Genesis at the Garden
Sep 23, 2007 in Genesis, Live Performance, Music
I’m lucky to have been born at a time when music was much more than a download, ring-tone or background for a car commercial. As a teen, I would spend hours listening to my favorite albums, from start to finish, poring over the album jacket, art work and liner notes for any hint that would give me insight into an artist’s world. So to get a chance to see once of the greatest Prog Rock bands of all time live, for what could be their last ever tour, was monumental.
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For the first time in a long time, I took a couple of weeks off and went to Spain with my girlfriend Jackie. It was an awe-inspiring trip. We took in the romantic Spanish architecture, ate ridiculously delicious food, and enjoyed the perfect weather. We started in Barcelona, a truly diverse city. We split our artistic attentions between the talented graffiti artists that hold their own against contemporary masters like Salvador Dali and his wacky museum of prints and sculpture. We worked off all the phenomenal tapas running along Barceloneta, the ocean-front promenade, and swimming in the outdoor pool at Estadio Olympico, built for the 1996 Olympics (we’re nuts, we were training for a triathlon, but that’s another story). You can’t go to Barcelona without tripping over something Antonio Gaudi built, so we capped off our architecture tour with Sagrada Familia (still under construction after 120 years) and a hike around Parc Guell. 
Here’s a bunch of Graff shots that I took while on vacation in Spain and during my Sept. writing trip in London. (Music writing….I leave the visual art to the street artists). I’m always inspired by local artists.