhibition reOrder: An Architectural Environment by Situ Studio

Tom looking out over Manhattan from our Hotelroom at the Millennium. The Chrysler Building in the background

Waiting for the L-train to Brooklyn

OSLO, Coffee Roasters Brooklyn, NY. Steffen: Now THATS a cup..

Suddenly we met Ruben around Rivington Street. And Amund is lurking somewhere in the background.

And what do you know - Kahahahahatrine also showed up

Tom posing at Times Square

I like America and America likes me. Tom hiding out at American Apparel. I see no harm at all in their staff-hiring-schemes....

Leaving New York Is Never Easy™. Last day before heading out to JFK

The ever wonderful Chrysler Building smiling at us

So goodbye New York. We will meet again! And again..

The Roadtrip! Austin to San Francisco.

kiim — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:11:01 +0000

Austin, TX to San Francisco, CA - Google Maps

Ok, we started out attending SXSW – Interactive, Film and Music. Now thats 10 days of too much to do. I shot some shows during the SXSW Music – found here, attended the SXSWi (Great stuff!) and humped around Austin. (And ate. Alot.)

5 million hour long flight kinda turns you cranky. Memphis Airport waiting for the flight to Aaustin.

Marius (almost) breaking the law in Austin.

We came to SXSW and all we got was... eh.. trillion kg's of free crap.

Flowers at the University of Austin, Texas

Marius.. Marius.. im pretty sure the hangover-kit-manpurse contains clear-eyes.

SXSWi - too hip to be.. eh..

First TMXP groupmeeting. The European Hustler with his pre-production Apple iPad.

Tesl@ (Sorry mom, I could not...) Lamest plate, ever.

Austin Convention Center

Tom walking in to the light. The end is near, salvation is NOW!

And what do you know.. right after loosing Tom, we lost Marius to the cause aswell. Crap!

Nas lightening it up (!) @ Emo's

Veggie Heaven, Austin, TX. Best springrolls in the entire world. (at least that night..)

Visiting some local barn. Cant remember who where what. Tom lounging out.

You can actually live on Altoids Smalls. Wintergreen! (Just avoid the regular Altoids - taste like a mouthfull of MEH)

I stayed at Austin Motel the last time I visited. Best cock-like sign ever.

So there we were – exhausted and totally worn out from SXSW with San Francisco as our destination. First distance – Austin => Las Cruces/White Sands.

Tom driving, Marius designated TomTom operator.

Somewhere near El Paso, TX

Truckin' US

Every roadtrip need a photo like this. For real. Its arty.

On our way to White Sands - looking over to Mexico. Kinda.

The Carpoolers from Norway at White Sands National Park. Left to right: Marius, Tom and Me

CowboyKim, White Sands National Park

Marius @ White Sands National Park

- Its a rental, dont be gentle. Carpooler Marius.

Tom doing the cowboystretch on our way to Albuquerque

...and turning around 180 degrees, Marius.

We just came in time to watch the sun drop behind the horizon at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. 3 minute exposure.

Tom looking out over Monument Valley

Antelope Canyon, Navajo land near Page, Arizona

Cowboy-Tom at Antelope Canyon, Arizona.

Marius at the North Rim, Grand Canyon

Me at the Grand Canyon

Tom, Grand Canyon

Sunset at Grand Canyon north rim

Hoover Dam with the new bridge they are building behind.

The monumental sign of the CRAPPIEST hotel along the strip in Las Vegas: Tropicana.

City Center, Las Vegas.

Las Vegas

On our way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles

Go west! The Pacific from Highway 1.

Sunset at Highway 1, California

Entering San Francisco. We drove around the bay through Berkley so could could enter SF over the Golden Gate. Aaaaw.

Cityscape, San Francisco from my room at the Hilton Hotel.

Financial District, San Francisco

Alcatraz, SF

SXSW in photos…

kiim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:39:18 +0000

…or atleast some of it. SXSW 2010 is over. I went to the Interactive, Film and Music. Insane huge, tired feet, tons of awsome music, and here is a few photos from the week. Ill hump out some more when I get my energy back. More photos over at P3.

The "Yeah-I-Need-To-Shoot-That-Sign"-photo.

The XX @ Mohawk

Hottub @Beautybar

6th street, Austin TX

Serene Maneesh @ Club De Ville

Zooey Deschanel // She & Him

Nas lightening it up (!) @ Emo's

Holy Fuck @ Mohawk

The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Emo's

Band Of Skulls

Marius - the king of Gin & Tonic (atleast for the night..)

Cant remember who, but love the breath control. Rawr!