PATTERNS AND TONES

It was an honor spending the day with the Professor of Rock n' Roll. His affable nature and incredible knowledge of music made an ordinary day filled with a few chores and errands extremely enjoyable and educational. One look at his selection of 45's in his jukebox and I knew I was gonna be schooled! Manfred's weekly show on Little Steven's Underground Garage on SiriusXM Satellite Radio has been going strong since 2005. Sharing his passion and knowledge makes the world a better place and with almost 10 years under his belt, the kids agree. This musicologist is a performers performer. As the lead singer in the legendary band The Woggles , Manfred has been leading the charge to keep Rock n' Roll sizzling hot with nonstop energy that is infectious and entertaining. Originally hailing from Atlanta, The Woggles have been serving their special sauce of straight up 6T's rock n' roll with a large helping of rhythm 'n' blues since 1987. The Woggles ...

"Wild Animals No. 1"  from The Mask Series We all relate to wild animals, perhaps even long for their freedom, their instincts, their magnetism. These characteristics are continually referenced in relation to our human attributes and experiences. Even though we have years of evolution between us, a bit of wild animal still remain inside us all. When I presented my bag of masks for this pair of lovely ladies to choose from, they immediately gravitated towards a Tiger and a Zebra. It was interesting to observe their selection, since they already seemed to me to contain the very same animal characteristics.  I found this pack of wild animals roaming the hallways in The Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas and their ferocious style caught the eye of the hotel security guard who tried desperately to fend off their attack! Wild Animals is the 8th set of images from  The Mask Series  I created over a 2 year period.  As always,...

I was recently asked by The Love One , an amazing vintage clothing store in Old Town Pasadena, to participate in their blog post " The Art Girl Within Us ". The blog featured photographs by the lovely Ms. Emily Alben and focused on four women involved in the Arts: a painter, a photographer, a curator and a critic. We all donned our favorite items of clothing we had purchased from their store which revealed our taste not only in fashion but in the visual mediums we worked in. It was quite a different experience for me to be on the other side of the lens. Emily was a true professional and guided me effortlessly through various scenarios she visualized for the piece. I can't say I am a shy person, being a lead singer in several rock and roll bands  in the past has left their indelible mark on me, but when it comes to photography, I am usually the one in charge. It was actually a very freeing experience and we had loads of fun. The following series of photographs was...

What do you get when you combine sexy, snarling vocals with crunchy, catchy riffs that make you beg for more? The Crazy Squeeze! LA's own has talent for days. With Johnny Witmer and Frankie Delmane upfront on guitars and vocals, Dat T. Ngo on bass and Johnny Sleeper on drums, you know when these boys get on stage, their gonna bring you just what you want!  I recently caught up with these harbingers of Gunk Wave at their local malt shop and the following interview gives us a little peek inside their world.  Your gonna go coo coo for The Crazy Squeeze, Julie Pavlowski Green November 8, 2014 JULIE PAVLOWSKI GREEN:   Why The Crazy Squeeze?  FRANKIE DELMANE:   Because that is exactly what the world seems to be, a Crazy Squeeze. JOHNNY WITMER: …because it doesn’t always fit, easily… JOHNNY SLEEPER: Why not?? Has a nice ring to it and I like Jules Holland. JPG:   How did the band form?  FD:  Johnny Witmer & Johnny Sl...

"Griffith Observatory, No. 1" 2014 Lately I have been capturing and creating what I call Sun Shadows . I have been particularly drawn to photographing shadows cast by railings and the geometric patterns they make while interacting with staircases. The steps break the bold shadows into repetitive patterns which create a lovely abstract arrangement.  As I changed their color profile to greyscale, the images began to flatten  out from 3 dimensional lines, into a 2 dimensional plane. If you can remove the initial recognition of the object and let the abstract shapes wash over you, you may begin to see what I mean.  The images are constructed from a form built out of a functional object.  Only the change in scale and frequency of lines give the illusion of the image receding,  reminiscent of the De Stijl or Neo-plasticism artistic movement that came out of the Netherlands in 1917.   Although...

This article originally ran in March 2013 to celebrate Easter. As Samhain is upon us, I thought it would be timely to run it again. We will return next month with another installment of "A Day In The Life Of a Rock n' Roller". Happy Halloween! Julie Pavlowski Green October 25, 2014 The more I dig into the idea of the  collective psyche , the more I realize how little we verbally discuss the issues of death and dying. We are more comfortable with visually seeing death than we are actually discussing it. Just ask yourself why we all slow down for a traffic accident... I believe this suppression of vocalizing our feelings on the subject finds a way to express itself in our fascination with fictitious characters we have conjured up to help us deal with these internal feelings. Perhaps its not just our American culture but the Modern World which has since shed their folkloric traditions, that helped to allay the fears of death, decay and denied desires, and re...