Anyone up for a picture thread?

[Ariana Celeste]

:7

Taken last week whilst the man was on vacation:

[Zuni]

1. I have never posted a pic before

but what they hey

here is me standing in my bathroom, with a guitar

[Ariana Celeste]

2. How long have you been playing?

I started learning to play bass just recently, few months ago.

[Zuni]

4. actually I am a bass player first

I have been playing for about 14 years

[Ariana Celeste]

14. Alright, then here is moi playing bass

The man's bass, that is. Love that damn thing, but would just looove to have an acoustic bass instead. Some day. :7

[name not needed]

46. OMG! THAT BRIDGE IS HUGH!!!1

Here's me with another bathroom shot, unable to get the bottom half of my face in the picture.



And then there's the bass.

[ghostsofgiants]

94. Your bass appears to be almost identical to mine

Except mine has a black pick guard.

[cleofus1]

118. nice bass...

here's knockoff

[cleofus1]

119. here's me with my old takamine...

poloroids...don'tyoujustlove them?

[progmom]

128. looks just like my bass!

:hi:

[Zuni]

150. you play bass Progmom?

I am a bass player too! I have a Fender P bass special, with P-bass and J-bass pickups

:bounce:

great DJ smiley :D

[progmom]

152. when my saxophone mentor died suddenly

i found myself completely unable to pick up my horn for a very long time. since i still needed to play music, i decided to buy a bass and see if i could teach myself. i never got very good, but there's recorded evidence of it out there somewhere....

[Zuni]

160. I just love playing

I love playing bass, I love playing guitar, I love playing harmonica, I love playing drums and I love playing piano (although I am not that good at drums or piano)

sorry to hear about your Sax teacher :hug:. I bet you got mad soul. I would love to hear you wail on that thing sometime

:hi:

[progmom]

168. I haven't played seriously in a really long time.

x(

[johnnie]

3. OK if you're doin guitar

Here I am playing too.

[Zuni]

5. That is a good pic

I almost bought a Tele standard, red, just like that recently but I bought a Fender TC-90 instead

[johnnie]

10. That's an ESP Tele

When they first came out. Serial number #000087. It's a good guitar. I beat the shit out of it, but it's a friggin' guitar..LOL.

[progmom]

8. hey johnnie...if you don't mind me saying.....

you're hot. :)

[johnnie]

13. Oh, I was there

Sweatin' my ass off..lol. That was one of three shirts I went thru that night. It was our record release show on my birthday. It was about 6 years ago.

But thanks.. :blush:
I've gotten older since then.

[katinmn]

102. I second that!

:)

[RetroLounge]

146. It's a Guitar Pic Thread!

Older pic showing my Rick and Les Paul...



and yes, there is a Beaver on my amplifier, thanks for asking...

RL

[progmom]

6. ZUNIPANTS!!!

I think I just realized that I always pictured the crack-smoking smiley making all your posts!!! You're much better looking than that!! :rofl:


:hi:

[Zuni]

9. HA

:spray:

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

26. you so crazy!

what is it about taking pics in the bathroom! Isn't the bathroom for something else? :crazy:

[Zuni]

30. It had a mirror

which made it just perfect for my little shenanigans :D

[Lannes]

85. Cant post a pic of myself but here is my guitar an Ibanez lefty

Nothing fancy but I like it.Nice Les Paul BTW!

http://www.imageshack.us>

[GOPisEvil]

7. M'kay.

[u4ic]

36. Hey good lookin'

hope pasta's cookin'! :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

40. You got it!!

Water's on!

:hi:

Although, I'll give you travel time. I'm hitting the sack for tonight.

[Ramsey]

143. Wow!

Spiffy!

:loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

155. That's what happens when friends get married!

:loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Ok, I promise I'll get a new one soon...

[u4ic]

38. Love the hair!

:thumbsup:

I wish I could carry off short hair like you do.

[sundog]

47. hey!

you never told me you were such a hottie :P

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

49. aw thanks baby!

