If I could say it with words….I wouldn’t need the camera!Tumblr (3.0; @johnvrobinsonphotography)http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mariosflamingwhiskers.tumblr.com/post/50464515399/so-far-the-first-grateful-dead-album-is-p-good-it">mariosflamingwhiskers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>so far the first grateful dead album is p good</p> <p>it definitely suffers from that 60’s, “wow we can mix in stereo!??!?! pan! pan! pan right now! those drums!?!? pan them! that bass!?!? uhhhh HARD RIGHT!” thing though</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>That is the best part of those old albums, if you are a musician. On the old Cream records you can turn down the right channel and play the Bass parts while jamming with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, or turn down the left channel and play guitar with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.  Really fun. Your screwed if you are a drummer, sorry.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/50465310673http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/50465310673Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5bb5207484e8d64f06b34ca2a6f33e05/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> The host is Jamie DeWolf... L. Ron Hubbard's grandson.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/84e20c1a79f58b063141cc38e8cc3663/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto2_500.jpg"/><br/> The "Dirty Hiku" poetry battle was good.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0d122baca59cf258c68c0b145cad1515/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto3_500.jpg"/><br/> DeWolf...Kathy is front row center.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e7ac10b7eea7d896fa27afdd2032fe0/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto4_500.jpg"/><br/> Strange chick doing strange things.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31497a65f7fde515cd07f276631d9fce/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto5_500.jpg"/><br/> For a chick doing Hula-Hoops she was really good.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/684753ca7af75e6f4b660359402c77c1/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4badca54ed982853c0495fbd791aad69/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto7_500.jpg"/><br/> George Watsky doesn't need a fucking MC Name!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8de6b03e3e93f310c3cefb90a8e677e4/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto8_500.jpg"/><br/> Watsky<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c494986c967d77f4bdcd76708295bcdc/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> The night included a Tug o War. The losers went down into pig hearts and other meats.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/51f4b6d7bfd5a6b04665f09e0a6ca9f9/tumblr_mm8cfpXxkv1r5epoto12_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> The Pig Heart...Kathy got hit with this PH.<br/><br/> <p>Went to “Tourettes Without Regrets” at the Metro in Oakland.  Fun show. Very weird (and I’ve seen a lot of weird shit!) the high-light was George Watsky.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/49517708418http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/49517708418Fri, 03 May 2013 08:59:00 -0700George WatskyWatskyTourettesOakland Metro<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://k-erouac.tumblr.com/post/49124120747/a-calamity-diverted">k-erouac</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The throbbing pain of migraines - alleviated.</p> <p>The collaboration of pointless voices - diminished.</p> <p>The temptation of hedonistic indulgences  - acquiesced. </p> <p>A calamity - diverted.</p> <p>Four teenagers stuck </p> <p>between adolescence and adulthood</p> <p>sat in a circle of haze contemplating </p> <p>the world around them.</p> <p>Encompassed by three pairs of kaleidoscope-like eyes</p> <p>filled with acceptance and determination,</p> <p>searching for truth and nothing less,</p> <p>I, at last, felt at home.</p> <p><em>Portland, 4/27/2013</em></p> </blockquote> <p><br/> </p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/49144730732http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/49144730732Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:43:58 -0700<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thomisthearrow.tumblr.com/post/46856480191/the-thing-about-maxtons-mashups-is-that-they-are">thomisthearrow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>the thing about <a href="http://notxam.tumblr.com">maxton</a>’s mashups is that they are great and brilliant and i’ll recognise like half the songs and then months later i’ll be listening to an album for the first time and a new track will start and then i’ll be like WAIT! MAXTON USED THIS! YOU CLEVER SOD! and then i’m waiting for all the other songs to come in because that’s just how i think the song should go</p> </blockquote> <p>&#8220;Clever sod?&#8221;  I think of Maxton more of a clever wanker&#8230;but let&#8217;s not parse words.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/46862243791http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/46862243791Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:57:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4712a4fc80da7fcff45855247433ee09/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> Clayton Bailey with one of his metal scluptures.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/500e36d4211afff03035a9d94c5fccea/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto2_500.jpg"/><br/> Giant cermanic skull. I need a fisheye lens in these close quarters.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5710ebffb3840c669d58cd7156be718/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto3_500.jpg"/><br/> Charlotte Stewart (Mary X in Eraser head) and I with the "baby."