kamerawork

Seattle Gay Pride 2005

compact hummer

"compact"....penis?

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Juliette and the Licks

Juliette crowd surfing....and getting felt up.

Guilt Beans

When Tess' girlfriend left her, she gave bought her a lot of groceries, including 8 cans of beans. They stand as a monument high in her kitchen to the guilt that comes from broken relationships.

Split Lip Rayfield

Heavy metal bluegrass? Bluegrass on speed?

89 Yesler

Pioneer Square Art Walk

Jose Couso

Jose Couso was a Spanish journalist murdered by an American Abrams tank on April 8, 2003 on his hotel balcony while filming that tank sitting on a bridge in Baghdad. I attended a video screening tonight of a documentary regarding this incident presented by Jose's brother Javier and his translator James Hollander. The film, by Telecinco out of Spain was very enlightening as to how someone could make a claim of "murder" in a war zone, and the evidence is compelling. I won't go into complete details here, but suffice is to say that Jose was in a known journalists' hotel, that the tank waited 10 minutes for permission to shoot on the hotel, and that there is absolutely no corroborating evidence supporting the Americans claims that they were fired upon. If they were so concerned, why were they on a bridge, a completely open and dangerous target? If it's a war zone, and completely confusing, why admit they waited for permission for 10 minutes to shoot? If they were being fired upon by a sniper, as they claimed, why not follow their own protocol and shoot back with machine guns, and not the full force of the tank? If their sites are so good, with the ability to see 2.5 miles out, day or night, how can they claim to see binoculars, but not the multiple very large video cameras? The most damning information of all? That two other independent, unembedded media sites were also hit in the previous two hours. Javier makes an excellent case that the Americans learned from their mistakes in Vietnam--that the battle isn't just fought on the battlefield but also in the minds of the Americans through the media. We live in an age where the media is controlled by 5 conglomerations--all powerful corporations interested in protecting their power. These guys are all in bed with Washington and are proof that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The two year anniversary of Jose's death is approaching, and its important that we all demand a true and free media. The best example of this in the United States right now is Democracy Now, a completely independent news organization headed by one of my heroes, Amy Goodman. Amy interviewed Javier and James on March 23, and that can be heard here: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/23/1455244&mode=thread&tid=25. Democracy Now's main website is www.democracynow.org, and more info on Jose can be found at www.josecouso.info.

Jeee-sus

Has anybody seen this guy? We seem to have lost him, what with the intrusion of religion into politics here in the states. His "followers" are so sure of everything he'd be against, what was he for? And if its not accepting of everything that his father created, as it was created, then why should I care?

The imagery kills me, too. What if Jesus were black? What if he were gay? What if he did marry Mary Magdalene? What if he was just an ordinary peace-loving guy spreading love? How many folks would that upset?

In my world, unfortunately, Jesus is apparently a studly 70's he-man. We never had a chance to be made in his image because, like the good book, we made him in our image instead.

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