Monthly Archives: June 2015

Born in North Carolina, given to adoption, then bounced from one foster home to another until she was unceremoniously dumped from the adoption system at the tender age of thirteen. Frankie was on her own at an early age. She was legally … Continue reading →

1977 Joni Mitchell was crawling around on the floor with tufts of aluminum foil in her hair. Shell, her personal hair care specialist had closed the front door of his exclusive Sunset Strip hair salon for the afternoon and was … Continue reading →

I was Peter’s drummer for many special occasions. One of which was shooting a comedy for Paramount starring Mark Blankfield in, “Jekyl and Hyde Together Again.” We were standing around the downstairs entrance to Madame Wong’s Cafe in Gin Ling Square, … Continue reading →

In the groove, staying present  

I shot and edited this footage back in the early eighties when I was a partner in the first video nightclub. We shot ervery weekend and I edited then showed what we had the following week. Late night revelers and … Continue reading →

“At Sunset” was an illegal after hours nightclub on Sunset Strip right next to the Whiskey Ago go which was shut down and boarded up. It’s hard to imagine Sunset Strip shuttered but in the early eighties there was not … Continue reading →