Tuesday, June 23, 2009

FUDD, THE PIERCED COW, AND SOME WATER SCORPIONS


(as usual, click on photo for larger image)

Here, together for no good reason: we see the erstwhile tourist killing time, waiting for Sushi Groove (across the street) to open, along with a couple specimens of the family Nepidae that I encountered at Bear Gulch Reservoir in Pinnacles National Monument.
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Monday, June 15, 2009

MY ENTRY TO "THE WHO WINDMILL CONTEST"

Never one to pass up the chance to win a Stratocaster autographed by Pete, I dug out the the very first video I ever filmed with my GE 1CVC4030E. That camera/recorder ended up being a pain to carry around--not to mention I got tired of being behind the camera instead of in front of it. (I ended up selling it to the hapless George Allen--despite my impassioned disclaimer regarding the system's drawbacks--too bad for you, George!)

Anywho, when I slipped the 25 year-old VHS tape into my player, it was immediately eaten and mangled almost beyond recovery. After multiple repair attempts, I was able to salvage some of the footage and edited this brief clip for submission to thewho.com's "Windmill Contest".

Wish me luck.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

THE VAULT AT THE MINT

(a.k.a. TSG checks out some rock stuff in 'frisco)
This weekend, the walls of the "Granite Lady" hosted
more than 100
posters, photos and videos
from the Bill Graham archives,

now well known as "Wolfgang's Vault"

Gripes were heard about the quality of the reproductions.
However, they probably wouldn't have allowed photography
of the originals, so I had no complaints.

Link to more images from the field trip