Tuesday, July 17, 2007 – The Sixties Persist

A bit of Americana at Venice Beach – where the sixties never ended – Diane's Ark, "The Spirit of Venice," and the companion truck in the lot where Rose Avenue ends at Ocean Front Walk.   Note the Dennis Kucinich sticker – he was born on October 8, 1946, so that fits, as in 1968, the year just about everything happened, he would have been twenty-two. Kucinich is, of course, known by many as "The Peace Candidate" – he did receive the 2003 Gandhi Peace Award. He also re-introduced legislation to create a United States Department of Peace (HR 808) on February 5, 2007. He may have been Mayor of Cleveland once, but they like Congressman Kucinich at Venice Beach.

Nearby additional Americana – cowboy hats for sale –

And you just don't see street musicians like this anymore –

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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