View On Black

**Explored**

It's a double-whammy kind of day! This is both my emulation for this week's challenge in My Face is My Canvas AND my response to Kevin's music challenge for the song Sugarfoot in Musically Challenged! Booyah! Two birds, one stone, you know the rest.

And I can't post today without congratulating my boy, Vic on finishing his 365. Vic, you better make good on your promise to stick around here and keep posting shots or else I might really learn how to make my head explode. Congrats on making it through a year and on turning out the kind of genius works of art that you did. You're inspiring. I find your style seeping into my subconscious and making my shots ever so slightly scarier. The last outtake in the comments is for you. Ha.

I hope everyone else had a good day. I spent mine working on drafting a brief and texting with Ry-O, Pimp, Cirkus, Ashley and Anna. :) Thanks for helping me get through the day, guys! Now I'm going to head out for the evening, so this is a post and run until later when I can catch up and comment on all of you guys' brilliant work from today.

365 Days (self portraits): Day 205

My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week #5

Musically Challenged: Sugarfoot - Black Joe Louis & the Honeybears

TOTW: Face Art

One of my favorite groups, where I made the majority of my flickr friends, The Rogue Players, is dropping the final curtain and turning out the lights today. If you were not a Rogue, then go take a look at what was once a lively ship of fools on flickr. If you were a Rogue, then lift a glass and click your heels three times. We're going home.

The Rogue Players: Goodbye my Love

♫ Kiss & Say Goodbye ~ The Manhattans ♫

You must see this Big and on Black

This has got to be the saddest day of my life

I called you here today for a bit of bad news

I won't be able to see you anymore

Because of my obligations, and the ties that you have

We've been meeting here everyday

And since this is our last day together

I wanna hold you just one more time

When you turn and walk away, don't look back

I wanna remember you just like this

Let's just kiss and say goodbye

I had to meet you here today

There's just so many things to say

Please don't stop me 'til I'm through

This is something I hate to do

We've been meeting here so long

I guess what we've done, oh was wrong

Please darlin', don't you cry

Let's just kiss and say goodbye (Goodbye!)

Many months have passed us by

(I'm gonna miss you)

I'm gonna miss you, I can't lie

(I'm gonna miss you)

I've got ties, and so do you

I just think this is the thing to do

It's gonna hurt me, I can't lie

Maybe you'll meet, you'll meet another guy

Understand me, won't you try, try, try, try, try, try, try

Let's just kiss and say goodbye (Goodbye!)

Hmmmm

(I'm gonna miss you)

I'm gonna miss you, I can't lie

(I'm gonna miss you)

Understand me, won't you try

(I'm gonna miss you)

It's gonna hurt me, I can't lie

(I'm gonna miss you)

Take my hankerchief and wipe your eyes

(I'm gonna miss you)

Maybe you'll find, you'll find another guy

(I'm gonna miss you)

Let's kiss and say goodbye, pretty baby

(I'm gonna miss you)

Please, don't you cry

(I'm gonna miss you)

Understand me, won't you try

(I'm gonna miss you)

Let's just kiss and say goodbye

Lyrics by Blue Lovett

♫ Kiss & Say Goodbye ~ The Manhattans ♫

TOTW: Musically Inspired

Day 305 Year 3Musically Challenged

Something --The Beatles

Something in the way she moves,

Attracts me like no other lover.

Something in the way she woos me.

I don't want to leave her now,

You know I believe and how.

Somewhere in her smile she knows,

That I don't need no other lover.

Something in her style that shows me.

I don't want to leave her now,

You know I believe and how.

You're asking me will my love grow,

I don't know, I don't know.

Stick around, and it may show,

But I don't know, I don't know.

Something in the way she knows,

And all I have to do is think of her.

Something in the things she shows me.

I don't want to leave her now.

You know I believe and how.

God knows it weighs on me

As heavy as stone and as blue as I go

I was just wondering if you'd come along

Hold up my head when my head won't hold on

- Dave Matthews Band, The Stone

I know I've said this before on here, but I've never been what I would describe as a religious person. I've always called myself spiritual. I believe in God (what that term means to me), but I've never been to church. I've prayed for a number of years, but I've always found my relationship with God to be personal. It's what I want it to be.

