Todd McArthur
It’s vague enough to be almost anything. The myth that drinking Coca Cola and eating Pop Rocks will explode you? The mythologizing of the Obamas? Demythologizing the American jackalope? The myth of global warming (if you’re into thinking like that)? The myth that Bert and Ernie are gay? And then there’s the regular stuff: Greek, Egyptian, Mesoamerican, Oceanic, Chinese, Aboriginal, Vedic, etc. Duh.
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I'm an illustrator and comic book artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. I grew up in Danbury, CT and went to the Pratt Institute for Simple Children. The McNamara of McNamara, McArthur & McCool, I help run this thing along with Dan and Todd.
He once chucked a huge chunk of land
Now known as the Island of Man
Don’t call him “Mick,” fool!
The great Finn McCool
Whose grandson’s great-grandkid is Dan
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I think we could all go for some First Depression, how-the-other-half-lives, Busby Berkeley-style escapism right now. Thus I propose Gettin’ Paid, the Last VCR theme about raking in the cash and livin’ it up. Let’s get rich, boom before we bust, and party like it’s 1999!
Whether you prefer to flaunt your imaginary wealth or just distract us all from the pain of watching the American empire collapse, make it loud, make it gaudy, make it sparkly, and if you can throw in one or two hundred dancers with long, bare legs and crazy things on their heads. (Diamond grills are just as welcome as top hats and tails, beeteedubs.)
with Jen May
Only once a month
And then only Grass Finish’d
She says Pollan said
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Little Whistle Pig (Bump&Grindhog)
A little bare-bones stereophonic R&B.
“That’s right, woodchuck chuckers, it’s Groundhog Daayyy!”
Groundhog Day also happens to be one of the best movies of the latter part of the twentieth century. There, I said it. If you haven’t seen it, please do. Right now. To sum it up in a sentence, Bill Murray is a weatherman who, for unknown reason, keeps reliving Groundhog Day and also he’s in love with Andie MacDowell. As Biggie would say, “If you don’t know, now you know.”
Do with this as you see fit. Obviously, you could play around with repetition or variations on a theme. Or else you could of course make something about whistle pigs. Maybe you just want to craft an ode to Bill Murray or Harold Ramis? Hell, you could do something about Andie MacDowell or Chris Elliott for all I care.