I know this photo is dark but then the subject matter is a little dark at times too. I took this photo last year at The Crocodile Cafe, I was mesmerized by Mister Hitchcock’s hands, they seems like creatures to me creeping up and down the Neck of his Bright Blue and White Telecaster skimming over the Frets like a rubbery starfish or spider, while spinning great tales with his beautiful voice. His hands were defying time and space as though they were from another dimension. I’m very excited to see him next week at The Triple Door collaborating with Joe Boyd another great storyteller. More info on that show HERE
Lullaby Moon
If you haven’t heard about Lucia Near and her brilliant productions you have truly been missing out. Last week Gasworks Park was treated to an 1800′s Pageant of Epic proportions! I have been following her productions for over a year now and every time I attend one of her spectacles I feel as though I have been given a beautiful decadent gift of Surreal Whimsy! Thank you Lucia!
Making Lemon Aid out of the lemon that my camera was stolen. This photo was taken with my IPhone using the Hipstamatic App. It is better than nothing but I do miss my Canon G10! This image reminds me of the Dagurerrotypes I did while studying at The International Center on Photography about a million years ago.
PONY
Marcus Wilson is a brilliant man! His creation Pony is the best modern fag bar to open it’s doors in Seattle … Ever! Yes, Re Bar had is glory days, but nothing new has come along since then in the neighborhood fag bar department. The visual concept is stunning, sexy, dramatic, the bartenders have a sense of fun and humor. It’s retro sexy images of men from the 70′s era off the pages of Mandate and Honcho harken back to a time when natural bodies and natural hair were King! I love the realness of these manly men. Some of the Old School Bars are quite frankly conservative . Yes !!! Even homosexuals can be conservative, and have a hard time thinking outside the box they have placed themselves in or by social construct. Pony is refreshing and modern while tipping it’s cowboy hat to the past. Pony has been open for awhile, so this is not new news how fab the bar is. But I was looking for a photo of the week from my back log of images, as I have not yet replaced the camera that was stolen from me last week, and this one popped out at me. I’m bummed out that customers kept breaking the strobe light in the bathrooms that were syncopated to make a pee stream appears in droplets . Very David Lynch if you ask me. Marcus told me awhile back that someone had complained about the strobe lights and that they could cause a seizure in a patron…..
“Exotic World & Tempest Storm”
My intention was to post one of the great shots I took last night at the Sgt.Major III record release party at Columbia City Theater, but my camera was stolen… So it’s another Flashback! photo for you this week and probably for awhile, as a replacement camera in not in the … picture .. Rim Shot!!!!!!!! Anyway, I was drving to Exotic World and was asked to bring this beautful art work that Scott Ewalt had done of Tempest Storm for her to sign. I had it on the dashboard of my rental car and noticed that reflection in the windsheild kind of made for a great image. I beleive this was taken in 2005.
August Moon
The moon is hanging full and ripe in the August horizon like some exotic fruit waitng to be plucked and savoured. The air has a high note of chill, telling of the next season to come. The Pyracantha full with berries to feed the birds.
The Evil Hate Monkey and Bradford Scobie take in The Gum Wall
Taking a break from rehearing and perfoming at The First Annual Seafarer Follies, I took my out of town talent on a Seattle Sight seeing tour which included one of The Worlds Top Germiest Attractions The Pike Place Market Gum Wall. They were mystified and properly discusted and were suprised by it’s odiferous nature…..
This is my new friend August playing with her band “Only Girls Allowed” at the “Girls Rock ! Seattle” Summer Camp 2010 Showcase at Neumos. It was overwhelming to be in there, the room was packed with Young Girls ages 8 –16 and their fans of all ages (mostly female). It struck me as I stood there, that when I was August’s age (9), I was not encouraged to pursue this style of music, nor the instruments that come along with it. In 1969 I wanted to play the Drums and was told girls don’t play drums, that it was un lady like, the response was no better when I suggested the Electric Guitar. I was lucky enough to get a guitar and a songbook but that was as far as that encouraged went and I lost interest being in an isolated creative void, I never got past playing “Yellow Bird” and “ Mellow Yellow”. So needles to say I was moved to the core today to see so many young ladies being supported and so lovingly encouraged in their musical pursuits. I can’t wait to see what this generation of young rockers will bring us in the future…
I took this photo in the beginning of the July when Miss Bertie and I were visiting Kevin Kent in New Mexico, at his family Homestead up in the mountains between Cuba and Abiquiu.
We went on lovely walks every day and on this particular hike we were inundated by Deer Flies who are quite vicious.
Driving Topless through the streets of The Little Fishing Village
A Summer Night finally arrives to Seattle! Bastille Day July 14, 2010 catching a ride home in Chris Ford’s 1966 Polara with Lou Henry Hoover and Deirdre Timmons from The Triple Door after seeing the smoldering Lily Verlaine’s Francophilic production Nightcap : L’Edition Francaise . The show and the car ride were très magnifique!
I am wearing a Black Ribbon around my neck as I must confess I am a bit of a Royalist and supporter of the now long deceased Marie Antoinette. She was a bit of a scape goat and perhaps one day I will share my thought on this subject in great detail. But for now I’ll just say that misogyny has a long and bloody History!
Riding home late night in a Crown Black Car
