PATTERNS AND TONES

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...

"The Tight Fits - Full Frontal Attack" 2017   San Francisco in 1995 was a hot spot for the trashiest, silliest, goofiest bands you could ever wish for and The Tight Fitz were no exception.  With Shane White ( The Rip Offs , Spoiled Brats, Loose Lips, The Infections , The Fingers, The Vaticans) on guitar, his brother Jason White (Cheap Dates, The Rip Offs, The Fingers) on vocals, Chantal Monte on bass and Kyo "Lawless" Ito on drums, this quirky quartet  last about a year and put out two 7" singles in their wake.   Shane's punk garage label  Pure Filth Records  put out a 7" on his label featuring the ever scrumptious and voluptuous Ms. Tina "Boom Boom" Lucchesi on the front cover. Their recipe of glam-punk was captured in   "Full Frontal Attack " on the A side and "Bulldozer"  on the flip side.  The follow up 7" featured "All Balls" and "Pink Cake" on Seattle's garage punk Rat City ...