Docs from Kees, tagged "Sherry ~ Rebujito"

Us As Me

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:55:46 +0000

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Companion piece to this one.

Sherry wore one of my jackets. I’m sorry to say that it was severely damaged in my scooter accident. It goes without saying, that the volume on the table isn’t the whole Latin lexicon: it only contains part of the letter “I”.

Sherry on the Dark Side

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:46:01 +0000

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A grainy picture? Yes, but it isn’t a normal grain, it’s an artistic grain, which makes you almost forget that the original was virtually black.
So have I been “Photoshoping”?
No no, you who know me better also know that I’d never do that. I’ve just PhotoArtistExpressed a bit.
(But you can still see the cup is Wedgwood!)

Checking the Inbox

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:53:01 +0000

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This lady has a very special relationship to elderly iMacs: she strongly feels the urge to destroy them, yet they strangely fascinate her...

Please notice the gesture. Is it a terrorist mouth bump, or just a female affectation? (View the previous picture in my stream...)

Steingaden

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:21:01 +0000

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We had dinner on the terrace, in the evening chill, because drinking Coca Cola Light wasn’t allowed inside.

Linderhof

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:06:01 +0000

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One way of identifying the location is the presence of Sherry.

Our discussions about Kant and Hegel were often interrupted by phone calls. Oh well, it was her birthday, so...

Linderhof

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:17:01 +0000

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Ipernity meet-up at Linderhof Castle.

Autofocus Failure

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:01 +0000

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I know you can buy plenty postcards of the Linderhof, but hey, you can buy them in Munich too, so they don’t prove you were there. I was very disappointed when my picture of the castle turned out to be unsharp. Autofocus is said to be “intelligent”, nowadays, but don’t you believe it: If there’s really something at stake it fails you, and focuses right on the centre of the image.

Nice girl, though! ;-)

Linderhof

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:04:01 +0000

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A most charming castle, and a favorite of King Ludwig II.

I knew I’d have to wait outside with the dog, so I was keen to do the best I could photographing the scenery. This was going to be a superb and daring composition, the picture of a lifetime. Sadly, someone chose to pass by just when the “decisive moment” (Henri Cartier Bresson) was there...
The magic was broken! The opportunity lost forever! :-(

Where the rivers meet...

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:19:42 +0000

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The Isar and Loisach rivers meet in the Icking area. A beautiful sight, and this was going to be the perfect picture ... my MASTERPIECE. Then suddenly someone got in the way.
All in vain, all in vain....
Some people seem to be born for bad luck.

Using the AlphaSmart as a USB keyboard

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:02:58 +0000

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Ah, those grateful eyes, when the AlphaSmart veteran masterfully detects the Y-key on his Neo/US... Is it just my male chauvinism, or do they really say: "You're so CLEVER!"?

Imagine someone has lived in Germany for a long, long time. No wonder a German keyboard is attached to his trusty iMac, but that doesn't matter to him as he's got used to it.
Then, all of a sudden, an American guest appears. She'd like to use his computer to check and answer her e-mails, and that's fine with him (however severe, he's not inhuman).
She starts typing, but something seems to be wrong, and she can't Z Y...

Thank God, there's an American AlphaSmart Neo in the house, with all the characters in place. It easily connects to the Mac via a USB cable. This did the trick, and surely made her day...

(Picture taken for the AlphaSmart Group on Flickr)

Strange Find

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:55:01 +0000

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Folks, look what I’ve found here between the bottles and glasses on our table...
Most of us know the sensation of having a few drinks and then seeing things that aren’t there, such as little pink elephants, but I’ve never seen this (though it seems, in some strange way, familiar).
And never before have I managed to record alcohol-induced visions with my camera.
Odd, very odd...

Icking - Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:58:01 +0000

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Tourists from all over the world come to visit Icking just to take a picture of its famous church...

Wouldn’t it be much better if they’d bother to attend a service?

Behind the Clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:12:42 +0000

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When we arrived, the weather in the Netherlands wasn’t quite as fair as we had wished, but then, all of a sudden, I had to think of the wise words of a good friend of mine. She once observed that, behind the clouds, the sun is shining ... always.

You know that I’m not much of a philosopher, but this I found to be true.

Munich - Zerwirkgewölbe

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:21:52 +0000

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Only today, I saw that the New York Times has an article on Munich online, which might interest prospective visitors of Bavaria’s capital. Surprisingly, at least to me, is that it starts out with the Zerwirkgewölbe.

The article also links to a review of the restaurant that, some years ago, replaced the original shop: “This all-vegan, part raw-food establishment sits in a house more than 700 years old where wild game used to be skinned and butchered, just around the corner from the world-famous beer palace the Hofbräuhaus, in the heart of Munich.”

