For what it's worth

Please Send Healing Rainbows!

lightshaman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:19:30 GMT

Tomorrow morning at 6AM, I go in for a discectomy and cervical (C6-7) anterior fusion. My hands and feet have very little feeling left. Not good for drumming or naughty play. :-( They say it's no big deal so all should be well. It's about a 2-3 hour procedure. Send me psychic shouts. I love y'all. David

WE'RE ON CDBABY

lightshaman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:38:05 GMT

UberDavid's new CD, ODETTE, is now available on CDBaby.com. Check it out. Download for your sexy listening pleasure. You'll be glad you did. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/UBERDAVID

Worth a Read

lightshaman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:35:54 GMT

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. ~ Louisa May Alcott

Pimpin' mah tunes

lightshaman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:09:29 GMT

Well, to be perfectly clear, they are more than "mine" They are the combined efforts of myself on drums, percussion and vocals, David White on synth and some sensational, real-life performance audio by the woman known simply as TZ. ODETTE is a suite of five songs in a variety of genres but held together with what we believe to be a cogent, original sound. Go to www.myspace.com/uberdavidx and have a listen. Add us as your friends so you can stop back as you wish and see what other sounds we've conjured. Comments and kudos? We love 'em!

ANOTHER ERA GOING BY

lightshaman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:29:01 GMT

The old homestead is on the block for sale. 6500s/f of versatile space and 5000s/f of gardens. I've lived here longer than any one place in my life. It's been a helluva ride. There's been a lot of art and music made here. I can feel it when I walk through it now. Many of you will recognize places you've collaborated on art and music projects. I'm going to miss it but it's time to downsize and move on. If anyone wants to live "the lifestyle", here's the place to do it. http://www.Wow1936nAlberta.com/ Slap this or cut'n'paste it into your url line to see a nice slide show tour of the place.

@&%#$!

lightshaman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:09:11 GMT

Is anyone else having trouble posting new photos? I'm about to put my foot through my monitor!

THANK YOU ALL

lightshaman — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:08:46 GMT

Many heartfelt thanks to all of you who attended my opening at The Conservatory last night. The evening was a success at so many levels. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and especially gratifying to meet new people. Thematically, the venue couldn't have more perfect. Again, thanks to MsJulieSpanks for hosting the event. Only she could create a dungeon that feels both warm and inviting to a wide variety of people. (Architectural Digest take note!). I look forward to working with those people who stepped forward to suggest creating art together. Your trust is quite valuable to me.

A last minute reminder

lightshaman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:23:09 GMT

This is just an informal reminder that my photography show, "Evolution Of A Vision", opens tomorrow night (7PM to 11PM) at The Conservatory, 5224 S.E. Foster Road. The show tracks my work from 1959 until the present revealing my personal journey through sexuality, control exchange and exploration of our senses. I appreciate your friendship and support. See you there!

Kinky Art Mixer featuring David Rolin

lightshaman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:29:33 GMT

General info date: Thursday, July 30, 2009 time: 07:00 PM to 11:00 PM where: The Conservatory address: 5224 SE Foster Road map cost: $10 per person, cash at the door dress code: casual sexy Description The walls at The Conservatory will soon display some sexy photographs to catch your wandering eyes... Join us for a Kinky Art Mixer - (last) Thursday, July 30th From 7:00pm to 11:00pm 5224 SE Foster Road Ages 18 and up $10 per person Non-alcoholic beverages and tasty tidbits offered Partial proceeds to Davids charity of choice - The American Cancer Society From the artist: "Evolution of a Vision" ...by David Rolin This exhibit is a visual narrative of my personal evolution and growing consciousness of the powerful trilogy of sexuality, control exchange and sensation play. It begins with the unconscious expressions of a young man in the 50s and brings us up-to-date with my new millenium voice. I've designed and built custom cars, written and performed music, created sculpture, single edition jewelry and, for the past 25 years, erotic photography. Each medium has revealed an increasingly explicit account addressing my personal, feral, sexual self. Each examines and celebrates both the light and dark side of our personas. I hope that the images provide a catalyst explore our individual edge. Bio - I've been an artist and musician for over 50 years. I'm a veteran of nearly eighty visual art shows and exhibits. Much of my work is now held in public and private collections. I have devoted my primary efforts since 1982 to fine art photography. I work in a very collaborative mode in order to examine the dynamics of social taboo, gender issues, personal expression and private ritual unique to each individual. Their courage to share of themselves brings an element of authenticity to the images that only truth can provide. For David's profile including a bevy of tantalizing photographs, please click here. http://fetlife.com/users/37202 Prints will be available for purchase - plain, mounted, or framed. They will all be signed. If you wish to set up a photo shoot with David, please contact him directly. Not only does he take the photos - he does all of his own scheduling for shoots in his super fantastic studio. Please note it is not necessary to send an RSVP to attend. And also note, this is not a play party. It is a safe and comfortable space for you to study some beautiful photography, socialize with interesting others, discuss the edgy images, and meet the artist - Mr David Rolin. Thank you so much. I hope to see you at the Mixer. You may now return to your regularly scheduled perversions. In Leather Pride, Julie