:loveya:

and yes, i am a member of the 'Sundog-lovin Women's Brigade', cutie :P

[khashka]

65. Wow!

Love the tat. But that hair, those glasses - not many women could carry them off. But you look gorgeous! That bone structure!

Khash.

[bicentennial_baby]

81. Well thank you!

You're too sweet! :)

[GOPisEvil]

82. Nothing wrong with that one!

But if some is good, more is better! :D

[RandomKoolzip]

12. To compete with Zuni's pic, I post a pic of me playing bass:

Hey Zuni: NIIIIICE fucking guitar, man.

[Zuni]

15. Its an Epi not a Gibson

But I love it anyway.

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Ah...fuck it then.

Just kidding.

Actually, SouthoftheBorderPaul bought an Epiphone e5 copy (The, no shit, "Noel Gallagher signature model") for about 600 dollars, and has spent more than twice that just to make it playable....the fucking thing just REFUSED to stay in tune, and the pickups, at first, were muddy.


Everyone I know who's bought an Epi instead of a Gibson has told me horror stories, but they've also held onto their axes.

[Zuni]

24. I have never had any problems with it

it is actually a first rate axe. It stays in tune through anything.

I get an excellent tone out of those humbuckers and my Fender amp and "Blues Driver" pedal (only pedal I ever use---it is a light distortion pedal--sounds like 60s rock distortion rather than thrash metal distortion)

The problem is that he bought a Noel Gallagher guitar. It was probably cursed

[Tafiti]

157. Add mine to that list.

My Epiphone Les Paul is also first rate. I've never had a single problem with it, and it sounds great. In fact, I take it once or twice a year to a professional to give it a "physical", and every single time, when I go to pick it up, they tell me it's a great guitar. And, I can tell they were surprised.

[johnnie]

16. We almost have a band here

But I am the old one, so you must follow me!..LOL.

[RandomKoolzip]

21. Of course.

But I reserve the right to quit if you ask me to play "slap" bass.

I play "slap" bass for no man.

[johnnie]

23. Eh, just play like ya do

We can get Beastman to slap your bass.

[RandomKoolzip]

32. That sounds like a metaphor for something.

Should I be frightened?

[johnnie]

34. Hey, you know Brian better than I do.

I was just playin' along.
Seriously, we should all meet up some time.

[Zuni]

28. I refuse to play slap bass

it is just awful :cry:

[Ariana Celeste]

29. awww

I haven't even gotten that far myself :)

I just pluck pluck away at my easy songs and scales, but some day I will master the damned thing. :7

[RandomKoolzip]

33. There's no worse sound a musician can produce.

I'll even take a poor slide guitarist or a beginning violinist over a bass-slapper ANYDAY OF THE WEEK.

Damn you, Flea!

[Zuni]

41. seriously

it is truly obnoxious

But bad slide guitar is also chilling

[name not needed]

43. Same here

But I also can't slap for shit.

[Zuni]

17. Here is another one I took the same time

I have very few good digital camera pics of myself so I took a few a little while ago---I don't like the way I look in them

[johnnie]

18. You look pissed ...

Because you asked yourself to take a picture.

[Zuni]

20. my eye looks fucked up

I don't like that pic but I have so few of myself that can be shown in cyberspace

[Mr. McD]

22. OK

[johnnie]

25. Man!

Look at that hookah!
Kidding. That's cool. You really play the pipes?

[Mr. McD]

31. Yes, i do.

[u4ic]

35. I used to live beside a church

and for one wedding there was a pipe player out front, playing for about 1/2 hr. I stood by and listened the whole time, mezmerized. It was incredible - it is an instrument I can never get enough of.

[Ariana Celeste]

27. Right on!

My cousin had a man playin the pipes at her wedding- Was beautiful

[tarkus]

37. I thought I would join in. Here is me playing bass....

This was taken years ago. I have short hair and a beard now, and I wear a different hat these days.

I also no longer play bass in that band, but it was good times while it lasted.

