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You 're welcome!

If you like Crumb's work, I guess you already know that there are two films (that I know of) about his life and work. But just in case you don't, one is Crumb, which I have not seen (a cinematic portrait of the artist and his family, according to the IMDB blurb), and the other is American Splendor, based on the synonymous autobiographical comic written by Harvey Pekar and designed by Crumb (I have seen this one, and I liked it a lot).

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I was trying to remember of a very nice song with a P. K. Dick reference I heard some time ago. I found it. It's by "Current 93", and called "Oh Merry-Go-Round".

For a limited time, you can steal it from the link above.

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Yeah, P.K. Dick had some very strong, vivid, weird, and shattering epiphanies that changed his life forever (according to his claims), and left very strong marks on his works. Whether these epiphanies were acid-related or not, is a subject open to debate (he has claimed they weren't, but he is known to be one of the first writers experimenting with psychoactives). His best, most original, weirdest, most hypnotic, most penetrating, and most demanding book, Valis, is an attempt to document and come to terms with these experiences. Apart from Valis, Dick also wrote a companion work, called "Exegesis" elaborating on Valis. "Exegesis" is said to consist of some 8000 pages, very few of which have been published (some in a volume called "In Pursuit of Valis: Selections from the Exegesis", which I have not been able to get my hands on). A few pages of the Exegesis are posted on his site.

What you have seen could be the trailer for the film based on "A Scanner Darkly" scripted and directed by Richard Linklater (not exactly my favorite director, but certainly a much, much better choice than Spielberg).

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Well, if you 're prepared for the ride, try Valis; but first have a look at the pages of the Exegesis posted on the site (not exactly Tolkienesque in style, isn't it?).

Something more easily approachable, yet quite representative, would be "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", and "Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said"

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" would also be on the list, if you hadn't read it.

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