Archive for May, 2009

ALAN’S SATURDAY POP SLOT #33 – GIMME SOME TRUTH by JOHN LENNON

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

From the 1971 album Imagine. I didn’t discover this song until it resurfaced on the b-side of the postumous single release of the song Love in 1982, then I wore the grooves off the record. George Harrison on Guitar, Klaus Voormann on bass.

If you haven’t heard the track in full, it’s well worth seeking out.

Peace

Alan X

Tankie Cosplay!

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Go vote for Tank Girl in Suicide Girls Comic Cosplay Contest..

Love’n tanks..Ruf

http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/23695/SuicideGirls%20Cosplay%20At%20Comic%20Con/

GAS #3

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Here’s part three of Jamie’s Groovy Arcade Stories from issue 56 of Commodore User, May 1988. Elvis the cat was actually a really life mog that belonged to me and our friend Sharon Elphick (now an infamous artist/photographer – see her .com) when we all lived in a big shared house near Worthing seafront. Unfortunately another friend named Damian trained Elvis to be a fighting cat, so we never went near the poor thing.

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And here’s a special bonus – an exclusive image of Tank Girl, on the cover of issue 69, June 1989. This picture has been buried for 20 years exactly!

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Peace brothers and sisters

Alan X

ALAN’S SATURDAY POP SLOT #33 – SLEEPING GAS by JULIAN COPE

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

The Arch Drude in 1988 giving us a busker’s rendition the old Teardrop Explodes’ classic Sleeping Gas on Mathew Street in Liverpool, a stone’s throw from the infamous Eric’s club, where it was first performed. I’ve just re-read Cope’s Head On book, which I first read in the mid-ninties, I’d forgotten what an absolute luntatic he is, and how much I love him.

So I’m also belatedly digging last year’s double cd Black Sheep

“Destroy Religion”

Alan X

The Return of Tank Girl

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Interview with Alan C. Martin over at CBR!

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21287

ALAN’S SATURDAY POP SLOT #32 – I’M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENCE DEAR

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Exactly how brilliant is Debbie Harry? I touched her bum once, by the way…

Alan X

ALAN’S SATURDAY POP SLOT #31 – PAINTER MAN by THE CREATION

Monday, May 11th, 2009

went to college, studied art, to be an artist, make a start…

Love The Creation, Love Life

Alan x

GAS #2

Monday, May 11th, 2009

From the April 1988 issue of Commodore User, Episode 2 of Jamie’s Groovy Arcade Stories. Check out the chick with the stump-clump hair style…

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This is the freebie poster calendar that Jamie and Philip did for the Christmas edition. Packed with their trademark detailing…

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(save and view in another window to get the full picture)

Part 3 soon

Alan x

Eagle Nominations open..

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Go on.. Nominate Tankie! ;-) http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/nomination.aspx

RUF x x x x

Doodle for Derry 2D con…

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Done after 4 pints at the pub..in a rush..

but what the hey..

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RUF