[Ariana Celeste]

39. Hey, love this picture

you look comfortable :)

[RandomKoolzip]

42. Funny...you don't look like an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer fan.

Are you playing out of the Roland Jazz Chorus in that pic? I hope not...those amps are shite.

[tarkus]

44. Oh no you didn't!

I am a huge fan of the Jazz Chorus amp. I am actually a guitarist, I was just in that band because they needed a bassist, but I use a Jazz Chorus because it is just so incredibly clean. One could play it in a hospital it is so clean. I don't know, that just appeals to me for some reason. If it is good enough for Robert Fripp, it is good enough for me, though I guess most people like more "grit" in their tone.

I guess I see what you mean by me not looking like an ELP fan there. The shorts and hat don't really match, but I think I am wearing a King Crimson shirt there.
It is a shame that ELP hasn't really aged all that well. Everything they did since Works Volume 1 has basically been awful, so they aren't picking up new fans in the way that Yes and Jethro Tull are to a small extent, and Pink Floyd obviously is.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

45. No pictures of me playing an instrument...but...

...here's a picture of me playing in the snow with some weird boys!

I'm the one getting smothered by the guy in glasses. This was last winter when we got a lot of snow and my friends took me to go sledding on an abandoned ski slope. TERRIFYING. And cold. But so much fun.

[gmoney]

79. Cute!

No wonder you have all those guys crawling all over you!

Cha-ching! Another lounge crush!

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

87. Tee hee

that makes me feel like a high schooler again. Thanks for the kind words ;)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

121. aww

Cute pic, Caroline :hi:

[LastKnight]

48. Me

(again) sure alot of these going around latley.

outdoor concert a few months ago, the arm around me actuially Tom Flowers From Oleanander. figure ill keep the size down and just post this cropped version.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

50. Wow, you look just like a guy I know.

Ironically, he's the guy next to me in my picture post (right above yours). Unfortunately he's wearing glasses, so it might not be super-evident, but seriously, when I saw your picture the first thing I thought was "IT'S EVAN!"

[LastKnight]

51. my hair varies in length often - and i wear glasses sometimes.

so there are times when i have looked *extreamly* like your friend.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

52. jeeez...

...multiple left-wing Crazy Evans rambling about and burninating the countryside. I should warn the Department of Homeland Security.

[LastKnight]

54. did i hear burninating the countryside?

TROGDOR! DA BURNINATOR!

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

88. THATCHED ROOF COTTAGESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

n/t

[WCGreen]

53. How do you post a picture

I have one with me and Michael McDonald all ready to go and I can't figure out how to do it....

[Heidi]

56. Here's how.

Register a free account at www.photobucket.com

Then, after you log in for the first time at photobucket, you can search your hard drive and select which photos you want to upload to photobucket. Each image you've uploaded to photobucket will have a field below the picture with the IMG tags. Just select and copy the information in that field, and paste it into a reply window at DU.

:hi:

[WCGreen]

57. I guess I need t convert the dang thing to JPG....

It won't take my BMP file......

I may have to scan it in again

[Heidi]

58. jpg, gif, png, bmp and swf are valid file types at Photobucket.

Images larger than 250 KB are automatically resized.



(I wasn't gonna do this but . . . anyway, here's Heidi)

[WCGreen]

62. WOW........

Damn Hiedi you sure are good at explaining things....

Love the green eyes

[Heidi]

63. Thanks.

That was a good hair day, though. :pals:

[WCGreen]

64. And you're a HST Fan too boot......

Glory be, where were you in my younger days

[Heidi]

68. Blush.

:blush: I'm undoubtedly older than you think.

[WCGreen]

70. Look how old I am......

That picture was six years ago...

Notice the Cross Pen....

I was covering this fundraiser which featured Michael McDonald and someone thought I was him. I told him and he said yea, we do resemble each other. So I got a picture

[Heidi]

71. My heart just skipped a beat.

Two silvery-haired, bearded, sparkly-eyed men in one post. :blush:

I used to be a Cross Pen fanatic; the Selec-Tip chrome-plated was my favorite for a lot of years. I've since become a fool for fountain pens.

