PATTERNS AND TONES

Another recent cover that includes photography I shot is on this new compilation from my favorite Bay Area punks - The Mr. T Experience. "Shards" Volume Two - Pieces of The Mr. T Experience 1985-1999 is an amazing collection out on Sounds Rad Records . Like Volume I, this record contains 16 bonus tracks that had appeared on various MTX CD's over the years but had never made it to their full length LPs. For a complete history on how this occured, please visit Dr. Frank's blog here  and here ! I photographed Dr. Frank , Joel Reader and Jym Pittman for the 7th MTX LP back in 1997. It was shot in my old photo studio inside The Warfield Building which also housed the famous Warfield Theatre . The studio on Market Street in San Francisco was situated right between the two ladies on the outside of the building's facade. Outtakes from that photo shoot are also included on both Volume I and II inserts. Julie Green October 27, 2018 Inside Volume I ...

Five years ago on February 4th I started my weekly blog Patterns and Tones because I was stuck. I needed a self imposed deadline that would drive me to create work, as a way to push myself to perpetually create. It's been an inspirating platform for me to explore ideas and create visual narratives that I want to share with others. This year I thought I would explore my passion for painting but quickly realized that it takes large swaths of time and that is one luxury I do not have much of these days. I also missed shooting and thinking about the photographic processes.  So back to the darkroom I go and hope you continue to visit and enjoy my weekly blog. Every anniversary I like to look back at the top 10 most visited posts in the Patterns and Tones departments.  I'm very happy to see that the Tone of the year went to punk rock legend and all around great guy Frank Portman in " A Rock 'n' Roll Checkup with Dr. Frank ". This blog post saw more than 1...

Dr. Frank from The Mr. T Experience I thought it would be a good time of year to check in with some of my favorite musicians out there and who better to start this rock n' roll checkup than with the multi-talented and all around great guy  Frank Portman (AKA Dr. Frank) from the seminal punk rock band  The Mr. T Experience ! Julie Green October 14, 2017 Julie Green: Hey Dr. Frank, what have you been up to this past year? Dr. Frank:  My band released King Dork Approximately the Album, featuring songs from the books, initially as a digital download with the paperback edition of the book. As of just last month we've released a vinyl and CD version as well. We've been doing some live shows as well. We've done some work on organizing the back catalog for possible future re-issues (beginning with the digital Shards compilations of odds and ends that hadn't yet made it to the digital catalog.) And I've been working on a couple of books. JG: ...