East Hollywood street art

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Christy Borgman

Recently, I noticed that the Johnny Cash mural on the side of an East Hollywood liquor store had been painted over.  A new mural of Tony Curtis is in the process of being painted.  Cataloging street art in LA could be a full time job…below are some photos I took last month.  I’m glad I was able to get a shot of the Johnny mural!

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Guns N Roses Dec 19 & 20, 2006

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Christy Borgman

A few days ago, I posted some photos of Velvet Revolver that I took in 2007. Today, I continued my project of going through film and saving images to my hard drive. I found a plastic bag with a ton of red confetti, film and more photos that I’d forgotten about! Guns N Roses, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA. December 19 & 20, 2006.

Izzy


Sebastian Bach

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Velvet Revolver- 7-5-07

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Christy Borgman

I was just going through some boxes and came across old discs with images from an old film camera I used to have. Low and behold, I found some images that I forgot taking! First up, is Velvet Revolver from their show at the Whisky on July 5, 2007. I shot most from the balcony and the images are very grainy…but some of you may enjoy. 🙂

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Bukowski’s final resting spot

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Christy Borgman

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of Charles Bukowski. A few years back, I went on a Bukowski themed tour with Esotouric (pics HERE) and have spent some time walking around downtown and visiting (supposed) old haunts of his. This past weekend, I decided to visit his grave in Rancho Palos Verdes. I brought along my Diana F+ and the weathered copy of “Portions From a Wine-Stained Notebook” which I borrowed from the good old public library!

Here are the pics:








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Eddie Vedder Wiltern 7/8/11

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Christy Borgman

Eddie Vedder brought his ukulele, and some friends (Glen Hansard, John Densmore and at times, a string quartet) to a packed Wiltern Theater last night. He played a lengthy set pulling from his two solo albums, Pearl Jam’s catalog and a handful of covers. In between songs he entertained us with stories about everything from nooses to an unusual wedding ceremony that he attended when he was living in a tiny apartment in San Diego. The sound quality was amazing and Ed’s voice gave me chills!

I must say I was very happy with the crowd. Aside from a few comments yelled out in between songs, everyone was there to hear the music. Which isn’t always the case in this city that I love! Towards the end of the show, Ed and Glen stepped away from the mics, came to the edge of the stage and used the vocal chords that their mamas gave them to project into the theater. The song was Sleepless Nights by the Everly Brothers and you could hear a pin drop the crowd was so quiet!

I couldn’t have been happier with the setlist. He played my personal favorite songs off of Ten (Porch), Vitalogy (Immortality), Into the Wild soundtrack (Guaranteed).

John Densmore came out for Long Road, Wishlist and later during a second encore, Rockin’ In The Free World!

Here is the setlist from the message board that I found on PearlJam.com

Set List
01. Waving Palms
02. Can’t Keep
03. Sleeping By Myself
04. Without You
05. Light Today
06. Goodbye
07. Longing To Belong w/Rudy Stein playing cello
08. Soon Forget
09. Trouble-(Yusuf Islam)
10. Sometimes
11. I Am Mine
12. Betterman
13. Long Nights w/Glen Hansard
14. Far Behind
15. Guaranteed
16. Lukin w/string quartet (fast version)
17. Just Breathe w/string quartet
18. The End w/string quartet
19. Unthought Known
20. Immortality
21. Arc

Encore Break 1
22. Long Road w/John Densmore playing djembe & Tibetan bells
23. Wishlist w/John Densmore playing djembe & Tibetan bells
24. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
25. Sleepless Nights w/Glen Hansard (no mics no amplification)
26. Society w/Glen Hansard-(Jerry Hannan)
27. Falling Slowly w/string quartet {Glen singing and playing acoustic, Eddie duet vocal}-(Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová)
28. Open All Night-(Bruce Springsteen)
29. Porch

Encore Break 2
30. Rockin’ In The Free World w/Glen Hansard & John Densmore-(Neil Young)
31. Hard Sun w/Glen Hansard-(Peterson)

Suzie Katayama: String contractor & quartet music consultant
String quartet members
Charlie Bisharat-Violin 1
Sara Parkins-Violin 2
Alma Fernandez-Viola
Rudy Stein-Cello

The show was seated, so photographers shot from the back bar area. Photos HERE.

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