HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 45 RPM single (1954), Tomaso Albinoni, Emanuel Ax, Mick Box (Uriah Heep), Sônia Braga, Barbara Bush, James Darren, Robert Fripp’s 1979 EXPOSURE album, Gabrielle Giffords, Greg Ginn (Black Flag), Don Grady, Fuzzy Haskins (Funkadelic), Annie Haslam, Mick Hucknall, Jan & Dean’s 1960 single “Little Old Lady From Pasadena,” Jakko Jakszyk, George Kirby, Paul McCartney & Wings (under-rated) 1979 BACK TO THE EGG album, Chuck Negron, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “1984,” Rob Pilatus, Robert Preston, Nick Rhodes, Tony Rice, Rolling Stones 1968 single “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Boz Scaggs, Robert Schumann, Shilpa Shetty, Sturgill Simpson, Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Stiller, Derek Trucks, Bonnie Tyler, Frank Lloyd Wright, and a phenomenal award-winning artist, film-maker, painter, photographer and musician, Nathan Wagoner.
We go back to high school, when he had an enviable mane of hippie hair that could be seen by satellite, and he demonstrated that you didn’t have to be a star quarterback to be a chick magnet. His family warmly welcomed me into their home, feeding me with exotic meals and searing intelligence that made me feel safe and smart all at once. Yet, Nathan was no molly-coddling codependent soft-soaper—he would tongue-lash me and kick my a** when I needed it—what real friends do. We always had bands and music schemes going, none of which topped the charts, but they set the stage for work ethics. Nathan says, “Good painting does no work,” but in his images I see a continuum of brainstorms swooping in with timeless appointments and other unintended intersects, like cover art for LPs, novels, and films that haven’t been made yet—actually I’ve used his art in my music videos. Meanwhile, his stark photographs of “noir Pennsylvania” play with shadows and light in ways that are both startling and funny. See for yourself on his gallery site: https://nathanwagoner.com ...also check out his documentaries and short films https://www.youtube.com/@nwagoner ...and HB NW—thank you for raising the bar of creativity in sound and vision.
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