75Grand @ posthaven

IRENE D.

And that’s another thing that fascinates me about photography and that is that no picture is the same when it’s put together with another one. As soon as you put two together you tell one thing. If you put another one with it, it’s a completely different thing. 

JACK D.

I think the great thing about the Farm Security photographs, regardless of the artistic merit of any individual photograph, is that they were all being done in a search for the heart of the American people.

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]
http://cinefestsanjuan.posthaven.com [cine blog] 
http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]

photo caption: Little Lost Dog poster announcement, Bayamon, PR

LOCATION: CASA MULERO, SANTA OLAYA, PR

SCENE THREE, TAKE TWO:

-- Are you filming today? Asks Lillian

-- No, yesterday was a wrap.

-- Good. Let's go to the beach.

-- Great idea.

-- And bring some beer.

-- Medalla or Magna?

-- Whatever. Just don't forget it this time.

-- Oh, O.K.

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]
http://cinefestsanjuan.posthaven.com [cine blog] 
http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]

photo caption: window display, parking lot, central Bayamon, PR

DATELINE: POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. 

The house was like no other in the neighborhood. She loved books, and nearly every room was filled with volumes from floor to ceiling. He collected cameras, guns and books about the Civil War. Neighbors marveled at the tools and gadgets he had amassed through his job at I.B.M. and his evening shifts in the Sears hardware department, including six lawn mowers.

In their yard were parked two Amphicars, novelty vehicles that could drive on land and in water, of which only about 3,800 were ever produced. At a time when computers were still relatively unknown in regular homes, they had several, lined up in a room off the living room where he also kept a police and fire scanner running at all times.

“They were a married couple,” said a neighbor. “She was normal. He was not.”

Only to a next-door neighbor and close co-workers did she hint that his oddities bothered her. She told one that she disliked the house’s clutter and wished that he had not kept their dead cat frozen in their refrigerator: she dreaded opening it to cook. She complained to another of having to hand her paycheck over to him each week.

When the couple’s only son drowned after falling off the hood of one of the Amphicars in a Mississippi lake, she told a co-worker she was upset that her husband parked the same Amphicar in the driveway, a daily reminder of her grief.

“Knowing her, she tolerated it because she didn’t have the wherewithal to tell him to knock it off or I’m going to leave,” said.a co-worker.

excerpt from the newsstory: 

In Cluttered Home, a Dark Secret 3 Decades Old

By VIVIAN YEE
THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]

photo caption: Bayamon, PR -- front yard still life including José Miguel Agrelot, (1927 - 2004) comedian, radio and television host and media icon in Puerto Rico. Agrelot, better known as Don Cholito, had a Tarzan yell remarkable enough that sound effect technicians from Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios in Hollywood came to Bayamon and recorded Agrelot doing his version of the yell.

From: J M
To: Jan Galligan 
Subject: Re: Fw: Instructional letter from ben bernanke30
Date: Jul 2, 2013 11:03 AM

photo caption: Studio wall, 75 Grand St., Albany, NY -- March, 2010

Cristina insists on champagne.

"I feel like it tonight."

"Watch out, Bummy," he says.

She gives him a foolish laugh.

"All right," he says, "Remember I told you."

"Yes, darling," she says.

excerpt from: A SPORT AND A PASTIME
James Salter, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, NY
paperback edition, 2006
Chapter 12, page 70

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]

This morning, drinking coffee and trolling FB, I found a friend-request from a perky young blonde. Checked her connections and saw a few young artist friend here on the island, so I said "O.K.."

A minute later "she" messaged me and asked what music I liked, which put me on guard. Who asks what music you like, and why should she care, I thought. Then she *says*, "gotta run, send me your cell number and I'll TXT you."

Uh-huh, I thought -- and then I pulled the plug from her, and sent messages to the young guys who were the "friends in common." See photo below (link at end).

Psychological profile:

Randy old guy: 1) sees photo of attractive young woman who wants to connect; 2) notes other artist friends; 3) says, why not? 4) gets immediate reply; 5) almost falls for it, except for the *music* bit;  6) if *she* hadn't asked that question, I might have sent *her* my cell #.

Cell TXT *conversation*

HER: Hey! Seventyfive. Thx for connect.

ME: No prob. Jennifer!

HER: So, what's up?

ME: Nothin' just chillin' on the veranda. Coffee and sunshine.

HER: sounds so COOL!

ME: Yep.

HER: Say, Seventyfive, can I aks you summpin?

ME: O.K. btw> call me Jan.

HER: ok, Listen, I've got a problem.

ME: What's that?

HER: Uh, I'm kinda stuck at the moment, and I need some help.

ME: (slightly skeptical) What's that?

HER: Well, I'm actually traveling right now.

ME: Where are you???

HER: St. Kitts.

