<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517</id><updated>2011-12-28T13:33:10.193-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JIM'S INFO BARN</title><subtitle type='html'>Official News Organ Of Jimblanchard.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>79</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6960720017486230962</id><published>2011-12-28T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T13:33:10.222-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim Jackson</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-979D5YY0q-g/TvuKvZz2KhI/AAAAAAAABQs/OrM-y7anNes/s1600/jim%2Bjackson%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-979D5YY0q-g/TvuKvZz2KhI/AAAAAAAABQs/OrM-y7anNes/s400/jim%2Bjackson%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691295101099584018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pen &amp;amp; ink illustration of fabled blues guy Jim Jackson for the &lt;a href="http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/issues/latest_issue/"&gt;annual Music Issue of Oxford American magazine&lt;/a&gt;-- The O.A. Music Issue is always a treat: great writing about cool, diverse, interesting, and obscure music, with a killer compilation CD to top it off-- Buy the Jim Jackson original art &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/12/jim-jackson.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6960720017486230962?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6960720017486230962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6960720017486230962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6960720017486230962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6960720017486230962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/12/jim-jackson.html' title='Jim Jackson'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-979D5YY0q-g/TvuKvZz2KhI/AAAAAAAABQs/OrM-y7anNes/s72-c/jim%2Bjackson%2BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4217353329570530022</id><published>2011-11-01T14:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T14:14:20.727-07:00</updated><title type='text'>John Cazale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9E3h_QCs5oM/TrBhINtzhaI/AAAAAAAABPc/qHYT-S0xbUM/s1600/John%2BCazale%2BBLOG2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9E3h_QCs5oM/TrBhINtzhaI/AAAAAAAABPc/qHYT-S0xbUM/s400/John%2BCazale%2BBLOG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670138724608083362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned portrait of actor John Cazale as "Sal" from the Sidney Lumet film DOG DAY AFTERNOON-- 24 X 24 inches, acrylic on cradled hardboard--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4217353329570530022?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4217353329570530022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4217353329570530022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4217353329570530022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4217353329570530022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/11/john-cazale.html' title='John Cazale'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9E3h_QCs5oM/TrBhINtzhaI/AAAAAAAABPc/qHYT-S0xbUM/s72-c/John%2BCazale%2BBLOG2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5201307980141645022</id><published>2011-11-01T14:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T14:09:49.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AAIIEE!!! T-Shirt Design</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQ9-i5MSPD0/TrBf8DWNCBI/AAAAAAAABPE/L7lLB1hH5Lg/s1600/aaiiee%2Bchick%2Bnew%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQ9-i5MSPD0/TrBf8DWNCBI/AAAAAAAABPE/L7lLB1hH5Lg/s400/aaiiee%2Bchick%2Bnew%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670137416154679314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T-shirt design for &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thatbandwithasymbolforaname"&gt;Seattle band AAIIEE!!!&lt;/a&gt;, who are celebrating their 30th year together--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5201307980141645022?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5201307980141645022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5201307980141645022' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5201307980141645022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5201307980141645022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/11/aaiiee-t-shirt-design.html' title='AAIIEE!!! T-Shirt Design'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQ9-i5MSPD0/TrBf8DWNCBI/AAAAAAAABPE/L7lLB1hH5Lg/s72-c/aaiiee%2Bchick%2Bnew%2BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5880394039515428420</id><published>2011-09-22T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T11:38:11.804-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taking Punk To The Masses Poster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V32xoLsX9v4/TnuAbyGZ17I/AAAAAAAABH8/wjD_RTH2k5U/s1600/Cobain%2BEMP%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V32xoLsX9v4/TnuAbyGZ17I/AAAAAAAABH8/wjD_RTH2k5U/s400/Cobain%2BEMP%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655254971887245234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unused poster for Experience Music Project's NIRVANA: TAKING PUNK TO THE MASSES exhibit-- Image of Kurt is based on a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.double-whammy.com/"&gt;Steve Double&lt;/a&gt;-- Buy the original Cobain art &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/09/kurt-cobain.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5880394039515428420?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5880394039515428420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5880394039515428420' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5880394039515428420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5880394039515428420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/09/taking-punk-to-masses-poster.html' title='Taking Punk To The Masses Poster'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V32xoLsX9v4/TnuAbyGZ17I/AAAAAAAABH8/wjD_RTH2k5U/s72-c/Cobain%2BEMP%2BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8668666041779717253</id><published>2011-09-06T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T17:12:54.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tura Satana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dtXYeXPdUJY/Tma2_LkNiII/AAAAAAAABDA/dUK1lGzTRiw/s1600/Tura%2BSatana%2BBLOG.tif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dtXYeXPdUJY/Tma2_LkNiII/AAAAAAAABDA/dUK1lGzTRiw/s400/Tura%2BSatana%2BBLOG.tif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649403979135551618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned painting of Tura Satana from the Russ Meyer film FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! 16 X 16 inches, acrylic on cradled hardboard--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8668666041779717253?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8668666041779717253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8668666041779717253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8668666041779717253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8668666041779717253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/09/tura-satana.html' title='Tura Satana'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dtXYeXPdUJY/Tma2_LkNiII/AAAAAAAABDA/dUK1lGzTRiw/s72-c/Tura%2BSatana%2BBLOG.tif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8259239102333677376</id><published>2011-08-15T14:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:31:40.478-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paint-By-Numbers Leopard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfcsvbGddUk/TmaDJAKsTMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/x62zH7R9Q-Y/s1600/Leopard%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfcsvbGddUk/TmaDJAKsTMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/x62zH7R9Q-Y/s400/Leopard%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649346973269773506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's an "altered" paint-by-numbers leopard I did for Jo David and Marlow Harris' BUMBER BY NUMBER group show, which will debut at Seattle's &lt;a href="http://bumbershoot.org/"&gt;Bumbershoot Music &amp;amp; Arts Festival&lt;/a&gt;-- The painting is acrylic and 12 X 16 inches-- For lots more info about the show, check out Jo &amp;amp; Marlow's &lt;a href="http://bumberbynumber.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bumber By Number blog&lt;/a&gt;-- Buy this painting &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/09/jungle-leopard.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8259239102333677376?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8259239102333677376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8259239102333677376' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8259239102333677376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8259239102333677376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/08/paint-by-numbers-leopard.html' title='Paint-By-Numbers Leopard'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfcsvbGddUk/TmaDJAKsTMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/x62zH7R9Q-Y/s72-c/Leopard%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-986146525022922026</id><published>2011-07-07T08:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:17:50.662-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shirley Partridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cnLgBmYBH0/TmZ_4PmTbZI/AAAAAAAAA80/ag5iKaL8bMc/s1600/shirley%252B4web%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cnLgBmYBH0/TmZ_4PmTbZI/AAAAAAAAA80/ag5iKaL8bMc/s400/shirley%252B4web%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649343386819456402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned portrait of Shirley Jones as Shirley Partridge from The Partridge Family-- 30 X 30 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-986146525022922026?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/986146525022922026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=986146525022922026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/986146525022922026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/986146525022922026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/07/shirley-partridge.html' title='Shirley Partridge'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cnLgBmYBH0/TmZ_4PmTbZI/AAAAAAAAA80/ag5iKaL8bMc/s72-c/shirley%252B4web%252Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-309519642594813902</id><published>2011-05-28T12:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:32:17.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>John Coltrane</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6MIF7B-41s/TmaDSMY613I/AAAAAAAAA9M/60kW28-g1bc/s1600/Coltrane%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6MIF7B-41s/TmaDSMY613I/AAAAAAAAA9M/60kW28-g1bc/s400/Coltrane%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649347131169494898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charcoal on 100% rag paper-- Buy this art &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/05/john-coltrane-drawing.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-309519642594813902?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/309519642594813902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=309519642594813902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/309519642594813902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/309519642594813902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/05/john-coltrane.html' title='John Coltrane'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6MIF7B-41s/TmaDSMY613I/AAAAAAAAA9M/60kW28-g1bc/s72-c/Coltrane%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7715388160697378460</id><published>2011-05-28T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:32:59.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oliver Reed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ak4HI3DG5l4/TmaDcpADNcI/AAAAAAAAA9U/oM11ETM5za4/s1600/06251610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ak4HI3DG5l4/TmaDcpADNcI/AAAAAAAAA9U/oM11ETM5za4/s400/06251610.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649347310648505794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charcoal on 100% rag paper-- Buy this art &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/05/oliver-reed-drawing.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7715388160697378460?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7715388160697378460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7715388160697378460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7715388160697378460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7715388160697378460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/05/oliver-reed.html' title='Oliver Reed'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ak4HI3DG5l4/TmaDcpADNcI/AAAAAAAAA9U/oM11ETM5za4/s72-c/06251610.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-747909542343400725</id><published>2011-05-04T23:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T23:12:38.505-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Osama Bin Laden Stranger Cover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ubij530KVCA/TcI_tvNg-NI/AAAAAAAAA5c/TsZxPRp3Srs/s1600/Stranger%2BOsama.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ubij530KVCA/TcI_tvNg-NI/AAAAAAAAA5c/TsZxPRp3Srs/s400/Stranger%2BOsama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603110941402134738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cover art for the May 4 - 10, 2011 issue of Seattle's &lt;a href="http://www.thestranger.com/"&gt;The Stranger&lt;/a&gt; newsweekly-- The original art is for sale &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2011/05/osama-bin-laden.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-747909542343400725?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/747909542343400725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=747909542343400725' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/747909542343400725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/747909542343400725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-stranger-cover.html' title='Osama Bin Laden Stranger Cover'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ubij530KVCA/TcI_tvNg-NI/AAAAAAAAA5c/TsZxPRp3Srs/s72-c/Stranger%2BOsama.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1129038289286577398</id><published>2011-04-22T12:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:10:29.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nagel Reimagined Nos. 1 &amp; 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KfQ79lCJIF0/TmaDs5q4HNI/AAAAAAAAA9k/tidSL6JCJ0Y/s1600/Nagel%252B1%252Bcropped%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KfQ79lCJIF0/TmaDs5q4HNI/AAAAAAAAA9k/tidSL6JCJ0Y/s400/Nagel%252B1%252Bcropped%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649347590001007826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zGrYWR0BUoY/TmaDm_vGH1I/AAAAAAAAA9c/DikkSU8nz4o/s1600/Nagel%252B2%252Bcropped%252BBLOG2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zGrYWR0BUoY/TmaDm_vGH1I/AAAAAAAAA9c/DikkSU8nz4o/s400/Nagel%252B2%252Bcropped%252BBLOG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649347488550100818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These custom matted and framed Patrick Nagel prints were purchased at thrift stores for under $20 each-- "Extra texture" applied using deck stain, dirt, and guns--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1129038289286577398?