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A collection of bullfrogs, toads and tree frogs that I stumbled on in the yard and shooed off of the road out here when it rains. Did you ever look at their eyes? They’re gold…metallic gold. Come to think of it…why do goats have slitted pup…

The Kickstarter project is fully funded as of today, with about 2 days to go until it officially closes!!!  I’ll send more updates and images once the camera and field recorder arrive.  In the meantime, continuing to tighten up the script&#8230…

My friend Jim dressed as the Fat Ivory Monkey- the mascot for The Brown Cuts Neighbors (the greatest forgotten band in the world). He always looked to his right

I found this bee on its side. Looks like it died flying and landed on my porch in full rigor mortis. You hear about ‘hive collapse”? Some say it’s a farce but 2 years ago I saw maybe 2 honeybees all summer long and I spend a lot of time outdoors. They think that the [...]

I found this plastic tea cup half buried in the dirt in Arizona. I couldn’t guess who was tea toddling on a massive mesa hours from civilization. Probably be stranger to the original owner that I brought it home to NY decades later on a jet to drink from it almost everyday.

The newest issue of the excellent Signal to Noise Magazine (#58 – The journal of Improvised & Experimental Sound) features a great spread of several of Steven Cerio’s concert posters and a good sized interview with the man talking about his history, art and music. Interesting discussion of his method and changing [...]

A horse with a beautiful blur where its head should be. I was confused by the blur after I shot it…now its obvious… I filmed a caring spirit protecting the horse from the flash of my Nikon with its ghastly pale forearm.

STANLEY MOUSE
Seconds #45, 1997
by Steven Cerio
You’d have to list Stanley Mouse among the most memorable aestheticians to come down the pike since Normal Rockwell. But I’d hesitate to label Mouse a master of Psychedelic Art. To dub St…

Chicago on my way to a toy signing at A.Okay Official. It was the first time I spent any significant time there. Even the abandoned factories are beautiful there…they keep a comfortable city. I enjoy how friendly the Mid West is…takes a while to get used to it. Makes you realize how angry and fast [...]

CAL SCHENKEL
“I’m happy to take credit
for anything you want to
give me credit for”
By Steven Cerio
CALVIN SCHENKEL is the uncrowned king of rendered absurdities. A painter, designer, and illustrator who was entrusted by Frank Zappa to desi…