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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Album #6, San Francisco 1982

Naomi, London, UK.

Demonstrating in San Francisco after the Shatila massacre in Lebanon between Sept. 15-18.

Halloween on Castro Street.

I fell in with a group of political artists in the Bay Area, and this was an early backdrop to an event where I sprayed the text on the back wall..

On a trip back home to the UK I visited my grandmother, Eilleen Rammell, a beautiful woman.

Anti-nuclear rally, June 12.

The subject for my MA thesis at San Francisco State University was the themes and issues related to the creation of family albums. The following pages are from one of the albums I examined.

Album #5, San Francisco 1983

President Duarte of El Salvador visits San Francisco and we arranged a reception for him.

North Mission Artists Coalition NOMAC, Interdependence Fiesta event held at a house on 20th street with the band Jungle Dinner.

Jungle Dinner at the Interdependence Fiesta in the Mission.

20th Anniversay Mobilization for Jobs-Peace-Freedom.

Passing the joint at the 20th Anniversay Mobilization for Jobs-Peace-Freedom.

Bring your own snakes to the celebration as well....20th Anniversay Mobilization for Jobs-Peace-Freedom.

I have no idea what's happening here, but it's on Castro Street in front of the Castro Theatre.

Album #4, San Francisco 1983

David Bedell (1954-2012)

Frank and I would sneak out of the office at Hambrecht & Quist (a sf investment bank) for a quick smoke...sometimes when we came back everything seemed really funny. No idea who took this photo.

Frank and the gang at Hambrecht & Quist.

The Grenada invasion, Oct. 25, 1983 - such a little country but such a big threat to the usa! Only just noticed the headline for the bombing of the marines in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983.

A bunch of artists vote on something to do with a poster for the demonstration against the invasion of Grenada on Oct. 25, 1983.

Lynda Shay

The perils of the urban landscape.

Scott MacLeod doing his thing at the Just Press Forum on the theme of 'Heckling as Poetry,' at the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery at Fort Mason.

Stephen Ronan doing his thing at the Just Press Forum on the theme of 'Heckling as Poetry,' at the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery at Fort Mason.

In Palo Alto bottling with Chuck.

Tamara Freedman along with Bill Davenport were the editors/publishers of the smart music/culture magazine Unsound (1983-86)

Tim Badger and Karen Soleau doing their thing at the Just Press Forum on the theme of 'Heckling as Poetry,' at the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery at Fort Mason.

Tim Badger doing his thing at the Just Press Forum on the theme of 'Heckling as Poetry' at the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery at Fort Mason.

Vesuvio's bar just next to City Lights bookstore.

Hambrecht & Quist

Hambrecht & Quist picnic.

Friday, July 17, 2015

Album #3, San Francisco 1983

Don't know who they are but they still look cool all these years later.

Time is running out. Anti-nuclear demonstration, Oct. 22, San Francisco.

On October 8, 1983, Castro Street, the first AIDS Candlelight Vigil/Rally is held in San Francisco. On the left holding the banner is Dan Turner and on the right is Roger Lyon. It is the first time people with AIDS publicly demonstrate in the City. [http://www.sfgayhistory.com/].

The inimitable Clifford Hunt, a wordist and language player.

Anti-nuclear demonstration, Oct. 22, San Francisco.

The beginning of my 9 months working at the investment firm, Hambrecht & Quist, they fired me just before xmas. At least I could cross that option off my list!

Hambrecht & Quist

John Fromer with guitar, a beautiful activist and musician (1946-2013), he came from a well-known activist family in the Bay Area. Anti-nuclear demonstration, Oct. 22, San Francisco.