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THE HAILERS, PLAY WITH FIRE at Fais Do Do 3.6.18
Charismatic couple Robert Mills and April Carson lead The Hailers ↑The Hailers at the re-emerging Club Fais Do Do packed the venue with an appreciative...
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R.I.P. ROBERT MATHEU
It is with great sadness I report the death of my colleague ROBERT MATHEU on September 21, 2018. He is survived by his wife Sheryl and three young daughters. Robert is deservedly well known for his...
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REST IN PEACE LEA BISHOP of Enumclaw, Washington
Pictured above with her well nigh perfect Scottish Deerhound multiple Best in Show Champion Rayne An Gael and 3 of her puppies that she bred (daddy was Ch. Benachie's Bobcat); below showing my...
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Pete Shelley, deceased at age 63 from a heart attack. Solo or with Buzzcocks, it was all so damn catchy!
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MEET BELLA
Meet Bella from Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue, new friend to Gia the Scottish Deerhound and Livia the Borzoi. As depicted below, she is settling right in. All is calm, all is bright...
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SUMMER FLASHBACK...
While the weather forecast prognosticated 108 degrees in our area, July 6th, 2018 hammered us where we live at 117 F. Yes, 117 Fahrenheit. (47.222 C.) A first in recorded local history. Tons of trees...
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XMAS PRESENTS DELUXE 2018
We do try hard... Great Christmas! My present to my better half Mr. Twister is running around wagging her tail and chewing a bone at the moment.And from Mr.Twister to me, a beautiful art book of...
View ArticleHAPPY NEW YEAR 2019
As my Happy New Year gift to all, here's the incredibly wonderful Evie Sands singing "Burn Down The Mission." This 2012 cover of the 1971 classic is the closest I get to nostalgia, but still... in 1971...
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DEMONS IN THE PUNJAB thought for 2019
Writer Todd Everett reminded his Facebook friends yesterday of occasional gems on normal broadcast television with the unexpectedly moving monologue on fine art greatness on a Dr. Who rerun, "Vincent...
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'AMY' WINEHOUSE DOCUMENTARY
Can you see who this is? You knew what she looked like when she was dressed to the nines, fancy, beautiful, retro. This screen capture isn't indicative of bad times or exploitation, just security...
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EVE BABITZ WRITES FOR SOMEBODY'S SINS
photo booth candids of Eve Babitz, collection of her sister Mirandi Babitz, images circa 1976Eve Babitz very graciously gave a reading at my first solo music photography exhibition way back when. It...
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Great film find: BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Recent rainy night film viewing: Bad Times at the El Royale, a great, underrated ensemble noir film with Dakota Johnson (pictured above strutting in vintage late 1960s finery,) singer extraordinaire...
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EVERY ARTIST'S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAME ACCLAIMED, INFLUENTIAL CULT FILM...
Screen captures from Carnival of Souls, a 1962 independent horror movie which cost $33,000 to make and ended up influencing George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, 1968. Above, the undead au...
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REST IN PEACE EROICA
Eroica, the gorgeous Scottish Deerhound who was our playdate regular visitor owned by Paul and Mary Smith and who once body-slammed an actual deer in her native Canada, did not make it through her...
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R.I.P. KING OF THE SURF GUITAR DICK DALE
Rest in peace Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, influencer of Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix (like Dale, also a southpaw with a Fender Stratocaster.) He also inspired Quentin...
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3 ALBUM COVERS ART DIRECTED BY ME IN THE 1980s
↑ Art Direction by me, LP cover for 1986 compilation for Warner Special Products based on a single black and white pic, photographer unknown. Do you think it's bright enough? Having black over...
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2 SPOKEN WORD ALBUM COVERS ART DIRECTED BY ME IN the 1980s
↑ Art Direction by me for this Harvey Kubernik produced spoken word album, released in 1988 by New Alliance Records. I've always liked to mashup fonts for maximum effectiveness. The most thrilling...
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R.I.P. GARY STEWART, MUSIC MAN
Another damn obit. But this one is so sad. I photographed Gary Stewart as a record-happy young'un for an early Rhino cover (seen upper left, my wrestling pic too.) Rest in peace, lifelong music...
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MY FAVORITE TV WESTERNS' HORSE!
Oddly, my favorite show for watching horses during the 1950s and 60s glut of TV westerns wasn't The Lone Ranger or Roy Rogers, it was The Cisco Kid. It used some amazing horseflesh, including Cisco's...
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DUNCAN HANNAH'S 20TH CENTURY BOY
Duncan Hannah's 20th Century Boy-- very enjoyable read. Nostalgia for those of you who came of age in NYC in the 1970s, nostalgia for me of my own art school daze, and great observations of the...
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