January 19, 2008
Today is the second anniversary of me joining Meetup.com in 2006, so I think it's time that I say something about this excellent web site and the more than 40,000 groups it hosts on over 3,500 topics! Their motto is: "Whatever your interest. Wherever...
December 17, 2007
As I wrote in my previous post, my birthday is December 24th. I will be celebrating it on Friday, December 21st, as I've already mentioned, and again on Saturday, December 22nd, at two events on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights. Both of the Saturday...
December 06, 2007
My birthday is December 24th. If you would like to join me for a celebratory beverage that weekend, I will be at the ListenLocalSD.com Holiday Bash on Friday, December 21st, at the Mission Bay Boat & Ski Club! The party starts at 7 p.m....
November 16, 2007
Page 92 of the November 15th issue of the San Diego Reader features a great interview by Jay Allen Sanford with my intelligent and beautiful friend Brenda Xu. Included with the article is the picture above, which I took during our photo shoot...
November 14, 2007
This weekend's "Don't Miss Show" is Acoustic Alliance 19 on Sunday, November 18, at Brick By Brick in the Bay Park Area. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the first set starts at 7. There will be an $8 cover. The series is...
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November 13, 2007
On Saturday I was part of a little show at Lestat's West called "A Day and Night of Art & Poetry," which the organizers are hoping to turn into at least a bi-monthly event. This wasn't your dear old grandmother's dainty art and poetry...
October 23, 2007
I want readers of this web site to know that I live a little north of San Diego State University, in an area that is well south of the Witch fire and well north of the Harris fire. Our area isn't currently in any...
October 18, 2007
Question: What former star of "21 Jump Street" was spotted in the lobby of last weekend's San Diego Asian Film Festival with a gorgeous female singer? Answer: Dustin Nguyen, who had his photo taken with Joanie Mendenhall by yours truly. The picture happened because...
October 10, 2007
For various reasons, I hadn't done a real portrait photo shoot since the '90s. On September 29th that changed, when my lovely and talented singer/songrwriter friend Brenda Xu and I went to Torrey Pines at 7 a.m. with her guitar and my camera....
October 05, 2007
This morning around 11 a.m. my friend Marsi was visiting me and we were standing in my driveway, when I noticed there was a hawk watching us from the top of a tree across the street. I shot this picture when it eventually...
September 18, 2007
I photographed my dear friend Jane Lui's fun-filled release party for her new "Barkentine" CD last Friday night at Lestat's. Before the show, I caught Jane smiling at me backstage in this picture. To see a gallery of my other photos from the...
September 08, 2007
I love ListenLocalSD.com, and I'm especially fond of their great Acoustic Alliance showcases! Number 18 in the series will be tomorrow night, Sunday, September 9, at Brick By Brick in the Bay Park Area. The poster below says doors open at 6:30, but that...
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August 04, 2007
Three of my favorite female singers will be joined by a fourth woman who I've only recently started liking for a 7:30 p.m. show tomorrow night, August 5, at Vinbladh's Cafe in University Heights. My trio of favorites are Lindsey Yung, Sheila Sondergard and...
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July 15, 2007
New Acoustic Generation 6 is here and the release of Barbara Nesbitt's CD, "A Million Stories," will be part of it! The show is set for 8 p.m. this Thursday night, July 19, at the great Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. Michael Tiernan...
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July 14, 2007
I went to last summer's ListenLocalSD.com picnic and had a great time! This year's picnic is a week from today, Saturday, July 21. It starts at noon and will be at the Mission Bay Boat and Ski Club. The event is free, but overnight...
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July 09, 2007
I hear Sheila Sondergard's CD Release show at Humphrey's Backstage Lounge on Wednesday is almost sold out! Hopefully anyone reading this who wants to be there already has a ticket!...
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July 08, 2007
My friend Lindsey Yung is using a photo I shot of her recently at Vinbladh's as part of her flier for a mini-tour she is doing this week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday....
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May 14, 2007
My new friend Brenda Xu will be one of the performers at the next Listen Local Music Mixer, tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 15, at my favorite bar and grill, Desi 'n' Friends in Point Loma! I shot this picture of Brenda at the...
