by beachraven | Jul 30, 2021
Monterey Bay, Monterey, California Hours before tourists would begin strolling the pier, I rolled up to the bay, unclipped my shoes from my bike’s peddles, and gazed out over the cloud-draped boats. “Not much to photograph today,” Lawrence said. It was just...
by beachraven | Jul 23, 2021
Joseph Beuys, Das Kapital Raum, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin, Germany My first paid job in a recording studio was at the Music Grinder in Hollywood (closed in 2004). It was 1977. The small demo studio grew fast. In a few years, recording artists with album...
by beachraven | Jul 16, 2021
Monterey, California Just after first light, I went out for a romp on my bike. In Monterey, California the sun rises over the bay, creating an east coast feel. Layers of clouds hung over the horizon, punctuated with bits of glinting sun, illuminating fragments...
by beachraven | Jul 9, 2021
Cannery Row, Monterey, California One Saturday morning in 1990, I drove across Hollywood and walked into a room with about ten Macintosh desktop computers lined up on tables. Margarita Mix and LA Studios (both LA-based studios) were holding a group training for...
by beachraven | Jul 3, 2021
I’d heard of the band Agent Orange. They were considered surf punk, but I’d never been to a show, nor could I remember hearing one of their records. That’s how it was. I’d get a call and show up. With no internet, the only way to check out a...
