7/24/10
7/23/10
HOLLYWOOD ON HIS KNEES
i see this guy everyday, and always wondered if he was homeless.. now i know his backstory. great article courtesy LA TIMES
Walk of Fame polisher is the keeper of the stars
John Peterson has kept the Hollywood emblems gleaming for 14 years. With 2,412 stars, that's 110 a day and a full-time job.
John Peterson, 61, polishes about 110 stars a day along the nearly three-mile stretch of Hollywood. (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times
By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
July 24, 2010
If anyone can restore Hollywood's luster, John Peterson figures it's him.
The one-legged man has spent 14 years polishing celebrities' stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
With 2,412 of them along nearly three miles of sidewalk, it's a full-time job.
"Chewing gum should be banned globally," says the 61-year-old, scraping a dirty clump of the stuff off actress and singer Cass Daley's star near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. "It's not recyclable, it's not biodegradable, it's not good."
Once Daley's star is gleaming, Peterson stows his bottle of Brasso metal polish and the paper towel into a plastic shopping bag. Hoisting himself up by his arms, he inches along on his knees to the next star, dragging the bag and his crutches along with him.
His next stop is 1940s-era character actor Gene Lockhart. Pulling out the towel and the polish, he swabs the movie-career emblem and sprays Windex over the star's pink terrazzo surface to remove scuff marks.
Peterson's work has given him a sidewalk-level perspective of Hollywood that few people have.
That has convinced him that the Metro Red Line subway, which some have blamed for causing the Walk of Fame's terrazzo to crack and chip, is only partly at fault.
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Walk of Fame polisher is the keeper of the stars
John Peterson has kept the Hollywood emblems gleaming for 14 years. With 2,412 stars, that's 110 a day and a full-time job.
John Peterson, 61, polishes about 110 stars a day along the nearly three-mile stretch of Hollywood. (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times
By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
July 24, 2010
If anyone can restore Hollywood's luster, John Peterson figures it's him.
The one-legged man has spent 14 years polishing celebrities' stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
With 2,412 of them along nearly three miles of sidewalk, it's a full-time job.
"Chewing gum should be banned globally," says the 61-year-old, scraping a dirty clump of the stuff off actress and singer Cass Daley's star near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. "It's not recyclable, it's not biodegradable, it's not good."
Once Daley's star is gleaming, Peterson stows his bottle of Brasso metal polish and the paper towel into a plastic shopping bag. Hoisting himself up by his arms, he inches along on his knees to the next star, dragging the bag and his crutches along with him.
His next stop is 1940s-era character actor Gene Lockhart. Pulling out the towel and the polish, he swabs the movie-career emblem and sprays Windex over the star's pink terrazzo surface to remove scuff marks.
Peterson's work has given him a sidewalk-level perspective of Hollywood that few people have.
That has convinced him that the Metro Red Line subway, which some have blamed for causing the Walk of Fame's terrazzo to crack and chip, is only partly at fault.
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7/22/10
7/19/10
THE LOOK OF THE NUDE
(eduardo lucero)
presents
THE LOOK OF THE NUDE
male figure art as seen by
MIGUEL REYES
EDUARDO LUCERO
BIL DONOVAN
STEVEN BLANK
(miguel reyes)
(bil donovan)
(steven blank)
opening reception
AUGUST 6TH
6-9PM
$5 cover
on exhibit thru september 1st
gallery general hours- wednesday thru saturday- 1-7pm
salons-
sketch class hosted by miguel reyes- august 15th
sketch salon hosted by eduardo lucero- august 22nd
camera club hosted by steven blank- august 29th
antebellum
1643 n las palmas ave
hollywood, ca 90028
323 856-0667
www.antebellum.us.ms
antebellum@earthlink.net
7/18/10
MY LITTLE REUNION
( JD samson- le tigre- moderator-barry morse- played- roger V. deem, rick castro- co-director & writer, matt johnstone- played student driver & glen meadmore- played stew blake)
we had a "little" reunion last night for the screening of
HUSTLER WHITE, my first feature film and a milestone in my life. presented as part of the LEGACY PROJECT of OUTFEST, the film screened @ the DIRECTOR'S GUILD OF AMERICA, a mere 14 years after it's original screening which was also @ outfest- 1996.
(barry morse- played- roger V. deem, rick castro- co-director & writer, matt johnstone- played student driver & glen meadmore- played stew blake)
i was informed by legacy coordinator, kristin pepe that HW was the only film in the festival to sell out. that my 14 year old film can still draw a crowd is very pleasing indeed..... perhaps a theatrical re~release is in order... are you listening strand releasing?
the screening was hosted by dyke icon- JD SAMSON from LE TIGRE, who chose hustler white as her favorite film of all time. she talked about how it formed her as a young queer and made her what she is today.. i must say for a film created on no- budget, with an all male, hustler, pornstar cast. without any women in the entire film, including the background. to have a young feminist lesbian tell an audience that this resonated with her shows we were able to crossover and reach many people.
this is very rewarding for me. i know i'm doing something right.
" rick castro brings fetish to the mainstream"