Happy Valentines Day

I like the little guys with wings in this illustration for the Kissing Bug Rag.

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Gallery of Vintage Valentines on flickr

The top one is sexy, eh? In a somewhat stiff kind of way it is cool. And the bottom one reminds me of a Fred Stonehouse painting. I found these on flickr where there is a very nice collection of

Vintage Valentines.

The older, the better, I think. I love the way that people pool their collections on flickr. It's such a great resource and a it's lot of fun to look at. Remember the Valentine shoebox with the hole in the top? They still do that in the grade schools, don't they? I always freaked out on Valentine's Day back then, when I was just an 80 lb. weakling. The Valentines weren't as nice as these.

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100 Years ago - Ragtime Music

Hey, looky what I found. Well, what do ya know? The "Tickler Rag Two-Step" (by Frances Cox) and "Teasing the Cat" Rag (by Charles L. Johnson) - sheet music from 1908 and 1916. Here are my favorite characters, too. This is the first time I have ever laid eyes on these. See more examples of interesting cover art here:

Ragtime Piano

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Sunday Night Song Rotation

"Yanna's Donut", cover image from a cassette of Hokum Scorcher's music

I have a new song on my music player now. This one is called "Stamps Blues". We got this song from the Tony Hollins' version, 1941. Lou is playing the National guitar and I am playing the washboard. We both sing on this one. We recorded it in 1995 for a little cassette we made called "Yanna's Donut" (Chimborazo Records).
Scroll down to hear the song- here:
LINK

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P.S. The songs are changed every Sunday nite, so it will be a different song on the player by the time you read this.

Feed Your Wall - Amy Crehore's Art Print

Here's another nice blog that picked up my new framed print by

Pressure Printing.
I like the name:
FEED YOUR WALL


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Frauenfelder, Sol and Estrada at Roq La Rue

Amy Sol
Catalina Estrada
Mark Frauenfelder


Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, WA just opened a big group show called "A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities" (same name as one of my favorite books). Here are a few stand-out pieces from the show. I think they may still be available, too, if you hurry. There are many different stylistic interpretations of nature in this show. Have a look (click preview):
Roq La Rue

Artists include: Femke Hiemstra, Travis Louie, Brian Despain, Amy Sol, Lisa Petrucci, Chris Ryniak, Chet Zar, Kozydan, Junko Mizumo, Liz McGrath, Kukula, Laura Plansker, Mark Frauenfelder, Christian Vanminnen, Mark Gleason, Nathan Ota, Catalina Estrada, Sarah Joncas, Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, John Brophy, Anthony Pontius, Jeremy Bennet, Jim Woodring, Heiko Muller, Javier S. Ortega

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Pop Drawer - Great New Blog

Aesthetic Apparatus Print

The "Pop Drawer" blog alerts people to all kinds of great new art and affordable art products.

Here's a cool print from their post about OX-OP .

They also just featured my new, framed print from Pressure Printing, "The Banana Eater" and mentioned my t-shirt -you can read it here:

"WHO NEEDS GROCERIES ALERTS"

You might want to subscribe to this blog to stay on top of the latest pop surrealist and contemporary art events and products. It is well-written and looks nice, too.

POP DRAWER

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