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NOVEMBER 09 2007

LARRY CRAIG MASK UPDATE

As promised in the Realist post below, we had some good success with the Larry Craig mask. Here's a minor listing of some places it went, what was said, etc.

First, an appreciation and thank you to BoingBoing and Air America for the earliest mentions.

(Larry mask is discussed at 1:40)
video embedded below, permanent link (youtube)

POLITICO is the free paper distributed throughout all of D.C. They printed the URL as well (thank you) and ran their coverage with the equally appreciated headline of HALLOWEEN: EVERYONE'S EXCUSE TO DRESS SLUTTY

(click for full size)

AND NO NEWS IS NEWS WITHOUT YOUR
MOST TRUSTED LOCAL NEWS TEAM

But to pick a winner, we're most delighted with coverage on Larry's own BOISE IDAHO ABC Channel 6 affiliate, KIVI! Larry Craig's Idaho constituency! TRUSTED LOCAL NEWS! THEY'RE HOLDING THE BAG RIGHT UP TO CAMERA! See the 6pm team discussing the mask inbetween spots on weather and the KIVI-TV's drive-home traffic report. Note the Larry website on the computer screen in the background.

On the web, it was very appreciated and cool to see coverage from a number of gay sites, including the political Towelroad site (link) and gossip's Perez Hilton. Perez calls the mask "jizztastic". Other coverage included Dan Savage, mention on a gay podcast and an article in TETU who might have the greatest subhead imaginable, "Le Magazine des Gays et des Lesbiennes". I love French.

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Coverage also from THE HUFFINGTON POST (link) and the DAILY SHOW'S INDECISION 2008 (link) - which was a little odd on our senses as both combine to be part of our morning cup of blog coffee. The Huffington Post kept the mask on the front of their main POLITICS page for the entire day. CNET's Crave Gadget blog as well.

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a nice second or two here:

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Local radio. When visiting new cities it should always be a priority to find the local talk station and just sort of simmer in its oddness for a bit. If you don't listen to local talk you're missing out on sound effects, forced laughter, staged gaffs and a rotissery of prepared news items. So the finest feeling came from having the Larry Craig mask discussed on all varieties of strange airwaves. Here's a few AM and FM stations who covered the Larry mask:

pardon the noise

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and lastly, it wouldn't be a success if there weren't actual people dressed out on the town as Larry. In the week before Halloween there were over 75,000 downloads of the mask from the site with a likely double or triple of that amount through other shared means. Here are a few photos we found on Flickr of Larry's out on the town:

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Comics With Problems #21 on November 15th - Best as always, Ethan

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NOVEMBER 5 2007

A Realist Update #6

Sixth month into The Realist Archive Project. We now have a permanent archive for over twenty full issues of the magazine, all free for your enjoyment. This month adds four new issues, including a report on a bombed Buddhist mission from 1959, a great piece on 1965 censorship entitled The Esthetic Rebels, some vintage Robert Anton Wilson about raising your kids without Santa Claus, and this jaw dropping kick of a drug comic by Paul Krassner and Dick Guindon from 1972 entitled Rosemerica's Baby:

Also added is a new Supplement to the archive, this one being a full page ad on Krassner from a 1975 issue of OUI Magazine, entitled PAUL KRASSNER LIES--SOMETIMES.

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We had a great success with the Larry Craig mask and will be posting a short bit on that in a few days along with some other news items. Thanks to everyone who visited the Larry Craig page, downloaded a mask, told others, etc.

Comics With Problems #21 on November 15th - Best as always, Ethan

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OCTOBER 22 2007

Halloween item added.
A mask you can make.

U.S. Senator Larry Craig Mugshot Paper Bag Mask

Brought to you by
Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall

Be your own Senator in this festive mask. Great for Halloween, or for everyday use when visiting the toilet.

Click to view

A Realist Update on November 5th, and Comics With Problems #21 on November 15th - Best as always, Ethan

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OCTOBER 10 2007

New Music added to the site,
"DISNEYLAND" single (click)

This is the the second track from side one of our upcoming album, entitled "LIVE AT HARRY'S LOFT". This will be a full length follow up to SPREE, and will be available in 2008.

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link contains mp3 and images

CLICK FOR OUR FULL MUSIC PAGE
contains links to seven albums

We have created a limited pressing of seven acetates, packaging shown above. I'm offering a few of these for sale, email for details.
ALL COPIES NOW SPOKEN FOR

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featured work:

Teddy
Love story (see also)

SPREE
Music, An Escape From Reality (see also)

THE RECOVERY OF CHARLIE PICKLE
In progress

1957 atomic revolution comic book
Lucky find

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- CURRENTLY IN OUR VIEWING THEATRE -

1968-74 Alcoholics Anonymous Comic Strips
The real thing, all 95 of them.
Personally collected by us to you.

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see also COMICS WITH PROBLEMS
Now on issue NUMBER TWENTY
------- More problems soon -------

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see also these other
EP.TC exclusive offerings:

HOW TO SPOT A JAP
1940s US Army Comic Strip on differentiating Chinese from Japanese

STOP THE MADNESS
1985 Anti-Drug Music Video
Starring Whitney Houston and Nancy Reagan

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recommended this month:

The Story of Johnny Surge
Milk comfort for the Holidays

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use the drop-down menus shown above for other interesting and authentic items

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