Krazy Kat Plush

Cartoonist George Herriman with a model of Krazy Kat. This photo from 1944 is up for bidding on ebay until Feb. 24, 2008. This is so sweet.

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Psycho Girlfriend

I saw these designers on boingboing TV and I thought they were cool and funny.

Your Psycho Girlfriend

Xeni wears a tutu of babyheads in the boingboing episode.

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The Making of the Fine Print at Pressure Printing

Pressure Printing just blogged the careful and elaborate process of producing two new framed giclee prints. Here is the making of "The Ruiners"by Glenn Barr and "The Banana Eater" by Amy Crehore. It is very interesting - showing all of the steps leading up to two very fine art products. Read about it here:
THE FINE PRINT

While you are at it, you will want to read about the making of Mark Ryden's print as well. Pressure Printing is best known for the quality of it's fine art pressure prints using antique presses.

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Happy Valentines Day

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

Happy Valentines Day from

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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.