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I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you'd gone
and let the world spin madly on
World Spins Wildly On~ The Weepies
LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s America and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.[1][2][3] It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.
Musically, rock has centered around the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with bass guitar and drums. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature utilizing a verse-chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse and common musical characteristics are difficult to define. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. The dominance of rock by white, male musicians has been seen as one of the key factors shaping the themes explored in rock music. Rock places a higher degree of emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music.
By the late 1960s, referred to as the "golden age"[1] or "classic rock"[2] period, a number of distinct rock music sub-genres had emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, and jazz-rock fusion, many of which contributed to the development of psychedelic rock influenced by the counter-cultural psychedelic scene. New genres that emerged from this scene included progressive rock, which extended the artistic elements; glam rock, which highlighted showmanship and visual style; and the diverse and enduring major sub-genre of heavy metal, which emphasized volume, power and speed. In the second half of the 1970s, punk rock both intensified and reacted against some of these trends to produce a raw, energetic form of music characterized by overt political and social critiques. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of other sub-genres, including New Wave, post-punk and eventually the alternative rock movement. From the 1990s alternative rock began to dominate rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop, and indie rock. Further fusion sub-genres have since emerged, including pop punk, rap rock, and rap metal, as well as conscious attempts to revisit rock's history, including the garage rock/post-punk and synthpop revivals at the beginning of the new millennium.
Rock music has also embodied and served as the vehicle for cultural and social movements, leading to major sub-cultures including mods and rockers in the UK and the "hippie" counterculture that spread out from San Francisco in the US in the 1960s. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures. Inheriting the folk tradition of the protest song, rock music has been associated with political activism as well as changes in social attitudes to race, sex and drug use, and is often seen as an expression of youth revolt against adult consumerism and conformity.
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Maná is a Mexican rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco.The Hollies
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HOLLOW POINT a band from the Tri-Cities in Washington
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Slade
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10,000 Maniacs
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Scott Walker
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Ween
Weezer
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Wire
Link Wray
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X
XTC
Yes
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American Music Club
Tori Amos
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Backstreet Boys
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Bad Religion
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Be Bop Deluxe
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Curt Boettcher
Michael Bolton
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Gary "U.S." Bonds
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Bronski Beat
Lindsey Buckingham
Jeff Buckley
Johnny Burnette
Cabaret Voltaire
J.J. Cale
Nick Cave
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Gene Clark
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Joe Cocker
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Commander Cody
Julian Cope
Country Joe & the Fish
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Lonnie Donegan
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Einstürzende Neubauten
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Everything But the Girl
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Lesley Gore
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Napalm Death
Olivia Newton-John
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1910 Fruitgum Company
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Jim O'Rourke
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Pezband
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Pussy Galore
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? & the Mysterians
Quiet Riot
The Raincoats
Ratt
Ride
Billy Lee Riley
Rocket From the Tombs
Henry Rollins
The Ronettes
The Runaways
The Rutles
The Saints
Joe Satriani
Scorpions
Screaming Trees
The Seeds
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Shadows of Knight
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Sandie Shaw
Jules Shear
Michelle Shocked
Shoes
Skinny Puppy
P.F. Sloan
Warren Smith
Chris Smither
The Sneakers
Phoebe Snow
Soft Cell
The Sonics
Joe South
Southside Johnny
Spandau Ballet
Sparks
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Spin Doctors
Spirit
Stiff Little Fingers
Stephen Stills
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Stray Cats
The Style Council
Suicidal Tendencies
Sunny Day Real Estate
Superchunk
Swell Maps
David Sylvian
Take That
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Teenage Fanclub
Them
Throbbing Gristle
Throwing Muses
Johnny Thunders
The Toasters
Tool
Tortoise
The Troggs
Dwight Twilley
UB40
Ultravox
Unrest
The Vaselines
Bobby Vee
Suzanne Vega
White Zombie
Tony Joe White
Whitesnake
Wilco
Jesse Winchester
Johnny Winter
Robert Wyatt
155/365
This week is my week to select the song list for the Musically Challenged group. (Yay! It's very exciting.) For the next few days, I will be covering songs from my list.
