Wolfy Part II

Three more Posters sold and Seven more to sell.

2012-01-17T17:46:00.001-05:00

These three posters were passed along to Ms. J.T. for her donation to ihearttoubin@gmail.com

This weekend DJ Hot Trash will have some more decorating her smoking set up during the Beachland Ballroom's Melvin Davis & The United Sounds Show this Friday

Soul Meeting Edition continues

2012-01-04T14:01:00.001-05:00

click on image for all poster styles
Here is all the images created for the Soul Meeting Benefit for Jonathan Toubin. Requests have been made for additional posters to be created and I will oblige. You may chose one of the above posters as as a model and I will created, number, and sign the poster. All you need provide is proof that you donated at least $12.96 (the year and the tears) to ihearttoubin@gmail.com via PayPal and I will fabricate you a poster. If you cannot pick it up directly from my studio arrangements can be made for shipping. Requests can be emailed to equaltoheaven@yahoo.com.

Soul Meeting for Jonathan Toubin

2012-01-02T03:02:00.000-05:00

The Beachland Ballroom delivered a night of Soul for the beloved New York Night Train DJ. The door, raffle, and silly posters yielded a generous amount of love, respect and good vibes for Master Toubin on a night usually reserved for nursing hangovers. Thanks to Mark, Cindy, and Erin for bringing loads of great people. DeeJays, and even a giant spot light truck out to the Tavern to support.

These Deejays delivered Soul crunching & body moving sets:
DJ Hot Trash

(see the picture with her provided poster)
DJ Party Sweat smelled good and represented for the Material Girls
DJ Alr!ght (Tom D.)

people danced and danced here.
DJ Mr. Fishtruck
DJ Charles McGaw
DJ Count Birdbrain (Tom Fallon)

(a rare becuz they usually don't get heard outside of his own basement & scorching set by one of the kings of the 7 inch)
DJ Pops (Antoine)

eventually played The Kinks need you say more?We all spent the first day of the new year thinking about the joy, love, and soul that Brother J.T. has brought us and grooved good vibes to his eventual recovery. Everyone looks forward to cutting some rug to his mixes as soon as possible.

Thanks to all the people that came out i.e. former Soul Clap Judges, bartenders, and Jeff Chiplis, Ron Kretsch, and even Mystery Jim who caused a friend to drop her shit because his appearances are so rare.

No.9 in the Year 11

2011-12-15T16:13:00.000-05:00

Soul Clap Dance Off Benefit

2011-12-14T15:11:00.001-05:00

I am working with the Beachland Ballroom on a Benefit show for the the awesome Jonathan Toubin. The New York Night Train Conductor had an motor vehicle accident while sleeping in a bed in Portland.
More about that here & here
direct donations for JT can be sent via PayPal to ihearttoubin@gmail.com
I'll post more as the show comes together.

"Remotely Yours" Performance Sept 25th 2011

2011-09-27T16:45:00.000-04:00

The performance on Sunday at Socrates Sculpture park. Maya Hayuk and I created a piece that required a participant to chose one of the things in each of the categories provided. Subject, Action and Topping choices were then communicated to Maya via video telepathy. She would then execute a painting in her residency studio in Bloomington, Illinois. Upon completion of the painting, I created a "fax" of the painting for the participant to take with them.


Tell a Painter in another state what to paint. Results Guaranteed

The sign to choose from

The Medium


Sara Mednick takes Maya on a tour of Socrates Sculture Park. (Maya is on the laptop)

Facsimiles from "Remetely Yours"

2011-09-27T16:12:00.000-04:00

Ghost/Stain/Sigmar Polke it

Banana/Frame/Sprinkles&Jimmies

Ghost/Watermelon/Cheese

Eatser Egg/Sunshine/Sunglasses

Pizza/Barf/Numbers&Words

Planet/Santa/Cream Sauce

Ghost/Flip/Numbers&Words

Peaceful Rock/King/Sigmar Polke it

Mouth/Barf/Cream Sauce

Mouth/Stain/Quotation Marks

Peaceful Rock/Monkeyshine/Scepter

Banana/Burn/Quotation Marks

Mouth/Barf/Scepter

Kite/Drug/Foam

Each Fax has the Subject, Action & Topping that was chosen by the participant in the performance

Selections from the Monster Island Pop Up Shop

2011-09-26T13:47:00.000-04:00

These items are all currently for sale and available exclusively through this blog site.
Caveat emptor in regard to items which are claiming to be anything that they are not i.e. Cocaine©, Creepy Friends, & Meth™

Recent Record and cd designs posted12 inch

2011-09-14T13:42:00.000-04:00

Nada Surf

Man Forever first LP

DJ Amerika BamBaaTaa Cd

VAZ 12 inch record

Queening 7 inch record

random posters unearthed during move

2011-09-14T13:28:00.000-04:00

I have been moving off of Monster Island and archiving things. Here are some gems from the past year or so. Enjoy.

Ryonen Poem by Kid Millions Illustrations by me

2011-09-14T13:21:00.000-04:00

Poster sized image printed on the back of the panels page

Panels Pages folded to read in order Stanza 1 Reveal Page

Stanza 2 and 3 reveal

Stanza 3 and 4 reveal

Stanza 5 Back Reveal when folded

Stanza 5 and 6 reveal

Poster for Event on September 6th, 2011

2011-09-02T02:07:00.001-04:00

I just finished this tonight. It is several different color papers but mainly having a fade from a light green to black and back to green. There are some fun things hidden around the flyer like the brush hair from a street sweeper.

The Last Monster Island Block Party Poster

2011-08-22T22:20:00.000-04:00

The Block Party poster drawn by me with some help on the backside from Andrew Ross & Maya Hayuk. If you'd know you could have got one here or you can ask me on the streets of the WB and I will most likely have one in my sack to pass along.

