Wednesday Night at Madison Square Garden....

Um....Yeah....we went.......

From the New York Daily News:

AC/DC shakes up Madison Square Garden with sold-out show

What year is this?

At AC/DC's concert Wednesday at the Garden, it wasn't always easy to tell. The thrashing sound that came barreling from the stage could just as easily have been produced by this band in 1978.

Or '88.

Or '98.

Or, at this rate, 2018.

It's the same screechy yowl AC/DC pledged allegiance to 33 years ago, which they haven't wavered from in a single riff since.

Why should they?

That sucker-punch style helped them quickly sell out Wednesday night's show, as well as one at the Garden tonight, along with racking up the No. 1 album in the country for the last two weeks, ("Black Ice").

Eight long years may have passed since these aging bad "boys" last toured here, but they picked up right where they left off with the first brash chords of "Rock 'N Roll Train.

"That's a new song but it might as well be old. It has the kick of the classics.But it wasn't just the force and girth of that sound that brought on the fist pumps. It was the staggered beat that gives those chords swing, and the choruses that make them singable - or at least screamable.

That last bit provides some of the band's camp, as does the cat-in-the-microwave screeches of lead "singer" Brian Johnson.

For further amusement, there's the goofy 10-gun salute in "For Those About to Rock," the endless run of forced sexual innuendos, and, of course, Angus Young's velvet-encrusted schoolboy outfit, which just about fits his 53-year-old body.

At least his riffs showed no flab.

The crowd itself showed some age. It spanned two male generations, suggesting a kind of father/son night. But, then, what better band to bond over than one that got it so right the first time, it never need change a thing?

Fall in Central Park

Central Park is amazing this time of year! Here are some picutres from this weekend.

Trip to Cold Spring, NY

Well I (Matt) am back in NY for a few weeks and it has been quite a while again since my last post....as always. Saturday we decided to take the Metro North train up the Hudson River to check out some of the fall foliage. I think we both underestimated how impressive the fall colors are in this part of the country....and the trip along the Hudson was quite exciting as well.

We got off of the train in a small town called Cold Spring about an hour and and a half north of the City. Very old, neat town that reminds you of a small ski town in Colorado. It only has a population of about 2,000 and the downtown villageis on the National Register of Historic Places. We had lunch and just walked around downtown checking out some of what seemed like 100 antique shops!

West Point Military Academy.....

Steve Visits for Yankees vs. Rays

Recently our good friend Steve Luther made the trip to the big city to catch one of the final games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees ended up getting beat pretty good we still had a great time and hope he can make it back up in April for the opening of the new Yankees Stadium!

We also headed over to Brooklyn to hang out Saturday afternoon. Afterwards we spent the evening at Bar 515 with all of the Auburn fans to see the Tigers dominate Mississippi State 3-2!!

Kelly Break & Labor Day Vacation

Kelly has had a nice semester break and was in Birmingham for a few weeks, so it was great to have her home for a while. She just finished up her third semester at Columbia.....only two more to go! While we were both in Birmingham, we decided to take a nice long vacation to her parent's house on Dataw Island, SC. We spent the week basically doing nothing and it was great! Did a little fishing and welcome the start of football season with the traditional opening Saturday pot of chili (still a little warm outside for chili but tradition is tradition).

We're back in NY and have our friend Steve (aka Bull) coming up today for a Yankees game tomorrow.....stay tuned.

Jay and Ashley Visit For Some Baseball......

Our friends Jay and Ashley came to visit last week and, once again, we headed to the Bronx to check out the Yankees take on the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. The game was tight until Bobby Abreu hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and ultimately drove in three runs, leading the Yankees past theTwins 8-2. Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano also contributed with two RBI each. This was by far the most exciting game I have witnessed in the final season of Yankee Stadium.

More Pics From Mel and Chad's Visit....

Here are just some more random picures of us out and about in the city while Mel and Chad were here.

Out in Soho....

In line to see Rent......that rain cam out of nowhere

Harlem Gospel Choir.......AWESOME. Hangin' out in Brooklyn... Mel and Chad in Central Park...