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May 13, 2007
My old friend Melissa Worton asked me to post this message: 35th Annual Geranium Show And Sale Have you ever wanted to have a beautiful garden that is the envy of the neighborhood? Or, wanted flowers that are so simple to care for, you...
April 17, 2007
My friend Cathryn Beeks and her wonderful ListenLocalSD.com have teamed up with the great folks at my favorite bar and grill, Desi 'n' Friends in Point Loma, to produce an every-other-Tuesday Music Mixer. The next mixer is tonight! Live music starts at 8,...
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October 15, 2006
October 05, 2006
The only words I can ever remember writing that were harder for me than what I am about to tell you, were the words I wrote for my father's funeral in 1987. Mattie Mills, a woman I consider one of San Diego's finest entertainers,...
August 10, 2006
I'm going to Beach Music Mafia's Thursday Club at Portugalia tonight to see my friends Chelsea Flor, Billy Fritz and Chuck Schiele perform. It's a cool venue in Ocean Beach, offering Portuguese and Brazilian food. The show starts at 8 p.m....
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August 07, 2006
Happy 40th Birthday to P, a very special friend who I lost a long time ago. If you somehow read this, I hope you are well and happy, and that life has been good to you over the many years since we last spoke....
August 02, 2006
The great Randi Driscoll has asked me to take pictures during her CD release show on Saturday, August 5th, at Seaside Concert Hall in Encinitas....
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July 26, 2006
The Shy Cloud Social Club Summer Picnic will take place from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, at the San Diego Mission Bay Boat & Ski Club. Our big picnic actually will be a small party happening within a much larger...
July 21, 2006
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July 07, 2006
I got a call from my friend Chelsea Flor at around 1 p.m. on Monday, July 3rd. She invited me to watch her and bassman Billy Fritz, the Dream Stalker, make their 4th & B debut that night. It seems they had received...
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June 30, 2006
If you haven't yet seen the inspirational film "Peaceful Warrior," or if you have seen it already but want to see it again, round up some of your family and friends and bring them to the Landmark Hillcrest Cinema tonight (Friday) for the 7:10...
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June 12, 2006
Six people joined my co-organizer Chelsea Flor and I for our "Peaceful Warrior" moviegoing excursion yesterday, and everyone seemed to enjoy the film very much. Afterwards we moved to a nearby Pick Up Stix restaurant, where we feasted on Chinese food and great...
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May 13, 2006
"Anything For The Shot! Images and Sounds of San Diego Music" is TODAY, Saturday, May 13th, from noon until 9 p.m.! I thought I would give you links to the web sites of the six photographers who will be displaying their work, as...
May 09, 2006
My friend Kim DiVincenzo is releasing her new EP "Hummingbird" with a show at 9 p.m. this Friday, May 12, at Lestat's West on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights. Kim will be performing with a full band, which I don't recall ever seeing...
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May 06, 2006
I went to the Morrison Hotel Gallery in La Jolla on May 5th for an opening night reception for the photography of Fernando Aceves. A bunch of my shutterbug friends were there too. John Baldi handed his camera to Henry Diltz, who named...
May 04, 2006
Greetings and apologies to all of my friends who have wondered why I haven't been answering your e-mails lately! I have been really, really, REALLY busy getting ready for "Anything For The Shot! Images and Sounds of San Diego Music" on May 13th!...
April 24, 2006
Happy Birthday to one of San Diego's most talented singer/songwriters and a warm and wonderful human being, my friend Jane Lui!!! I shot this picture last night at The Casbah of Erin McCarley, Lindsey Yung, Molly Jenson and Jane after a show there by...
April 12, 2006
I have been invited by Tim Flack, Cathryn Beeks and Erica Mantone to be one of six photographers featured during "Anything For The Shot! Images and Sounds of San Diego Music," a local music photography gallery and live concert featuring 18 performers! Presented by...
March 29, 2006
I had a great time last Wednesday night at Canes, shooting pictures of my talented friends Lindsey Yung and Jane Lui, two of my favorite local singers/songwriters. I also took some shots of Ernie Halter and Trevor Davis, who were the other 2/4s of...
