So I dug around and found some video clips remembering him as well some of his performances. The first 2 clips are from a documentary about him. 

This is an old clip of I think his first performance in London as he does "Purple Haze".

This next one is faily long.. an informal jam with the Rolling Stones back stage..check out Kieth Richards sitting next to Hendrix!

"All Along the Watchtower" recorded atthe Isle of Wright concert.

One of the primary songs he is remembered for besides "purple Haze" he sings " Hey Joe" live at Woodstock.

A rare recording of his last concert…

An even more rare news clip from ABC announcing his death….

The first batch are mp3 downloads, while the second are cds & dvds.

Another amazing creation by architect Frank Gehry…Paul Allen’s monument to American music, his Experience Music Project. Unlike many of Gehry’s buildings this one is multi-colored and because of the materials used changing color as the metal develops it’s own patina. The metal panels pick upthe color of adjacent colors and surrounding structures to produce an ever changing rainbow of unexpected color.

The mono-rail tracks from the World’s Fair in the ’60s not only penetrates the building but also offers a stark juxtaposition of eras.

Back in the ’60s visionary Landscape Architect Richard Haag was one of the early pioneers of land reclamation. In Seattle he helped reclaim a natural gas refinery , turning it into not only a park on Lake Union opposite the downtown but also a new kind of playground. His design called for keeping the refinery equipment, making it safe and turning it into a playground. Unfortunately our litigious culture cased the playgound part to fenced off….boo!

It is still a great place to fly kites and catch the mountain when it is out hovering over downtown Seattle.

My hasty post and cob webby brain got the best of me…Brice (see comment below) points out that it was not  Halprin who designed Gas Works Park. I remember now listening to a lecture by Richard Haag about the park while I was in grad school at the University of Oregon.

Anyway thanks Brice…

I didn’t get a chance to post these until now, we spent a little time in Pike Place Market. I had my first intro
to gourmet  coffee ( at the time anything other than Folgers) at the original Starbucks back int the mid ’70s. I was hooked ever since and even mail ordered my coffee when I left the Northwest for Houston, way before Starbucks out multiplied rabbits!! The market was the same funky place but I could notice its’ gradual deterioration to gentrification. The waterfront no longer had the working feel…replaced by "upscale" condos.

Non the less it still had character and still provided everyday what most of us get to experience at best once a week.

The legendary flying fish market is always great entertainment!

Here is a video that better shows how the fish market can be a full day’s entertainment!!

Yes I did!! A cold front came through today dropping the snow level to sea level…so there you have it Snow in Seattle in the Middle of April!!!

As usual for me I wanted to get different take on subject so I used my favorite lens….10.5 mm fisheye. Everybody gets to see flowers from above what about from ant level??!!

Here are a couple more that show the volume and variety of the color…

The one above was taken by Marsha using the 60mm macro lens.

Also by Marsha notice the reflection..

Here is some more info about the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and the Skagit Valley itself:

2008 Festival

Tulips

I also found some YouTube videos and the first 2 are a complete crack up..you gotta watch them!!!

While many people seem to dislike the return of wildlife to our urban environments I actually enjoy it. We live in the middle of the city and regularly have visits from coyote, fox, hawks and even bald eagles.We also get almost daily visits by the neighborhood’s  resident deer herd. They have taken to munching on the crab apples from our three trees.

Of course our faithful protector Loki can tell far in advance that the herd is approaching….but  their almost complete domestication gives them a "who cares" attitude which infuriates Loki even more!! Anyway here are a few from the most recent visit, the night of the snow storm I posted about in the last post. The photos were shot hand held since I didn’t have time to get my tripod. They were also shot at a very high ISO which severly reduces the image sharpness. A couple were shot with flash to capture the eye reflections….not my best work! Funny thing was the deer just looked at me like "what do you think you are doing?"

Only in Minnesota…8" of the white stuff fell March 31 to give us what will hopefully be the last time we will see see snow for this year!!!

So April 1st I woke to a relative cloudless day and decided to get some different kins of winter shots..I went over to the beach at Lake Nokomis and captured the contrast of hot summer beach with cold winter. For some reason these kinds of contrasts fascinate me. Several decades ago when I swam in the US Swimming Master’s Nationals at Spokane I returned during winter to capture cold ice filled pool.

Anyway, here are some others…

Yesterday Al was at the Minnesota State Capital to announce his latest batch of endorsements, not the least of which was by  both Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. To read more about the event go to his site, his speech was nothing less than outstanding! Here is the video:

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman introducing Al.