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1129038289286577398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1129038289286577398' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1129038289286577398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1129038289286577398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/04/nagel-reimagined-nos-1-2.html' title='Nagel Reimagined Nos. 1 &amp; 2'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KfQ79lCJIF0/TmaDs5q4HNI/AAAAAAAAA9k/tidSL6JCJ0Y/s72-c/Nagel%252B1%252Bcropped%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3661880398505537166</id><published>2011-04-06T17:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T23:41:02.777-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New T-Shirt Designs For Americaware</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoHOAwIq0as/TZ0Fi2z_BzI/AAAAAAAAA4A/7Fz1hTo3yD0/s1600/screamguyshirt%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoHOAwIq0as/TZ0Fi2z_BzI/AAAAAAAAA4A/7Fz1hTo3yD0/s400/screamguyshirt%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592632408651269938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6MsEFEyJnhg/TZ0FSYZeb3I/AAAAAAAAA34/qRq5qLab3pg/s1600/devilshirt%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6MsEFEyJnhg/TZ0FSYZeb3I/AAAAAAAAA34/qRq5qLab3pg/s400/devilshirt%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592632125609111410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwUs5cUr_P8/TZ0FJ_mzoYI/AAAAAAAAA3w/gNfXl2iXNcU/s1600/yourmomshirt%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwUs5cUr_P8/TZ0FJ_mzoYI/AAAAAAAAA3w/gNfXl2iXNcU/s400/yourmomshirt%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592631981515186562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wHUOcxY5NLM/TZ0FCixa4ZI/AAAAAAAAA3o/B0ZduDWPfyc/s1600/houseflyshirt%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wHUOcxY5NLM/TZ0FCixa4ZI/AAAAAAAAA3o/B0ZduDWPfyc/s400/houseflyshirt%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592631853515989394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--yDaCQqhbzI/TZ0E3CjNChI/AAAAAAAAA3g/k9fIONv2dlQ/s1600/clownshirt%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--yDaCQqhbzI/TZ0E3CjNChI/AAAAAAAAA3g/k9fIONv2dlQ/s400/clownshirt%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592631655887866386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's  5 new t-shirt designs for the Americaware "Alt Comix All-Stars" line-- Are you kidding?! These can be had at the &lt;a href="http://americaware.net/"&gt;Americaware website&lt;/a&gt; and at the &lt;a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=55&amp;amp;Itemid=126"&gt;Fantagraphics Bookstore&lt;/a&gt; in Seattle--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3661880398505537166?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3661880398505537166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3661880398505537166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3661880398505537166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3661880398505537166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-t-shirt-designs-for-americaware.html' title='New T-Shirt Designs For Americaware'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoHOAwIq0as/TZ0Fi2z_BzI/AAAAAAAAA4A/7Fz1hTo3yD0/s72-c/screamguyshirt%2BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6094102979441534723</id><published>2011-03-06T12:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:34:33.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Warren Beatty</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2f1hhz6seRw/TmaD0Y55y-I/AAAAAAAAA9s/PJVXuBFScks/s1600/Warren%252BBeatty%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2f1hhz6seRw/TmaD0Y55y-I/AAAAAAAAA9s/PJVXuBFScks/s400/Warren%252BBeatty%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649347718644616162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned painting of Warren Beatty as John McCabe in Robert Altman's McCABE AND MRS. MILLER-- 16 X 16 inches, acrylic on hardboard--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6094102979441534723?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6094102979441534723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6094102979441534723' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6094102979441534723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6094102979441534723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/03/warren-beatty.html' title='Warren Beatty'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2f1hhz6seRw/TmaD0Y55y-I/AAAAAAAAA9s/PJVXuBFScks/s72-c/Warren%252BBeatty%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-9082321733243978445</id><published>2011-02-07T10:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:30:52.921-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Customized Chicken Little</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iWWVDqxygqk/TpIEcyuKlHI/AAAAAAAABIo/v8JFsdQ6_v8/s1600/chickenlittle%252BBLOG3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iWWVDqxygqk/TpIEcyuKlHI/AAAAAAAABIo/v8JFsdQ6_v8/s400/chickenlittle%252BBLOG3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661592574256387186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QqNmRuLs_Ow/TpIEYrmrvsI/AAAAAAAABIg/PaAonUiO5bA/s1600/chickenlittle%252BBLOG2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QqNmRuLs_Ow/TpIEYrmrvsI/AAAAAAAABIg/PaAonUiO5bA/s400/chickenlittle%252BBLOG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661592503626481346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NK4vstSdFgo/TpIEUiwVhAI/AAAAAAAABIY/6G14yLIidYo/s1600/chickenlittle%252BBLOG1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NK4vstSdFgo/TpIEUiwVhAI/AAAAAAAABIY/6G14yLIidYo/s400/chickenlittle%252BBLOG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661592432531571714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a look at a customized Chicken Little figurine I did for Alt Terrain and StreetVirus' "influencer marketing campaign" a few years ago-- The figures were done up by 30 artists and auctioned off for charity-- See &lt;a href="http://www.altterrain.com/Influencer_Marketing_Pop-up_Shops_Disney.html"&gt;Alt Terrain's Chicken Little post&lt;/a&gt; for more info-- So far, this is my only foray into the world of cute plastic figurines--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-9082321733243978445?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/9082321733243978445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=9082321733243978445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9082321733243978445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9082321733243978445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/02/customized-chicken-little.html' title='Customized Chicken Little'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iWWVDqxygqk/TpIEcyuKlHI/AAAAAAAABIo/v8JFsdQ6_v8/s72-c/chickenlittle%252BBLOG3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-197915108203328370</id><published>2011-01-04T11:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:31:50.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ty Cobb</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mRKhG7TFTF8/TpIErasW8WI/AAAAAAAABIw/0mxxWDRHsNY/s1600/Ty%252BCobb%252BBLOG2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mRKhG7TFTF8/TpIErasW8WI/AAAAAAAABIw/0mxxWDRHsNY/s400/Ty%252BCobb%252BBLOG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661592825504395618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The Georgia Peach" was notoriously hateful, but also had a .366 lifetime batting average, and over 4000 hits-- I started this painting by flinging an entire 8 oz. jar of matte medium at the working surface--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-197915108203328370?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/197915108203328370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=197915108203328370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/197915108203328370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/197915108203328370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2011/01/ty-cobb.html' title='Ty Cobb'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mRKhG7TFTF8/TpIErasW8WI/AAAAAAAABIw/0mxxWDRHsNY/s72-c/Ty%252BCobb%252BBLOG2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8078472191195899172</id><published>2010-12-11T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:36:06.122-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sterling Hayden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NRExJzAwbI/TmaELFy1x6I/AAAAAAAAA90/MZqJvF63yRA/s1600/Sterling%252BHayden%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NRExJzAwbI/TmaELFy1x6I/AAAAAAAAA90/MZqJvF63yRA/s400/Sterling%252BHayden%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348108651710370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned painting of Sterling Hayden as General Ripper in Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE-- 20 X 20 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8078472191195899172?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8078472191195899172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8078472191195899172' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8078472191195899172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8078472191195899172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/12/sterling-hayden.html' title='Sterling Hayden'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5NRExJzAwbI/TmaELFy1x6I/AAAAAAAAA90/MZqJvF63yRA/s72-c/Sterling%252BHayden%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5171075810817329217</id><published>2010-10-19T23:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:37:29.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diabolik (sold)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/TL6HzyKhNOI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/c-W6Sf-dY40/s1600/Diabolik+BLOG2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/TL6HzyKhNOI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/c-W6Sf-dY40/s400/Diabolik+BLOG2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530006716166517986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFTjsoLNhJU/TpIE4wavVaI/AAAAAAAABI4/AgNgGc-YF0M/s1600/Diabolik%252BBLOG1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFTjsoLNhJU/TpIE4wavVaI/AAAAAAAABI4/AgNgGc-YF0M/s400/Diabolik%252BBLOG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661593054674376098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCH2hGWAnC4/TpIFEcoKkgI/AAAAAAAABJA/vQVe3t-y35Q/s1600/Diabolik%252BBLOG3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCH2hGWAnC4/TpIFEcoKkgI/AAAAAAAABJA/vQVe3t-y35Q/s400/Diabolik%252BBLOG3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661593255520408066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diabolik, Eva, and the Jag-- Acrylic on 36 X 60 inch stretched canvas--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/TL6H_EV27QI/AAAAAAAAAxY/paa9Swg8YHM/s1600/Diabolik+BLOG3.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5171075810817329217?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5171075810817329217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5171075810817329217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5171075810817329217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5171075810817329217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/10/diabolik-is-at-hideout.html' title='Diabolik (sold)'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/TL6HzyKhNOI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/c-W6Sf-dY40/s72-c/Diabolik+BLOG2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8495815836364208105</id><published>2010-08-30T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:38:06.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Icon Soup At Snoose Pt Dieu Through Oct 7</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvjepJ4UIgM/TpIGII0NynI/AAAAAAAABJI/t4JqqVTEiAY/s1600/Icon%252BSoup%252BSnooseBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvjepJ4UIgM/TpIGII0NynI/AAAAAAAABJI/t4JqqVTEiAY/s400/Icon%252BSoup%252BSnooseBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661594418433346162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's always a gas to work with Tim Hayes, who used to run the legendary Fallout Records-- Tim's now orchestrating art shows and music at &lt;a href="http://snoosejunctionpizzeria.com/home/"&gt;SNOOSE JUNCTION PART DIEU&lt;/a&gt; in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood-- Snoose is a snazzy joint that serves up high-qual Italian + booze + absinthe + vintage vinyl-- The works! I'll have 18 recent paintings on their walls from September 10 through October 7-- Opening night is Friday, Sept 10 at 7 PM, and it should be a cool scene! Here is &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2071032&amp;amp;id=1550467856&amp;amp;l=36af106241"&gt;a Facebook preview of some of the art&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8495815836364208105?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8495815836364208105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8495815836364208105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8495815836364208105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8495815836364208105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/08/icon-soup-at-snoose-part-dieu-opens.html' title='Icon Soup At Snoose Pt Dieu Through Oct 7'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvjepJ4UIgM/TpIGII0NynI/AAAAAAAABJI/t4JqqVTEiAY/s72-c/Icon%252BSoup%252BSnooseBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-387884364846353622</id><published>2010-08-17T14:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:39:03.641-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laughing Squid</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eta7nwU6dwM/TpIGUf8OEVI/AAAAAAAABJQ/Q5MNABFw3PI/s1600/SQUID%252BCOMP%252Bcopy%252BTIFF%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eta7nwU6dwM/TpIGUf8OEVI/AAAAAAAABJQ/Q5MNABFw3PI/s400/SQUID%252BCOMP%252Bcopy%252BTIFF%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661594630799364434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a postcard design I did for San Francisco's &lt;a href="http://laughingsquid.com/"&gt;Laughing Squid&lt;/a&gt; a few years ago-- I still have a small stash of them, so send your address for a freebie--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-387884364846353622?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/387884364846353622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=387884364846353622' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/387884364846353622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/387884364846353622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/08/laughing-squid.html' title='Laughing Squid'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eta7nwU6dwM/TpIGUf8OEVI/AAAAAAAABJQ/Q5MNABFw3PI/s72-c/SQUID%252BCOMP%252Bcopy%252BTIFF%252Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8897081738350792490</id><published>2010-07-10T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:36:37.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diana Rigg (sold)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crLOvKagH7U/TmaETZrIxMI/AAAAAAAAA98/397vEKJrLAE/s1600/DianaRigg%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crLOvKagH7U/TmaETZrIxMI/AAAAAAAAA98/397vEKJrLAE/s400/DianaRigg%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348251427062978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diana Rigg as Emma Peel-- 30 X 30 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8897081738350792490?