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Ruins of mechanism from an old sawmill in Newman Sound. Taken on a kayak trip in September 2005. This was right by our campsite, which was a two-hour kayak journey from where we parked.
Not getting out much of late.......shift work sucks! So reduced to taking photos in the garden!! I'm ashamed to say that this is my shed door :D
In the Lavaux vineyards, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Shot with Cosina-Voigtlander Bessaflex TM M42 reflex camera and screw-mount Cosina Cosinon 35mm f/2.8 lens at f/8, 1/60sec on CineStill 50D ISO-50 film.
Rust Never Sleeps
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Hey Hey, My My
Rock and roll can never die.
There's more to the picture,
Than meets the eye..
Hey Hey, My My.
The king is gone.
but he's not forgotten
Is this the story
of Johnny Rotten?
It's better to burn out
'cause rust never sleeps
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.
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Thanks to the great Neil Young for these lyrics... mean a lot to me.
Over the course of just this year, I have certainly aquired a new taste... and that is my love of old records. I am now the owner of a record player and a box full of records I have been carefully collecting over the spring and early summer. I love the vintage quality, and the history behind them.
I found the gem, Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" album from 1979 in a little record store in Stillwater and quickly bought it up as it has so much history. What a record it is... Some of my favorite tunes are on this one... Hey, Hey... My My... Rock & Roll can never die. To give a bit of significance to this records history... you have to first understand the type of music I listen too. Two of my top three favorite bands of all time: Nirvana and Lynyrd Skynyrd. And this album has strong ties to both bands.
In Kurt Cobain's suicide letter in 1994... he wrote in the very last line. "I don't have the passion anymore, and so remember, it's better to burn out then to fade away. Peace, Love, Empathy. Kurt Cobain." There is where the connection starts, in the first song, within the first verse... Neil Young pens those lines... its better to burn out, then to fade away... and those words were written about Elvis... Kurt could never become a fat cliche... he had to "burn out"...
Secondly... the track "Powderfinger" on the album was writen by Neil Young for his good friend Ronnie Van Zant, singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd. As well well know... Ronnie ended up singing Sweet Home Alabama to the Lord after the tragic 1977 plane crash.
Such a sad thing... and I think this shot sort of symbolises that to me... Rust Never Sleeps... this farm machinery has been lying dormant, fading away... into rust. Don't let the rust in your life drag you down, lets put it out to pasture and get on with our lives.
Thank you guys for supporting me and putting up with my ramblings... its so encouraging. Love ya all...
-KT