NOT WORK SAFE (duh)

Sunny and 70 at 7a.m.

Sun, 18 May 2008 14:53:53 GMT

The air conditioning kicked on at 6 this morning.
I think its going to be fucking hot today.
With two iced coffees in me i'm off to run from
Santa Monica Pier to Venice Beach Pier and back again.
Perhaps twice....

!!!GO see SPEED RACER!!!

Sat, 17 May 2008 07:50:25 GMT

Susan and I went to see SPEED RACER today at the IMAX theater and it was FANTASTIC!
Enough eye candy to rot your brain!
You owe it to yourself and the Brothers Wachowski to see it on the BIG SCREEN!
It's so predictable of the snobs on Rotten Tomatoes to give it a low rating.
I feel sorry for anybody who is not in touch enough with their inner child to enjoy this movie!

COOP in BIZARRE

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:40:55 GMT

My buddy COOP got a nice write up in BIZARRE MAGAZINE.

Annie Met A Photographer

Sun, 11 May 2008 18:43:38 GMT

This is a photograph my Pop took of my Mom when they were dating back in the 50's.
A lifetime of Photographs of my Mother here.

Elizabeth McGrath & Scott Musgrove @ Billy Shire

Sun, 11 May 2008 05:18:43 GMT

Steve Diet, Su-jon and I went down to the Billy Shire Fine Arts to
see the work of Elizabeth McGrath and Scott Musgrove.
Lots of big eyed paintings and hipster types to look at.
I liked Scott's wood carved alien-esk scuptures the best.

Collection of Press Photographs

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:16:49 GMT

Late last night I found a page with
THIS COLLECTION OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
On the page there are quite a few....

Some are Beautiful

Some are Bizarre

Some are Disturbing

Some are sad
(on a side note someone GOGLED the name on this headstone and came up with THIS)

Helmut Newton Documentaries

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:24:33 GMT

I've just started watching the first one
which is Helmut by June. It looks very
interesting. I own "Frames from the Edge"
but have never seen this one.

Helmut_June

Helmut_Life

Helmut_Stars

BB-Q & B+W

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:12:10 GMT

Today I had lunch with Naz over at Zeke's Smokehouse.
Their Bar-B-Q is over priced but fuck it's good.
We're not talking Fat Matt's Rib Shack good but good.
After that since we were in the neighborhood Susan and I
decided to see what was up over at the Fahey Klein. I'm glad we did.
The gallery was having an exhibit of Steve Schapiro photographs.
If you have the time stop by and see these prints.

Vivid Alt

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:47:22 GMT

Last week I worked video tech / 2nd Camera
on Benny Profane's new Vivid Alt movie
H O S P I T A L
Produced by Eon McKai
Thats my man O filming Mandy Morbid
Coming Soon

Save Our Taco Trucks

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:52:49 GMT

The best tacos you will ever eat come from the trucks you
see parked all over Los Angeles.
Now it seems someone in our local government wants bring
an end to them doing business on our fair streets.
I love these trucks. The food is cheap, the people who run them are hard working,
friendly and answer to the health board.
Its a Sad Day
Go To Save our taco trucks . org
Read the L.A. Times Article

Perfect Monday (almost)

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:47:07 GMT

Yesterday I started my day by getting up early
and going into Hollywood to hoof it up Runyon Canyon
not once but TWICE!

(Please forgive the crappy iFone Fotos)

Next I made a quick trip over to Dave Naz's house where
he had procured this kick-ass limited edition FUCT T-shirt for me!

From there I ran down the hill to A&I to pick up some film of
my Sexy Sujon!

After this it was time to meet up with my extremely talented
buddy Jeff Pittarelli for some Rock n Roll TOI spicy noodles
and BIG Japanese BEERS!

Walking out of TOI i was presented with my one and only bummer of the
day... We feed the meter but failed to walk to the end of the street
to read that they sweep the street at lunchtime on Mondays (FUCKERS!)

But i was in way too good a mood to be brought down as we had
tickets to see IRON MAN in the ARCLIGHT DOME!!!

