Urban Explorer

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#1 written by Tus-Chan
about 2 years ago

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No offense Josh, but the music and the pictures fit together like Jesse Jackson at a KKK rally.
- #2 written by OneNorth
  about 2 years ago
  
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  I disagree. When imagining this beautiful boy running and climbing through this abandoned palace – perhaps being chased – this music is quite fitting. Maybe I’ve seen to many cheesy spy movies, but I still like it.
- #3 written by Eben
  about 2 years ago
  
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  I am going to have to disagree with you on the music to pictures match, Shawn…with the soaring iron beams and glass roof…lowering back down to the courts with the dark cast iron structure…and soaring back again up to the balconies, and add in the serious/somber look of Dillon…. I thought they fit very well together. Maybe it’s just the 10 year diff in our ages, tho, eh?
#4 written by ED
about 2 years ago

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you know this is Dillon Lane, right?
http://www.myspace.com/dillonlanemusic
- #5 written by Kei-kun
  about 2 years ago
  
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  Yeah! The boy is Dillon Lane a very great singer
#6 written by Bruce Tharp
about 2 years ago

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I know nothing of the music or the photo. But out of my ignorance they somehow fit together. This boy has an interesting and intelligent face and the music score fits his face at least for me. I found the combination to be emotionally moving. But then I confess to being a rediculous romantic.
#7 written by Real1
about 2 years ago

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Beautiful airy, intricate architecture; serious faced boy suitable to discover it all….perfect fit, I’d say
#8 written by 17o0o
about 2 years ago

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i love urban exploring!
#9 written by thomasdosborneii
about 2 years ago

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I really like that building; I’ve never before seen what looks like a building in an urban downtown that had a glass ceiling at the very top. It looks like it would be quite fascinating up there. To me, the accompanying music very much evokes soaring dreams and a desire to do great things, which is appropriate for that kind of ceiling where you can climb up high and still look out at the sky and watch flocks of birds soaring by. As far as the youth goes, great dreams and youth go hand-in hand, and he, in particular, seems like a secure and adventurous individual of not any particular fashion or period of time. For some reason, he makes me think of “Johnny Appleseed” (for those who may not know who that was, do a Google search), not quite sure why (although that hat would have to be cooking pot), but somebody who crossed the American midwest on foot planting apple trees wherever he went definitely counts as an explorer and also one who has soaring dreams. So, in my view, it all comes together here quite effectively.
#10 written by kevin
about 2 years ago

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Josh (again, you may be the only one who ever sees this) thank you. The music you present / offer forth on a continual basis is outside the box, as it were, for me. Your choice of music always is eye-opening, as well as just plain ole great sounds.
Wasn’t familiar w/ Dillon Lane before, but he’s definitely a cute boy w/ a good following…lol.
Thanks again,
Kevin H
San Diego, CA
#11 written by Carlos
about 2 years ago

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Hey… great music! Cute boy! And the remains of Dostoevsky’s crystal palace!

“You believe in a palace of crystal that can never be destroyed; a palace at which one will not be able to put out one’s tongue or make a long nose on the sly. And perhaps that is just why I am afraid of this edifice, that it is of crystal and can never be destroyed and that one cannot put one’s tongue out at it even on the sly.” -FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, Notes From the Underground, Part I; X
#12 written by PenboyX
about 2 years ago

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What building is this? My first thought was a very large, glass-encased Public Mall in Canada — don’t remember where. My friends took a trip to Alberta — maybe Calgary or Edmonton — or both, and one of them have a very large Mall that looks similar to this in structure. They showed me some very nice slides of their trip. But I don’t remember exactly where it was. And this may not be that Mall enclosure.

I think it’s great that some public buildings have something of this — either a glass ceiling or numerous skylights. If an area can successfully have buildings like this and take advantage of natural sunlight as much as possible, it’s just a great example to pass on to the commercial building industry as well as homes. It can save hundreds, thousands and even millions (commercial/public buildings) on energy costs (as long as extreme weather doesn’t hamper the designs).

I owned a home for over 30 years and I can tell you from personal experience the energy savings from having skylights. I personally installed 5 skylights on this house (and it’s only a 2 bdrm house) and the electricity savings was great — especially from around March through November. Until after sunsets, I very seldom had to use lights. And natural sunlight makes homes look even more beautiful.

I enjoyed the music very much. As it was playing, I envisioned a high-def camera crew slowly panning 360º inside and around this beautiful building with even slower zooming in and out emphasizing the many intricate details of this architecture. The matching of the music and the building seemed near perfect.

I just don’t understand the purpose of the teen in all of this. Very nice looking and I like the length of his hair, but what’s the point of his photo here? I like the name of the musical artist – Antifaith. :-)
#13 written by FuManchu
about 2 years ago

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Some explanation of the interior photographs would have been nice. What – and where – is it?

The music was passable, but not as good as Justin Bieber slowed down by 800%…^^
#14 written by FuManchu
about 2 years ago

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Whoops! My mistake. I now realise that if you click on the interior shots, you get the explanation I was asking for. Epic. It ought to be restored. Although it is still very grand, even in its deserted and stripped-down state.
#15 written by Jamesk8
about 2 years ago

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all fit perfect
#16 written by Christan
about 2 years ago

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My brother seams to have joined this board, and I found the home page opened to this page.
I am a “Urban Explorer” The edifice depicted in this story is a location I have been to.
Exploring atrophied ruins is not only a thrill but an escape from reality, as you travel back into time.

Please check out these site’s > opacity.us infiltration.org UER.ca

-C

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