Atlanta, GA - here we come - December 13 - 15

WE JUST GOT THESE IN!!! If you're in the ATL - you can buy yours TONIGHT and SATURDAY at the STAR BAR - downstairs at Punk Turns 30's photo exhibit!!!


Get it in the ATL! Join me as an array of these Unguarded Moments images hang in the downstairs lounge at the Star Bar in Atlanta in the Little Five Points 'hood. Upstairs, on the 14 and 15th... its a Toys for Tots thing with proceeds going to the cause. $10 will get you in OR you're in free with an unwrapped new Xmas toy gift.



If you like these crazy posters and handbills... you can get yourself a little 5x7 booklet of all 17 designs... just visit this area of the Punk Rock Gift Shop!

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December 10, 2007

In ATLANTA, at last. I worked on an underground film for a few days in LA before flying out to Atlanta for my show here at the Star Bar (December 13 - 15). Because we are in the throes of winter and the unpredictable weather that with it comes, I chose to route my flight from LA to Dallas, and Dallas to Atlanta. I couldn't afford to buy the non-stop at the late date when my plans were confirmed. Dallas, I figured, would be one place where weather was not an issue on December 9. But I was wrong.

My flight from LA to DFW airport was not just on time - it was early! However, the flight departing DFW for Atlanta was delayed, and kept getting delayed throughout the course of the afternoon.... because it originated in the Plains state of Oklahoma, which was experiencing an ice storm. I was lucky, because a lot of the flights out of Oklahoma were cancelled.

Arriving at my friend Bryan's apartment in Atlanta three hours later than I expected to, I was out of luck on trying to get something to eat... bars close at midnight and most of the restaurants around here (in his neighborhood at any rate) stop serving around 10. It was 11 PM by the time I started foraging for food. I got a couple slices of really good pizza... but I had a hankering for a whole different kind of hot meal. Ah well.

Slept til 2 PM today, local time...made a few prints this afternoon... got a dinner invitation from old pals from LA who now live in Buckhead (one of them teaches at Emory), and some more printing to do tomorrow as well. Thankfully, I'm getting sleepy at 10:19 PM as I write this, so no more up-all-night stuff tonight...

If you are in the ATL.. come to the Star Bar at 8PM (downstairs) and check out the pictures --- Thursday - Saturday. Stick around for the rock n roll !

November 29, 2007

its decided.... for NY - 3 shows or even 4
manhattan, brooklyn x2 and most likely jersey city
2 in brooklyn because i am going to reprise punk rock day of the dead!

its all good

November 18, 2007

Last night was a big party in Houston, TX in the pouring rain - all hot and humid like a swamp - and Sound Exchange was packed, feeling like a steambath as 3 local bands pounded out the punk rock. LAWS, Sporatics and Welfare Mothers.

Houston was also a hit n run city on this tour... not like the leisurely 3 weeks I spent between Oxford and Memphis... however... in Houston I enjoyed:

Vietnamese lunch: Les Givral's
Most Brooklyn-like (ie: universally hip) bar: Poison Girl
Drinks and art in a fabulous converted department store: Notsuoh
Night-cap: Pimm's Cups at some secret speak-easy type bar with Rosa and Kurt... its all about the cucumber!!!

Camera Co-Op. This place RULES. I'm going back to Houston just to buy vintage cameras. I scored a fabulous gadget bag - vintage 1950s leather one in perfect condition for $20.

FINALLY: this is a LINK to some photos of the event on the Hands Up Houston message board that one of the attendees posted. You can see my BW photos on Sound Exchanges bright red wall. I couldn't have requested a better situation!

Earlier this evening in Silverlake... the hipster capital of Los Angeles... Punk 365 and Creem celebrated the publication of those books with a signing / art show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery... a few of us photographers who are California-based are showing some pieces there, and they'll be hanging til December 30. Please check it out and see stuff that's not necessarily in PUNK 365... you can buy lots of the photos also... mine are for sale, as are Chuck Krall's, Dawn Wirth's and others'

For me, there were three distinct highlights:

Seeing a beautiful installation of my 7 pieces of art. Billy Shire is a genius. he made me look good!
Los Trendy - the new band featuring Tony Kinman
Seeing my friends - Bob Matheu with his wife and two lovely daughters!!! Gail Zone, Pooch Flipside, Eddie Munoz, Tony Kinman & Kristie, Chip Kinman & Lisa, Bill Heiden and Erin Austen Abbot.

Congratulations to Holly George Warren for such a nice turn out for her beautiful book. I am so proud to be part of it.

A sojourn in Los Angeles is made all the better because I get to spend quality time with Jackie Sharp in her beautiful home.