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Good morning! A couple of days ago I received an SMS from the Spanish postal service (Correos) notifying me that I had mail to pick up (this is done by them when it is a certified letter or a package that is too big for the post office box). Once at the post office, the worker gives me an incredibly decorated envelope, I look at the address, the package comes from Canada but I do not know the name of the sender. At home, after opening the email I immediately recognize the sender: Oh, {AN} Eel is here! Mystery solved, now I'm going to have a lot of fun. I have drawn a conclusion: If you use artistic name in all your public activities and send an mail with your real name, you create a really mysterious atmosphere only resolved with the use of scissors.    
17 Comments
Neal Retke
10/28/2018 09:45:15
Thank you ! It's been a while since I've done anything remotely " Mail Art " - I need to dip my beak back into these waters ~!
Hal McGee
10/28/2018 09:48:03
I'm impressed with the art in and on the package to Rafa. Very good, Neal!
Rafael González
10/28/2018 13:56:59
Me too!!!! At the moment I was thinking about doing some stamp art while listening to Don Cherry, but no, it will be much more inspiring to listen to some of those great CD's from our partner in EC, wanting to hear something mystical that I know I will not find it, that can be a relief ... Long live {AN} Eel!
Neal Retke
10/28/2018 20:39:45
Thanks Hal - Really appreciate the compliment. Yes, mail art stirring something in my soul.
Rafael González
10/28/2018 14:01:13
Thank you very much for all this great material! I do not know where to start listening. I will assign a number to each CD and roll the dice. I hope it does not take long for the number 1 or 2 or 3 to come out!
Neal Retke
10/28/2018 20:41:36
Wow thank you - ~! That's great. I really hope you enjoyed some or most of them, and it's great to have such lovely compliment ! Turning aside the great DON CHERRY For my humble efforts - May I suggest a future session w/ BROWN RICE as a soundtrack ?
Rafael González
10/29/2018 11:00:33
Of course! Thank you. My session with your cds has been memorable!
C. Goff III
10/28/2018 14:59:06
Hmmm... looks to me like a celebration of the benefits of a living in a nation where cannabis can at last be freely traded... A tip of the hat to Neal the Eel!
Neal Retke
10/28/2018 20:42:21
We like to keep things civilized - Weed like to indeed.
Per-Arne Hognert
10/29/2018 18:40:57
Great looking stuff!
Rafael González
10/30/2018 17:37:08
Yes!!!!!!!
Jeremiah Paddock
10/31/2018 10:51:05
What a fantastic package!
Rafael González
10/31/2018 15:29:11
I agree!!!
Lumen K
10/31/2018 13:44:26
Wonderful art and a great account of receiving the mysterious mail!
Rafael González
10/31/2018 15:31:25
I still suspect the real authorship of the shipment!
Rafael González
10/28/2019 12:51:49
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EC draws inspiration from the Cassette Culture Revolution of the 1980s, 90s and beyond; Mail Art, Small Press and Zines, Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy, and Noise.
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and much more.
EC draws inspiration from the Cassette Culture Revolution of the 1980s, 90s and beyond; Mail Art, Small Press and Zines, Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy, and Noise.
EC values inclusion, democracy, experimentation, independence and freedom of thought and expression, open-minded exchange, and Community.
From this moment forward the Electronic Cottage website will primarily be an online magazine for the publication of lengthy and in-depth articles, essays, and interviews.
For those of you who use Facebook I have created an Electronic Cottage Group, which will be a casual social gathering place of the EC Community, where EC people can meet, share artwork and news of current projects and releases.
The EC website will continue as before, and I encourage those of you who do not use Facebook to use the FORUM page here at the EC website to post miscellaneous thoughts and personal updates.
The website and this EC Facebook Group are two separate but connected entities of the greater EC Community.