This one is The Dreaming Tree, one of my favorite songs by Dave Matthews Band. If you haven't heard it, you've gotta check it out - it's truly incredible.
- The Verve, Love is Noise
**Explored**
Ok, so I admittedly strayed pretty far from this week's inspiration shot in our emulation challenge for My Face is My Canvas. But really, there's just no improving upon Kezzaroo's thorny shot. So I had to take it a different way. I like the way this turned out, though. Probably because I find it fun to dress up like a rockstar. :)
And I'm also finally getting a song done for Allard's picks this week in Musically Challenged. :) Double bonus!
Prepare for an onslaught of outtakes. And trust me, I exercised restraint. There were a ton that I really loved from this shoot. Which is funny since I hated all of them when viewing them on my camera when I was taking them. Funny how that happens.
Huge winter storm coming our way. Just in time for me to have to drive an hour up north for a hearing at 8:30 tomorrow morning. I'm going to need to leave myself probably two hours or more to get there. I despise winter drivers.
365 Days (self portraits): Day 252
Musically Challenged: The Verve - Love is Noise
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week #12
I have been experimenting with different lighting techniques lately. This is the result of my creating a snoot for my flash. Not knowing what is right or wrong does give me a certain level of freedom to try whatever silly idea I might have ;-) I have posted a few shots of my homemade snoot in the comments. It's pretty ghetto, but hey, it worked!
Stigmata - Ministry
(38 of 53)
Musically Challenged - Black Water (Doobie Brothers)
FGR - Stuff to drink
TRP - Motvation Poster
Feb ABC - C is for Coffee
I think I'm growing feathers
But I'm not quite sure of it
'Cause I started getting dizzy
About a Hundred feet up
I made friends with the clouds
I made friends with the birds
For this week's Musically Challenged
Another song/artist I do not know. I really loved the lyrics to this one....the idea of the song...what I thought it meant...
Title refers to me as much as the picture~I am unfortunately not musically minded and have no idea how to play - I'm hoping my kids get their musical genes from their mum who is the polar opposite of me and can play pretty much any instrument. I'm at the stage of my 112 pictures where I'm having to choose a topic and really think about it! Fortunately we were given a guitar just last week so this one didn't require too much thought!!
#19 - Music (112 Pictures)
100-134
TRP - musically inspired
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Feathers on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath
Nine night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Feathers on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my…
Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Feathers on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Feathers on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Feathers on my breath
You’re stumbling in the dark
You’re stumbling in the dark
Explored thanks guys <3
like a thistle on a tree
like the sparkle on the sea
you were made for glory
...
but like a thorn on my flesh
your beauty holds me
i can't find relief
and it's no wonder why you're here
to torture me
Made for Glory - Landon Pigg
honestly I have played more musically challenged shots than the other groups because i just LOVE ashley's picks! I can totally relate them and do them to my photos!!!!
nothing crazy today. did a photo shoot with Jamee & Juan! tomorrow im heading to Lauderdale!! YAY! cant wait!
i totally LOVE this necklace. I got it last night from Carrie, I am one of the lucky 50 ladies who get to wear this magically piece of sisterhood love and it's definitely an honor. I'm going to write in the journal and do my doodles and print some photos and then send it out to Just K. on Monday.
p.s. that is a sheet. :)
project 365: day 166
Muscially Challenged - Made for Glory by Landon Pigg
Deana Carter~ Did I shave my legs for this
Flowers and wine is what I thought I would find
When I came home from working tonight
Well now here I stand, over this frying pan
And you want a cold one again
I bought these new heels, did my nails
Had my hair done just right
I thought this new dress was a sure bet
For romance tonight
Well it's perfectly clear,between the TV and beer
I won't get so much as a kiss
As I head for the door I turn around to be sure
Did I shave my legs for this?
Now when we first met you promised you'd get
A house on a hill with a pool
Well this trailer stays wet and were swimmin' in debt
And you want me to go back to school
I bought these new heels,did my nails
Had my hair done just right
I thought this new dress was a sure bet
For romance tonight
Well it's perfectly clear,between the TV and beer
I won't get so much as a kiss
As I head for the door I turn around to be sure
Did I shave my legs for this?
Darlin did I shave my legs for this?
