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READY TO DIE by IGGY and THE STOOGES
Fond as I am of the title tune with its lyrics' innate simplicity contrasting over the noisily complex Stoogesound, the final two songs, multi-guitar-textured slow ones "Beat That Guy," and "The...
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Bauhinia 2013
The Bauhinia Orchid Tree in our front yard produced its normal abundance of blossoms despite this year's arid winter. Blooming lasts for at least three months. Happy visitor amidst foliage seen below...
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We TURN TO CRIME in LOS ANGELES!
TURN TO CRIME, newest sonic assault from acclaimed Michigan guitarist Derek Stanton (pictured above left on classic Epiphone Wilshire guitar) and Ian Saylor (above right on bass and additional guitars,...
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RARE FOOTAGE unearthed of CHRISTOPHER MILK
This is my beloved, in whom I am well pleased (profane description of my better half Mr. Twister) in his first band Christopher Milk, 1970, about the time I met him, my photo above of the band...
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INFLUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Photographers whose work I tried to understand from my get go: there's actually very few of them...(fair usage ofsamples below)MARIE COSINDAS, below, portrait of author Tom Wolfe, for painterly...
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SIGHTHOUNDS in HAPPY VALLEY
Top: Lord and Lady Erroll in Kenya Highlands residence, 1925 with Scottish Deerhound; bottom, 1930s stylin' in Kenya on the Lake Navaisha shores of the "Djinn Palace" making "white mischief" with a...
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AHAB/REHAB live at Palladino's 5.3.13
Ahab/Rehab in full flight at Palladino's, Reseda, Calif.May 3, 3013: oldskool repertoire with energized conviction played with facile expertise. They cherry-pick unusual tracks by mutual favorites....
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R.I.P. RAY HARRYHAUSEN
R.I.P. stop action maestro, filmmaker Ray Harryhausen. Below, 43 seconds of uncharacteristic cuteness in his oeuvre, an eohippus (hyracotherium) prances to celeste music. Other obituaries recall his...
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TATRAMANIA! @ Petersen Museum car show + new acquisition
WTF? A small jet-engine-mimicking, air-cooled motor in a mass-produced Czech vehicle with a pronounced dorsal fin? It's a car I always wanted to espy in person and heretofore never had until the 5.5.13...
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WEEGEE's BEST
Fair use of photograph by Arthur Fellig (Weegee.) To me, this is Weegee's best photograph because it taught me to view images differently forever. I hitherto had thought his work exploitational, but...
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RAY MANZAREK R.I.P.
Keyboardist of The Doors, producer of alternative acts such as X, and platinum class act for staying up to date with burgeoning pop culture Ray Manzarek passed away today at age 74. 'Very sad to learn...
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MIKE WATT & The Missingmen: double punk happiness with FERAL KIZZY
Herein entitled "double punk happiness" in the Asian vernacular not so much due to strong bill at The Redwood 5.4.13 but also because headliners Mike Watt and The Missingmen performed a set entirely...
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You can SAVE ELEPHANTS
Elephant herd in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, 1997, from a color xerox of my original photo.You can SAVE ELEPHANTS via the Amara Conservation Group LINK. They work towards preservation of the African...
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RITE OF SPRING: 100th anniversary of punkrock-style riot!
100th anniversary today (5.29.13) of punkrock-style riot over first performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" (Le Sacre du Printemps) as performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris,...
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ANOTHER DAPPER LITTLE CHAP
Another dapper little chap visited us this week, this fancy pigeon with matching white flecks and hooded crest, above.We feed birds you see, not only to make them happy but to attract these little...
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Tales Told Out Of School 6.0: the professional teen model
(Sixth in a series of tales told out of school, both literally and figuratively, how my Swiss Cheese brain remembers such events which may or may not be accurate at all. Preface: I attended a girls'...
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THE DOGS LATEST DVD from JAPAN and "Secret Freaks" essay
Above, my photos of THE DOGS in the mid to late 1980s commemorate the release of their brand newest DVD/CD/deluxe booklet package set THE DOGS- DOGGY LICKS: THE DOGS UNLEASHED. Contains professionally...
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R.I.P. PEACOCK(S)
Rest in peace, peacock that I often photographed (LINK, LINK and LINK.) Today I read confirmation from the Wildlife Waystation non-profit Animal Sanctuary (LINK) that this peacock taken to their...
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R.I.P. JAMES GANDOLFINI
James Gandolfini and Diane Lane as producer/director Craig Gilbert and Pat Loud, promotional still from the film "Cinema Verite`"R.I.P. James Gandolfini, popular, revered actor and Soprano. My fave of...
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PAPARAZZI PLAY SET
Actual play set. I loom over reflected but am not of them. The kid with the phone is going to get great shots for posterity...Nomenclature etymology derives from Paparazzo, character name of...
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