Quirky Berkeley – the book – is out! Published by Heyday, the dare-I-say iconic Berkeley publishing house. Available all over Berkeley, and at online book dealers such as Amazon. What a perfect gift! Rush out. Check it out. Give serious consideration to buying it.
And – now – Volume 3. The gag is that we didn’t have enough material for volume 2 so we went to volume 3. Ha! Also Available all over Berkeley, and at online book dealers such as Amazon.
Adding to Ken Stein’s super Quirky Berkeley resume are a Statue of Liberty menorah and Donato Creti lamps. Beautiful! Quirky!
Mark Bulwinkle, ground zero of Quirky Berkeley, is slowly moving his work to Joshua Tree. Here – a visit to the desert and his steel.
Tyler Hoare: Missing and Searching Quirk
Tyler Hoare, maker of Snoopy and Red Barons for decades, is looking for a missing submarine and a missing UFO. He is also looking for homes for Snoopy/Red Baron #36 and #37.
For the 5th time I highlight the waning year’s posts – standard stuff, black and white excursions, trips down memory lane, and a mention of The Battle for People’s Park.
A companion post to last week’s on unthemed collections – here collections of pigs, elephants, doxies, rhinos, rock concert leaflets, things Asian, things African, and more.
As therapy for my desire to acquire, I compile here photos of unthemed collections I have encountered – those of Wavy Gravy and eight others.
Thanksgiving Post: Me and Arlo
For our notional holiday travel, we will time-travel back to 1967 and 1969 and hear about my three close encounters with Arlo Guthrie. Prepare to cringe a little along with me.
Will Squier’s Strange Things Again
A third with Squier – a new kitten, new work, and new strange things and assemblages of strange things in his home, emphasis on kitsch. Pure Quirky Berkeley.
The early 1970s indoor mall at Telegraph and Blake is a magical time capsule, encapsulating a Berkeley that is slipping away. It’s facing the wrecking ball. Can’t we do better?
Found objects – trash from the streets of North Berkeley. Assembled. Photographed. The genius part – retrieved and brought home by Darwin. A cat. Through the window at night. Sadly updated here.
And, lest we forget:
For the 5th time I highlight the waning year’s posts – standard stuff, black and white excursions, trips down memory lane, and a mention of The Battle for People’s Park.
The 593rd Quirky Berkeley post! Old school plus the new tendency – a little more history of unconventional Berkeley.
The greatest hits of ’17, a year in which in addition to traditional quirky material culture, I started looking at old businesses, our cultural and political elders, and the de-beautification of Berkeley.
A look back at 2016 and the most popular and significant posts from the 50+ I published. Plus – a little philosophy on how Quirky Berkeley is evolving.
A look back at the stuff I found and people I met. It was a hecka quirky year.
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