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By popular demand I posted this tune as recorded live with Joe Belock on WFMU. Enjoy!

Earlier this week, I had one of those NYC nights. First a MOCCA event on female cartoonists featuring Raina, then I ran across town to Dame Darcy‘s signing of The Illustrated Jane Eyre (which looks amazing!). On the way there, while waiting for a traffic light to change I found myself next to Simon Lebon of Duran Duran. He was with some friends heading into the Angelika for a movie. After Darcy’s signing (great to see her as usual) I had a quick bamboo and tofu dish at a tiny Thai restaurant on Carmine St. and headed home. Nights like that are a reminder of why I love NY. All the culture and the chance of seeing people who affected your life in ways even as a child (though I was more of a John Taylor fan than Simon). I’ve seen so many of my icons here and met quite a few. It’s special to be in a place with that energy and possibility all around. Plus the good food ^_^

I had a crazy comix-filled weekend and it was a blast! Last night Matt and I exhibited our comics at the awesome Punk and Independent Comics show at Bowery Poetry Club. We got to sell comix, meet new people, see old friends, and experience some rock and roll! Check out these pics!

We got to see the always awesome World War IX and The Shades whose lamp shade gimmick was hilarious!

Then today I checked out Manganext in NJ. I got to be on several panels and met lots of cool folks. it’s neat seeing how manga fandom is growing and evolving. It’s also just exciting that manga has it’s own convention here! A highlight was meeting the ladies of DramaQueen, a publisher that’s bringing over some cool yaoi manga as well as some really neat Manwha (Korean comics) I really enjoyed the one called DVD by Kye Young Chon. It’s just got a really interesting, funny, story and art style. Plus a punk boy character. Yeah!

My band, The Saturday Night Things, are making mp3s from our live WFMU set on Joe Belock’s Three Chord Monty available (bit by bit)!
To start things off, check out “Oh, Helene!” and download it for freeee!
Just to get you excited for our next show (Oct. 7 at Bowery Poetry Club).
It’s live, so this is the raw stuff!
Also remember to check out Joe’s show on wfmu.org!
Go here and download away
http://www.myspace.com/saturdaynightthings

Lauren Weinstein and I had a total blast in philly last Saturday! We took the bus down to Philly to sign our comics at The Marvelous. It’s a very cool store that has a huge selection of used records and comics too!

I got to meet up with cartoonist Shane Durgee and lots of young readers!

Then I met up with my band, The Saturday Night Things at Club 218 where we proceeded to rock our hearts out with The Jukebox Zeros and La Resistance!