<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a535f5845c8c6a6efd33c0ab63c53c3a/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto4_500.jpg"/><br/> metal creature<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/115450e8e3bbf246765ff378f66c94da/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto5_500.jpg"/><br/> The bird creatures remind me of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6b037f684b9b0bd6fc898147157c5784/tumblr_mjtzctdfYm1r5epoto6_500.jpg"/><br/> Another Hieronymus Bosch type thing. Very cool.<br/><br/> <p>Went to visit Clayton Bailey at his art gallery in Crockett. He makes cool metal robots and cermanic sculptures.  One of the ceramics looks likle the baby in the cult film Eraserhead (1977). It just so happens <span class="nickname">Charlotte Stewart was there. She was the mother of the “baby” in the film. I heard her say “my baby” and I started talking to her. (Turns out I was aquainted with her brother Stewart all these years.) I got a photo of her and I with the “Eraserhead baby.”</span></p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/45634333078http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/45634333078Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:43:00 -0700eraserhead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/463930bf134e73ca96d11077ce9bf62e/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> Back Door Bang<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/82a4a62477fed01e8fc144f5f2f102ec/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto2_500.jpg"/><br/> Tim playing "Voodoo Child."<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfd0d8671ecc791ccc8dba649145359d/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto3_500.jpg"/><br/> Kyle on Bass. The fish eye lens proves the world is round.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6ecc38f8b7df0bc778389c780d749e3/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto5_500.jpg"/><br/> Peirre on drums.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1dccda32129495199d638700e7d6440c/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58e3565fee3862be684753cd0f68df97/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto7_500.jpg"/><br/> Great graphics...I saw the Misfits in S.F. around 1980 (hey, those guys are as old as I am). The old posters were Xerox sheets glued to telephone poles.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc52921e20206ba36b4648ab9e4182fd/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto8_500.jpg"/><br/> More posters<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ad9acd23e4c03a034f1db36a16fef9a4/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto9_500.jpg"/><br/> Speaking of the Misfits.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/33f3f8915d022d75d7e9ecf545f3d3f6/tumblr_mifm5qzbDG1r5epoto11_500.jpg"/><br/> Still more posters. Like I said... I like Graphic Arts.<br/><br/> <p>My son’s band, Back Door Bang, played at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco last night.</p> <p>The DNA Lounge is a really great venue for up and coming bands. Great atmosphere.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/43421648851http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/43421648851Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:58:00 -0800Back Door BangDNA LoungeSan Francisco Clubs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4046594c8f935458a947639754887b23/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9878f0bc294ae000b9eaae5c4ae6c3d2/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c93251739843e5fe58ea390407ce7035/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a3ccdd752c2a0a2c54ee29ef36ef80b/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e60cf74ac52876ace3a2c63cfa48dc0c/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afcbfebd44cce84ebaaf99be2b651e64/tumblr_mhz7l4oA1I1s30ttco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://galateadunkel.tumblr.com/post/42703267716/william-s-burroughs-junky-book-covers-from-around">galateadunkel</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>William S Burroughs’ Junky <a href="http://www.beatbookcovers.com/burroughs/" title="Book Covers">Book Covers</a> from around the world. </p> <p>Brazil 2005, Lithuania 2009</p> <p>Serbia 2010, Croatia 2002</p> <p>Germany 1976, Turkey 2012</p> </blockquote> <p>I dig this book!</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/42717133166http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/42717133166Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:31:16 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vvM3_Eyd8qg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>It’s been a  while since I’ve seen this so I thought I’d share it. Some of you have seen it before I suppose!  I’m really interested in North Korea…the hermit kngdom…what a wacky place.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/41375639533http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/41375639533Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:31:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/caba6ddec975716170c78f3103eaecf7/tumblr_mgcl1gJhiH1s1ggdno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If I wore clothes like this I’d hide my face too!</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/40110093855http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/40110093855Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:45:11 -0800<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_40110005188" src="http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/40110005188/audio_player_iframe/johnvrobinsonphotography/tumblr_mg9kk5GUdF1qzukvb?