Bull

This is Bull. He’s a punk Santa in the Jersey Devils and he was so friendly and cool. We had gone to Asbury Park, New Jersey for a concert and found ourselves wandering into the Asbury Punk Flea Market where we met him and his wife.

The music was intense - so loud that you could barely pick up the individual instruments no less the words in the screamo lyrics. But there was Bull, tapping his feet to the beat, beer in hand, happy as could be. We sat next to him at the bar and my overwhelming addiction to document the things and people I find interesting boiled up until I found the courage to ask him if I could take his picture. He laughed, a little confused, and agreed. And over the next set, I saw a few others come up to him after the same thing and I think by then he must’ve felt the high of being the coolest guy in the room.

I wish I had snagged a picture of the back of his vest too, because the Jersey Devils patch was so cool, but this guy was so friendly and jolly. I think I may have met the real Santa that day.