Ever had chickenpox? READ THIS SHIT!

lightshaman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:14:56 GMT

Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox, and generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles—an illness with very different symptoms—often many years after the initial infection. Varicella zoster virus can become latent in the nerve cell bodies and less frequently in non-neuronal satellite cells of dorsal root, cranial nerve or autonomic ganglion,[1] without causing any symptoms.[2] In an immunocompromised individual, perhaps years or decades after a chickenpox infection, the virus may break out of nerve cell bodies and travel down nerve axons to cause viral infection of the skin in the region of the nerve. The virus may spread from one or more ganglia along nerves of an affected segment and infect the corresponding dermatome (an area of skin supplied by one spinal nerve) causing a painful rash.[3][4] Although the rash usually heals within two to four weeks, some sufferers experience residual nerve pain for months or years, a condition called postherpetic neuralgia. Exactly how the virus remains latent in the body, and subsequently re-activates is not understood.[1] AND THE SOMEWHAT BETTER NEWS IS: A live vaccine for VZV exists, marketed as Zostavax. In a 2005 study of 38,000 older adults it prevented half the cases of herpes zoster and reduced the number of cases of postherpetic neuralgia by two-thirds ...and yeah, that IS my head. This is the worst I have felt since I was on chemo. This is some mean shit.

I took the scent of your pillow

lightshaman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:45:34 GMT

and made it a lyric for your song.

Pimpin' the goods

lightshaman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:03:38 GMT

Slap this link and go to UBERDAVID's MySpace site. We haven't decorated yet but there is one tune to listen to www.myspace.com/uberdavidx

Here we go again

lightshaman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:02:52 GMT

Summer is finally here, the hormones are bubblin' and SOAK is coming. The specter of safer/protected sex raises it's "uncomfortable" head. Slap this link to read an overview PLUS the respective risks of various activities. <http://www.poz.com/archive/2005_Aug_348.shtml> Show love but don't share your own bio-history. Cover up, play safe and buy stock in latex.

What to do on a rainy Sunday night?

lightshaman — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:03:13 GMT

Please join us for the next fetish night on June 21, 2009. Everything at fetish night is a legal activity between consenting adults. DeaconX's Fetish Night is always the third Sunday of the month at Berbati's Pan. The next fetish night is Sunday, June 21st. (Then July 19th, then August 16th, then September 20th, etc.) Doors open at 9:00pm 21+ with valid and proper I.D. only Sliding cover charge - Fetish dress enforced Berbati's Pan SW Ankeny at 3rd St Downtown (Map It) Portland, Oregon

How do we spell TOA?

lightshaman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:51:44 GMT

I've gone beyond the bounds of my Facebook Terms Of Agreement. First MySpace. Now Facebook. I've become a FaceSpace Bandit. "Our Code of Conduct outlines the types of content we do not allow on the site. This includes any obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit photos, as well as any photos that depict graphic violence." It must have been this part. Dayum! My account simply vanished! POOF...in a cloud of clucking Calvinism. If you're hangin' around FaceBook and do a search for someone named David Dashutah, that might be fun. Meanwhile, David Rolin and his obscene, pornographic and sexually explicit photos will hang out in Tribe like the good old days.

