A squirrel. Internet photo.
Hello and welcome back.
ART: INTRODUCTION
You have made the right decision to look at this this week. I am Matthew Lloggmann, the editor of this and THIS is the LLOG BLOG. (Applause and hooting)
Matthew Lloggmann. Editor of the LLOG BLOG.
Yes, this is the semi-well known authority on all things Art and Culture that is all around us every day and every where. The LLOG BLOG is the definitive Log-based news source for all things Arts and Culture, both contemporary and historic. Both Jake and the Fat Man. Both country and western. Both and all.
Now let’s get to work.
ART: THE UNDERWORLD AND THE DARK ARTS:
Yes, this is a challenging one. Probably you are thinking, “oh wow. Hell. What? Little dumb paintings about hell or the devil or something? Just show a few Hieronymus Bosch paintings and call it a day.”
“The Harrowing of Hell.” Hieronymus Bosch. 1450-1516
“Visions of Tondaly’s” Follower of Heironymus Bosch! c. 1485. (I didn’t know this wasn’t HB until just now, but let’s just keep it in anyway.)
“Visions of Tondal.” Hieronymus Bosch. 1479.
Well, reader in this projected narrative, there you go. And indeed, these Hellish landscapes are certainly a huge part of the artistic equation we are calculating today. (BTW: Nice work on that, Hieronymus. Credit where credit is due is what I say.)
But here at Logman Industries, we challenge you to ask yourself, ”But wait! are we not leaving something out?” Yes. You are.
What about that scary devil guy from the 1985 movie “Legend?”
Scary Devil Guy from the movie “Legend” 1985.
Or the devil guy on the 1981 movie “Clash of the Titans?” (previously mentioned right here in the LLOG BLOG) (Dang it. Our new tech guy will have to figure out how to hyper link that one.)
Wierd Devil guy from “Clash of the Titans” 1981. (I think his name is Kalibus?)
See! And there are many, many more examples… maybe 100s. So don’t get all closed in a small Bosch Box of your own making.
But here is one more from HB:
Detail from “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” Hieronymous Bosch.
Oh What the?! I didn’t even think of books! I have this one…
Louvin Brothers Book. Digital Image. LMI 2026.
This book isn’t actually about Satan. It’s more about the Louvin brother that thought Satan was real and was the cause of all of his bad behavior. Things must’ve been so much simpler in the… 1950s?
I’ll bet there a bunch of other books about devils, but we are running out of time today. Maybe we can do another half of an issue on this subject in the future. (Barb, please mark that down in the “Ideas for Issues” log.)
Oh yeah, and that doesn’t even take into consideration the MUSICAL ARTS.
ART: MUSIC IN HELL
First one out of the gate has to be Slayer, right?
Slayer. 1983. Internet pic of a postcard.
These mad men of Detroit or where-ever made a whole career out of singing about the big red man downstairs. Scary for sure.
Twisted Sister, ACDC, Van Halen, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Run DMC… all had songs with the word “Hell” in it.
The Squirrel Nut Zippers. (Okay, so I found this photo (5) different places on the internet, none of which credited the photographer/studio. Believe me when I say that here at the LLOG BLOG, we are trying to do better at giving proper credits. We will do better. Right, Greg? Yes, we will.)
Holy moly. I have an idea…
ART: READERS POLL
You know what? Why don’t I bounce this proverbial volley ball (probably made of human skin and on fire and filthy) and bump it right back over the proverbial net (probably made of bat wings and spider webs) to you the reader. What is your favorite or least favorite song about Hell, the Devil or whatever. Email you answer to info@logmanindustries.com and we will post your answers in a poll next week.
Speaking of which, let’s go to reader mail:
ART: READER MAIL
Cartoon from the internet.
Oh wait, before we go to mail, a little in-house cleaning.
I swear to christ, whomever keeps doing this to my canned air every week better fricking stop…or I will find you. and I will kill you.
It’s not funny anymore, fuckface.
Okay. First up this week is from a LLOG BLOG Reader named “Cliff C.” from Denver, CO (WOOT WOOT! Shout out CASA BONITA, Baby!)
He writes:
“Still in carbonite.”
and attached this pic:
Statue of George Jones. Photo by “Cliff C.” 2026.
