study-group: tundrawizard: Interested in purchasing a copy of Celestial Nomad or Tripper but you don’t live in Vancouver? Well then! Please send me an email to- tundrawizard@gmail.com and we can discuss an exchange! Astral Projection Comix #4: Celestial Nomad is $4 bucks and Tripper is $8 bucks, or purchase both together for $10 bucks! I have very limited copies of Celestial Nomad left so this deal won’t last long!! Shipping the zines will be an extra $3 bucks for N. America & for any other continent we will have to discuss shipping rates in the email. I am also open to sell original art or commissions if anyone is interested, just ask me about the page or illustration you’re interested in! OOOOOR if you’re a creative person of some sort and you want to trade your record, patches or zines for mine, ask me about that in the email! If you order something you may get some bonus goodies like issues of DUNK or the new 4 pager Pizza Punk mini! DO IT

study-group:

tundrawizard:

Interested in purchasing a copy of Celestial Nomad or Tripper but you don’t live in Vancouver? Well then! Please send me an email to- tundrawizard@gmail.com and we can discuss an exchange!

Astral Projection Comix #4: Celestial Nomad is $4 bucks and Tripper is $8 bucks, or purchase both together for $10 bucks! I have very limited copies of Celestial Nomad left so this deal won’t last long!! Shipping the zines will be an extra $3 bucks for N. America & for any other continent we will have to discuss shipping rates in the email.

I am also open to sell original art or commissions if anyone is interested, just ask me about the page or illustration you’re interested in!

OOOOOR if you’re a creative person of some sort and you want to trade your record, patches or zines for mine, ask me about that in the email!


If you order something you may get some bonus goodies like issues of DUNK or the new 4 pager Pizza Punk mini!

DO IT

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Detail from Ms. Lale Westvind’s full-page (15.5 in x 22in) comic in new Arthur, about which she sez: “Motorcycle comix in the new Arthur — read the Evolution of the Sibruidz, creatures of perfect kinetic efficiency!” Arthur 34 ships now. $5. Buy it in stores or direct from us. All thee info you need: http://arthurmag.com/

Detail from Ms. Lale Westvind’s full-page (15.5 in x 22in) comic in new Arthur, about which she sez: “Motorcycle comix in the new Arthur — read the Evolution of the Sibruidz, creatures of perfect kinetic efficiency!”
Arthur 34 ships now. $5. Buy it in stores or direct from us. All thee info you need: http://arthurmag.com/

From Arthur No. 34 (April 2013), out March 5… GOOD FUZZFor over two decades, musician/head MATT VALENTINE has navigated strange, inspiring trips across myriad underground psychedelic terrains, joined by a revolving cast of fellow free travelers. Byron Coley crosses the bridge to get MV’s side of the story. Matt Valentine aka Matthew Dell aka LunarMV, etc., is one of the more righteous freaks of our age. As a writer, guitarist, vocalist, label head, whiskey fan, and whatever else he might happen to be, Matt is one of those rare guys who is always ready to go “all in.” He is neither shy about his many accomplishments, nor unwilling to speak about them, but he is so flat-out committed to his own sci-fi-damaged version of personal history the way he’d like it to be known that he can be a tough person to interview. He loves the elliptical, the mysterious, the vaguely legendary secrets that underpin all true history, and he seems more than happy to offer wild and theoretical answers to most dull and specific questions that come his way. For this reason, among others, there are few places you can turn for objective facts about the musical/historical trajectory of Matt Valentine. And the man clearly deserves a thorough overview. This isn’t exactly it, but it’s a first step. Matt and I have been friends for a couple of decades. We’ve done various projects together over the years—tapes, shows, albums, tours, books, etc.—and he well knows in what high esteem I hold all of his work. To my mind, much of the popularity of the recent acid-folk revival was instigated by Matt and his cohort—hardcore record collectors and fans who were capable of hearing things no one else had noticed, and were eager to translate their discoveries into post-punk tongues. Few people have been as tireless in their work expanding and documenting the boundaries of underground culture over the past years, and Matt has created a vast web of friends, recordings and memories documenting his aesthetic peregrinations as well as those of his fellow travelers. Matt, among other things, has been a tireless documentarian of his passage through space and time. The number of recordings he has released is not easily discerned, but let’s just say they are legion. What continues to mystify listeners is the fact that Matt’s sonic trajectory is constantly evolving. Unlike the many artists who bogusly claim “my latest release is by far my favorite,” Matt’s new records generally incorporate a new form-innovation/renovation/reconsideration. The guy is acutely aware of where he has been and seems dedicated to Heraclitus’s dictum about not stepping in the same river twice. Because of this, Matt’s albums (the major ones, anyway) often represent a true progression in terms of technique, interpretation and vision. That said, the new LP, Fuzzweed (Three Lobed) is a monster of sweetly-stoned tongue-form. It boils many elements of the essential, ineffable MVEE whatsis into a kind of floating vocal/way-post-Dead instrumental-puddle that will absolutely sear your brain. The first batch of copies also come with a CD that culls the best moments of the new 7-CD Zebulon residency set COM just issued. It’s weird. There are only a handful of people whose recordings I choose to follow with something like fervor. Matt is one of them. Hopefully this talk will help you to understand why. I had hoped that Erika Elder, Matt’s partner in all things, would attend the interview as well. But she played possum at work, leaving us to blab untended from the light of afternoon into the dark of night. Hopefully, this interview will give you some idea of the depth and width of Matt Valentine’s work. It’s a vast weird place. Hello. To read this 11,000-word conversation, and its 202 footnotes, buy a copy of the rag. $5 plus s & h. Get it at a store, or procure one from us here. Thanks.