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8897081738350792490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8897081738350792490' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8897081738350792490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8897081738350792490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/07/diana-rigg.html' title='Diana Rigg (sold)'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crLOvKagH7U/TmaETZrIxMI/AAAAAAAAA98/397vEKJrLAE/s72-c/DianaRigg%252Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1966922480397335047</id><published>2010-06-14T11:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:38:47.034-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diseased Norwegians</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FU8IgB6LEa8/TmaEee05KCI/AAAAAAAAA-E/E7zbvLpJgZE/s1600/HEIDI%252B%2526%252BLARS%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FU8IgB6LEa8/TmaEee05KCI/AAAAAAAAA-E/E7zbvLpJgZE/s400/HEIDI%252B%2526%252BLARS%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348441788721186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gcUhh_WeUuU/TmaEht73dEI/AAAAAAAAA-M/7nZwgu1FdXM/s1600/HELGA%252B%2526%252BKIRSTEN%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gcUhh_WeUuU/TmaEht73dEI/AAAAAAAAA-M/7nZwgu1FdXM/s400/HELGA%252B%2526%252BKIRSTEN%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348497384109122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xneFB7ErL6I/TmaEl-T_YKI/AAAAAAAAA-U/Rhp9PF3Naso/s1600/BJORN%252Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xneFB7ErL6I/TmaEl-T_YKI/AAAAAAAAA-U/Rhp9PF3Naso/s400/BJORN%252Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348570499735714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently drew some diseased Norwegians to illustrate an article about the rampant complacency and conformity in Norway for Oslo's &lt;a href="http://www.nattogdag.no/"&gt;NATT &amp;amp; DAG magazine&lt;/a&gt;-- The illustrations were based on Norwegian Facebook photos, and it seems some of the folks featured in those photos saw the magazine and were none too pleased! The magazine received a letter from a lawyer regarding the illos, and they are now appearing on the &lt;a href="http://www.nattogdag.no/artikler/oslovolden-3-konformitetens-tyranni"&gt;NATT &amp;amp; DAG website with black censor bars over their eyes&lt;/a&gt;! Umb bubb Umbbub--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1966922480397335047?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1966922480397335047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1966922480397335047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1966922480397335047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1966922480397335047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/06/diseased-norwegians.html' title='Diseased Norwegians'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FU8IgB6LEa8/TmaEee05KCI/AAAAAAAAA-E/E7zbvLpJgZE/s72-c/HEIDI%252B%2526%252BLARS%252Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7062259540908019869</id><published>2010-05-13T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:40:24.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tiger Tiger Burning Bright</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WqjhhjUzNsI/TpIGiTxeqqI/AAAAAAAABJY/g8gKHM_lOlk/s1600/Jim%252BB%252BTiger%252Bframe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WqjhhjUzNsI/TpIGiTxeqqI/AAAAAAAABJY/g8gKHM_lOlk/s400/Jim%252BB%252BTiger%252Bframe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661594868051258018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rJOr2YSFfdI/TpIGmnwVTdI/AAAAAAAABJg/4oxMlG2LEN8/s1600/Jim%252BB%252BTiger%252Bnewframe%252B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rJOr2YSFfdI/TpIGmnwVTdI/AAAAAAAABJg/4oxMlG2LEN8/s400/Jim%252BB%252BTiger%252Bnewframe%252B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661594942134635986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a look at my piece for &lt;a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/"&gt;R&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/"&gt;oq La Rue&lt;/a&gt;'s latest group show, "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright"-- I call it "The Tiger &amp;amp; The Princess of Hearts"-- The price is $2000-- The show opens Friday, May 14, and is up through June 30-- Also in the show are Audrey Kawasaki, Robert Hardgrave, Travis Louie, Lisa Petrucci,  Isabel Samaras, Robert Burden, Jason D'Aquino, Nouar,  Angelique Houtcamp, Bob Dob, Anthony Ausgang, Ann-Marie Manker, Yumiko  Kayukawa, and Jaw Cooper--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7062259540908019869?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7062259540908019869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7062259540908019869' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7062259540908019869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7062259540908019869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/05/tiger-tiger-burning-bright.html' title='Tiger Tiger Burning Bright'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WqjhhjUzNsI/TpIGiTxeqqI/AAAAAAAABJY/g8gKHM_lOlk/s72-c/Jim%252BB%252BTiger%252Bframe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6797339015738519239</id><published>2010-05-07T14:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:42:08.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinski / DT's at Boundary Bay May 29!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AzwfSg_4us/TpIG5fc3ohI/AAAAAAAABJo/qwFKRV81eWY/s1600/kinski%252Bposter%252BWEB3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AzwfSg_4us/TpIG5fc3ohI/AAAAAAAABJo/qwFKRV81eWY/s400/kinski%252Bposter%252BWEB3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661595266323030546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's poster art for the KINSKI, DT's &amp;amp; BOSS RHINO gig at Bellingham's &lt;a href="http://www.bbaybrewery.com/"&gt;Boundary Bay Brewery&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday, May 29-- This show will also serve as a closing reception for my ICON SOUP art show in the Boundary Bay Bistro Room-- Buy this print &lt;a href="http://jimblanchardfineart.blogspot.com/2010/06/kinski-silkscreen-print.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6797339015738519239?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6797339015738519239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6797339015738519239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6797339015738519239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6797339015738519239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/05/kinski-dts-at-boundary-bay-may-29.html' title='Kinski / DT&apos;s at Boundary Bay May 29!'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AzwfSg_4us/TpIG5fc3ohI/AAAAAAAABJo/qwFKRV81eWY/s72-c/kinski%252Bposter%252BWEB3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4270111563458577829</id><published>2010-02-28T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:43:40.377-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Lost" Mooseheart Faith album out now!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmBDmrzhzrs/TpIHcMlRmLI/AAAAAAAABJ4/_3YHTqxOj3Q/s1600/mooseheart%252Bmemories.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmBDmrzhzrs/TpIHcMlRmLI/AAAAAAAABJ4/_3YHTqxOj3Q/s400/mooseheart%252Bmemories.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661595862553434290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qj1FulssFVs/TpIHXrAs9-I/AAAAAAAABJw/JgE29ECydM0/s1600/mooseheart%252Bmemories2%252B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qj1FulssFVs/TpIHXrAs9-I/AAAAAAAABJw/JgE29ECydM0/s400/mooseheart%252Bmemories2%252B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661595784822192098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This just in from Larri of &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/mooseheartfaithstellargrooveband"&gt;Mooseheart Faith&lt;/a&gt;: their MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE album, which was mastered 10 years ago but never released because of "creative differences" with the record company, is now available from iTunes-- Here is a look at the front and back cover I did-- Also now available from iTunes is Mooseheart's MAGIC SQUARE OF THE SUN, one of my favorite psych albums ever recorded-- Go with the Stellar Groove!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4270111563458577829?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4270111563458577829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4270111563458577829' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4270111563458577829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4270111563458577829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/02/lost-mooseheart-faith-album-out-now.html' title='&quot;Lost&quot; Mooseheart Faith album out now!'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmBDmrzhzrs/TpIHcMlRmLI/AAAAAAAABJ4/_3YHTqxOj3Q/s72-c/mooseheart%252Bmemories.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7901917145605065773</id><published>2010-02-11T20:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:55:22.332-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DT's At The Shanty Tavern March 13!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4d6x9vo_Raw/TpIKHpIyK0I/AAAAAAAABLY/tQKYj_9m7no/s1600/DTS%252BFLYER%252B3-13-10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4d6x9vo_Raw/TpIKHpIyK0I/AAAAAAAABLY/tQKYj_9m7no/s400/DTS%252BFLYER%252B3-13-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661598807976192834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a poster I did for an upcoming DT's show at Seattle's most unpretentious bar The Shanty Tavern--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7901917145605065773?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7901917145605065773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7901917145605065773' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7901917145605065773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7901917145605065773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/02/dts-at-shanty-tavern-march-13.html' title='DT&apos;s At The Shanty Tavern March 13!'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4d6x9vo_Raw/TpIKHpIyK0I/AAAAAAAABLY/tQKYj_9m7no/s72-c/DTS%252BFLYER%252B3-13-10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2528506982161037954</id><published>2010-01-08T10:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:39:22.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian Curtis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AaYrie2dtI/TmaE8UIeafI/AAAAAAAAA-c/LvApb8-gouM/s1600/IAN%252BCURTIS%252Bblogg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AaYrie2dtI/TmaE8UIeafI/AAAAAAAAA-c/LvApb8-gouM/s400/IAN%252BCURTIS%252Bblogg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649348954314140146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of dead Joy Division singer, Ian Curtis--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2528506982161037954?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2528506982161037954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2528506982161037954' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2528506982161037954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2528506982161037954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2010/01/ian-curtis.html' title='Ian Curtis'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AaYrie2dtI/TmaE8UIeafI/AAAAAAAAA-c/LvApb8-gouM/s72-c/IAN%252BCURTIS%252Bblogg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4441825621637776757</id><published>2009-12-22T11:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:39:51.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Harry Dean Stanton</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BPGvk0C3zbQ/TmaFECuSFGI/AAAAAAAAA-k/Epfz5_8sO64/s1600/HARRYDEAN%252BSTANTON%252BWEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BPGvk0C3zbQ/TmaFECuSFGI/AAAAAAAAA-k/Epfz5_8sO64/s400/HARRYDEAN%252BSTANTON%252BWEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349087079830626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of actor Harry Dean Stanton, who currently plays Fundamentalist Mormon elder Roman Grant on H.B.O.'s BIG LOVE--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4441825621637776757?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4441825621637776757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4441825621637776757' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4441825621637776757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4441825621637776757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/12/harry-dean-stanton.html' title='Harry Dean Stanton'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BPGvk0C3zbQ/TmaFECuSFGI/AAAAAAAAA-k/Epfz5_8sO64/s72-c/HARRYDEAN%252BSTANTON%252BWEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6447933566967641906</id><published>2009-12-14T12:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:40:19.968-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vince Lombardi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r48TzISkpW8/TmaFLHfSgaI/AAAAAAAAA-s/6Dr5vmwzyQs/s1600/Vince%252BLombardi%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r48TzISkpW8/TmaFLHfSgaI/AAAAAAAAA-s/6Dr5vmwzyQs/s400/Vince%252BLombardi%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349208618205602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic on board-- This portrait is doing double duty: it'll be featured on the invitation for the 2010 Dennis Eichhorn Super Bowl Party, and the original art is a birthday present for my father (a Packers fan from way back in the Ray Nitschke days) who turns 80 today-- Happy birthday, Pops!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6447933566967641906?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6447933566967641906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6447933566967641906' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6447933566967641906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6447933566967641906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/12/vince-lombardi.html' title='Vince Lombardi'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r48TzISkpW8/TmaFLHfSgaI/AAAAAAAAA-s/6Dr5vmwzyQs/s72-c/Vince%252BLombardi%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6382073340639986514</id><published>2009-11-26T11:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:40:47.778-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May Lillie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5U62FpdzvAM/TmaFR5pr7CI/AAAAAAAAA-0/Am_HhqC84RM/s1600/May%252BLille%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5U62FpdzvAM/TmaFR5pr7CI/AAAAAAAAA-0/Am_HhqC84RM/s400/May%252BLille%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349325162802210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unpublished pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of May Lillie, a bronc-ridin', buffalo-herdin', sharp-shooter from the early 1900s-- She once said “Let any normally healthy woman who is ordinarily strong screw up her courage and tackle a bucking bronco, and she will find the most fascinating pastime in the field of feminine athletic endeavor. There is nothing to compare, to increase the joy of living, and once accomplished, she’ll have more real fun than any pink tea or theater party or ballroom ever yielded.”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6382073340639986514?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6382073340639986514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6382073340639986514' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6382073340639986514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6382073340639986514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/11/may-lillie.html' title='May Lillie'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5U62FpdzvAM/TmaFR5pr7CI/AAAAAAAAA-0/Am_HhqC84RM/s72-c/May%252BLille%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7470930272789485630</id><published>2009-10-26T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:44:50.