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R.I.P. MUHAMMAD ALI
Rest in peace Muhammad Ali, Champion, conscientious objector to the war in Vietnam, media hero. Story of this amazing photograph: LINK*. I consider the uncropped pic above by (fair use) © Neil Leifer...
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...A BOY AND HIS DOG...
Mobile phone photograph: Mr. Twister and Sarabelle, not the Harlan Ellison post-apocalyptic tale. Despite it grisly denouement, we women nonetheless liked the film of Ellison's book because Don Johnson...
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LOOKING BACK WITH THE WILD HAIRS
The Wild Hairs, stylin' all female band of a while back, the Aquanet '80s. Left to right: Elaine Drake, April Carson Hailer, (Kat) Trash, Sharon Hannon and with the Pre-Raphaelite hair Tammy McNeil,...
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FIRE IN THE SKY
Above, guest photographer © Kurt Ingham. Smoke from yesterday's Calabasas wildfire blowing past where we live.
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THE SUPER RICH AT PLAY AND AT TRUCIDATION: THE NIGHT MANAGER
Upon recommendation of a good friend I enjoyed the recent 6-episode limited series of Le Carre`s The Night Manager. Casting of Elizabeth Debicki as a trophy girlfriend greatly benefited from costumer...
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GIANT BUNNIES AND GENUINE BLESSINGS : NIGHT OF THE LEPUS REDUX
This was an emergency photo session of five giant 40-foot rabbits in downtown Los Angeles (since they they were slated to leave within a single week) with esteemed rabbit owner Jeremy White, lead...
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THE MOTELS and THE HAILERS, LIVE at THE CANYON CLUB 5.20.16
Everyone loves THE MOTELS as well they should. After all Martha Davis and her Motels accomplished a rare feat, given their pedigree. From their beginnings as a bonafide punk band, part of the Radio...
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R.I.P. SCOTTY MOORE
photographer unknown, Scotty Moore and Elvis PresleyR.e. R.I.P. Scotty Moore, guitarist for Elvis Presley and for those wondering about the context of hearing this sort of music in a vacuum for the...
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ARWEN LEWIS and PETER LEWIS, LIVE 6.5.16
6.5.16 at Skinny's Lounge in NOHO (North Hollywood, L.A.) provided the rare treat of singer/guitarists Arwen Lewis and her father Peter Lewis, once of 1960s' psychedelia's best live band Moby Grape...
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LELA B GRADUATES
Miss Lela Brown struck me as having almost too much talent and poise for a pre-teen rapper when I photographed her live show in 2014. Unreal! This very week she graduated to her own Disney show, for...
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CAROLYN WONDERLAND at The Mint 6.19.16: SIMPLY THE BEST
She's the real deal, the total package-- vocal chops, amazing guitar work, great song crafting/writing-- and The Mint in Los Angeles was lucky enough to book Carolyn Wonderland andband on June 19,...
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DR. BOOGIE and THE BLESSINGS SAVE LOS ANGELES' ROCK AND ROLL
Dr. Boogie (top photo) at El Cid Club 6.25.16; The Blessings (next pic) at Cafe NELA 5.24.16All the time, night after night, year after year you hear the yammering: why can't today's bands be as...
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ASHLAND OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2016 EXPEDITION
Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, July 5 - 11, 2016---Along with their teacher and his wife plus a father of one of the students, my better half Mr. Twister and Ichaperoned 36 bright, public and...
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ARWEN LEWIS AND PETER LEWIS REDUX at Skinny's 7.16.16
Above, before the gig in the parking lot.Below, Arwen Lewis is all smiles at her birthday, shared with her father Peter Lewis at their Skinny's Lounge gig 7.17.16. They covered many great Moby Grape...
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BRAND NEW SINGLE FROM PETRA HADEN AND JAMES WILLIAMSON!
All proceeds from this single "Blues Jumped The Rabbit" b/w "The Last Kind Words" will be donated to http://www.tazzyfund.com/ an animal welfare charity. Purchase info for iTunes, click: LINK* 45...
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BREAKFAST 2016
Maybe if one runs through the jungle (LINK*) parched and sere then comes across one of these fruits it would be quite refreshing, but I found the kiwano ("horned melon") to be somewhat bereft of...
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BEGINNING OF FIRE SEASON 2016
News photo, photographer uncredited.Notation from 7.23.16:1:11 a.m. and I'm waiting to hear if my horse has to be evacuated from the Sand Canyon Fire. I don't have a horse trailer nor vehicle that can...
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LOMPOC DOG SHOW 2016
Had my horse not been safely returned to his boarding stable with no more threat from the Sand Fire, we probably wouldn't have traveled north to the annual Lompoc CA dog shows with its large Scottish...
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SWISS FAIR 2016
Mr. Twister at the Swiss Fair, 7.31.16; a Bernese Mountain Dog; toes shoe; hapless William Tell's son as apple target practice with a crossbow...
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NOSTALGIA BECOMES REAL, SUMMER 2016
I hadn't known that the vintage brand Sinclair Oil was back in the present tense, nor that dinosaurs did selfies...
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