Everyone enjoyed the RIALTO in JOLIET! It is a beautiful theatre known for top acts, Dance recitals (My daughter's were there) and the wedding reception of PETER BRADY (Chris Knight). GIN BLOSSOMS rocked the joint! ROBIN stepped out into the audience more than once and the acoustics were GREAT!
My son JOSH and ROBIN WILSON share a passion for gaming. In fact, ROBIN wrote a column for PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE until just recently. The tour bus is a haven for ROBIN's new XBOX 360 and JOSH thought it was cool too! ROBIN has turned JOSH onto many different games
including GUITAR HERO. ROBIN is a GREAT Dad for his own son GRAY! ROBIN told us that he made sure he timed his flight just before this tour began, so that he could pick up his new XBOX 360 at the mall and hook it all up before the others arrived. The BUS TVs also have the latest HD technology. Their guitar tech Sam is also a gamer.
Found a few more of THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY postcards I had printed years ago to promote my first book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO! I am posting them on EBAY under ANIMAGIC1. Enjoy! It is a GREAT shot right off the 3 x 5" transparency.
My good friend DAVE DIPPLE at www.maxheads.com delivered the goods with my music banner this week! EXCELLENT printing job Dave! Dave also did our Bass Drum head and band T-Shirts!
There is a GREAT New book out called ONE TRAIN LATER ANDY SUMMERS (St. Martin's Press) It is a BEAUTIFUL hardcover book by one of my favorite guitarists of all time! It also has a FOREWORD from another of my favorites...THE EDGE! It sells for $24.95 and it is a MUST HAVE! ANDY was at the Chicago BORDERS tonight and is touring the country on a book signing tour.
This is THE STARVING ARTISTS circa 1985! That is DENNIS RIORDAN (Bass) on the left. I'm in the middle and JIM JILEK (Drums) on the right. I just started a band listing at www.localbandnetwork.com/bands/thestarvingartists We have practice this weekend and my brother CHRIS is back on board with his drums.
Visit my friend PATRICK's BLOG for some cool art of our favorite HANNA-BARBERA characters and UNDERDOG among others! www.powsley.blogspot.com Also visit www.patrickowsley.com for a gallery of his art!
I just scanned these original JACK DAVIS model sheets into my computer for a tribute that is being paid to JACK out on the West Coast in a couple of weeks! JACK is the BEST! A friend of mine, David Scheve just paid him a visit and got some of his commercial cels for CASK MOUNTAIN WINE signed for me! I have all of JACK's TV Commercials on video tape and can tape them for my standard $20 per tape time/trouble.
Many have asked me about the NEW DVD re-packaging of MAD MONSTER PARTY that ANCHOR BAY released in 2005. It does have the same content on the DVD with a beautiful 35mm transfer of the film and it still contains my 23 page booklet just as it was released in 2002. JULES BASS actually just discovered that BARNES & NOBLE is displaying the film and carrying it in large quantities for HALLOWEEN 2006! I picked a copy up there today as a matter of fact. I was given about 100 copies of the first issue in 2002 and I gave them all away. Look for series 2 of the FUNKO figures coming to a store or comic shop near you!
I was waiting for the GREAT PUMPKIN and he didn't show up! Looks like our BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC TOUR is cancelled. It seems that BORDERS only orders their books and CDs from BAKER & TAYLOR (A national distributor) AND since I produced these items to make money...NOT to lose it, we won't be signing and playing at BORDERS. We will however be appearing at some local Illinois venues very soon and I will keep you posted!
For those of you who remember television's CREATURE FEATURES in Chicago! I made up a compilation CD that contains the theme from the show "Experiments In Terror" plus alot of other GREAT music for Halloween! Do you remember SVENGOOLIE (Jerry G. Bishop)? His theme is on here too "Rumble." There are even clips from CREATURE FEATURES with Marty McNeely whispers some of his GREAT poetry promos for the film that they were showing. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Everyone enjoyed the RIALTO in JOLIET! It is a beautiful theatre known for top acts, Dance recitals (My daughter's were there) and the wedding reception of PETER BRADY (Chris Knight). GIN BLOSSOMS rocked the joint! ROBIN stepped out into the audience more than once and the acoustics were GREAT!
including GUITAR HERO. ROBIN is a GREAT Dad for his own son GRAY! ROBIN told us that he made sure he timed his flight just before this tour began, so that he could pick up his new XBOX 360 at the mall and hook it all up before the others arrived. The BUS TVs also have the latest HD technology. Their guitar tech Sam is also a gamer.
I had a chance to pop in on my friend LARRY POTASH and the rest of the NEWS crew (ROBIN BAUMGARTEN and PAUL CONRAD) and we discussed myself coming on the show in DECEMBER with the RUDOLPH & SANTA ANIMAGIC figures. They hadn't seen me since last Christmas and liked my new "Rock n' Roll look.
Just listed MONSTERSCENE #9 on EBAY and it brings back some good memories. It came out a year before my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO in 1996. I wrote the article 'THE MAD MAD MAD MONSTERS OF RANKIN/BASS' for this issue. I remember my copies of the magazine arrived just before ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. came to my home to go over the book outline. I gave him a copy of the magazine to read on his flight home. The cover painting by BASIL GOGOS completely blew me away! I was always a fan of his BUT his art was getting better with age and his MONSTERSCENE work was some of his very BEST! I asked BASIL to do some art for my first book and he did send along a FRANKENSTEIN with a SANTA hat BUT it arrived after my book was already printing..here is the art seen for the first time!
I just scanned these original JACK DAVIS model sheets into my computer for a tribute that is being paid to JACK out on the West Coast in a couple of weeks! JACK is the BEST! A friend of mine, David Scheve just paid him a visit and got some of his commercial cels for CASK MOUNTAIN WINE signed for me! I have all of JACK's TV Commercials on video tape and can tape them for my standard $20 per tape time/trouble.
I was waiting for the GREAT PUMPKIN and he didn't show up! Looks like our BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC TOUR is cancelled. It seems that BORDERS only orders their books and CDs from BAKER & TAYLOR (A national distributor) AND since I produced these items to make money...NOT to lose it, we won't be signing and playing at BORDERS. We will however be appearing at some local Illinois venues very soon and I will keep you posted!
For those of you who remember television's CREATURE FEATURES in Chicago! I made up a compilation CD that contains the theme from the show "Experiments In Terror" plus alot of other GREAT music for Halloween! Do you remember SVENGOOLIE (Jerry G. Bishop)? His theme is on here too "Rumble." There are even clips from CREATURE FEATURES with Marty McNeely whispers some of his GREAT poetry promos for the film that they were showing. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
