We rehearsed in the morning. In the afternoon we ran around town taking pictures for the album cover with our friend Kathleen. It was hot and sunny, so obviously we wore flight suits.
First
stop: The Proud Bird. It's a theme restaurant with about two dozen
decommissioned aircraft mounted on the grounds. Kathleen got in a
couple of good shots of us posing with the planes but we were asked to
leave.
Second: Ralph's grocery store. We made
it half way down the cereal aisle before a manager asked what we were
doing. They were nice enough to let me buy some Clif Bars before we
left. I was surprisingly hungry.
Next: Blockbuster. The employees
left us to our own devices us but we had a difficult time finding the
movies we were looking for. Apparently Blockbuster has abandoned
alphabetical order for some abstract classification system. Some days
you just can't find the Meg Ryan films.
Last:
The Roosevelt Hotel. What better place to drag your flight
suit-wearing tuchus than an outdoor pool in downtown L.A.? The lounge
chairs were like queen size beds -- really comfortable queen size beds.
Kathleen worked her magic from the opposite side of the pool. Reno
and Bowie considered umbrella drinks. I was nearly asleep when we were
politely escorted off the premises. The guy was so gracious about it I
thought about tipping him.
I can't wait to see the pictures.
-- Mike Faloon
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