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Izola goes to Woodstock
At summer of 1969 I was living with Robert Crumb. Great artist. I admire him a lot. But really strange person. We had a wonderful time together till the day I asked him to come with me to a big rock festival at Woodstock, N.Y. Rob refused. He always prefered to stay at home and seldom went out. He tried to convince me to stay with him.
Rob's ultimate argument was the Greek Sisters, a rip off comic story I was making then as a feminine answer to Gilbert Shelton's Freak Brothers.
Rob freaked out and collapsed. I run away.
For a hitch hicker it's a long long way from San Francisco to New York. Fortunately I was lucky to meet some flower power guys who took me to their flower power van.
So I traveled nice and easy and we all arrived at Woodstock on time. I was broke because I had left all my things in San Francisco, but there were three days of love and music ahead, before I confront the problem.
Some of the scheduled performers didn't appear on time, so John Sebastian, one of the flower power van guys, volunteered to perform till the first arrival. He asked for my assistance: "Let's give the audience a Lovin' Spoonful together, Izola".
It was a triumph! Thanks to this John was later inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
For me the important thing was that the promoters gave us 1000 bucks for our performance. So when the festival was over, I had 500 big ones in my pocket to go back to my country, my language and my era.
Woodstock 46th anniversary
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| Woodstock sticker |
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| Woodstock tickets, both sides |
On Woodstock 46th anniversary I posted the sticker and the tickets of Woodstock Festival. Some of my fb friends asked me if I had attended the festival. I surely would love had been there, but... how old do they think I am? I wondered. On second thought I decided to make some sketches and fake some facts.
Μπομπότα
Την εποχή του αμύθητου πλούτου, τότε που κάναμε κομματάκια τα χαρτονομίσματα όταν μας τελείωνε ο χαρτοπόλεμος στα τρυφηλά μπαλ μασκέ μας, μαζί με έναν φίλο γραφίστα αγοράσαμε διάφορες ποιότητες και είδη χαρτιού σε ικανές ποσότητες.
— Πάρε κι εσύ, ρε μαλάκα, να παίζουμε!
Αγοράσαμε χαρτιά συνηθισμένα και ασυνήθιστα, πανάκριβα και απλώς ακριβά, από φύκια, από καλαμπόκι, χαρτιά ιλουστρασιόν, ματ, ντεμί σεζόν κι εγώ δεν ξέρω τι άλλο σε ποικιλία γραμμαρίων να τρίβετε τα μάτια σας.
Παίξαμε με τα χαρτιά κάνοντας εκτυπώσεις, χειροποίητα βιβλία, λευκώματα και αφίσες. Περίσσεψε μπόλικο χαρτί. Εγώ το δικό μου χαρτί, το πηγαίνω σε βιβλιοδέτη και μου δένει ένα όμορφο τετράδιο. Ύστερα το κουβαλάω συνέχεια μαζί μου και το γεμίζω σκίτσα.
Το τετράδιο αυτής της περιόδου εναρμονίζεται με το κατοχικό πνεύμα των καιρών. Είναι από καλαμπόκι και ονομάζεται «μπομπότα».
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