A much needed article (in the NY Times!) on Mad Magazine artist and Fold-In creator Al Jaffee. I remember looking for pictures of Jaffee, Jack Davis and Don Martin years ago and couldn’t find anything. Nice to see Al is still around and working with great flourish, whether he thinks so or not.

The Times also chimes in with a nice essay by clothing designer Marc Ecko.

I will mention my recent L.A. Record review again, only to recommend that you watch the live Herbie Hancock/Joni Mitchell concert on Yahoo!. There’s an audience shot during Joni’s standing ovation 32 seconds into “River.” I’m the tall German dude with the big head in the upper left hand corner.

More well researched, well written reportage from Long Beach’s The District Weekly. This time it’s Dave Wielenga looking into the state of the city’s lamentable daily paper, The Press Telegram. The article is called Dad Roasts Devil Tot. Interested yet?