NEW YEAR'S EVE 2013, FREAK POWER GOES HILLYWOOD . . . . ONCE YOU GET LOCKED INTO A SERIOUS 'FUN' COLLECTION, THE TENDENCY IS TO PUSH IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN . . . . THIS LEVEL OF PSYCHADELIC INTENSITY CAN ONLY BE REASONABLY SUSTAINED ONCE A YEAR THESE DAYS.

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES WERE RECORDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DOCUMENT WHAT WAS ALWAYS AND INEVITABLY GOING TO BE A 'TESTING' EVENING, THERE WAS A THEME, THERE WAS A POINT TO IT ALL, UNFORTUNATELY, MOST HAS LONG SINCE BEEN CONSIGNED TO THE MISTS OF TIME CARE OF THE EVENINGS SPECIAL 'AMBIENCE' . . . . HOWEVER, I CAN SAFELY STATE CATEGORICALLY THAT THIS TYPE OF SOIREE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVE, A MICROCOSM OF HOW THE WORLD SHOULD BE, STRAIGHTS, GAYS, BLACKS, WHITES, GREASERS, HIPPIES, PUNKS AND CLUBBERS, ALL JUST DIGGING THE COLLECTIVE MADNESS, SHOWING CLASS AND SHARING THE LOVE . . . . HAPPY NEW THING 2014 !!!

 HUNTER S. THOMPSON AND ANGELINA JOLIE, AND HER BROOD.

 ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND CLINT EASTWOOD

 THE GOOD DOCTOR . . . HIDING FROM THE FUCKING BATS . . . COULDN'T SHAKE THEM

HILLYWOOD, GROOVALICIOUS FROM THE GET GO . . . YOU HAD ME AT 'EXCESS'

 SMELL THE GLOVE, FEEL THE LOVE, DIG THE SCENE, HEY . . . DON'T BE MEAN

 WHY SO SERIOUS . . . KRIS, TWEAKING OUT THE FREAKS, WORKING OUT THE TWEEKS

 TIMBO DAWSON, MINISTER FOR FUN . . . CO-CONSPIRATOR AND ORGANISER 

 CLINT . . . LAUGHING'S A HELLUVA WAY TO EARN A LIVING

 DEEP IN THE HEART OF MADNESS . . . NO IDEA, I JUST TOOK THE SHOT

 LIZ TAYLOR MATCHING PHARMACEUTICALS WITH DRINK TYPES, ALWAYS A STRAIN

 DON'T SHOOT UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES

 I REALLY HAVE NO CLUE, SHE WAS DEFINITELY DIGGING THE DOOF

 ANGELINA'S JOLLY, PAMMY'S PISSED, LIZ IS A LUSH AND DEBBIE'S HARRIED

 DON'T BACK DOWN . . . ONCE IN A WHILE DOOF-DOOF IS GOOD-GOOD

 BEAUTIFUL BABY FACED BEC . . . SHARING THE PIPE OF PEACE

 PROFESSOR FRANKENGROOVER AND PATIENT . . . 48 HR PARTY PERSON

 I DON'T REMEMBER SOME OF THESE PEOPLE . . . CAN'T HAVE BEEN BAD

 THE WHIRLING DERVISH OF THE DANCEFLOOR . . . PERPETUAL MOTION PERSONIFIED

DR GONZO IN RELAXED MODE . . . PRIOR TO BEING GRIPPED BY THE FRENZY