FyreWyngz wrote:Matthew wrote:Such a great song, JR. Possibly my favourite Thin Lizzy track...
Definitely mine, too.
About your KISS avatar: it's one of my all-time favorites. I don't know if a filter was used or if some other lab development trick was used but I love the stark, grey overtones. It has such a haunting effect.
I just saw the movie "O, Brother Where Art Thou" - WHOA! A SUPER movie! I believe it's the first movie to ever be entirely digitally enhanced. They used digital effects to produce a dusty, dry old photo effect that results in a similar haunting effect like the KISS photo. You've GOT to see this movie.
I took a shot of the "FREE" stamp in Cleveland years ago in the middle of a snowy Cleveland afternoon and got the effect naturally.
Fyre - it's my favourite KISS photo too - although the Empire state Building shot comes close. I love the idea of KISS hanging around outside the Houses of Parliament of all places. KISS were completely unknown the the UK when that shot was taken ('75 or '76 I think) so god knows what the passers-by made of them.
I'm not sure if it's been digitally enhanced or if it's a screenprint. I used to have this photo framed on my bathroom wall (although this did feel like I was disrespecting Gene and Paul so I moved it to the corridor outside....and I'm sure that was more than you wanted to know)...and it was a straightforward black and white print back then.
I know exactly what you mean about O Brother Where Are Thou? It had that same colour quality which manages to look faded and enhanced at the same time. I actually wasn't a fan of the movie itself - even though I love so many Cohen brothers movies - but the music was great.
Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rPrQeP27L0
His style is mostly folk/rock, which I like. I don't see any Survivor resemblance at all.