It's not often that a bloke can get a chick to do what he wants.... but success this time. I think bribery helps - depending on the chick the bribe could be corn,.... or chocolate,... or gemstones,.....
Anyway.... on to the Top 10 list, since that is what I specified for TRP day today. (And putting a mug in means it is good for FGR too.)
So here is a list of Top 10 drinks....
1) Tea.... Probably what I drink more than anything else. A few stipulations about tea.
- Must be drunk out of a bone china cup/mug (like my chicken mug in pic)
- Must be made with looose leaf tea - NOT teabags, which are only for the crass
- Must be made with boiling (not just hot) water.
- Milk should be added afterwards, not before
2) Guinness... Smooth, cold & delightful winter or summer
- Must be drunk at least every 3 days
- tastes better in a pub
- Must be drunk from a straight sided glass with no handle.
- Drinking from a bottle or can is the height of uncouth & uncool
3) Espresso....Triple shot of course
- Must be made from freshly ground beans (within 10 mins of being ground else it goes stale)
- Beans must have been roasted no more than 3 weeks ago, and ideally at least 4 days ago
- Single variety rather than a blend by preference, although some blends are OK
- Decaf??? - I'm sorry but you have to be killed
4) Fresh cold milk...
- Full fat of course, semi skimmed (or 2%?) is only for the paranoid
- Should not be sipped i.e. must be drunk in large gulps
5) Cappuccino (or Flat White)
- OK if you want a longer drink of coffee than an espresso shot
- Must be served with proper microfoamed milk to get perfect latte art
- Decaf??? - What is the point? And besides you were warned!
6) Malt Whisky
- A peaty island variety such as Laphroig is best, but any single malt will do
- An irish malt whisky is OK, but scotch is better
- Never with ice, but 50:50 with still cold water is fine
- Drunk out of a cut crystal lead glass is best
7) Vintage Port
- Perfect after a meal with guests.
- Cigar if you absolutely must
8) Water
- Sometimes it can be good for something other than boiling for tea, or adding to malt whisky
- Bubbles - forget it
9) Cola Float - Decadance from childhood!
- Rich vanilla ice cream only
- Diet coke? You are being stupid and paranoid again..... Get more exercise if you are worried about our weight or give up coke completely for f***** sake
10) Long Island Iced Tea - If you must have a cocktail
- The only way to imbibe tequila without grimacing
- The fourth one will make you fall over
- After five, who cares
Musically Challenged - Shake your Tail Feathers - The Blues Brothers
Bench Monday - Even chickens play HBM
Did anyone else have one of these for school? I am not especially musically minded, but EVERYONE had to have a recorder in my junior school! It made up part of the morning assembly along with a bit of hymn singing and lesson reading! My two strapping sons would probably have so much fun taking the mickey if they knew that I played one of these at school as a boy! :-)
Sshhh! ...don't tell them! :-)
I rather think that the statutory music and sport participation has tended to be left behind somewhat by modern day schools nowadays, but stumbling across this in the loft the other day did bring a wry smile to my face!
Of course I couldn't play the thing very well - hence the title! :-)))
Explore # 215 April 3, 2009
Billy Joel~She's Always A Woman
She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child,
But she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me
Oh--she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me
Oh--she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me
Thank heavens my eyeshadow collection contains the entire color spectrum, including varying shades of blue and green and white, or I'd never get to emulate a Dark Elf!
TOTW: Face Art
My Face is My Canvas
Musically Challenged: Black Magic Woman
Here comes the sun, and i say...It's alright.
It finally stopped raining long enough for me to get the patio cleaned up and gardenified! I don't have much room out there, but i seriously love potting my little flowers and sitting on my plastic lawn chair. Project SoulPancake wanted us to put our hands in soil, and i was only too happy to oblige. I love the way it feels between my fingers! (Although i'm not so keen on the way it gets under my nails.)
Also for TOTW's "Rainbows" and Musically Challenged.
321/365
P.S. This really wants to be viewed in the Lightbox.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
- Brandi Carlile, The Story
This song is my jam right now. She just belts it out and I love that. I love to crank it and sing at the top of my lungs in my car. It's therapeutic, I think. I have quite a few go-to songs for singing out my stress/frustration, actually. And at least a few are part of this week's selection in Musically Challenged, so you should hop on over there and check out this week's playlist. ;)
Musically Challenged: The Story - Brandi Carlile
Another musically inspired image.
