the fabled city of brass can be seen floating over a flame-swept sea of oil
My imaginary friend, the incomparably generous giantevilhead, father of of a fabulously cute daughter, sent me two Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition books to supplement my recent boon.
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide by Douglas Niles
Thank you giantevilhead. The skull girls will be cataloging these acquisitions and placing them in the permanent collection of the mumblelard family library as soon as their daily internment at the local government school ends.
caring for your own dead (by lisa carlson, published by upper access publishers, hinesburg, vermont, 1987)
Among its informative pages, this discarded public library book includes an outline of the steps necessary, in each of the fifty states, to legally bury a human corpse in your backyard or to legally carry a body in the trunk of your car.
It can be found shelved in the pathological folklore section of the mumblelard family library between Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber, which explores the origins of vampire myths in phenomena associated with early burial practices, and Recollections of Death: a Medical Investigation by Dr. Michael B. Sabom, which catalogs and examines the physiological origins of the phenomena associated with near-death experiences.
the sinister garden: a guide to the most common poisonous plants (published by Wyeth Laboratories, June 1968)
MORNING GLORY (Convolvulus sepium)
Toxic Part: Seeds.
Symptoms: Used by thrill seekers because of its LSD-like effects, 50 to 200 powdered seeds from this climbing vine can produce mental effects which have led to suicides. Other side reaction to ingestion have been nausea, uterine stimulation and euphoria.
This beautiful and informative forty-eight page pamphlet can be found shelved in the Eddie Jessup Rare Field Guides room of the mumblelard family library.
field guide to the psilocybin mushroom species common to north america (by f.c. ghouled, photos by josé, 1972)
Additional copies may be ordered at a cost of $1.25 each from:
Guidance Publications, New Orleans, Louisiana
The startup I was working for was in early stage collapse, and the “visionary” lead architect was among the first to get cut. While the other looters were arguing over the big monitor and the nice chair, I was going through his bookshelves where I found this little gem which can now be found shelved in the mumblelard family library.
a pocket naturalist guide to kick-ass plants animals and plants
A kick ass birthday present which will be added to the nature guide section of the mumblelard family library.
I have a copy of this documentary on VHS. It is one of the treasures of the mumblelard family library.
Floyd and I went to the Barn House and met Jim a couple of times in the late 90s. When we visited, Jim was living in a small trailer to the side of the property, and the Barn House hadn’t actually been inhabited for a while. It was in its decline at that point, and since then it has burned down. We still got to wander through the whole thing. It was a crazy kids fort on a massive scale.
This documentary is a rare treat and a wonderful look at a unique piece of folk art and its creator. It is eighteen minutes in total but well worth the time.
thank you jim I hope you are doing well -mumblelard
mumblelard childhood bible
This is the bible I carried from age seven, when I was baptized, until age seventeen, when I left the church. I left it behind when I moved out of my parents’ house. A few years ago they gave me a few boxes of objects from my childhood including old art projects, star wars figures, notebooks and other totems of my youth. I never really went through this stuff until recently.
Finding this book was a shock. I spent so much time reading the bible. The sermons, all aspects of the church services really, were very difficult for me to sit through. I could write on the church bulletin and read the bible. These were the only escapes that I was allowed. All things considered, it isn’t a bad read. The old testament is much better than the new testament, but the new testament does have the horror show apocalyptic stuff. I guess it depends on what you are into.
I guess I will hold onto it. It feels strange for it to resurface after all these years. Maybe it should stay in the basement a little while longer.
NOTES FROM MY GOLDEN YEARS by Rick Prose
(from Exquisite Corpse, NO.45, 1994 in the mumblelard family library)
The realities of life as a teenage boy.
my pickpocketing skills have not improved since i was a teenager
but they have fared better than those four years of high school Latin
(How to Pick Pockets by Eddie Joseph via the mumblelard family library)
Was I going Insane? - Mike Schank
Mike Schank is best known for his appearance in the documentary American Movie. He also performed most of the soundtrack which includes several of his original compositions. If you have not seen this movie, you should make every effort to see it as soon as possible or now.
This is one of my favorite songs by him. I think it is a powerfully intense and soulful piece of work. happy wednesday to you -mumblelard
Songs I Know - Mike Schank
One of the treasures of the mumblelard family library. This signed copy was purchased directly from Mike Schank via correspondence carried by the U.S. postal service.
I hope you are doing well, Mike.
ON PLANET SNAUSERO THINGS STAY IN ANY ANGEL THEIR IN UNLESS MOVED
One of the treasures of the mumblelard family library. This signed copy was purchased during a family trip to Paradise Gardens.
(from Howard Finster’s self-published science fiction graphic novel coloring book, VISION OF 200 LIGHT YEARS AWAY SPACE BORN OF THREE GENERATIONS FROM EARTH TO THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS : HOWARD FINSTERS VISION OF 1982)
