THE WEEKENDER :) PHOTO PLAY & ROCK AND ROLL

FROM THE OLD WEST 

TO NEW OLD VENICE

     Thanks to my friend The Travel Answerman John VanKirk

for the tip on this WEEKENDER'S :) Video.  Take a European holiday from right there in your seat.

      Hats off to Joege Niggli for a sensational piece of work.

NEW SCENES 

FROM

THE OLD WEST

     I shot these as the Friday Lunch Flash Mob, down in size due to the windy gale coming off the Pacific, celebrated the birthday of our pal John Madara.

     An extraordinarily talented man, John was a father of

"The Philly Sound"  and early rock and roll.  

    He wrote and/or produced many early hits including At the Hop-Danny and The Juniors, 1-2-3 by Len Barry, You Don't Own Me-Lesley Gore, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay-Danny and the Juniors.

    For years John produced movie sound tracks, was music supervisor for television programs, produced Wayne Newton in Las Vegas, wrote music for TV specials and has recently

completed a musical screen play.  A fascinating career for a dynamic and great guy. A personal aside-I enjoy watching John, watch a musician or band perform.  His entire body seems to be measuring, processing and observing.  Must be the hit maker producer at work. He can't help himself. 

    Have a great weekend.  

    See you down the trail.

THE WEEKENDER :) COOL

GETTING FAMILIAR WITH MOTHER NATURE

Grinding the Crack

    There are a lot of ways to get it done, but we offer up a 

WEEKENDER :) video sent to me by my eldest who has been

a wilderness guide, canoeist and helicopter/rafting leader.

This is something I hope Kristin is not thinking about doing,

but it does offer some thrills. Hang on for this one.

     Now we'll offer up a less harrowing way to interact with the elements.  Here's a taste of what many of us Central Coasters have been doing, watching for whales.

IT'S A NEW TRACK RECORD

     It was always exciting when the late Tom Carnegie, track announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, boomed those words.  The phrase was so famous in Indianapolis it became a kind of buzz word cliche for any manner of "record setting" activity.  Today the Friday Lunch Flash Mob set 

a "new track record."  We had FIVE picnic tables.

    Kind of amazing when we recall it started with about five or six sitting up on the deck.  Big kids like to have fun too!

     Have a great weekend.  See you down the trail.

THE WEEKENDER :) JUST FOR FUN

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

     Perhaps you've read recently that the system you are reading this on, and the technology base of all of our computing may be rapidly out of date.  

     Apparently designers are close to building processing technology, chip high rises if you will, that will accelerate computing time to near warp speed. We are told the glue that is required to hold chip circuit boards in a vertical stack has been improved and there could be exciting news in the near future.  Of course that would mean all of our current technology will become slow, glacially so, by comparison. But in that cloud is the silver lining of potential business opportunities. 

      In the meantime I am fascinated by how creative minds are putting current technology to use. Here's an example.

It is a presentation made at MIP, a production and media trade show held in Cannes France.  When I was ceo of a television and media production company I made twice annual trips to this event.  It is a place where you see cutting edge uses of technology.  Enjoy this wonderment with IPads.

       Thanks to my friend Will Murphy for spotting this 

and sending it along.

THE CAMBRIA LOCAL

      An apology upfront. This is just plain silly season stuff.

It was in the mid to upper 70's under brilliant blue skies

and the Friday Lunch Flash Mob was out in force enjoying a perfect day.

       "Oh, look at all the crows", someone said.  "I wonder if

they'd like some of this extra food", someone else offered.

Well, before long it was show time.

       I hope wherever in the world you are, you can

find some reason to smile this weekend.

       BTW, the same Will who tipped me on the IPAD display has requested a longer Pacific Moment.  That's coming 

next week to LightBreezes.

       See you down the trail.