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Reel of St. Robert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8TMN8RjGIw8/TpIHuAgCqLI/AAAAAAAABKI/n8xySbxKDXU/s1600/schuller%252Breel%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8TMN8RjGIw8/TpIHuAgCqLI/AAAAAAAABKI/n8xySbxKDXU/s400/schuller%252Breel%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661596168547903666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnujx0D0PgE/TpIHqWtkpWI/AAAAAAAABKA/PjvsQUwACCE/s1600/Schuller%252BReel%252BAerial%252Bforweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnujx0D0PgE/TpIHqWtkpWI/AAAAAAAABKA/PjvsQUwACCE/s400/Schuller%252BReel%252BAerial%252Bforweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661596105790760290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My psychotic pal Kevin can't resist a good deal on a 24-track recorder-- He recently drove down to &lt;a href="http://www.crystalcathedral.org/"&gt;Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral&lt;/a&gt; in Garden Grove, CA and bought the very recorder they used to tape hours of Rev. Schuller's watered-down psychobabble-- Then Kevin got it in his head that he needed a custom-painted Robert Schuller tape reel to properly anoint his new machine-- Of course I was up for the job-- Behold, the Holy and Most Sacred Reel of Saint Robert!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7470930272789485630?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7470930272789485630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7470930272789485630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7470930272789485630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7470930272789485630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/10/reel-of-st-robert.html' title='The Reel of St. Robert'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8TMN8RjGIw8/TpIHuAgCqLI/AAAAAAAABKI/n8xySbxKDXU/s72-c/schuller%252Breel%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4983451763708208463</id><published>2009-10-22T11:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:45:56.332-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The DT's God Damn World 45</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SuChtYQdwjI/AAAAAAAAAkE/cV4JA2lldv4/s1600-h/dts+goddamn+FC+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SuChtYQdwjI/AAAAAAAAAkE/cV4JA2lldv4/s400/dts+goddamn+FC+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395490154567549490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kdzgNS1ryE0/TpIH7ROO0cI/AAAAAAAABKQ/5-aTur6ozRU/s1600/dts%252Bgoddamn%252BBC%252Bblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kdzgNS1ryE0/TpIH7ROO0cI/AAAAAAAABKQ/5-aTur6ozRU/s400/dts%252Bgoddamn%252BBC%252Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661596396374905282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just polished off a design job for the totally rockin' new DT's 45 "God Damn World"-- The b-side is a Grand Funk cover "High On A Horse"-- This disc will be put out by Austrian label Pure Vinyl in the near future--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4983451763708208463?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4983451763708208463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4983451763708208463' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4983451763708208463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4983451763708208463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/10/dts-god-damn-world-45.html' title='The DT&apos;s God Damn World 45'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SuChtYQdwjI/AAAAAAAAAkE/cV4JA2lldv4/s72-c/dts+goddamn+FC+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2113766078994011597</id><published>2009-08-10T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T12:49:39.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Personality Parade Opens September 11</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SoCJDWHi_uI/AAAAAAAAAjU/9oE5V1j-GOI/s1600-h/Personality+Parade.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SoCJDWHi_uI/AAAAAAAAAjU/9oE5V1j-GOI/s400/Personality+Parade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368441446395477730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll have a dozen brand new Pop Cult paintings and who knows what else on the hallowed walls of Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle from September 11 till October 3-- All of the new paintings were done using a technique that simulates the grid effect of the "sticker paintings" I did for Roq La Rue years ago-- Check out the entire show online &lt;a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/index.php?module=Exhibits&amp;amp;id=39&amp;amp;page=view"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2113766078994011597?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2113766078994011597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2113766078994011597' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2113766078994011597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2113766078994011597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/08/personality-parade-open-sept-11.html' title='Personality Parade Opens September 11'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SoCJDWHi_uI/AAAAAAAAAjU/9oE5V1j-GOI/s72-c/Personality+Parade.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4506367434877624752</id><published>2009-06-08T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T15:47:56.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lemmy Says Thumbs Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/Si1cgShBoBI/AAAAAAAAAi0/-6cmzc9eTW4/s1600-h/lemmy+signed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/Si1cgShBoBI/AAAAAAAAAi0/-6cmzc9eTW4/s400/lemmy+signed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345030042554572818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My Maple Valley homie Metal Marty got the one and only Lemmy Kilmister to sign a gicleé print when he crossed paths with him at the &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/headcat"&gt;Head Cat&lt;/a&gt; show-- I owe you one, Marty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4506367434877624752?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4506367434877624752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4506367434877624752' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4506367434877624752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4506367434877624752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/06/lemmy-says-thumbs-up.html' title='Lemmy Says Thumbs Up'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/Si1cgShBoBI/AAAAAAAAAi0/-6cmzc9eTW4/s72-c/lemmy+signed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6817731533043007585</id><published>2009-06-01T19:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:47:00.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Creepy Country &amp; Real Sick Sounds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jnPqAWKN4Xc/TpIIOtB7eQI/AAAAAAAABKY/UmIUIf3BAf4/s1600/REAL%252BSICK%252BSOUNDS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jnPqAWKN4Xc/TpIIOtB7eQI/AAAAAAAABKY/UmIUIf3BAf4/s400/REAL%252BSICK%252BSOUNDS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661596730257012994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/patrickhambrecht/"&gt;Patrick Hambrecht&lt;/a&gt; from the band Flaming Fire has written &lt;a href="http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/05/new-york-a-country-sampler-infomercial.html"&gt;a terrific piece for VICE magazine&lt;/a&gt; about my kooky music compilations-- There are a few sample tracks for download, and a wealth of informative links at your disposal by clicking the artist's name--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6817731533043007585?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6817731533043007585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6817731533043007585' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6817731533043007585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6817731533043007585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/06/creepy-country-real-sick-sounds.html' title='Creepy Country &amp; Real Sick Sounds'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jnPqAWKN4Xc/TpIIOtB7eQI/AAAAAAAABKY/UmIUIf3BAf4/s72-c/REAL%252BSICK%252BSOUNDS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2591293860629013050</id><published>2009-04-28T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:47:50.299-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mutant Amour At Jinx Art Space May 1-31</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4yPf8oKb-M/TpIIbNfmMjI/AAAAAAAABKg/J2ZMS18AewY/s1600/Mutant%252Bamour%252BX3%252Bblogjpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4yPf8oKb-M/TpIIbNfmMjI/AAAAAAAABKg/J2ZMS18AewY/s400/Mutant%252Bamour%252BX3%252Bblogjpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661596945129812530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be back up to Bellingham, WA with an exclusive blend of paintings on canvas and framed goodies at Jinx Art Space from May 1 through May 31-- The show is called Mutant Amour, and the opening night shindig on Friday, May 1 should be a corker: A belly dancing troupe and 3 electronic music bands will be in the downstairs area, and my show will be upstairs with bro Richie Boyer spinning the punk and free jazz wax! Let's get it on, god dammit! Please see the &lt;a href="http://jinxartspace.com/"&gt;Jinx Art Space website&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.beaf.org/"&gt;Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival website&lt;/a&gt; for more info--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2591293860629013050?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2591293860629013050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2591293860629013050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2591293860629013050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2591293860629013050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/04/mutant-amour-at-jinx-art-space-may-1-31.html' title='Mutant Amour At Jinx Art Space May 1-31'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4yPf8oKb-M/TpIIbNfmMjI/AAAAAAAABKg/J2ZMS18AewY/s72-c/Mutant%252Bamour%252BX3%252Bblogjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1213567152664957706</id><published>2009-04-20T17:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:41:22.067-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lou Reed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbhxGjgkaxU/TmaFakm2JrI/AAAAAAAAA-8/j5HHZNc07C0/s1600/Lou%252BReed%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbhxGjgkaxU/TmaFakm2JrI/AAAAAAAAA-8/j5HHZNc07C0/s400/Lou%252BReed%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349474132567730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of Lou Reed, circa 1973--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1213567152664957706?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1213567152664957706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1213567152664957706' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1213567152664957706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1213567152664957706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/04/lou-reed.html' title='Lou Reed'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbhxGjgkaxU/TmaFakm2JrI/AAAAAAAAA-8/j5HHZNc07C0/s72-c/Lou%252BReed%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8409270326297252132</id><published>2009-04-06T17:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:48:18.622-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Afro Venus Painting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UHv9EARRltI/TpIIizA_PsI/AAAAAAAABKo/_NjbCt8niSE/s1600/AFRO%252BVENUS%252Bblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UHv9EARRltI/TpIIizA_PsI/AAAAAAAABKo/_NjbCt8niSE/s400/AFRO%252BVENUS%252Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597075461062338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic on stretched canvas, 16 X 30 inches, with faux fur frame-- This painting is sold--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8409270326297252132?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8409270326297252132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8409270326297252132' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8409270326297252132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8409270326297252132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/04/afro-venus-painting.html' title='Afro Venus Painting'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UHv9EARRltI/TpIIizA_PsI/AAAAAAAABKo/_NjbCt8niSE/s72-c/AFRO%252BVENUS%252Bblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-4909829238520651761</id><published>2009-04-06T16:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:48:47.984-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Margulies Vs. Schenkkan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFJTPycKVTU/TpIIp-czp0I/AAAAAAAABKw/B9H_OY8CFNI/s1600/Margulies-Schenkkan%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFJTPycKVTU/TpIIp-czp0I/AAAAAAAABKw/B9H_OY8CFNI/s400/Margulies-Schenkkan%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597198789617474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's pen and ink portraits of Pulitzer winning playwrights Donald Margulies and Robert Schenkkan I did for the Winter 2009 issue of LEXUS magazine, which goes out to owners of Lexus automobiles--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-4909829238520651761?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/4909829238520651761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=4909829238520651761' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4909829238520651761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/4909829238520651761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/04/margulies-vs-schenkkan.html' title='Margulies Vs. Schenkkan'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFJTPycKVTU/TpIIp-czp0I/AAAAAAAABKw/B9H_OY8CFNI/s72-c/Margulies-Schenkkan%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2746665062474989600</id><published>2009-03-30T21:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T23:29:47.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Op Art Painting No.3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SdGadeYEmTI/AAAAAAAAAhM/cFhOh9GdQKc/s1600-h/opart+no.+3+BLOG.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SdGadeYEmTI/AAAAAAAAAhM/cFhOh9GdQKc/s400/opart+no.+3+BLOG.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319202466062178610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Acrylic on 40 X 40 inch stretched canvas-- Created for my Spaceman Cometh show in Portland-- This painting has been sold--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2746665062474989600?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2746665062474989600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2746665062474989600' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2746665062474989600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2746665062474989600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/03/op-art-painting-no3.html' title='Op Art Painting No.3'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SdGadeYEmTI/AAAAAAAAAhM/cFhOh9GdQKc/s72-c/opart+no.+3+BLOG.