1. “When We Were Kings” 2010 pen and ink on paper, digital.

    Things go from bad to worse for the once great rock and roll band “Ron Jeremy for President”. After the success of their debut album All My Friends are Prescribed, they failed to complete their follow-up record. Dropped by their label, the band has faded away into a cloud of ping pong, drugs, folk music, cigarettes, and pornstaches.

    This image is an attempt to capture a playful time in my life that probably won’t ever be revisited. If you can’t figure out what’s going on in this illustration, you’re not doing the right drugs, or not doing enough.

    I’d rather be lonely, I’d rather be free
    I’m as sure as the moon rolls around the sea
    But I like watching you undress
    And I think we’re at our best
    By the flicker by the light of the TV set

    Cause I can’t remember why I hated you
    Can’t remember why I still do
    But I’m as sure as the moon rolls around you
    That I could be happy, happy
    Oh, so happy, happy
    Oh, so happy, so happy

    They warn you about killers and thieves in night
    I worry about cancer and living right
    But my mama never warned me about my own
    Destructive appetite

    Or the pitfalls of control
    How it locks you in your grave
    Looking for someone to be saved and … restrained (?)
    So I could be happy, happy
    Oh so happy, happy
    Oh so happy, happy
    So happy, so happy

    I’m as sure as the moon rolls around
    “Happy” from the album RABBIT FUR COAT by the band JENNY LEWIS AND THE WATSON TWINS

     
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