But it's funny...I've never felt closer to God than in the past few weeks. And by closer, I guess I mean that I feel God or some higher power is with me throughout my day. If I had said that out loud five years ago, I might have laughed at myself. But as hard as things have been for me, I truly believe that there is something bigger than myself that is holding me up and keeping me afloat and moving in the direction I need to be moving. And I can't even begin to describe the serenity that has provided me in the midst of this storm. Maybe "God" isn't even the right term. I don't know. I feel closer to nature and to the earth. I feel like I'm connecting with the world around me. And though it may sound silly, I feel comforted by light breezes, the rustle of leaves, the distant tweets of birds, the sensation of raindrops hitting my skin - as though each of those sensations were meant especially for me.

I talked yesterday about how hard it is for me to let go of control. I've always felt like I'm in the driver's seat of my own life - my hands on the wheel - directing myself where I need to go. Lately I've found that the more I try to cling to this notion, the more unmanageable my life seems to become. It's sort of a relief to let go and trust that something bigger than me is there to catch me and guide me where I need to be. It's a different kind of trust.

And maybe my relationship with this higher power isn't what I want it to be after all. Maybe I was fooling myself. Maybe my relationship with God or the universe or however you choose to describe it, is what I need when I need it, whether I realize it or not. All I know is that as of late, I haven't been asking for things that I want in my life in my prayers. I've been asking for the strength to withstand my current troubles, the knowledge I need to find my way, and clarity of mind so that I may know the right path when it presents itself. And it feels good. It feels comforting.

I spent some time sitting out in nature today. Just soaking up the sights and sounds around me. And I felt blessed. I know I'm rambling, but this is where my head is at today. I feel connected and grounded. And honestly, that's a pretty big step in the right direction.

Musically Challenged: DMB - The Stone

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watch it bring you to your knees.

Where the hookers and thieves and the junkies play

It's a circus round here for sure

And I worry about how I'm fitting in

If I only had her

And I know my friends they worry about me

I can see it written on their face

But despite anything I might have said before,

The bar is a beautiful place

Ryan Adams

348/365

listen?

...I was here...

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be...

What a cool musically challenged set of lyrics! I have wanted to find a tunnel somewhat like this since I started messing around with a camera, and this one was way cooler than any of the tunnels and shots I had imagined. I ran around out of town today and enjoyed just having a partial day off. It's nice to get out and drive for a bit, even if it wasn't exactly what I had hoped for :P I seem to always have a wee bit too high of expectations for my life :) It will be good to work for awhile tonight and then blast out early to grab my guy and go with friends to Cowboys and Aliens, woohoo! I hope the seats rumble and the screen thunders!!

"If I'm a ticking time bomb

Waiting to blow my top

No one would ever know

Not until I blew up

Shake their heads and wonder why"

Next time you see someone staring into the distance, stop and ask them how they're doing...

Lyrics taken from: Time Bomb, Dave Mathews Band

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- Nyle, Breakdown

Pretty far removed from the original inspiration shots for this week's Emulation Challenge in My Face is My Canvas, but I was kind of feeling like straying a bit. So there you go. And yay to a new week of songs in Musically Challenged too!

My mom and I spent the better part of today moving me into my new (bigger) office and shopping in Ikea for shelves. It was really nice to have some mother-daughter time. And my mom's awesome at arranging rooms and whatnot, so it was nice to have somebody's opinion that consisted of something other than "I don't know." The next challenge will be getting my heavy Ikea shelves up the stairs to my office and then put together. Ugh. Not looking forward to that headache.

So we're supposed to be going to a party tonight. And I really want to go. Andy is less enthused. We're supposed to leave in an hour. Let's see what happens...

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365 Days (self portraits): Day 305

My Face is My Canvas: Emulation #19

Musically Challenged: Nyle - Breakdown

Musically Challenged

Born Again - Newsboys

I am going to try and get caught up with my 52 weeks, so we are calling this 42 of 52 ;-)

Wishing you all a wonderful Friday, and a fantastic weekend!

TGIF!!!

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HURT

Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)

Musically Challenged

Certainly not Low Key, and now that Kaija took a crack at the processing, not even Lame Ass!

