tHe dOORs iNDiAn sUMMEr 1970
I'm a Painter Man. And I do flowers, nature or dots, anything that looks pretty. Simple. cOMING uP fOR yOUR eYES oNLY: gOOD cOLORS.
tHe dOORs iNDiAn sUMMEr 1970
San Francisco Santacon 2008
more cookies, more candy canes, more snowflakes, ........
fun
I missed, I believe in Santa Claus
you missed
good fun in San Francisco
I missed it
you missed it
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The song was released in September 1994. Around this time I arrived by AA from LHR-SFO with the first flight from London. There were two flights daily, LHR-SFO. I arrived early at my Leland Hotel @ Bush/Polk. After showering, straight to Van Ness St into a big box store (The Good Guys ?? Today gone) and I bought a small boom box at The Good Guys. Yes, I buy small boomboxes in big box stores. Yes, I buy small boomboxes in big box stores. Went back to my hotel room, unbacked the radio and searched a rock AM station. And here turning the knob and searching, a DJ announced this band and this song: Right away a loud intro, fast and furious, an energy driven guitar. I never heard of
before. I stayed hooked to
and Dolores O'Riordan. I never forgot that moment, never happened again, brand-new radio, listening to first song on and smashes your exception, hopes and impressions. Dolores O'Riordan, what a songwriter. Thank you, Lady and
10 years later, in 2004, I bought
Similar happened to me with Helter Skelter by the Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies.
During my Christmas lunch, as ever always a great treat for your tastes, all the while was playing Jeff Buckley and Grace, even so the restaurant is noisy. Oh gosh & oh god, what a treat. Next to oxygen, as Pitchfork.com so well defined, music is the most important ingredient to keep one alive, but besides 4 me: donuts, root beer, well done garden burgers, rokking & rolling, books, Zinfandel from the Wilson Winery, Yearbook the ski movie, snow and mountains, Hallelujah. I have never ever heard Jeff Buckley's music in a public eatery or drinkery. Here i am, enjoying my Christmas garden burger, well done, very cool customers around me, very stylish staff around me, one waitress had stockings on just to her the knees, small blakk pattern with lots of glitter in it, mini skirt in blakk, a tank top, so her rose tattoo on the back was in plain sight, just at the end of my lunch, one of my favorites by him started: Hallelujah. This is not a Christmas song, but it fit the day. I heard a lot of great Christmas music and I'm not getting tired of it. Many of them are very old melodies, time proofed, to glorify a peak religious event, composed by masters while giving their best. It's their harmonies that blow me, some of the most balanced music. And one of my all time favorites is : Phil Spectors Christmas music from the 70ies. From my hotel room i often could hear the saxophone by a black musician, always on the same street corner, playing Oh Tannenbaum. he played it many times, and i always loved it.
Montevina, Sierra Foothills, Zinfandel, 2001, Amador County Thank you, Steve, great adventure. I enjoy photography of old graves and gravestones in far off forgotten places. I told my wife when I pass...