Blatant self aggrandizement?

lightshaman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:33:36 GMT

Perhaps. But this person, in their own words, shared what I often have trouble articulating re. my photography protocol. I'm taking the risk to publish these words: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• David Rolins Opening: Then AND Now. Last Night I went with my lover to see David Rolin's Then and Now retrospective. David is a human, and beautiful one. He's 69 years young, lived through the sixties when he was too old to be a hippy and too young to be a square. He saw the genesis of punk as a man grown man under the mantle of the dubious wisdom of midlife, all while I was a stripling youth too angry for ideals. He told me he had no formal training, no education in photography. Its clear he had curiosity and passion- and maybe our real life's work requires only this, and not the trappings of achievement, degrees, publication, recognition ( or notoriety). Perhaps all we need is to be in love with what we are doing, and to do what we love. Perhaps the greatest fortune is knowing what we truly love and can be loved through. David started this hobby of photography as a man interested in spatial relationships; in his early work the landscape of vast interiors gained his lens, warehouses, urban enclosures. At some point in the late 1980's he had the chance to work with a model. Never having embraced this opportunity, he placed her in a vast space, something he was comfortable photographing, and her presence was only slightly more incidental. In that particular image I was drawn to the texture of the wood floors more than the nude woman- somehow, despite her presence, they were what spoke loudest to me from that frame. Still, somehow, something of the models presence stuck: perhaps the vast interior of the warehouse where she sat in a single chair became more empty with the presence of her single, nude person: a naked woman with Christmas lights glittering between her legs like the half asleep promise of a ecstasy unknown…and in that feeling of emptiness, without a catastrophe, without a flaring moment of illumination, his work began to change. The transition was smooth if not seamless. Evolving through his years, one thing remained consistent: models would be free to do their own thing. David does not tell a model to "stand this way, wear these things, take them off this way". Instead, he says "Know your boundaries and respect mine so I can respect yours. Then let US collaborate and see what shows up…" If you were inclined to be photographed by David, and wanted to know what his boundaries are, I would suggest you ask him. Looking at his work, hundreds of prints spanning 30 years or more, I saw few of the boundaries we might expect – neither inhibition or subtlety is failed in this retrospection of his work. Yet the boundaries are present and clear- In my own words I could sum them up, though perhaps at the risk of assumption. I would say "Be honest. Be fearless. Move from love and passion, and don't divide them." That is what I HEARD, though As I said, im simply proposing- you'd still be best to ask him if your sincere about being photographed. I've wanted to work with David for some time, but in my own 'slow to realization' trend I've not made real the opportunity to put my own honest, fearless passionate love under the benign scrutiny of his lens. I've been distracted, and despite making motion towards engaging in a shoot, I've found circumstance and obligation have precluded the commitment. Many of my friends and some of my playmates have worked with him. After having met him, looked at hundreds of his photographs from the most innocent to explicit, I am not merely planning to put my ropes and other BDSM images in the scope of his camera, but I'm bragging him up. And now its on my list. Im going to gather a small group of rope loving people, and tie them with delight. Im going to ask him to shoot the moments. And im going to be incredibly honored to be a part of his lifework, the creation of images of intensity and intimacy which beg us all to ask ourselves "am I squeezing every bit of joy into this moment which I am capable of?" I expect that much from my submissives, myself, and my partners in art. So let it be known: last night was one of the best art show openings I have ever been to. And I look forward to more!

Give me a fuckin' break!

lightshaman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:40:47 GMT

Kymberly Jane 06/05/09 10:28 PM NOt sure IF i emailed you already But..Im going to Oregon the 20th thru 25th of this month~ And .. i never been there to shoot.. And im emailing ya because i really Dig your page..and wondering if you would hire little me to pose all nudie for ya.. Now i know Oregon is terrible economy wise.. But while Im there Im completely lowering my rates so i can pose with as many people while there as i can..(since Im not sure i will go back anytime soon) SOooo Im only charging $75 per hour fashion to full nudie.. Let me know If your Up for taking some Dirty pictures smile OXOxOxOX kym David Rolin 06/06/09 7:28 AM Hi there Kymberly Jane Wow! What an honor to hear from a real professional full-nudie model. We poverty stricken Oregon photographers rarely get such an opportunity. You can't imagine how overwhelmed I am at your offer to shoot "dirty pictures". Your generosity is exceeded only by your pretentiousness. I'd love to book about 30 hours of your valuable time but I don't think my studio has the capacity to contain all of your attitude. For future reference, my commercial rates are $300/hour. Prints or digital images are $75.00 each. My fine art sessions are free, but it's obvious to me that you don't meet the criteria. As an aside, I haven't paid for a "model" in 25 years of shooting nudes. For $75.00, I expect a "happy ending", a free drink and a hot lunch. Good luck, gurlfriend. I hope you make a bundle! "not-born-yesterday" David

My friend, Cherie

lightshaman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:10:53 GMT

Cherie Hiser has been a friend and mentor to me for 30 years. Her work has been pivotal and paved the way for serious art photographers. Many of the images you'll see in this YouTube are of people in my life. I owe her deep thanks for sharing her vision and instilling in me the profound respect I have for those I photograph. She is one of the village elders of our tribe...the creative, the bold, the visionaries. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avgC1xkL33M

...A LITTLE HELP HERE?

lightshaman — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:58:20 GMT

I need to surf a couch for the nights of May 26, 27, 28. Any one or all of those dates would be awesome. Can trade righteous 420, menial tasks, crimes against nature or whatever. All love!