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5730294848300573047</id><published>2009-01-28T11:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:41:53.368-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blatch 14 Redux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7xhKu4i2vc/TmaFh4bkTfI/AAAAAAAAA_E/WSTfhvS17N0/s1600/BLATCH%252B14%252BREDO%252BWEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7xhKu4i2vc/TmaFh4bkTfI/AAAAAAAAA_E/WSTfhvS17N0/s400/BLATCH%252B14%252BREDO%252BWEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349599713054194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned re-creation of the cover of Blatch 14-- It's been almost exactly 20 years since I did the first one, and it was very odd and enjoyable revisiting this art! For a look at the 1989 version, check out &lt;a href="http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Page=1&amp;amp;Order=Date&amp;amp;Piece=70706&amp;amp;GSub=69432&amp;amp;GCat=0&amp;amp;UCat=0"&gt;this scan&lt;/a&gt; on Len Callo's comicartfans gallery--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5730294848300573047?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5730294848300573047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5730294848300573047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5730294848300573047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5730294848300573047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/01/blatch-14-redux.html' title='Blatch 14 Redux'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7xhKu4i2vc/TmaFh4bkTfI/AAAAAAAAA_E/WSTfhvS17N0/s72-c/BLATCH%252B14%252BREDO%252BWEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7102863176392011251</id><published>2009-01-17T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T22:00:35.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eyeball Fatigue Opening Night Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SXJGv2Mrd3I/AAAAAAAAAgA/QnFIX04kGNw/s1600-h/WallOfSoundBLOG3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SXJGv2Mrd3I/AAAAAAAAAgA/QnFIX04kGNw/s400/WallOfSoundBLOG3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292370299930244978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wall Of Sound has posted &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallofsoundrecords/sets/72157612591098164/"&gt;a nice Flickr set of photos&lt;/a&gt; by Mark Sullo from my Eyeball Fatigue artshow opening night shindig on January 9-- I was humbled by the fine selection of Seattle luminaries who showed up-- That's a grinning Charles Krafft (and some unknown long-haired freeloader) in the shot above-- Big thanks to Jeff, Michael, and whoever donated the 2 Grolsch mini kegs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7102863176392011251?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7102863176392011251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7102863176392011251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7102863176392011251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7102863176392011251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2009/01/eyeball-fatigue-opening-night-photos.html' title='Eyeball Fatigue Opening Night Photos'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SXJGv2Mrd3I/AAAAAAAAAgA/QnFIX04kGNw/s72-c/WallOfSoundBLOG3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3029970624311349303</id><published>2008-12-05T11:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:42:28.112-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Elvis Presley</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ds4NWUWy6Bs/TmaFrcIlnOI/AAAAAAAAA_M/avnbyQNwzg4/s1600/Elvis%252Binfoblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ds4NWUWy6Bs/TmaFrcIlnOI/AAAAAAAAA_M/avnbyQNwzg4/s400/Elvis%252Binfoblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349763915947234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of '68 era Elvis Presley for the annual music issue of Oxford American magazine-- Order up a copy of Oxford American (new music ish comes with 2 CDs!) at &lt;a href="http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/"&gt;their website&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3029970624311349303?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3029970624311349303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3029970624311349303' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3029970624311349303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3029970624311349303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/12/elvis-presley.html' title='Elvis Presley'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ds4NWUWy6Bs/TmaFrcIlnOI/AAAAAAAAA_M/avnbyQNwzg4/s72-c/Elvis%252Binfoblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-9029004502646489097</id><published>2008-11-30T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:43:02.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Alice Coltrane</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pkQ1oGCJEf0/TmaFymIC_2I/AAAAAAAAA_U/-AnIDVtZIkQ/s1600/Alice%252BColtrane%252BWEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pkQ1oGCJEf0/TmaFymIC_2I/AAAAAAAAA_U/-AnIDVtZIkQ/s400/Alice%252BColtrane%252BWEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649349886857117538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pen and ink portrait of harpist Alice Coltrane--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-9029004502646489097?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/9029004502646489097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=9029004502646489097' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9029004502646489097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9029004502646489097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/11/alice-coltrane.html' title='Alice Coltrane'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pkQ1oGCJEf0/TmaFymIC_2I/AAAAAAAAA_U/-AnIDVtZIkQ/s72-c/Alice%252BColtrane%252BWEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-818699959281449064</id><published>2008-10-09T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:49:32.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'>XNO's NEWAVE! Cover (color by Jim B.)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbycIl0ZMaM/TpII01K--4I/AAAAAAAABK4/fx41xVc_KBo/s1600/NEWAVE%252Bcolor%252B05-09%252B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbycIl0ZMaM/TpII01K--4I/AAAAAAAABK4/fx41xVc_KBo/s400/NEWAVE%252Bcolor%252B05-09%252B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597385277504386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brownfield Press/Starhead Comix guru Michael Dowers asked me to add color to XNO's splendid black &amp;amp; white art for his mini comix collection NEWAVE!,  and it was a pleasure-- This book is out now from Fantagraphics--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-818699959281449064?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/818699959281449064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=818699959281449064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/818699959281449064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/818699959281449064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/10/xnos-newave-cover-color-by-jim-b.html' title='XNO&apos;s NEWAVE! Cover (color by Jim B.)'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbycIl0ZMaM/TpII01K--4I/AAAAAAAABK4/fx41xVc_KBo/s72-c/NEWAVE%252Bcolor%252B05-09%252B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5102877097883628428</id><published>2008-09-30T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:43:32.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ike Turner</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yc9tzTBZPYw/TmaF7PJnhUI/AAAAAAAAA_c/e7e5h8rxjQE/s1600/Ike%252BTurner%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yc9tzTBZPYw/TmaF7PJnhUI/AAAAAAAAA_c/e7e5h8rxjQE/s400/Ike%252BTurner%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350035308512578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of the great Ike Turner-- I had the privilege of seeing Ike live at the Experience Music Museum in Seattle shortly before he died, and the man could definitely still shred on a guitar at age 70--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5102877097883628428?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5102877097883628428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5102877097883628428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5102877097883628428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5102877097883628428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/ike-turner.html' title='Ike Turner'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yc9tzTBZPYw/TmaF7PJnhUI/AAAAAAAAA_c/e7e5h8rxjQE/s72-c/Ike%252BTurner%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1313697838758778888</id><published>2008-09-30T11:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:44:06.045-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bear In Water</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MYSofBSp57c/TmaGCNDCydI/AAAAAAAAA_k/yxGQqoR0eno/s1600/BEAR%252BIN%252BWATER%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MYSofBSp57c/TmaGCNDCydI/AAAAAAAAA_k/yxGQqoR0eno/s400/BEAR%252BIN%252BWATER%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350155003152850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pen &amp;amp; ink piece I did 10 years ago as a Christmas gift for my folks--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1313697838758778888?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1313697838758778888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1313697838758778888' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1313697838758778888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1313697838758778888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/bear-in-water.html' title='Bear In Water'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MYSofBSp57c/TmaGCNDCydI/AAAAAAAAA_k/yxGQqoR0eno/s72-c/BEAR%252BIN%252BWATER%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6687055912199013345</id><published>2008-09-26T12:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:44:46.115-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Charles Bukowski</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w5KVthkltFU/TmaGMPqOQ7I/AAAAAAAAA_s/emKfqnkMrqo/s1600/Bukowski%252BcroppedBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w5KVthkltFU/TmaGMPqOQ7I/AAAAAAAAA_s/emKfqnkMrqo/s400/Bukowski%252BcroppedBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350327503045554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A painting of writer Charles Bukowski which hung at Greg Lundgren's cozy "art bar" The Hideout in Seattle for a year or so-- Acrylic on hardboard, 40 X 40 inches--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6687055912199013345?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6687055912199013345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6687055912199013345' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6687055912199013345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6687055912199013345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/charles-bukowski.html' title='Charles Bukowski'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w5KVthkltFU/TmaGMPqOQ7I/AAAAAAAAA_s/emKfqnkMrqo/s72-c/Bukowski%252BcroppedBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7386683027502251732</id><published>2008-09-11T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:45:17.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pharoah Sanders</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUNdLLM94bM/TmaGUyAStGI/AAAAAAAAA_0/F46iCXEfeh8/s1600/pharoahSanders%252Bblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUNdLLM94bM/TmaGUyAStGI/AAAAAAAAA_0/F46iCXEfeh8/s400/pharoahSanders%252Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350474161370210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of saxophone master Pharoah Sanders-- This art was done for Richy Boyer, who plays drums in the band Police Teeth, and who used to run a great punk rock record store in Bellingham, WA called Viva La Vinyl--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7386683027502251732?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7386683027502251732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7386683027502251732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7386683027502251732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7386683027502251732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/pharoah-sanders.html' title='Pharoah Sanders'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUNdLLM94bM/TmaGUyAStGI/AAAAAAAAA_0/F46iCXEfeh8/s72-c/pharoahSanders%252Bblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3175965242327968199</id><published>2008-09-09T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:45:44.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anna Nicole Smith</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GF_9XT04hfY/TmaGcc9kLYI/AAAAAAAAA_8/h2QmJRi4EMY/s1600/Anna%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GF_9XT04hfY/TmaGcc9kLYI/AAAAAAAAA_8/h2QmJRi4EMY/s400/Anna%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350605951741314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of addled sex pig Anna Nicole Smith which appeared on the cover of Seattle alternative weekly THE STRANGER--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3175965242327968199?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3175965242327968199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3175965242327968199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3175965242327968199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3175965242327968199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/anna-nicole-smith.html' title='Anna Nicole Smith'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GF_9XT04hfY/TmaGcc9kLYI/AAAAAAAAA_8/h2QmJRi4EMY/s72-c/Anna%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5282227781745122294</id><published>2008-09-01T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:50:06.011-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It Was Fifteen Years Ago Today...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iC50uHEdArA/TpII9gAGfTI/AAAAAAAABLA/BPoLV7ClTOI/s1600/hammering%252Bman%252Bblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iC50uHEdArA/TpII9gAGfTI/AAAAAAAABLA/BPoLV7ClTOI/s400/hammering%252Bman%252Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597534213537074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of all the pranks I've been involved with, the one I'm most proud of is attaching the 700 pound ball and chain to the Hammering Man in front of the Seattle Art Museum on Labor Day, 1993 (That's me with my arms raised above my head in the photo)-- I was good friends with Jason Sprinkle and Rob Shealy, who built the giant ball and chain, and when Jason asked if I would help "install" his inspired creation, I gladly agreed-- We did a "practice" installation without the ball in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood the day before, and when it came time to do the real thing, it went very smoothly-- Jason Sprinkle went on to create many other giant metal sculptures and illegally install them in downtown Seattle, and I helped with a few of those, too-- Sadly, Jason was killed by a freight train in Mississippi in 2005-- There should be a book, movie, or website documenting all his work, but unfortunately it hasn't happened, yet-- For more info, here's an &lt;a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2002286172_sprinkle24.html"&gt;article from The Seattle Times&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/archives/147077.asp"&gt;one from The Seattle P.I.