Such sad news about Hand Of Dave. I, like many other online friends, originally connected with his world through Julian Cope’s Head Heritage online forum. That had become the place for likeminded heads to offload, back in the days before big business social media made such a thing seem less of a weird cult. Ours probably was a bit, though.

What initially drew me to Dave was the stance he’d take against officious injustice. Also his sharing of those shots of his annual snow caves creations built in his garden. I’m guessing these were done under the guise of being for his kids, but suspect he made them, cos he had to. He was, after all, an artist. And then there was those videoclips he’d film of himself, in his wagon, noodling away on a banjo, while stuck in traffic. Who sticks a banjo in the car for when they’re bored? The man’s psychedelic graphic illustration work is probably where we connected most. I’m gonna miss those occasional uploads of strange, geometric biomechanic robots.

A sad day.