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Rest in peace PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
"Bazoomer.com" screen capture from State And Main. Remember the good.And I'm guessing accident. I interviewed two rockstars, Tim Buckley and Paul Kossoff who died shortly thereafter in the exact same...
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LIFE HERE WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS
Yesterday the clouds became little farm animals trying out the Kama Sutra, above.
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SOME EUROPIX
Leipzig train station, Germany 1993Communist Party rally, Rome, Italy, October 1978Chainsaw tour, Naples, Italy 2003
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IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY book cover by me
My contribution to American Beatlemania anniversary: I designed thisIt Was Fifty Years Ago Today book cover a few months ago. Music historian, writer, producer and author Harvey Kubernik wrote this...
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VINTAGE 1973 IGGY AND THE STOOGES PHOTOGRAPHS
A lot of my vintage 1973 live Iggy and the Stooges photos will be found in this LINK of the Feb. 7, 2014 edition of Detroit RocknRoll Magazine online, with the story of how my musical tastes in rock...
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R.I.P. SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK- Tales Told Out Of School 8.0
(Eighth 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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THANK YOU ANDY SCHWARTZ
Thank you Andy Schwartz, he of New York Rocker, Epic (Sony) Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame writing and publishing credits, for the following compliments: "Always a pleasure to make a real-life...
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R.I.P. CHRISTOPHER JONES: the secret life of a talented fine artist
My cousin Virginia suggested I note the Jan. 31, 2014 passing of her hometown-- Jackson, Tennessee --notable, actor Christopher Jones, who succumbed to cancer at age 72 (relatively recent photo top...
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JAMES WILLIAMSON: ENGINEERING HALL of FAME AND ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME...
James Williamson and Linda Williamson at the 2.20.14 ceremony for James' induction into his alma mater Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering Hall of Fame which features permanent displays of all its...
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STRAY PHOTOS 3.6.14
Mr. Twister's new Manga camera from Japan, a plastic twin-lens reflex manufactured as a fad for the yoof of the world-- 2 shutter speeds, 2 f stops.Mary of THE DOGS poses skepticallybut...
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SCOTT "ROCK ACTION" ASHETON, rest in peace
Scott "Rock Action" Asheton, drummer, Stooge, 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, family man, all time great, passed away on March 15, 2014 at age sixty-four after bouts of severe ill health...
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2014 LITTLE CAESAR PHOTO SESSION and TOURS
New LITTLE CAESAR photo session at famed Swing House Studios in Hollywood CA in preparation for their U.K. tour this coming April and European tour this summer.Little Caesar are: Ron Young vocals;...
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SxSW 2014: JAMES WILLIAMSON of Iggy and The Stooges; THE DOGS; OKAPI SUN;...
South by Southwest 2014 in Austin, Texas provided a chance to photograph James Williamson, guitarist of Iggy and The Stooges in action twice. Saturday March 15th found him jamming with the talented...
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THE PANDORAS, SHE ROK LIVE Aug. 2, 1989
Recently excavated proof sheets* of The Pandoras live 8.2.89 at Club Lingerie, Hollywood. Members were: Paula Pierce, guitar, vocals; Melanie Vammen, keyboards,percussion; Kim Shattuck, bass; Sheri...
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FADED FAMILY
... a faded photograph of our 1966 family at a party in a tent at our house, the only time I ever wore any earrings (skin too sensitive for this accessory, like the Princess and the Pea. These were...
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LITTLE CAESAR live at the House of Blues 4.1.14
With (top photograph) Ron his usual magnificent soul-singing self, LITTLE CAESARstormed a packed House of Blues, Hollywood on 4.1.14 as warm up for their April 2014 tour of the U.K. and a return to...
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DREAMSCAPE of a BUDDHIST TEMPLE
Dreamscape of a Buddhist temple in Rosemead, Calif. with traffic coneslooking like celebratory firecrackers on the way to a Cheetah Chrome gig across the street...(see next post.)
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CHEETAH CHROME and the STREET WALKIN' CHEETAHS live: all this and more!
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...it was the epoch of belief, it...
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JAMES WILLIAMSON and CAROLYN WONDERLAND rock RECORD STORE DAY 2014!
Record Store Day 2014 on Sat., Apr. 19th will feature one hellaciously great 45 single for sale, "Open Up And Bleed" b/w "Gimme Some Skin" by James Williamson, Raw Power guitarist of Iggy and The...
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VANISHED BRITISH PASTORAL IDYLLS
1939 genuine color photos discovered of a vanished way of life in Great Britain, by the grandparents of Barney Britton. I find these fascinating. Then along came the Luftwaffe which bombed this way of...
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