Rock 'n Roll heyday photos on display at Shoe Shop in Sherman Oaks

Greg Papazian was a teenager when he began taking photos of rock stars for several famous clubs, like the Whiskey a Go-Go. He took over 1600 photos before going to work at the family's shoe store. He became a cobbler, but one day a friend talked him into turning the store into an art gallery featuring his rare photos.       

 

 Greg Papazian is shown above with two of his favorite photos. Annie Lennox (left) taken in 1983 at the Palace Theatre in Hollywood, and Ron Wood, taken at the Anaheim Convention Center in 1973. He took photos of such famous groups as: Led Zeppelin; Peter Frampton; Procol Harum; Rod Stewart; The Who; Edgar Winter; Humble Pie; Uriah Heep; Deep Purple; Fleetwood Mac; Eric Clapton; Chuck Berry; Bee Gees; and T. Rex.

Lakers swat late surging Hornets to extend un-beaten record to 7-0

Before the season began those NBA pundits that talked of the Wild Western Conference being between three teams can think again. The division champs are back and just who do you suppose can stop them?

Certainly not those two top teams mentioned in the same breath as the Lakers? The New Orleans Hornets or the Houston Rockets. The Lakers have brutalized both teams while making a statement...they are the TEAM TO BEAT!

ABOVE - Kobe Bryant works on Morris Peterson during the fourth quarter. The final score was 93-86, although most of the game the Hornets were down by as much as 21 points. No team has got any closer than 7 points to the Lakers yet this year. The Lakers motto this season is: Remember what happened in Boston!

So take notice you Celtic fans. This is the Lakers year!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PHOTO?

Even in this day and age of gender neutrality this just doesn't seem right. You know what I mean? There's just no way she could....

So this is what could happen when you go into one of those bathrooms marked for both sexes.

GM scraps model debuts as the industry cuts expenses

Times are hard for American automakers. The big 3 are looking for a loan from the government. It's apparent to me that their going to have to retool, and quit selling land yachts and to catch up with the energy needs for today's struggling economy.

CLICK HERE to read more about what the automakers have been doing.

More Vietnam Era Posters...this Veterans Day 2008

   

 

Some Vietnam Era Posters : Remembering Comrades on Veterans Day

     

I was a Combat Engineer with the 31st Eng. Battalion, 79th Eng. Division and served in Vietnam in 1970. I also was part of a combination of American and ARVN forces that went into Cambodia in May/June; pursuing NVA Leadership Command and Control.

I lost too many brothers over there. They will always be alive however, in my heart and good memories. They were so young. I was 19 years-old. I didn't know shit about politics or anything like that. All I learned was how to survive in a very bad place. When I came home it was a bad place for veterans like me.

Now, I see Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering with PTSD, like me, and I wonder when will it ever end? When will we ever learn that war is not the answer?

 Peace brothers and sisters...all of you from every war...alive and those who aren't here anymore. Peace.

Some Interesting WW II Posters : Remembering Veterans Day Today

      

    

  

Patriotic Posters from America's Past Wars: Veterans Day Remembered

    

                                    These posters are all circa WW I from 1916 to 1917

        

Americans were told that this war was the "War to end all Wars" as they joined the fray in Europe.

Veterans Day: A time to reflect and remember those that served our country

IT MUST BE GETTING LATE...I'M SEEING CIRCLES MOVE!