From Arthur No. 34 (April 2013), out March 5…

GOOD FUZZ
For over two decades, musician/head MATT VALENTINE has navigated strange, inspiring trips across myriad underground psychedelic terrains, joined by a revolving cast of fellow free travelers. Byron Coley crosses the bridge to get MV’s side of the story.

Matt Valentine aka Matthew Dell aka LunarMV, etc., is one of the more righteous freaks of our age. As a writer, guitarist, vocalist, label head, whiskey fan, and whatever else he might happen to be, Matt is one of those rare guys who is always ready to go “all in.” He is neither shy about his many accomplishments, nor unwilling to speak about them, but he is so flat-out committed to his own sci-fi-damaged version of personal history the way he’d like it to be known that he can be a tough person to interview. He loves the elliptical, the mysterious, the vaguely legendary secrets that underpin all true history, and he seems more than happy to offer wild and theoretical answers to most dull and specific questions that come his way. For this reason, among others, there are few places you can turn for objective facts about the musical/historical trajectory of Matt Valentine.

And the man clearly deserves a thorough overview.

This isn’t exactly it, but it’s a first step. Matt and I have been friends for a couple of decades. We’ve done various projects together over the years—tapes, shows, albums, tours, books, etc.—and he well knows in what high esteem I hold all of his work. To my mind, much of the popularity of the recent acid-folk revival was instigated by Matt and his cohort—hardcore record collectors and fans who were capable of hearing things no one else had noticed, and were eager to translate their discoveries into post-punk tongues. Few people have been as tireless in their work expanding and documenting the boundaries of underground culture over the past years, and Matt has created a vast web of friends, recordings and memories documenting his aesthetic peregrinations as well as those of his fellow travelers.

Matt, among other things, has been a tireless documentarian of his passage through space and time. The number of recordings he has released is not easily discerned, but let’s just say they are legion. What continues to mystify listeners is the fact that Matt’s sonic trajectory is constantly evolving. Unlike the many artists who bogusly claim “my latest release is by far my favorite,” Matt’s new records generally incorporate a new form-innovation/renovation/reconsideration. The guy is acutely aware of where he has been and seems dedicated to Heraclitus’s dictum about not stepping in the same river twice. Because of this, Matt’s albums (the major ones, anyway) often represent a true progression in terms of technique, interpretation and vision. That said, the new LP, Fuzzweed (Three Lobed) is a monster of sweetly-stoned tongue-form. It boils many elements of the essential, ineffable MVEE whatsis into a kind of floating vocal/way-post-Dead instrumental-puddle that will absolutely sear your brain. The first batch of copies also come with a CD that culls the best moments of the new 7-CD Zebulon residency set COM just issued. It’s weird. There are only a handful of people whose recordings I choose to follow with something like fervor. Matt is one of them. Hopefully this talk will help you to understand why.

I had hoped that Erika Elder, Matt’s partner in all things, would attend the interview as well. But she played possum at work, leaving us to blab untended from the light of afternoon into the dark of night. Hopefully, this interview will give you some idea of the depth and width of Matt Valentine’s work. It’s a vast weird place. Hello.

To read this 11,000-word conversation, and its 202 footnotes, buy a copy of the rag. $5 plus s & h. Get it at a store, or procure one from us here. Thanks.