BIRTHDAY BOOK
This book is one of my treasured recent birthday presents from my better half Mr. Twister. Heather Firbank, London Edwardian socialite clotheshorse, eventually waxed impecunious, but in doing so she...
View ArticleBIRTHDAY EVENT - ELYSE WYMAN SHOW
For my birthday, Mr. Twister and I spent a quiet evening with friends in the midst of a noisy, crowded art opening. The occasion was Conceal/Reveal, a mixed media exhibit by Elyse Wyman at prestigious...
View ArticleBARON WOLMAN's GROUPIES AND OTHER ELECTRIC LADIES-- EXHIBITION and BOOK
No one took better care to illuminate the true beauty as well as creative freak splendor of women in the late 1960s than Baron Wolman. Like fellow photographer David Bailey (LINK) he celebrated rather...
View ArticleTHE WITCH'S (REAL!) HOUSE IN BEVERLY HILLS 90210
Just in time for Halloween, I passed the famous "witch's house"in Beverly Hills on my way home from the Baron Wolman photo exhibit (LINK*) this last week. In our city that considers anything older...
View ArticleHAPPY HALLOWEEN !
I LOVE all the fantasies of Halloween and its celebrations. Above, screen capture from Disney's Fantasia, "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence; self with fellow Halloween celebrants, 45 years ago. These...
View ArticlePRECIOUS METAL LIVE GIG REUNION to SAVE THE TATAS with FRIENDS GALORE
It's the one year anniversary of the live reunion ofPRECIOUS METAL (photo feature held back to let the beneficiary charity, Chemowize Foundation [see LINK] have the greatest initial coverage spread.)...
View ArticleSALLY IN 1969
My friend Sally, 1969, a high fashion take for someone uncertain about her looks. Taken with an Edixa SLR bought used, and with window light through the ubiquitous college student spider plant....
View ArticleHALLOWEEN 2015 WITH THE DOGS and The Pagans at The Bigfoot Lodge, Atwater...
THE DOGS rocked the antlers off The Bigfoot Lodge, Atwater Village, L.A. Calif. in costume on Halloween night with their customary punk aplomb and spirited hardest rock delivery intact.As well they...
View ArticleR.I.P. DR. NOAH YOUNG
Rest in peace Dr. Noah Young, musician, therapist, affirmative person with love for all. Pictured: my portrait for his album on New Alliance; screen capture as bassist in the Raging Bull film's jazz...
View ArticleDAVE DAVIES of THE KINKS, LIVE AT THE ROXY 11/3/15
Pictured, Dave Davies in a terrifically entertaining show 11.3.15 at the Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, wherein the showman evinced much warmth to his appreciative audience. As co-founder of The Kinks...
View ArticleTHE BLUE EYED DEVILS TRANSMOGRIFY INTO THE TIGHTY WHITIES, Cafe Escobar 11.7.15
Master musicians the Blue Eyed Devils seen at Cafe Escobar in Malibu on a NovemberSaturday night, replete with great songs by The Temptations, The Four Tops, Johnny Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone,...
View ArticlePERFECT ROCK AND ROLL WEEKEND: The DOGS, Dr. Boogie, The Pandoras
It was the perfect, genuine Rock and Roll weekendin the Greater Los Angeles Basin (as local broadcast news media so intones) -- Friday 11.20.15 THE DOGS at Valencia's VU Bar, Saturday 11.21.15 Dr....
View ArticleLAST STOOGES GIG EVER
•Originally published in PARAPHILIA online magazine, 1.15.14.• Since this gig, both Scott Asheton and Steve Mackay sadly passed away • LOOK OUT HONEY ‘COS THEY’RE USING TECHNOLOGY: IGGY AND THE STOOGES...
View ArticleLAST LOS ANGELES STOOGES GIG EVER
•originally published in Paraphilia online magazine, 7.13.13•IGGY AND THE STOOGES AT THE QUEEN MARY, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: RAW AND REAL POWERBy Heather HarrisAll Photos © 2013 Heather HarrisGlobal...
View ArticleBEST LOCAL ROCK & ROLL WEEKEND EVER- THE DOGS, DR. BOOGIE, THE PANDORAS
It was the perfect, genuine Rock and Roll weekendin the Greater Los Angeles Basin: Friday 11.20.15 THE DOGSat Valencia's VU Bar, Saturday 11.21.15 Dr. Boogie at Silverlake's El Cid and on Sunday the...
View ArticleIGGY AND THE STOOGES LIVE - TRIBUTE TO RON ASHETON, ANN ARBOR MI 4.19.11
•originally published in Paraphilia Magazine, 8.25.11•TRIBUTE TO RON ASHETON WITH IGGY AND THE STOOGES, ANN ARBOR MI 4.19.11: Open Up and Blood, Sweat, Tears and 'Fanecdotes'by Heather Harrisall...
View ArticleBEST LOCAL ROCK & ROLL WEEKEND EVER- THE DOGS, DR. BOOGIE, THE PANDORAS
It was the perfect, genuine Rock and Roll weekendin the Greater Los Angeles Basin: Friday 11.20.15 THE DOGSat Valencia's VU Bar, Saturday 11.21.15 Dr. Boogie at Silverlake's El Cid and on Sunday the...
View ArticleTHE DOGS GET BUSY: A NEW EP, A NEW VIDEO and 2 RARE GIGS
In a flurry of activity highlighting the release of their newest EP Ain't Going Nowhere, Detroit/L.A. legendsTHE DOGSperformed a tough, cool, rapidfire set for"Punk Rock Swap Meet" at South Bay...
View ArticleREST IN PEACE LEMMY...
Rest in peace Lemmy Kilmister, indomitable but ultimately mortal. From acid/amphetimine antics with Stacia in Hawkwind to Motorhead's deserved, long reign, he was rock and roll personified. Yes, even...
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