Banksy on 9th St. SF. Photo: Gay Highwaymen, Dec 2010.
Banksy! We snapped this shot on 9th St between Folsom and Harrison Streets in San Francisco’s SOMA (South of Market) district some time back. Popped up “just so” during last year’s run of Exit Through The Gift Shop.
Hey, B,…if you ever want to extend your marvelous marks into the rural fabulosity of NorCal, you are invited. Hospitality, anonymity, great groovy walls and other cool surfaces guaranteed!
Posted in Activism, ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Art and Artists, Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc., Subcultures
Tagged Art, Banksy, Culture, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Film, Folsom St, Grafitti, Photography, Rat, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Signage, SOMA, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
When photographer David Slater turned his back on his photo gear while shooting wildlife in Indonesia’s Sulawesi National Park, he never expected that the local crested black macaques would take over the shoot. But they did. Or did they? Some doubt it. Slater insists that the photos are genuine, but does admit to rotating and cropping them for effect. Expect these photos to show up in a camera marketing campaign soon: “So simple a Monkey can use it” via Guardian UK. More here.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Indonesia, Photography, Strange News, Travel
Tagged Camera, Culture, David Slater, Indonesia, Macaque, Monkey, Photography, Self-portrait, Sulawesi
All that hard play can be hard work, and the deeper it gets, the realer it becomes. From degradation to grace and back again, turning forever on itself like a mobius strip. Beat, Beat-Up, Beatitude: words to fly by from the jam-sweet lips of angel-headed hipsters. Top or bottom, sometimes retreat is a good option. For those times, just outside the dungeon (aka The Heart Lodge) mildly hidden in the landscaping, a small magical nishikigoi (koi) pond waits. A rock ledge provides enough room for a semi-lotus, and a fine venue for adventures in ego dissolution. Flash of Orange. Take me…OM…country roads…splash sky water…gone.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Gardening, History, Leather, Nishikigoi, Northern California, Photography, Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged 15 Association, BDSM, Beat, Beatitude, California, Culture, Gay, Gear Up, Koi, Lake County, Leather, Nishikigoi, Photography, Retreat Center, S/m, Saratoga Springs, Spirituality, Stage Coach, Yoga, Zen
Ah, the thrills and occasional spills of exotica tourism. Animals do what they do, and DNA just wants to make more DNA. When these tourists decided to ride the elephants, they weren’t counting on the bull climbing on board!
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Asia, Photography, Strange News, Travel
Tagged Asia, Elephant, Exotic, Fucking, Sex, Tourism, Travel
Ride like a sleeping bag! The Koalas were a Gay Motorcycle Buddy Club from the 1960s. The Koalas would hop on behind the gay club bikers and independents. Always on the back, hugging the biker like a koala hugs a eucalyptus tree. And so the name! Peter Fiske is kneeling in the front row, on the right. More on Peter here and here. Photo by Henri Leleu. Koalas Motorcycle Buddy Club, 1967. Via Ron Williams.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., History, Leather, Photography, Subcultures
Tagged BDSM, Bikers, Culture, Gay, Henri Leleu, History, Kink, Koalas Motorcycle Buddy Club, Leather, Motorcycle, Peter Fiske, Photography, Sexy
Running Turkey. Not fast enough…
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Mendocino County, Photography, Spirituality
Tagged Abstraction, Art, Death, Highway, Photography, Roadkill, Turkey
Flying Turkey hits the road in an act of auto-abstraction. Buzzards delight. CA Hwy 162 near Bloody Run Creek. On the road to Covelo where locals say the Indian Wars are still underway. White and 1st Nation teens, bored, fight. No new thing under a Sunny day. Return via Dos Rios. Two rivers home.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Mendocino County, Photography, Spirituality
Tagged Abstraction, Animal, Art, Death, Highway, Roadkill, Turkey
We freed it. How it got into a bucket in the downstairs bathroom – who knows!
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Mendocino County, Photography
Tagged Bucket, iPhone, Lizard, Photography, Strange, Trapped
Bigger than a housecat. Smaller than a lion. Dangerous, but bubbly and surprisingly refreshing! The Buddha Nature sharpens it’s claws.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Collecting, Photography, Signage, Spirituality
Tagged Buddha, Dr Pepper, iPhone, Lion, Photography, Pop Art, Sutra
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Leather, Men, Mendocino County, Northern California, Photography, Subcultures, Surveillance
Tagged Boots, Cowboy, Horse, Leather, Photography, Sexy, Spurs, Willits
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