Belly dance, horror, pin-ups, erotica, rock and roll, etc etc etc
Music
Movies
Television
Books
Heroes
R.I.P. Bettie. 1923-2008 You will always be our hero.
R.I.P. Marilyn Chambers 1952-2009. Our paths crossed a couple of times. She was beautiful, she was cool, and she will be missed.
About me: They can't say they weren't warned. Growing up in the Bible belt, the common wisdom was "You don't fool around with that stuff". But neither Richard Cook or Robert Logue were the kind to let that stop them. Even as the Carter Family sang "Keep On the Sunny Side", Cook and Logue went careening toward the dark side. Witchcraft, fantastical monsters, Ouija boards, occultism in all its forms found increasing voice in their work, even as friends and associates worried for their souls.
Desperate and degenerate artists of dubious renown, it made sense that these two would find each other and join forces in some nefarious venture --Cook, the half-insane hillbilly visionary, driven relentlessly by the hellhounds in his rearview, and Logue, the Christian school infidel with an unhealthy lust for witchcraft. It began innocently enough, if you can call their drunken misadventures across the South innocent. But soon enough, the Devil hitched along for the ride and a diabolical creative partnership was cemented. Naturally, the two chose to name their venture in honor of a notorious and powerful demon -Cypocryphy, one of the sinister names attributed to Tennessee's infamous Bell Witch. They've been cursed ever since.
Cook and Logue began working late into the night in an undisclosed location to create their distinctive, old-fashioned brand of dark art for an audience of similarly lost souls. Summoned from the depths, images of the dark gods appeared-Aleister Crowley, Jack the Ripper, Sweeney Todd, Vlad Tepes, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Edgar Allan Poe, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price. Hideous demon faces and garish satanic whores glared in bright ink from hand-printed posters. Brand new 'mystery talking boards' were produced. And even as the two worked, objects disappeared, mirrors crashed,the power failed and easy tasks went awry. Blood was spilled, the grass died outside the workshop and police searched the premises. Still, despite these ominous portents, the two carried on.
Soon they hit the highway to Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Louisville, to Indianapolis and Orlando, Lexington and Little Rock. Brand new tires went repeatedly flat, hearses shadowed them down rural highways, and mysterious fetishistic objects appeared in hotel rooms as they slowly built a name across the eastern United States. Supposedly fearless ghost hunters gave the two wide berth, spooked by the power of the mystery talking boards. Even Linda Blair, veteran nemesis of Captain Howdy, wouldn't touch the board. But Cook and Logue travelled with stacks of them. And wherever the two went, the beer flowed and the women shed their clothes.
They remain out there today, on the lost highway, peddling forbidden wares and possessed art. The two feel a sense of mission, facing demons and chasing witches from city to city, and a sense of fellowship with the lost and forgotten travelers with whom they share the road. Be sure, they are coming to your town, with hellhounds in the rearview, the grass dying on the roadside as they pass. But someone has to stand up to the forces of darkness, shine a light on them and frame them for your living room. Cook and Logue are those people.
CYPOCRYPHY.COM = RICHARD COOK (GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR), ROBERT LOGUE (ARTIST, PHOTOGRAPHER).
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Who I'd like to meet:
RICHARD COOK: GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR.
ROBERT LOGUE: ARTIST, WRITER, MUSICIAN, PHOTOGRAPHER.
How the hell did you know that was "our" Bob, private page and no photo? I have of course sent brother Bob a friend request. It took all of 30 seconds to locate and purchase Rabid this morning, shipping is slow during the holidays though so it may take longer than usual to get here but maybe we can get all brownied up and watch The Seventh Seal and Rabid on a not too distant Saturday night.
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GREAT meeting you at Horrorhound Weekend in Cincinnati! I love my pictures, and they look fantastic on the wall above my altar. If you're going to be at HHW in Indianapolis in March, I will be back to buy more! See ya next time!
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