&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5282227781745122294?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5282227781745122294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5282227781745122294' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5282227781745122294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5282227781745122294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/09/it-was-fifteen-years-ago-today.html' title='It Was Fifteen Years Ago Today...'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iC50uHEdArA/TpII9gAGfTI/AAAAAAAABLA/BPoLV7ClTOI/s72-c/hammering%252Bman%252Bblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5575846646518384253</id><published>2008-07-09T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:49.279-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim B. Mixes It Up With OpWound</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SHT2_NNv63I/AAAAAAAAATk/vZrGybDreBU/s1600-h/Jim+B+op+wound.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SHT2_NNv63I/AAAAAAAAATk/vZrGybDreBU/s400/Jim+B+op+wound.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221069433768766322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I recently did an interview with Jason Thibault from OPTIMUM WOUND COMICS for his MASTERS OF INK series-- The interview is short and painless, and includes photos of some of my prized original art pieces by Daniel Clowes, Rick Altergott, J.R. Williams, R.K. Sloane, and Stevo Winters-- Here is a &lt;a href="http://www.optimumwound.com/jim-blanchard-mixes-it-up-with-opwound.htm"&gt;direct link to the interview&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5575846646518384253?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5575846646518384253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5575846646518384253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5575846646518384253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5575846646518384253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/07/jim-b-mixes-it-up-with-opwound.html' title='Jim B. Mixes It Up With OpWound'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/SHT2_NNv63I/AAAAAAAAATk/vZrGybDreBU/s72-c/Jim+B+op+wound.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5084993853594710383</id><published>2008-07-08T18:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:46:14.305-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Flaming Skull</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-avSGAY3Uyc0/TmaGjt5tUhI/AAAAAAAABAE/xedz6FY-BKY/s1600/flame%252Bskull%252B%25232.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-avSGAY3Uyc0/TmaGjt5tUhI/AAAAAAAABAE/xedz6FY-BKY/s400/flame%252Bskull%252B%25232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350730758050322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This painting appeared briefly at my CLASS OF '06 show in Bellingham, and was snapped up by rock maniac and art connoisseur Dave Crider-- Acrylic on 20 X 20 inch hardboard--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5084993853594710383?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5084993853594710383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5084993853594710383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5084993853594710383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5084993853594710383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/07/flaming-skull-painting.html' title='Flaming Skull'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-avSGAY3Uyc0/TmaGjt5tUhI/AAAAAAAABAE/xedz6FY-BKY/s72-c/flame%252Bskull%252B%25232.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1313120786663045013</id><published>2008-07-08T18:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:46:48.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Dt's Hard Fixed Poster Art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOb36j9n4ew/TmaGsfws0AI/AAAAAAAABAM/A6PYmoCyhlI/s1600/dts%252Bposter%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOb36j9n4ew/TmaGsfws0AI/AAAAAAAABAM/A6PYmoCyhlI/s400/dts%252Bposter%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649350881580994562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This art appeared on a fold-out poster for the HARD FIXED CD by my wife's band, THE DT'S-- So you ain't seen it unless you bought the disc! And yes, it's a total cop of R. Crumb's CHEAP THRILLS LP cover-- Check out some sample tunes and videos at &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thedts"&gt;The Dt's MySpace page&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1313120786663045013?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1313120786663045013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1313120786663045013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1313120786663045013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1313120786663045013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/07/dts-hard-fixed-poster-art.html' title='The Dt&apos;s Hard Fixed Poster Art'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOb36j9n4ew/TmaGsfws0AI/AAAAAAAABAM/A6PYmoCyhlI/s72-c/dts%252Bposter%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2957590280569318594</id><published>2008-07-03T18:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:47:35.801-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bruce Lee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrRgeETQJBk/TmaG4BWlbzI/AAAAAAAABAY/0SUB_Vf-h1c/s1600/brucelee%252Btrans%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrRgeETQJBk/TmaG4BWlbzI/AAAAAAAABAY/0SUB_Vf-h1c/s400/brucelee%252Btrans%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649351079576825650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A commissioned painting of Bruce Lee-- Acrylic on 40 X 40 inch stretched canvas--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2957590280569318594?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2957590280569318594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2957590280569318594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2957590280569318594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2957590280569318594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/07/bruce-lee.html' title='Bruce Lee'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrRgeETQJBk/TmaG4BWlbzI/AAAAAAAABAY/0SUB_Vf-h1c/s72-c/brucelee%252Btrans%252Bfor%252Bweb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3002612172903684386</id><published>2008-05-22T15:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:50:01.637-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Freddie King</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-StA-OOdf3Js/TmaHcSsiyDI/AAAAAAAABAg/yHZ7O_wCn5M/s1600/freddy%252Bking%252Bblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-StA-OOdf3Js/TmaHcSsiyDI/AAAAAAAABAg/yHZ7O_wCn5M/s400/freddy%252Bking%252Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649351702707619890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pencil portrait of blues guitar monolith Freddie King--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3002612172903684386?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3002612172903684386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3002612172903684386' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3002612172903684386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3002612172903684386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/05/freddie-king.html' title='Freddie King'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-StA-OOdf3Js/TmaHcSsiyDI/AAAAAAAABAg/yHZ7O_wCn5M/s72-c/freddy%252Bking%252Bblog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7118506817148719917</id><published>2008-05-13T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:53:01.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Duke Kahanamoku</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-laA2x2iXekI/TmaIJK71WCI/AAAAAAAABAw/l_RAuc5n8u8/s1600/DUKE%2BK%2BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-laA2x2iXekI/TmaIJK71WCI/AAAAAAAABAw/l_RAuc5n8u8/s400/DUKE%2BK%2BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649352473718380578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commissioned pencil portrait of celebrated Hawaiian surfer, Olympic swimmer, sheriff, and Hollywood character actor Duke Kahanamoku--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7118506817148719917?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7118506817148719917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7118506817148719917' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7118506817148719917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7118506817148719917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/05/duke-kahanamoku.html' title='Duke Kahanamoku'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-laA2x2iXekI/TmaIJK71WCI/AAAAAAAABAw/l_RAuc5n8u8/s72-c/DUKE%2BK%2BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3771116306162955146</id><published>2008-04-02T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:53:30.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Slim Pickens</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UB2Bu6dE0U/TmaIQvEHPAI/AAAAAAAABA4/APTpkZrbcJk/s1600/slim%252Bpickens%252B72dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UB2Bu6dE0U/TmaIQvEHPAI/AAAAAAAABA4/APTpkZrbcJk/s400/slim%252Bpickens%252B72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649352603675868162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;amp;friendid=1286997"&gt;Rick-Klu&lt;/a&gt;-commissioned pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of Slim Pickens-- Strangely enough, Slim turned up on an episode of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. I was watching ("The Iowa-Scuba Affair") the day I finished this art -- TECH NOTE: This is the first time I've used a pen nib instead of a rapidograph for stippling--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3771116306162955146?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3771116306162955146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3771116306162955146' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3771116306162955146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3771116306162955146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/04/slim-pickens.html' title='Slim Pickens'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UB2Bu6dE0U/TmaIQvEHPAI/AAAAAAAABA4/APTpkZrbcJk/s72-c/slim%252Bpickens%252B72dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6250495689908095822</id><published>2008-03-09T17:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:50:53.947-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thirsty Pig Vs. Rocket Dog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tN5nXzLMmWo/TpIJJcJ_L6I/AAAAAAAABLI/IDwhjzlxUoQ/s1600/thirstypig%252Bv%252Brocketdog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tN5nXzLMmWo/TpIJJcJ_L6I/AAAAAAAABLI/IDwhjzlxUoQ/s400/thirstypig%252Bv%252Brocketdog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597739339689890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's nice to get a postcard from S. Clay Wilson-- They are always funny, weird, and impeccably lettered-- The latest one he sent is the above photo of a pig flying through the air (He added the beer mug sticker)-- The reason he sent it is because the pig reminded him of my Smooth Fox Terrier, Lucius, whom he dubbed "Rocket Dog" after seeing him soar off my backyard deck (see photo below pig)-- These 2 photos are remarkably similar, and I feel compelled to share them-- And to show off the fact that S. Clay Wilson sends me postcards!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6250495689908095822?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6250495689908095822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6250495689908095822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6250495689908095822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6250495689908095822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/03/thirsty-pig-vs-rocket-dog.html' title='Thirsty Pig Vs. Rocket Dog'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tN5nXzLMmWo/TpIJJcJ_L6I/AAAAAAAABLI/IDwhjzlxUoQ/s72-c/thirstypig%252Bv%252Brocketdog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-8651612938049883247</id><published>2008-03-03T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:58:53.547-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zappa Comix No. 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpHOC6PsNY0/TmaJaggK6BI/AAAAAAAABBg/EdMKyuEnaZ8/s1600/ZAPPA%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpHOC6PsNY0/TmaJaggK6BI/AAAAAAAABBg/EdMKyuEnaZ8/s400/ZAPPA%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649353871077337106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;A fake comic cover featuring Frank Zappa with the fabled Fender Stratocaster once owned (and smashed!) by Jimi Hendrix-- This art was created at the behest of Len "Shavin' Rosie O'Donnell's Back" Callo, whose choice and diverse collection of comic art can be seen at &lt;a href="http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2087"&gt;his gallery on the ComicArtFans website&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-8651612938049883247?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/8651612938049883247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=8651612938049883247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8651612938049883247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/8651612938049883247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/03/zappa-comix-no-1.html' title='Zappa Comix No. 1'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpHOC6PsNY0/TmaJaggK6BI/AAAAAAAABBg/EdMKyuEnaZ8/s72-c/ZAPPA%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1603061697631721291</id><published>2008-02-28T10:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:50.881-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bikini Irony 101</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R8b9fbuUcGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/ElIu8Dftf8w/s1600-h/RETROSPECTIVE+p112+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R8b9fbuUcGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/ElIu8Dftf8w/s400/RETROSPECTIVE+p112+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172099938541400162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;The good folks at John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons, an esteemed Australian publisher, have seen fit to include an illustration from my GLAM WARP book in RETROSPECTIVE, their latest 11th grade History textbook! The art is used to illustrate a chapter on nuclear testing in the Pacific islands-- It even includes a sidebar question in which students can expound on the "message" of the artist-- What a wacky world!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1603061697631721291?