MUNNY!

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So I got my first MUNNY today and I painted him right up…

I finally closed out my Series 2 collection with the last missing piece, Queen Andrea

Pulled this dude

graffiti ‘punks’

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From CNN:
RENO, Nevada (AP) — The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television.

“In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes,” Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday on the TV show “Nevada Newsmakers.”

Goodman said the city has a beautiful highway landscaping project and “these punks come along and deface it.”

“I’m saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb,” the mayor said. “That may be the right thing to do.”

Goodman also suggested whippings should be brought back for children who get into trouble.

Another panelist on the show, state university system regent Howard Rosenberg, said cutting off the thumbs of taggers won’t solve the problem and Goodman should “use his head for something other than a hat rack.”

Night calls on summer’s end

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Old Jawk Records Christmas cards.
and in honor of Halloween I am going to repost this…

Unholy Passion
By Will Oldham

I got to listening to the Misfits around the time that Samhain started up. Many of us in Louisville were what is known as “rabid fans” of both bands, and there wasn’t a day went by we didn’t talk about the records, about Glenn. Initium is a great record, unique. At one point, I put together a huge collage of images pulled from school encyclopedias… voodoo and gargoyles, lots of blood and nastiness. I sent it to Glenn, along with a cow skull and ten dollars, hoping against hope for something to come back. Well, not too long after, the mailman brought me a package from Lodi, and in it was a “Cough/Cool” single and a beautiful pale-yellow Samhain t-shirt.

I think I saw the second show that Samhain played at Newport, K.Y.’s Jockey Club; it was an amazing night, the first time I stayed up all night. Everyone in the band signed my yellow t-shirt. This was probably during the “Unholy Passion” trip. When the November-Coming-Fire trip came around, a Louisville band called Maurice was asked to open. I went along for the trip, taking pictures.

So Samhain was Glenn, Eerie, Damien, and London May, with roadie Tom. We went to Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. I remember Detroit, the show was at Corey Rusk’s place; at one point, after soundcheck, there was a buzz that Glenn was upstairs with Corey and Tesco Vee. A jaw-dropping summit! London, I am pretty sure, was a vegetarian, and the others constantly ribbed him in Jersey boy fashion; when we would stop at a Denny’s, say, to eat, Glenn and Eerie would tell London that there was some shrubbery outside… really idiotic stuff, but hilarious. Britt Walford played drums in Maurice, and he and I entertained Samhain with our impersonations of people with cerebral palsy. They got a big kick out of that. High-minded all around, we were.

In Bloomington, something occured that we were told was a remarkable event: Glenn drank some of a beer, maybe a whole beer. I remember sitting on a porch at a party after the show. Glenn had someone’s acoustic guitar, and he started to play the John Cougar song “Small Town”. Only he sang it like this: “Well I was born with no dick… and I am a lesbian…” and he giggled hysterically.

The shows blew my mind, every night. “Death Comes Ripping”, “Bloodfeast”, and “Die! Die! My Darling” thrown in with the songs from the three Samhain records. Powerful, awesome. Always front and center we were, screaming, sweating, singing along with every song. The band was a united front. I have never seen such great songs played so fiercely just for the audience that was right there.

I got to see the Samhain tour a couple of years ago. The set was brilliantly structured, with line-up and costume changes to reflect the evolution of Samhain. And with tension, and joy; it was as great as it was in 1985, because Glenn had changed it and made it as great as our memories would have had it. After the show, London re-introduced me to Glenn. Glenn stared at me blankly, then smiled and thanked me for coming. His voice was hoarse, he had a cold. He didn’t remember me at all from 1985. I think about him all of the time.

Musician Will Oldham currently records as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and has just released, via Drag City, a full-length collaboration with former Chavez and Zwan guitarist Matt Sweeney titled Superwolf.

I found this amazing article here.

“It’a been worth his doin’ it…”

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I was awoken yesterday to be told my car had been broken into. Widow smashed, dashboard ripped off. Luckily nothing was stolen. I had to spend my morning and $225 of my money to replace my fucking window. The dashboard will never be able to fixed as it was fucking crowbared off and the steering wheel is crooked…

VINCENT:
I just wish I caught ’em doin’ it,
ya know? Oh man, I’d give anything
to catch ’em doin’ it. It’a been
worth his doin’ it, if I coulda
just caught ’em, you know what I
mean?

LANCE:
It’s chicken shit. You don’t fuck
another man’s vehicle.

Then about 20 minutes after I got my window fixed it starts snowing…
it’s fucking October.

Donna Karan New York x Toy2R 8″ Qees, Tim Biskup version

Pushead x Nike

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Pushead X Nike Dunks.

PUSHEAD:Toys are big again, like in the ’60s.

DANZIG:I think it’s good, I’d rather see kids buying toys than drugs.
That’s just my opinion, basically I think drugs are for jerks.

-Thrasher Magazine, June 1986

Boston At Night…

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So I went to see Son Volt last night, and while they were amazing, the crowd wasn’t. I dipped out after a few songs and walked around and took a few pics. I returned about and hour and half later to catch there encore.