Talk Normal in Cleveland

2011-06-24T11:12:00.001-04:00

Talk Normal came through Cleveland while I was here on Tuesday. They crashed at my sister & Pat's house. They even had a chance to jump into Lake Erie before taking the stage at Pat's(different Pat) in the Flats. It was a special night all around since it was the birthday of Mystery Jim. I caught the opening band No Pony while helping the band load in. Their opening tune was a cover of "Bang Bang" which warmed my heart to them. I noticed then that one of the guitar players was wearing fish nets and hot pants. Sure, you think that ain't no big thing but he was a well built man and the hot pants where definitely tailored for our boy or his as it were. I knew they would be my favorite band playing with Talk Normal of the evening when I noticed the singer, Sam was sporting a Rammstein tshirt. I told her later of my like of her band. I felt cool in my Fenris (TNHC) tshirt but not as cool as Hot Cha Cha who had a church van and a trailer all hardcore style. They are firmly in it to win it after checking them out.
The next day we sauntered over to Progressive Field so that Andrya could scratch another ball field off her list. We bought out all the remaining Turkish pistachios at Alladins. It was the Westside Market for organic vegetables and a sausage sandwich.
If you are wondering what I am doing in Cleveland please see this

Dusting off the skills one night only

2011-06-14T12:03:00.000-04:00

If you find yourself thirsty in Brooklyn tonight then stop by Union Pool. Fancy drinks will be served while the exotic sounds of Matt Mikas and Cowboy Mark entertain. We will try to project some "cartoons, cartoons" on the stage. The event is free. The books are $35 and the drinks will be $6, I think.

Some drawings and paintings in a wine shop.

2011-06-03T19:50:00.000-04:00

I have been doing some portraits of the empty wine bottles that have been collecting under my kitchen table. I have hung the results at Dandelion Wine this month. There will be a reception on June 18th where we might just throw down and chug some Bordeaux with some semblance of Billy Joel present.

Turn to Crime t-shirt

2011-06-03T19:41:00.000-04:00

My friend Derek Stanton has a new band called Turn to Crime.
He was in town a few weeks ago and ask me to design a shirt for the band based on a photo that he was using for promotions and projections.
This is what I came up with it is a giant plume of smoke from a mass of destruction from some distant place.

A Journey through New Jersey from Brooklyn

2011-06-03T19:31:00.000-04:00

The poster was designed I designed and hand screen printed for the WFMU Marathon this year.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/04/wfmus-glow-in-the-dark-map-of-nj.html
The above image is what the poster looks like in the daytime. It is white and black ink printed on a Blue Raspberry colored French paper. The wonderful places and facts about New Jersey surround the distinct shape of the state. One of the inspirations for the map was state placemats from diners.
When the lights go off the invisible layer of phosphorescent pigment reveals the darker side of the garden state. The alien invasions, the blimps crashing, the evil spectres, the mob summits and The Misfits.

Something's in the can.

2011-03-22T19:23:00.000-04:00

"The Last Sunrise before many, many more Sunsets" edition

2011-02-27T20:08:00.001-05:00

These are the first few of an edition that I am creating with inspiration/interaction from the artist Maya Hayuk for the Positive Future Prophecy Posse. The edition will be eighteen and one half pieces large with six and one half artist's proofs. The piece can be displayed as the sunrise, the sunset, or neither. The idea is a visual representation of the Sun over water creating an infinity symbol to illustrate to us that there are many many more of these events to come. The piece is intended to inspire interaction with it and the universe but most importantly provide the viewer with a sense of calm and security that the future will be lasting and positive however you look at it.
The piece will be sold through Subports at the Scope Art Fair in order to raise money for a future film project. more information to follow.

Old Time Drink night Tuesday March 1st

2011-02-20T23:44:00.001-05:00

Just finished mixing and matching colors on this poster. I will be dusting off my skills and making mixed cocktails at Kill Devil Hill next Tuesday. I will be serving up Manhattans, Brooklyns, and the Sneaky Sneaky Pete. Stop by if you find yourself thirsty and in need of some free libations. The drawing is a wickedly poor rendering of Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet in The Verdict .

Some funny places you end up in life

2011-02-02T01:02:00.000-05:00

http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/brewery-baseball-cap
http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/catalog/product/view/id/242/s/bar-towel-golf-towel/category/15/
It is funny to think that an onion, a wedding invite, some silkscreening events and beer can transform a person into a sort of golfcourse lothario. It is just a shame that we lost the monkey movies and Tommy Chong along the way. Doubles the cat and Monster the cat are now shop connected.
We started printing shirts for the Brooklyn Brewery and they decided that all the wonderful people that work with them are model worthy. One person in this bunch is actually an Ex-Model.
Looking forward to printing and drinking around the corner for a longtime.

Man Forever Cover completed

2011-02-01T01:41:00.000-05:00

This is the work I did for the new live Man Forever record coming out on St. Ives.
The work was inspired by the work that I was doing in Vienna this Summer. When in Vienna I also pieced together this completely unrelated seven inch cover. The interesting thing about St. Ives is that they provide record sleeves from earlier pressings that sleeves exist for but vinyl was never pressed due to any number of reasons. The artist is given the task of covering the old sleeve art with enough ink to obscure the original art. The manifesto better illustrates the idea. This is the second time that Kid has worked with me to create the sleeve under these conditions. The first is here. If you look closely at the designs you will see that the flowers on this record appear on the back of the first record. This is the first of many things hidden within the foliage. The outside art does not have any text so an insert was created. The green image is the back of the insert with silkscreen of an earlier sketch for the cover. Look for the burning cities and an adhesive bandage in this image. The record is at press now and will be available for consumption soon.

