"THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY" ...
Miami, Florida (August 24, 1992)
Just hours after Hurricane Andrew raced through Dade County, The Coppertone Girl, torn from the billboard on I-95 and the 826 Interchange, under an already clearing sky.
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FLIGHTS OF DISCOVERY
JULY 4th 2006 ...
The Independence Day launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, as seen 10 miles to the south near the 520 Causeway on Cocoa Beach.
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“SEE IT LIKE A NATIVE”
Cocoa, Florida (July 13, 2005)
This was the first Shuttle launch after the 2003 "tragedy," when Columbia incinerated as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, with heat-deflecting tiles that had sustained damage during the launch phase of its mission.
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Listen for the young grandmother's excitement as she and her family watch the launch of Discovery from the usually quiet bank of the Indian River. The family had recently purchased its small, traditional 1880s Florida home on what's called the River Road, a scenic drive that runs along the Intracoastal Waterway through Cocoa and Rockledge, 10 miles west of from Cape Canaveral.
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Music
TackHead, King's X, Prince, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Wishbone Ash, The Allman Brothers, Funkadelic, James Brown, Earth Wind&Fire, Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Joan Armatrading, Sea Level, Steely Dan, Larry Carlton, Steve Khan, Al Di Meola, Return to Forever, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, John Klemmer, Yellowjackets, Jimmy Haslip, Tom Petty, Talking Heads, The Clash, Living Colour, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Suicidal Tendencies, Body Count, Tool, King Crimson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Etta James, Sublime, The Expendables, Kottonmouth Kings, Mos Def, Liquid Soul, Brand New Heavies, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Michelle Shocked, Ani DiFranco, Eva Cassidy, Masters of Reality, Clutch, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, The Meters, Zachary Richard, Peter Green, Roy Buchanan, Agent Orange, Television, X, The Stooges, Concrete Blonde, The Tragically Hip, The Motels, Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, Portishead, Morcheeba, Cake, Mofro, Motown, Lonnie Johnson, Les Brown, Ella, Frank, Miles, Zeppelin, Jaco, and Jimi ...
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Movies
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, The Right Stuff, The Godfather (1,2), The Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sound of Music, Grand Prix, M.A.S.H., Bull Durham, The Longest Yard, Hoosiers, The Endless Summer, Where the Boys Are, Dreamgirls, Kelly's Heroes, The Graduate, Paper Chase, Rollerball, Blade Runner, Liquid Sky, Brother from Another Planet, Repo Man, The Pink Panther, Some Like it Hot, The Odd Couple, The Hustler, The Candidate, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Mary Poppins, Lucas, The Bad News Bears, The China Syndrome, Spinal Tap, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, American Graffiti, Dazed and Confused, Almost Famous, All the President's Men, The Summer of '42, Radio Days, E.T., Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Journey to The Center of The Earth, The Maltese Falcon, It's a Mad Mad Mad World, The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming, Fail Safe, Casablanca, That's Entertainment I, II, III ...
Television
Mad Men, True Blood, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Wonder Years, The 70s Show, Dream On, Sopranos, Entourage, Rome, Current TV, David Letterman, John Stewart/Steven Colbert, Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, CSPAN, Speed Channel (Forumla 1, Moto GP, American Motocross)
STAND-UP COMEDY: The Lenny Bruce Performance Film, Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, Bill Hicks Live, The Complete Sam Kinison, Jerry Seinfeld "Comedian," Roseanne Barr, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle ...
Books
(an illustrated) DICTIONARY.
(a well-designed) ATLAS
Carl Hiaasen
(Sunday) New York Times
Mojo
Surfer's Journal
Vanity Fair
Heroes
Anyone working full-time for minimum wage.
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About me:
DAVE HOGERTY, A FLORIDA (PHOTO)JOURNALIST
[with time on the staffs of:]
COCOA TODAY (1976-79)
INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR (1979-82)
PALM BEACH POST (1983-84)
MIAMI HERALD (1985-87)
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA College of Journalism Faculty (1987-89)
MIAMI HERALD [Feature Page Design] (1990-92)
MIAMI NEW TIMES [Art Director] (1993)
CITY LINK [Art Director] (1994-97)
(original design)
JAZZIZ MAGAZINE [Art Director] (1999-2003)
MUSIC.COM [Creative Director] (2003)
(editorial/art/original design)
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"WORSE FOR WEAR"
An enduring symbol, after hanging 444 days in support of a group of Americans being held captive in Iran.
— (Indian River Drive) Rockledge, Florida (1979)
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TACKHEAD:"IN THE POST-APOCALYPTIC AREA"
(The Legendary Post-Hip-Hop, Pre-Trip-Hop Band Returns)
2009 — In this, the first year of Barack Obama's Presidency, the socially conscious, politically active TackHead will release its first (12") record in 20 years. Much of "Funky Obama" was produced by TackHead drummer/founder Keith Leblanc, on the day of Obama's Inauguration (Jan. 20, 2009).
"FUNKY OBAMA" will be followed by the release of a full-length album, the band's first since 1990's "Strange Things." (due out New Year's 2010)
"3 A.M. BLUES"
University Avenue, downtown Gainesville, Florida (1980).
