Writing. Reading. Drawing. Cutting. Pasting. Talking to myself. Wandering. Miniatures. Mixed tapes. Mixed media. Animals a' go-go. Thrifting, yard sales, junk stores, the like. Non-competitive bicycle riding! Dusty old cars. Shiny old cars, too. Trains. Windows. Drafts. Barns. Legends. Superstitions. Mind over matter. ESP. Piddling. Picking scabs. Playing crappy/found/made-up instruments. Sitting on the porch. Collecting scraps. Going to the ocean. Throwing bread to birds. Carousels. Eyes. Witch doctors. Sticks. Gardens. Mysteries. Scary trees. 5th grade arithmetic. Fill-Ins. Lost words and phrases. Events that don't cost a dime.
Not the intoxicated, but the intoxicating. Free spirited, funny people with intriguing mannerisms. Illustrators, writers, conspirators, carnival folk and people who are black metal. Dumpster divers. Ninjas. Masters of patience. Builders. People who know how to play along. Skeleton key collectors. Honest mechanics. Daredevils, in any sense of the word. People who are just passing through. Treasure hunters. Beach combers. Bench warmers. Friendly bears. Night gardeners. Toe dippers. Punks who listen to Cab Calloway and smoke corncob pipes. Dreamers. Greasers. Squares. Drapes. A fox. A tortoise. A hare.
Bo Diddley, X, Etta James, Psychedelic Furs, Dame Darcy, Hazard County Girls, Violent Femmes, The Cars, Iggy, Mission of Burma, The Wipers, Flat Duo Jets. nasty grooves... haunting instrumentals, creepy classical...
Pink Flamingos, Beetlejuice, Forbidden Games, Night of the Hunter, One Crazy Summer, Little Noises, Adaptation, Tideland, The Outsiders, Buffalo '66, Wild at Heart... I really relate to the movie MAY. I would like to quote John Waters at this moment, & just say "I'll go to the opening of a toilet seat." I've discovered the joys of old cartoons on youtube, for which I am thankful.
Square Pegs, Hong Kong Phooey, Twin Peaks, PBS, Animal Planet, No Reservations, Kids in the Hall
Cookie Mueller, Bukowski, Orwell, Stephen King, Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, Jim Carroll, Steven J. Bernstein, Daniel P. Mannix, John Waters, William S. Burroughs, Sylvia Plath, David Sedaris, Holly Woodlawn. Fairy tales (classic and fractured). Photo essay, like "The Secret Paris of the 30's" by Brassai. Nan Goldin. Cindy Sherman. Art books. Vintage illustrated children's primers. Anything by or about Joe Coleman or Louis Wain. CAT FANCY. Music bios, like "Please Kill Me". Rollerderby magazine by Lisa Crystal Carver. Meat Cake comics by Dame Darcy. Belly Button Comix by Sophie Crumb. Optic Nerve. Eightball. Cometbus. Buttrag Mag by the FOREVER lovely Jaimie! Snakepit by Ben. BLURT! by Lew Houston. All kinds of photocopied madness. I do an occasional zine called Tightrope Laboratory. I invite submissions of all kinds (essays, photos, interviews, reviews, recipes, comics & so on - no agenda), feel free to email me regarding such topics, or to get a reprint of the 3 issues that have come out so far.
kind souls & all the little creatures