toys in the VINYL FRONTIER

Planet of the Apes, Battle of the Planets, Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Ultraman... All things I have at one time or another collected. Vinyl toys too, now days. Kool Toy Doc.



FROM LAUGHING SQUID

JERRY AND VANS

Truckin': Random traffic sign in Wicker Park

"it's the one that says bad motherf*cker."

You sort of assume Pulp Fiction happens in L.A. Maybe it is explicit in the movie, don't remember, haven't seen it in a long minute. After coming back from Asado Coffee Co, I was inspired and knocked out a little graphic homage devoted to the pleasure of the cortado (tall espresso shot, dollop of steamed milk) they served me, as well as the half pound of Siesta they ground for me. House coffee is filter drip one cup at at a time. Brightest cup you can find. It is not fast, but that is not the point. It's the shot to the heart. "Zed's dead baby", but Viva Asado.

Asado Coffee Company is at 1432 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL

Sleepless in Siver Lake

Back after a lapse and subsequent demolishing of the original concept, or not. But anyway Les Savy Fav closed Green Fest in Wicker Park with colored tape, a dog, grease paint, lots of spakle-y sh*t, an American flag cape... Singer Tim Harrington is a Care Bear gone bad ass, constantly climbing up on things (in this case a beer tent) and sometimes falling down (also the case in the photo sequence). He reappeared in the third story window of an apartment overlooking the show in which earlier he had encouraged a woman in the window sing opera - and she obliged. Chair surfing as well, the band just rips it up while he goes nuts.