At Hattie’s Hat while talking about Malcolm Gladwell with Amanda and Tim. Soundtrack for this drawing provided by Alan MIlls. The song is The Squid Jiggin’ Ground. Listen here.

KEXP DJ Greg Vandy will be speaking Thursday night at 7 pm at the Frye Art Museum. Admission is FREE! It is part of the Old, Weird America Exhibit. Greg asked me to draw this map of Harry Smith’s influence … Continue reading →

Audio accompaniment provided by Tom Paley. Listen to Sue Cow right here. You can get the album from Davey.

The Lumberjack Piano or The Hammered Dulcimer as its known outside of Michigan, is an instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. It is usually set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who strikes … Continue reading →

I got a book (from Cinema Books on Roosevelt) on the making of the 1984 David Lynch film Dune. It is an adaptation of the Frank Herbert book from 1965. Almost every printing of the book has a fantastic cover. … Continue reading →

Inspired by my uncle’s ash tray in which the lid of the crab opens to reveal a receptacle for ash and cigarette butts.

I don’t know what issue this was from but i have always liked the photographs in the magazine and the people at Conde Nast are a bunch of turnips for shutting it down.

BeforeDuringAfterClick here to hear me playing the Supertone. I talked the nice man who was selling this guitar down to $15. That of course was at Tuxedo Junction, in one of the back garages in the instruments area. I also … Continue reading →

Admiral Yi Sun-sin was a Korean Naval Admiral who implemented the armored Turtle Ship nearly 200 years before they made an appearance in the American Civil War. He is reported to have won every naval battle he entered and succesfully … Continue reading →