Holly Jolly Sabbath

2010-12-14T19:50:00.000-05:00

As the Winter wings of ice spread across the land and a light dusting of snow fills the cracks and puddles along the avenue; we reflect on the year with our ups, downs, lefts and terrible Kanye West songs. Folks begin to gather around hearths because some assholes built a church or birthed a baby through a virgin.
As you drag your weary ass off to lame Nog drinking affairs, know that there will be a small group of people hanging out in a basement under red blinking lights, getting drunk, stoned, painting Pentagrams on the floor, and listening to Black Sabbath
The EIGHTH Holly Jolly Sabbath is upon you.
Approach the back of 210 Kent Ave at 10pm Sunday December 19th to begin the journey through the records in order.
As always the Claree will be hot and bothered.

Euclid Square Mall transformed

2010-11-29T22:17:00.001-05:00

On Sunday, my sister and I were stumbling around town and we happened upon the Euclid Square Mall. The area around the mall had at one time supported various free standing businesses that have all closed and been boarded up. The mall seemed to have only one business still open which is a local department store outlet that appears to be in the process of closing. The upper floor has been closed off and the glass doors onto the mall have been shut. You can see into the mall which at first glance seems abandoned. A child appeared across the expanse of the mall, headed toward the exterior doors and exited. We decided to investigate and what we discovered was magical. When we met the chill of the space it gave us the start you get at the beginning of a horror film. The presence of a few people and the directory clued us into the fact that the empty stores had started to fill with churches. There were many clustered near the west of the mall leaving the east end empty. We walked the length of the mall discovering all the entrances locked except the one. We walked back listening to the sounds of one church rise to a fevered pitch. The mall has become dead to commerce and stripped of the telltales signs of capitalism but reborn as a place of worship. The beauty of this was stunning, strange and compelling. Questions began to rise within us about this inspiring place in these dire times. The stories here beg to be explored further.

Happy Thanksgiving from Cleveland

2010-11-26T12:19:00.003-05:00

Dracula Video Miami since 1981

2010-11-26T12:18:00.001-05:00

All videos $5 and did not have any sort of content slant toward the bloodthirsty. What goes on in back I'll never know but it is behind a heavily protected buzzing gate. The nice young lady that eventually came out when Lilah (in the store) and I lurked long enough ask us if it was our first time, wondered how we ended up there and advised us against drinking alcohol.

A couple more installation shots.

2010-11-26T11:57:00.000-05:00

I found a couple more shots done during the installation that look good. There was one more row added to the wall after these pictures where taken. If you text "?kayrock" to 767-825 you will receive a fun interactive pdf. You can purchase three random heads at subports.com during the art fair.

Miami November 2010

2010-11-21T10:37:00.000-05:00

I arrived in Miami on Friday morning of the 19th. I had very low expectations for the flight and was surprised how awesome the American Airlines flight was. I was upgraded to a Priority Class seat and felt like a prince while chatting with my seatmate. I got to the Executive Club corporate housing place we are in and promptly set out for a supermarket. Mate soda and Cassava chips in hand I chilled out until the other artists arrived. We have been running around gathering supplies and plotting wall murals since. These are the first shots of the Monster install that Kayrock and I are overseeing. New heads and old dance together on the wall late last night after some beers and FourLokos. It was Kayrock's first experience with the fabled substance and he described the high aptly when he said,

"It makes I feel like I am coming down with a fever."

Fun that is over and done.

2010-11-02T20:22:00.001-04:00

can you name all the heads?

Today is the Monster Island Block Party

2010-09-04T12:05:00.000-04:00

It is quiet in the mountains of Monster Island right now. I know that that is all going to change in a short while. I am enjoying the beginning of the day by having Breakfast with Doubles the cat. He has chosen a bowl of Grammy's Pot Pie.

2010-08-20T19:23:00.002-04:00

Note: Linear time and pictures are obviously not important on tour

2010-08-20T19:20:00.009-04:00

t up,met up and enjoyed the Craker more than the Barrel on the trip to Detroit.

2010-08-20T19:20:00.007-04:00

diiferent directions. I ended up on the shores of Erie with Mariko and Allison listening to the waves and John Carpenter jams until we all passed out. Go

2010-08-20T19:20:00.005-04:00

re. Jeff Davis dropped in with his lovely bride Sandy as a surprise bringing some blasts from the high school past in tow. Fun times that sent us all in

2010-08-20T19:20:00.003-04:00

nd pounding Gennys. We played Now Thats Class with a few other bands like Toilet Bear-toilets on stage, fog machines, plastic hula skirts and tp everywhe

2010-08-20T19:20:00.001-04:00

Thursday-Cleveland rolled into JC and Pat's and promptly jumped in the lake. Hung out on the shires of Erie as long as we could. Rapping with Big Steve a

2010-08-20T19:11:00.005-04:00

into the morning lurking in the corners of a Miles Davis record. Strip dist in the morning and on to Clevo.

2010-08-20T19:11:00.003-04:00

e smashed out the rock and got our drink on. Packed it all up. Hit the diner and back to the compound for some records, drinks, and smoke. I drifted off

2010-08-20T19:11:00.001-04:00

Wednesday night-Pittsburgh
We played at 31st street pub with the Dirty Faces. It was a classic. The crowd was three friends of the Faces and the bands. W

2010-08-18T13:07:00.001-04:00

Jersey gas station

2010-08-18T13:01:00.001-04:00

Post?

Sketch for panel fuzzy

2010-08-17T12:06:00.000-04:00

This is the sketch for the panels that I did on red striped paper that was overprinted from Julie's edition of volcanoes. The project was originally going to have elements pulled from the other panels that will be installed in the library. The major color theme of the library is the deep green you can see if you look closely at the last picture. The drawing on the left was originally drawn in the same orientation as the right one. The idea was to create outer structures that looked into a deeper landscape. The final drawings are going on doors that will have a frame separating them. I decided then to create a column of foliage that closed and opened to allow access to the further landscape and inner shelves.

