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Named after a song by Jelly Roll Morton (1926). Seems fitting enough, the song is an upbeat trudge-along rag with no lyrics except an intro with whining Model-T horns and a bandmate yelling "Hey! What are you trying to do! Trying to knock the streetcar off the track? You're so dumb you should belong to the Deaf and Dumb Society!" and another bandmate replies, "I'm sorry boss.. but I got the sidewalk blues.."

I had a half-hour break at work and the only paper I had around was in a notebook. I couldn't remember how to get notebook lines out in photoshop, so I did my best trying to cover them up with filters, mainly "Dark Strokes". Unfortunately it blurred most of the linework, but it created a nice downpour effect for the rain. I was thinking of Harpo Marx at the time, him escaping after a night of performing at the theatre, wandering to Aleck's poker game at the Algonquin Hotel or to his cozy booth at Lindy's restaurant.

(ballpoint pen, photoshopCS)

Description
Named after a song by Jelly Roll Morton (1926). Seems fitting enough, the song is an upbeat trudge-along rag with no lyrics except an intro with whining Model-T horns and a bandmate yelling "Hey! What are you trying to do! Trying to knock the streetcar off the track? You're so dumb you should belong to the Deaf and Dumb Society!" and another bandmate replies, "I'm sorry boss.. but I got the sidewalk blues.."

I had a half-hour break at work and the only paper I had around was in a notebook. I couldn't remember how to get notebook lines out in photoshop, so I did my best trying to cover them up with filters, mainly "Dark Strokes". Unfortunately it blurred most of the linework, but it created a nice downpour effect for the rain. I was thinking of Harpo Marx at the time, him escaping after a night of performing at the theatre, wandering to Aleck's poker game at the Algonquin Hotel or to his cozy booth at Lindy's restaurant.

(ballpoint pen, photoshopCS)