We’ll all get it from Canada someday.
September 2006
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Sat 30 Sep 2006
Wed 13 Sep 2006
So I was shooting pictures of the rock posters for a magazine article I’m writing when my monoball locked up completely(insert pun here) as if someone dabbed superglue inside the thing. There was no movement whatsoever and I started freakin’. ‘Relax Halle,’ I thought and don’t put the thing in the table vise just yet. Arca-Swiss ballheads cost a small fortune and are worth every penny imo. Mine had performed flawlessly for 7 years.
Desperate, I considered roaring to the nearest photo store, Portland’s venerable Citizens Photo, and asking for help, a rental or worse yet buying a new monoball.
It then dawned on me: Google it baby!
This article and Bob Johnson’s words, “Simply grab the main locking knob firmly and force-rotate it clockwise about an eighth of an inch,” saved my bacon. Today anyway.
Shit happens and shit gets fixed quickly sometimes thankfully.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
I can’t stop listening to this one.
Sun 3 Sep 2006
We’re having a party. Here’s the text from the invite we just emailed:
Dear Family & Friends,
Attached is an invitation to an art exhibit Michelle and I are having Thursday, September 28th at our NE Portland home. The exhibit, titled Not For Sale, will coincide with Alberta Street’s Last Thursday. Alberta is a short 5 block walk from our home so we hope you make it a fun evening by starting or finishing it with us.
We’re showing a small portion of our collection of period west coast rock & roll posters from the late 1960’s. Hit this link to see a few of the posters in the show plus our recently remodeled garage space:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/halle/sets/72157594213141314/
I collected these posters from my friend and fellow Angelino Nick Pawl between 1989 & 1993. “Three Rail” Nick managed and liquidated a friend’s head shop on the Sunset strip in 1969.
The story goes that Nick’s buddy was over his head financially with the business, fled the country and handed Nick the keys one day with the instructions, “Sell what you can and the lease is up in 2 months.” The shop’s biggest asset consisted of 7,000 or so concert posters most of which were delivered directly from the L.A. and Bay Area printers. Nick’s payment for dismantling the failed business was a stash of 1,500 or so posters nearly all in “impeccably mint” condition.
Please bring a friend or more. Light refreshments will be provided. Although enhancing to the artwork, no electric Kool-Aid will be served. However, we are hoping that the spirits of Kesey, Leary and Dr. Thompson will be with us for the entirety of the evening.
Cheers,
Michael
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