(Mrs. WC Green is a beauty, too.)

[WCGreen]

73. WE both have dropped about 10-15 lbs

and I no longer wear glasses.....

But it was fun at that concert....

That' what I looked like when I was running around trying to become a State Senator....

BTW, I have always had a thing for red haired women......

[gmoney]

74. Look, it's a coal black mare!

Nice to see you again, Heidi... :hug:

[Heidi]

75. Thanks, you superlative animal . . .

:hug: gmoney :hug:

[WCGreen]

60. Heres the ticket

That's me in the glasses and Mrs. WC Green next to MM

[Lilyhoney]

55. I share most of my food with my friend, Lily Honey

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

59. You remind me of Annie Lennox .

[Lilyhoney]

61. If only I could be so cool.

Last summer I was a blonde for the first and only time in my life.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

66. I wish I could get my eyebrows arched like that .

:hi:

[Lilyhoney]

72. Thanks,

The shorter my hair is, the better my eyebrows look. Actuallt I just spent and hour cutting my hair nice and short.

I saw a picture of you the other day, and you are beautiful.

[Sugar Smack]

125. You're both right.

Carolina Peridot is a polished fox, and you are as cool & beautiful as Annie Lennox, my favorite diva.

[khashka]

67. Annie Lennox with legs to die for

All my straight brethren - take a look!

Khash.

[Lilyhoney]

69. I knew it! The only way to make some friends around here was

to show a little dog.

[gmoney]

76. Oh shit...

...another lounge crush! :bounce:

Thanks for the picture... and welcome aboard!

[Lilyhoney]

77. Hello.

So, you like Lily Honey? Everybody likes Lily. The bitch has more friends than I do.

[gmoney]

78. There was a dog in that picture?

Funny... I didn't notice.

[GOPisEvil]

80. That's some stare you've got.

:hi:

Cute dog, too.

[biscodawg]

83. I love this awful pic of me for some reason

[swag]

84. oh, it's a musical picture thread. here's one from 1983

Note again: Stalin on the wall was an ironic gesture on the part of the venue operator. We hadn't killed irony yet in 1983.

[Misunderestimator]

91. Very cute pic...

How old are you in it? About 16?

[swag]

92. Oh, I was 22, your highness.

[Misunderestimator]

93. OMG! 22? How cute!

That means you're older than me. :D

[swag]

95. "Here I am, an old man in a dry month . . ."

"I have heard misunderestimator singing.
I do not think she will sing to me."

Clearly I, not Ezra Pound, should have been TS Eliot's editor.

Anyway, you're sweet to rub it in.

[Misunderestimator]

96. LOL

Well, if you were 22 in 1983, then you are only a year older than me. And "misunderestimator" really throws the cadence off that poem.

[swag]

97. Really?

For my money, "misunderestimator" really gives the verse some bounce.

I should have thrown in some Italian, I suppose, in further tribute to your pulchritude. Maybe some little Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, something like that.

[Misunderestimator]

98. Now that definitely has a better beat...

Or... Dove sono i bei momenti? perhaps?

[RetroLounge]

149. Dude! We're the same age!

I looked just as young then. too...

RL

[Misunderestimator]

86. As long as the Theme is Music:

About 15 years ago... *shudder*

[swag]

89. Que bonita!

What's the production?

And what is that song you sing?

[Misunderestimator]

90. The Marriage of Figaro...

I was the Countess, and there I'm singing "Porgi Amor."

And thanks. :)

[Sugar Smack]

99. *fainting*

The Marriage of Figaro. The Countess. And then that photo. You're overwhelming (pardon my starry-eyedness, I like loveliness and that is the very best of the very best operas).

[Misunderestimator]

100. You are so sweet.

:blush: Thanks! :blush: :hi:

[Sugar Smack]

105. Aw, I just have some good taste, right? : )

Every time I listen to the opera, it doesn't matter what my mood is or what's going on in the world, every time I play the wedding march my heart feels like it's expanding. My father also has a cd of it, but for some reason his version of the wedding march is shortened. It's the most joyous piece of music I've ever heard.