If it's not one thing...it's another.

lightshaman — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:23:01 GMT

This time I lost my phone. The trusty Razor be gone away. So, if you'd like for me to have telephone access to your sweet self, please message me your phone number so I can stay in touch. I should be getting another unit tomorrow. Thank you all ever-so! David

CLOSING TIME

lightshaman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:02:01 GMT

Ah we're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happening and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high And my very sweet companion she's the Angel of Compassion she's rubbing half the world against her thigh And every drinker every dancer lifts a happy face to thank her the fiddler fiddles something so sublime all the women tear their blouses off and the men they dance on the polka-dots and it's partner found, it's partner lost and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: it's CLOSING TIME Yeah the women tear their blouses off and the men they dance on the polka-dots and it's partner found, it's partner lost and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: it's CLOSING TIME Ah we're lonely, we're romantic and the cider's laced with acid and the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?" And the moon is swimming naked and the summer night is fragrant with a mighty expectation of relief So we struggle and we stagger down the snakes and up the ladder to the tower where the blessed hours chime and I swear it happened just like this: a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss the Gates of Love they budged an inch I can't say much has happened since but CLOSING TIME I swear it happened just like this: a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss the Gates of Love they budged an inch I can't say much has happened since CLOSING TIME I loved you for your beauty but that doesn't make a fool of me: you were in it for your beauty too and I loved you for your body there's a voice that sounds like God to me declaring, declaring, declaring that your body's really you And I loved you when our love was blessed and I love you now there's nothing left but sorrow and a sense of overtime and I missed you since the place got wrecked And I just don't care what happens next looks like freedom but it feels like death it's something in between, I guess it's CLOSING TIME Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked By the winds of change and the weeds of sex looks like freedom but it feels like death it's something in between, I guess it's CLOSING TIME Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing but there's nothing really happening and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night And my very close companion gets me fumbling gets me laughing she's a hundred but she's wearing something tight and I lift my glass to the Awful Truth which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth except to say it isn't worth a dime And the whole damn place goes crazy twice and it's once for the devil and once for Christ but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights we're busted in the blinding lights, busted in the blinding lights of CLOSING TIME The whole damn place goes crazy twice and it's once for the devil and once for Christ but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights we're busted in the blinding lights, busted in the blinding lights of CLOSING TIME Oh the women tear their blouses off and the men they dance on the polka-dots It's CLOSING TIME And it's partner found, it's partner lost and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops It's CLOSING TIME I swear it happened just like this: a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss It's CLOSING TIME The Gates of Love they budged an inch I can't say much has happened since But CLOSING TIME I loved you when our love was blessed I love you now there's nothing left But CLOSING TIME I miss you since the place got wrecked By the winds of change and the weeds of sex. By Leonard Cohen

What he said

lightshaman — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:31:13 GMT

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awww!” --Jack Kerouac

Having lunch with Keri

lightshaman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:04:32 GMT

Can give you a whole new look! I've been Obamacon-ized!

YUNG CYSS

lightshaman — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:07:57 GMT

Das raight, homies. Dis O.G. (old grandpa) is pimpin' his grandson. Slap dis link fo da real shit: www.myspace.com/publicprodigy ...fruit doan fall far from da tree, y'all.

DON'T MISS THIS!!!

lightshaman — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:15:25 GMT

I'm prepping for our biggest garage sale EVAH!. It's a 28 year collection of art'n'furniture'n'trinkets'n'treasures'n'tools'n'photos'n'music gear and more!!! 1936 North Alberta Street from 9 to 3 Saturday and Sunday. We're splitting the sheets, selling the building and this stuff needs a home. IT'S A NO HAGGLE KIND OF DEAL. MAKE AN OFFER YOU CAN LIVE WITH AND TAKE IT AWAY!