Restaurante Bota Alta....

 ..once at Travessa da Queimada, 37. Opened in 1976 and closed in December 2023.

Studentkåren....2024

..the bigger stage is gone (left some marks on the floor)....and so all the great concerts. So empty these days 😢

1971....

Plastic....

Playa La Caracola....

Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum....

..50 years later, another time....different lies

Border crossing....

The border between East and West Berlin here at Friedrichstrasse. Checkpoint Charlie is just a few meters south. On the upper side of the photo are the two entrances to the U-Bahn (Stadtmitte), and the crossing with Leipziger Strasse. Due to the cars in the photo....probably early 1960s (?). 

Garbage in the bin..!!

Berlin moderne....

Get Back....

Greed....

1975, Fender Starcaster....

"riders on the storm"....

The recording of LA Woman in December 1970 at The Doors Office on Santa Monica Blvd. The boys seem to attend a funeral rather than being in the process of creating some of their best songs. Photo: Wendel Hamick

After reading the biographies of the three surviving Doors in a short time, I have to wonder if they forgot to have fun while the train rushed away ? One can discern a certain playfulness and pleasure around 1965 when Manzarek and Morrison lived together on Frazer Av. (Venice). After that, there is most hard work (and trouble) during the incomparable creative process that they went through the next few years. But joy .... is just not there (or so they forgot to write about it ?). Densmore`s book is like a letter of reconciliation; "and a little sad that I did not really understand what was going on ... then". What you get from all three books (and they actually complement each other), is a very good picture of who Morrison was; an enormously talented and tormented young man, whose legacy is still as relevant today ....

Jim....he would have been 80 today.

Remembering Miguel Lyzarro, 1950 - 1996

..here in an RTP interview from February 1975

He started his dance training at the age of 16 and became, during the 1970's and 1980's, one of Portugal's most prominent ballet dancers. Privately, Miguel was the most gentle, sensitive and educated person. Sadly...he left this world so early.

11 September 1973....

Santiago de Chile....a sad day

Brutal....

In terms of color and nuances....

..our present time is just boring.

The "happy" decade.....

The 70`s....

430, Kings Road ....