ME: How's the weather?

HER: Same as where you are, but I need a favor from you because I was robbed on my way back to my hotel suite last night.

ME: Holy shit!

HER: The robbers carted away with my bag containing my wallet, phone, flight ticket and other valuables...

ME: OMG!

HER: I will like you to lend me the sum of $3,500 US Dollars or any amount you can afford as half bread is better than none so that i can sort out my hotel bills and get myself back...

ME: Uh sure, I mean, I'll try to help you.

HER: I promise to pay you back with an extra $100 US Dollars as soon as i return home in a few days time so kindly let me know if you can be of help.

ME: (hooked) O.K. What do I do???

HER: I was told the fastest and safest way to receive money in seconds is through western union {since that is what works here}.So if you can be of help,you can send the money using these details:

Reciever Name: JENNIFER KASSA

Address : 13 Friendship St, Tivoli, NY 12583

ME: Tivoli, NY ?? !! Hey, that's near Albany, NY, where I used to live. 

HER: It's my mother's house. That's the safest address for me to receive mail and deliveries.

ME: O.K. What next?

HER: You can get a list of western union money transfer agents close to you, go to the link below and enter your full address:

http://www.westernunion.com/info/agentLocatorLookup

ME: Uh, O.K.

HER: Please,as soon as you send the money, i will like you to send an email with the transaction code i will need to pick up the money. I will be back here in couples of hours to get the transfer details, please do it without delay so I can get home to San Juan.

ME: Sure! no problem.

HER: After I receive the money, i will email you on the arrangements to get back home.

ME: O.K. Take care...

HER: Thanks Seventyfive.

ME: Please, call me Jan.

HER: Thanks once again and i will really appreciate if you can be of help.

ME: My pleasure...

link to original facebook *conversation* here

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]

photo caption: Beach towels, airport gift shop, San Juan, PR (tip of the photo hat to artist Bobby Cruz -- Recent exhibition at galeria 619.5 Calle Cerra, Santure, PR: "Simplemente… Bobby")

Last year, auditioning for the forthcoming Ben Affleck/Justin Timberlake gambling movie, RUNNER RUNNER, trying out for the part of a slick but obnoxious gambler from New York, whose role is to harass the BOXMAN running the table, then get in a heated argument with the Justin Timberlake character, I had spent a late night and all next morning practicing my lines, swaggering around the house, being obnoxious to Lillian while trying to live the part. At the audition, Lillian and I immediately ran into Peter, a blond, good-looking young guy, recently arrived on the island from New York City, also auditioning for the part of SHOOTER. Shit, I thought, I'll never get past him for this part. 

For various reasons, we both lost out to Hollywood's Hugh Scott. Then, the other night, cruising the Condado, I saw Peter, playing his guitar at a street-side bar. I sat down to listen, and from between-songs-patter, learned that after a short stint playing with Pedro Capo's band, Peter has gone solo, writing songs as well as singing the crowd's favorite oldies. Here's one crowd-pleaser that he has updated to fit his current situation:

PUERTO RICAN GIRLS

Well Haitian girls are bad

I really dig the clothes they wear

And Dominican girls with the way they talk

They knock me out when I go there

Jamaica's farmers daughters 

really make you feel alright

And Cuban girls with the way they kiss

They keep their boyfriends warm all night

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican girls

Barbados has the sunshine

And the girls all get dark tans

I dig the french bikinis on Grenada island

girls by the palm trees in the sands

I've been all 'round the Car-i-be

And I've seen all kinds of girls

Yeah, but I can't wait to get back to my island home

With the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican girls

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig them)

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig them)

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig them)

I wish they all could be Puerto Rican

(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig them)

Details on the film  RUNNER, RUNNER, directed by Brad Furman, written by Brian Koppelman and scheduled for release September, 2013

(Look for Lillian and Jan as extras in the Casino Night Party scenes at billionaire Ben Affleck's seaside mansion. Lillian should be seen standing next to Hugh Scott at the craps table.)

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Jan Galligan 

75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]

photo caption: tienda, carr 167, Bayamon, PR

OPINION : THE NEW YORK TIMES
By EVGENY MOROZOV

PUBLISHED: MARCH 2, 2013

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Jan Galligan 
75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

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http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]

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Jan Galligan 
75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

http://JANGuarte.posterous.com [art blog]
http://cinefestsanjuan.posterous.com [cine blog] 
http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]

photo caption: Pirates, store window display, Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, PR

[EDITOR'S NOTE]

75 GRAND WEBSITE -- WAS HACKED BY H.F.G. & CHINESE IN 1998

 Some Victims of Online Hacking Edge Into the Light

THE NEW YORK TIMES : TECHNOLOGY

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Jan Galligan 
75Grand/Sur 
Santa Olaya, PR

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http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]