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composing with the visually illiterate

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Astounding Science Fiction (digest) January 1952 issue Illustration: Hubert Rogers (1898-1982) One of the giants of pulp sci-fi, Rogers had been a contributor to Astounding Science Fiction from the latter … Continue reading →

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fast food on the game reserve

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dave

Roadkill? Maybe its a metaphor for sexual tourism. Maybe he doesn’t really kill the animal, going through the whole tracking and shooting. Instead, he hers them into a fenced in area and runs them over in a Land Rover. Or … Continue reading →

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drinking with the man

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Dave

from Paul Hamilton of the Bisonics: DRINKING WITH JESUS I’ve been drinking with Jesus In a bar full of New Cross geezers He won the jackpot on the one-armed bandit Scooping the loot he smiled, ‘That’s the way Dad planned … Continue reading →

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politically sophisticated thrillers

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) … Eric Ambler (1909-1998)! British writer Ambler is widely regarded—with Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene—as one of the pioneers of the politically sophisticated (especially espionage) thriller. Ambler published 19 … Continue reading →

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too long in exile

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Dave

Does minority status and discrimination affect the musical culture? Or so it seems. Though, within a broader context the semantics of what can be termed “roots” music represents both music of liberation and freedom yet equally draws its tension from … Continue reading →

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men with pin stripes

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Rod & Custom (Combined with HOP UP) March 1955 issue Photograph: Ralph Poole Design: Wayne Bender Art Director: Wayne Bender The cover’s custom station wagon by kustom-king George Barris … Continue reading →

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yells of awe and anger

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Dave

The death instinct laying claim. Death making a deposit on even the most modest and humble aspirations, dragging us over the abyss back to the primal aesthetic root; as Nietsche said, if you look at the abyss long it begins … Continue reading →

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empty pages

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) there’s a new internet game out there called “famous record covers without the dead guys.” this one is a pip. …it’s properly spelled ‘lewd’. however, in this particular case, “doing ‘LUDE things” seems much more … Continue reading →

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a little face to face

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Dave

Is it possible to be so politically correct that we end up chewing our own tail. Is there a realm within the politically correct that is not politically correct? Its been said that as long as there exists the dynamic … Continue reading →

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JFK: perfect metaphor

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) …crackpot america’s finest moment….makes for a great instructional comic, eh?… a few years ago i bought a roll of kennedy half dollars, drilled a small hole through the entire stack and then exclusively used them … Continue reading →