Extra Good Stuff

I keep forgetting to mention that EXTRA GOOD STUFF (the latest REAL STUFF collection by Dennis Eichhorn & various artists) is finally in print and available!  I illustrated a couple of pages.  More info about the book at the links below:

EXTRA GOOD STUFF at Last Gasp

EXTRA GOOD STUFF at Amazon

It's A MAD World

A few potentially noteworthy items...

•It might not be news, but Facebook now supports animated GIFs.  Figuring out how to post them can be a bit tricky, but I'm here to testify that it does indeed work (finally!)

•The AROUSE YOUR PASSION blog keeps adding (or pointing out) all kinds of free & interesting stuff.  For example, the entire print run of the classic L.A. punk magazine SLASH is now available as downloadable PDFs.  Lawrence Lipton's early Beat Generation book THE HOLY BARBARIANS is also up for grabs (thanks to the amazing INTERNET ARCHIVE).

•Speaking of the INTERNET ARCHIVE...the site just got a very attractive facelift/makeover.  Check out their section of SCI FI & HORROR FILMS, for instance...now each individual entry has a nifty little thumbnail image!

•Thanks to SURFADELIC, my collection of SIN-SA-TION! comp LPs is finally complete!  I also recommend checking out the SLEAZERAMA! compilation.

•A very cool, printable "Cosmonauts-on-the-Moon" diorama/paper project is available to download via AGENCE EUREKA.

I, Play Boy

Looks like I'll have a piece of work reproduced in this here art book, to be published by Les Éditions Black-Out.  More info/pre-order:  https://www.ulule.com/play-boy/

Contemporary Instrumentals 2

The Lord Was His "Happening"

I could attempt to explain who Pastor John Rydgren was, but one of the YouTube clips posted below is probably enough of an introduction.  I first became aware of Rydgren's work through the vinyl album titled Silhouette Segments, which was a collection of excerpts from the good pastor's radio show (circa late 1960s).  Rydgren attempted to spread the word of the gospel to the youth of the time via "hip talk," translating biblical passages into groovy language the kids could all dig.  Check out some of the clips below and find out what was "happening"...

Apparently Rydgren also did some other radio work, including some spot ads for films:

The Night Visitor radio spot