I'll Keep Your Memory Vague - Finger Eleven
This won't break your heart
But I just think it could
Cause I haven't tried as hard as I should
To separate you from everything I do
But I would never want to come between us two
I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me
Now I'm thinking back
To what I said before
I hope your heart won't have to hurt anymore
Cause it's really not that sad from here
Because the moments I can feel you near
They keep you close to me my dear
And if they ever become too clear...
I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me
Now you've gone away
Don't worry it's ok
That you're gone away
Further than yesterday
But you'll never leave these scenes
My mind replays
I'll keep your memory vague
So you won't feel bad about me
I'll say the things that you said
Sometimes so it reminds me
Where in the world have you gone now?
Credz:
Pose & Props ~ Embody
Dress ~ Mimikri
Hair ~ Amacci
Shape ~ Cupcakes
Skin ~ Tuli
Eyes ~ Poetic Colours
Facelight - Pulse
Facial expression - Adorkable Poses (altered slightly in PSPx2)
Background courtesy of Joe'sSistah, orginally seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/27805557@N08/3743578420/in/set-7215...
~Because we've loved, we sometimes miss the ones we've lost ~
The txalaparta is a unique music ensemble of stones, woods and pipes and two players who beat out a rhythm that is musically a tour de force of co ordination.
It is an old form of music much in vogue in the Basque region of Spain but has suffered terminal neglect and as a result not much of it is known to the people. The genre of music originated as a mode of communication in the hilly regions of the Basque foothills from one village to another to announce funerals, making of cider etc etc.
There has been a steady resurgence of the music form over the last 15-20 years.
Maika and Sara Gomez are twin sisters from the Basque region who are one of the leading proponents of the txalaparta. They go by the name of "Ttukunak".
They make a fine sight while they play the exotic music and the sound of course to use the cliched term is -"awesome"
You can see a slideshow of photographs on the band's website ttukunak.ning.com/
You can hear some samples of the music here
You can hear some samples of the music here
For more on jazz and upcoming events while in Goa, you must visit www.heritagejazz.com the brain child of Armando Gonsalves.
Click here for more on txalaparta
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Those evil-natured robots
they're programmed to destroy us
she's gotta be strong to fight them
so she's taking lots of vitamins
'Cause she knows that
it'd be tragic
if those evil robots win
I know she can beat them
Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
I was requested to do this song by the lovely Shannon because I am her Yoshimi, asian ninja <3
I am feeling a lot better, coming down from my manic depression this past week. It was horrible, I became physically sick. Thank God that probably wont happen again. It helped me realize that there are just things that are worth staying and fighting for, that running away is not always the easy choice - you're leaving behind people, things, feelings, PROS that outweigh CONS. Thanks for all your support everyone, especially, Thomas, Shannon, Ian, Robert, Eva, DJOtaku, Soo.See.Q, rhandee14, and all of soulpancake for making my soulpancake smile again. :)
I hope everyone is having a good week, and I will catch you guys another time!
Musically Challenged: Yoshimi battle the pink robots by the flaming lips
have you ever stumbled through half a dozen streams of friends of friends, contacts of contacts and then you're blindsided by a photo and you have no earthly idea how you even ended up there in the first place?
i found this amazing set of silhouette shots by TJ Scott and i am so damn smitten. silhouettes and vivid color and sunsets and southern california beaches and and and...! um, yes please.
so this is attempt number one at pilfering his style, which i unabashedly covet and would gladly sell off all of my cats to the highest bidder for an ounce of his talent.
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we only said goodbye with words
i died a hundred times
you go back to her
and i go back to black
"Back To Black" by Amy Winehouse
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for: Musically Challenged
and Theme of the Week - shadow play
Cold Desert~Kings of Leon
I'm on the corner waiting for a light to come on
that's when i know that you're alone
it's cold in the desert water never sees the ground
special ones walk on without sound
told me you love me, that i'd never die alone
hand over your heart let's go on
everyone knowed it everyone has seen the signs
i've always been known to cross lines
i never ever cried when i was feeling down
ive always been scared of the sound
jesus don't love me no-one ever carried my load
im too young to feel this old
nobody knows
nobody sees
nobody but me
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said little boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
-The Kinks, Lola
It seems kind of funny to pair this with a tranny song, but oh well!
