late night coffee shops

Touyube Goodness

2009-12-20T14:12:00.001-08:00

More Gory Details

2009-12-11T22:41:00.000-08:00

the life

2009-11-12T17:47:00.001-08:00

AHA! Something NEW has been added!

2009-11-02T19:57:00.000-08:00

GORY DETAILS! Mango Fly Infestation

2009-11-02T19:01:00.000-08:00

My pal Reverend Al Ridenour is the shadowy king of underground Los Angeles. He's Bob Clampett, Basil Wolverton and Soupy Sales all rolled into one. (Yes, I am serious!) Anything he does is guaranteed to be fun. His latest project is dramatic presentations based on real life medical trauma... "The Art of Bleeding". HOW FUN IS THAT?! I'm going to be following this series closely.

I should pitch Al on my "monkey monologues" idea.

Happy Pal-o-ween!

2009-10-27T16:28:00.000-07:00

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Work in Progress

2009-10-24T17:01:00.000-07:00

Leonard Rossiter- GENIUS!

2009-10-17T14:14:00.001-07:00

People in the US don't know Leonard Rossiter, but he is famous in the UK. Check out these commercials for Cinzano he did with Joan Collins!

Rossiter was an accomplished actor, but he excelled in comic characters. Check out Netflix for The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and Rising Damp. You'll be glad you did.

And for the brave, check out Leonard Rossiter's performance as "Le Petomane"

Do The Tantrum!

2009-10-02T17:47:00.001-07:00

Win A Dream Date With...

2009-09-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

I probably don't have many lady readers (since I posted that chimp attack post) but for the few of you out there, I present this video as a public service...

Dating Montage
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Good Lord Almighty

2009-09-02T22:50:00.001-07:00

Monkey Magic

2009-08-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

See more funny videos and Cute Animals Videos at Today's Big Thing.

Thanks, Michael!

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Up Above My Head

2009-08-23T13:45:00.000-07:00

What Th'...?!

2009-08-19T10:43:00.000-07:00

Jo-Jo Made A Cartoon!

2009-08-17T23:07:00.000-07:00

YouTube: Boy Shoots Video At Apple Store

2009-08-16T14:05:00.001-07:00

San Diego Skyline

2009-07-23T00:30:00.001-07:00

Shot with my new Canon SD880 point n'shoot camera.

Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey

2009-07-09T20:16:00.000-07:00

Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.

More Great Mary Kaye Trio

2009-06-18T18:05:00.000-07:00

Mary Kaye Trio: Lonesome Road / Smile A While Today / Get Happy

Ghost Town: The Bumpy Road To Bodie

2009-06-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

When I was very small, I had one of those horses on springs. I would jump on it and bounce around furiously while my Dad would urge me on, calling out to me to "Ride that horse down the bumpy road to Bodie!"

Before I was born, my family had taken a trip to the High Sierras and my Dad and Mom never forgot the potholes they had to navigate their 56 Chevy station wagon over. It was a memory they spoke of often. When I got a little older, I got to visit Bodie with my folks, navigating a slightly more modern Chevy station wagon over those same potholes. Bodie became a lasting part of my consciousness as well.

There's something about the air in the High Sierras... and the light too. Bodie felt like another planet... still... quiet.. except for the incessant wind blowing through the boards. Even as a child, it seemed to me to be a very special place.

Throughout my life, I've had a special interest in ghost towns. As a Boy Scout, my Dad would take me camping at Calico Ghost Town. I'm still not entirely sure why sagebrush and shacks appeal to me so much, but it has something to do with the stillness left behind.

I know there aren't really any ghosts here, but that doesn't mean that I don't still feel their presence. People always leave a mark on the land... just like the sun, and the wind and the rains do.

I love places like this, and to this day, I dream of riding that horse down the bumpy road to Bodie.

I have a photograph of me as a toddler stark naked riding the horse, but it's locked up in a drawer. Don't bother to ask.

Here's a great documentary on Bodie from the mid-1950s... probably not too long before my folks first navigated those legendary potholes...

Part One:

Part Two:

If you love ghost towns like I do, check out my photographs of...

Mary Kaye Trio: Calypso

2009-05-29T20:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a great clip of the queen of Las Vegas and the first lady of rock and roll... Mary Kaye. Enjoy!
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You Can Beat Swine Flu!

2009-05-11T10:28:00.001-07:00

Another brilliant Art of Bleeding video from my friend, Al Ridenour.

Vasquez Rocks Panorama

2009-05-06T16:11:00.000-07:00

That tiny sliver of a picture is a 180 degree panorama of Vasquez Rocks taken with my Tokina 11-16 2.8 and Nikon D200. But the tiny web images don't do justice to this whopping 36 megapixel image. Roll up your sleeves, put on a pot of coffee and get lost in the detail of the Full Size Version of this image.
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Chinese Bluegrass

2009-02-24T12:50:00.000-08:00

The Worst Story I Ever Heard

2009-02-21T10:58:00.001-08:00