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At his site, you can see and hear some of the instruments he’s developed, including the phonoharp, much loved by the Kronos Quartet. There’s a wind-powered turntable, another turntable that can play a composition powered by an earthquake, and many other fascinating devices.

His photographs are awesome.

Aha! With hundreds of albums sitting around the house, surely there’s a suitable one. Stay tuned. With endless rain predicted, one finds entertainment where one can.

Note: the linked weather page info is updated each day (today being 1/25/08), and if you are viewing this in July, it will not be pertinent.

She uses a Land 250, and the show will be at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. Here are some sample shots taken from an earlier exhibition.

The little guys have spent part of their infancy touring with Mom. From People magazine.

My dad had quite a collection, but so few remain.

During a brief period of bright light this morning, I took a photograph.

A selection of fashion, skin adornment and scalp reworkings from music fans. Borderline NSFW, depending, of course, on where you work.

If there’s not a song about tuberous begonias, there should be.

He won first place in the 2005 IPA photo competition in the music division.

I couldn’t help but recall the lyrics to Poor Butterfly after seeing the Butterfly Zone at the Conservatory of Flowers in SF.

In today’s jaded media, nothing seems to shock for long. But back in 1966, when the Beatles depicted themselves as butchers with raw meat and the aforementioned babies (plastic) on an album cover, few were amused, and many were appalled.

The offending photograph will go on display next week at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

An old one.

In Union City.