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I received this pair of limited one-of-a-kind mail art postcards from Ed (aka Sluggisha Tapes, aka "the reason I discovered Florida's noise scene in the first place") in August of last year.  There was no return address or insignia on either of them, so for a few weeks it remained a mystery as to who had sent them. (I found out when Ed asked if I had gotten them yet)
The postcards are photographs of statues of Mr. Peanut and Popeye at a used car place in Inverness, FL. There may be more characters there, and if there are. I hope Ed returns and does another series of postcards about them! I have a bunch of other postcards from Ed (all one-of-a-kind), but I'll have to search for them again in the meantime...
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Jeremiah Paddock
10/3/2018 02:13:26
I love it, they’re terrifying.
C. Goff III
10/3/2018 11:18:16
Modern mythological statuary... Could the owner of this automobile lot be from southern California? I am imagining a miniature golf course on site --- Plasterized Manny, Moe, and Jacks shepherding putts through twisted exhaust pipes into backseat ash trays...
Rafael González
10/3/2018 15:58:54
I will never eat peanuts and spinach again
Popeye and Snoopy
10/3/2018 16:07:31
at least not at the same time!
Rafael González
10/4/2018 12:45:02
You are right! Aggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg...well, I have put much worse things in my mouth.
Evan Cantor
10/4/2018 12:16:51
cool statues! I have a childhood memory of Florida where we visited "The Upside Down House"--it was a real estate promotion. The entire house WAS upside down and you got to walk through it on the ceiling. There's certainly a unique vibe to Florida, no matter how horrified I am by it. (nothing personal, guys--I spent a lot of childhood time in the "old" Florida and I'm just horrified by urban sprawl anywhere. We've got it here in Colorado, too--we're just a little behind the curve on it.)
Dylan Houser
10/6/2018 16:43:40
Are you referring to WonderWorks, which was an upside down building with lots of interactive sciencey stuff inside? It used to be in Orlando, and I saw billboards for it on my recent drives to Panamanian City. 10/4/2018 23:43:35
These are hilarious and kind of remind me of the statues at South of the Border in Hamer, SC Leave a Reply. |
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