But it's still Thursday so Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday ;-)

She did a sweet color version as well, I think I might like that one even better, what do you think?

(32 of 52)²

and I've lost my light

for I toss and turn

I can't sleep at night.

- Soft Cell, Tainted Love

Sleepless nights have kind of turned into the norm for me these past few weeks. It's to be expected with everything that's been happening in my world, I suppose. I anticipate better sleep soon. Today was a major turning point day. I'm hoping that even by tonight I sleep more peacefully, actually. The next month isn't going to be any easier than this past month, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. And I'm just going to keep putting one foot in front of the other until I get there.

Greg is hosting Musically Challenged this week and he chose all songs that have been covered by other artists/bands. Love that concept since much of what we do as photographers is to take inspiration from others' work and then put our own spin on it. Anyway, he asked that we state whether we like the original or the cover better and for this song? Hands down I love the cover best. Soft Cell's version grates on so many people but not me. Every single time I hear it, I stop what I'm doing, crank the radio and sing.

I had a hard time deciding between this shot and the outtake in the comments.

Musically Challenged: Soft Cell - Tainted Love

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Released in April of 1990 this album just blew minds away.I really enjoyed what was happening musically with rap music in the 80's (Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, RUN DMC, Fat Boys, Kool Moe D, LL Cool J, Whodini, 3rd Bass, Eric B and Rakim, Beastie Boys, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul) and this album took all of that and ushered in a new wave of rap music.

The best thing is to share what our friend Wiki says about this album:

Their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, released on April 10, 1990,was marked by a playful lyrical approach and light-hearted content such as safe sex, vegetarianism and youthful experiences.The music was an eclectic mix of jazz, funk, soul and rock samples."A Tribe Called Quest put no feet in the wrong place here. This is not rap, it's near perfection" The Source gave it the first "five-mic" rating in the magazine's history,and called it a "completely musical and spiritual approach to hip-hop.

Enough chatter here are a couple of musical gems and all time greats from the 90's, enjoy:

I Left My Wallet In El Segundo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILyWmT2A-Q

Bonita Applebum

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xE6ZWwJezg

Can I Kick It

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pyCGnZzYA

I have been musically unplugged for too long. No longer will I disallow music to motivate and stir my mind and my emotions. I will compile, write, translate, research, study, work - all with beats urging me onward to completion.

Currently enjoying: Kraak & Smaak - Il Serpente. Have a listen.

Big thanks to gsfpres30. I gratefully utilized his abilities, props, and company for this shot. This is not a self-portrait: he was the trigger-man! Check out his stream!

5D + 85L + 580exII into 45" shoot-through umbrella high camera right, triggered by 580ex and radiopoppers.

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.

I wear this crown of thorns

Upon my liar's chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Single strobe in front and handheld

Cieling light above camera.

A brain that never stops ticking,

sometimes an on-off switch would sure come in handy

A mind that's constantly cutting up and dissecting,

looking for answers, committing murders along the way

when the bomb would explode

- Suicide Medicine, by Rocky Votolato

Musically Challenged, reprise week 8

it came to the end of the day and i had nothing, so i gave this a go. this is too similar to day 99. oh wells. i copycatted myself :)

happy tuesday, my flickroos. ♥

edit: decided to switch the two shots. i think i do like the pink a bit better...

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4pm yesterday. spontaneously decide "beach time!". pack the camera, tripod, every lens i own, a book, and stuff a sweater in for good measure, as i plan to be there well into dusk, and head out.

driving down the 10 towards Santa Monica, music up high, and the sun slowly sinks back behind the clouds almost sheepishly. more gray clouds move in and by the time i get to the beach, it's overcast as all hell.

which, normally, are my very favorite days - blustery and gray. probably because we don't often get those in Southern California.

but i was counting on the sun. i was counting on flare and silhouettes and that shimmering way it hits the waves.

i almost called it a day before stepping foot on the sand. but i'm so glad i didn't.

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"look for the bare necessities

the simple bare necessities

forget about your worries and your strife

i mean the bare necessities

- The Jungle Book

for Musically Challenged

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.

It had been 7 days since I picked up my camera and took a photo. Just haven't been feeling it. But last night I figured I should do something. So I thought would try some different lighting techniques and came up with this.