Panels Complete as I could see them

2010-08-16T11:32:00.000-04:00

I have returned to New York and jumped right into things with a Red Dawn II show at Irene's in Gpt and the live silkscreening event in the park yesterday. When I was in Vienna I was there to create a series of drawings that would be applied to doors in the library of a private Viennese collector's home. These are images of the two complete drawings after they where pvc glued to the panels that will become the doors. Each panel is approximately five feet tall and a few inches short of two feet. I am slowing weeding through the images I took in the studio and in the Prater and will try to post them before Red Dawn II takes off with the Hard Nips tour of the Middle East i.e. PA,OH, & MI.

German translation left untranslated for poetic effect

2010-08-07T07:36:00.000-04:00

What do you think this is used for or even does?

The Cat's Cafe, Vienna

2010-08-05T10:49:00.001-04:00

I was turned down an alley today and this cafe(Yes, it does say it is dog friendly on there) was revealed to me. I didn't even set foot inside and was met by the frieze on the front of the building. It was a first glance a fitting shrine to drinking. The relief had surely been installed years before the beer lights would illuminate the hungry children toward the teat they so desired like so many parched drinkers looking for the kindly bosom of a cafe. We entered and were quickly slapped in the face with the thick smell of cigarettes lingering from nights before. The bar had one man in a silk shirt covered in ziggurats sipping coffee and a glass of wine wine. The bartender perked up as if alarmed that anyone else would enter her domain. I saw several baskets filled with the appropriate materials to insinuate the presence of cats. The presence of a kitty castle covered with shag carpet stained deep with years of smoke and thin clumps of hair found on tables and chairs didn't hurt either. The room was filled with portraits of cats, statues, and stuffed cats(not real but toys). I ordered a beer and began to absorb. I spotted what appeared to be the last cat of the cafe curled up in the corner doing what most older cats do best..sleeping,deeply. As I looked around I found these friendly faces hanging out and they begged to say "Hi" to you. Upon leaving we discussed how even the frieze has a lateral cat theme because all cats love milk.

some more cat fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Xrcp6k8VE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLhLxDsiFO4

These wurstl are marzipan and so are hedgehogs(igel)

2010-08-04T07:30:00.000-04:00

Yup, this place is near the Schwarzen Kameel. It is one of the oldest restaurants in Vienna started in 1618. It was one of Ludwig Van's favorite places to stand around drink an espresso and have some sandwichs which are ticks of toast covered in rich delicious pates, pastes, and produce.

Finding my way

2010-08-02T06:21:00.003-04:00

Went to the Wien Museum yesterday for the Wien in Film show. In front of one of the screens was this model of old Wien. I pointed out where I am staying to my friend Johannes. He has been visiting from Leipzig where he has the distinct pleasure of rooming with Anna Haifisches and Master James Turek. They along with Ms Simone Muller were all supposed to take a train to Passau and bike down. The morning they were supposed to leave Haifische went to hospital due to some blood & urine, and kidneys(all of which were hers). The remaining bunch got on the train that day and their varied stories are totally hilarious and I could only begin to reveal the iceberg that was struck repeatedly through their travels. I have had some great times hanging with them the last few days and neglecting some work. The beer drinking in Karlsplatz, the bagging of statues for just a few cents, watching the fights in bars, helping local "translators" pick songs on the jukebox, and dealing with toilets in hallways that lock with giant skeleton keys.

Poster created on camera printed in Brooklyn.

2010-07-30T05:40:00.001-04:00

The last couple days I have been designing this for the members of Hallo Gallo 2010. This is the poster in conceptual form before printing after which a couple things will have changed like the color. They have some shows coming up and wanted a record of them. Speaking of record; they are putting out a single as well. I did some tinkering with images for that. It is being released in connection with this. I'll dig up some more details and spill them here as the are revealed.
Some notes on the design: The whole poster including the writing was drawn on little ticks of paper in my apartment and then photographed with my digital camera. Once inside the laptop and adjusting for some distortion & put the whole design together. The bird postcard (cutup and altered) was found in an old paper store up the street from me in Vienna. The phone is a classic Austrian telephone from when the world relied on landlines. I found it in a closet and became a little obsessed with it. I liked the unrealized futuristic quality of the phone. It has the lines and curves that allude to a kind of fiction of science that seemed a possibility decades ago. This path has been deviated from and new lines drawn. I thought that this mirrored the music of Neu! and the path that the music and people have taken that brought them and us to Hallogallo 2010. The people are from a picture I bought in the Naschtmarkt flea markt of what appears to be a double wedding. The back is stamped with "Aelier Brat Inh. E. Hegenbart Amstetten"

Another translation

2010-07-24T20:10:00.000-04:00

Sicherheit translates in my dictionary as certainty, immunity, safeness, safety, secureness and security.
New cops are cool enough that they sport day old goatees. I bet that cop is cool and listens to new-hot-rap-metal. He gets the kids today not like grandpa. He'll still shut them down with police brutality if need be.
Mehr als ein beruf translates as more than just a profession.
Off in the corner of the ad is a little doorway which reads Hofer.
Hof means courtyard but Hofer only yields this.
Subliminal advertising?

DJ & discovering Steve Kekana

2010-07-24T07:57:00.000-04:00

I played some music on a turntable and some not here last night. The food by

Schorsch Böhme was amazing.
He makes a parsley pesto that I bet would taste good on anything. The meat was tender cuts of beef tied around carrots and steamed. The sound system gets drowned pretty well because of old fart neighbor complainers that call the cops. It was fun to sit in a corner and goof around. Julie came by later and I played this single which she had found in a thrift store earlier in the day. Eventually, the bside was played called "Working Man" which was the logical follow up in content and feel to "Raising My Family" Here is a short bio on Steve Kekana. I also played this and discovered this by Orlando Riva Sound

"We came across a miracle...there was beer in the sodamachine.."

