Pasadena Adjacent

Life Lived on the Edge of Pasadena

Month: March, 2009

March 24, 2009

Trash Tuesday #26: Where Getting it Cheap is Part of the Esthetic

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These are twelve separate paintings I’ve put together. They were produced in the year 1965 by students attending Bakersfield Junior College. The student names (Miller, McAlister, Wilson) make me think they must have been the sons and daughters of the Dust Bowl. This work is the result of a two-dimensional design assignment. You choose two complimentary colors and with the addition of white, you create variations and repetitions. The students glued their design icon on the back of the illustration board as seen in the first photograph. The imagery reflects a 60′s sensibility: owls, bugs and mushrooms. The reason I have them is that my commentor friend “rabbit” accepted a position in the Bakersfield junior college art department. As she prepared her classroom she started throwing out boxes of stuff left behind. She was preparing to throw these out when she thought of me. It was a good call for I do adore them. Did I mention rabbits commute was between Altadena and Bakersfield? She took another position and now her commute is much shorter and her students less interesting.

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March 21, 2009

Sit – Shake – Speak – Good Boy!

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I forgot about this post. It’s been gathering pixel dust in my virtual pipeline. Anyhow due to my trusty Cannon G9′s zoom feature I was able to piss off Spike and catch the “money shot” all without the aide of medical intervention. It’s true, don’t believe me? then listen to what the snake has to say. I apologize for the amateur appearence of this older video. As we all know, my video skills have improved immensely.

Spike was not harmed during the making of this video: just exploited. “Don’t Tread on Me” tattoo by Giant Mike

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March 19, 2009

Oaks Lined Colorado Boulevard

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Lately I’ve been in search of photographs my father took of Bunker Hill back in the 1960′s. I’m doing it for the Herritage Square organization’s use. While I was looking for those particular photographs I came across this postcard. It’s post dated 1909 (100 years) and it’s from my great grandfather. It’s of the Maryland Hotel in Pasadena and I’m assuming he stayed there. I already knew he’d been in the area because I remember another photograph my grandmother would pull out showing my very handsome great grandfather ready to board at the Rubio Canyon Incline Station for Echo Mountain’s White City. He returned to Blue Hill Nebraska  (next door to where this series was filmed) and died young of a appendicitus attack. My not so beautiful great grandmother stuck around Blue Hill a bit longer then sold out, packed up and headed to California alone. Her other son was living in Alaska by this time playing for a professional baseball team. She rented an apartment in South Pasadena on Freemont across from the High School. It’s still there.

The Maryland Hotel existed from the early 1900s and was demolished in 1934

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