Kinda been a crappy Flickr contact lately too, but I will be checking out your streams to see what you have been up to tonight :-)

Musically Challenged

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Happy Low Key Lame Ass Thursday!

(48 of 52)²

"no sexy time before marriage

we know our Born Again souls had found their mate

they thought us foolish and fucking whackjobs

but we knew that it was fate.

my Connie, my Concetta

my glorious bearer of light.

i will be your Greatest American Hero

you will be my Entertainment Tonight"

"Concetta" by John Tesh

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for: Musically Challenged

July ABC soup: the letter H

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a picture’s worth a thousand words

but you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered

you should have seen it in color.

"In Color" by Jamey Johnson

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for: Musically Challenged

mothers day was spent down in Newport Beach at a gorgeous open air restaurant overlooking the back bay. mimosas and unreal delicious food and moms and oceans and the days just keep getting better.

when we were leaving i noticed some young boys playing near the waters edge, feeding some wayward crabs their shrimp they had in a to-go box. i joined in and was cheering on the ravenous crabs with them. i can't wait till i can go searching for little creatures and insects with my son. :)

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for Musically Challenged: City of Angels by The Distillers

There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.

You became the light on the dark side of me.

Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and,

The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.

The more I get of you,

Stranger it feels, yeah.

And now that your rose is is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the grey.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

there's so much inside.

You remain,

My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.. yeah.

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.

Ooh, the more I get of you

Stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the grey,

What is it you ask? It's the bridge from my husband's Fender Stratocaster. His 'thing' is music and he's very good at it so he plays the guitars and I photograph them.

I'm not the most musically literate person around...and believe me, that's a serious understatement. A few years ago my husband and daughter were going to a Page and Plant concert and they were chatting away in what seemed like another language to me. Finally, in complete confusion, I asked, 'you keep talking about Led Zeppelin but I thought you were going to something called Page and Plant?!?!' They rolled their eyes in unison and had to explain the connection.

A while back I tried making a youtube video of my husband playing using photographs I'd taken:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZB5ex23do

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what you own is your own kingdom

what you do is your own glory

what you love is your own power

what you live is your own story

in your head is the answer

let it guide you along

let your heart be the anchor

and the beat of your own song

- Rush, Something for Nothing

Spent the day packaging 8x10s for Art Fair. Getting very excited to set up at the coffee shop tomorrow. Planning on spending my days getting some writing done on my book while I hang out and wait for sales. :)

So this cute little camera was a gift from my friend Marcy who I got to spend a little (emphasis on little) time with on my road trip. Wish I'd had more time to hang out with her. But now whenever I pull out this camera, I'll think of her and that makes me smile. She also gave me this awesome vintage suitcase that I will definitely be using in some of my upcoming newborn shoots. :)

Off to help the hubs make dinner! Hope you guys are having a great day! I should be online a lot this week, so I'm hoping to catch up with most of you then!

Musically Challenged: Rush - Something for Nothing

*yeah, I totally replaced the original with this alternate. I was messing around with processing and just liked this so much better.

RCA Victor LPM-1929, 1959. Cover by Norman Mingo

ghosts and clouds

and nameless things

squint your eyes and hope real hard

maybe sprout wings

- The Mountain Goats, Maybe Sprout Wings

Ok, yes. It's the same sweater I wore in yesterday's shot. Sue me. I was in a rush this morning and grabbed the first thing I saw in my closet. I've also had a horrible day, but you know what? I feel like all I do lately is talk about the stuff that's bringing me down. So instead of rehashing it all, I'm just going to let it go. I'm home now. I'm eating leftover chili. My dog is curled up on the floor at my feet. So I'm just going to relax and move on and hopefully have a decent evening. I hope you're all doing the same.

Musically Challenged: The Mountain Goats - Maybe Sprout Wings

three.six.four.whoa.

and as i'm posting this, i just realized i have a make-up shot to do from my first week hosting musically challenged. so i'll do it and post it tonight and be caught up! ha! and then tomorrow, i'll be done.

Really loving this song.

[V1]

Hello little boys, little toys

We're the dreams you're believing

Crawling up the walls

Running down your face

Razor sharp, razor clean

Feel the weapon's sensation

On your back...