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March 20, 2006
Lindsey Yung and Jane Lui, two of my favorite local singers/songwriters, will be performing at Canes Bar and Grill in Mission Beach this Wednesday night, March 22. Also appearing will be Trevor Davis and Ernie Halter. Doors open at 7 p.m. and there will...
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March 06, 2006
Many thanks and much love to the wonderful Cathryn Beeks for honoring me today as her Link of the Week at her fabulous Listen Local web site! She says, "Tireless and talented as all get out, David Matt Green, aka Shycloud, has been shooting...
March 03, 2006
My friend Douglas Foxworthy has invited me to shoot pictures and video during Monday's 7:30 p.m. show at the Belly Up Tavern, featuring the CD release of "Mandatory" by Miz Mandy. I would like to find a volunteer to be my camera assistant that...
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February 03, 2006
I just added my 300th friend on MySpace! And the coolest thing is that I've actually met 232 of them in person, mostly through the music scene here in San Diego, California. Visit my MySpace profile at: myspace.com/shycloud And if you are a member...
October 25, 2005
I'd like to wish a Happy Birthday today to two people I met back in the '70s during my years taking pictures for Tom Rusch's Covenant Ark Theatre -- Tammie (Jackson) O'Dell and Guy Sawyer! I haven't seen either of them in person since...
October 18, 2005
In my opinion, one of the most interesting male voices in San Diego belongs to Steve Ybarra, of the band 34Below. I shot this photo of him at Humphrey's Backstage Lounge last year. I just received an e-mail from 34Below saying that Steve is...
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August 24, 2005
I'd like to thank my friend Jane Lui, one of my favorite local singer/songwriters, for posting on her web site almost two dozen photographs that I've taken of her during the last 10 months. Check them out at JanesHands.com! I shot this photo of...
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August 14, 2005
Good news! I tried to call Shelly at the hospital this morning, and they said she has gone home! Yay!...
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August 11, 2005
One of my dearest friends, Shelly (Bernardini) Peterson, suffered a heart attack Saturday around noon in her Normal Heights kitchen. Luckily, Shelly's husband Pete Peterson was there to begin CPR and call 911, and the ambulance crew arrived in time to be there when...
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July 30, 2005
For your viewing pleasure, the very lovely and quite-talented Kim DiVincenzo has posted a piece of video I shot of her in July at Claire de Lune, singing her new song called "What's It Gonna Be?" Check it out Here. I shot this photo...
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June 09, 2005
Photo by David Matt Green From Sher Krieger of Schroeder's Club and Cabaret: Don't forget that the fabulous Needemann Brothers are returning to Schroeder's Club and Cabaret tomorrow night, Friday, June 10, while Todd Schroeder himself will be there to help us celebrate...
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June 04, 2005
After less than three weeks on MySpace.com, I already have connected with 58 people I know! Most of them are folks I have met in the San Diego music scene, because music types have found MySpace a great way to network, both with each...
May 18, 2005
Are you a member of MySpace.com? I rejoined that networking web site recently because a lot of people I know in the San Diego music scene use it to spread the word about their gigs and CDs. I first joined the site back in...
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February 21, 2005
Happy Birthday to A! For a number of reasons I don't feel I should say anything else about A, but if A sees this, I think she will know it's meant for her. ;>...
February 08, 2005
Happy Birthday to Laura (Howe) Dion, who was one of my journalism students for two school years from 1982-84! This picture of us together was taken in August of 1984, two months after she graduated from Our Lady of Peace. Laura and I stayed...
February 04, 2005
Happy Birthday to Simon Mayeski, a friend of mine back at St. Augustine High School who was two years behind me there. A fellow sports enthusiast with writing talent, Simon followed in my footsteps as a manager and statistician for some of the school's...
February 01, 2005
Happy Birthday to Shelly (Bernardini) Peterson, one of my best and very dearest friends! This picture of Shelly and I was taken in 2003. I've known Shelly since my first year as a journalism teacher at the Academy of Our Lady Peace, 1980-81, which...