In late 1970s and early 1980s, Johnny Hines was a well-dressed bluesman who played the streets for enough money for food and drink to survive. Muddy Waters mentioned the small North Florida town (home of The University of Florida) in the lyrics of "Deep Down in Florida" on his 1977 album HARD AGAIN (produced by guitarist Johnny Winter).
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"FIRST WINTER STORM"
We will never forget Vietnam, Will We?
(1982) At first, architect Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial design was criticized for being "dark" and sinking into the earth, compared to the Washington, Lincoln, and all the other monuments that were "white," and "rose to the heavens." But in the first snow of 1982, it was the young Vietnamese Architect's polished black granite wall that stood strong in the cold, while the glorious past disappeared into the overcast sky.
"HOLY ROLLER"
Easter on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
I'm guessing Jesus' cross didn't have a wheel.
"STORMY WEATHER" ... Rockledge, Florida (August 30, 1979)
Two days after tearing through the Caribbean's Windward and Leeward Islands, a weakened Hurricane David grazed Florida's East Coast. It then rode the Gulfstream north, regaining momentum, and delivered one, last devestating blow, this time in South Carolina.
"THE FLIGHT OF DISCOVERY" ... Cocoa, Florida (September 29, 1988)
THIS SHUTTLE LAUNCH (the first after the Challenger exploding in 1986) was viewed from the (Cape Canaveral) mainland, on the bank of the Intracoastal Waterway (Indian River). The rusty building was what remained of an infamous restaurant called Hubb's Inn, said to have been frequented by famous mobsters in the 1920s who would motor or sail their yachts up the Intracoastal from their winter estates in Miami Beach.
FOR SPACE COAST NATIVES, the routine of standing in the front yard watching a rocket streak across the sky was normally followed by walking back into the house to watch the televised replay of the launch, and to listen to the flight's progress as reported by mission control.
MIAMI BEACH ...
There are the occassional storm swells that come up out of the Caribbean and break near the southern tip of Miami Beach, but the area is more known for its abundance of Deco-Style architecture and "beautiful" people.
REEF ROAD, PALM BEACH ... (3 to 4 feet)
The oppulent town of Palm Beach is one of the narrow barrier islands that run along Florida's east coast. Driving north on a mansion-lined A1A, near the north end of the island, one comes to Reef Road, another of the small residential roads that cross the neighborhood from the intracoastal to the ocean. Here, south of the inlet between Palm Beach and Singer Island is one of Florida's best winter breaks ... crystal clear, turquoise, glassy swells that break on an old coral reef just off shore. There have been frequent 10-foot winter days on Reef Road, usually after the passing of particularly strong cold fronts.
NICE WINTER DAY ...
Indiatlantic, Florida (Space Coast, 10 miles north of Sebastian Inlet)
BILL HICKS was a favorite comedian, and friend of many rock n roll musicians, including members of Metalica, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Tool. In fact, Tool vocalist and front man Maynard James Keenan eulogized the late comedian on the band's 1996 AEnima album, sampling pieces of Bill's act, and featuring him as a cigarette-smoking doctor in a painting printed within the liner notes.
ALTHOUGH NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED, or faint of heart, Bill Hicks was arguably the best, and without doubt, the funniest social commentator of the 1980s. In a decade when cable television, and a comedy club on nearly every suburban street corner brought stand-up comedy to its commercial peak, Hicks strode fearlessly in the footsteps of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, and his "Outlaw Comic" friend Sam Kinison. He crossed the country, spewing thoughtful, often caustic, and always hilarious opinions into the face of anyone fortunate enough to see him. While other notable stand-ups of the time (Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Richard Belzer) moved on to make their lucrative marks on television and in the movies, Hicks, until his death in 1994, with no concern of damaging his "maketabiltiy," remained relentless in his committed, sometimes pornographic attack on American society. Considering much of Bill's best material was founded on politics and religion, and what he described as "the crudest joke I ever told" was a bathtub description featuring Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, and a squatting Barbara Bush, it's unfortunate that today we can only imagine what Bill's take would have been on our Jesus-loving leader today. No doubt it would have elicited a chuckle or two.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone with something to say.
thanx for your message dave and your useful suggestions! I will answer you as soon as I have talked to the rest of BB crew... all the best from Hamburg/Germany sez BRIXTONBOOGIE
Hi, Dave! The show gas great! Apolo full of people, a lot of young people, new blood, they knew us and they wowed! we got it recorded with 3 camaras...we gonna work the video, audio and we are designing our historic dvd...soon U'll have news about us... Hug! Julio.
Hows tings? Long time no speak. Me got private parties lined up in mansions for gigs, going to BIG CHILL to see Adrian Sherwood and Bonjo play. Hope all is well with you. Best wishes
Just checkin' in to say Hey! John's about ready to send his master in for copies. It's finally here after all this time. Soon, hopefully in August, I'll have my CD finished. I hope that you are doing and feeling good. Take care, Bev.
Hey there! Happy Easter! Hyvää Pääsiäistä! I am so happy I will have whole 6 days off in a row and get to meet my mom and bros. The twins are half way through their mandatory army service, havent met them since January. I hope all is great over your way! Tiina
Hey Dave, hope all your projects are going well? I have been busy recording, finally coming to the finish line! Long work in progress hey!!! What's new for you right now? Peace, light and all things in between! Mikki ;)