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1603061697631721291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1603061697631721291' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1603061697631721291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1603061697631721291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/02/bikini-irony-101.html' title='Bikini Irony 101'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R8b9fbuUcGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/ElIu8Dftf8w/s72-c/RETROSPECTIVE+p112+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5966372435455063059</id><published>2008-02-15T09:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:59:10.854-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Paintings At Tigertail March 4 - May 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yQsPHiOAcQ8/TmaIkoeIcGI/AAAAAAAABBI/oMQPm-R6-Ec/s1600/tiger%252Btail%252Bgrid%252BBLOG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yQsPHiOAcQ8/TmaIkoeIcGI/AAAAAAAABBI/oMQPm-R6-Ec/s400/tiger%252Btail%252Bgrid%252BBLOG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649352945503334498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I'm delighted to be showing over a dozen new paintings on stretched canvas at Seattle's TIGERTAIL bar and Pan-Asian eatery-- The show will be called EMBLEMA PSYCHOPATHIA and will have a 2 month run from March 4 through May 4-- TIGERTAIL was founded in late 2007 by my pals Carl Carlson, who ran Seattle lowbrow gallery VOX POPULI, and Tim Hayes, ex-proprietor of &lt;a href="http://www.falloutrecords.com/"&gt;FALLOUT RECORDS&lt;/a&gt;-- Their new bar is very swank yet comfy and located at 704 NW 65th Street, in Seattle's comfy Ballard neighborhood-- See &lt;a href="http://www.tigertailbar.com/"&gt;Tigertail's website&lt;/a&gt; for more info and a look at their menu--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5966372435455063059?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5966372435455063059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5966372435455063059' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5966372435455063059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5966372435455063059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-paintings-at-seattles-tigertail.html' title='New Paintings At Tigertail March 4 - May 4'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yQsPHiOAcQ8/TmaIkoeIcGI/AAAAAAAABBI/oMQPm-R6-Ec/s72-c/tiger%252Btail%252Bgrid%252BBLOG.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-54815010570148355</id><published>2008-02-04T22:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:59:26.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Django Reinhardt</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-emBMEwfN-sE/TmaIwgJDABI/AAAAAAAABBQ/gV1KMUYD_1w/s1600/Django%252B72dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-emBMEwfN-sE/TmaIwgJDABI/AAAAAAAABBQ/gV1KMUYD_1w/s400/Django%252B72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649353149425844242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;A commissioned pencil portrait of mythic Belgian jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-54815010570148355?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/54815010570148355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=54815010570148355' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/54815010570148355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/54815010570148355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/02/django-reinhardt.html' title='Django Reinhardt'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-emBMEwfN-sE/TmaIwgJDABI/AAAAAAAABBQ/gV1KMUYD_1w/s72-c/Django%252B72dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6627154085303014079</id><published>2008-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:00:08.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>John Chandler From The Young Savages</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sGKKE-1Yt-4/TmaI5eP5qRI/AAAAAAAABBY/NG-ty2Xfcf0/s1600/john%252Bchandler.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sGKKE-1Yt-4/TmaI5eP5qRI/AAAAAAAABBY/NG-ty2Xfcf0/s400/john%252Bchandler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649353303536544018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;A pencil portrait of character actor John Davis Chandler from the John Frankenheimer film THE YOUNG SAVAGES-- This art was done for porcelain artist &lt;a href="http://www.antiquesatoz.com/artatoz/krafft/"&gt;Charlie Krafft&lt;/a&gt;, who's a big fan of Mr. Chandler-- Coincidentally, THE YOUNG SAVAGES is finally available on DVD this month--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6627154085303014079?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6627154085303014079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6627154085303014079' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6627154085303014079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6627154085303014079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/john-chandler-from-young-savages.html' title='John Chandler From The Young Savages'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sGKKE-1Yt-4/TmaI5eP5qRI/AAAAAAAABBY/NG-ty2Xfcf0/s72-c/john%252Bchandler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-9114473428837118331</id><published>2008-01-19T21:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:00:38.202-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sticker Truck Turner</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3M6en1Jwb9Y/TmaJ7-XcnRI/AAAAAAAABBo/2dXNcn6qumE/s1600/StickerTTurner%252B72.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3M6en1Jwb9Y/TmaJ7-XcnRI/AAAAAAAABBo/2dXNcn6qumE/s400/StickerTTurner%252B72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649354446029495570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;My second contribution to Jacques Boyreau's Re-Imagined Cult Film Posters project-- See Sticker Magnum Force below for more info--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-9114473428837118331?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/9114473428837118331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=9114473428837118331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9114473428837118331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/9114473428837118331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/sticker-truck-turner.html' title='Sticker Truck Turner'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3M6en1Jwb9Y/TmaJ7-XcnRI/AAAAAAAABBo/2dXNcn6qumE/s72-c/StickerTTurner%252B72.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1435031333002571709</id><published>2008-01-10T23:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:01:05.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Camilo Cienfuegos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwQ-4IyQwm0/TmaKCJOVvtI/AAAAAAAABBw/9Oyj4vxWzp8/s1600/Cienfuegos%252B72dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwQ-4IyQwm0/TmaKCJOVvtI/AAAAAAAABBw/9Oyj4vxWzp8/s400/Cienfuegos%252B72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649354552023301842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;A commissioned portrait of Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos, who swung tough with both Che and Fidel, and died in a mysterious plane crash-- Acrylic on hardboard, 8 X 18 inches-- For more on Cienfuegos, see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo_Cienfuegos"&gt;his Wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1435031333002571709?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1435031333002571709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1435031333002571709' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1435031333002571709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1435031333002571709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/camilo-cienfuegos.html' title='Camilo Cienfuegos'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwQ-4IyQwm0/TmaKCJOVvtI/AAAAAAAABBw/9Oyj4vxWzp8/s72-c/Cienfuegos%252B72dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-727748788936118085</id><published>2008-01-10T23:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:01:32.694-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Young Jamie Johns In Squiggles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zO7zF6QpCrs/TmaKJRSoMCI/AAAAAAAABB4/qJZdM042bVs/s1600/JAMIE%252BJOHNS%252B72.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zO7zF6QpCrs/TmaKJRSoMCI/AAAAAAAABB4/qJZdM042bVs/s400/JAMIE%252BJOHNS%252B72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649354674447855650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I get asked to do portraits of people's children a lot-- As a general rule, I turn them down-- But I couldn't resist this request from my main man in Sunderland, U.K., Jamie Johns, who sent the childhood photo from the 70's that this art is based on--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-727748788936118085?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/727748788936118085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=727748788936118085' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/727748788936118085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/727748788936118085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/jamie-johns-in-squiggles.html' title='Young Jamie Johns In Squiggles'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zO7zF6QpCrs/TmaKJRSoMCI/AAAAAAAABB4/qJZdM042bVs/s72-c/JAMIE%252BJOHNS%252B72.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-2709510134947717231</id><published>2008-01-10T22:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:11:26.625-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fred Bradna</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MI71fF-f1mU/TmaKPbXysQI/AAAAAAAABCA/oC3uyHc1vmk/s1600/bradna%252B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MI71fF-f1mU/TmaKPbXysQI/AAAAAAAABCA/oC3uyHc1vmk/s400/bradna%252B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649354780233085186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;A pencil portrait of Fred Bradna, the Equestrian Director and Ringmaster of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus for over 40 years-- This art was made for the blessed Jeff  Voris, who created the &lt;a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/index.cfm"&gt;Comic Art Collective website&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-2709510134947717231?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/2709510134947717231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=2709510134947717231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2709510134947717231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/2709510134947717231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/fred-bradna.html' title='Fred Bradna'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MI71fF-f1mU/TmaKPbXysQI/AAAAAAAABCA/oC3uyHc1vmk/s72-c/bradna%252B2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1906923538613104632</id><published>2008-01-10T22:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:02:33.637-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sticker Magnum Force</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lO8EVWurjH8/TmaKYqnnYKI/AAAAAAAABCI/XyARfogP8iI/s1600/MAGFORCE%252BLow%252Bres%252B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lO8EVWurjH8/TmaKYqnnYKI/AAAAAAAABCI/XyARfogP8iI/s400/MAGFORCE%252BLow%252Bres%252B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649354938944807074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;My first offering for Jacques Boyreau's Re-Imagined Cult Film Posters project, to be published as a book in 2008 by Fantagraphics, and debuted as posters at Portland's Super Trash festival in February-- The &lt;a href="http://myspace.com/supertrashfest"&gt;Super Trash MySpace page&lt;/a&gt; has all the sick details--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1906923538613104632?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1906923538613104632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1906923538613104632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1906923538613104632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1906923538613104632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2008/01/sticker-magnum-force.html' title='Sticker Magnum Force'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lO8EVWurjH8/TmaKYqnnYKI/AAAAAAAABCI/XyARfogP8iI/s72-c/MAGFORCE%252BLow%252Bres%252B2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-6255089383042478310</id><published>2007-12-17T13:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T10:39:31.777-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Les Barany's Carnivora</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2cb_z1_V7I/AAAAAAAAAHs/Q5cFLDrKGUM/s1600-h/carnivora_front_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2cb_z1_V7I/AAAAAAAAAHs/Q5cFLDrKGUM/s400/carnivora_front_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145111882356447154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2dfrD1_V_I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/3tY-dkdzyX8/s200/BAD+MEAT+%4072DPI.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145186292664850418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2df7j1_WAI/AAAAAAAAAIY/fDzb_QaDjjg/s200/HAPPY+KILLER+B%26W.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145186576132691970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm stoked as hell to be part of Les Barany's ambitious Carnivora book and traveling art show-- The subject of this project is "the dark art of automobiles", and it's great to see an original and imaginative take on the tired car theme-- (All you clueless, tattooed hotrod posers take note!) The Carnivora book will be published by Scapegoat Publishing and the art show will debut January 12, 2007 during the International Auto Show at the ©Pop Gallery in Detroit-- The roster of 92 artists includes H.R. Giger, Anthony Ausgang, Robert Crumb, Frank Kozik, Coop, Glenn Barr, Mark Motherbaugh, Stanley Mouse, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and Trevor Brown-- I'll have 3 pieces in the book, and 2 pieces in the art show-- The &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/lesbaranyscarnivora"&gt;Carnivora MySpace page&lt;/a&gt; has lots more info, as does &lt;a href="http://www.baranybooks.com/"&gt;Les Barany's website&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-6255089383042478310?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/6255089383042478310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=6255089383042478310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6255089383042478310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/6255089383042478310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/les-baranys-carnivora.html' title='Les Barany&apos;s Carnivora'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2cb_z1_V7I/AAAAAAAAAHs/Q5cFLDrKGUM/s72-c/carnivora_front_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7157152705092837564</id><published>2007-12-17T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:53.035-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Work Lair In Panoramic VR</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2biQz1_VvI/AAAAAAAAAGU/VXvXHhrDGNY/s1600-h/jim+b+studio+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2biQz1_VvI/AAAAAAAAAGU/VXvXHhrDGNY/s400/jim+b+studio+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145048402739812082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bradford Bohonus takes richly detailed panoramic photographs of all sorts of things, including &lt;a href="http://www.bohonus.com/artists/"&gt;Northwest artists in their studios&lt;/a&gt;-- The photos can be viewed with Quicktime or Flash on Bradford's website, and you can navigate &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;around&lt;/span&gt; the the photo in any direction using your mouse and an on-screen cursor-- It's a total trip to play with and I must say a little terrifying to have such a precise 360 degree photo of my work space up on the web for all to see! Back off, man! This technology is very cool and so is Mr. Bohonus--&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7157152705092837564?