The Jalopy JournalSpring Cleaning
OK. It’s not spring yet… But the big tech overhaul of a month ago lead to some electrical work here at Atomic HQ. That electrical work then lead to some minor remodeling and then, that minor remodeling lead to me rebuilding my main work station here in the studio. A large part of that work station was my historical literature library which I’ve decided to move to another area of the studio.
What I’m trying to say here is that what started as a tech problem has snowballed into the great studio clean up of 2020. I’ve spent my last few days emptying the hollows here on Signal Hill and doing my best to simply my life a little. In the process, I’ve stumbled upon a lot of forgotten (and not so forgotten) artifacts from my quarter century of doing all of this shit.
Given my schedule of attic sweeping and trash dumping today, I figured I’d use today’s feature to highlight some of my favorite things… Or, at the very least, some of my favorite things I could actually get to under the circumstance – that being a studio that is completely shredded at the moment. Excuse the terrible iPhone photography and enjoy:
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- Conder is a genius… And hopefully this thing will get built someday. It deserves to be.
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- There was a time in my life where if you didn’t own this screen print, you just didn’t have your shit together.
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- A banner John Mearns did for me featuring the coolest Hot Rodder to ever live – Mal Hooper.
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- McPhail inked these casually at a car show we attended together.
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- McPhail inked these casually at a car show we attended together.
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- Remember this Box Set? The box art was the best thing about it.
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- I have no idea where I got this, but it’s real!
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- My original portfolio had a spread on the H.A.M.B.
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- A little off topic, but when I was 15 years old Super Shops took a chance on me… As part of the campaign they had these posters done. This is the original.
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- McPhail for Ed Roth.
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- Doug gave me this amazing print.
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- The first issue of Garage Magazine. I did the logo and some of the spreads within. These bring big money on eBay. I’ve been liquidating my collection slowly.
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- The first piece of art ever given to me… Sailor’s style was and still is amazing.
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- One of my prized possessions. Mike did it… And gave it to me a few years ago.
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- From Doc… Christmas in 2008? Zombie did the art and it’s amazing.
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- A friend of mine did this over a decade ago. I love it.
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- This is the mess I am dealing with this morning.
There’s a metric shit ton more to sort though, arrange, and store… I started out this effort thinking it was time to get rid of most of it, but I just can’t bare it. Plus, a lot of this stuff was personally given to me… and who rids of gifts like that? Especially if you still really appreciate whatever it is?
So, I guess I’m not simplifying after all. I’m just organizing. Either way – Pitter, Patter.
