A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Art, Blog, Chico, Environment, Fashion, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Politics, Science, Sex, TV, War

One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was proofing Mad Bob Howard’s column, and he referenced a fellow “outsider artist” (aside: something about the term “outsider art” or “outsider artist” makes me cringe, and therefore, encase it in quotes like some sort of literary specimin) by the name of Jonathan Troxler.
Easter is one of those bizarre holidays – quasi-religious, quasi-pagan, entirely alcoholic these days. It has [...]

Stop the presses: Ron Asheton of the Stooges has died.

Posted on 06. Jan, 2009 by spencer in Blog

No fun.
From AP:

DETROIT (AP) — Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60.
Asheton was found at his Ann Arbor home early Tuesday morning by police officers after they were called by an associate who had not heard from him in several days, said city police Sgt. Brad Hill.
There were no signs of foul play, and the death appeared to be of natural causes, Hill said.
Asheton was a founding member of the Stooges, the [...]