January 30, 2005
I was lucky enough to attend the final dress rehearsal of "Radio Gals" at the Avo Playhouse in Vista on Wednesday, thanks to my friend Di'Zsa Wilde and her brilliant daughter Brianna. Bri is in a program called Destination ImagiNation, which teaches kids creativity...
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January 28, 2005
Happy Birthday to Dana Williams, one of my Internet idols! Dana and I met at a meeting of the San Diego Macintosh User Group back in September of 1999. This picture of us was taken that same year on the day after Christmas, at...
January 24, 2005
Desi 'n' Friends in Point Loma, one of my favorite bars, will celebrate its 3rd anniversary with a party from 3 p.m. until closing on this Saturday, January 29. The afternoon and evening should be filled with plenty of music, laughs, tasty food and...
January 22, 2005
Happy Birthday to Tom Warren, one of the partners in Schroeder's Club and Cabaret and the husband of one of my very dearest friends, Bettina "Pixie" Warren! I believe I first saw Tom in 1980 when he and the then-Pixie O'Donnell were in "Brigadoon"...
January 21, 2005
Happy Birthday to Deborah Doane Attwood, one of my all-time favorite friends! I shot this picture of her in 1994. I met Debbie in 1978 when she was a member of the chorus for Tom Rusch's annual Covenant Ark Theatre summer musical, which was...
January 17, 2005
Happy Birthday to Carlyn Ames, founder of the Golden [not over the] Hill Players! Carlyn produces and directs the group's shows, and often co-writes them and plays a leading role as well. She is a talented singer, dancer and actress! I met Carlyn in...
January 04, 2005
Happy Birthday to Melissa Ramos, who was one of my journalism students in 1981-82! During her year on The Oracle staff, she was the paper's managing editor. After Melissa graduated, she kept in touch and we became friends. In 1984 I lost someone I...
December 26, 2004
Happy Birthday to Marci Shipp, where ever you are! This picture of Marci is from an 8mm movie I shot in 1970 when she and I went to Disneyland with a bunch of our friends. A week ago today I wrote about Julie Ginze...
December 25, 2004
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates this holiday! May the most that you've asked Santa for be the least that you receive!...
Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday week so wonderful this year! I had already written about my party Tuesday at Humphrey's Backstage Lounge and my evening Thursday with Annie Lorkowski, then yesterday I talked about beginning my actual birthday with a very...
December 24, 2004
Hey! Today is my birthday and I just started it off with a very enjoyable phone call to Laura Quinn in New Jersey, who signed our Guestbook recently with a message saying she also was born on Christmas Eve! We've been e-mailing since then,...
December 23, 2004
I'd like to thank my friend Dr. Anne Lorkowski for a very nice evening! Now a veterinarian up in Rancho Cugamonga, she's an OLP graduate who I met on the Internet over 10 years ago. Annie drove down today to spend Christmas with her...
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December 22, 2004
Good afternoon! It's 2 p.m. and I have recovered from my excellent birthday party and I'm ready to get to work! First of all, I'm going to write about my party, since I've already received several e-mails and a couple of phone calls asking...
December 21, 2004
I want to thank in advance everyone who makes it to my birthday party tonight! About 20 people have said they are going to try to make it, but I won't be surprised if not that many of you show. After four years of...
December 19, 2004
Happy Birthday to Di'Zsa Wilde, one of my current friends, and Happy Birthday to Julie Ginze, a long-lost friend! You can tell by the amount of hair I have (or don't have) in the two photos here that they were taken quite a few...
December 18, 2004
My birthday is Christmas Eve, and I've decided to celebrate it this year with a party on Tuesday, December 21, from 5 p.m. until about 9 or 10 p.m. at my favorite music club, Humphrey's Backstage Lounge on Shelter Island! All of our ShyCloud.com...
December 17, 2004
I've received several e-mails lately thanking me for mentioning people, bands or events in my articles. After the last thank you, it hit me that there is one very excellent way for a person to thank me for writing about them or an event...
December 16, 2004
Happy Birthday to Rich Campbell, one of my former Journalism students from St. Augustine High School! Rich was on The Oracle staff for two school years, from 1982-84. After graduating from Saints, he landed a baseball scholarship to the University of Dubuque (Iowa), where...
