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PUB(L)IC ART ON SUNSET BLVD. IN 1978
Under the pseudonym Nimiety Enterprises, above depicts my photo and art direction for Rhino Records fourth ever release, Twist Again with the Low Numbers. (I also was employed to shoot and art direct...
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GOD BLESS THE C.I.A. SPOOKS!
Fair usage of PH-401 by Clyfford Still, 1957, oil on canvas. Although sui generis, Still's work can be said to be exemplary of color field Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. In fact, Still is the...
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SUPER SECRET PRECIOUS METAL REUNION pre-gig GIG 10.18.14
Whoa!! Special secret pre-gig gig by Precious Metal, everyone's favorite all-female band, newly reunited after 20 years with all original members (Leslie Knauer, vocals, guitar; Janet Robin,...
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SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE LAST DAYS OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE
We set the Wayback Machine all the way to the late 1400s/early 1500s for the above photo (photographer unknown) documenting actual Moctezuma II's headdress, the only surviving example from the Aztec...
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RARE POSTER of ENGLISH BOY MODEL AGENCY via MR. TWISTER
I just wrote a snippet to accompany a (better) copy of this ENGLISH BOY Model Agency poster for Harvey Kubernik and his own future thinkpiece on the late onetime Rolling Stone Brian Jones. Witness some...
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WELCOME, GIA !
Welcome to our world Bereton Tanager Gia, young 13-week-old Scottish Deerhound puppy shown with Mr. Twister and Sarahbelle the Golden Retriever. Below, Gia learns the ropes (one on the right is the...
View ArticleBIRTHDAY BOY NIGHT TRIPPER
Happy Birthday Mac Rebennack A.K.A. Dr. John. The below live track video confirms my better half Mr. Twister's assessment that the strangest act he photographed in that "golden age of rock" circa 1970...
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ANOTHER BIRTHDAY BOY MARIO ESCOVEDO
Happy Birthday Mario Escovedo of Requiemme Management, shown here this year at South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas with his artists THE DOGS. (Yes, THAT Escovedo family (Alejandro,...
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THE FANTASTIC DR. BOOGIE BAND! Live at Viva Cantina
Dr. Boogie at Viva Cantina, Burbank CA 11.19.14Quite simply, the best new band I've seen in years...Dr. Boogie: Chris P, guitar, lead vocals; Dustin James, guitar, vocals; Jeff Turpin, bass, vocals;...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY
For "Throwback Thursday, some cd cover designs I did for Warner Bros. Special Projects cds back when cds were brand spankin' new...
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LESSONS from MURDERED MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER Dr. ERICH SALOMON
A page from 'Portrait of an Age' by photojournalist Dr. Erich Salomon, who was killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Before that, he was the pre-eminent low light photographer in...
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R.I.P. VANESSA JOHNSON
First, the shocking news about someone I had liked immediately. There are some folks whose life you catch for just a brief amount of time but you just can tell what a great person he or she is. Vanessa...
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Book signing: HOLLYWOOD HOOFBEATS by PETRINE DAY MITCHUM and AUDREY PAVIA
Above L-R: Audrey Pavia, yours truly and Petrine Day Mitchumat the book signing for Mitchum and Pavia's latest edition of Hollywood Hoofbeats. Photo (C) 2014 Kurt Ingham If you've ever yearned for...
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PUPPY PIX AND STRAY SHOTS
Before we resume with the rock and roll, a few random takes with three pics by guest photographer © 2014 Kurt Ingham. Above, niece Zaz, your humble photojournalist and dogs at Thanksgiving. Puppy has...
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IT'S JUST A SHOT AWAY: THE ROLLING STONES IN PHOTOGRAPHS with DAVID BAILEY,...
David Bailey, legendary celebrity + fashion photographer and one of my few heroes (LINK) was guest of honor at the 12.13.14 opening of the TASCHEN Gallery exhibition "It's Just A Shot Away: The Rolling...
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DR. BOOGIE ROCKS ON, Club Loaded 12.13.14
After meeting legendary photographer David Bailey at the Rolling Stones' photo exhibit "It's Just A Shot Away" (LINK) 12.13.14, I hastened over to Club Loaded in Hollywood to shoot a group fast...
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IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS UNTIL...
It's just not Christmas until I post my irreverent card drawn by yours truly...but here's a new interpretation of "...peace on earth..." below
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JAMES WILLIAMSON jams with THE ICARUS LINE
It's loud, insistent, rhythmically, uh... brisk, emotionally raw, bombastic even at times like the best of heavy metal or the Grand Opera. But it's far from heavy metal or the Grand Opera: all it has...
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PUPPY PLAYDATE 12.27.14
Puppy playdate 12.27.14: above, when they said running with your sighthound is good exercise, this may not have been what they meant. Joel carries on, Lily the Lab hastens to observe; below, Gia...
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JAMES WILLIAMSON solo album RE-LICKED
Full frontal disclosure: I did the Art Direction along with frequent design partner Joel Pelletier of Wayhome.com, I drew the Leopard Lady logo and photographed a great deal of the recently...
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