1988 Studio 5 version 2

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This photo is from a March 1988 Studio Sound article about AIR Studios.

John Jones in version 2 of Studio 5 at AIR Studios Oxford Street in early 1988.

Remembering Studio 5 at AIR Studios, Oxford Street

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It started out as the tape copy room. By 1986 it was a ‘state of the art’ Fairlight/MIDI studio on the fourth floor of the Burton building in Oxford Circus.

Dee Long at work, with Gerry Stellard, I think

John Jones and Dee Long in Studio 5 at AIR Studios with the Fairlight III.

The pictures are from a Sound Recording Magazine, Japan, July 1987, article about George Martin’s AIR Studios.

Miriam’s Well

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Check out Miriam’s Well.

Miriam's Well with Steve Postell at JJSONGSALON at Life on Wilshire

Abandoned Scarecrows

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Abandoned Scarecrows after Halloween 2010

JJ Song Salon, Monday Night, Los Angeles

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Ayrton Senna in Sao Paulo

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On a busy road in Morumbi, near the cemetery where he was buried, this portrait of Brazil’s fallen Grand Prix hero, Ayrton Senna, smiles at the passing traffic. “I am a Brasilian!”

Street art in Sao Paulo - Senna and John Jones

John Jones visiting Ayrton Senna's grave in Morumbi cemetery, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Hey Guy.

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When I was a wee lad in Jamaica, we went to a fabulous Guy Fawkes day bonfire. It must have been 60 feet high!

Hallows Day (Halloween)

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It looks like a blend between Samhain, All Saints, and All Souls. The masks are from the Celtic Samhain celebration of the harvest. One of my neighbors had a blow up cat with a moving head in the cemetery in his front yard. Why?

21st Century Schizoid Cat

The election is over.

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Happy Birthday Mum!

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It was Dorothy’s Birthday this week. All our love to you Mum!

JAB and Dorothy in the 1970's in the Bahamas