[The Dude]

Last Thursday I was burning the midnight oil as I went to bed at 3:30 a.m. and woke up at 7:30 a.m. – I left work at 3:30 p.m. … I was really tired but had a hot dog from one of these street vendors and hit the street for a few shots - glad I did. Took my mind off things troubling me at work and in my personal life... I needed a change of pace.

Here are last Thursday’s results – you may have already seen the Saturday dinner I think I’ll take a break from Street Photography in the coming week – I took more than 6800 pictures in 29 days with the D70s – The camera could use a rest and so could I plus I have some writing to do.

As I formatted these picture I have my iTune on the computer going, my earphones plugged in and playing Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero part 1), Old Man, Keep on Rocking in the Free World and My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) by Neil Young - I get in a zone where even if I get thirsty and hungry it doesn't matter what I do until they have been formatted, uploaded and posted - Time is irrelevant... Find the cameo today and there might be something for you – okay there is, first person to find the cameo gets a prize!

The title of today's piece well - you'll see - it has nothing and something to do with the movie... Since there are a few homeless people pictures and a couple of horse riders - why not ... I am not sure if people actually read all the comments as such - Today just a few comments under the pictures in small font and ... And the lyrics from the songs above. If you have the CDs or the songs at home - play them while reading this post.

I hope you enjoy this one and - yes - feedback is appreciated as I am trying different formats for these - both negative and positive as I can only get better at it when people tell me what they don't like - Bring it on!

Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero part 1)

Well, the cop made the showdown
He was sure he was right
He had all of the lowdown
From the bank heist last night
His best friend was the robber
And his wife was a thief
All the children were killers
They couldn't get no relief



I really like the biker style and the woman on the left looking straight at me

The bungalow was surrounded
When a voice loud and clear
Said, Come on out
with your hands up
Or we'll blow you out of here.
There was a face in the window
The TV cameras rolled
Then they cut to the announcer
And the story was told.



Hey hey my, my - love can never die..!

The artist looked at the producer
The producer sat back
He said, What we have got here
Is a perfect track



Hey hey my, my… what we got here are two people connecting..!

But we don't have a vocal
And we don't have a song
If we could get
these things accomplished
Nothin' else could go wrong.



Hey hey my, my… what we got here is a woman standing..!

So he balanced the ashtray
As he picked up the phone
And said, Send me a songwriter
Who's drifted far from home
And make sure that he's hungry
Make sure he's alone
Send me a cheeseburger
And a new Rolling Stone.
Yeah.



There's one more kid that will never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool. Keep on Rocking in the Free World!

There's still crime in the city,
Said the cop on the beat,
I don't know if I can stop it
I feel like meat on the street
They paint my car like a target
I take my orders from fools



What can I say - I got a soft spot for a woman in uniform... NOT!

Meanwhile some kid
blows my head off
Well, I play by their rules
That's why I'm doin' it my way
I took the law in my hands



I like this picture…



...and this picture



This guy jumped in the street with his 8.2 frames a second and big lens but, but....



He didn't chase the light...

So here I am in the alleyway
A wad of cash in my pants
I get paid by a ten year old
He says he looks up to me
There's still crime in the city
But it's good to be free.
Yeah.



I don't know if it is that good to be free... Use my tax dollars a little better to help these poor souls

Now I come from a family
That has a broken home
Sometimes I talk to Daddy
On the telephone
When he says that he loves me
I know that he does



Who's your daddy!? - Okay, okay I had to say it!!!

But I wish I could see him
I wish I knew where he was
But that's the way
all my friends are
Except maybe one or two
Wish I could
see him this weekend
Wish I could walk in his shoes



He is someone’s brother - someone’s child - even someone’s father perhaps, he is my fellow man... I can't help but be touched by all the misery and hardship I witnessed walking the streets for the past few weeks, for the past 27 days...

But now I'm doin' my own thing
Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad
Although my home has been broken
It's the best home I ever had
Yeah.



What kind of home does she come from, what kind of home will she make

Well, I keep gettin' younger
My life's been funny that way
Before I ever learned to talk
I forgot what to say
I sassed back to my mom
I sassed back to my teacher



What kind of home is she heading to?

I got thrown out of Bible school
For sassin' back at the preacher
Then I grew up to be a fireman
Put out every fire in town
Put out anything smokin'



It is better to burn out than it is to rust, the King is gone but he's not forgotten... There is more to the picture than meets the eye... Hey, hey, my my...

But when I put the hose down
The judge sent me to prison
He gave me life without parole
Wish I never put the hose down
Wish I never got old.



Nice stance...

Rockin' In The Free World

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead



This is a shot where I took a chance - I was told that a guy got punched in the face for taking a picture of a punk guy with a Mohawk - I took a chance and didn't ask - must have been a different guy

There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.



I can't help but notice how much beauty there is in this world - and I know that's why some of you click on these post - not for the running comments but for the Toronto chicks...



A few more Toronto chicks...

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



One of the photographer from www.globalaware.org

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



I do what I want and enjoy my life

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can



Media people looking for an interview for Television... I wanted to watch television tonight - oh well, this is way more constructive.

Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it



The kind of city photograph which has a lot in it - a lot to see, figure out and discover - in Toronto there are 2 seasons Winter and Construction... I guess it is the same in any Northern city.



Construction workers will be ... construction workers. Well it is not because you are on a diet that you can't look at the menu - it doesn't matter where you get your appetite as long as you bring it home...

There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.



I like how they thought of everything - chairs for the guys while their wimmin is shopping...

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



Babe alert - just doing my best to increase my ratings...

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



Babe alert - just doing my best to increase my ratings again...

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores



Rider

and toilet paper
Got Styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer



Cruiser

Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive



Photographer with a lens bigger than his Camera... That's Canon for you! He he he

Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.



It went well with the lyrics

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



People do enjoy having their picture taken

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world



Slice of city life on a Thursday

"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)"



Out of the blue I took a guy's picture... He looked behind him to see what I aimed after he heard the shutter release...

My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay

It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.



I keep running into the strange bicycle guy!

Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that



Front shot

And once you're gone,
you can never come back



back shot

When you're out of the blue
and into the black.



Free shot - "You are not allowed to take my picture..." Errr why? "Cause you can do what ever you want with it..." Damn right! he he he plus…. I thought it was a good picture...

The king is gone
but he's not forgotten

This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust



Living the life, It's better to burn out than it is to rust... There's more to the picture than meets the eye.

The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die



Classy style

There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.



Oh my Gawd! (look at the top left corner he he he)

"Old Man"



Midnight Cowboy

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.



To serve and protect

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.



The last gun totting, horse back ridding city cowboy

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four [SIZE=“1”]Okay 36 in my case...[/SIZE]
and there's so much more



Just because I can!

Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.



Ba bye Mr. Man! He was nice just standing and posing there for the camera... Cool

Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don't get lost.



Yes I was that close...

Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.



Here she is again...

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.



Oy Vey! It's done!!!

Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.

I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.