With loaded guns

I will never fall in love with you

~ Le Disko, Shiny Toy Guns

Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sbTHMP0Ig

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Never heard this song before, but I kinda dig it.

Musically Challenged

Eminem - No Love

(46 of 52)²

Well this did not turn out as planned :-(

FYI: Peach pits provide a very formidable barrier against the pellet of a pellet gun. I was hoping for some serious SPLAT but not so much. So I ended up having to take the pit out of the peach just to get something worth posting. Still not thrilled with the results. I guess I would need to shoot it with a real gun or some larger projectile. Maybe I should make a small caliber air cannon??

This is for my week in Musically Challenged.

Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches

Blue October~Calling you

Theres something that i cant quite explain

i'm so in love with you

you'll never take that away

and if i said a hundred times before

expect a thousand more

you never take that away

well expect me to be

calling you to see

if you're ok when i'm not around

asking if you love me

i love the way you make it sound

calling you to see

do i try too hard to make you smile

to make a smile

well i will keep calling you to see

if you're sleepin are you dreamin and

if you're dreamin are you dreamin of me

i cant believe

you actually picked...me

i thought that the world had lost its sway

(its so hard sometimes)

then i fell in love with you

(then came you)

and you took that away

(its not so difficult, the world is not so difficult)

you take away the old

show me the new

and i feel like i can fly

when i stand next to you

so what if I'm on this phone

a hundred miles from home

i take the words you gave

and send them back to you

i only want to see

if you're ok when i'm not around

asking if you love me

i love the way you make it sound

calling you to see

do i try too hard to make you smile

to make a smile

i will keep calling you to see

if you're sleepin are you dreamin and

if you're dreamin are you dreamin of me

i cant believe

you actually picked...me

Drum Roll Please!

Or should I say, Keyboard Plucked Please!

What started out serendipitously in a junk yard during an impromptu photo shoot with my iPhone, ended up with an amazing *stranger interview* inside a simply phenomenal harpsichord factory with treasures that take one's breath away . . . and ALL within a few miles of our house! Forty years we've lived here and have never been inside nor aware of this amazing business!

Please click on the following

LINK

for a beautiful, cultural experience! (Be sure to save some time for the little demos!)

Here's Steve, showing us an exquisite scene hand-painted by resident Artist, Tatyana Nivina from Russia . . . who embellishes all the stunning harpsichords on the premises!

I'll be switching back and forth from Steven's stranger interview (see below), to this shot, so people can enjoy the experience!

"Serendipity doesn't happen by accident.

It comes when you put yourself into situations

where you know there will be photographs

and are open to whatever unfolds."

~ Randy Olson, National Geographic photographer ~

maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole

wondering, who I am when I ought to know

straighten up now time to go

fool somebody else, fool somebody else

- Ben Folds Five, Best Imitation of Myself

Listen.

Got a little participation out of Samson today. Though not for long. He's a bit of a nervous nelly when there are strange noises (i.e. me moving around on a chair above him), so he stuck around long enough to scarf down a treat and then high tailed it out of there. I'm putting a picture in the comments from back when I first got him. It always amazes me to look at how damn tiny he used to be. The shot is from fall 2002, back during my second year of law school. It's scary that I look at myself then and think I look young. I guess I really am getting old.

As a side note, I am SO not a skinny jeans person. I cringe to even post this, but I'm really not in the mood to shoot something else right now. I never wear these jeans without my knee-high Northface boots over them. I've always hated my legs. Soccer made them super stocky with muscle, and age (and laziness) has not helped the situation. But whatever. I am who I am.

I realize the chair's not all that big, but it is cushy. It's part of our dining set with the awesome green table. My mom tells me (since this was her breakfast table growing up) that these chairs used to match the table exactly, but at some point my grandma reupholstered them. I'm planning to cover them in a new, brighter fabric soon. Happy Big Cushy Chair Tuesday!

Musically Challenged: Ben Folds Five - Best Imitation of Myself

HBCCT!

204/365

Bam!! You know when it's red's week at Musically Challenged, and you get a flickrmail specifically linking all the songs, and the lyrics...there really is no choice left but to play along :D And this song is a pretty fawking kick ass song taboot, so you know you all love it.