For Musically Challenged and Project Soulpancake, Art at Arm's Reach. My inspiration for cupid's arrow came from Design*Sponge and the painted arrow project. Made with construction paper, two pens and a pencil (the pencil is actually decorated with little hearts...awwww), double-sided tape, and white chalk. Having children means having a ready supply of art materials.
sail away, kill off the hours
you belong somewhere you feel free
- Tom Petty, Wildflowers
Some pretty autumn colors and a little alikeh. This has been a ridiculously productive week. That also means it's been ridiculously busy. My eyes feel strained from so much editing. But it's a good kind of a busy and a good kind of strained. And tonight I get to go burn off some of my frustration over landlord issues at soccer.
Now if only I can start getting some writing squeezed into the mix, everything will feel perfect.
Musically Challenged: Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday :-)
Still cranking out the 52 weeks shots, trying to get it wrapped up by the end of the year.
(47 of 52)²
Musically, they had kind of an Ike and Tina going. Some of my favorite music has that male-female harmonizing or call-and-response thing going. A set of pipes on both of them, for sure
Explored!
There's a shadow just behind me,
shrouding every step I take,
making every promise empty,
pointing every finger at me.
Waiting like a stalking butler
who upon the finger rests.
Murder now the path is must we
just because the son has come.
Somber by Tool
So I actually went outside to play today. you guys know my schedule probably by heart, I never come home early enough to catch the sun. sooooo I decided to go outside AT night! and play night photographer. and since I have neglected my flash for a long time since i bought it, I thought I'd try out something cool i read today about wirelessly triggering my flash via the built in flash in HSS, its awesome! i just turn my shutter as fast as 1/250th where it finally goes into HSS mode and the shutter is so fast that the built in flash cant affect my photo but it can still trigger my external flash. its pretty sweet and i played around by a few light poles today by my house. I had a few late night walkers/runners and they never paid any attention to the flashing popping lights in the pathway.... lol.
anyways you have to practice your techniques before a shoot, never during a shoot. When i scouted the location for my engagement shoot this weekend I found some really sweet places to take my bride and groom to be, except that it desperately needed fill flash, but off camera fill flash to give them more depth compared to on camera bounced flash i was planning on using. now i can most likely pull that one shot from my mind and make it a reality.
I love flash. I think I should buy a few more as I advance in this awesome new experience. I finally understand some of what the mastermind Strobist says about flash now. it all of a sudden makes sense. :)
P.S. there was an assault at my school Tuesday night, the school sent out an email warning students about it. I never walk to the parking garages by myself if i can help it, I ask for rides to my car or walk with a buddy and I offer rides in return because you never know, you just never know, and people dont take this stuff seriously. So please everyone just be careful where you walk and pay attention to your surroundings and call the police, scream like hell, and fight for your life if you ever get into a situation like that. love you all, wouldnt wanna lose any of you <3
Project 365: day 226
TOTW: Baby, its cold outside!
Musically Challenged: Sober by Tool
Strobist info: shot the HVLF56AM 1/32th power at 70mm zoom about 3 feet off the ground and pointing straight making a horizontal beam (i put the flash in a flimsy tree, yeah it was a bit nerve-wrecking with no bungees or tape , nada) and i stood about a foot in front of the beam of flash.
this is exactly how I envisioned it. :)
Lips like sugar~ one of the songs I don't know the lyrics or artist but it has a catchy little course and I had it stuck in my head last week. Here's what I know...
My lips like sugar
this candy got you sprung
so call me your sugar
you love you some
I'm sweet like.......
323/365
Super rad bus I found last night, right on the side of the road. I went back this morning a little before 7 because I knew it wasn't going to be there long. And nope, I brought my son back by around 9:30 and sure enough, it was gone.
Musically Challenged - Dig For Fire
"...there is this old man
who spent so much of his life sleeping
that he is able to keep awake for the rest of his years
he resides
on a beach
in a town
where i am going to live
and i often ask him
"are you looking for the mother lode?"
huh?
no.
no my child, this is not my desire
and then he said
i'm digging for fire..."
