A note from Coagula Publisher Mat Gleason:
A few years ago, I bought this cool Warhol-Basquiat poster on eBay. I never hung it up, just put it all rolled up on a shelf. It is 9 years later, now I am going thru all my junk and it has a little wrinkle but is otherwise good as brand new. It is a 1999 Tony Shafrazi reprint of the 1985 original, printed on great, thick paper. I bought it on eBay for $150 and I could sell it for that if I wanted to, but I want YOU to have it for free.

I also want you to see the new issue of Coagula Art Journal. After 17 years of being a freely distributed magazine, we have gone print-on-demand. You can download the issue as a pdf file at our http://COAGULA.net website. If you like it, you can buy the color glossy Coagula Art Journal book online as well.

If you want to enter a contest to win my Warhol-Basquiat poster, just download the new issue of Coagula at http://COAGULA.net for free. Your entry has to be in by late July so get the details now. There is NO purchase necessary to win this poster, but I am thinking you might want to buy the print-on-demand issue of Coagula after you check out your free pdf download of issue #98. There is a lot to enjoy in it: our interview of the artist collective Finishing School, art career advice from Alan Bamberger, the continuing saga of life as an artist from Gordy Grundy as well as photos and coverage of the Los Angeles art scene.

This contest is void where prohibited. It is quite simple to enter. Just download our free pdf of issue #98 and look for the contest rules as you catch up on the LowDown on High Art!
Coagula Art Journal Issue #98 now available as a free PDF file download.
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i think i just soiled myself......

i'm so glad my dick came out yesterday.......um......our turtle, that is.

i clipped the following randomly out of a 'st. louis dispatch' article years ago and it's been prominently placed above my workbench ever since....it reads:

"Real said that if the officials who wrote to him 'didn't know what was going on, they are the dumbest politicians I've ever seen.' Chung also pleaded guilty....."

there are just so many levels of hilarity here.....i don't even know where to begin.

chuck and i and a few of our friends ventured out and saw the band "up all night" at the kibitz room last night. the chambers brothers also performed, which was pretty entertaining. the kibitz is actually the adjoining bar to the famous canter's diner. i just love the atmosphere there-by the looks of it, little has changed (other than the prices) since it was founded over a half century ago. many well known bands got their start there and it's had its share of celebrity visitors too (last night seth rogen was there, supposedly celebrating his birthday) the narrow stage makes for an intimate view, although it's not always the best venue to actually HEAR the bands, with the constant buzz of noisy bar goers filling the room. that said, i would still rank it high on my favorite L.A. spots to visit.

for the last few years birds have been setting up shop in our atrium.
it's fairly safe, despite the occasional 'sniff down" by stella the dog or our two stomping turtles.

this morning i awoke to this bird singing....



.....a bit jarring, but still better than an alarm clock.

here's the song

and here's the song at a lower pitch

walking is serious business to stella the dog....lots of scents to catalog.

standing outside the nickel diner, downtown L.A.....

i snapped this shot of myself in the señorita's room in downtown L.A.'s "la cita" bar . despite what you think, i wasn't drunk (yet), really.....

little factoid.....part of chuck's latest film ("the soloist," opening this week) was shot at this little bar.

 oh. my. goddess.....

i literally came here wanting to post something quick and simple and sadly forgot how to do it.  that is to say, i forgot what menu to pull down to even START ENTERiNG a flucking post.  

*sigh* yes.....i am THAT out of journal shape, it's ridiculous.

i've been in a youtube coma.  
what can i say?

oh yeah......i meant to say i just dipped my feet in the pool.
the water was 60º, but HEY, i got pool time today!  WOO HOO!!!!!