2010-07-22T07:34:00.001-04:00

Last night, we ventured out the the 15th district to meet some friends for dinner at Hello Vietnam. After dinner there was quite an entourage that all left together to drink at The Blue Tomato. Julie, Jonathon, Pam, Tim and I seemed particularly funny because we had a rather nice chandelier in a vegetable box for Jonathon and Pam's apartment, a drill and case of anchors and bits being returned to Tim from Julie, I was stopping and taking pictures every minute or so and Pam is rather pregnant. We took one break on the way to the bar which was to stop by this vending machine that Tim had told us about. It is downstairs from his house. It is an unassuming machine based on the fresh fruit and juices that adorn the front. As you come closer the large amount of tape and handwriting reveal that this is no ordinary vending machine...it is one that has BEER in it. Oh, miracles of miracles! Another bonus is in this forward drinking country you can crack it right open and consume it on the street. The markup on it is quite small (about 0.30 ₡ more than the supermarkt) and it is cold which seems to be something that only ausländers care about. We all purchased a tasty brew and drank it in front of the machine giggling like teenagers except Pam who bought a juice from the neighboring ordinary soda machine. Tim assured us that in the time that he has been using the beer vending machine he has never lost money, found it sold out, or even broken. No shit, I mean, if there is one group or people that would wreck major havoc on anything/anyone; it would be a bunch of drinkers that just paid for libations and were then denied. Tim also told us that there are a fair amount of prostitutes within a short radius of the vending machine and that many nights the pimps hang out around the machine drinking and rapping till all hours. We witnessed some amazing thigh high red vinyl and lucite boots without panties as an indication toward those inclinations being present. The boots bought a coke. We ascended the stairs to the left of the machine and where greeted with a quaint little park that would be the perfect locale for future vending brews to be consumed. Cool cool.

Snacks

2010-07-21T06:27:00.000-04:00

The other day when wandering the Billa for snacks I found this loaf. There are a lot of seedy healthy breads abounding in the bakeries and supermarkets of Vienna which have all been solid food purchases.
I did not hesitate to grip a loaf, some blackberries and some mustard. With all things carrot which newly arrive in my landscape; I want to share them with the King of Carrots, Jeff Chiplis. You can write about it and take some alluring shots, I thought. I had no idea when entering the above photo shoot that the mustard and blackberries would end up on the bread. It is quite a nice combination and I have at least one other person willing to back me up on this. The bread has just enough sweetness to support the berry and just enough hearty and savory flavor to handle the mustard.

Lateral repeat

2010-07-20T05:54:00.097-04:00

This morning I woke up and was greeted with this addition to my daily screen (yup, that is Doubles peeking through from the home screen). I took a minute to email Mr. Sawyer somewhere out in the world and wish him a Happy Birthday. I wouldn't normally write about someone's birthday but simply wish them a happy one like my sister's on the 16th. The strange thing about this one is the similarities in daily events between last year's Ryan Sawyer celebration and the events that transpired this year. When I emailing Ryan I recalled that last year we all travelled to a spa and bath for some rest, relaxation, and vittles. The bathhouse that was originally planned upon had been closed due to a robbery that day so everyone ended up at Sandoony. It was such a nice jam that I even called and texted Ryan & Suzanne on my way back from JFK one night to get the address.
I drank some coffee with Julie and hustled off to a thrift store near the studio which closes at 13:00 uhr. I made my way back from the store stopping to get a snack for the studio. When I arrived at the studio within a few minutes Julie arrived and threw out the idea of swimming. We had already ventured out to the Old Danube to swim one evening so the spa in Bäden was suggested. It was a 20 minute bus trip and a 50 minute return train trip but it was worth it. As I put my head on my pillow; I reflected on how the Universe had led me again on Ryan's birthday to a spa and bath. I hope this is something I can count on again and again through the years.

Two bags unrelated and translated

2010-07-17T10:29:00.001-04:00

Good with bite.

Feeding your girlfriend sausage on the dance floor is extremely hot especially here.

Dog Owner/Inside

Thank you for your contribution

Not suitable for food!

Only for dog waste!
The dog looks kind of pissed that he is not being fed sausages.

The Awesome Studio of Lisa Ruyter

2010-07-17T06:17:00.001-04:00

In the time that I am in Vienna; Lisa Ruyter has offered her studio to work in. The apartment that Julie and I are installing our drawings/paintings/cabinet covers in is upstairs from here. Each day I take basically these steps..the dome in the distance is Karlsplatz...I open the door and am greeted with this sign (it sorta sez riding is prohibited and caution lift or elevator). I step down into a much cooler (on many levels) basement and into rooms of large colorful and inspiring paintings. I have a little corner that I can sit and draw in that comes with a cozy red velvet chair. The space is incredible and welcoming with all that pass through and work there generous beyond belief.

Today, I made this and tomorrow I'll show you where.

2010-07-16T18:59:00.000-04:00

Meine Anti Mucken Milch ist kaputt.

By any other name but Bushmiller

2010-07-14T06:37:00.000-04:00

Found living under assumed names in France and Quebec. I do like Sluggo as an Arthur but Nancy is Nancy.

Saturday in the market of vegetables and fleas

2010-07-13T07:49:00.000-04:00

On the hottest day in a long time in Vienna, Julie & I went to market. I was on the prowl for some vegan spread to enhance my toast and sliced meat eating ritual. Julie was on the look out for some fixing for a Vietnamese salad and subsequent night of fresh summer rolls. I was also scouting the canned foods in the Asia markets for some Jakfruit for some future culinary adventures. We wandered down into to the flea part of the market as the heat was beginning to drive away the sellers and buyers. This lone entrepreneur was boldly standing her ground with a very limited selection of goods. She obviously knew her market because she attracted a buyer in the short time it took me to be impressed by her minimal display. I wondered if the hat and coat were for sale in her hand because she certainly did not need them at this moment in time. I ended up with a fistful of photos and postcards to play with and inspire the poster I am working on and the installation. Found some shots of Vesuvius erupting which will make more sense later.

