Game Over
Pink Moon 2011 Update
April 19, 2011 Pink, pink, pink . . . pink moon. There're new entries under the Journal and Landscape tabs, and that's all, folks. After about five years of updating and maintaining this site, I'm calling it quits. It's time to start the next chapter.
But before I go, you should know the Lorem Ipsum Vintage Motorcycle Rally is on and scheduled for Saturday, July 23, in Viroqua, Wisconsin. For more information on the event, go the Lorem Ipsum page on this website, or go to the Lorem Ipsum Facebook page to confirm your attendance.
And for any information regarding the creative endeavors of Mr Mike Koppa beyond this date, go to alphabettercreative.com. Thank you, and have a good night.
Wolf Moon 2011 Update
January 19, 2011 Here it is again, the icy cold Wolf Moon. What's new? I know. A lot. About what? This. This time I'm going to stop. I'm going to stop and start again. I wonder what will happen.
Everything I have to report can be found under the Journal tab.
Hunter Moon 2010 Update
October 24, 2010 After a productive quarter loaded with nostalgia I have a few things to share. For starters, you could view a short video documenting the move of a 19th-century printing press from Dubuque to Viroqua about a week ago. In addition to the addition of the new old press, there've been plenty of other developments in the new Alphabetter Studio at The Midwest Center for Slow Media, all documented under the Journal tab. For example, new work is in progress for an upcoming show of my collages at the East Johnson Street U-Frame-It in Madison, Wisconsin, in January. In addition, there is also a very good possibility I will be showing poster prints of the Underneath the Driftless Moons collage series at Lagniappe Brasserie in New Berlin, Wisconsin, in December. (Just in time for the holidays!). And finally, unanimously, the collage club project is nearing completion as a quilt-book.
Under the Landscape tab, you'll find plenty of pretty prairie pictures and documentation of our strategy to reduce the tick population at Liberty Hillside.
Other than that, it's been one unfinished house project after another in the constant and slow struggle for balance and order. Thanks for visiting. Have a nice day, a wonderful winter solstice, and a happy new year!
Next update: FULL WOLF MOON January 19, 2011
...and if you just don't think you can go that long without more contact from Mr Koppa, there's always the good ol' Heavy Duty Facebook Page for you to like.
Buck Moon 2010 Update
Join the good folks at Driftless Books (in The Forgotten Works Warehouse, 518 Walnut Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin) as Mr Logan reads from unpublished works, followed by a staged reading from The Land Remembers, and shop an exclusive sale of books from the private library of Ben Logan.
For a summary of what's new at The Heavy Duty Press, please visit the Journal tab.
Thanks for visiting.
Next update: FULL HUNTER MOON October 22, 2010
Pink Moon 2010 Update
May 7, 2010 The Heavy Duty Press and Driftless Books will host Lorem Ipsum, a vintage motorcycle gathering at The Forgotten Works Warehouse in the heart of the driftless region on July 24!
The Official Lorem Ipsum Vintage Motorcycle Rally web page, updated July 4, is packed with more details, including the official press release, suggested routes, and helpful links to other attractions around the beautiful driftless region of Southwest Wisconsin. Hope to see you there!
Wolf Moon 2010 Update
February 6, 2010 Exciting news here is the soon-to-be-open Forgotten Works Warehouse in Viroqua. I have recently become good friends with Mr Eddy Nix, proprietor of Driftless Books (formerly located in Viola, Wis.). We will be working together in the years to come establishing the Midwest Center for Slow Media in a 100-year-old tobacco warehouse. The grand opening of the new Driftless Books retail store (an active online used book dealer) within the Warehouse will be March 20. If you would like more information regarding the warehouse, become a fan of the Forgotten Works Facebook page, contact me, or come and visit us at 518 Walnut Street in Viroqua.
As always, if you're interested in purchasing any of the collages or books you find on this website, please contact me. I accept payment through Paypal, and I promise to ship promptly.
Thank you and happy stargazing.
Harvest Moon 2009 Update
October 5, 2009 Neil Young has apparently taken a turn for the positive. This year at Farm Aid, Mr Young tore off his trademark red STOP FACTORY FARMS t-shirt in super hero fashion to reveal a green GO FAMILY FARMS t-shirt (designed by yours truly) given to him earlier in the day by Organic Valley farmer Jason Stensland. If you, too, would like to show your support for organic family farms (please do), you can get the original organic cotton GO FAMILY FARMS t-shirt from the Organic Valley General Store.
HEAVY DUTY NEWS The Heavy Duty Press website will be updated quarterly (as opposed to the former lunarly updates of the past year or so) in 2010. As explained in previous scribblings, the time to set up the letterpress again is finally upon us, and that means spending a lot less time on the computer. Thank God.
Because the next update is not scheduled until late January 2010, it is worth noting here that we all will be treated to a once-in-a-blue-moon special this year: with two full moons in December 2009, an extra-unusual Blue Moon will preside over the night sky on New Year's Eve 2009! How many more reasons do you need to party?