"Garden Of Air Delights by Flam Chen (with The Missing Parts) at Barrio Brewing Company's Tea Room, May 17th, 2012, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
Flam Chen playing with their food.
Would have liked to have tasted that fiery dessert but I was busy at the time.
Thanks to Paul for the all access pass, and to the owners and managers of Barrio Brewing for letting me shoot from behind the bar.
"Century Plant Sunset, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
"Blue Window, Arivaca, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
I really hate HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography. Can't stand it. I know it's popular and all, but it's too much like a big orange drink to me. I prefer unsweetened tea. I say that, for the blue you see in the above image was there when I shot it. Just the beauty of the reflected late afternoon light inside a burned-up house. No fiddling. Now the photo below is fiddled with, a graphic, full-black-full-white image to be used as a chapter-heading for my new novel (I can't afford to print the novel in four colors, so only black and white graphic images in it. Plus black and whites work better given the subject matter. You'll see.) But the above image is simply the product of good Arizona light on a nice day. Here endeth the sermon.
"Saguaro Window, Sonoran Desert, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
For the fairie folk in Atlanta, Raleigh, Ottawa and Chagford. Y'all know who you are.
"Finger Rock Star Circle, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
Back to shooting with film for a while. I do love my Rolleis. And those dotted lines are airplanes on their final approach to Pheonix Sky Harbor, a hundred miles to the north.
I know, as Mike Birbiglia would say.
And you all know how much I hate ArtSpeak but I am trying here and in some future images, to make photographs that look both old and new at the same time, both Pre-Raphealite and Post-Post-Modern. I think this one works that way, with the plane trails, the saguaros and the sepia tones. But what do you think?
Photographs from "The State of Hate and Extremism in American" on Monday, April 16th, 2012 at the Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts, sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
(From top to bottom: Richard Cohen, President, Southern Poverty Law Center; Don Logan, Diversity Activist; Gerda Klein, 2010 Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, and subject of "One Survivor Remembers".; and Morris Dees, Founder, Southern Poverty Law Center.)
Google any and all of the names above, or click on the links to the film or to the Center.
I need to rewrite my will to make it simpler to administer. (I've learned a few things about wills in the past year. My will is a bit of a nightmare right now. I'm OK, my health's fine, but I don't want to leave a mess for my executor.) In the new will, I'm going to bequeath 5% of my assets to the Center. You might want to, as well. Just a thought.
Fun fact from the night: I saw a photo of a Klan leader that the Center successfully sued. (The KKK and other hate and 'patriot' groups despise the SPLC because they take their money, their land and their stuff and then give the assets to the victim's families.) On the side of the Klansman's head were tattooed two words: Fuck SPLC. Donate as you can.
I've taken a number of good photographs of my studio, but none are better than this one taken by Jeff Smith, last Maundy Thursday.
Three tracks from 'Deaths & Injuries' were recorded at BR-549.
Thanks, Jefe. You are a very good man and a very good artist.
Thanks to all who attended my CD release party on Maundy Thursday, supporting my new album Deaths & Injuries. A good time, I believe, was had by all. And if you want to see and hear a couple of the songs played that evening, just go to the StuTube and you'll find them there. I only played (or rather sang) one song from Deaths & Injuries. Watching me play atmospheric music is as entertaining as grass growing, plus it was a lot of fun to sing some old songs to everyone. I was a bit pitchy but I sang with commitment (LOL.)
And many thanks to Jeff Smith for pics and some vid, and to Kathleen Dreier for pics too. (Kathleen's pics have her watermark. All unmarked images here are by Jeff Smith.) And thanks to Laura for providing the wonderful spread of food for the occasion.
I can't thank everyone enough. Again, if you want to hear me play a Mike Ness song, a Buddy and Julie Miller song, and Man Of Constant Sorrow, just click on this link.
And Happy Bunny Day and Happy Passover. Prayers all around.
"Owl's Head Tortoise, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
"Miller's Spiral, Sonoran Desert, Arizona" (c) 2012 Stu Jenks
