blog@richardcall.net

As seen on the local news

Caught live via TDOTS traffic cameras, Listen to the reactions:

approaching Murfreesboro:

Sadly… there were fatalities:

intense:

If you are in Murfreesboro or have family there. I hope that they are ok.

So I have been super busy latley and have pretty much didnt finish my March Blues introduction nor did I get a Photo a day taken. Anyway, here are March’s Photos for my, now Project 365, with make ups for the days i missed:

I don’t plan on neglecting my blog  or camera too much longer. I will get myself in to gear.

It is hard to talk about the blues without first mentioning the early Influences. Son House Influenced the likes of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Most Recently the White Stripes.

His playing style is amazing and at time very haunting as seen here in Death Letter:

Notice how he almost slaps the Dobro he playing. That sound in combination with the slide completely add to mood of the song.

Here is the White Stripes Version all electrified:

Son House aspired to be a preacher and began preaching at the age of 15.

Preachin’ Blues

and with John the Revelator:

he also Killed a man and was rumored to be the person who began the Legend that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil to play.

Levee Camp Blues:

You can just feel the hardship … the pain … in his voice..

In the words of Buddy Guy. “Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues”

Wikipedia entry
Myspace
Official Website

…..I mean, I can get out, but my brothers,” he said, breaking down into tears.

Student speak on how the Economic Crisis is effecting their lives:

(from ABC.com)”Right now I am currently the only one that can support my family and can’t. My mom won’t let me get a job to help her, and I’m really, really scared that I might have to put off school for another year.”

…..

Chris Schultz’s father, Donald, is unemployed and trying to find a job as accountant. His mom is a teacher’s assistant and doesn’t make enough to cover the $900 monthly rent. Their apartment is so small that Chris sometimes gives up his bedroom and lets his little brothers Joseph and David, who has Down’s Syndrome, sleep in his room.

He plans to join the Army in June but is worried that if his parents, who are behind in the rent, lose their apartment his little brothers will be homeless.

It was hard for his parents to watch the video. “I started crying. I didn’t know he was stressed that much,” Donald Schultz said.

In January the students posted “Is Anybody Listening?” on YouTube. It was viewed thousands of times.

Last Tuesday, while “20/20″ was in the classroom interviewing the students, Steinman surprised the class by announcing that he had learned that President Obama had just given a major speech on education that morning and had mentioned the Village Academy High School, the video they made, and Yvonne in particular.

“He saw it!” Yvonne told the class.

Her fellow students erupted with applause and tears.

“In the speech the president said, “It was heartbreaking that a girl so full of promise was so full of worry that she and her class titled their video ‘Is Anybody Listening?’ … I am listening. We are listening. America is listening.”"

This is real…. this is happning and it happening to everyone everywhere….. and with Tennessee’s Unemployment rate up to 9.1% this is going to happen more and more.

So yes … I am Pissed the fuck off that the AIG guys got their bonus….Bring on the piano wire…..

I have decided to go ahead and do this as a 365 project. I think that if I can make myself use my camera everyday it will allow me to improve my skills and creativity.

Here are my shots for this last week (March 8-14th):

I need theme ideas for my weeks. If you have any suggestions drop them in the comments section.

3 parts Uncensored…My Commentary below:

Why is it that a Guy on a TV network with the likes of Prank Calling Puppets and Carlos Mencia is the only one challenging these people and exposing the truth?

Hey news guys… quit talking about A-Rod, Lyndsay Lohan, that girl that sang the song to the crew of the plane that landed in the Hudson, who got voted off the Island or off American Idol and do you fucking job. Get to the truth… Find the answers.. ask the questions… and expose those people. make them accountable to us….. the American people. We are the ones who are getting screwed by the negative after effects of you NOT DOING YOU JOB…

I sick and fucking tired of watching my frieds lose their jobs, people of my family losing over half of there retirement savings, and houses. I sink and tired of watching people die in war and from a crappy healthcare system..

So Please … for the love all that is holy … Get your shit together… NOW!!!! We need it badly…

March’s first week’s theme was Black and white.

Next week theme is Bokeh