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fjohnvrobinsonphotography%2F40110005188%2Ftumblr_mg9kk5GUdF1qzukvb" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chamberlain.tumblr.com/post/39934658035/chambaland-never-want-you-back-taylor-swift">chamberlain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Chambaland - “Never Want You Back” (Taylor Swift vs. Jackson 5)</p> </blockquote> <p><br/>Best Mash-up ever.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/40110005188http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/40110005188Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:43:44 -0800taylor swift<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d1403f1baa1d2ae7a226cf68d15e7e73/tumblr_mfw04pVcEG1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> Max and Kath overlooking San Francisco. They look so animatated here.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc66f9009a64ea7f69e9ad5d6713477f/tumblr_mfw04pVcEG1r5epoto2_500.jpg"/><br/> Max and Kath at Clock Tower UC Berkeley...GO BEARS!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/615a9d6e3772054edf0149b5cf4a6a58/tumblr_mfw04pVcEG1r5epoto3_500.jpg"/><br/> At Memorial Stadium waiting for kick-off. 80,000 empty seat and no players. Maybe we came at a bad time?<br/><br/> http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39294354142http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39294354142Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:41:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c290412a5934a1f93e7c70a0d64a967f/tumblr_mfvzzt62dO1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7dd1a67e646e7fa8e8bfa300400b0af/tumblr_mfvzzt62dO1r5epoto2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Card reader on Telegraph in Berkeley.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39294227525http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39294227525Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:38:00 -0800berkeley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4d08947db0086a305e57b0351bbacd6f/tumblr_mfv6tygIF51qfqg0yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://notxam.tumblr.com/post/39247054400/the-other-day-i-snuck-into-the-california-memorial">notxam</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The other day I snuck into the California memorial stadium with kath and her dad and I took this panorama of the empty stadium and I’m pretty happy with it</p> </blockquote> <p>That’s me, kath and zoe, bottom center.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39253472891http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/39253472891Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:26:53 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e681e2a4923720d5b573c73ec33a3ea6/tumblr_mf02nqlM1U1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5dc671ab5bdd17623b7076c7d4a87c82/tumblr_mf02nqlM1U1r5epoto2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’ve always thought of Bukowski as a wino-poet (which he is) and been a Shakespeare snob, but I’ve recently discovered that I really like Charles Bukowski’s poems, short stories and essay’s. I got several of his books this week and have been reading him nonstop. What a treat!</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37881101691http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37881101691Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:52:00 -0800Bukowski<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa8793ca6e2d63cc91bf79224df25d4f/tumblr_meqtg7WzTb1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When the DeLorean reaches 88 MPH it vanishes from our time.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37524082438http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37524082438Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:55:00 -0800time travelDe LoreanBack to the future<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefn9ltLdO1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flamin Groovies graffitti from inside the men’s room at 924 Gilman Club at Berkeley. Now this a really old band from back in the day..1980s?…how this has survived is anyone’s guess. The club has been covered in graffitti many times over in the past 25 years.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081487252http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081487252Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:08:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefn5kdnve1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Men’s room in 924 Gilman Club at Berkeley CA.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081298511http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081298511Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:05:42 -0800924 Gilman<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefn3rmrMo1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Fuck You” Rat art from inside 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley. You must all kneel before the “fuck you” rat.</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081211669http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37081211669Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:04:00 -0800924 Gilmanberkeley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mee3ovh87E1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dance</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37012779304http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37012779304Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:07:42 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mee3ntrWgM1r5epoto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dancer</p>http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37012742644http://johnvrobinsonphotography.tumblr.com/post/37012742644Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:07:04 -0800dance