I think the saddest but most beautiful is the second movement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. That's the total embodiment of poignance and tragedy.

There I go again, getting all carried away on a picture thread!

:hi: :loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

107. And the scene at the end when she forgives the Count...

As long as anyone is still awake by then, four hours later :) I remember many times on stage being carried away emotionally by the sheer beauty of the music... it was difficult to pull back and continue singing sometimes, what with that lump in the throat and all :). Mozart wrote some pretty perfect music (as did Beethoven... I always wanted to do Fidelio on stage... never happened).

[progmom]

120. hey hottie!!

:loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

122. Hey! You found me!

:loveya::loveya::loveya:

Where's your beautiful pic?

[progmom]

126. I'm going to scan a new (old) one when I get back home

I'm in the office now catching up on stuff. :hi:

Not sure I want to post any pics of me playing saxophone (it's so unladylike) but maybe I will post a pic of me with a jazz musician.

[Misunderestimator]

129. Ok, I'm still waiting... *tapping foot*

In the meantime... here's another of me (I still often have this expression on my face, though I have better fashion sense now :)):

[progmom]

131. awwwww....

:loveya:

I love that look.


And I swear I must have had that same outfit at one time.


progspawn, looking over my shoulder, says: "i wanna see her house, mom. i want to see her whole house!"

as soon as i get this little man to bed, i will get scanning. :hi:

[Misunderestimator]

132. LOL... What's my house got to do with anything?

:rofl: How cute!! :rofl:

[progmom]

134. you expect a 3 year old to be logical?

:P

here i am at 18 with jazz singer Carmen McRae:

[Misunderestimator]

135. Great picture!

Love her!

And you are SOOOO cute! What a sweet face. Awwwwwwww... :loveya:

[progmom]

139. and here i am at 16 with Dizzy...

[Misunderestimator]

145. OMG... How did you get so lucky to meet all these amazing people?

And another great pic! Very very cute...


Ok, so here's another of me, on my lanai in FL a few years ago:

[progmom]

148. you have a lovely smile

:D

Ok - here I am at 18 again, with a perm (:blush:) and Wynton Marsalis:




ANd to answer your question...I met all these people because I was a persistent jazz geek.

[Misunderestimator]

153. Wow! You keep topping yourself with these pics!

That's so cool!!

I don't have pics with anyone famous... so here's me being silly backstage, I was 23 here:



(Notice how short my hair actually was around the ears... I pretty much had a buzz cut at the time)

[progmom]

161. um

:swoon:

[funkybutt]

156. Jazz Fan??

Here's a one of the best jazz cds out this year.

Special guests Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield, Kermitt Ruffins, John Boutte..

I absolutely love this one

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009SRXDU/qid=1120965091/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/002-9654877-0476064?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

Best purchased through Troy's own label:

http://tremerecords.com/cds.htm

not sure if it's available on iTunes Music Store

[progmom]

163. hmmmm

that link took me to an error page. who is the artist?

[funkybutt]

164. link edited..Troy Andrews "Trombone Shorty" is the artist

he's brilliant...currently on tour with Lenny Kravitz
The cd i'm referring to is the Troy Andrews Quintet

[progmom]

165. I will certainly check him out.

Thanks for the heads up!!

[MuseRider]

136. Her bass player

was an old friend of mine. He is back in KC now doing music and "coaching" my son.

Great picture, could she sing or what?

[progmom]

141. which bass player?

and yes - she is my all-time favorite, bar none. :hi:

[MuseRider]

144. Bob Bowman.

We were good friends, he grew up here and returned after playing with Toshiko Akioshi/Lew Tabackin and touring with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. He went back to school for a little while and left for NYC and ended up in LA with Carmen for a long time. He now plays with Karyn Allison and Interstring. Here is his website. http://pbttrio.webjazz.net/bowman.html

[johnnie]

154. Wow

[Sugar Smack]

101. This is me last weekend, also blowing smoke-

[Misunderestimator]

103. Very cool pic!

Love the angle... very pretty.

