Tonight

Yea! A lot of fun to look forward to tonight! Now, this is the kind of thing I think Mark would have wanted. People remembering him with music and showing his art. In a nightclub with loud live bands. The Fems will be headlining, as they should, though there will be an empty place without him. Robby Goo with Amungus, The Jumpers, Paper Faces, Industry of Life Divine, David Kane- the list goes on.
I was getting my hair cut at Simon Salon yesterday- I watched him sell his last pre-sale ticket. The place was buzzing with activity- Jon is playing a huge part in getting this together. When I left, Scott Michaels from the Jumpers was getting his hair dyed......
My contribution is a slideshow made of photographs I took of Mark in the late '80s. Some of those old negatives were a bear to clean up. Kevin and I were talking at dinner last night- we think we're gonna see every one we know! If you have ever loved anything in Buffalo music, there will be something there for you. Mark would have wanted it that way....

Starting September

Well, I need to get to the darkroom, and it's going to hit 90 degrees. It's going to be interseting...
I will, however, focus on the end product here- the show is shaping up to be something great. And I'm using it, among other things, as a springboard to be a photographer as a living.
Not to put too much emphasis on the past, but I've spent an awful long time doing other things that do not make me happy; things that I was not meant to do. Now, in the past week, I've been scanning a lot of negatives of Mark Freeland- photos that I took twenty years ago, for the memorial party on the 15th. Alot of those photographs are pretty damn good! 20 years old! I really need to do this. This is just another revelation of many, but I have a feeling that this one is very strong because Freeland wants some credit- don't worry Mark-lots of credit...
The aforementioned party is at the Towne Ballroom in Buffalo on September 15, starting at 7pm.
And I'll have the slideshow up on the Buffaloroots website shortly after the party.