Popeye and Mr. Peanut

10/3/2018

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...

8 Comments

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.

Aimee Naworal link

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

Dylan Houser

I started recording "noise music" in early 2004, completely unaware of any "scenes" or other individuals doing this sort of thing. A lot of lo-fi recordings on a portable tape player, oftentimes guitar or bass feedback drone and delay.

In 2008, I started putting out my own releases. I had by then given up on being in any rock bands with other people and stuck to improvised solo recordings on portastudios. Between then and 2011, I think only dozen people had heard any of my releases. And then I started Hell Garbage, where I started connecting with people a lot more.

At the end of 2012, I played my first Noise show, at St. Pete Noise Fest 5. I originally only did it on a whim and had no intention of playing live much after that. Lo and behold, the set had a good enough reception to enable me to seek out and play even more.

Fast-forward to June 2014, where I had booked my own gig for the first time. Uncle Lou's in Orlando had dates available, and again on a whim, I took a shot at booking. It went well enough, surprisingly good turnout for a Wednesday night.

2 years later, I moved into a house in Lakeland. Initially because it was within walking distance of my workplace...but a recent show fell through and I thought "why don't we just move the show here? As long as it's over by a certain time...I mean there's plenty of parking space..." The show was a success and nobody complained!

AND THEN MY MIND SPLOT OPENNNN

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