calling all hippies and other refugees from the 60s . . .

[OneBlueSky]

remember this guy?



more of his work (including Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, and the Keep On Truckin' Guy) can be found here:

http://www.crumbmuseum.com/

[Lostmessage]

1. I am from the 70's

I remember Fritz the Cat and I do remember that guy. Wasn't he always screwing women in the cartoons?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. guess you had to be there

I was and still am.

[laruemtt]

23. still

no better place to be!

[FloridaJudy]

3. Where is R. Crumb when we need him?

Remember Despair and Whiteman Comix?

BTW, has anyone heard from Gilbert Sheldon lately? I miss Wonder Wart Hog and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (I wanted to cuddle up with Fat Freddy)

[madrchsod]

5. crumb is enjoying his life

in France. he left the USA several years ago.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Before they left...

his wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb mumbled something about USA and 'Big Hair'.

[catmandu57]

19. He's in Paris

Here's a site that may interest you
http://www.lambiek.net/shelton.htm

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. smoking grass and drinking beer

is like pissing into the wind.

[Ernesto]

24. Smoked my 1st joint in the summer of '63.

Quite a while before the Beatles made it "cool".

[TacticalPeek]

6. Thanks for the memories. I loved reading Crumb in this:

http://www.beatmuseum.org/store/oracle/oracle.html

[Brother Buzz]

7. I may be the only 'Cheap Suit' groupie left

[BrotherBuzz]

10. Hey, another Cheap Suit Serenaders fan!

That guy playing the cello is Terry Zwigoff, Director of "Bad Santa" starring Billy Bob Thornton. Terry Zwigoff also made that weird film "Crumb" starring, well, Robert Crumb.

Keep on Truckin'

[Spirochete]

26. And Ghost World

in which an album by R Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders appears in a stack of records Steve Buscemi is looking through.

[BrotherBuzz]

28. I heard of it but didn't see it

I like the little plug of the album, kinda like a Hitchcock cameo. Another film by Terry that merits a look is 'Louie Bluie' a documentary of a relatively unknown black renaissance man, Howard (you ain't Louie, you're Louie Bluie) Armstrong (PBS showed it a couple of years ago). Interesting blues/jazz man and artist. Rumor has it that Terry Zwigoff bought Howard's journal/sketchbook titled 'The ABC's of Pornography'. Now that Howard has died, I hope it gets published.

[thebigidea]

12. baby, i'm a fiiiiiiiiine artiiiiiiiiste

love those albums. Real fun music.

Sinnnngin' in the bathtub!

[BrotherBuzz]

16. baby, I deserve to be kissed....

I like that song...
I also like the Robert Armstrong - Al Dodge song "Get a Load of This"

"Bring a load-a, RC Cola, TV dinner, plate-a twinkies, takes a pink burrito, for to keep me clean"



(Armstrong created Mickey Rat and coined the term couch potato)

[aQuArius]

9. For my 199th POST!

I love the 60's! JFK, feminism, The Beatles, the war protests, I wish I could've been there to experience it all!

199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199, 199!!!!!

[moof]

11. Might as well have the song with it.

Keep on truckin’, baby
I got to keep on truckin’
Got to get to your good lovin’
Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh...

Shame
A double shame on me, yeah
Love
Love, I let it control me, yeah

From just one kiss I am inspired
To lovers in time there’s a fire

And I’ll keep on truckin’, baby
I got to keep on truckin’
I got to get to your good lovin’
Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh...

Baby, its bad
It’s so hard to bear
Yes, babe
You’re hard to bear

I’ve got a fever rising with desire
It’s my love jones and I feel like I’m on fire

And I’ll keep on keep on truckin’, baby
I got to keep on truckin’
Got to get to your good lovin’
Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh...

Feelin’ good
No, you can’t stop the feelin’
No, you can’t stop the feelin’
No, not now

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Keep on truckin’ on
Keep on truckin’ on
Keep on truckin’

Keep on truckin’ on
Keep on truckin’

Yes, I’ve got a fever rising with desire
It’s my love jones and I feel like I’m on fire

And I’ll keep on keep on truckin’, baby

I’m the red ball express of lovin’
Diesel-powered straight to you, I’m truckin’
In old Temptation’s rain, I’m duckin’
For your love through sleet and snow, I’m truckin’, ooh

I’m the red ball express of lovin’
Diesel-powered straight to you, I’m truckin’
In old Temptation’s rain, I’m duckin’
For your love through sleet and snow, I’m truckin’

Ain’t nothin’ holdin’ me back nothin’
I’ll keep right on, right on truckin’
Ain’t nothin’ holdin’ me back nothin’
I’ll keep right on, right on truckin’

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, truckin’
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, truckin’

Eddie Kendricks -Keep On Truckin'

(written by: Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, & Leonard Caston)

[wingnut]

15. funny enough

Crumb HATES that kind of music, and hippies in general.

[Bridget Burke]

13. Crumb is good, but not one of my faves....

Wonder Warthog (in my brother's custom car magazines) introduced me to Gilbert Shelton who achieved fame with Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.



For pure psychedelia, Rick Griffin could not be beat. Robert Williams still flourishes as editor of "Juxtapoz" magazine, carrying the kustom-kar, tiki-bar, velvet elvis aesthetic into the new millenium.

& S. Clay Wilson had a real edge to him.

[wingnut]

14. watch the documentary!

the movie "Crumb" is fantastic.

[BrotherBuzz]

17. Can you say...disfunctional family?

I thought you could...

[jonnyblitz]

20. I have seen it on IFC. n/t

[MinnFats]

18. who did Captain Pissgums? was that Crumb?

I think he also came up with the barb-tongued .... well, if you read it, you will recognize the reference. In oneof my few acts of good taste, i'll go no further...

[Bridget Burke]

21. S. Clay Wilson: Captain Pissgums & His Pervert Pirates!

I mentioned him in my earlier post. However, I didn't link any images!

Let this younger generation keep on thinking the hippie days were all peace, love & flowers. Don't want to shock the young whippersnappers.

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Eggs Ackley was on Viagra before Bob Dole ever heard of it!

Eggs has been my hero for years and he'd be a better pResident than Shrub! I wish he would run with Ralph Nader this time!

Edit} Eggs Ackley has the looks needed to win, check him out:

http://sir.real.50megs.com/comix/catalog/screen/BigAssComics2.htm

[sirreal]

27. Good Ol' Eggs

Hey, that's MY site!

I'm currently in a multi-year project to scan every page of every comix in my collection. Been at it three years now, and I'm about half-way through the "I's".

If any of you old hippies and hippie wanna-be's want to read this lil' gem, I could create a *temporary* location that you could access.

So, is there a consensus?

http://www.sirrealcomix.ws/

[proud patriot]

25. I'm a love child born in 69 in the SF Bay Area

I'm a product of Free Love :D ....

[Faygo Kid]

29. Started college in '69; loved R. Crumb

Boingy Baxter is another name that comes to mind just off the top. Allow me to wipe away a tear as I wax nostalgic. Days of commitment to social justice and fighting the war. Now? George W. Bush???? I can't believe it has come to this. Sigh.

[Karenina]

30. Tasty!

Thankx OBS!