How did the Jim Flora thing come about?
AA: Years ago Dan and his wife ran into Irwin Chusid (the author) and Barb Economon (the archivist) at a film and music festival in Minneapolis before a documentary about one-man-bands that they were all attending. At that time Irwin had with him the first sample proof of ‘Mischievous Art…” and was happy to show it off. The book was impressive, we kept in touch and later (knowing he was a fan) sent Chusid an Ariel Pink poster. We’re not sure if he even liked the poster or not but, realizing that we could print and that we loved Flora’s work, he just called us up and we began discussing the logistics and possibilities of re-printing some of Flora’s early album artwork. We weren’t that confident that we could do it but he was very trusting (and still is!) We tried out printing Mambo for Cats and actually didn’t fuck it up that bad. The rest just progressed from there. RH: Was there a toy that you wanted when you were a kid that you never got? Have you ever thought about buying it on eb
