Monday, March 24, 2008 – Cultural Insight

A slow Monday on the Sunset Strip – getting to know America as it is.  The images that offer insight –

John Adams –

John Adams is staring northwest. Behind him is the Whisky a Go Go – there since January 11, 1964, when it opened with a live band led by Johnny Rivers and a female DJ in a short skirt spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the right of the stage.

Just down the street, a come-on for sunglasses –

Is she still here?

The local bookstore –

The Strip itself –

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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