Wien arrival, and awakening

2010-07-12T08:05:00.000-04:00

I arrived in Vienna hours before the Russian Spy exchange would occur. Somewhere during the flight my glands ballooned to epic proportions. The throat felt like I had swallowed sand paper and I was in a sort of perpetual cold sweat. I arrived in the city center where I am staying dropped my things and landed face down on a mattress for a few hours. I spent the next several daze cleaning, sleeping, and eating. Near the end of my illness, my eye went nice and bloodshot. Things are clearing up just in time for the hotter weather.
Watched the FiFa final in the garden pavillon near the Heldenplatz last night.
Some of the more specific places and things that I am doing will follow.

Zombie Movie Poster

2010-04-16T22:16:00.002-04:00

Rumor has it that City of the Living Dead (Fulci), Horror Rises from the Tomb (Alonso &Aured) will be watched and some others.

Kayrock Inc Book Series #13:Blok

2010-03-10T17:25:00.005-05:00

Blok is an artist from Chile who has shown at Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn. He has spent a lot of time making the cities of South America cooler with his murals. Blok has relentlessly worked and spread great joy to all who have come in contact with him. Outside of being an extreme talent he has also become a good friend.
The book is a selection of the most magical drawings from his Moleskine Sketchbook. The book is silk screened on French paper. It is an edition of 100
The book will be for sale at Cinders soon. There is a Chilean benefit event being plotted by Kayrock Inc. and the Cinders crew in conjunction with the book release.
You can also contact me if ya just have to have one sooner.
You can see more of his art here
and when the mood for shopping hits ya....You can see some beautiful murals in the changing rooms here

Nada Surf tote

2010-03-10T17:16:00.003-05:00

This is a sneak peek at the tote that has the drawings of the front and back covers of the forthcoming covers record by Nada Surf. Maya Hayuk took one look at the drawing and expressed an interest in seeing it as a tote bag. Nada Surf camp agreed. Look out for it on the streets.

Buthford W. Buddy ready for the town

2010-03-05T20:46:00.002-05:00

New buddy arrives at Kayrock Screenprinting

2010-03-05T19:36:00.000-05:00

It was a sculpture.

2010-02-18T19:12:00.001-05:00

but I think you could enter it but all the same it was funny. I averted my eyes.

Two shows/One poster

2010-01-28T22:19:00.002-05:00

This is a web bastard version of the poster. The night of the fourth shall also see the birth of another Party Store Music tape. It is a split release of Red Dawn II and the X-Ray Eyeballs.

Poster for January 29th

2010-01-15T00:08:00.002-05:00

This wonderful flyer announces the presence of Oneida, Noveller, Zs, and Red Dawn II at the Market Hotel.
The images were shat out by Anna, Allison, and Wolfy and then puked onto dismembered Life mags.
Each one is unique and different like all the special people that will come to the event.

The bobeches are printed with care

2009-12-18T19:16:00.000-05:00

as Holly Jolly Sabbath grows near.

Holly Jolly Sabbath

2009-12-11T19:49:00.006-05:00

It is time to run the record brush over the vinyl, hang the tree upside down, and listen to Black Sabbath all night.
This festive occasion began years ago when I was a bartender. One of the regulars, Chuck, was a bartender at a nearby establishment, Art Bar where I think you can still find him.
One Sunday during the season Kayrock and I had gone against the owner's wishes and decorated for the Holidays.
He is a quite a piece of work and a whole other a-hole story. We were relaxing and enjoying our festive labors when Chuck arrived. He sat and ordered a drink as the sound of rain began to fill the speakers and a church bell began to chime over the sound of distant thunder. The glass of bourbon struck the surface of the bar as the music screamed out. The groove diminished and flickered at almost the same rate and volume as the lights upon the white plastic tree. Chuck twisted and looked around and began to explain how everything that was going on in the bar was transporting him into a memory. The Black Sabbath pulsing with the Christmas tree flashing brought forth his tale. He explained that when he was young and his parents would leave the house during the season he would create a moment of adolescent joy for himself. He would turn off all the lights in the house excepting the Christmas tree and then then bring forth the special shoebox from under his bed. He would light up a bowl as the first Sabbath record dropped on the family stereo console. Everything just seemed to come together perfectly.
It was decided then that THAT could be a holiday tradition we all could get behind. My next shift was a Tuesday and I drew a flyer for the first Holly Jolly Sabbath on the way to work stopping off to copy it at the corner store. It had a few poorly drawn wizards walking and a tree or two proclaimed: The 1st Annual Holly Jolly Sabbath (that's right kiddies get in on the motherfucking ground floor on this one) This Sunday before Christmas!
The evening came and passed and everyone there has a story about what happened. I mostly remember Fitz and Etain stopping by and having that be the night solidify our friendships. Etain passed out rather quickly but has ended up attending more of subsequent HJS eves than anyone else.
After the next year, Kayrock and I grew weary of repeated requests for Rat Salad upon anyone especially drummers entrances. We decided there should be some rules for the eve. They have been clarified but remain only as rules if you follow them. Chuck and Ian Christe have been the only two people to break flow for a request because one of them invented the holiday and the other wrote a book on Heavy Metal. Ian has already put in a request for a Dio interlude this year for several reasons.It was also thought that mulled wine should be served. We found the oldest recipe we could and started the search for all the spices required for Clarée. We have nailed down almost all of them. The last few years a candlelight vigil/singing during Changes has become standard for the evening.
With the help of our one true Holly Jolly Sabbath intern, Jason, and some of the other HJS worker monkeys like Holly, Maya, Casey and Alethia; we will be ready for the eighth Holly Jolly Sabbath to go later than late but not long enough for a record with Tony Martin singing.
This years flyer is a collaboration between Christeen Francis, Wolfy, and Kayrock.