I'll have to add the lyrics for you because they really inspired my little photoshoot today. I had been nagging my friend David to let me go hand out at his studio, and he so politely obliged today :) He is a major badass, and hopefully I can come up with some good marketing or hookering skills so he can keep his studio :P Anyway, I'm gonna try and get something else to go with the week so here we go :))

....

How come I end up where I started

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

You reel me out and you cut the string.

How come I end up where I started

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

First you reel me out and then you cut the string

You used to be all right

What happened?

Did the cat get your tongue?

Did your string come undone?

One by one

One by one

It comes to us all

It's as soft as your pillow

You used to be all right

What happened?

Et cetera et cetera

Facts for whatever!

15 steps

Then a sheer drop

How come I end up where I started?

How come I end up where I went wrong

Won't take my eyes off the ball again

You reel me out and you cut the string.

316/365

TOTW - Musically Inspired

"...I think I built the fence a little late

The deamons were already in now they can't escape

I been toe to toe with most of em' though

As a whole they must parish in order for me to grow

Huddled in the gloomy little cracks that they inhabit

They pass away the day I deactivate my habits

Each one gets buried in the back yard

In tiny little graves marked only by a black scar

Kindly watch your step

The silence isn't finished being awkward yet

Trophies lay in the basement to stay safe

Today's mistakes are in a lighted trophy case though..."

Brother Ali - Here

and the lyrics

There really is no way to make a tribute to this song, but the song talks about one's mind, but also shows how optimistic he is...he shows his insecurities, but really how even though he didn't want other people there but once they showed they were encouraging if he let them in a bit.

Total. Sick. Song. I love alot of what he's put out, but this one is genious. I strongly encourage you to check him out, and really listen to what he's layin down :P

Created for The Hypothetical Awards' 4th Annual, Musically-Themed challenge..."Album Cover Design!"

The stunning and critically acclaimed debut album by Amoricide, Overdosed and D.O.A. left many wondering if Jeff Scott Baines and the boys could live up to the hype with the release of their sophomore effort. The first single released, Raining On My Parade broke only the smallest of sales records, stalling at #19 on Billboard's Top100. In an odd turn of fate, a relatively unknown Canadian musician, Jazlyn Shaw recorded a version of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! which went totally viral on You Tube, bringing attention to her, as well as Amoricide. Months later, with record sales skyrocketing, Amoricide launched a world-wide, ten month tour...with Jazlyn as their opener...does it get any better than that?

This is what Amoricide would sound like: 'Paris in Flames' - Thursday

Amoricide's Scorched Earth Policy (Front cover) Here

Jazlyn Shaw's (Amoricide cover) of Shouldn't You Marry Him...Dumb Ass! Here

Created for The Hypothetical Awards' 4th Annual, Musically-Themed challenge..."Album Cover Design!"

A number of years after Lead Singer Devanna Heikoop’s mysterious death, Lorne Carvalho and Margret Van Rooy, two of the founding members of the now defunct Tempora Equinox, gathered in a Geneva recording studio with the original 24 track, 2” tapes from the Dead Album sessions. Working with a looped bedtrack taken from Ultrahybrid #4 and Devanna’s “ghost vocals” from various other outtakes, the song Fallen was completed.

The song was released as a limited edition single and within weeks skyrocketed to #1 on the Billboard charts. Such was the success of the song that, ten live shows were staged, featuring the heretofore unknown singer KayCee and three members of the original sextet. The Coachella show was truly the last time any version of The Tempora Equinox performed together.

Front cover Here

Flickr Group Roulette: Silhouette's Galore!

The Rogue Players:♫ Musically Inspired ♫

It's Badder Large and on Black

Strobist: AlienBee 800 with HOBD-W, behind grey fleece directed at camera. Triggered by Cybersync.

♫ ZZ Top ~ Cheap Sunglasses ♫

♫ But can Billy Gibbons really play blues guitar? ♫

♫ Just one more...... ♫

Alt title: Brokeback Tapper

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for the weekly song in Musically Challenged

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"In the Sun," by Joseph Arthur

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(B/W outtake in comments!)

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.