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Parting shot
Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
This streamlined dome lounge car was built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. They were known as "Pleasure Domes," named for the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan."...
Playing at Louie Lee's
Dale Watson, performing at Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis (Issue 107's Parting Shot). It was the penultimate show at the venue, now closed. Dale was so fond of Lee's that...
The Nightingale Has Landed
Taken at the Aztec Ruins National Monument in Aztec, New Mexico. The nightingale is part of a mural depicting the ancient site. The arm and hand are more recently posed!...
Stellar Strata
Taken at Monument Valley, which straddles the Arizona/Utah border. It’s a classic Western movie location. I found it interesting that the visitors seemed somewhat disinterested in the majestic vista.
Music In Hyperspace
Beck in concert at the Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, during the CNET CES 2016 party.
Music In Hyperspace
Beck in concert at the Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, during the CNET CES 2016 party.
Halloween Spirits
For Halloween, some street art: these ghostly fellas are painted on an alley in Bisbee, Arizona. Bisbee, a former mining town, is a remote community where artists have discovered the...
Hole in the Wall
It was the perspective through the hole in this stone wall that enticed me to take this photo on the grounds of the Tower of London. There are moments when...
Wizened Tree
Near The Valley of Rocks in Lynton, England is a coastal stretch of land that is truly dramatic, with a landscape that has endured intense weathering. Here it is rugged...
Getting to the Point
Zabriskie Point, California, in Death Valley National Park.
Up In the Cheap Seats
The Coronado Performing Arts Center, Rockford, Illinois, Row NN, Seat 13. Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick was an honorary member of the committee to restore the theater, and donated an...
Special Delivery
This photo was taken on historic Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona near the O.K. Corral.
Organ Donation
The Spreckels Organ Pavilion houses the open-air Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. It's the world's largest pipe organ in a fully outdoor venue. John D. and Adolph...
Eye of the...Donkey?
This donkey, Mister D, lived next door to where I worked. He had a great “hee-haw” bray that I recorded. My boss used it for a ringtone. Click here to...
Alone Together
Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California, October 2018. The rock formations are about knee-high and sharp enough to cause cuts.
Song of the Nightingale
“Before the morning comes, will I hear your song?” Roxy Music, “Nightingale.”
Reflectivity
Photo shot at Peña Blanca Lake, Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
Point Taken
I met and fell in love with this succulent at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden. He's gorgeous, sturdy and logical, but just a little prickly.
Reclamation Project
A commercial building in Lake City, Minnesota, near the Mississippi River. The foliage is slowly reclaiming the building.
For the Forest and Further On
“When the wagons leave the city, for the forest, and further on...” Lyrics from “Theme for an Imaginary Western” by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown. Located in Arizona, Grand Canyon...
Up Close and Personal
Tommy Castro plays some soulful blues on a well-worn Stratocaster.
High-Performance Driver
The last ray of the setting sun catches Jimmie Johnson setting a new lap record during qualifying as he enters Turn #1 at nearly 185 mph. Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale,...
Rave New World
Taken at the Electric Zoo festival, Randall's Island, New York, 2017. By Michael Vazquez @musicfestivalstreetphotography, copyright 2021. Canon EOS-1D X Mark II camera with Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS...
Green River
“Take me back down where cool water flows…” A view of the Green River from the Cart Creek Bridge, located in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in northeastern Utah. Sony...
Glorious Symmetry
This is one of several spectacular vaults of York Minster, the huge Gothic cathedral that took centuries to build in the walled city of York, England.
The Pink Robot Welcomes You
Photo by Michael Walker, taken in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the entrance to the Meow Wolf immersive art museum.
A Holiday Gala
The 2018 Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society annual gala. A reminder of times past, and times to come. Bob Levi (in the black coat, standing, on the left)...
The Good Old Days
“You’re not likely to believe this son, but when I was your age, you could walk into Disney Hall almost any weekend evening and enjoy a fantastic concert without being...
Shapes of Things
When my cat had finished playing with his tennis ball, it was in just the right spot in the shadows of the vertical blinds. Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot...
I Was Standing on a Corner in Clifton, Arizona
Clifton, Arizona. I like the fact that it's always easy to find a spot to park your motorcycle. What I find disturbing is that there isn't a single audio shop...
Above These Badlands
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, July 2019. The nearby town of Wall is known for Wall Drug, more of a tourist gift shop than drugstore. Taken with a Sony A77-II...
Social Distancing
Inside Lee's Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, now closed.
Majestic Mountains
Annapurna Massif, Nepal, looking at Annapurna I peak, 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) high. The photo was taken near the ancient Tibetan village of Phu near the Nepal-Tibet border. That is...
Chicago Boogie
Summer CES 1993, taken before The Mondial Experience jam session and party. For a few years, former audio manufacturer Mondial Designs would rent a club or big room, supply a...
Well-Played
Busker James Anthony Johnson playing a broken-in Martin. Taken on Congress Street, Austin, Texas.
I Know What I Like, and I Like What I Know
So say Genesis in “I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).” Taken at a fix-it shop in Dripping Springs, Texas.
What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
"I call shotgun!" We can guess what's on that iPod: "Tears of a Clown," "Send in the Clowns," "Cathy's Clown," "Everybody Loves a Clown," "Death of a Clown" and a...
After the Fire
Taken on the Mendocino coast of California, March 2008 with a Canon PowerShot A710 IS. This is an unprocessed color shot, not black and white.
A Love Supreme
Members of the San Diego Music and Audio Guild visit a fellow member in Encinitas for music and scotch. The Marten Coltrane Supreme 2 speakers from Sweden stand almost 6...
Riders in the Sky
Contributed by reader Michael Walker. These bicycles look ready to go places.
Where Cool Water Flows
The Cart Creek Bridge at the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the eastern corner of Utah. The water is part of the Green River.
Getting to the Point
Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah. Though the environmental and temperature conditions are extreme, the plants and animals have adapted.
A Mecca for Sunsets
Mecca Beach, the location of this shot, is not on the ocean. It's on the shores of an inland lake named the Salton Sea, the product of a Colorado River...
Last Call
Lee’s Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis. Once a vibrant music venue, it closed in 2019 after 62 years.
Seeing Stars
The Star Wars Death Star looming? Fear not, it's just the top of a pressure-treated fence post. Photo courtesy of Rich Isaacs.