Los Angeles Part 2

About to head back home on another long and tedious journey, but not before I've had a little more fun;

You can actually see the smog here =P

Los Angeles Part 1

Still without my email able to send messages (but can still receive), I'm now in LA ^^. The weather is like Summer in the United Kingdom =P Here's some of what I've been up to thus far.

San Francisco Part 2

More pictures ;) I've now visited Alcatraz Island, a somewhat eerie place with some gorgeous views.

USS Pampanito, with the Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O'Brian in the background.

San Francisco Part 1

I'm currently in San Francisco, California. I must say the architecture of this amazing city is very impressive in parts. Here's some pics I've taken so far; click on the pictures to enlarge them.

A view from going up Telegraph Hill.

The Golden Gate Bridge.

The famous winding road on Lombard Street. The Coit Tower is in the distance.

Alcatraz Island from Fisherman's Wharf.

San Francisco from Sausalito.

The very "best" of Stu & The Frets?

Back in the days when I was doing Advanced Higher in school I was the bass player in my high school band Stu & The Frets. The four-piece group (later three) formed some time in 2003, but didn't really take off until 2005 - in the Spring we recorded an EP and experienced a line-up change. The Summer was our finest hour as we played a string of successful gigs in our local area before musical differences led to our subsequent split in the Autumn. I was inspired to spoof ourselves in this mock-greatest hits CD cover sleeve design! Not bad for a quickie!

In the years that have followed we've all done our own respective projects; the group's quirky and charismatic frontman Stuart Strachan went on to form The GetDowns (effectively a continuation of The Frets), one of Dundee's most infamous local bands of the late 2000s, while latter-day drummer Jonny Reid ultimately carried on in another group I was linked with called Sugarhouse Wynd. Meanwhile I am best known for my solo electronica work under the pseudonym KFox, though in I did pick the bass up again with The Affiliates for a couple of years towards the end of the noughties.

I miss performing with the guys, but frankly I think since we all went our seperate ways, we have made far better music than ever before. Except perhaps Stuart himself, but that is entirely up for debate!

Spitfire

Happy new year :) I've been spending today doing a new piece of art; there is a version with a character added posing in front of it too, but I also think this standalone shot of the Supermarine Spitfire on it's own has come out nicely as well :) The photo used for the background is one I took myself several years ago.