Chinatown in Honolulu, Hawai'i 2014

A trip to Honolulu's Chinatown.

(photos by Randy Magnus)

Mr. Speedo aka Leith Longcor

One of the first videos by Randy Magnus with a camera borrowed from
Brenda Kleinfelder in 1984, shows a Mr. Speedo looking for Mr. Bingle,
as the downtown of Modesto, CA is being demolished behind him for re-development.
A classic, edited a year later at the ROP Video Studio in Mendocinco, CA.

The last time I saw artist Keith Longcor in his house, explaining a new painting to me.
I went by a few years later to find both him and his house were gone.

John Collier Jr.

John Collier Jr was one of my teachers at SFAI. John always had interesting stories about the FSA days. Sometimes I would sit in his class when I wasn't even enrolled, just to hear his insight.

Sheri Lee - Wonderful World Set

My friend Sheri Lee.

 Music to relax to.

Last Fast Ride - The Movie about Marian Halloway

The movie about the Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess,

Last Fast Ride is about Marian Anderson and includes footage of

the first band that she was in, the audio art band, 5 Fingers.

 The film is playing at the CBGB Film Festival, with a review in the Village Voice.

Also aired at KQED Public Television in the San Francisco Bay Area,
with comments in Please Kill Me.com.

Its good to see those old 5 Fingers performance clips again.
To see more about 5 Fingers, the audio art band, and Leonard's Artspace,
go to: 5 Fingered Archives.

Photograms

 Photograms by Randy Magnus on hand-coated blue print paper.

Photogram of fish on printing out paper by Randy Magnus, 1974.

Theory of Obscurity

A movie about The Residents

https://www.facebook.com/ResidentsMovie

Inside information about the music group: The Residents.

Elaine Mayes in Autolandscapes

Elaine Mayes is in a show titled

"Autolandscapes of the American Road"

To read an interview with Elaine click on LightBites.

Its now on exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
A review can be seen at PBS News Hour
and in the Washington Post. 

SX-70 photo of Elaine Mayes at her loft in New York City.

photo ©1979 Randy Magnus.

see more of Elaine's work at her website, ElaineMayesPhoto.com 

Bella Ciao Live at the SF Italian Festival 2011

Tom Torriglia with his group Bella Ciao performing "Tintarella Di Luna" live at the San Francisco Italian Festival, 2011.

video by Randy Magnus

Night Photographer Jerry Burchard's Photos

Jerry Burchard was born December 1, 1931 and raised in Rochester, Upstate New York. At the age of 16 Jerry was a third generation Kodak worker (the largest employer in the area.)
He joined the Navy and served as a photographer in Europe, shooting mostly car and plane wrecks that involved military equipment.
After the Navy, at the suggestion of Minor White, Jerry attended and later taught (and was chairman of the department for a while) what is now called the San Francisco Art Institute. At this time in the 50's Jerry was doing portraits of the San Francisco North Beach artists, after wanting originally to do jazz musicians but finding that most of them had died.
In the 70's Jerry would teach for a while at SFAI, and then would go live for months at a time in exotic places around the world, hang out, and take photos.
Casablanca, Goulimine, Madrid, Ping Yuen, Bangkok, Burma, and other locations were all well suited for Jerry's night walks with his camera, capturing the ambiance, the feel of being there. (His favorite became Bangkok, Thailand.)
One time Jerry told me that he found a rock by some bushes to set up the camera, opened the shudder and went to have a drink. Jerry came back, took a look at the scene, and decided that it was a two drink exposure, so went back to have that second drink. 'It's whatever feels right' he use to tell me.

More on Jerry Burchard, click here.

Randy Magnus

Jerry Burchard Color Photographs

The color photographs by Jerry Burchard of Thailand and elsewhere, mostly time exposures taken at night. And a self-portrait of Jerry in Bangkok.

See more on this legendary photographer at: http://jerryburchard.blogspot.com/

Photographer Jerry Burchard

Conversation with Night Photographer Jerry Burchard by Randy Magnus .

San Francisco night photographer Jerry Burchard discusses his work and living in Southeast Asia.

video by Randy Magnus

Dead To The World

Here's a link to KPFA FM "Dead To The World" put out every Wednesday by David Gans.
"Dead To The World".

The Residents Radio Hour

This is a link to
The Residents Radio Hour Archive.

Art TV Hawai'i Changes Time

A new time for watching Art TV Hawaii, now at 8:30pm on the Island of Hawai'i cable CH 54. Tune in for art, culture, and community.

Lady Margaret Plays The Blues

Oakland/Bay Area blues artist Lady Margaret being backed up by The International Allstars, live at The Street Nightclub in Modesto, California, 1994.

(from the Art TV Archives by Randy Magnus)

Ironman Time

Hawaii Ironman Triathlon & Underpants Run 2007

It's Ironman time.

(by Randy Magnus)

Hawaiian Time with Aunty Diana Aki

Hawaiian vocalist, Aunty Diana Aki, recorded live during her cd release party at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort, this 50 minute television special airs on Big Island Cable Ch 54 at these times:
Thurs., 12/18 @ 4:30pm
Fri., 12/19 @ 12pm
Sat., 12/20 @ 12pm
Tues., 12/23 @ 5pm
Thurs., 12/25 @ 6pm
Sat., 12/27 @ 9:30pm

Sometimes We All Feel Like This (in the Book Publishing World)

It's Obon Season