Sunday, March 13, 2016

"Two Crosses"




















Colored pencil on note paper, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, March 11th, 2016, Gainsbourg, Greenwood, Seattle.

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"Demure (with Child)"




















Portion of torn matchbook on prayer card, 5 x 4 inches, March 12th, 2016, Seattle, WA.

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"Incognito"




















Portion of torn matchbook on prayer card, 5 x 4 inches, March 12th, 2016, Seattle, WA.

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"The Great Despiser"




















Pen on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, November 20th, 2015, Seattle, WA.

"It Is Finished" (2 of 2)




















Pen on dinner napkin, 6.75 x 6.75 inches, November 14th, 2015, Bellingham, WA.


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"It Is Finished" (1 of 2)




















Pen on dinner napkin, 6.75 x 6.75 inches, November 14th, 2015, Bellingham, WA.


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From A Suggestion By Robert Winant




















From January 9th of this year - I had Robert Winant give me some topics for my special brand of cocktail napkins, and he came up with "Apocalypse Now".  And I came up with this as a first take and liked it enough I didn't even work out a second.  And then I sent it off to Robert to do with it what he wants.  (And if YOU want one for your very own it goes without saying if you send me a movie title, or a song, or whatever you like, I will make sure you receive one...)

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"Jenny" by Terry Kath

I was chatting with Peeber awhile back and randomly mentioned the song "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace.  Not a good song but, at the time it came out, I bought the 45 (kids!).  Then I started thinking about all the other singles I bought in the early 1970s down at Record Town on the corner of Beach Boulevard and La Habra Boulevard in La Habra, California, and bringing them home and realizing there was a song on the back, which fascinated me to no end (I was 9, let's say).  They weren't played on AM radio (a few years later, when I switched to FM, I understood they were likely being played there all along, and other cuts from the originating albums, too), and I pretty much had no idea where they came from (I just didn't understand the concept of the album yet).  At any rate, for whatever reason, I tried to come up with the flip side of "The Night Chicago Died", which I couldn't (nor have I researched it since), and THEN I started thinking specifically about the first 45s I bought.  Why would I remember these? Why do we remember anything.  "The Night Chicago Died" was either the 7th or 8th single I bought; it gets blurry after that.  But I can tell you the first six -
  • "Shambala" by Three Dog Night
  • "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" by Chicago
  • "Rock On" by David Essex
  • "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
  • "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John
  • "The Show Must Go On" by Three Dog Night
So naturally I tried to remember the flip sides of these six singles and actually came up with five of them, but I'll spare you that except to mention the flip side of "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", which was "Jenny".  Now I happen to think "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" is a fine song, and you are likely aware of it if you are of a certain age.  But if you are NOT aware of "Jenny", written and sung by Chicago's original lead guitarist, Terry Kath, I wanted to change that.

(I still remember reading about his - let's be charitable and call it "accidental" - self-inflicted gunshot wound in the La Habra Daily Star Progress.  I was 15, he was all of 32.)

In any event, I think this is a pretty great song and, if you've not heard it, I hope you like it.  Oh, and those drums - well done, Danny Seraphine...

"Jenny", by Terry Kath


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