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   margueritem said, 4 months ago

   You puncha the ticket, or I puncha your face.
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   win said, 4 months ago

   It’s for the blue gondola parked by the pier.
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   Linguist said, 4 months ago

   I went to room 223 like you told me, but she wasn’t there.
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   He needs to let go of seeking validation from others.
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   pcolli said, 4 months ago

   “Good evening. I’m Venetian Spice and here is the news.”
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   orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

   This is the kid from yesterday’s father. I see a family resemblance in the hats.
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   finale said, 4 months ago

   “I got, 2 tickets to paradise….pack your bags, we’ll leave tonight”
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   orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

   @finale

   Oh sure, another guy who thinks he’s got paradise under his cloak….
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   Dogsniff said, 4 months ago

   I wonder if his female employees are called the spice girls.
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    finale said, 4 months ago

    @orinoco womble

    (Continuing with today’s musical theme):
    “I can see paradise in dashboard lights.”
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    mabrndt said, 4 months ago

    Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (along with a brief description). A smaller enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.
    
    Derick (AKA Derek or Derich) Berck is shown, with a different coloration image, by its current-location page (click Fullscreen there for an interactive enlargement).
    
    The investigative report (says who the figure was) on it, and the artist‘s (13 pages) other currently known Steelyard Merchant portraits, is presented here (search for Berck). His Wikipedia page and collection (much more under Subcategories at each level).
    
    Second, of the 7 works (for whatever reason, this isn’t in the list today; perhaps others won’t be in the future), by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
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    J. Short said, 4 months ago

    I’m back in Blaaack!
    AC/DC live in Madrid; scary crowd.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdEENKf42Ck
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    Rickapolis said, 4 months ago

    ‘EIther your brains or your signature will be on this ticket’.
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    Chris Maple said, 4 months ago

    That’s not the Venetian spice merchant, it’s the Venusian spice merchant.
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    mabrndt said, 2 months ago

    Here is another work by this artist.
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