PATTERNS AND TONES

                         With the new release of their remastered album " Hallucinations " on Omnivore Recordings , Permanent Green Light are back from the 9T's.  Along with a collection of out of print favorites and unreleased demo trax,  this new compilation is also packed with rare photographs and ephemera for fans to enjoy. I recently photograph the band in picturesque San Pedro.  Michael Quercio and Matt Devine kindly gave me an interview giving us a chance to catch up and fill in the blanks on the past, present and future.  I'm absolutely thrilled  to present to you one of  Southern California's seminal bands: Permanent Green Light.  Julie Green November 3, 2018 Julie Green: What was the impetus to release these remastered recordings now? Matt: I attended The Quick  pane...

From 1989 and 1993, San Francisco was treated to the the stylings of a band named broom. This singular band consisted of Steve Brown was on lead guitar, Erik Bluhm on bass, Roxanne Rodriguez on rhythm guitar and a rotating cast of drummers. broom was one of those mystical birds that rises from the burning passion of a close knit group of friends intent on creating beauty through music.  I was honored to call all of them dear friends. They were friends I in fact grew up with who inspired and delighted us all with their creative talents and shared their knowledge and passion for their favorite Kraut, Psych and Space rock bands. There is a sweet sincerity to their music, one that comes about from pure enjoyment. You can't fake having fun! It is with great pleasure I present to you for the very first time unseen photographs I took of the band back in the day along with a recent interview with the founding members who have graciously provided us with a window through which we...

February 9, 2013 It will be a year ago tomorrow that Patterns and Tones was born and what a year it has been! I started this blog as a way to have a platform to share my photographic archives with the world, as well as to have an opportunity to share stories that hadn't been told. Truth be told, it was also an impetus for me to begin the long haul of digitizing these archives, and bring them into the light of the 21st century. Since 1985, I've been photographing those I know, love and admire. Fortunately I have a very long roster of kookie, fun, and interesting friends who I have been documenting over the years. I started out as a teenage photographer, and although the evolution of my style, work ethic and tools have changed and grown over the years, it's the exploration of the map of the soul written on each individuals face that continues to fascinate me. That and Rock n' Rollers! To celebrate this one year anniversary, I thought it appropriate to list the t...

San Francisco in the late eighties was a place of transition. In this international city you would always encounter people visiting from all over the world. Some stayed for awhile, while a few dug into the city scape.  But it was a rare bird from Southern California that ever made it a permanent destination.  Erik Bluhm, a friend of mine I had met in college, was one of those rare birds that came up to stay. He had been in a band called The Primates down in Los Angeles before he moved up to the City. One of his bandmates, Brett Miller, decided to follow in his foot steps and brought his newly formed band called Dama Thrush from LA and made San Francisco their home as well. Their hair was longer and their music was heavier than we were used to but their attitude and shenanigans they got into were right up our alley. Dama Thrush was a band out of time. They followed their own beat and created a following of friends and fans that filled local halls and their ba...