December 05, 2004
Happy Birthday to Lee Dronick, a multi-talented guy who I first crossed paths with in the early '90s at Apple II User Group meetings! When our beloved Apple II computers slowly became extinct, Lee and I both chose to remain loyal to Apple and...
December 04, 2004
Happy Birthday Lori Peckham! I haven't heard from Lori since the late '70s, but I had a huge crush on her at San Diego State back in 1971-72. Lori and I both were in Francisca Rascon's Spanish 2 class in the spring of '71....
Happy Birthday to my old St. Augustine High School and San Diego State buddy, Jim Harmon! This picture of Jim and his wife Linda was taken at our Saints Class of '67 35th reunion by my friend Marisa Cullen. Jim and I probably met...
November 28, 2004
Every so often my old friend Shelly Peterson and I go off on some sort of adventure. Last November she and I were down on the field at Qualcomm Stadium during a tribute to the brave men and women who had fought San Diego's...
November 19, 2004
Happy Birthday to Lori Lichorobiec, who I met on Catalina Island in 1998! I shot this photo of Lori across our table while we waited for dinner one night. Both of us were there on a trip organized by our mutual friend Nadine Butler...
November 18, 2004
Happy Birthday to Daniel Valko! I met Dan in 1974 when he was in the chorus of "The Music Man," the late Tom Rusch's first big Covenant Ark Theatre musical in San Diego. I did photography for CAT from 1974-80, and Dan stayed with...
November 15, 2004
Daniel Lawrence "Rex" Kahler would have turned 40 today and probably would have had a great party to celebrate the occasion, if he wasn't off hiking up some distant mountain instead! Sadly, Rex won't be having that 40th birthday party, because we lost him...
November 10, 2004
Happy Birthday to Judi Putnam! I shot this photo back on April 29, 1981, of Judi talking to members of Our Lady of Peace's Class of '81 about the school's Alumnae Association. A Class of '66 OLP graduate herself, Judi was an officer of...
November 04, 2004
Happy Birthday to my friend Randi Linn Rowe! I shot this photo of Randi at a Padres-Rockies game we went to at Petco Park on September 4th, the night the Pads retired former star Tony Gwynn's number 19. It was Randi's first visit to...
October 25, 2004
I'd like to wish a Happy Birthday today to two people I met during my years taking pictures for Tom Rusch's Covenant Ark Theatre -- Tammie (Jackson) O'Dell and Guy Sawyer! I met Tammie in 1976 during CAT's summer production of "Camelot," but I...
October 21, 2004
Hey! Want to see some Blogs that inspire me to try to make our 6-month-old Blog better and better? Here are five of them: A world traveler named Cherie Sogsti produces a great Blog at www.WheresCherie.com! Earlier this year she let me link to...
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October 17, 2004
Michael Rosenthal is flying west tomorrow to return to San Diego for a week-long visit! Mike had migrated here from Toms River, New Jersey, in the mid-'80s, but he ended up moving back there this past March to be with his family again. He's...
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September 30, 2004
Happy Birthday to Leigh Scarritt, one of San Diego's most popular and versatile entertainers! She's an actress, singer, musician, dancer, songwriter, playwright, director, choreographer and producer, who has worked at many of the best performance venues in this area! Tomorrow, Friday, October 1, Show...
September 09, 2004
My dear old friend Vickie Jenkins has a teenage son named Casey who is in a band named Grandview, and they are trying to win a Battle of the Fans vote which would give them the opportunity to play on the main stage at...
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September 01, 2004
Happy Birthday to my old pal Michael Rosenthal! I shot this picture last year of Mike with his karaoke posse during his 40th birthday party at the Navajo Second Wind Bar. I met Mike way back in 1987. One day I was unloading my...
August 31, 2004
Happy Birthday to internationally famous singer-actress-songwriter Deborah Gibson! Back in 1990, I was still pretty new to modeming when I joined America Online, where someone convinced me that they were the then-teenaged singing star Debbie Gibson. Because I thought I had met the real...
August 16, 2004
I'd like to wish a Happy Birthday today to three people -- a good friend and former student, an old schoolmate and friend, and an excellent dancer/choreographer who I've run into from time to time since the '70s! In order, they are Chris Putnam,...
