Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble

The day has come. Fifteen and a half years, over 200,000 images came into Pixels from around the world. We published 34,000 of them. We had a moment in the sun. It was like the Haight-Ashbury the year BEFORE the Summer of Love. The terrible iPhone camera, the buggy apps. But what a community! All the experimentation; we were making up as we went along. I'm grateful to all the artists from all over the world. You can find the book, PIXELS AT AN EXHIBITION at: LULU HARDCOVER https://www.lulu.com/account/projects/p6y4y78 APPLE BOOKS: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-rise-fall-of-the-honeybun-empire/id6737652788     

Robbie Basho was a local artist, well-known around the Berkeley era in the Sixties and Seventies ... a cosmic acoustic guitarist.

Tallulah Bankhead was drunk off her ass. The whole thing was traumatic.

The podcast launches officially in just nine days! I hope you will join us.

You can hear Bill the Cat's very cool radio show every Friday at 2-4 pm at https://www.humboldthotair.org/. Don't miss it!

Practicing guitar up in Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills. A beautiful despite. Birdsong, trees rustling in the wind, grass shimmering in the sunlight.

Because they have no compunctio about killing to keep their money or just steal yours.

Here it is. More to come! Please join us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/Frisco And visit the website The Secret History of FRISCO

http://thesecrethistoryoffrisco.com http://patreon.com/Frisco Check them out and please join on Patreon—it's free!

Am I just whistling past the graveyard?  Here is Trump in the Arlington Cemetery, dishonoring fallen heroes by turning the visit into a campaign event. No man can go lower than Trump. I am, however, noticing for the first time, that the woman standing next to him is making the Devil's Hand Sign. Unbelievable! Did anybody notice it at the time the story was in the news?

My new voiceover website: http://knox-vox.com My site for the upcoming podcast, FRISCO—The Secret History, is here: http://thesecrethistoryoffrisco.com.    

The only question is just how fucked are we?

More thoughts about doing a historical podcast about San Francisco in the post-war period between 1945 and 1953 or thereabouts.  Also, the story about how I learned about the secret history of Frisco.

Testing my new gear. Talking about things to come.

Happy 78th Birthday Mr. Jones. The whole place has gone to shit since you left but I see you shining in the firmament. As my friend Bill says, “Let a thousand Bowies bloom.” We'll keep trying.

I recommended the movie to my son, Will, and Killer Mike. And their wives. Given Dylan's treatment of women, Will wondered why I included their wives in my recommendation. 

A couple poems from my friend, Jim Cohee.

No New Year's resolutions, only goals. Cancel Adobe and Amazon. Adobe is easy, but Amazon is integral to my consumerist life now. I am determined, however, extract myself from the dubious luxury of Bezos's honey trap.

A wonderful surprise this movie was, taking me back to the dawn of the Sixties, the arrival of Bob Dylan, and the explosion that followed. Incredibly well-done!

I am sharing one last song (a demo) from my next album, "Why Did You Have To Smile At Me?," because I am so happy with it. Also a brief meditation on 2024 and the challenges of warehouse living. Art keeps me going. Happy New Year!

A reading from the beyond the soul's Meridian website. “No one who is gaming. The system has the capability to create real value on their own” — do the names, Trump and musk come to mind?

Brighter every day from here on out.

We are screwed and the only question is how badly.

Remembering John Lennon on the anniversary of his death and other musings on mortality.

Random thoughts about the CEO who got killed. A breath of springtime.

Still here. 

I wanted to share one more song demo from my upcoming album. I felt I needed to tell two stories to put the song in context.

I read this poem every year for the anniversary of his murder. It seems more timely than ever.

On BlueSky, people are posting twenty book covers of the books that impacted their lives, without any explanation or illumination of their importance. So I'm doing a podcast to accompany my choices.

Passed a major milestone today: I uploaded my first test audio file to ACX—The Amazon platform for audiobooks—and it passed! I was so nervous; the technical requirements are rigid and unyielding. So ... I'm including the reading of "Straight Facts About Flapping" here.  Listen and learn about Flapping, grasshopper.

I remember, as a child in the fifties, the Republicans screaming about the Communist threat and the arch-enemy Russia. Reagan called Russia the evil empire. We now have a Russian asset heading into the White House and the Republican party has metastasized into a coalition of grifters and Trump sycophants, all of whom seem to be sucking on Putin's tit, or something.

Another year, that much wiser, oh yeah. I'm grateful, although the view is very different from here, much to ponder.

I had a revelation the other day about how I could make money. Any number of people have told me over the years I should do voice-over work. For whatever reason, I poo-pooed the idea. And then I was researching how to produce an audiobook of my own book, "The Rise & Fall of the HoneyBun Empire" and found this website where I could hire voice talent and it just hit me: "Hey I could do that!" Better late than never.

Still processing the loss. I truly didn't see it coming. Of course I live in the SF Bay Area bubble. But how we could elect a convicted rapist and felon to the office of the presidency is beyond me.

The best music podcast I have ever heard. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I'm very happy he's only 2/5 of the way through his exhaustive and fascinating history of the popular music and the world of the second half of the twentieth century.

The article does not say how many 'Trump's Balls' wall hangings he has sold.

Still a demo, but I think the strings and oboe parts are keepers! Enjoy.

I've decided the old title of my memoir "The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking" set up an unrealistic expectation for some people and turned others off. The new edition will be called "The Rise & Fall of the HoneyBun Empire." It will be available soon on Apple Books, Lulu.com, and Amazon. If you want a copy with the Gentlemanly Art of Spanking cover, now is the time to buy it! Other than the title change, it's the exact same book.

A mysterious Facebook friend who seemed to have connections to my family in San Francisco. We were penpals for a while. He shared my demos with Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller" among other things.   

Super rough, but practice makes perfect.

I've been listening to the "History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs"—simply amazing!—and then the Rick Beato interview with Rick Rubin on YouTube. Thinking about what a great producer brings to a musical project. I wish I had one! 

Everything you have read about Megalopolis is true. I think everybody who cares about movies should see it.

Thought I would keep sharing as I work to get things ready for going into the studio to record vocals, real instruments, etc. It's a process.

Thoughts about artistic success and immortality.

Meditations on the wonder of coffee.

Thought I would share another rough mix of a song from my next album. Written by my late friend Greg Jones, it has never been released.

Four years later, I finally figured out the bridge. A rough recording, on my phone, but I'm happy with the song. The last song I had to finish writing for my next album of originals. Update: I uploaded an newer demo here, having added some rudimentary strings. Now I know what the song can be.