Street Steam

A cauldron boils beneath New York City.

I like the steam shooting out the woman's head, to the left.  But my favorite steam incident, shown in the other photos, was in front of the St. Regis Hotel on 55th.

Sure geysers and natural vents are nice, but nothing says "Hell" like men breaking rock in the middle of hissing, wraith-like billows of scalding steam.


The curly plants, candy cane vent, and elfish doorman costume in the shot on top don't hurt either.

Welcome to the St. Regis, ma'am.  One of Lucifer's lackeys -- I mean one of our bell staff! -- will be right with you.

My Music Profile

Miles Davis' Live Evil, cover art Mati Klarwein
Here's a list of old music that I digitized (mainly from tape, believe it or not) a few years ago.

I didn't rate them, but I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of digitizing them unless I thought I'd listen to them again, so figure they all rate at least 3 of 5 stars...