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Important discovery made recently by me.

Jamison Uhler. NBC Philly anchorman and one of Philadelphia Magazine's "Sexiest Bachelors."

Jamie Uhler (w/rubberband on face). Boy in middle school who teased me and made me laugh.
Gary Gnu. Head anchorman on The Great Space Coaster. Conclusion: Are they all the same guy?... investigation to follow.

All of My Friends Were There

While visiting my friends Jill and Matt this past weekend, I couldn't help but notice this gem of a photo hanging in their apartment. Apparently if a family member was not present for a family portrait, Jill's grandmom used to cut and paste them into the photo. If only she had experienced the magical wonder of Photoshop! I suggested Jill add a small photo of her own head to her mom's belly on the far left.

(Can you spot the two additions to the photo??)

Democratic Camera

Went to this spectacular photography exhibit at the Whitney this past weekend in NY. According to the exhibit notes, William Eggleston "is credited almost single-handedly with ushering in the era of color photography." Eggleston, with his "democratic camera," captures slices of everyday American life and brings beauty and vibrancy to seemingly mundane scenes. He calls his camera democratic because he believes no captured image is more significant or less significant than another. I thought his vivid colors and clean compositions were so beautiful. Above are some shots from the exhibit. The first of the bunch is the cover of a Big Star album.

Stroll On

I was thinking of the movie Blow-Up today and the infamous scene where the Yardbirds play and Jeff Beck smashes his guitar. The movie is slow, but hypnotic and that scene is so great. It's timeless--could be any indie show in Philly, today. Bored hipsters standing around with their arms folded waiting to be entertained. A couple of weird kids dancing off in a corner. I love how everyone lose their minds and start screaming when he throws the guitar off stage. That part definitely brings you back and reminds you it's the sixties.

The Blow-Up performance was during that brief stretch in time when the Yardbirds had dueling lead guitarists--Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Two guitarists who both happened to be pretty incredible musicians. Beck was heavy into experimentation at the time and turned the band on to a more psychedelic sound.

Posted above is the scene from Blow-Up. Below is another one of my favorite Yardbirds' songs called "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago." The video quality kind of sucks sadly. Nonetheless, it is incredibly rockin, and way ahead of its time. Some consider it to be one of the first psychedelic songs ever. Beck shreds it in the end (uh sorry, did I just say shreds?). Ok, mostly I just posted it because Page looks so dang cute playing his guitar (0:45).

The Choice is Yours

Anything could happen and it could be right now

the choice is yours so make it worthwhile

-The Clean

I would look through the boughs and think I saw my lucky star...

New Year's Resolution #133: Get guitar restrung. Get rockin!

(Pictured above: The loverly Eleanor Friedberger--*inspirado.*)

Freezy Freakies

I told James he would be psyched when he saw my post for today. I said it was another eighties blast from the past--wait for it--"freezy freakies." To which he looked at me blankly and said, "Huh?" And I said, "You know! Those gloves that when you went outside in the cold pictures would appear! Like robots or unicorns!" He said, "It must have been a Delco thing."

Whatever! It was so beyond Delco, boy! Those things were rad!