Ojos Negros, Piel Canela

Dolly Parton (born 19 January 1946)

by @joemortell // @charlottetaylr

Mt. St. Helens’ Swamp Beast

Cover art by Philip Gough for horror anthology, GHOSTS, SPOOKS AND SPECTRES (1967).

Wonderful choice of audio for this one

In 1983, British photographer Janette Beckman was in Los Angeles documenting the burgeoning West Coast punk scene. Browsing through the LA Weekly, she became fascinated with an article about El Hoyo Maravilla (HM), a Mexican American street gang based in East LA. “There were no photos to illustrate the story,” Beckman recalls. “After reading the article in the LA Weekly I tracked the writer down and persuaded him to take me to the ‘Hoyo Maravilla Park’ and introduce me… I just wanted to document the East LA culture and style. It was a part of Los Angeles that no one seemed to acknowledge. Back in the day, before the internet, if you thought of LA it was Hollywood, the movies, Beverly Hills, and the music scene.”

Bruce Pennington

Steve Ditko, 1971

Mushroom landart by Jill Bliss