Susie Bright's Journal

Jon Bailiff's 50th Birthday!

Today is my baby's birthday! Fifty candles is quite a bonfire.

Of course, I had to whip up a little "Jonny Too Good" Playlist:

The Late John Garfield Blues
John Prine

Happy Birthday, Mister President
Marilyn Monroe
(Sung to President John F. K.!)

Did You Hear John Hurt?
Dave Van Ronk

Joe Louis And John Henry Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson

Big Bad John
Big Jim Wheeler & Wheels of Fire

Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry

Johnny Too Bad
Bunny Wailer

John Barleycorn (Must Die)
Traffic

John the Revelator
Blind Willie Johnson

Roll On John
Mike Seeger

Frankie and Johnny
Moses Rascoe

Johnny Cash - String Cheese Incident
Pack Of Dogs

Johnny B. Goode
Jimi Hendrix

John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan

Frankie and Johnny Where Lovers
Benny Goodman

Did You Hear John Hurt?
Tom Paxton

Catfish John
Old & In The Way

Johnny Can't Dance
Beausoleil

John Henry
Moses Rascoe

Hey, Johnny Park!
Foo Fighters

It's Johnny's Birthday
George Harrison

Handsome Johnny
Richie Havens

John Henry
Bill Monroe

Johnny Hit And Run Paulene
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50 Ways To Light Your Bougies

You say it's your birthday; well, it's my birthday too, yeah:

Song: "Euphoria," Holy Modal Rounders

Hong Kong Tranny Shack

Now that it's raining more than ever
  Know that we still have each other
  You can stand under my Umbrella
  You can stand under my Umbrella

Last night I celebrated (my ex, and dear friend) Honey Lee Cottrell's 62nd birthday at "AsiaSF", a trannie cabaret and restaurant where your waitress transforms into a bar-top chanteuse and erotic dancer.

More incandescent bar-stage photography, by HLC, here!

You might think that with over-the-top performance like this, you'd be grateful for peanuts and gin, but NO! The food is incredible— from Thai shrimp salad, to spicy mussels in broth, to ginger rice pudding— OH MY. 

Our waitress/diva, Ginger, had a mind like a steel trap and thighs to match. I couldn't believe she took our order, emceed the show like Jackie Susann on a bender, changed costumes five times, and mounted the stage with aplomb.

The Dancer you see pictured here did a version of Rianna's "Umbrella" that put the original in the shade...

All photos: Honey Lee Cottrell

 

Happy Birthday, Honey Lee

Honey Lee in her first Big Sur Bubble Bath. That's her toes reaching out to the heavens on the right.

Today's Honey Lee Cottrell's birthday, and if you see her, give her  a hug and a pinch— plus an extra one from me! Send her an email if you're geographically indisposed like me: honeyleec at sbcglobal dot net.

Honey Lee is my ex, my daughter's godmother, and my first mentor in art photography. She was the inspiration for Nothing But The Girl.

It all started when she graciously offered to be On Our Backs' first centerfold in 1984 ("Bulldagger of the Month")— but if I did a photo spread of her today, I think I'd call it: Rock Steady. We have been friends for 25 years.

Here's your slice of birthday song, baby!

Susie photo of Honey with Honey's Fuji digital on Partington Ridge. Song from White Album, Side 3!

 

My Old Man

It's Jonny's Birthday. Today.

I have offered to follow him anywhere, all day, to find surf. However, with the lack of big storms in either hemisphere, it's more likely to be a pancake party.

For one of his birthday presents, I got him this. It's huge and awesome and we can't stop pawing at it.

I love you baby!