johnny gLucose - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a writer, magazine editor and visual artist. I work with the Big Car collective art gallery in Fountain Square, Indy...check it out at www.bigcar.org.

My Interests

Transformation....surrealistic thoughts, history & activity....sharpies & blunts....45s, 33s & 78s (rpm)......letterpress books...bigass hair.....

I'd like to meet:

spike jonze, blowfly, peter max, dorothea tanning, andy goldsworthy & beck hansen.

Music:

Beatles, Stones, WHO, Kinks, Guided by Voices, Troggs, powerpop psychgarage, pavement, Pixies, Nuggets boxsets, Standells, Johnny Glucose, Shiny Black Shirt, Baggy Green Sweater,etc............

Movies:

anything with the Beatles, Marx Bros., anything written by: Kevin Smith, Linklater, Preston Sturges, Charlie Kaufman, Woody, that French cat who did Amelie, Delicatessan & Island of Lost Children.

Television:

popeye

Books:

Black Spring, Breakfast of Champions, Desolation Angels, Trout Fishing In America, Electric Koolaid Acid Test, Journey to the East, Love is a Dog From Hell, Tropic of Cancer, On the Road, Dharma Bums, Air Conditioned Nightmare, Lil Orphan Poonannie, Goodnight Poon, Slaughterhouse Five.

Heroes:

Max Ernst, Henry Miller, Picasso, Bukowski, Vonnegut, Patchen.....

My Blog

Saul Steinberg in Cincinnati

With only a few days left in the Saul Steinberg show at the Cincinnati Art Museum, it was time for a road trip. I decided to head to Bloomington first, where I was met by Chet. I followed him to the ...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:50:00 PST

Meatman Loves Plexigirl

Meatman Loves Plexigirl...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Plexigirl is an intergalactic superhero with see-through powers of strength, structure and invi...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:34:00 PST

greenshoes

try to wear greenshoes soon. greenshoes blend-in with lawns of america you may think you're barefooted but you are actually fully shod.
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:57:00 PST

Nam June Paik--R.I.P.

Nam June Paik just passed away and it was fitting that the way I found out about it was a video report on Yahoo! news. Paik was likely the first & certainly the best video artist and repor...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:00:00 PST

Woxy Music & the Bryan Ferry Bridge

Hanging out at the Big Car Gallery tonight listening to WOXY.com like many other past nights---DJ Shivvy plays an unreleased song recorded at the radio station by Margot & the Nuclear so&sos c...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:55:00 PST

PBS

I always judge nature documentaries by how much time is devoted to the 3-toed tree sloth.
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My TV

Mr. Rogers kicks off his penny loafers & pulls off his socks with his teeth. Network newsmen are rerunning their mouths. Judge Judy presides over a quart of beer. 60 Minutes ticks me off. Commercials ...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Third Floor

Watched this doofy motherscratcher take a big chunk of the extremities of his lower colons & intesticals & give em all a good ruffle duffle (mix-em-up--jugglejostle--pamby-namby) adjustment. One nad...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

record store action

Went to luna music yesterday. This guy in a Scorpions cover band came in with some flyers, then got pissed off cuz Mr. Whiggs wouldn't display them (mainly due to the fact that the flyers were for a ...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

KISS clown

I like to transform things. I found a painting of a clown at goodwill. I knew immediately that I would turn it into a KISS clown. I'm not a fan of KISS or clowns, but the combo is irresistible. Luck...
Posted by johnny gLucose on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST