I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide, Almost

From a long series of events that started with an email out of the blue and a couple of subscriptions to the now-moribund El An~o (El Rey of the month) Club, I ended up having pictures in the Obsidian Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. I haven't been to Tucson, but the next time I'm in AZ visiting La Hermana, Hermano en Ley, y las Sobrinas y Sobrino del Rey, you can bet I'll make it my business to take a side trip. Many thanks to Rea and Lee for making it possible.


Julie McFadden's firm handles the PR for Timbuk2 (see Selling Out, Pt. 1) and she runs the TAG Art Gallery with her husband Jerry Dale in Nashville, Tennessee. She was in SF on Timbuk2 business, I put a stack of El Reys in her hand, and now I am honored to say that my pictures are for sale there, alongside those of Steve Keene and Jon Langford, two of my biggest art influences. (And in the case of Mr. Langford, music as well. His Waco Brothers greatly informed my own attempts to play alt-country music back when I played more than once every couple of months.) There is talk of an El Rey show at TAG later in the year. I've never been to Nashville. How great would it be to find a 52 Long Nudie suit? I'd look goooood, I tell you what. Also, it would be excellent to visit Hatch Show Print. I have stolen from them plenty and it's only right I pay homage in person.

Also, Mr. McFadden used to be the keyboard player in the Mavericks. How excellent is that? He also guest-stars on Jason and the Scorchers' Midnight Roads & Stages Seen, which is a fine, fine record. I'm a little bit starstruck, to be honest.