Thank You, Goodnight!

Cover Star: Hugo Boss and a Nikon remote
Headlining Band: The Mats killing Kiss

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Remember

There is no one more important than you...

This goes out to all my friends, but especially George.

He and I have talked about Roxy Music for hours and me perhaps doing some sort of a photographic homage to these iconic album covers. And I always say, "No way, man." And he laughs that iconic laugh as only George can do.

I miss him.

And my girl...

I'll be here all week...

Cover Star: Country Life
Headlining Band: Roxy Music

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A Patron

Sometimes all you want to do is take a picture of your best friend,

Sometimes your best friend asks for it.

Here it is.

I'm that lucky.

And the entire time it took to take this photo (27 minutes) this song was going through my head, It wasn't about his missing limb (he has all of them), it was about hurrying and getting it right, which I think we did.

And it clearly had nothing to do with him, except everything...

He's more than a brother. He's blood.

Cover Star: Toby
Headlining Band: The Jesus Lizard

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Portrait

This kind of portrait:

It's really easy to do. If you have trust. If you have history. If you have a connection.

Then there's the other kind, which is good too.

I'll be here all week...

Cover Star: MMS
Headlining Band: Ms. Case

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Saturday Night In The Universe

unless you are somewhere else...

Not a Trace of Strange Behavior

Get time back.

That's the goal.

Or make the most of it.

That's the challenge.

"The situation's growing hopeless so I pretended not to notice."

And now, it's gone...

Cover Star: Warhol in Berlin
Headlining Band: The Grifters

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Two More And It's Gone

So I had a dream the other night that these two 'bad men' were breaking into my apartment and they wanted to fucking kill me. I ran and I ran and I ran, but I could not get away (if you've been to my apartment or live in, well, fuck it, anywhere, you understand) and I hid in some non-existent closet until they were about to get me and then I woke the fuck up.

Harshly.

Most of the time I cannot sleep at all. This night I was asleep and the 'bad men' woke me up.

Thank you, brain.

It's a recurring NYC dream. I have it once a year - maybe twice, mostly, I think, because if you really want to jump over the rooftops and crawl into my kitchen window, you can.

And if you do not want to kill me, let's just say, then you can take my TV. Or my computer. Because if you want to carry that shit down three flights and put it in your car - go with god, brother. I'm not carrying it downstairs for you. I already carried it up. It ain't going nowhere unless you want it. Have at it.

I had my house keys winged at my head once. They missed.
I've taken two punches to the face. They did not miss.
I've weaved and bobbed with the best of them, mostly walking away right after I tried desperately to reason with 'them.'
Never really works...

I guess the bottom line is this:

If you want to hurt me or steal my TV - do it.

I've got better shit to do.

This post is for CD, as an apology for being an asshole.

Cover Star: moi
Headlining Band: Da Yout

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I Have An Idea

And I haven't had one for quite some time. Photographically, I mean...

Stay put. Focus. Don't succumb. Ignore outside syllables. Contain emotions.

Focus. Did I mention that? I think I might have.

Why go when you can stay? Why worry when you have so much to do?

Recognize the good shit - celebrate it even. Leave all the bad shit behind - ignore it even.

Life's too short and work is important. And godammit, do not live your life based on other people's expectations!

Stay tuned...

Cover Star: Sahid
Headlining Band: Cereal Hero Killers

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Noise

"It's my favorite shot of you, you look so pretty, your eyes were true..."

Less than a month ago I posted a shot that one could call provocative. It took a lot of courage.

Two artists realizing a shot that was an homage to two others, not that we equate ourselves with either one of them. Respect, yes. Homage, yes. Equivalent, no.

It's a photographic statement. That's all.

I don't know if my ex-girlfriends have seen it. I don't know if my parents have seen it. No one has said anything to me about it. And I do not care. In fact, I haven't even thought about it until this morning.

It's a photograph. It's a song. Sing it. It was a moment in time, now, long gone.

Who the fuck cares? I just want the noise to stop. If I cannot do THAT, then I cannot do anything. Take that away from me and I will cease to create.

Period.

"What's real? What's true? I ain't turning my back on you..."

Cover Star: TV
Headlining Band: Lee

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Pork Roast

According to my Mother:

350 degrees "for more than an hour."
Rub it in oil, whatever oil you have, olive, canola, whatever...
Salt and pepper it.
Heat it covered.

Delicious!

Cover Stars: My Moscow magazine coming soon...
Headlining Band: Wolf

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