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Yet again!

Another lovely day in Hollywood!

Manny in the studio

Hung out and took a few pics last night in the studio.

Guitar solo with pizza

If you listen to the track closely you can hear Manny chew.

It is the secret to his "sound".

Now he is gonna kill me for telling you all that.

Not giving a fuck

A pretty good example of it.

The what for

Manny is actually lunging for Jimmy's throat here.

Manny at the controls

Manny hates me and my camera.

After this shot he pulled a gun on me.

Don't let the smile fool you.

Jimmy James brings the Jam

Jimmy James in Manny's studio doing some nice slide work. Thought I'd get all arty with the crazy double exposures.

Look at me, I'm an art fag!

Phantom of the harpsicord?

He was trying to get me to go down there, but man, I dunno. It looked really creepy and he had handcuffs.

Not implying anything here, just saying.

Paul the worker bee

It's amazing how a flash blinding your eyes can help you focus on all that fine detail work.

Paul at work

Slaving away.

Photo booth

This thing steals all my business.

Day drinking

Might as well have a drink. Where the hell is everyone anyways?

Hangover in the making

Grill on Rick.

Grill the fuck on.

On location

Image by Mike Powell.

And yes, as a matter of fact, I am available as a Image Consultant. Why do you ask?

The Space Downtown

If you are a fan of haunted, creepy ass places stop on by for a drink.

Thee L.A. Gentlemen Callers

On tour yet again.

So now Jensen has to stop giving me shit about not posting this!

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New Promo Mailer

Did a piece for a promo mailer this past Saturday night. Took about 6 hours including shooting all the elements. I think it should look pretty good in print.

Thee Immortal Jimmy James

Be wary of this dangerous chap. He may look harmless, but he exudes clouds of intoxicating smoke.

Which could be a good thing depending on your situation now that I think about it.

Rainy day shoot

On a shoot all day today in the rain.

With a very bad cold.

That just got a cubit shit ton worse.

Yeah.

Just call me bitchie.

BBQ

You know how I know your gay Pete? You can handle a wiener like a pro. That's how I know.

Frisbee Golf?

So Calixto, you wanna play some Frisbee golf? How about some Hacky Sack?

Ok, it's cool bro. We'll just smoke out and listen to Phish. Cool bro?

Paul the Guy

It's Paul the Guy. Do not feed Paul the Guy. Do not make any sudden movements around Paul the Guy. Avoid sharp objects around Paul the Guy. Do not taunt Paul the Guy. Do not operate Paul the Guy under the Influence of drugs or alcohol. If under the influence, you best better share. Use of Paul the Guy should be limited to under 1 hour per day. Do not stare directly at Paul the Guy. Paul the Guy is for entertainment purposes only. No warranty stated or implied regarding the quality or accuracy of Paul the Guy. Do not use Paul the Guy if you have ever had an allergic reaction to his product or any of his ingredients. It's Paul the Guy fer Christ's' sakes!

More funny haha

Laughing with beers study number 210 at Kill Radio with those fewls from Casual Fridays.

Friday

Hanging at Kill Radio on Friday with the fellers from Casual Fridays.

I may have gotten drunk at some point. I can't be sure.

Wiskey Biscuit

The Wiskey Biscuit (click for myspace page) were kind enough to let me annoy the hell out of them at a rehersal the other night. Here of some of the pics. It was a fun night, all shot long lens stoney.

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Thee L.A. Gentlemen Callers

The lovey dovey Gentlemen Callers invited me out to shoot them last night. Had a fine and drunken time. Working on some new compositions / timing things when shooting live. It went pretty well I think.

If you wanna hear these guys click here:

Thee L.A. Gentelmen Callers.

The Foots

On some holiday around noonish.

Thanksgiving morning

Burning Brides

Burning Brides live at Sunset Junction.

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On Tour

Went on tour for three shows with The Drip from Chicago and Thee L.A. Gentleman Callers. Good times were had I hear.

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Not a bad morning

Guess the location and win a prize!

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still life with rocker

BBQ Time

Sweet sunshine and beers and meatsies and fireworks and ... and....

