My wife's grandfather gave me this coaster he picked up during a 2002 trip to Prague, the capital city of his homeland. It features a drawing of the Czech folk hero Svejk, from Jaroslav Hasek's lengendary tale, The Good Soldier Svejk. The image on the coaster is plucked from one of the book's original illustrations by Josef Lada. On the back of the coaster, written in czech, it reads 6pm in the evening: drinking time. Amen to that, Svejk.
I love Hasek's character, Lada's drawings, and pretty much anything to do with beer. So this coaster is a treasure to me. Thanks Pappy.
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The hockey card fairy (Melanie) visited my studio a couple nights ago and dropped off a whiskey box full of player cards from the early seventies. These ones made me smile. I want to give Stanley (Stanislav?) Mikita a big old hug.
It's awards season in the ad business. Soft Citizen and I had a good year. Check out the hardware for projects I directed.
2009 Bessies, Gold
The Not Really Into Foreign Films People, Vancouver International Film Festival. TBWA Vancouver. The Overanalyzers, Vancouver International Film Festival. TBWA Vancouver. The Seat Saving People, Vancouver International Film Festival. TBWA Vancouver. Jose's Garden, Macs WTF Froster. BOS Toronto 2009 Canadian Marketing Awards, Silver
The Overanalyzers Vancouver International Film Festival. TBWA Vancouver.
Palmerston Gardens Papery - Hand-printed Stationery by Tory and Christopher
Tory and I have launched a little side-project called Palmerston Gardens Papery. Shown here are our first two stationery designs (Torrence drew the cardinal, and I drew Honest Ed's). They're pretty special: each sheet and envelope were hand-printed on on Japanese paper. They were printed by Mike Viglione, of Kid Icarus in Kensington Market. There's only a handful left for sale at their shop, so snatch 'em up while you can.
I picked up this bizarre playmobil set at my neighbourhood toy store for ten dollars. I love the lime green suits, the skull and cross bones on the leaky barrel, and the scary, post-apocalyptic skies overhead. It's every four-year-old's dream toy.
All-time favourite zine cover: "I'M GOING TO THE STORE NOW; THE NEW '90s NIGHTMARE."
I used to be a big zine guy back in the 90's. I made zines (Puck Bunny), collected zines, and spent many blustery Toronto weekends puttering around zine fairs in vintage wool. Over the years, I've discarded most of my zine collection, because, well, they were boring and ugly. But one zine that has survived these purges is "I'M GOING TO THE STORE NOW."
It's a classic. Probably the best single zine cover ever.
I love the name. It taxidermies an everyday phrase, and leaves it haunted...
Former Child Star Chairry Found Abandoned in Brooklyn Alleyway
At the height of her career, Chairry was a star. She was a friend to Pee Wee, a confident to Cowby Curtis, and a lover to Jombi.
On many occasions The King of Cartoons fell drunk into her tender embrace, but she was so much more than a place to sit. No one had more passion for the Word Of The Day than Chairry.
Chairry's story is yet another reminder of the meat grinder that is the children's entertainment industry. One day they're making plaster molds of your face for Arbie's cups, the next you're snorting meth with Bob Sagat behind a Santa Monica Waffle House.
What set her off on this collision course with the underworld? Was it the wrongful ostracizing of her dearest friend Paul Reubens? Or was this was Chairry's destiny?
As she always said "it's better to burn out than to Faye Dunaway."
