Strip club is lifeline for ex-journalist
Best quote, when the guy compares himself to Wolf Blitzer, and DL Hughley calls him the Wolf Blitzer of thongs…
“Yes, we have our own Situation Room”
Too funny.
Archive for February, 2009
Headline of the week
Friday, February 20th, 2009Josh Turner @ Mesa Arts Center
Monday, February 16th, 2009A few of the shots from that Josh Turner concert I had mentioned a few posts ago.
Nice looking guy.
Also, I noticed that this site doesn’t look quite right when viewed in Internet Explorer. Not sure how to fix that since I don’t have IE in my computer. Hmmm… I’ll figure something out.
Also, also, I just want to say, thank God the NBA All Star stuff is over. Although it was nice to see downtown Phoenix looking like very lively and downtown-ish.
25 things I don’t want to know about you
Saturday, February 14th, 2009Joel Stein used to write the back page column for Entertainment Weekly some years ago, and they were hilarious. Then randomly, they replaced him with Stephen King, and bless him but he was nowhere near as witty as Mr. Stein.
Click here for a funny article from Stein about that ‘25 things’ phenomenon going on in Facebook right now.
I have to admit that it’s a mutual relationship. People who write these lists want attention (wanting attention is not a necessarily bad thing), and those who read it enjoy the time-killing it provides. A diversion from our monotonous jobs, 20 minutes to kill before Judge Judy starts, etc. I think the whole ‘25 things’ deal is harmlessly annoying, as long as we’re all on the same page: that I, as well as a good percentage of the people on your friend list, really don’t care.
I’ve tried reading some ‘friends’ lists, but I often get as far as the second thing only to realize that they’re:
a) really, amazingly self-indulgent, even more so than I thought these particular people were.
b) hella boring.
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On a different note, did everyone read that story about the Australian Koala, Sam, saved from the tragic wildfires by a firefighter? It’s such an adorable/heartbreaking story.
Credits, AP Photo
Sam recuperating from her ordeal.
And now, just in time for Valentine’s Day…
Sam, right, and her new boyfriend, Bob, share a moment. Aw, seriously, what’s better than hugging koalas?
Heart
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Heart @ Celebrity Theatre
That last photo was taken at about half a second, but there’s something about it that I like, even though it’s not your usual shot from the front. It was my first time at Celebrity Theatre, and it was an overall good experience. The parking people didn’t give me any problems nor did they make me pay. Also, they have a revolving stage!
Ann and Nancy Wilson were rocking it out, and I wish I could’ve stayed for the whole show. Granted I did have tickets (technically, I could’ve taken photos the whole time. I love it when media reps give us tickets instead of just escorting us in a out of the venue!) but I had to get back to The Dark Tower to return a lens to Manny. At which point he found out I was shooting Heart, and I believe his words were “if I had known you were shooting them, I would’ve taken that assignment from you.” I’m thinking he was joking, besides, Manny, you just came back from the SUPERBOWL!!
Also shot some country dude called Josh Turner earlier this week. I had to wait about an hour before he came on, while listening to random country music. I can’t quite explain, but I felt it in my soul, in my bones… how much I was not digging it. I’ll put those photos up later on. Anyone watching the Grammys?
Something very fascinating and nautical
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Moving on from that damn unfortunate business of the Cardinals…
Photos from the San Diego Maritime Museum.
The Museum has several old-school ships, which I had seen anchored by the Bay on previous trips, but never had a chance to explore. I’ve always liked stuff like that. Who knows why. Anyone read Patrick O’brian’s books that Master and Commander was based on? Brilliant books, by the way, or at least the first six or so that I’ve read (there are a lot more!). The movie obviously takes many liberties, but it’s still one of my favorites.
The pictures above are from inside one of the museum ships, the Star of India. There was a cool, fiber-glass looking drawing of the ship, labeling all its sails.
From the deck, looking out into the Bay. The ship in the distance is the Lynx, in town for a gun battle with the Star of India the next day.
Originally called ‘Uterpe’
Carver Ron Zeunges was kind enough to spend some time giving me the scoop on the ship. He also talked about the programs where you could learn how to sail, etc. How I wished I lived in San Diego now.
You’d think I’d have a picture of the whole ship, but my constant curse also known as “Not Having a Wide Angle Lens” prevented me from taking a decent photo of the whole thing. Go here for photo, and the ship’s history.
And to my surprise (no pun intended, honestly I had no idea until one of the volunteers on board the Star told me), the actual ship used in Master and Commander, called ‘Surprise’ was part of the museum’s fleet.
The original ship was called ‘The Rose’, and since the owners did not want her back when the studio was done, they gave her to the museum. Unfortunately, I was told that a lot of its original construction was ruined during production. Anything that got in the way of a camera or the aesthetics, was torn down. It still looks pretty decent though, and I think they’ve made it functional once again.
Below deck you can see how they modified the wheel, so that actors could pretend to be maneuvering the ship from the deck, but really it was being controlled by experts below.
I’m shooting a few concerts this week, so hopefully I’ll have more in the way of posts coming soon.