-Pixies
Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that i
Still need her so
Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do, i`ve done
But mem`ries won`t go
No, mem`ries won`t go
I`d have thought
That with time
Thoughts of her
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart
---red red wine rap section---
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand
Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Redred wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah
(chorus)
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me red wine because it make me feel fine
Mek me feel fine all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line
The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat
Red red wine i`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true
Red red wine i`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie
Red red wine can`t get you out my mind
Where ever you maybe i`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.
(chorus)
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Ub40~Red Red Wine
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.
i realized that i'd not shot anything human with the 50mm after i'd uploaded scads of photos i'd taken of all my nieces at Christmas. more than half of the pics had the focus on ears, or a nose, instead of the bit i'd intended to focus on. like, um... eyes.
also, i saw Ashley's forays into close up self portraits with interesting crops and i wanted to steal her ideas. sort of.
so i decided to take several hundred, arms length photos of parts of my face to get more comfortable with the 50mm lens and proper focus on human faces. it was more miss than hit and i'll definitely need loads more practice, and probably a subject other than myself, but i do like some, regardless.
so, this Editors song, in the new weekly list in Musically Challenged, has fuck all to do with this photo. but Editors are one of my favorite bands right now and this particular song has been in my tops for ages, it seems.
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"All Sparks," by Editors (live at Glasto)
You're answering questions that have not yet been asked
All sparks will burn out in the end
You burn like a bouncing cigarette on the road
All sparks will burn out in the end
All sparks will burn out
All sparks will burn out
All sparks will burn out
In the end
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i must pay tribute - and totally show off the brilliance - of some of the Best Flickr Friends Ever. they copycatted this photo of mine and not only am i super flattered, but i'm soooo loving seeing everyone's different interpretations!
if you want to have a go, please do! fun for everyone! Viva la Revolucion!!!
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine
- Katy Perry, Firework
Had one of my prints on the front page of etsy today and in the etsy newsletter too. :) Joel says I'm "etsy famous." Hopefully that will lead to more sales so I can cover the cost of the prints I'm making for the Ann Arbor Art Fair. :)
Shannon asked me the other day whether I thought it was possible that my choice to set an alarm every day and start working on my book like it was my job during the time when my "real job" was at a standstill and producing no work or income for me might be what led to the successes that seem to be starting to trickle my way now. I think the answer is yes. I could very easily have let myself slip into another bout of depression, not left the house, and felt like a failure. Instead, I focused on what I could control. I started aggressively chasing dreams that I've been sitting on for a while. As a result, I'm pulling in some real income from my photography now and I have 228 pages of my book written and ideas for at least two more. I'm going on a road trip out to Maine to spend almost a week in the town that is the setting for my book so that I can hopefully finish the story and add some vital details that really make the town come to life for my readers. My "real job" is starting to fire back up, so when I get home I'll have actual work to do. I'm also going to be showing my photography during the Ann Arbor Art Fair and for who knows how many more weekend/week events after that. I never thought that half of that was possible.
Maybe I didn't go about it the traditional way. Maybe there were some that scoffed at my choice to write when I did. But from where I'm standing now, I can only see the benefits of following my heart. I may not be in a 100% financially stable situation yet...but I know I'm on my way. And I'll get there eventually. And I don't think I would have been able to say that with such confidence if I hadn't started working on my book when I did. And I certainly wouldn't feel as sure of myself as I do now.
Musically Challenged: Katy Perry - Firework
Oscar Schmidt autoharp sans color. Rainy days have a way of making you see everyday things in the house as a potential photo-op. Soon my wife grew tired of me rooting through her antiques while she was trying to watch a movie and banished me to the office/second bedroom with this autoharp. She said "knock yourself out".
all the things that you've seen will slowly fade away
- Oasis, Don't Look Back in Anger
Spent the better part of my day driving out to do a boudoir shoot for an old friend of mine. We hadn't seen each other in sixteen years, which is just insane. It was a great time and I think we got some amazing shots.
Not much more to report. Other than the fact that I've been sleeping like crap so I'm exhausted and slightly irritable.
Carry on.
Musically Challenged: Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.