Needle Wires
April 22nd, 2005
1997. Space Needle, Seattle Washington. 35mm cross-processed.
This was in the middle of a nasty squall. I didn’t have proper rain gear and braved the walkway outside anyway. I feared for my life, but not before taking a couple of shots that I really dig. And I’m hoping that when you read this paragraph, you use the early Bill Murray voice from Meatballs or Stripes.
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:07 am
Spacey!
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:32 am
Were also you walking with a sombrero full of peanuts?
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:34 am
Suddenly, I seem to be channeling a foreign speaking person. Gah.
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:46 am
Sounded like a cross between Bill Murray’s and Johnny Depp’s versions of Hunter S. Thompson, to me.
As for the photo . . . I almost have vertigo just from looking at it. Very cool.
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:46 am
Have you seen the NY Times article about digital cameras (including the D70)?
http://tinyurl.com/alak3
April 22nd, 2005 at 7:51 am
Very cool. I love that angle echo.
April 22nd, 2005 at 8:11 am
thank you for reminding me of Stripes. another good movie to share with my 14 year old.
April 22nd, 2005 at 2:18 pm
My entire senior year of high school (1989) my friend Jon and I spoke to each other exclusively in the Bill-Murray-as-greenskeeper-Carl-Spackler-voice from Caddyshack. It was nearly pathological. But Bill Murray has that effect on people, doesn’t he?
April 23rd, 2005 at 5:25 am
Nice memories there. Used to work on the production teams for NW Folklife and Bumbershoot, both held in Seattle Center. One of my duties was to go up the needle and “chart” weather patterns and winds when there might be bad weather coming in.
That meant standing up there on purpose during squalls and such. Nowadays we have live radar feeds via internet weather sites, which is a lot more comfortable.
April 23rd, 2005 at 1:51 pm
Really great shot, Jon.
April 23rd, 2005 at 5:58 pm
You’ve got a great eye.
April 24th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
Terrific shot, and I just happened to watch Stripes last night - perfect timing!
April 24th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
Love the lines.
April 25th, 2005 at 1:15 pm
I’ve lived within spitting distance of the space needle for most of my 36 years of life and have never been there. Looks like I might need to go.
April 25th, 2005 at 4:51 pm
I got engaged up there. Sniff, sniff.