As soon as the movie started rolling PIT cracked open a flask of
Absinthe he brought back from Prague!
I gotta say the movie was fan-fucking-tastic!

After the movie we were still kind of thirsty and a wee bit
hungry again so we rolled over to what is maybe the only
bar in Hollywood I can stomach THE SNAKE PIT.
After several 3 dollar Tecate Beers I realized
that it would be foolish and dangerous to drive so i called
my Sexy Sujon to come pick our Drunk asses up and drive us home.
(I may be reckless but I'm not stupid!)
Even with the $50 ticket still a grand day!

What a great Sunday!

Sun, 04 May 2008 21:49:49 GMT

I got up and ran 5 miles yesterday,
got up and ran 5 miles this morning,
Then just as I step out onto the deck
to get my Sunday drunk on someone
calls me to book me for four days
of shooting in May!
Hey bartender set em' up!
GOD bless America and the great state of California!

Ed Fox Book Party

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:51:05 GMT

I went to a party in Hollywood on Saturday celebrating the release of Ed Fox's new Taschen book "Glamour from the ground Up"
I'm very happy to finally get my hands on this beautiful book.
Some of the Sexiest foot photography I have ever seen!

(yes Kumi we all know ed is so cute)

Would You Guys Get ME Out???

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:28:07 GMT

From CNN.com
(CNN) -- James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone.
Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested April 10.

On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter.

The message only had one word. "Arrested."

Within seconds, colleagues in the United States and his blogger-friends in Egypt -- the same ones who had taught him the tool only a week earlier -- were alerted that he was being held.

Twitter is a social-networking blog site that allows users to send status updates, or "tweets," from cell phones, instant messaging services and Facebook in less than 140 characters.

Hossam el-Hamalawy, a Cairo-based blogger at UC-Berkeley, was one of the people who got word of Buck's arrest.

"At first I was worried about his safety," el-Hamalawy said.

Then, el-Hamalawy took to the Web and wrote regular updates in his own blog to spread the information Buck was sending by Twitter. Nobody was sure how long Buck would be able to communicate.

But Buck was able to send updates every couple of hours saying he was still detained, he had spoken to the prosecutor, he still had not been charged, and he was worried about Maree.

"Usually the first thing the police go for is the detainees' cameras and cellular phones," el-Hamalawy said. "I'm surprised they left James with his phone."

Twitter is normally used to keep groups of people connected in less urgent situations.

But Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, said he and others knew that the service could have wide-reaching effects early on, when the San-Francisco, California-based company used it to communicate during earthquakes.

Stone said that as the service got more popular, they began to hear stories of people using Twitter during natural disasters with a focus on activism and journalism.

Buck's urgent message is proof of the value of Twitter, Stone said. Buck's entry set off a chain of events that led to his college hiring a lawyer on his behalf.

"James' case is particularly compelling to us because of the simplicity of his message -- one word, 'arrested' -- and the speed with which the whole scene played out," Stone said. "It highlights the simplicity and value of a real-time communication network that follows you wherever you go."

Initially, the Twitter message was a precaution -- something people could trace in case anything went wrong, Buck said.

"The most important thing on my mind was to let someone know where we were so that there would be some record of it ... so we couldn't [disappear]," Buck said. "As long as someone knew where we were, I felt like they couldn't do their worst [to us] because someone, at some point, would be checking in on them."

Buck began using Twitter as a way to keep up in touch with the bloggers at the heart of his project and the events going on in Egypt that he intended to cover. Buck was working on a multimedia project on Egypt's "new leftists and the blogosphere" as part of his master's degree thesis.

Buck found out from a Twitter message that a planned protest against rising food prices and decreasing wages in Mahalla had been shut down by Egyptian authorities April 6.

The next day, tensions rose as family and friends of protesters who had been detained took to the streets, eventually throwing Molotov cocktails and setting tires on fire, he said.

On April 10, Buck returned to Mahalla, where protests continued.

"I was worried about getting arrested, so I made sure to stay at a distance from the protest so there was no way I could be accused of being part of it," Buck said. "Mohammed and I had a bad sense; it was really tense."

