Monday, March 05, 2007

Yesterday's adventure through the Picc-a-Dilly Flea Market proved excellent. My number one acquiration was four unopened packs of Topps Pee Wee's Playhouse Fun-Pak cards. This was maybe too exciting for me to deal with. Each Fun-Pak comes with 1 sheet of tattoos, 3 trading cards, 1 sticker, 1 wiggle toy (one of those deals where you turn it one direction & see an image & turn it another direction & you see another image) & 1 activity card. All designed or at least art-directed by Gary Panter. I'm dying! I also got about a hundred Wacky Packages cards for $2 (deal on the meal!), a pack of Desert Storm cards (mostly for the intact wax pack so that i can copy the exact measurements & create my own.), this Blackstar Alien Demon toy that i was totally obsessed with as a kid & bunch of other cool junk.



Also included in today's feature is major kudos for this spot right near our house here in Eugene. Papa's Soul Food Kitchen & Blues Joint is always packed & the food is GODDAMNED GOOD & the right price. You can get giant mason jars of kool-aid as well, which is pretty funky if you ask me. It's just about perfect excepting that i'm not so excited by the blues & the clientele isn't so soulful either, a bunch of tighty whities actually, this being Oregon & all. But i was there, so it works out. Also in the world of Funkanopolis, you should check out this show "THE HISTORY OF FUNK" hosted by the Rickey Vincent Uhuru Maggot. http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1b_histo.htm It's just about the best show on KPFA, especially because it isn't a bunch of whining about desert nations & their oily, explosive troubles. But speaking of politics, i also recommend KPFA's GUNS & BUTTER http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=13 & AGAINST THE GRAIN http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=47 . I counter their socialist propagandizing with the also totally awesome Alex Jones show. http://www.infowars.com/ He's out there smashing the New World Order, which sounds good to me. I figure if i listen to a wide mix of news & opinions I can at least figure out what agendas are being perpetuated. Politics are quite difficult for me to make my mind up about these days. My back-up argument is "F*CK THEM ALL". In a way, it's quite relieving.

6 comments:

Luke P. said...

Awesome score. I wish I lived somewhere near flea-markets..
I Alex Jones' material so, so much, as you know. I don't agree with him about everything, but he does everything in such a straightforward, honest way; he presnts material exactly as he sees it, without concern for fitting into any larger context.
I found a great free e-book site that you might be interestd in:
http://miami.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/7744.php

Aeron said...

I wish that PeeWee Herman flick that they're trying to make could become a reality, the one where they leave the play house and venture off into the surreal world outside. That would be such an awesome movie.

SEAN said...

I'm crossing my fingers! I really want him to return to the playhouse & keep working on all that stuff too.

Jon Chandler said...

Good find. That will make any day unruinable.

Paleo said...

Green with envy over here, and yeah, i wish Pee Wee did another movie, but you know what i would like even more? Ratzinger slipping on a banana peel or something, breaks his neck and Whammo! Pee Wee is elected Pope! wouldn't he make a GREAT one? just imagine him in white robes, giggling and posing in the Popemobile...

Anyway,great Rothster a while back Sean! have you ever seen that book Kustom Kulture? great weird stuff by Roth, Von Duch and Robt Williams.

SEAN said...

How about Ratzinger & every other big politico splipping on banana peels & falling into each other's anuses? Pee Wee as Pope would be amazing, agreed. I'd love to see some central American folk art that has a weird Pee Wee's playhouse//Catholic//mayan crossover thing going on. Weird. Anyhow, the Roth monster was by Zeke! But thanks anyhow. I'm into all that old stuff quite a bit, i don't have that particular book, but i used to read ALOT of Rat Fink comics & all that.