This week’s art is a heavily detailed line-drawing based on a photo I took a couple of weeks ago while riding the L through The Loop in Chicago. For some reason my Myasthenia Gravis abated, despite the heat that usually aggravates it, and I was able to wield the pens and brushes pretty well.

It took the better part of a week, using markers, gel pens and brushes on a large sheet of Paper for Pens.  I also employed a lot of rulers, templates and flexible curves, and even with working fingers it was a right pain in the ass.

So much so, that you will see a digitally-altered version of this next week, just so I don’t feel like I wasted too much time on this one piece. It sort of evens it out.

To see it bigger try clicking HERE.

Over in radioland, Monday at 2 PM on The AIR, we bring you a new episode of Psychedelic Shack, and then at 3 PM a new edition of Herman Linte’s weekly showcase of the Progressive Rock of the past half-century, Prognosis.  You can listen to The AIR at the website, or on the embedded radio player elsewhere on this page. Once again, as I write this, I have no idea what will be featured on these shows. I can assure it, it will be really cool stuff. (Update: Prognosis will feature solo work by Rick Wakeman, while Psychedelic Shack will open with The Doors)

Psychedelic Shack can be heard every Monday at 2 PM, with replays Tuesday at 9 AM, Wednesday at 10 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday at 9 AM. You can hear Prognosis on The AIR Monday at 3 PM, with replays Tuesday at 7 AM, Wednesday at 8 PM, Thursday at Noon, and Saturday at 10 AM. All times listed are Eastern, so if you’re in another timezone, adjust accordingly.

At 8 PM you can hear a third hour of classic stand up comedy from the late Bob Newhart on last week’s encore episode of The Comedy Vault.

Tonight at 9 PM for the Monday Marathon We bring you ten hours of Sydney’s Big Electric Cat because Mel and I are still in a state of New Wave bliss after seeing Tom Bailey and Thomas Dolby two weeks ago in Chicago. You can get a taste of that in yesterday’s Sunday Evening Video.