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7157152705092837564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7157152705092837564' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7157152705092837564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7157152705092837564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-work-lair-in-panoramic-vr.html' title='My Work Lair In Panoramic VR'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2biQz1_VvI/AAAAAAAAAGU/VXvXHhrDGNY/s72-c/jim+b+studio+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3111943601706754005</id><published>2007-12-14T12:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:53.316-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bob Dylan 1965</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N21T1_VlI/AAAAAAAAAFA/N8jjvCds4nA/s1600-h/dylan-b%26w+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N21T1_VlI/AAAAAAAAAFA/N8jjvCds4nA/s400/dylan-b%26w+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144085857619105362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A pen &amp;amp; ink portrait of Bob Dylan I did for the 2007 Music Issue of &lt;a href="http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/"&gt;Oxford American magazine&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3111943601706754005?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3111943601706754005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3111943601706754005' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3111943601706754005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3111943601706754005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/bob-dylan-1965_14.html' title='Bob Dylan 1965'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N21T1_VlI/AAAAAAAAAFA/N8jjvCds4nA/s72-c/dylan-b%26w+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1366275806497691493</id><published>2007-12-14T12:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:53.545-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Xmass Skull</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2btkz1_V1I/AAAAAAAAAHA/ucchA9UW-cM/s1600-h/XMass+Skull.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2btkz1_V1I/AAAAAAAAAHA/ucchA9UW-cM/s400/XMass+Skull.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145060840965101394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;The Wife let me do the Xmas decorating this year-- This photo doesn't really convey how sinister it looks in person-- Sorta like it was wrapped in neon barbed wire-- And speaking of the wife, dig this shot of her rocking it up with &lt;a href="http://www.estrus.com/bands/dts/"&gt;The DT's&lt;/a&gt; in Sao Paulo, Brazil over Thanksgiving (photo by Anderson Brito)--&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N4SD1_VnI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/QOwj_ksA6Yk/s400/The+Dts_noisefest_07+03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144087451051972210" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1366275806497691493?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1366275806497691493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1366275806497691493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1366275806497691493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1366275806497691493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/xmass-skull_14.html' title='Xmass Skull'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2btkz1_V1I/AAAAAAAAAHA/ucchA9UW-cM/s72-c/XMass+Skull.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-279911656291818739</id><published>2007-12-14T12:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:53.642-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Billy Joe Shaver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2buUz1_V2I/AAAAAAAAAHI/qM_0Gb3mtTs/s1600-h/BillyJoeShaver++copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2buUz1_V2I/AAAAAAAAAHI/qM_0Gb3mtTs/s400/BillyJoeShaver++copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145061665598822242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Here's a recent commissioned pencil portrait of Billy Joe Shaver-- Did you know he shot some guy in the face a few months back?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-279911656291818739?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/279911656291818739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=279911656291818739' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/279911656291818739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/279911656291818739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/billy-joe-shaver.html' title='Billy Joe Shaver'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2buUz1_V2I/AAAAAAAAAHI/qM_0Gb3mtTs/s72-c/BillyJoeShaver++copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-1673580586757933132</id><published>2007-12-14T12:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T13:51:45.033-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Night Gallery October 19 &amp; 20</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jLDI6iPc44I/TpIJVhic60I/AAAAAAAABLQ/BZhHTImN2RE/s1600/opart%252Bporno.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jLDI6iPc44I/TpIJVhic60I/AAAAAAAABLQ/BZhHTImN2RE/s400/opart%252Bporno.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661597946942909250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone got good and bombed at my Idiot Id Idioms show at the Night Gallery in Portland-- I had a dozen new paintings on hand and curator Jacques Boyreau had the good sense to project psychotic 16mm girlie/porno films on one of them! The &lt;a href="http://www.nightgallerypdx.com/index.htm"&gt;Night Gallery website&lt;/a&gt; has over 20 exclusive pen &amp;amp; ink pieces of mine for sale, so please check that shit out--&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-1673580586757933132?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/1673580586757933132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=1673580586757933132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1673580586757933132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/1673580586757933132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/night-gallery-october-19-20.html' title='The Night Gallery October 19 &amp; 20'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jLDI6iPc44I/TpIJVhic60I/AAAAAAAABLQ/BZhHTImN2RE/s72-c/opart%252Bporno.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5046613889917408521</id><published>2007-12-14T11:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:54.061-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim B. On The Air</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8DD1_VrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/2YR5NCPIQ_s/s1600-h/Liddy+for+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8DD1_VrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/2YR5NCPIQ_s/s400/Liddy+for+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144091591400445618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;I did a one-hour live interview on Vancouver, BC radio station CITR 101.9 FM-- The show is called Inkstuds, hosted by Robin McConnell, with guest hosts Don King and Luke Meat-- They let me pick out the music for it, too-- Man, I need to work on that public speaking voice! You can &lt;a href="http://www.inkstuds.com/?p=187"&gt;listen to it or download it&lt;/a&gt; in its entirety--&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5046613889917408521?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5046613889917408521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5046613889917408521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5046613889917408521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5046613889917408521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/inkstud-jim-b-on-air.html' title='Jim B. On The Air'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8DD1_VrI/AAAAAAAAAFw/2YR5NCPIQ_s/s72-c/Liddy+for+web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3363592250177114433</id><published>2007-12-14T11:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:54.204-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Filthy Beasts Au Go Go</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8ej1_VtI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7-qH_Nz3CJ8/s1600-h/jimb+%26+swim+eagle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8ej1_VtI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7-qH_Nz3CJ8/s400/jimb+%26+swim+eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144092063846848210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The "Filthy Beasts" show at the Fantagraphics Bookstore was a corker-- A packed house heard a rockin' set by The DT's and checked out the art, books, and records for sale-- A staggering-drunk indian named Chief Swimming Eagle bewildered everyone (see above photo)-- We got tons of press and hype for this show, thanks in large part to promo-wizard Larry Reid-- Here's a sample: First, &lt;a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/i_heart_fantagraphics"&gt;Kelly-O's blog write-up for The Stranger&lt;/a&gt;-- Next is &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2fW4lfhDw"&gt;Kelly O's YouTube video interview&lt;/a&gt;-- After that, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/sets/72157594586624171/"&gt;a Flickr.com photo set by Fantagraphics staffer Mike Baehr&lt;/a&gt;-- And how about a great &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/felineasaurus/tags/dts/"&gt;Flickr.com photo set of The DT's by "yfeline"&lt;/a&gt;-- Rock Mightily, ya a-holes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3363592250177114433?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3363592250177114433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3363592250177114433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3363592250177114433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3363592250177114433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/filthy-beasts-au-go-go.html' title='Filthy Beasts Au Go Go'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2N8ej1_VtI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7-qH_Nz3CJ8/s72-c/jimb+%26+swim+eagle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-5672510652056637006</id><published>2007-12-14T10:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T02:39:54.404-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trucker Fags Circus Punks?!?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2LTzz1_VTI/AAAAAAAAACo/31hZGXmnxwE/s1600-h/Circus_Punk_large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2LTzz1_VTI/AAAAAAAAACo/31hZGXmnxwE/s400/Circus_Punk_large.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143906611453973810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Heat-damaged Floridian &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/martin_moore/"&gt;Marty Moore&lt;/a&gt; commissioned a custom "Circus Punk", and I took the opportunity to render Butch and Petey from the Trucker Fags In Denial comic book-- A queer marriage if ever there was one! Jim Goad has this photo as a "desktop" image on his Mac laptop---&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-5672510652056637006?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/5672510652056637006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=5672510652056637006' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5672510652056637006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/5672510652056637006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/trucker-fags-circus-punks.html' title='Trucker Fags Circus Punks?!?'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2LTzz1_VTI/AAAAAAAAACo/31hZGXmnxwE/s72-c/Circus_Punk_large.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-3585899741176142078</id><published>2007-12-13T23:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T22:03:30.385-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Satan Killed Me Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I4Ej1_VRI/AAAAAAAAACY/SiU97GHzZyg/s1600-h/TRUBBEE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I4Ej1_VRI/AAAAAAAAACY/SiU97GHzZyg/s400/TRUBBEE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143735375402849554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a close-up look at a CD cover I did for my pal John Trubee a while back-- The disc is called Satan Killed Me Today-- And here's a photo of John from the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco-- And an original pen &amp;amp; ink piece of his I'm proud to own--&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2bxJD1_V5I/AAAAAAAAAHc/OSk1ZMJHPjE/s400/TrubeeApe2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145064762270242706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2bxbj1_V6I/AAAAAAAAAHk/DpBvul46MV8/s400/TrubeeArt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145065080097822626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-3585899741176142078?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/3585899741176142078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=3585899741176142078' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3585899741176142078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/3585899741176142078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/satan-killed-me-today.html' title='Satan Killed Me Today'/><author><name>Jim Blanchard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I8_z1_VSI/AAAAAAAAACg/EPjhcwWFEuQ/S220/jimbokdddd.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0kGKAT-JDyQ/R2I4Ej1_VRI/AAAAAAAAACY/SiU97GHzZyg/s72-c/TRUBBEE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552727105519757517.post-7361442472798687893</id><published>2007-12-13T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T10:30:45.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>J.R. Williams' Cigar Flip!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ae4c5ccdeca5a2c9" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dae4c5ccdeca5a2c9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330391823%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4639AF8DD512159869E2E9202A6EA0C3833D33A5.216AE7F9A3618EEFB2900EA2670E16EB823EEEEB%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dae4c5ccdeca5a2c9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCZi-_jjIx4LIbC-zjQ5tY4t9TNQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dae4c5ccdeca5a2c9%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330391823%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4639AF8DD512159869E2E9202A6EA0C3833D33A5.216AE7F9A3618EEFB2900EA2670E16EB823EEEEB%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dae4c5ccdeca5a2c9%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCZi-_jjIx4LIbC-zjQ5tY4t9TNQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;I took this spectacular footage of art genius J.R. Williams at the 2006 Alternative Press Expo, where I've been known to share a table with the boy-- He tells me he's now able to complete this stunt with a &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lit&lt;/span&gt; cigar! Be damn sure and check out J.R.'s sublime and compelling &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrpopartz/"&gt;Flickr blog&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552727105519757517-7361442472798687893?l=jimblanchard.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=ae4c5ccdeca5a2c9&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/feeds/7361442472798687893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552727105519757517&amp;postID=7361442472798687893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7361442472798687893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552727105519757517/posts/default/7361442472798687893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jimblanchard.blogspot.com/2007/12/jr-williams-cigar-flip.html' title='J.R. 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