Calliope

Taken from the recent release from The Veils, ‘Nux Vomica’
on Rough Trade Records, 2007.

She’s drawn to it

Guess who I met on my summer vacation?
Some may know her as Paige Braddock, while others may know her as the creator of Jane’s World. We met at one of the newspapers that she worked at back in her salad days. Paige has gone on to bigger and better things. After a few more newspaper gigs, she landed in northern California working for “Peanuts.” She’s Senior Vice President/Creative Director at
Charles M. Schultz Creative Associates. Long story short,
Paige was in town at the National Cartoonists Society’s annual convention. She called me to get together so the kids and I ventured down to a very swank 5-star hotel and lounged by the pool. We caught up on lost time, ate some fruit and met one of her good friends, Stephan Pastis, creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. My son is a huge fan so he was floored when Stephan swam over and said hello. It was a great way to end a week of vacation and a great pleasure to catch up with an old friend. The universe was reminding me not to give up on my dreams just yet. I won’t.

Sir Anthony Macaluso

One Black Water Ale too many…

After a great set at the Orlando Brewery with his dynamic duo, Sir Tony Tone allows us to witness as he suddenly shrinks to the size of a walnut. At least 3 bystanders were rushed to the hospital for observation. No one else was injured during the incident.


PHOTO: Courtesy of Mr. Robert Johnson,
Copyright 2007