The Aussie/Celtic/Rock band Brother performed at River Rhythms Wednesday evening. The band has down sized from when I first got to know them in the mid 90’s. Seem to have lost a bit of energy too. Though still a very lovely way to spend an evening in Pierre Marquette Park. A good time was had […]
Category Archives: Music
Weird Wednesday already?
Almost forgot about this new LUG tradition. Though Wayne Torry reminded me with his wonderful contribution. I always find it a bit weird when multiple media events vie for my attention. The more disharmonious — the more weird it seems. (click image for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
John Stropes brought George Winston’s vast guitar knowledge to Milwaukee
Last Friday John Stropes introduced George Winston to a small group of his guitar students and friends. John has been educating Wisconsin in the various forms of finger style guitar techniques for several decades; both through courses at UWM and his many other venues. In that generous spirit John ensured the lessons were well documented for […]
Tears of joy
Every fall around this time Alverno College hosts the two day Global Union concerts. Yesterday, in Humboldt Park, under deep blue skies, in bright sunlight, I had tears of joy running down my cheeks and hair standing up on my arms, as I photographed Delhi 2 Dublin. These young Canadian men and woman take possession of […]
Draw (still) life in — to truly see it
Dorothea Lange said, “The camera is an instrument which teaches people how to see without a camera.” Emile Zola offered, “In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.” I believe that drawing also teaches people how to see [without a camera]. If you truly want to “see deeply” into […]
Beale Street 25 years later
Twenty five plus years ago I spent a day on Beale Street, the “home of the blues and birthplace of rock’n’roll.” At 39 it felt real. Musicians were on the street and in the clubs. Earlier this month, while attending the ABANA Conference in Memphis, Seth and I spent an evening on the street and […]
Sophia-days = grand Wednesdays
grand pa and grand child duets with me on guitar and she on harmonica (click images for larger view) hiking to observation towers developing the habit of sharing a chocolate malt between pinball and bowling games or just talking around the kitchen table always delightful time well spent Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron
Traveling back through the weeks that were
Traveling through the last few weeks with thoughts mostly of Ann and her upcoming birthday; which occurred on August 17th. It all began with a trip up the coast to Sheboygan, WI to introduce Jim Proue and David White. I’d thought it would be fun to have them sing and play at Ann’s little surprise family birthday […]
light and music
“At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to ‘hear […]
Panning for gold in the stream: twitter 4 months later
(click image for larger view) My friend, David White, introduced me to twitter. As a web designer and marketing consultant I felt a need to know; to keep up with trends. I began following people that David followed; and posted my first brief message on November 22nd, 2008. It took a lot of time to […]