ODDS AND SODS!

HERE IS SOME OLD (AND A LITTLE BIT OF NEW) CRAP I DUG UP.




ANOTHER CLASSIC OLD FLYER FROM THE GRUNGE YEARS.




DOUBLE NEGATIVE WITH ERIC FROM PITTSBURGH AND HANK.



BACK WHEN I PAINTED: THE MAEL BROTHERS OF SPARKS.



THE MIGHTY WOODY WEATHERMEN IN 1984.



I LOVE A GOOD PARADE.



DOUBLE NEGATIVE..GOOD PIC I THINK.



ANOTHER OLD CARTOON..NICE TO SEE I HAVE IMPROVED.



I WONDER IF I COULD EVER LOOK REMOTELY LIKE THIS AGAIN?



HA HA..I RIPPED OFF GEORGE PEREZ AND PUT TOM WAITS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND NICK CAVE IN IT..WHATEVER DUDE.



THE "MY COMICBOOK" COVER, ALSO DONE BY DANIEL GALLANT.



PHIL, ERICA AND SCOTT OF THE LATE RALEIGH BAND DADDY.



A COUPLE OF OLD CARTOONS.



SOME PAINTING I DID BASED ON THE MOVIE CARRIE.


ONE OF THE WOULD BE MANCHILD COVERS, DONE BY DANIEL GALLANT.

SUPERHERO ARTWORK IS HARD TO DO.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE COVER OF THE MELVINS 2008 TOUR DIARY I WILL BE RUNNING IN MANCHILD FOUR. IT IS EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE TOUR..ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR A NEW MUTANTS PARODY.

SPEED INKING.

THIS IS HOW FAST I WORK.

PATTY DUKE SYNDROME - "SUPER SONG"

another video put on You Tube..I wonder where the rest of the show is?

PATTY DUKE SYNDROME - "MAYBE I"

SO LOOK WHAT HAS ENDED UP ON YOU TUBE. WATCHING THIS MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT SAD FOR A SMALL HANDFUL OF REASONS.

MANCHILD FOUR!!!!

YOURS TRULY. PHOTO BY TIM MOSS.

After another power meeting held today, the affable Charles Cardello has given the greenlight on MANCHILD FOUR. We are at the start of this whole thing and ad rates haven't been decided yet, but if anyone wants to advertise in it, please drop a line and we'll pencil you in, and of course we will let you know what the ad rates will be in due time. It is never too early to drum up interest, right? Right.

MACNHILD FOUR will also boast another cd that will be slipped inside. It will be some sort of dual release consisting of some recent live MELVINS music as well as something from DOUBLE NEGATIVE. Again, details are slim at best for right now but this is what we are aiming for. All of the artwork that will be included so far is ninety percent new with a few surprises.

Anyways, just trying to spread the word. Thanks to all - Brian

DENNIS WILSON - PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE REISSUE.

THE LATE DENNIS WILSON, MIDDLE SON OF THE WILSON CLAN AND MEMBER OF THE BEACH BOYS, HAS JUST HAD HIS ONLY SOLO RECORD (ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1977)REISSUED TO GREAT FANFARE. THIS LONG OUT OF PRINT RECORD IS MOSTLY UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'D ASSOCIATE WITH HIS REGULAR GIG. THERE IS SOME OTHERWORLDLY TRANSCENDENTAL MOMENTS ON "PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE" AS WELL AS..UH..SOME CRAP. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE CRAP IS IN FACT CRAP.

BUT THE GOOD MOMENTS ARE REALLY REALLY GOOD. EVEN GREAT.

BUT LET'S GET TO THE CRAP FIRST. ON A HANDFUL OF SONGS, ONE IS TRANSPLANTED INTO MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE THEME FROM "SANFORD AND SON" MEETING JIMMY BUFFET ON A BAD BAD DAY. AND ON THESE SONGS, IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE BLOATED OVERBLOWN COCAINE CRAP..WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH BASED ON THE HISTORY OF DENNIS WILSON.
AND ON A SIDE NOTE, IT IS QUITE EASY TO RESEARCH THE LIFE OF THIS MAN, WHO DROWNED AT THE AGE OF 39 AND HAD QUITE A INTENSE LIFE. ONE COULDN'T SAY THAT IT WAS BORING, THAT IS FOR SURE! BUT THERE IS A WARNING IN THIS ALL: IT IS QUITE EASY FOR ANY LISTENER TO GET SWALLOWED UP IN THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST, ESPECIALLY A TROUBLED ARTIST AND IT IS QUITE EASY TO ATTACH THOSE KIND OF TABLOID VH1 HORRORS TO THE MUSIC, CAUSE IT SORT OF SEEMS TO MAKE THE MUSIC SEEM THAT MUCH COOLER. HELL, i AM GUILTY OF THIS AS WELL. SO TAKE ALL OF THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT WHEN YOU HEAR THE SHITTY SONGS ON "PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE", BECAUSE THEY DO INDEED STINK. BEACH BOYS NERDS ARE A BIZZARE LOT. SOME MIGHT SAY OTHERWISE, BUT NOT EVERY SONG IS GREAT.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE RECORD (AS WELL AS AT LEAST HALF OF THE EXTRA DISC OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL HE WAS WORKING ON AFTERWARDS) IS STRIKINGLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD AND STRANGELY PUT TOGETHER, A COLLECTION OF MOODY MOROSE BALLADS BATHED IN WHAT SOUNDS LIKE COUGH SYRUP WITH CODEINE IN IT..TO SAY THAT THIS MUSIC IS A DOWNER WOULD BE SAYING THAT THE OSMONDS HAD A LOT OF TEETH. WILSON'S VOICE IS SORT OF A HOARSE RAGGED CROAK, TOTALLY AT ODDS WITH HIS BROTHERS CARL AND BRIAN. BUT HE DOES CONVEY INCREDIBLE EMOTION WITH SOME OF THE DUMBEST MOST SIMPLE LYRICS EVER. I BELIEVE EVERY WORD HE SAYS, AND THAT IS THE KEY TO ANY GOOD MUSIC. SOME OF THESE SONGS ARE INCREDIBLY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, OR TRANSCEND TIME ITSELF. AND A FEW OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE REALLY REALLY WEIRD. BUT BE WARNED: IT IS BY FAR A HAPPY GOOD TIME RECORD. "PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE" IS A BEAUTIFUL HEART WRENCHING BUMMER OVERALL, AND IS QUITE ENJOYABLE.



HERE IS ONE OF THE HAPPIER SONGS ON "PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE" CALLED "THOUGHTS OF YOU".