JIM! Now with Extra REGGIE!

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For World Penguin Day, here’s a sneak peek at a cameo in JIM!

photo by Jen de Oliveira

Do you see it?

That’s Jen de Oliveira’s REGGIE, KID PENGUIN. Jen is a friend and someone I consider to be a true cartoonist, a person who works in the tradition of the best classic newspaper comics. She co-founded the SUNDAY HAHA comics newsletter and knows her way around the three panel format. I see some PEANUTS in REGGIE, and a lot of NANCY. If you know comic strips, you’ll know that’s high praise and I think it’s fully deserved. I surprised Jen with this reveal at a bookstore visit where we were lucky to find a stack of Reggie’s on display. I’m very happy he could make an appearance in JIM!

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Stax Volt Tour 1967, Live in Norway

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Years ago, while doing some late night channel surfing, I wound up on PBS and caught the tail end of a documentary about the Stax Volt European tour. My friend Keith, who seems to know everything about music history, said the tour came at a moment when rock was rising and soul was waning (in the US, at least) and the performers weren’t sure what to expect in Europe. They were welcomed as heroes.

The video above shows a crowd of Norwegian teenagers and young adults grooving and becoming totally absorbed by the music. So much that towards the end of the concert, when Otis Redding builds towards the climax of Try a Little Tenderness, it looks like the Norwegian National Guard is called in for crowd control. I don’t know as much about music history as Keith, but this is one of my all-time favorite music moments. It’s also a video I like to turn to when I’m thinking about the power art has to move people.

In case you were thinking about the same, I hope this video inspires you too.

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