Locomotive Breath

One for Judy and Laurie

"In the shuffling madness

Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all-time loser,
Headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Thank God, he stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down."

from Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull last century at a place that's been demolished. Captured on a film emulsion you can no longer buy. That's a flute in singer Ian Anderson's hand. According to their website, they are still playing. I liked the live version on their 1978 live double album Bursting Out, seen below in cassette form. Still available on iTunes (though it's not all killer)

Mr Tambourine Man

Bobby Zimmerman Dylan belting out something like "Mr Tambourine Man" during the never ending Rolling Thunder Review era tour that strangely included Brinetopia. Note the huge fan behind him. None of your fancy air conditioned stadiums. This was at the local boxing hall. Now demolished. Home to inner city apartments and the ghosts of rock and roll.
Captured on good ole Kodachrome 64 but lacking the exposure latitude of modern emulsions or capture backs. I think the lens was a screwmount (yes) Vivitar 70 - 260 mm F4.5 with a x3 teleconverter.

One More Cup of Coffee

Here at the Brine there's always coffee, cameras and commuting. And when there's no surf, there's music. This shot of Bob Dylan performing around the Desire album era in Brinevegas could be added to the mutating Gone Series as the concert hall it was taken is now an inner city apartment complex.

Continuing our theme of square format film. This one is for Jack Brull of Salt Stained Eyes fame. Buddy get some music into you while you're recovering.

Spring 1978