Entries from July 2011
Index Cards (3)
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Dorado
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Admiring the local flora, between gigs in Puerto Rico.
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John Ballou Newbrough
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This card was one of a set of “Crackpots and Visionaries,” published in 1994 by radio station WFMU as a fundraising premium.
The Mothman Special
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The movie based on John A. Keel’s book The Mothman Prophecies was released in 2002; the Fortean Times marked the occasion with a special issue. I contributed a biography and bibliography of Keel, and an interview conducted with the assistance of George Kuchar and Dr. Mamie Caton.
Red Telephone (3)
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Red Telephone pops up again, in this strip from Another Room #9, 1980. He doesn’t seem happy.
The Puppet Show
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“The Puppet Show,” a large exhibit of artworks relating to puppetry, curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni, appeared at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, January 18 – March 30, 2008. It then toured other museums. Michael Smith and I were represented by some videos of our performances, and a display […]
The Gideon Bible
July 10th, 2011 · 4 Comments
It doesn’t seem right for there to be a Gideon Bible in every hotel room; so I often substitute a nice secular book: one by Thomas Love Peacock, for example, or the Baroness Orczy. I had these cards printed for those occasions.
The Giants’ Highway
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When I visited my family in Beggs, Oklahoma, I became interested in a local curiosity, The Giants’ Highway, or Checkerboard Crossing. The unusually flat limestone bed, crossed with regular cracks, is the subject of much local folklore; and has been marketed at times as a tourist attraction. It had generally escaped the notice of simulacra […]
Besançon
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Killing time in Besançon, back in 1984, I drew a picture of the building next door.
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A Fortean Album
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While researching the life of the novelist and Fortean Tiffany Thayer, I came across an unfamiliar photo of Charles Fort. I passed it along to the Fortean Times, which inspired the art director, Etienne Gilfillan, to search for more. His discoveries were published in the March 2006 issue (#207). I provided captions, and an article […]