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Johnny Diesel (born Mark Denis Lizotte,[1] 31 May 1966,[2] Fall River, Massachusetts, United States) is an Australian musician, who has released material as leader of Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, under his birth name, or by the epithet Diesel.[3][4] Two of his albums reached #1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Charts, Hepfidelity in 1992 and The Lobbyist in 1993.[5]
Since 1987, Diesel has played on several albums by his brother-in-law and rock singer, Jimmy Barnes.[3][4][6] Although better known as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Diesel is also competent on bass guitar, drums, percussion and keyboards; and has also produced an album by Richard Clapton and one by Vika and Linda Bull.[6] He has won five ARIA Music Awards with three for 'Best Male Artist' in 1993, 1994 and 1995. (Extract from Wikipedia)
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Rust on the mounting bracket of an outdoor basketball hoop. Taken for the Macro Mondays theme of Rust. A high dynamic range image.
Rust
Unexplained,
the old shed stands
in the middle of nowhere,
surrounded by bog and marsh,
with swooping, twittering swallows,
and a snipe drumming in the distance.
The collapsing walls
present an array of earth tones,
a masterpiece of rust and corrosion.
Textured by decay,
the corrugations stripe their canvas
with colour and form,
composition perfected
by the exact positioning of nut and bolt,
and the irregular piercings
of ultimate decrepitude.
Within,
the wooden joists
are a man-trap for the unwary,
damply dissolving into green rot,
lit fleetingly by glimmerings of sky.
Take any piece, cut the metal free
from its surroundings,
a few inches square perhaps,
or a foot or two,
or three metres by four,
find fractal-fashioned patterns:
abstract art fit for a trendy gallery:
a far cry from snagged sheep’s wool,
the calling curlew
and the blowing rush.
Runner-up in Quantum Leap’s 5x5 Competition 2010