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1905 postcard titled “A man's mind magnified"

acrylic on canvas 20x16" (may 2017)

Chet Baker, Los Angeles (age 24), Photo by Bob Willoughby, 1953

Billy Nix - Moon Twist & Your Flame Of Love

“One of the greatest, sleazy instrumentals of all time. Frequently heard on Ghoulardi’s Shock Theater…”

Bertha Lou redux…

“Human Fly by The Cramps, revisited by a classical group. 12 violons, 1 solo violon, 4 Cellos, 1 piano and 1 soprano. Surprising.”

"I was really impressed with Lux and Ivy’s record collection. I was a record collector myself, me and Jeffrey and all our friends (as most people who play music should be) and they had one of the biggest record collections I had ever seen and very well catalogued by style, year - and even label. With that came the right look. And the right look was black…black and shiny and sexy. We would have clothes made a lot. There was an allowance for getting our clothes done. The Cramps were a fully formed vision, it wasn’t just like - whatever. It was all very focused, a strict vision, a true vision…nothing ironic about it in the least. People think, “Ooh horror movies, and Ooh black”. But no, it’s so much more than that…it was a whole lifestyle. A manifesto (Kid Congo Powers)

This photo was shot in color; photo by Marcia Resnick

Painting by Jeremy Bruneel.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 30, 1967