words and pictures (and even some music) by donald barnat var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-26500710-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @barnat)http://drivebyla.com/First let me say, that I may sound like an expert in this review. (That&#8217;s just me, folks, I...http://drivebyla.com/post/17269466017http://drivebyla.com/post/17269466017Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:13:00 -0500 Okay, right up front I should say that my attending the recent Fashion&#8217;s Night Out in Beverly...http://drivebyla.com/post/11499594224http://drivebyla.com/post/11499594224Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:39:00 -0400Fashion's Night Out Beverly HillsLeica M7Rodeo DriveLeica Summicron 35mm ASPHZeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5Kodak 800ishootfilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o4_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o8_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4quiTQct1r3ebh2o13_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>GIRLS ON FILM! : ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ - Beverly Hills (THE PICTURES!)</strong></p>http://drivebyla.com/post/11498012008http://drivebyla.com/post/11498012008Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:06:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rgN2vfB0TZ8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>MOVING TO MONTANA</strong></p> <p>Just recently acquired an iPad almost for the sole purpose of utilizing GarageBand. I’m actually amazed at how well it works using the ioDock from Alesis. This is a Gibson ES335 plugged into a little Vox Valvetronix amp. Mic’d by a SM-58 Beta. Channeling a little Frank Zappa from my youth here. I think I’m going to be doing a lot of that for the rest of my life. Someone has to, it might as well be me.</p>http://drivebyla.com/post/10631708655http://drivebyla.com/post/10631708655Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400frank zappadonald barnatgibson es-335garagebandmontanaVox ValvetronixiPad2<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aQkECJa37Ik?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>NIKKEI AVG</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong>Remember the old joke about where babies come from? <em>First daddy comes home drunk from a hockey game.</em> That’s kind of how I made my first GarageBand for the iPad 2 tune.</p> <p>Let me explain. I report on the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA for a national sports publication. I came home after a game and wrote my article, published it over a couple of glasses of some incredible and cheap organic red wine from Whole Foods.</p> <p>Was feeling all Pacific Rim and shit. It’s about 3:00 AM and this is in the middle of the brief wild stock price roller coaster ride of this past late summer. So everyone was watching the Nikkei to see what the foreign markets were going to do. Did I say I’d had a couple of glasses of wine? Okay. Just checking. </p> <p>I’d been pretty intimidated by the iPad and GarageBand and using GarageBand was really the only reason I’d bought an iPad. Nothing like a little alcohol to break the ice I suppose. So I started plunking away on the virtual and smart instruments, with a hip hop beat, of course.</p> <p>Later, I bought something called an iODOCK by Alesis, Google it if you want to know more. And then I plugged my 335 into a little Vox bedroom amp and added a smokin’ hot wif— excuse me… GUITAR SOLO at the end. Please enjoy frequently!</p>http://drivebyla.com/post/10748215770http://drivebyla.com/post/10748215770Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:00:00 -0400Garagebandipad2Gibson ES-335Nikkei AverageZappaesqueDonald Barnat I&#8217;ve been shooting street photography digitally in Los Angeles for about 10 years....http://drivebyla.com/post/10705947290http://drivebyla.com/post/10705947290Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:00:00 -0400latinolatinalos angeleshispanicimmigrationpoliticsmexicanbusriders “I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it.” –...http://drivebyla.com/post/10692669604http://drivebyla.com/post/10692669604Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400mojave desertlas vegascajon passlos angelesI-15high desertsierra nevada mountainsdrivingthe color purpleleica m7kodak portra 400 Shooting nothing but film now out of an M7 I picked up unused but previously owned by a collector...http://drivebyla.com/post/10613751817http://drivebyla.com/post/10613751817Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:48:00 -0400leica m7zeissZeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5ishootfilmContinuing with my ongoing consolidation of pre-blogged material from this year that was originally...http://drivebyla.com/post/10703579946http://drivebyla.com/post/10703579946Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:07:00 -0400JFKAssassination of President KennedyDealey PlazaDallasLeica M9Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH iiJames WolcottVanity FairDallas ObserverRobert Wolinsky This is an ongoing series intending to show or exploit the fact that much of Los Angeles,...http://drivebyla.com/post/10603000119http://drivebyla.com/post/10603000119Sat, 14 May 2011 05:59:00 -0400Leica Summicron Kokak film analogue photography