First trip to Catalina for the year

The weather report said it would be 90 degrees. That didn't happen, but it was a beautiful day.
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The wind was low, the water, glassy.
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Moonstone Beach.
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Catalina brings us joy.
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Cartwheels on a deserted beach.
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A nice purple vibrated from this dead crab.
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Deanna was in a good mood.
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Dried up bladder kelp.
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Rent a boat from Joe's Rent-a-boat!
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Lovely Moonstone Beach.
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I wish I went to summer camp here.
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A personal goal of mine was to rehab my broken leg in time to be able to climb and jump off Frog Rock in Catalina this summer. I'm glad to report that goal has been nailed.
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Sand Sculpture.
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The old Atwater Arcade may not be the same pretty soon. I fear change.
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The inside of the arcade is under construction!
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Heading home...
Posted June 10th, 2013 by here we go!
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Sonic Youth, All Tomorrows Parties

These photos are from Saturday 8 November 2003, when Sonic Youth played All Tomorrows Parties in Long Beach, CA at the Queen Mary.
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Thurston Moore.
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Soundscape in progress.
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Lee Ranaldo helps Thurston try to mutilate his dick.
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Guitar Hari-Cari
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You know you are shredding when you make this face.
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"You come running in on platform shoes, With Marshall stacks, To at least just give us a clue" -Thurston Moore
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I went away to see an old friend of mine
His sister came over she was out of her mind
She said Jesus had a twin who knew nothing about sin
She was laughing like crazy at the trouble I'm in
Her light eyes were dancing she is insane
Her brother says she's just a bitch with a golden chain
She keeps coming closer saying "I can feel it in my bones
Schizophrenia is taking me home"
Posted June 5th, 2013 by Yeah
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Australia in 1995

I recently found an old box of negatives and took them to the lab to be proof sheeted so I can ad them to my archive. These negs are from a 1995 trip to Australia with Tobin Yelland, Max Shaaf, Ethan Fowler, Sean Cliver, and Deanna.
Posted May 25th, 2013 by Good times, for a change.
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New Color photos from HB

Here are some recent color photos I have been snapping around downtown Huntington Beach for your viewing pleasure.
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(Scanned from a proof sheet, forgive the poor quality)(But you can see what's up) The Lifeguard tower on the pier.
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Missed the smooch, photo fail.
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The dog-torturer.
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"War does not determine who is right - only who is left." -Bertrand Russell
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"Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me." -John Lennon
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Singing lady just sits there and sings.
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Skyler got fired.
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Coral and her homie.
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#skateboardinggirl
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Posted May 20th, 2013 by Rebel Girl you are the Queen of my world.
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Old Square Photos from OZ

In 1995 I was able to go to Australia to skateboard and be part of a music tour called the "Summersault" festival. I took an old Russian twin lens reflex camera that Miki Vuckovich gave me and tried to shoot some photos.
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Deanna talks with Mike Mills, who came out to be part of an art show that Aaron Rose had organized called "Culture is our Business." And he was able to come on the music part of the tour too.
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Boat in Sydney Harbor.
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Bikini Kill playing. View from backstage.
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Deanna shot a nude of me. After age 28, the metabolism changed.
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Kim Deal leaving the stage after the Breeders played.
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View from a high rise apartment. Below is the Kwala tour van with a trailer for our gear.
Posted May 17th, 2013 by Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys.
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Recent photos from Belgium

Antwerp and Gent are cities that the bulk of tourists overlook in favor or Amsterdam, Brussels, or Paris. But these little Belgian gems are something to check out.
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Gravensteen Castle, Gent.
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"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." -Goethe
 
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Delightful window shopping in Gent.
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"A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool." -Christian Louboutin
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The Gent side streets that you slip down.
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Photo fail.
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Antwerp, Belgium.
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Mobile Meth.
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Shot from the car...
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"Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it." -Tom Lehrer
Posted May 4th, 2013 by Ermahgerd - just figured out what this was. Dumb.
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Photos from Antwerp Belgium

From my recent trip last month. (I was on crutches trying to shoot!)
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"In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact." -Jerry Saltz
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"Love prefers twilight to daylight." -Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized." -Adolf Hitler
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Exhale.
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"The hardest thing for me is walking. Can you imagine you've got a metal pole and if you put pressure on it like a strong walk, you can walk." -Heather Mills
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"There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic." -Lily Tomlin
Posted April 29th, 2013 by excuses, excuses
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New photos from Huntington Beach

Some recent shots from my daily pier walk.
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"Curiosity is the lust of the mind." -Thomas Hobbes
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"Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ." -Heinrich Heine
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"Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil." -Emo Philips
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"Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!'" -Emo Philips
Posted April 21st, 2013 by Sorry for the lag, life gets in the way.
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Monster Video Interview



Ed Templeton Interview Antwerp 2013

Posted April 9th, 2013 by S. Van Returns
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Video Interview from the Symptoms show

Posted April 6th, 2013 by Thanks Belgian Skate Media!
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