This is a print of the lonely Point Loma lighthouse near San Diego. Before the city encroached on this peninsula, the keeper would go days, maybe weeks, without any contact from the people of the mainland. I could think of worse places to meditate, here looking out over the boundless Pacific.
Lemmy from Motorhead at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco. This might have been around his 80th birthday, but I can’t be sure. This show was especially memorable, not just because we saw a septugenarian playing a Rickenbacker, but because of the incredible sound pressure that was generated inside the aging show house. I have been to way too many shows through the years but this was easily the loudest concert I have ever heard. Taking picutres was difficult as you got closer to the stage because the sound was vibrating the camera so much as to make focussing difficult. Rawk awn!
The display doesn’t do justice to the depth of color in this gorgeous flower. Enjoy the glory.
This is one of the favorites in my collection. Akira Takasaki of the Japanese band Loudness raging at the now defunct Stone in San Francisco. This band is huge in Japan but only picked up a niche following in the U.S. Technically brilliant, Takasaki is a virtuoso guitar player and the rest of the band keeps up with him. The only drawback for American ragers is that we spoke little Japanese and the phoenetic English that was used in some of the songs was very difficult to understand.
Interesting side note, these guys almost made it to my wedding. Ten minutes more…but alas it was not to be. The singer also showed up back in the Bay Area about a year later looking for a woman to marry so that he could stay in the US, but that is another story…
New life is always a welcome sight. The delicate pink and white blossoms of the apple tree contrast nicely with the deep blue Rocky Mountain skies.
Pete Way of UFO. This was taken at a blow out concert in the old Oakland Auditorium. They were particularly hot at this show supporting the Mechanix album. They had stormed through the year before at a Day on the Green stadium show but the intimacy of the auditorium brought out their best.
One of my favority places on earth is Yosemite. After being in park countless times, I am still convinced that God spent extra time working on this place. Enjoy.
Randy Hansen at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco
Randy never quite got the fame that his talent deserved. He is best known for his Hendrix tribute in which he sings and plays so much like Jimi that it’s scary. He briefly broke out with original material for a few years, including the soundtrack to Apocalypse Now, but momentum was not on his side.
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