Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Talking Portrait: 17th Street Locos

In 1981 I drew a portrait of two guys on the Santa Monica pier, then asked them to describe themselves into a tape recorder.

(Video link) For the first time, their faces and voices are brought together in a talking portrait.


Thanks to Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing for spotlighting this post.

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8 comments:

  1. Matthew KerrApril 30, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    What on earth does, "two spoke down" mean? I assume it's something about spoked wheel rims...

    Any ideas?

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  2. Janet OliverApril 30, 2013 at 5:20 PM

    Hilarious. Very cute!

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  3. RobertoApril 30, 2013 at 10:38 PM

    Man! that was great! I always wondered what happened to those two Vato's. I guess "Froggy's" still in SM, one way or t'other.
    Great post "Li'l Jimi."
    Oh, and happy birthday to Willie, (I still owe you for that burger at the Palomino). -RQ

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  4. ercMay 1, 2013 at 11:23 PM

    Was that a cool sketch or what? It reminds me of The Artist's Guide to Sketching, That goes way back.

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  5. Jim MartinMay 2, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    I really enjoyed this combination of word and image. Thank you!

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  6. AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 2:04 PM

    Outstanding depiction of Mitchell and Froggy...Froggy said he had a 69 Caprice "TRU SPOKED" down..(manufacturer of custom wheels ) great to see this art 36 years later...

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  7. AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 2:11 PM

    What a great depiction of Mitchell and Froggy...nice to see this art 36 years later...Froggy had a 69 Caprice with "Tru Spokes"(name of custom wheel manufacturer )..not 2 spokesp.it was hard to understand Froggy when he was buzzed

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  8. James GurneyMarch 8, 2017 at 3:19 PM

    Sergio, thanks, that's awesome, I appreciate the clarification. It sounds like you knew them. Wonder how they're doing?

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