11Feb 2012 by R&O 2 Comments
More Rock Shots from Doug

More Rock Shots from Doug

Entertainment, Music
Fellow employee and 70's rock fan Doug Bower supplied me with a few more original concert photos, joining his previous Queen photos and bootlegs. Remember the 70's? Those were the days when it was perfectly legal to bring your camera to a concert and take photos of your heroes at work. It was all very civilized back then. Photos include Meatloaf, Ellen Foley (original Meatloaf backup singer and performer on 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light'), Billy Joel, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Alice Cooper and Ric Ocasek (The Cars). They're not the most attractive group of people (other than Ms. Foley of course) but they were great performers and songwriters, significantly more than the idiots that top the charts in this century. Christ, I miss those days. Click the photos to view…
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27Jan 2012 by R&O No Comments

Glen fades gracefully

Celebrities, Entertainment, Music, Of Interest, People
Glen Campbell has alzheimer's and is slowly fading away. But he's fading away gracefully. A case in point is his last album Ghost on the Canvas, released in September of 2011. It's a masterwork of modern studio-conceived pop songs with enough twangy bits to keep the country fans interested. Some of the tracks are intertwined with hints and vague references to his past hits which makes you feel like you're listening to music you know. This album is probably his last as his memory is fading quickly, so much so that he can't remember visiting the doctors that are treating him or even recording the album. A sad ending to a troubled artist who's had his issues with alcohol, drugs, marriage and the law. To be clear, I don't like…
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24Sep 2011 by R&O No Comments

The Coolest Place in the World

Entertainment, Of Interest, Travel
I've never thought of Grand Rapids, Michigan as a particularly cool tourist destination. That is until I saw this video, shot in a single, uninterrupted take (who has the balls to do this stuff?). And think about this while watching...imagine being the lone participant that screws up a cue and forces all to start over again. Not cool. Not cool at all.
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14Aug 2011 by R&O No Comments
My New Top Ten Website

My New Top Ten Website

Entertainment, Of Interest
After much work, many hours of Photoshop, coding and general tweaks I've finally launched my newest web site TopTenInPictures.com. I had the idea while creating the very same graphic layouts for The Province newspaper and, after witnessing the popularity of the image galleries, decided it might just work as a standalone website. Some of the galleries I created for the newspaper shot to the top of the list of most-viewed content after only a few minutes. It seemed that anything remotely gory, sexy or odd deemed the most attention so I've tried to do the same on my own site while maintaining a certain level of respectability. Which is hard when you're presenting the top ten largest breasts in the world or the top ten exotic dancers. Another issue is…
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