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Paul the guy

Pay close attention to the writing on the wall.

Little joys

Late nights and empty beers.

Practice

...makes drunk.

Summer Days Gone By

......:::.......

Sunday

Right after the meeting with the lawyers to hash out the finer points of our stock options and after working out the exchange rates of our mutal funds we had a short beer break.

Wait....

I think I just made all that up. We were just drinking all day.

Wakie wakie

Rise and shine little Von.

Sunday smokes

Strange abandoned real estate a pack of teens was walking up to smoke pot in the houses as we were leaving.
Reminded me of home.

Hill Top View

Driving around because we have nothing better to do and we could not be more thankful.

No Really!

"No really, I mean it. I had no idea!"

Hmmm...... Me thinks someone is telling a fib.

Bar room guilt

I KNOW you did it, why are you hiding?

new car smell

Someone got a new car.

More smokers

\:........:/

smokers

Smoking cigs is really bad, but it still photographs well.

take two

Just messing around

Slugger

The only man I know who has had his name invoked AS a curse.

Mad Jack the Butcher

Fresh.

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yes

Please notice the festive bunting.

Blue Eyed Strangler

"Oh, I'll choke a bitch."

Smokes

Smokes and slave flash part 2

Summer Heat

Oppressive heat.

Friends and leaving town

Off to the land of cheese he goes, good memories my friend.

Peaches 2

Once having submitted to laughter, it seems our subject matter can no longer restrain himself from mirthful outbreaks.

Hmmm, yes. Very interesting indeed.

Peaches

Never having been documented laughing, or even smiling for that matter, our expert photographers have tracked this solemn beast for 2+ years in quest of this very photo.

L.A. Rain

Rain in L.A. and more of the backyard.

Backyard

More backyard fun.

101

There is a story here.

Somewhere.

Summer

Summertime is here, why are you inside?

Sunset Portrait #2306

Because she claims she does not photograph well.

Sunday

Beers and seafood and being to hungover to write anything interesting.

Or work has already sucked my creative will out of my body.

rolling...

"Dude, this is fucking Hollywood. I do not answer Unknown Calls."

"But Dude, your number is fucking blocked too man."

"Dude, this is fucking Hollywood. Of course I have my fucking number blocked."

Hollywood is anything but boring.

Pay Attention

Hanging out and drinking beers, someone pulls out a gun. Not in that way, but in a, "Get this fucking heavy thing out of my belt" way. Nice piece too I might add. All sorts of tales start to be spun at this visual cue, guns are quite the conversation piece. See that is what Europe does not understand, us Americans don't really like our guns, we like to talk.

Beer and talking and smoking. I pick up the gun to feel it's weight and balance. It's a good gun. He really does know his shit after all.

I place it back on the table only after I hold it in my shirt and wipe it clean of any finger prints.

He catches this and makes eye contact with me. He nods. He now knows that I know my shit as well.

And a Hollywood friendship is born.

Von's

There was another man, not this man, but another. But this man is the foil of the tale, I figured I should point this out in the case that you think my casting is fucked.

A super-christo, no drink or sex till 26 and moved to Hollywood type, if you know the type. A bottle of gin later he wants to try what is being tried.

Snorting Dilauded.

And there ends another Hollywood tale.

More

And for awhile it was cool.

But then he got all grab-assy and the Dude don't swing that way.

Friends as models

So I said, "Get the fuck up, I need a body in this shot asshole."

Night shoot

Cold and rainy.

heh

Camera phones are fun simply because they piss people off.

Blue Haven

Work is for suckers.

Freakin' actors

He got to cut off someones face for a TV show.

I can't wait to see it.

I wonder is it looks like any of my, umm, "Custom" work I've done.

*goes back to sharpening knives*

And then it was again....

In the wonder of the moment he forgot that he had in fact not found the missing keys to the heart of the issue.

Dirty, dirty van

What's in the bag Frank?

Robin Darko

Strange dreams I have had as of late
odd times are in my heart
and my head is heavy with thought

Not a bad weekend part 2

So what are you trying say? You look kinda bored. So was it a good show or what?