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

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. ♥

I'm not a huge fan of Local Natives musically-not sure why-I don't dislike their music but nothing has really clicked with me yet about them. They do have a great energy live, though, and I really appreciated these fans and their moustache signs. Local Natives rock the 'stache.

Local Natives live shots on Pfork facebook start here:

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150350979891000&set...

Myspace: www.myspace.com/localnatives

**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**

"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

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

via Instagram ift.tt/2iyZ3Nc

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

Octavia Dingss, SelfPortrait Artist Since 13 years old.

Bear Series. Canon.

Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sbTHMP0Ig

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i think i'm growing feathers...

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for Musically Challenged: "Journey of the Featherless" by Cloud Cult

for TOTW: It's All in the Details

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

through this doorway

what's on the other side?

never knowing

exactly what I'll find.

- Offspring, Hammerhead

Yeah. I have a feeling I might be doing glass door shots all week. They're quick, easy and you can't tell how dead tired and allergy-miserable I look.

First day at Art Fair was great other than the fact that the coffee shop's power kept going out and there was basically no a/c or air moving. I stopped by the drug store on the way home and picked up a personal fan that should make the next few days more tolerable. Made a few sales and picked up (hopefully) a few new clients who said they'll be calling to set up photoshoots. Also got to visit with some family and friends who stopped in and met eyesontheskies too. It was a really good day until my allergies knocked me on my ass about a half hour before my husband came to pick me up. I'm sure I'll sleep it off, though.

Musically Challenged: Offspring - Hammerhead

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

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!

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 ~

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 :))

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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.

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.

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

An aging photo ance of a musically inspired Maisie at Molly's Theater before her perform of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."*

*I couldn't choose between this and the color photo of Maise so I'm posting both

bigger flare!

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i want to spend my life with you.

don’t want to live all alone

i can’t conceive of the years left in me

without you in our home

"Life With You" by The Proclaimers

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for Musically Challenged

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Dear LOST:

nooooooo! i'm not ready to say goodbye yet...

Hit the Road Jack --Ray Charles

Musically Challenged

The Rogue Players theme Musically inspired

Fuel~Bad Day

Had a bad day again

She said I would not understand

She left a note and said "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again.

She spilled her coffee, broke her shoelace.

Smeared the lipstick on her face.

Slammed the door and said "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again."

And she swears there's nothing wrong

I hear her playing that same old song

She puts me off and puts me on

And had a bad day again

She said I would not understand

She left a note that said, "I'm sorry, I had a bad day again."

Adele-Set fire to the rain

*as the title suggests, this is a musically inspired painting from a old revolutionary ballad of the late 60's titled "Clandestino" which I recently encountered on YouTube, beautifully rearranged and brought up to date by Manu, for those wishing to hear this so modern version go to You-tube: "Manu Chao-Clandestino /live/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzafK1HIro

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.

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.

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Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun

Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long

Cause I've been too afraid to let it show

Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow

Always putting off my living for tomorrow

It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face

It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today

I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face

Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

Inside of me

- India Arie, Strength, Courage and Wisdom

Had a really good day. My mom and I had lunch with my best friend, and then we stopped by my grandparents' house to visit. And I spent some time drooling over my grandpa's old camera (seen in this shot) and my great-great-grandpa's even older camera (seen on my instagram stream). I wish these babies lived at my house.

Just waiting for the call from the groomer now so that I can go pick up my fresh and clean pupper. He got his hair cut today and I get mine cut tomorrow. SO excited! :)

Musically Challenged: India Arie - Strength, Courage, and Wisdom

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.

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.

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.

Harvesting the inner song.

This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C with a Carl Zeiss S-Planar 1:5.6 f=120mm lens mounted on a Hasselblad 10mm extension tube using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized with Photoshop.

Now I sit on the rooftop's edge

The muddy street beneath my swollen head

Trying to forget you

To believe we've never met

As the blood from my face stains the ground

- Radical Face, Glory

Slightly different take on this than the folks who were shooting her straight on. I've got a thing for walls from this angle. I love how small Bethy looks up there on the edge. If I'd done this, I would have leaned back and plummeted to my death. Which is why you won't see any pictures of me sitting on ledges.

Musically Challenged: Radical Face - Glory