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8 NIGHTS THAT SHOOK L.A.'s ROCK WORLD!
By extraordinary coincidence, Los Angeles' four best local live (and recording) acts kicked summer tours off playing within 8 nights of one another for one helluva thrill-packed week+1, May 30, 31,...
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LITTLE CAESAR LIVE at PALADINO's 5.29.15 before EUROPEAN TOUR
LITTLE CAESAR revved up for their forthcoming summer European tour with a gig/pre-tour party at Paladino's, Reseda CA May 29, 2015. Seen here, singer Ron Young reaching out to a fan responding to...
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DR. BOOGIE LIVE AT EL CID 5.30.15, INCIPIENT GREATNESS...
Do I weary of photographing the same bands? Never when they're this great and also the best new band I've witnessed in years. The more one sees Dr. Boogie, the better they seem, hallmark of incipent...
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RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA LIVE 6.1.15 at The Mint
Our rare local concerts by The Ruby Friendman Orchestra inspire great cause for celebration. Images thereof always lean to the dramatic because the onstage emotions penetrate deeply, genuinely, and...
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THE DOGS DEBUT NEWEST RELEASE with INSTORE GIG 6.6.15!
THE DOGS debuted new songs from their forthcoming Smelvis Records' release Ain't Going Nowhere while shooting a video for same at Blue Bag Records in Echo Park CA. A select crowd of friends and other...
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R.I.P. DICK VAN PATTEN, DOGS' BEST FRIEND
R.I.P. actor Dick Van Patten because...he helped start a dog food company that makes fabulously healthful dog food with no suspect ingredients whatsoever, "Natural Balance." And yes, I buy it.For...
View ArticleTHE ONE GREAT SCENE IN AN OTHERWISE DIFFICULT FILM TO LIKE
Just for you, I've excerpted the one great scene* (less than 2 min.) in an otherwise difficult film to like, the biopic Stoned from ten years ago. In it, Brian Jones has just experienced the very worst...
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A DOG CAN HELP THIS BLIND MAN SEE...
One of the most effective, poignant ads ever, with such strong visual and emotional pull. Smart dogs love doing suitable jobs, so don't think this isn't a 2-way-street partnership. As it's such good...
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WOMAN IN GOLD, KLIMT'S MASTERPIECES IN DISPUTE/PERIL/ABSENTIA
Klimt, "Adele Bloch-Bauer" 1907, oil and gold leaf on canvas My eyes hurt today from weeping at the last fourth of the filmWoman in Gold last night. Maybe because its scale was more intimate, like...
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DOG CARTAGE
Yes, once there was an automobile made for dogs... but Honda [I think wrongly] discontinued manufacturing the Element in 2011 claiming that its only market was people with bicycles, large dogs and drum...
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SOME METAL FESTIVALS CIRCA 1991
Some metal festivals I photographed circa August and September 1991. Music Connection cropped off Rob Halford's nice jacket details so they are hereby restored.
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DR. BOOGIE DOUBLE DOWN AND RIP IT UP LIVE!
In my car I played "Personal Matter," one of the new Dr. Boogie songs from their soon to be released album to Los Angeles scene chronicler/author of 8 music books Harvey Kubernik and he yelled "This...
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LAWN GATOR
All the creatures came out for our extremely rare summer rainstorm. Some folks have flamingos, we have lawn gators. Actually, it hasn't rained for four and a half years (the Great Western US Drought...
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CALIFORNIA ROCKER INTERVIEWS MY BETTER HALF MR. TWISTER!
Left, Mr. Twister onstage in 1970; right, at the range in 2015. Still bad ass!Wowza! Great interview by Donna Balancia with my better half Mr. Twister in today's edition of California Rocker. Click : LINK
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SUMMER MOONFLOWERS: SUNFLOWERS AT NIGHT 7.21.15
Gia and Sarahbelle enjoy the summer night air in their back yard (daytime...
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SUNFLOWERS 2015 BY DAY
Guest photographer: © 2015 Kurt Ingham. True height of sunflowers: gi-normous. I wear celebratory Klimt leggings* obtained after seeing Woman in Gold and reading its source Lady in Gold by Anne Marie...
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GIA GOES TO LOMPOC
Gia goes to Lompoc CA, beloved of W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick to show in the Western Sighthound Specialty 7.24.15. No joy except seeing friends both human and canine. Above, what the modern dog...
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SWISS FAIR 2015 with MR. TWISTER
Mr. Twister looking very Robert Redford at the 2015 Swiss Fair in City of Industry (Los Angeles outskirts.) His marksman team had just returned triumphant from the once every5 years competition in...
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AFTER KLIMT
Look, you just can't read three books in one week about Gustav Klimt and not want to experience the exuberance first hand if you can at all paint or draw. I painted the above oil and mixed media on...
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CHURCH STREET STUDIO
Once upon a time my brother owned and operated a recording studio in Nashville TN. I did the logo/graphics for him, as pictured here. Alert: all the contact info is many, many decades out of date...
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