January is still Edward Hopper homage month here at PopCult, and today we have a study (acrylic on board) of a scene from a trip to Chicago a couple or three years ago. I altered the composition a bit from my photo reference to be a bit more Hopperesque, and I think I’m getting closer to understanding his interplay between shadow and light.

When I blow this up on a real canvas, I’ll probably rearrange and remove some of the vehicles.

If you want to see this one a bit bigger, just click on it.

Meanwhile, Monday at 2 PM on The AIR, we attempt to warm your frozen cockles with a new episode of  Psychedelic Shack, followed at 3 PM by a new edition of Herman Linte’s weekly showcase of the Progressive Rock of the past half-century, Prognosis.  You can listen to The AIR at the website, or on the embedded radio player right here…

Nigel Pye dipped into his archives for another primo stash of amazing psychedelic rock, expanding your minds as he always does.

Check out the playlist for all the trippy music man…

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The Seeds “900 Million People”
Santana “Black Magic Woman”
Davie Allen & The Arrows “Cycle-Delic”
The Deviants “I’m Coming Home”
Dom “Dom”
The Rubber Memory “All Tegother”
Finch “Nothing In The Sun”
Magi “Win Or Lose”
Negative Space “The Calm After The Storm”
Zane “Damage”
Changin’ Tymes “Blue Music Box”
Music Machine “Talk Talk”

Psychedelic Shack can be heard every Monday at 2 PM, with replays Tuesday at 9 AM, Wednesday at 10 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday at 9 AM. Classic episodes can be heard Sunday at 9 AM as part of our Sunday Haversham Recording Institute collection.

Following that hour of Psychedelic sweetmeats, Herman Linte’s Prognosis will bring us two hours of Tangerine Dream performing live in 2014, highlights from the recently-released 3 CD set that documents the band’s final tour with their late founding member, Edgar Froese.

You can hear Prognosis on The AIR Monday at 3 PM, with replays Tuesday at 7 AM, Wednesday at 8 PM, Thursday at Noon, and Saturday at 10 AM. You can hear two classic episodes of the show Sunday at 2 PM.

At 8 PM, we bring you eleven hours of fine programming from our friends across the pond at Haversham Recording Institute.  You’ll hear early episodes of Psychedelic Shack, Sydney’s Big Electric Cat and Prognosis, to get you through the night.

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