Tom Ray

Luckily the storage garage is only a block away.

They were still doing it when we drove by in our car.

Angela Puerta is a Colombian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Madison. We talk about music, making videos and about how she also works with city planning and trying to bring a more diverse culture to music venues and festivals. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Links Angela Puerta Music website https://www.angelapuertamusic.com Support the show! Check out the vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store https://ebay.to/2vMYStC Podcast Music by my band Lorenzo's Music , listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2JJF39Q

I usually check books like that first but I posted like 10 other things before that and forgot.

I was told I was only briefly going to be kicked out of my train car studio space while they dug a new basement for a restaurant next door. That was over a year ago. This video is after a meeting we had in the spring where we were told construction was almost done and we should be back by June.  At the time of editing this video, it is now well into the winter and nothing had changed yet and we don't know when it will. Also, I look at some of the retro/vintage items I sold from my online business today. More vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store https://ebay.to/2vMYStC Plus, at the end of the video, I draw my daily autobiographical webcomic. This is a video of my daily life since I decided to sell collectibles and pop-culture items I collect on eBay to help support my art career instead of taking on freelance work. You can subscribe to these videos on my YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/tmray

We were talking about the show "Diff'rent Strokes" and I mentioned how the character Mrs. Garrett left the show to start the spin-off series "Facts of Life".

Roger and the Monster concept comic page artwork I've had this concept for a comic for a while now. The easiest way to describe it is it's about a monster that is being haunted by humans. The whole thing is in the style of those old four-color Gold Key comics from the 70s. Roger is the name of the human character that messes with him in the comic and the monster doesn't have a name. I did an animation with the monster from the comic a while back called "Chipmunk" when I first thought of the concept. The design of the monster has changed slightly since I made this cartoon. But this concept is one that I keep revisiting. Maybe I'll do something with it someday? I just haven't really been able to think of a full story yet.

On the podcast, I met Canadian mural and canvas artist Mr. Hydde . We talk about how submitting his artwork to local galleries got him a mural project in another country. Listen to the rest of the episode here https://www.tomrayswebsite.com/2020/11/mr-hydde-canvas-art-and-murals-tom-rays.html How did you end up getting the mural and you ended up getting it in Brooklyn of all places?  I took a little time off from art and then I started painting again and it was really hard to kind of find the right places to go. It was still like Toronto was really humming along there was a queen west gallery scene. So that was the place you would get your paintings together go show a gallery dealer in queen west in Toronto and you would get a gallery and they would sell your work.  Well, I tried and tried and I'd get little shows here and there not a lot happened. But I kept moving along.  Then I don't know why but about 2013 I was involved with a sort of a group show thing and my work started

And I still feel myself making weird faces when I draw. I don't know why I do that?

I just can't stop myself from pushing the button. It's right there.

There were a bunch of cops hanging around them while they were doing it but it seemed like everyone was enjoying themselves.

Mr. Hydde is a painter based in Canada in the greater Toronto area. He tells me how he went to Japan and while there got the chance to meet artists in the field of printmaking. He's done gallery shows and painted murals in different cities. He was inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat and from that inspiration created a style he calls Low Brow. We also talk about why he goes by the name Mr. Hydde. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Links Mr. Hydde on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mrhydde_artist Mr. Hydde website https://mrhydde.com Support the show! Check out the vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store https://ebay.to/2vMYStC Podcast Music by my band Lorenzo's Music , listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2JJF39Q

I kinda want it on a bumper sticker.

There was also a segment talking to the guy who wrote the music Vic Mizzy. I guess he wrote the music for Green Acres too.

This time it was used for an ad that a guy made for a place in Italy!

On TV cartoons they don't even change their clothes.

I don't think I've ever seen a bird outside sleeping before?

Still want to know why so many people I don't know ask to join?

Lynda Edwards is a freelance artist who not only paints but has created an art school in the community where she lives. We talk about the interesting background of her family, her interest in expressing the history of things in her paintings and taking her art school teaching online. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Links Lynda Edwards on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lyndaedwardsart Lynda Edwards website http://artandasanas.com Support the show! Check out the vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store https://ebay.to/2vMYStC Podcast Music by my band Lorenzo's Music , listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2JJF39Q

I sell vintage/pop-culture things online to help support myself along with making webcomics and music with my band Lorenzo's Music. Also because I love collecting these old toys, games, comics and illustrated books from the 50s through the 90s. Today I look at a few things I found that I sold online. A Benji book from the 80s, a spider-man pillow, or possibly a doll? And a Goosebumps choose your own adventure book. Plus, at the end of the video, I draw my daily autobiographical webcomic. More vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store - https://ebay.to/2vMYStC This is a video of my daily life since I decided to sell collectibles and pop-culture items I collect on eBay to help support my art career instead of taking on freelance work.

At first, I was confused why he backed up and then I felt bad.

Then I got the song "I whip my hair back and forth" stuck in my head for some reason. Oh wait, fourth Thursday, that's why.

It was all really big too. Like is there a condor in our neighborhood or something?

And I always think to myself, "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it".

The cord doesn't move or nothing it doesn't make no sense to me?

I don't know if it's the air that causes it or what?

After a while we would just tell people walking in we already ordered to be courteous.

It was loud too. Like it was in the room with him.

Turned out it was to ask him to be a subject in a medical study.

Webcomic artist John Hazard tells me how working in a creative field you want to do other creative things which is how this couple started their webcomic Background Noise Comic among other things. From Tom Ray's Art Podcast - John Hazard & Lisa Burdige of Background Noise Comic . Listen to the full episode here -  https://www.tomrayswebsite.com/2020/10/john-hazard-lisa-burdige-of-background.html John tells me: When you're working in a creative field you often meet a lot of creative people who kind of want to be doing other things. It's not easy. It's something I had wanted to do for a long time and it just takes you a while to kind of find the thing that sticks.  Sometimes it's not what you plan it out to be it's just something that happens like our webcomic. We had tried to make something happen with the both of us and this is something that just sort of like lightning struck. It just started working. Lots of people want to do these things, anybody could do

He eventually figured it out and went back to the polling place.

You would think our masks would block the smell but it is just so pungent.

It turned out to be worth the effort though. Interacted with a bunch of new people about what I do and even made some sales this time!

John Hazard & Lisa Burdige are a couple that creates the autobiographical webcomic Background Noise Comic. John spent over a decade working at Nickelodeon where he provided game design, online animation and avatar character creation for the brand website. Lisa has published short fiction, essays, and plays. She also works for agencies and has developed award-winning ideas and content strategy for top brands. We talk about creating their comics, promoting it, the experiences they've had since starting Background Noise Comic and more! Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Links Background Noise Comic on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/background_noise_comic Background Noise Comic website - https://backgroundnoisecomic.com Support the show! Check out the vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store - https://ebay.to/2vMYStC Podcast Music by my band Lorenzo's Music , listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2JJF39Q