When the men tried to escape, they were detained. That's when Buck thought of Twitter and sent out his message.

Buck and Maree were interrogated, released and then detained again by the same police officers.

"We are really worried that we are off the radar now," Buck said.

Eventually Buck was released, but Maree was transferred to another police station.

As he left the station, Buck reached into his pocket, as he did less than 24 hours earlier.

Another one-word blog entry said it all: "Free."

As happy as he was to be free, Buck said, his biggest frustration was leaving behind the translator who helped protect him during the riots.

Although the Twitter message helped him find contacts to get out of prison, he says it was more the power of the network he had as an American that enabled him to be released so quickly.

"Mohammed was sitting next to me," he said. "But he didn't have the network to call. I tried to use my network to shield him until they tore us apart."

Twitter may not have been able to secure Maree's release, but Buck hopes his initial reason for using Twitter will help find his missing friend.

"It was my big hope that people would get [the message] right away and at least put a thumbtack on the map as far as our location," Buck said.

There has been no official confirmation regarding Maree's whereabouts.

Attiya Shakran, press counsel for the Egyptian Consulate in San Francisco, said Maree was released April 13.

Maree's brother Ahmed Maree said that he had not heard from his brother and that he believes he is still in jail.

Government officials in Egypt could neither confirm nor deny Maree's release, despite repeated requests for comment.

Buck is now using his story and Twitter page as a way to rally people looking for answers about Maree's status. He's gone as far as publishing the phone number of the press counsel of the Egyptian Consulate in San Francisco and posting a petition for Maree's release.

For Buck, the main story is no longer about his quest for freedom from jail; it's a quest to find answers and, eventually, find his friend.

Ree Natural Light

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:57:27 GMT

Model: Ree
Image: lightworship
Tri-X Film / Rollei Twin Lens & Hasselblad Cameras

Kimberly Kane Backlot

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:07:02 GMT

Model: Kimberly Kane
Rope: Me
Images: lightworship
A few more of these on bondage_monster

Kimberly Kane in cellar natural light

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:27:42 GMT

Model: Kimbery Kane
Rope: ME
Image: Also ME

Three Days of Shooting

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:59:55 GMT

I had a great weekend shooting Shibari outdoors.
I've got film at the lab and hundreds of raw images to process.
One girl a day for three days, they were all troopers and I'm very happy
with how all my ropework turned out!
I hope to have some images up soon.

Yet another Porn Party...

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:36:36 GMT

Mastermind Eon McKAI is releasing "The Doll Underground" and
he wants you to BUY IT!
But first come drink with us at Little Cave.

Happy Birthday Mr. Batts

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:34:49 GMT

Carlos Batts had a small birthday celebration yesterday. In attendance were (of course) his beautiful wife April Flores, Steve Diet Goedde, Dave Naz, Ori, BamBoo Eric Kroll, Adrianna Nicole, and Iggy Poop.

Eric looks a little baffled and Iggy stays warm.

Adrianna and Ori had lots to talk about

Kroll made his famous fresh fruit Margaritas but I stayed clear
so as not to get to crazy around all the family

The illustrious Mr. PooP

Dave, BamBoo and half of Steve

8a.m. Saturday

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:50:17 GMT

I'm laying in bed
A chopper circles around my rooftop
Some fool must be running from the cops in Highland park.

Miss You Every Day Pop

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:18:41 GMT

My Father Victor R. Curtis Sr. died on this day 14 years ago.
I miss him very much.

Ashley Blue's Blog

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:04:19 GMT

If you don't already you should read Ashley Blue's Blog
Her boyfriend, Dave Naz, is a good friend of mine and last week I helped run the audio
on his next film for Private.
Ori AKA Ashley took this photo of me, Dave and Octavio working on set.

Her Blog consistantly makes me laugh and I really admire the way they document their lives.

Kay 2007

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:23:24 GMT

Model: Kay U

Rope: VICTOR

Image: lightworship

All the Images from that day

OR

Blue Skies Over Highland Park

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:14:18 GMT