Born on a Thursday #24 ~ All Shook Up

What’s the best thing to do when you can barely think and the weather is crappy and you’re visiting your mom who is a smoker and you are not? Look through boxes of stuff to see what you can find. I’ve been looking for two things mainly — old vocal exercise tapes with my coach Don Lawrence and videos of my performances. I found neither of those things. I did find one box with artwork and journals that have moldered and mice have made nests of, LPs that Chewie the pet rabbit has been snacking on, and, (redemption!) photos that are in pristine condition of my band The Halfbreeds!

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World of Acid – Lost and (almost) found Artwork

While searching for something else on the internet – I found The World of Acid! I designed this album cover for Parallel World’s release of The World of Acid. It is a compilation of rare tracks of acid/psych music from the 60s. I think the album is at my mother’s house, or maybe my sister’s […]

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An Astronaut and His Guitar

Commander Chris Hadfield recorded his own version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity while in orbit on board the International Space Station. This makes me so happy! My heart feels so light. Amazing! Of course, I love David Bowie’s original as well. Meanwhile, back on Earth, carbon dioxide levels have reached an average daily level above 400 […]

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when the funky get funky

After the weekend I had, I needed this. When you’re feeling funky, might as well get funky. Papa Was a Rolling Stone mash up. March 25, 2013Arizona

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Lee Hazelwood, Nancy Sinatra, Lou Reed, and Salvador Calvano

Six months ago I called Salvador Calvano for a massive hair style change – after looking up several salons in Phoenix, I just got a good feeling from Salvador’s and Patty’s website. I managed to book Salvador right before he left to New York to style hair during Fashion Week (which was another clue that he was awesome, not to mention having a look at his portfolio).

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Unbleached mottled memory

Growing up, I felt like a boy. When I discovered David Bowie, something beyond gender stirred in me. He cracked open a snake egg in my spine and my nervous system squirmed. His voice took me out of my body and put me in the stars.

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