Weather and Time have given Tina one vampire tooth

2009-12-11T12:32:00.001-05:00

Some Birthday presents

2009-12-02T19:46:00.004-05:00

Here are some examples of the precious things that crept into my world last night.
The mighty Halffishes sent this poster toward me from the far corners of Deutschyland.
Andrew Deutsch and Erin Weckerle treated me to a meal at the Bon Vivant and a movie. They graciously purchased the Bon Vivant Souvenir mug for me.
We ventured forth and where presented with Marc Zbyszynski, Arthur Arbit and Siri Wilson. Arthur presented some things that should not have been captured on film and Siri kept texting me hieroglyphic messages although I was seated next to her.
The forties are funny.

My Birthday Greetings

2009-12-01T16:27:00.002-05:00

Today is the day. When I rose to shower this morning the winds had added some festive decor to my view. Sort of sad to think some other soul lost their balloons but they brought me a smile.
Marty sent the other handy work from the bowels of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Thanks

Soft edit on Blowfly and Sonic Youth

2009-11-25T01:31:00.003-05:00

I saw the Blowfly on Saturday with Blokis and Arthur. We made bootleg tshirts for the show which I will expound upon later.
Tonight I saw Sonic Youth with Steve Five(there is a story there).I gripped the rider chips for the Merch girl. Talk Normal opened and I delivered the posters from earlier posts.

Talk Normal Poster

2009-11-24T18:06:00.003-05:00

For more details look further.

Brahloween

2009-10-19T16:49:00.003-04:00

Saturday afternoon this crawled from the darker corners of my head and on to the printed page. Master Mark Morgan helped feed the process and Miss Siri Wilson provided fries and beer. The show will be a screamer in the hellish forests of Monster Island. It will be a pleasure and punishment to play with the mighty Dirty Faces who are always dressed as a train wreck underneath their ghoulish attire.

Two newly created posters for CMJ

2009-10-13T18:30:00.003-04:00

These should start appearing in the neighborhood in the next couple days. Check out what appears to be a show chock full of bands from the Westest Coasts. It is a daytime show so most will be chained to cubicles. It will be a joyous occasion for those of us playing hooky or under/un employed. The fun of these are that they are essentially the same city skyline flipped and reversed.

A new plan for the future

2009-10-09T00:01:00.000-04:00

Violence Grows again

2009-08-05T18:52:00.001-04:00

The nerd niche night known as Violence Grows is back at Bruar Falls.
The evening was inspired by this and was here for a long time and even inspired a drawing brunch or two.
Tuesday, August 11 around 9:43pm
You and all those in the territory are invited to bring yourselves to an evening of movie projections, collective drawing and flyer making, and record playing.
We all sit around spinning a few records, watching movies that do not require sound, and drawing the flyer for next time.
Cinders hosted this flyer by Maya, Blok and me.
The event is free excepting the amount of money you decide to spend on booze which Bruar Falls will appreciate.

Something gets flushed some things find reason

2009-07-09T02:09:00.001-04:00

There are times that a person is asked to step up and make a work of beauty for nothing more than "what it will get you for putting your name on it". I find myself procrastinating by reading things for the porpoise of dissing and covering things. One strange set of number logic that is interesting to us here near ground zero is as follows:
Michael Jackson died at fifty years old about to turn fifty one this year.
William S. Burroughs wrote "Naked Lunch" fifty one years ago and got it published fifty years ago.
If you spend too much time thinking about Burroughs, The Crucifucks, Arthur Arbit, and Prince then you, dear reader, might just find a connection. I only feel it but look forward to the education.
It was Ringo Star's Birthday yesterday and some people think "Weird Al" might have croaked tonight.
I certainly hope one of these things is wrong but fifty is a righter number in 2009 than twenty three.

They are still there.

2009-07-06T18:50:00.002-04:00

They are in the banks and on the streets. This one was appropriately chilling in a Chase.

They still live among us.

2009-06-21T00:01:00.002-04:00

There are moments when you realize that the fears you had as a child are not real but simply a a movie or a dream. You feel safer and more confident. You visit the places that scared you and find they are familiar. You learn to live your life feeling safe and secure. There is then a moment when walking your bike home because a loved one is beside you when the horror returns. You realize that people still buy alligators for their progeny when both are small and cute. One gets abandoned in the sewers and the other most likely stars in reality television because all they know how to do is flush or abandon. You realize good things are still can happen because these alligators still roam free in this city. All the myths are still true unless you think you might make it big by playing a legendary rock club. There are no country, blue grass and/or blues clubs to play but maybe a SPR or two.

Sunday everyone in NY makes noise

2009-06-17T16:12:00.003-04:00

The fine bands Red Dawn II, The Hard Nips, Cathy and Kocho Bi Sexual will attempt to create a rock show on the street in front of Sodafine because of this.
Come out around 4pm and then help Allison and me carry gear over to Monster Island for this reason.

What Red Dawn II does on a day off in Detroit

2009-06-02T23:59:00.001-04:00

Friend of Anna Haifisches found in Detroit

2009-06-02T23:56:00.001-04:00

Ice Cream Sandwich Cat wants to got back into your head so fast you get brainfreezes.

Tour Photo

2009-05-30T11:30:00.004-04:00

We have a deep amount of things in this box for our 3 to 6 fans. If you see us out please inquire within. If we can't find you something for your back or your ears then we'll let you have a peek at the dirty magazine doubling as our signage. You can then grip a Red Dawn II pin designed by Joly for free.

