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1 NIGHT ONLY, JAMES WILLIAMSON and guests LIVE!
Re-Licked(see LINK) the live show! James Williamson and a slew of his Re-Licked singers perform one night only Jan. 16th at the Bootleg Hifi Theatre, Los Angeles CA, info above. With each of the...
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FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF 2015
First photograph of2015, early morning frost on our backyard weeds, uncharact- eristically taken with my telephone as Iwas impatient to go watch the MiramarMiramar Scripps Saddlebreds and other horses...
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GIA BY STARLIGHT
Young predator with prey traverses the blueblack midnight Serengeti plains, pausing only to espy intrepid nightvision wildlife photographer...I'm waxing very "Calvin & Hobbes"* here, aren't I?...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOWIE and ELVIS
Happy Jan. 8th birthdays to David Bowie, seen on his first Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars tour, 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and to Elvis Presley. For the latter I'm posting 2...
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FONE FOTOS of MY HORSE INDY VS. EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
Tech notes: Rectifying the absence of pics of my horse Indy on my phone, I went to photograph him walking in the turn-out paddock. When he suddenly began cantering, I rested the phone on a pipe corral...
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SAD QUAGGA TALES
First pic: this Quagga mare died in 1878 in a zoo, the only living quagga ever photographed. The very last of her kind ever died in an Amsterdam zoo in 1883. When DNA studies of unfortunate taxidermed...
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DOG TALES: CONSOLATION
All dogs newly banned from the horse boarding ranch, so they stay home and console one another after playing in the rare morning fog. Our abode in same at bottom...
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GUY WEBSTER, FAMED PHOTOGRAPHER book signing
1.21.15: famed celeb photographer Guy Webster signed his Big Shots: Rock Legends andHollywood Icons: the Photography of Guy Webster book in Venice CA at a well attended event at In Heroes We Trust...
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DRESS IN THE WORLD...
...was designed by Bernard Newman to glorify Ginger Rogers dancing with Fred Astaire in their dazzling Cheek To Cheek sequence in the film Top Hat, 1935. Watching Fred Astaire dance with any woman...
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CAROLYN WONDERLAND LIVE at The Mint 2.4.15, L.A.
Audaciously great Texas blueswoman Carolyn Wonderland rocked The Mint, L.A. joined by fellow world class singer Lisa Kekaula for a version of Valerie Simpson/Nick Ashford ditty that was a smokin' hit...
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R.I.P. SAM ANDREW
Rest in peace musician Sam Andrew. Some may dwell on his appearance in Monterey Pop but my fave is his and Big Brother and the Holding Company's "Combination Of The 2" in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out...
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NEW PLAYDATE FRIENDS
Why were Gia and Sarahbelle so dog tired? A: their playdate beforehand with new pal Diego the Borzoi. Also on hand, Lily the Labrador to insure cool runnings...
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"THE SPIDERS ARE COMING..."
It was a normal morning in the hood today, chez nous pictured above, not an ominous cloud in the sky until... ...the 6x6 military trucks rolled in......for the threat of lava-spitting giant...
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CAROLYN CARRADINE'S PRIVATE RECEPTION for her ART SHOW OPENING at LEONIS ADOBE
On 2.17.15 My better half Mr. Twister and I attended the private reception for fine artist Carolyn Carradine's "Lent Project 2014" wherein she painted all 21 of California's missions. The missions...
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DR. BOOGIE. THE BLESSINGS live at EL CID 2.21.15
Great (as usual) Dr. Boogie show 2.21.15 at El Cid in East Hollywood, Calif., with a harp guest, a mischievous drummer, Blessings, and an onstage birthday party. Dr. Boogie remain a cool ensemble of...
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JAMES WILLIAMSON Re-Licked LIVE SHOW 1.16.15 at the Bootleg Theatre, L.A.
It's early in 2015Land, and I've already photographed the live show of the year a tad over a month ago on 1.16.15 at the Bootleg Theatre near downtown Los Angeles. Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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OVER A HALF CENTURY AGO, WITH ANIMALS
Above are newly excavated photos courtesy of my cousin Virginia Parks Williamson. My grandfather (see LINK) provided great entertainment for us visiting Californians as well as for my resident...
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His daughter Jasmine writes today that Andy Fraser has passed away. No photos or pithy stories from me,* just sadness that one of the world's most renowned bass players no longer is with us. Like John...
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R.I.P. MICHAEL BROWN of THE LEFT BANKE
Rest in peace Michael Brown, songwriter/keyboardist/singer for The Left Banke. For me it was "Pretty Ballerina," a perfect encapsulation of adolescent yearning: "...somewhere a mountain is moving,...
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LITTLE CAESAR READY TO ROCK EUROPE 2015- tour dates announced
LITTLE CAESAR prepping for their European tour, June and July 2015. L-R: Guitarist Cary Beare, singer Ron Young, bassist Pharoah Barrett, guitarist Loren Molinare and drummer Tom Morris. This was...
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