Frogtown Shorts

Description: Frogtown (or "Elysian Valley"), is a riparian community in Los Angeles's Mideast region. Its nickname comes from the American Toads which used to thrive there before the channelization of the Los Angeles River. I explored and made this map for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2009. https://ericbrightwell.com/2009/06/20/california-fools-gold-exploring-elysian-valley-aka-frogtown/

Description: Hell Comes to Frogtown

Description: amphibious classic starring rowdy roddy piper

Description: Emmet Otter Jugband Frogtown Hollow

Description: RNB - Riverbottom Nightmare Band

Description: Emmet Otter Doc Bullfrog's Riverside Rest

Description: Emmet Otter's fantastic Jugband. They should have won the talent show.

Description: Drive the pink ambulance across the dangerous, irradiated desert wasteland and breach the heavily fortified mutant encampment! Celebrate legendary 80s cult classic sci-fi cinema and bizarre b-movie history with this spectacularly vibrant fine art homage.

Description: Riverbottom Nightmare Band Behavior Chart

Description: The original, 4 member, three chord playing jug-band! *PLEASE NOTE* There are a lot of fakes out there on the internet, this is the ORIGINAL jug band shirt! Don't buy from anywhere except this page. Thanks! - BK

Description: Rowdy Roddy No Fear!

Description: Seventh Jug of a Seventh Jug

Description: The Mideast Side -- also known as "Mideast Los Angeles" and "MELA" -- is a region of Central Los Angeles (i.e. Hollywood, Downtown, Midtown, and the Mideast). It's the region of Los Angeles in which I live. I wrote a primer in 2011 and painted this version of the map, the third, a couple of years later. https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/03/16/california-fools-gold-a-mideast-side-primer/

Description: Coffee in time for Christmas Morning!

Description: Start your engines, load up the armored transport, and prepare for a wild ride into the most dangerous mutant settlement in the wasteland! This breathtaking travel design captures the bizarre, irradiated adventure of this legendary 80s sci-fi cult classic.

Description: Emmet And Wendell And Charlie And Harvey

Description: RNB - Riverbottom Nightmare Band

Description: Jug Band

Description: Hell Comes to Frogtown, the 1988 movie starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a seminal* cult classic for all the best And worst reasons.

Description: Emmet Otter Doc Bullfrog's Riverside Rest

Description: Emmet Otter Doc Bullfrog's Riverside Rest

Description: Emmet Otter's fantastic Jugband. They should have won the talent show.

Description: Doc Bullfrog's Riverside Rest. Waterville's favorite cafe and night spot. Ma, Emmet and the Frogtown Hollow Jubillee Jugband appearing nightly! We have mashed potatoes!

Description: Emmet Otter's fantastic Jugband. They should have won the talent show.

Description: Here is the new look to the greatest show on community radio, The Nine-45 Show. Look great wearing this logo everywhere.

Description: Live from the Waterville Talent Show

Description: Western Toads used to rule the LA River, Even though their populations have declined they are still beloved and symbols for whole neighborhoods like Frogtown, even though yes, they were toads and not frogs most likely.