The Cat House On The Kings: kitty sanctuary from heaven

Absolute kitty-cat heaven exists!
And it’s called “The Cat House On The Kings” , located in Parlier, California, the  amazing Cat House On The Kings is a no-kill, and (more amazingly) no cage, fully free-roam cat rescue, shelter, sanctuary, and adoption facility.
Think that it sounds incredible? Check out this lovely short video below about the place [...]

New poster released: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

So sweet they could wilt a flower. And on tour now, so check them out.
New poster out today! This is my all hand screenprinted, 3-color poster for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart’s show on April Friday 24, 2009 with Stephen Brodsky and The Inclined Plane at The Wallingford American Legion, Wallingford, CT.
This poster [...]

New art print released: Spring 2009, happy Arbor Day!

Ahhhhhh Spring. It’s here! And just in time for Arbor Day (US observed).
Arbor Day was one of my favorite elementary school days. I swear we went outside in the fresh spring air in the morning, watched a new tree planting and dedication, had some cupcakes back inside the school room and then (!) Smokey The [...]

Arts & Crap Fair @ Univ. Of Pittsburgh

Yeah, that’s right. You heard me!
Big ol’ 1-dayer craft fair on Friday, April 17th on The University of Pittsburgh’s campus (my alma mater) called the Arts & Crap Fair. The Fair is in it’s 3rd year and promises to be the biggest one yet.
There will be a great mix of vendors from students to [...]

Doodle Time: Ginko edition

I’ve been obsessed with the shapes of Ginko leaves for about as long as I can remember, having grown up around them. The tree species was one of a great handful introduced to the United States via my hometown of Philadelphia by avid botanist and horticulturist named William Hamilton in 1784. Other than the admittedly [...]

New poster released: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin! (yay!)

Good grief, we loved Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s music before they ever played Pittsburgh. And now, we like ‘em even more. Smart sweethearts, every one of ‘em. They might be the best band that not enough people have heard. For realsies, so go listen. Don’t fret, they will be out on tour again [...]

Fresh Del The Funky Homosapien & Sigur Ros coolness

Two cool and fresh things musically that you should be aware of this week:
1. The hauntingly excellent Sigur Ros‘ appearance on the Paris-based fantastic music + performance blog La Blogotheque’s super dupes Les Concerts A Emporter, aka in English Takeaway Shows. If you are not familiar with the Takeaway Shows, well, here is your chance [...]

New poster released: The Fillmore presents Brett Dennen w/ Angus & Julia Stone!

And it’s my first Fillmore poster!
Yes! THAT Fillmore. Indeed. And Mr. Brett Dennen and the siblings Angus & Julia Stone played there for a very special 2-night, back to back engagement on Friday & Saturday, March 20 & 21, 2009 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Happy happy little fellow freed himself from the bonds that [...]

Huge letterpress wood type collection for sale

I adore, love, and go weak at the knees for letterpress prints. It’s just a lovely printmaking process and produces gorgeous results. This massive set of wood type for sale caught my eye. This is an outstanding collection of antique and modern letterpress wood type, and to the best of my knowledge, still available. The below [...]

New poster released: A.C. Newman & The Broken West!

Yeps! It was a great show, and sold out, did you go? The show was in the film theater of the Andy Warhol Museum, there was room for maybe about 150 people, so maybe you did and maybe you didn’t.  If you’re the latter, too bad. it was an awesome show, replete with jokes about [...]