New Camera
My new camera is set to arrive today. The Leica M9. Been waiting for this one for a while now, and am super excited to take it out and start taking more photos. I seem to go in hot and cold phases with photography, but every time I get a new camera, I get inspired and take a bunch more pictures. Mind you, 99% of them suck. But there are always those one or two out of every hundred that I dig, and that makes it worth the time and effort. You can expect a lot more photo postings on this here blog in the coming weeks and months. I’ve also decided to try and write more often. When important things come up, I usually take to the blog, and leave out the smaller day-to-day only-mildy-interesting items. But since this site is all mine and I can do whatever I want, I’m going to write about more nonsense. You can skip over all of it or check the site every day or once a year. No worries. You’re always welcome here. Just be warned that you may be presented with a page-long soliloquy about the warp zones on super mario bros.
Leicas are rangefinder cameras. Manual focus. Gotta really want it to make a photo happen. Have to put the camera up to your eye and turn the focus ring. Set the aperture. Compose. I can’t wait to walk the streets of New York and take cliche photos of skyscrapers. And the European Tour this summer. And the studio when we finally get recording with blink-182. By the way, there are several dates on the European tour yet to be announced, so keep your eyes open.
Of course, I’m at the mercy of delivery services, so the camera may not arrive today, in which case you can disregard everything you just read. Also, for the record, I tend not to use the warp zones on the mario bros games until I’ve already beaten them, then use the warps when replaying. Care.
March 9th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Those things are pretty expensive XD…
March 9th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Excited for the euro tour and studio pics
March 9th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Damn, maybe when I’m a rock star I’ll be able to afford a camera for 7 g’s.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:05 am
please come to LISBON!!! =D
March 9th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Will be awesome for you to post more random stuff on this here blog
go crazy!!!
March 9th, 2010 at 10:01 am
I love Mario bros too !
March 9th, 2010 at 10:12 am
hey there’s a rumor that tells you’ll be playing at the “rock en seine” fest in france , what do you think about it ??
March 9th, 2010 at 10:45 am
we know you’re playing the Reading Festival
March 9th, 2010 at 11:16 am
nonsense stuff about your thoughts on things were my favourite thing on this blog, so please, bring them back.
i’ve also always loved some of your photos, so i’m also looking forward to that.
And yes, please bring Blink182 or whatever band you wanna be with to Lisbon, Portugal.
your fan, vasqo.
March 9th, 2010 at 11:46 am
WOOHOOO! <3 photos! More pictures of Mark + Travis + Tom!
@Gavi LISBON?! That's like Casablanca styles
March 9th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Caring. I miss the old days when you used to post all the time about day to day stuff so this is a good thing
March 9th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
No Joke, that camera cost more than my car haha
March 9th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
just awesome !
March 9th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
AWESOME. My dad was a NY Press photograper for over 40 years and his Leica was his baby! Beautiful camera! Enjoy it! Can’t wait to see some of your shots… especially the NYC skyscrapers.. make sure you get some bridges in there too. Rock out.
March 9th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Thank god, I check this every day anyways so now my excitement over a new post will be less sparatic. hopefully. also, marry me already.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
yayayayayayayaya new pictures!!!!!
Have fun being a photographer…
BRAZLIAN KISSES!
March 9th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
awesome!!!
i miss the morning zoo, i swear i check this site everyday
almost every three hours just waiting for Up All Night or anything.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Me too, I feel more superior if I complete the game without the warps.
Very excited for more caring. caring is sharing
March 9th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Hell yeah Mark, go crazy!
March 9th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
i check your page everyday and can’t wait for the “page-long soliloquy about the warp zones on super mario bros.” Rad.
March 9th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Awesome! Glad to see you’re back to the everyday things and not just big events!
I work as a concert coordinator at my university and I was starting to get pissed and bitter at how the music business can be. Today I listened to Blink and was reminded of how I fell in love with music because of you guys. Just wanted to say thanks for the music! Can’t wait to hear the new record!
March 9th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
GOOD!! i check this everyday!
March 9th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
ramble on. insert witty comment here. you rock.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Come to Australia
March 10th, 2010 at 3:36 am
aw, i missed you here.
and cant wait for more dates to be announced to the european tour!!
March 10th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Mark, you always put a smile on my face.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:28 am
wow, i want a camera like that too. takin’ pictures is the better thing to do for relax and feel better. we want new pics have fun
March 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am
and, oh.. i was fogetting, i love u, come to brazil
March 10th, 2010 at 10:24 am
first i must say that i looking forward to your mario stories, mario is amazing.
and it seems like the tour in the summer was sold out, leica cameras are not cheap…
interesting is this part: “since this site is all mine”. it is your blog but you don’t own it?
March 10th, 2010 at 10:42 am
LMFAO at this post!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I go on your page (this one obviously) like everyday and every other day and I love to read what your up to and artists that you recommend. I encourage the fact you are going to make the effort to write something here everyday, it’s not always easy because sometimes inspiration is hard to come by, but you are sure making the effort. kuddos.
I’m a die hard Blink 182 fan. I went to the concert in West Pam Beach, FL (9.26.09) which was my first concert ever and now I believe no other concert will ever be as great as the one I went to that night. Keep on rocking and writing.
March 10th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Please use the camera to take a picture of you going through a warp zone.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Come to Portugal please
It would be awesome 
March 10th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Yay, more nonsense
glad to hear because HMNIM is one of the little things in life that brighten my days!!
March 10th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
glad you’re going to be writing more
March 10th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO SWEDEN!
March 11th, 2010 at 1:52 am
What happened to twitter, your like a ghost on there now.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:19 am
i really really want to see your photos!!! and i’ve missed the time that u used to post a lot!
i love to take photos from a different perspective but… i still dont have a professional camera so, the pics always sucks hahaha anyway…
love you!
March 11th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
i’m looking forward to look at ur photography
March 11th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
YOU STILL HAVENT STARTED RECORDING!!?? wikipedia said you would start in janurary (SAD FACE) ive been let down
March 11th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Playing with the m9 was brilliantly fun.
I’m still an m8 kid. hopefully I can turn that into m9 before I’m back in Nepal.
Cheers dude, the camera is awesome. I know you will love it so hard!
March 13th, 2010 at 7:26 am
Post more often Mark we Irish fans need updates as you dont come to IRELAND ..
March 15th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Hi mark nice picture
and Happy Birthday
April 11th, 2010 at 1:42 am
I do the same with the warp zones on Mario. Its more fun that way.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Are we talking Super Mario Bro. 1, 2, or 3?