buk puttin' the hammer down! nice to see your painting in it's intended habitat...

some new books (to me) "picasso's world of children" is a remarkable collection of of 200 examples of picasso's children depictions and an eye-opening chapter of paintings kept for himself of his own children. kay's commentary is also interesting. i bought this at an estate sale. hardcover was published in 1984, i think (no date in the book). "the return of sherlock holmes" entertained me over the holidays. a re-read of charles bukowski's "tales of ordinary madness" has me engrossed at the moment...

zeppelin is a "2"????? that said, here's some classic beatles performances: live in washington 1964-shot by the maysles check out ringo on the revolving stage in the clip above....no microphones on the drums! beatles "money"

love these pics...anytime there is iron or steel going up, i wanna see!

excellent post, steve....

here i am with my youngest brother and sister on Christmas: edit to add: i'm in the middle...

kick-ass post....and thread. ROCK ON!

here's page and the crowes doing "oh, well" page crowes here's fleetwood mac doing it in 1969 on the bbc: here's "albatross": albatross "the green manalishi" (not the judas priest version): on this song, peter green and danny kirwans go head to head. here any chicago blues licks in here?: that ought to hold everyone for a minute... hats off, ZFF edit to add: ZFF-you should turn some folks on to peter's stuff with john mayall if you get a chance....

'albatross' is also a song that was in rotation around the studio whilst the beatles made abbey road. i'll leave it to ZFF to tell you what song it influenced on that album, as he knows his beatles, yes he does...

i'm using your doubleneck as my background. great work!

after putting together the dvd that was released and working with footage of the band throughout their entire career, how do you think the concert footage from 'tsrts' rates in comparison-and if you were able to go back in time and film the band on any tour or year, which incarnation of the band would you choose? editted to add: thanks, sam!

you've really caught him! i'm very impressed-with the draughtsmanship and with the use of color. i would love to see other examples of your work, buk...

i'm glad you cleared that up.

good one! on a semi-serious note, a good indication of an overated band would be a career spanning box set with only four good songs on it.... ....hey, the velvets qualify!

beatles overrated? this is only said by musical snob elitists that want to sound hip. what are you, a blue meanie? i do like throbbing gristle, though. great choices in graphic illustration. so-so music. they are right up there with hawkwind and the exploding plastic inevitable, although i give the musical ability vote to hawkwind by a country mile. (an expression we use in pepperland) the beatles still manage to affect peoples minds. i spit out gristle at dinner. where's the beef? if we are taking nominations for most overrated band, i would throw in the verve, velvet underground, and oasis. notice i left out throbbing gristle. they're not even rated.

that is the most awesome picture!

hot....

killer pics, otto. looking a little syd barrett without the crazy in your early days ( imean that in a good way. syd was a good looking boy).

killer pics, otto. looking a little syd barrett without the crazy in your early days ( imean that in a good way. syd was a good looking boy).

aqua, lillith and hotplant- -thank you, ladies, for making an old mutt like me feel nice... speaking of italy, is anyone here from sicily?

second first...before summer. as much as i hate to shave, beards are unbearable for me in the summertime. thank you!

two recent... me, the other day on top of the building i'm finishing.. me, trying to figure out how to take a picture and still see my eyes:

stevea.jones has. he posted the possibilities earlier...