[Sugar Smack]

106. Thank you, honey!

That was kind of an off-guard one. I'm usually like a deer in the headlights in front of a camera.

[GOPisEvil]

104. That's such a great shot.

It says a lot, while leaving the viewer to wonder what you're thinking. Plus, I'm just a sucker for b&w photography.

:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

108. Thank you for thinking I'm mysterious.

I was actually thinking about a sandwich. See how simple? Hehe.

;-) :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

109. Yes, but what kind of sandwich?

Roast beef? Pastrami? Tuna salad on whole wheat? Roasted red pepper hummus in a pita? The mind boggles at the possibilities.

[Sugar Smack]

110. Do you REALLY want to know?

I was thinking of smoked turkey on thick-cut sourdough bread, with thousand-island dressing, a little pepper, sprouts to absorb dressing, lettuce, bacon, provolone cheese, avacado, and thinly-sliced onions, and a daub of vinegraitte.

And that's what I'm thinking of right now, young rapscallion. ;)

[GOPisEvil]

111. Mmmm...sounds divine.

I just ate a roasted red pepper hummus on pita sandwich, which is why I included it in my list. :)

Rapscallion? I like it. Young? Thanks for that! :D

[Sugar Smack]

112. Well, it DOES do a long way in explaining the look of utter

concentration on my face.

Want to trade sandwich halves? Yours sounds yummy.

[GOPisEvil]

113. Sure, although mine was a store-bought one.

If I'm sharing, I'd rather go get some fresh pita from the middle eastern grocery then make my own roasted red pepper hummus. Mine is much tastier, but I was lazy earlier today.

[WCGreen]

117. Now that's a sandwich......

Loe B&W photo's they are so Beatles in Hamburg.....

[Aristus]

114. Lookin' GOOD, Sugar!

Glasses are SO sexy! B-)

[Sugar Smack]

115. OMG! It's Jeremy Irons!

You ARE a caution, did you know that? And many thanks for your compliments.

:D

[Lilyhoney]

123. I like your picture. n/t

[Sugar Smack]

127. Thank you. And I adore yours.

I love mischevious grins all the way round, and you reminding us of Annie Lennox doesn't hurt either.


Would I lie to you?
;-)

[In_The_Wind]

159. natural

& nice

[baby_mouse]

116. Here is me

back when I was stripey

[EstimatedProphet]

124. Here I am making pierogies

[Viking12]

138. A Deadhead that makes his own perogies

dude, I really wanna hang out with you. :toast: :hippie:

[Left Is Write]

130. Why not?

It's been a long day, and fluff is good.

I don't have anything new. I have this extreme closeup that proves once and for all that I actually do look my age.



For those interested, it was cropped from this picture.

[Chichiri]

133. Me, a couple years ago

[bigwillq]

137. Cool pic AC!

:hi:

[funkybutt]

140. Howard Dean and Funky

[Ramsey]

142. Rock N'Roll Ramsey

In honor of my album coming out really soon!

[NightNurse]

147. Libby ! You look just great!

Is this when you stormed the stage at Live 8 ???:yourock: :headbang: :yourock:

[Ramsey]

151. LOL!

I wish, I'm not quite that brave. That's from about 1992. I'm more likely to wear Dolce and Gabbana on stage now. But stay tuned for the upcoming album release party announcement, coming sometime this year!

[RetroLounge]

158. Here's an old Band Photo from 1990

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Tearaways!



I'm the one on the left...

RL

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

166. Oh my!!! Lookit YOU!!!

Is that a soul patch and are those penny loafers?!!

[RetroLounge]

167. Not sure about the soul patch, but I did have one back then

but yes, cuffed jeans, white socks, and black penny loafers.

I was too sexy for my car!

RL

[no name no slogan]

162. Me (and favorite flamenco guitar in the background)

In new home studio, btw. Not completely wired or built yet, but fairly comfy. Plus, it's at my mother's house (rent-free), so who am I to complain? :)