Well, “Cliff C.” if you are trying to suggest that some intergalactic bounty hunter actually came to earth before April 26, 2013 to detain and preserve in carbonite this country legend and the man with the universally agreed upon BEST VOICE IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (end of story) to earn some bounty from some evil king pin residing in another star system… well, I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. My willing suspension of disbelief only stretches so far my friend.
Thanks for that one. What do we have next…. dooo, deeee doo (typing noises, looking up mail on computer)
Oh here we go! This next one is from long time reader and one-time contributor (See LB#… I don’t know. the cats one) “Cara I.” from Seattle, WA in the “Wallingford Neighborhood” (WOOT WOOT Shout out Archie McPhee!)
“Cara I.” writes:
“Dear Matthew Lloggman (sic),
I just wanted to drop a quick line to offer a personal testimonial and then have a really quick question.
Part 1: I was at work the other day talking to my friend, Gene, and Gene turned to me and said, ‘Cara, you have such a diverse and well rounded knowledge of Arts and Culture… more so than anyone else I know in the whole wide world! How do you stay so current on all of your Arts and Culture information?’
I quickly explained that I used to subscribe to and read all of the Art magazines… Art in America, ArtNews, NYT Thursday Arts column and even Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz… all of them. But that recently, I only need to read Art Forum and the LLOG BLOG to get the most well-rounded and comprehensive perspective of what’s going on in the Art world, locally and internationally.
Gene then queried, ‘Okay, well, what if the Devil came to you right now and said, “You, Cara, must choose only ONE source to get all of your Art information from, or your soul will burn in eternal flames!"‘
Without blinking an eye, I looked dead-seriously into Gene’s eyes and said, ’I would look that the Prince of Darkness directly in his reptilian cold eyes and say to him, “if I have to choose between one of these two laid before me then…” and I would grab the Art Forum magazine sitting before me, wipe it across my buttocks and throw it into the the cauldron of flame burning before us. and then say, “Does that answer your question, you evil bastard?"‘
Gene then said, ‘Oh. I thought you might say that. I should start reading the LLOG BLOG, then.’
Needless to say, keep up the great work over there at Logman Industries. I don’t know what I would do without my weekly dose of the LLOG BLOG.
Part 2: It must take a super-team of hard working, talented people to publish a weekly issue of this caliber. Have you ever thought of doing a quick ‘Employee of the Week’ spot every now and then to recognize some of the people behind the proverbial ‘Oz’s Curtain’ over there at LMI?”
Thank you “Cara I.” for this email. We appreciate you spreading the word about LMI INTL LTD to people at work and beyond. Gene sounds like a really good person to work with. You are pretty lucky.
And yes, your question is a great idea!
ART: LMI EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:
This weeks LMIEOTW goes to Assistant Technology Coordinator, BOB FRANKLIN, over in our LMI: Art and Technology Branch, Cheyenne, WY
Bob Franklin. Assistant Tech Coordinator.
Nice work over there, Bob.
He actually sent over a doctored pic for this spot…
Doctored pic. (You can tell it’s AI from the name tag. His name is BOB… not DAVE.)
But we didn’t want to use that one, so we didn’t until just now.
Okay, let’s close out this week’s LLOG BLOG with a look behind another LMI “Oz’s Curtain”…
ART: SKETCHBOOK: A SNEAK PEAK ON UP-COMING THINGS FROM LMI :
Here is a quick fly-over of some ideas in the works from drafting tables all around the LMI LOGIVERSE!
Hamburger Muscle Man. LMI: Cleveland. LMI 2026 (Greg, didn’t we do this one already?)
Sketches of something. LMI: Santa Cruz, CA. LMI 2025.
“Mart Stimpson: Eat My Shirt.” LMI: Portland, ME. LMI 2025.
Two pages of sketches. LMI: Albany, NY. LMI 2026.
Okay, that’s it for this week. Whew. That was quite an issue. Let’s calm down with one more from one of my friend in spirit, Mr. Hieronymus Bosch:
H. Bosch. So so good.
Okay, that’s really it.
For a full transcript of today’s issue, please write to info@logmanindustries.com. Operators are standing by.
Try to do something well this week just because it feels good to do something well.
And have a Loggy Week!*
*It’s important to our legal division that we say this each week.