One of my favorite things to have happen is when I think I’ve lost something forever, then suddenly in some completely unpredictable way that thing is found. It’s happened with Amazing Stranger videos, and dressup games I’ve designed, and now it’s happened again! Last week I was contacted by my good friend DJ Snakeface, who some of you may recognize by name. He was the co-host of the second wave of NoBS Radio shows broadcast in 2008. If you haven’t guessed already from the subject title, the discovery is that he did indeed have FIVE of the original shows in his possession! I was stunned. I’d thought they were lost forever.

A huge THANK YOU to DJ Snakeface for coming through backing up these files, and all the work put into producing the show. You need to check out his band, Weapon Eyes and Album – Phantom Power. It can be heard on Spotify or Apple Music. It’s really fuckin cool, old school flavored punk rocker stuff with a sense of humor, a heavy beat and fun Snakeface attitude. You’ll love it!

Anyhow, I’m delighted now to bring those episodes to you. Each one is an hour long, and I’ve been going through them trying and pin down the exact date each was recorded, list their contents with links, and figure out the best way to make them public again. I’ve decided the best way right now is to simply make the mp3 files downloadable directly from the site. Each one is around 40mb and there’s only 5, so it should be simple enough. I presently have episode 10 & 11 ready. Click the NoBS Radio icon to download and I hope you enjoy this trip down  Memory Lane as much as I.

Show #10 w/DJ Snakeface Aug 2008
• Promoting the Unholy Army Tour (Chicago) and the Whiteout of the KY tour.
• Normal Bob talks about the tattoo he wants to get, and the site makeover.
• Commenting on hate mail recordings left on answering machine.
• Discussing the Expelled documentary.
• DJ Snakeface spins: Jim & Tammy Fey Bakker “Oops Here Comes a Smile”
& The Louvin Brothers “Satan Lied to Me” 
• I tell the story meeting Jay Bakker about his Punkrock Church in Williamsburg.
DOWNLOAD: normalbobsmith.com/nobsradio/ep10.mp3 (36.9 MB)

Show #11 w/DJ Snakeface Sep 2008
• Normal Bob tells the story of his Mancow conflict & Penn Jillette defense.
• Will Normal Bob be Killed? Question posed in VanAllen family chat.
• Discussing the Amazing Strangers pg 60 w/the Dog Molester & Baby Scenesters, and then Bob’s story of New York Magazine’s search for atheists on the streets.
• Snakeface interviews The Pope in New York City, which leads to a convo about each of our religious upbringings.
• DJ Snakeface spins: Armourplate “David” & William S. Burroughs “A One God Universe”
DOWNLOAD: normalbobsmith.com/nobsradio/ep11.mp3 (37.6 MB)

As I go through the rest of these I plan to find a permanent spot on the site for them. 
Oh yeah. Happy 2024!

It’s that time of year again when we all celebrate thanking each other, and Jesus Christ. And what better way to exercise those actions than a Thankyou Sale on Jesus Dressup for the holidays!?! At present I have 7 different JDUs available, which you can now purchase for just $70!

I know it’s again been a couple months since my last post, but I swear I’ve not fallen asleep at the wheel. I have projects being worked on. Ones you’ll be privy to in good time. But the goal of this post is to simply make you aware of this All 7 for $70 deal, and to not waste much more of your time.

I hope that’s alright.

Thanks.

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten any sort of review of my stuff online, but a couple weeks ago I was sent this. ——>>>>>
My immediate reaction was “Yup, I’m officially old school/dark web internet. I am outdated. You’ll be there too, one day.”

It seems my most popular content reflects this. The videos, the anti-religious sentiment, the uncensored words. In fact, you probably couldn’t upload my content nowadays without being stricken down. I’m probably walking around in fear of reprisals for the things I’ve said and done online, and I’m part of an internet history most would like to forget. The video review was another reminder of how my “normal” does not at all coincide with popular normal. I’ve known this. It’s the reason for my name, for Christ’s sake.

I suppose I’m not surprised by this, but I wouldn’t have predicted it was the way things would be 20 years later. A lot has happened since I’ve abandoned my main site– A recession, the pandemic, Trump, Antifa, Q, religious & conservative pushback, internet censorship, etc. The news consists mainly of imminent doom and endless reasons to fear your neighbor. Stores are more wary than ever to carry my stuff. I get it. Jesus Dressup is picking a fight when less fights need be picked. And the town I’m living is the most conservative place I’ve ever lived. Life feels very, very different indeed.

I’m not living under any sort of fear though. I outgrew that decades ago. I’m naively living under the assumption that people here are suffocating on their old fashioned conservative commitments and’ll be overjoyed to hear my refreshing outlook. Here is my art! Here are my fliers! Here are my funny magnets of your Saviour! Hey, where’s everybody going?! Hello?

I’ve found a few small clusters of folks who do reflect these assumptions, but overall it’s just I who’s suffocating.
So, welcome Fall!

Come see some of my scariest stuff at
The Haunted Art Show! Friday the 13th through October.

Let’s begin this long-awaited blog with an announcement: I’m going to have some scary art on display at The Haunted Art Show October 13th at The Art Wear House in Muskegon MI. What makes this event so unique for me is it’s the first time I’ve been able to display my Creatures Of Neptune publicly. Plus having it here in Muskegon, well, it’s a thrill showing off the strange drawings of my younger years around these parts.
I believe the show goes through to mid November, so if you’re in the Muskegon area and the lack of freaky art in town got you down, come turn that frown upside-down, ya clown!

I am also very pleased to announce that Wendell is very much alive and well in NYC. So well in fact, I hired him to make me another hat! No joke. Last month I noticed Wendell is quite active on Instagram. And he’s a big enough personality now that he’s being sought out by a new crop of NYC street photographers and looks-loos. So I hit him up on IG letting him know I was in the market for another hat. A Wendell Pillow Top Hat. To me these reflect what I love & miss about Union Square. Plus they look fuckin sharp displayed.
He seemed anxious to make me another. And despite Shaggy’s doubt telling me, “Say goodbye to that deposit! You’re never gonna hear from him again.” Despite this, I believed in Wendell! Then, to my surprise, it arrived on my doorstep just last week, and I am so very happy.

Finally, I’ve been maintaining my sanity the only way I know how. Drawing.
Book Nook Java Shop in Muskegon has my stuff on display and requested I draw more authors. So I’ve been practicing my pen & ink cross hatching on portraits of Vonnegut, Poe, Bukowski, Orwell and others. Stop in to view and purchase these fine, signed prints.

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