FORGOTTEN KINGDOM FOR SALE

i recently finished a book, which i have been selling at shows and to people i come in contact with, but i'm offering it online as of tonight. click the link on the right to order it.

the beauties are going for $10 and i'm charging $5 to ship

it's a bunch of my paintings of characters - half monsters and the girls that love them. it's got poetry that's basically a biography of each character. it took me a while to put together and i'm really proud of it. it's a small book at about 5" square and it's 72 pages with hard covers and gold foil on it.

i think it looks fantastic, but you are going to have to order one to find out for yourself. and just think - if you buy a book - you're supporting me making hundreds of more drawings of weird jellybean like monsters. you are in essence, investing in a universe of imaginary monsters.

that's my pitch. i'm no salesman, but i hope you pick one up. and tell yer friends about it too. these things make great gifts and if you order one, tell me i sent you in the special instructions blank on paypall and i'll make sure i draw something in the cover for you.

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have a great night!
&Rew.

i need you to slow me down.

i was in a theater about to watch a movie about a haunted orphanage in san diego the other night - when i walked into the theater a song was playing on the speakers. it was a girl singing over a synthesized version of her voice with no beat or instruments other than her voice and maybe some sort of ambient strings.

it was totally awesome.

i went home and purchased the album on itunes almost immediately. before i had finished the first listen to the album i looked at the digital booklet that accompanied the album which was classified as "pop". i really dislike pop. why? i'm not completely sure but it has something to do with the music generally being very boring and i can only listen it a few times before i am uninterested.

i very much dislike judging things based on genre be it food, people, music, etc. so i gave this album a chance. the second clue that this was a dud was the album booklet. a half dozen pictures of the singer naked or nearly nude - she's really pretty, this is music - i don't want to fuck it. why do i care to see this nude 21 year old girl in a bunch of sheets?

obviously i like girl and the human body, so it's not that i disliked what i was looking at. i suppose it's just a credibility issue. i figure some suit told her that she needed to post pictures of herself if she wanted fans and that would add to her sales. i'm assuming that. supporting evidence is how bad this CD is. it's boring. the song i liked is good, but every song sounds the same. it also computerizes and multi-tracks her voice with limitless echos and way too much harmony. it's like eating bubblegum soup. blah.

2 or 3 good tracks though.

good to know that i can still write most albums off sheerly based on itunes willingness to categorize them as "pop" art.

if my art ever gets categorized as "pop" - please, find me and punch me in the balls.

&Rew.

good thursday.

i listened to the secret frequency crew today; it's good music - something about the underwater adventure hop secret treasure.

i didn't realize even until just now that i painted a somewhat watery theme. it's not that i really painted anything at all, because it's just a bunch of lines and shapes that resemble the silhouette of a naked woman, but with a little imagination, it could be really watery.

i'm off the hunt/gather some food (whichever comes first).

i'll try not to spray mace at anybody today (sorry crystal!).

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