August 07, 2004
I have an old friend who I've never met in person. Patrick Sonnek lives on a farm in Minnesota. We became acquainted in 1991 through Usenet message groups and e-mails, because we both were running Internet-based ProLine Bulletin Board Systems on Apple II computers....
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August 03, 2004
Thanks Joan Rubin and Patti Zlaket for the Shout Out you just gave to ShyCloud.com and me during KKSM's "Locals Live"! I appreciate your kind words about both my photography skills and me as a person. That was very nice of you! You lovely...
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July 08, 2004
Happy 40th Birthday to Paul Greer, one of my former journalism students! A sportswriter for The Oracle in both 1981-82 and 1982-83, Paul is one of the finest distance runners ever to come out of St. Augustine High School, San Diego State University, and...
June 20, 2004
Happy Father's Day to Dads everywhere! My own father, Madison J. "Bud" Green, passed away at 71 on November 20, 1987, so it's been a long time since I last got to wish him a Happy Father's Day. The family photo on the left...
June 12, 2004
I got a phone call Friday afternoon from Willie McClister's ex-girl friend, Kerry Durrell. She said Willie passed away that day. A couple of months ago Kerry had told me that Willie's health was failing, so I wasn't surprised to get Friday's call. He...
June 11, 2004
Happy Birthday to my Texan good buddy Jennifer Lively! This picture of us was taken at my birthday party in December of 2001. Jennifer and I met at the San Diego Parrot Head Club's 2nd Anniversary Party in March of 1997 and we instantly...
June 09, 2004
My old friend Jim Leeper would have been 52 today. Sadly, we lost Jim in 1998 when he left his family and friends much too soon. I took this picture in 1977 of Jim and Patti Johnson, who eventually became Patti Leeper, his great...
June 01, 2004
I had a great time Monday night at Bridget Brigitte's Music Monday at Humphrey's Backstage Lounge! I saw some old friends and met a ton of interesting new people, and Patti Zlaket even singled me out from the stage as someone who does a...
May 26, 2004
I turned ShyCloud.com into a weblog in early April. Since then the average number of Page Views per day here has gone up from 263 in March, to 358 in April, to 610 so far in May! It would seem, therefore, that people must...
May 19, 2004
Today is the birthday of Cathy Bernens Williams, who was a member of my yearbook staff at OLP in 1983-84. Happy Birthday to Cathy Bernens Williams! And Happy 20th Anniversary to everyone in the OLP and Saints Classes of '84, especially to those who...
May 10, 2004
Last Thursday I sent an e-mail to all of my friends announcing that the number of monthly hits for ShyCloud.com had jumped from a mere 2,592 in December, to an amazing 54,118 in April, the first month we had our Blog up and running!...
May 09, 2004
Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, to my sister Diane who is the Mom of my two great nieces, to all the Moms of all of our readers, and especially to all of our dear readers who are Moms! Here's a picture of Diane,...
May 06, 2004
Happy Birthday to one of the finest entertainers in San Diego, singer Mattie Mills! A long-time member of The Heroes, a local high-energy dance band, Mattie has traveled all over the world with the group, performing for Super Bowls, USO shows, and all sorts...
April 29, 2004
Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite women, Vickie Jenkins! I originally met Vickie back in the '70s, when she appeared in two plays for Tom Rusch's Covenant Ark Theatre. I shot this photo when she was playing one of Tevye's daughters in...
April 27, 2004
Since I'm talking about former members of The Oracle newspaper staff from my teaching days, I guess I should mention one more -- Margita Thompson, who currently is Press Secretary to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger! After graduating from Our Lady of Peace in 1985,...
I taught Journalism for St. Augustine High School and the Academy of Our Lady of Peace from 1980-84 and again for three months in 1986, and two of my former students are now writing sports Blogs. Check out their work sometime! Paul Greer (Saints...
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April 19, 2004
Happy Birthday to my high school classmate and long-time friend Jerry Gontang! Here's a message from Jerry about his birthday and the five shows he's playing this week, along with a picture I shot of him singing a few notes at my birthday party...