vietnam day committee, berkeley, 1965

real event happened in 1965. the left wing anti war students and yippies got together on adeline street in between oakland and berkeley. during jerry rubin's speach, sonny barger and 7 of hells angels ran into it and started beating up all the hippies. hells angels did not like their attitude because they loved their country, and they had a respect for all the soldiers who was fighting in vietnam. they thought that this protest were totaly rude action to them.

hells angels have a point. im not saying that i support wars. if there are at least 2 people existing in this world, fight happens. one for all, all for one. hells angels showed the other way of how to love their country without having a peace sign or flowers. i salute them.

by the way, this work is pretty big. imagine all of the heads are real size. sharpie on wood.

i really wished that jerry rubin got beaten up by sonny. it would be such a lovely memorable day of american history.

the ideal man

the life size drawing of a man, the ideal man. i dont really care about all the hip hop yo-yo boys or the dancing techno fever people. so this is it.

try the ideal man check list and see how close to the manly man you are.

1. have beard or mustache.

2. smoke cigarettes (menthol doesn't count).

3. used to dealing with hangover.

4. never thought of being a vegetarian.

5. never listen to techno, house, or rave music.

6. have many hobbies.

7. good with hands.

8. have more knowledge about cars or motorcycles than average.

9. usually quiet.

10. secretly get tensed up in front of pretty girls.

11. like to masturbate.

12. like bruce springsteen.

13. hairy.

14. particular over shoes.

15. keep kitchen messy.

16. hate ugly-type of commercialized trendy people and products.

17. love animals.

18. play some kind of instrument.

19. always protect loved one ; no matter what.

20. have a big heart.

hells angels. the super american army of tough men. l to r, skip workman, terry the tramp, sonny barger, and charlie magoo. they are the men of men. do not mess with them. theyll come to kick your ass.

this is a scene from the book "breakfast champion" (?) never read, but it was an assignment from my class. when i hear "a little girl", i imagine a lolita type of hot little girl. i used bristol paper and spilled coffee all over, double coated, trampled down till it became dirty. i wanted to make it a vintage look.

canned heat, bob "the bear" hite.

three greatest guitarists were from yardbirds! the funny thing is that eric clapton hated the fact that he was in the band. he was a blues man, not psychedelic. when they recorded "for your love", clapton was grumpy and taking nap out side of the studio. how cute is that.

i know some people dont really care about peter frampton, but when he was in this band with steve mariot, they totaly rocked out. right?

the greatest american rock trio. but i also like the band with craig frost joins in! this is sharpy on handmade paper. i love the brownish color.