Art by Jason White Published Issue 134, January 2025 Jason White is an artist living in the suburbs of Chicago. His favorite mediums are oil on canvas and pencil & ink drawings. When he was a kid he cried on the Bozo Show. His work varies from silly to serious and sometimes both. Check out […]
Published Issue 132, December 2024 Part band. Part film producers. Part SNL level comedy sketch artists. Part existential therapists. Part … magicians? The impliers aren’t just a psych-dream pop-electro duo. Or even a comedy act. They’re a fully self-taught, self-produced multimedia entity and concept band who create expert level visual and sonic content and deeply
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Early in spring Yama-uba fell sick with a fever. One morning, after a terrible night in which she thought she might die, she woke to hear the crying of a child. Startled, she sat up, looking around with alarm. “Who’s there?” she called hoarsely. The only answer was more crying. “Hell and death, child,” she
Attempts To Become Whole Again Are Forthcoming, But First I Have Some Work To Do By Brian Polk Art by Eric Joyner Published Issue 132, December 2024 Do You Ever Feel Like You And Happiness Used To Be In A Relationship, But A While Back, You Agreed To Stop Seeing Each Other? Because that’s what
By Jeff LaGreca Published Issue 132, December 2024 I finally get to be a Santa Elf. After a week of assignments ranging from Welcome Elf to Train Elf to Crossroads Elf, I get to be in the actual house with the big, red-suited man himself! The house itself is a small wood-paneled room about 10
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Spray By Josh Keyes Published Issue 132, December 2024 Spray is an acrylic painting on panel (2017) Inspired by 18th-century aesthetics and philosophy, Portland-based ecosurrealist Josh Keyes paints animals in a style reminiscent of anatomical diagrams. His work is characterized by an attention to detail and to physiological accuracy. Josh, however, does not place his
Werewolf Radar: Smokin’ In The Boys Tomb By Nate Balding Art by Jason White Published Issue 132, December 2024 Rooms are weird. Being alone in one? Can be a bummer. Being not alone in one? We’re all dialing 9 1 and waiting on the last part. Being in a Backroom? A back. Room. Get ready
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Creature in the Alley By Pete Kornowski Published Issue 132, December 2024 I told my wife I HAD to go into the bar. She didn’t understand. The Creature in the Alley is a 12″ x 12″ on hardboard. Pete is a painter working primarily with acrylics to create imaginative story telling artwork. His paintings have
Published Issue 132, December 2024 Despite 2024 ending on a fairly ominous note, more thrilling and inspiring music was on hand and these selections are a mere vibrant slice of that sonic rainbow. A Place to Bury Strangers – Synthesizer Harrowing emotional clarity through radical spontaneous musical combustion. Bloodhype – Trendoids Vaporwave electroclash subversion of
Words by Zac Dunn Published Issue 132, December 2024 BREATH OV THE RED KEAP AS A TOWER once again prepares To raise a new banner and declare another Age of ideology and standard we shall know And honor in our respect for each other Is not a book that we can allow PROFANE FOOLS TO