Indeed, life isn’t without irony...
“GO VEGAN – CELEBRATE LIFE”:

The Rockodiles

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:57:56 +0000

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Uncouth had the opportunity to talk with the last remaining member of The Rockodiles, Roddy “the Swamp” Bigalow who is about to start (once again) a Farewell Tour.

Uncouth: How does it feel to be the front man of what has become a one person band?
RB: Yeah, true, we were very upset when Jack, our drummer, died back in ’72. But then we found out we could also tap the rhythm with our feet, so we went on without a drummer. We could never have replaced him: his beat was great, but his back-beat was simply inimitable.
In ’77 our bass player went berserk. As long as I knew him he had always been high on acid, but then he went on a bad trip from which he never came back... He’s still in an institution, I believe, haven’t seen him in years. Luckily both our lead-singer, Keith, and I had pretty deep voices, and we alternately took over humming the bass lines. It’s not the same, but it could be worse.
Four years ago, Keith fell off a tree and broke his neck. “That’s the end”, I thought at the time. Well, as it turned out, it wasn’t: our fans kept asking for me to return. We’ve always had great fans, God bless ’em.
I then did a gig or two. What happened? The audience knew all our texts by heart, and sang them for me. All I had to do was play my guitar (and hum and tap a little), the fans did the rest. Unbelievable.

Uncouth: And now you’re embarking on your fourth They Never Come Back Tour...
RB: Yeah, great, isn’t it? I’m really excited about it!

Uncouth: Some people may wonder if you’re in it for the money...
RB: Bullshit! I have three ex-wives, and seven legitimate children (God bless ’em) –let’s forget about the illegitimate, hehe!–, and I’ve always been able to feed them. No, this is just a “Thank you” to the fans who have always supported us.

Uncouth: Have you ever thought about renaming the group, the group not being a group anymore?
RB: I’m too old now for starting a solo career. What should I have done? Call myself “The Rockodile”? Nope, I’m Roddy Bigalow, give or take “the Swamp”. “The Rockodiles” is our trade mark, people have known it for ages, they want The Rockodiles, and The Rockodiles is what they’ll get!

Uncouth: You still seem to be in great shape, for a 67 years old!
RB (with slight irritation): Thank you for mentioning my age, had almost forgotten it.
You may as well know everything: I wear a wig. Never heard of a wig, uh? That’s for old suckers like me, ye know? I’ve always thought that bald elderly rock stars are pathetic. Not with me! My head-bangin’ is as good as it was in 1968 –as a matter of fact, I invented it! Other people my age use a wheel chair, I wear a wig: so what?

Uncouth: We noticed you weren’t plugged-in when we took your picture during the last rehearsal...
RB: Why should I? See, I have played guitar all my life, I know how to do it, I know how I sound... What is important is the looks of it; I always say: “It needn’t sound like music, it must look like music!” Rock music is all about attitude, the rest is projection: the audience hears what it sees, and what it wants to hear. Take The Beatles: They weren’t half as popular as we were in our best times, but the girls used to scream so loud that all what happened was a group on the podium, far away, appearing to have a good time. If they had a good time, the audience had it too, even though they couldn’t hear a shit of what was being played! That worked for them, and it still works for us ... me.

Uncouth: We also saw you weren’t wearing one of the usual Rockodiles T-shirts. How come?
RB: Ha, I hoped I’d get away with that! The truth is: they’re all in the yearly wash, all ten of them. So I thought I’d wear a T-shirt of a group which I think has the potential of becoming as big as we were, and still are. They’re called “As Forever Fakes”, and...

Uncouth: Sorry for interrupting, but the T-shirt seems to read “Fades”...
RB: Does it? Hey, you’re right! Well, what’s in a name? Great band, from the US, lots of potential, though they’d better call themselves, perhaps, “The Asforeverfades” –and their new bass player definitely needs a wig.

Uncouth: Thank you, Roddy, for this interview!
RB: You’re welcome! And remember: Rock wouldn’t be the same without The Rockodiles! Tickets from £78 onwards.

Coming home...

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:25:31 +0000

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... after a day of hard work.

You don’t really believe someone’s waiting for me with a camera, do you? Or that I’d ride an hour in Winter without gloves?
No, it is a self-portrait, taken this Sunday in the late afternoon. From a tripod. To show that it’s really me, I even used a fill-in flash! :-)
Acute observers will notice that the wind screen has arrived; it really helps.

Angel

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:28:01 +0000

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I saved this one up for a rainy day. €11.70 doesn’t seem too much for a smile.

Some people will say it’s kitsch –I say: It’s kitsch, but what does it matter?