Another exciting installation near an appropriate spot

2009-05-30T11:13:00.002-04:00

This amazing piece was installed on the street in front of the gallery. I caught my eye and I quickly made my way into the gallery to inquire as to the accomplished Ohio artist that had boldly constructed the piece. I entered the gallery and looked around but there was a distinctly different vibe inside as out. I inquired as to the name of the installation and it's creator. The gallery informed me that it was placed there by the City workers of Cleveland, Ohio. They were not represented by the gallery but had been inclined to create by the necessity of the city. Well done.

A Lawn Ornament circa 1987

2009-05-27T16:27:00.003-04:00

Stuff taking up other garages and time

2009-05-26T17:31:00.002-04:00

I have been taking some time to Dj much to several Soho employees regret. Playing shows with all kinds of violent bullshit and even just straight up bullshit which I will leave hyperlinkless. Red Dawn II will be stumbling through the Middle East and into Michigan this weekend. In the next couple daze, we hope to settle into finishing a few songs to put out for someone's listening pleasure. In the meantime, I am going to be trying not to hang out with this guy so much. He kind of dresses like a child molester and has not qualms about it. He often says
"Society doesn't affect change on you unless you let your own criminalizing thoughts change the way you think you are perceived by Society. If you look like a clown or a child molester but you are not one then why worry what Society thinks you look like unless,of course, you are one of those things?"
I always have to remind myself that he doesn't give the best advice. He is a bowlful of fun especially if you get him up on a line.

"...wishing I was eating fries but printing instead.."

2009-05-19T21:52:00.003-04:00

This should be a fun show. Red Dawn II just finished recording their record and although they are not a draw they are having fun. The same goes for anybody else on this bill. There will be coffee.

Playing Records Today on WFMU

2009-05-18T01:32:00.002-04:00

Allison and I of the band Red Dawn II will be hanging out on Liz Berg's show.
Check it out, if you can.

New additions to Church are kind of ruling.

2009-05-14T17:44:00.004-04:00

Out to Lunch

2009-05-06T23:47:00.006-04:00

I have been in Cleveland,Ohio hanging out with a lot of sorted things. These two fellows are a couple of cards. The always have a good joke to tell if you are willing to spend enough time with them but all their Swine Flu jokes I would pan... They are always up for a good lunch in the proper locale at the appropriate time. Nate's Deli (1923 W. 25th St. Cleveland, OH 44113 216-696-7529) is never a disappointment. The fatoosh salad even has OJ asking about if it was had and if it is still as good as memory serves. It is, of course, and my furry friend can confirm. The conversation wandered to goals, debts, and savings. It got a little fishy in the exchange but affirmed all of our life choices. It is so easy to be envious of a shark when you are not one but never forget a shark might tell you some things that remind you that it can be hard to be one. We talked about whether you are throwing caution to the wind, doing something you love, saving for an arthritic retirement, buying radical wallpaper or even ripping it out of a house....you are never far from losing it all so live it to the hilt. The dog coined the "live it to the hilt" phrase. You might have a fleet of Tonka trunks today but somebody else who knows how to use those trucks better than you might just bury them in their yard. I know I am getting ahead of the discourse and forgetting all the years of bail outs between those moments but so should we. The one thing we all agreed upon is that even if a dumb piece of shit has finished his run as president in our hometown there is another about to get elected somewhere else like, say, Chile.
We left the diner and I discussed with Sharky how awesome Talk Normal is.
The dog is really loving Bathory and Sibylle Baier. The dog had to give credit not to J Mascis but to Nico Multi for those jams.

Bowie songs illustrated

2009-04-29T14:02:00.002-04:00

This was sent to me from John Schaffer. John and I went to high school together and had lockers next to each other for years because my name at the time was Scharf and then there was Schaffer. John had a love for David Bowie and I had an interest in further exploring the works of Mr. Bowie. This was because I was spending many hours listening to the glamorous Gothic sounds of Bauhaus. Since there was an emphasis on glam the band had covered some Bowie. We entered into a prehistoric kind of file sharing arrangement. I would loan John the records of Bauhaus in exchange for the wax of Mr. Bowie. In a short time, I owned nearly thirty records by Bowie. Always trying to find new ways to kill time in study hall we began to illustrate Bowie song lyrics and titles. This is one that I did of Bowie song titles from then. It is spooky how little my hand seems to have changed. See how many you can find.
(A little hint is that we there weren't any records recorded after Tonight when the drawing was created.)

History Naturally

2009-04-17T12:53:00.002-04:00

One has to wonder what the last thought or words any of these guys were thinking.
It usually results in an eruption of laughter allowing one to ignore the obvious sadness.

Flat Eric lurks in Germany while Wolfy rocks "No Pants" at breakfast in Lowell

2009-04-16T10:06:00.004-04:00

This is from Haifischies(Half Fishys) in Leipzig:

"...I attached a picture of flat eric sitting on our opposite rooftop. sometimes he moves his legs a little while birds eat his brain. my friend johannes found that filthy disgusting thing on a garbage can another day. it scares the shit out of the kids hanging in the backyard. they try to shoot him with stones and litter. cruel world."

This brought me an incredible amount of joy today.

Ninth street and Vine

2009-04-16T02:28:00.002-04:00

There is a strange thing that can occur in the course and wake of many things too silly to....
illustrate especially when you start a sentence at the end of the night and have to finish it in the morning.
This is a picture from a sociological study from Lowell called "Heavy Metal Druggies".
It is Zargor the Bad Rocker. Lazy Eyes sent me this when he had a moment to contemplate his connections to Lowell. The next picture is the strange symbol carved into the gravestone visited yesterday. I am sure both have deeper meanings which I do not understand but swear to pursue. Until then, enjoy the similarities between the images.

Standing on the corner of....

2009-04-16T01:59:00.003-04:00

In the wake of a "lecture" and an art opening; we decided to find the grave of this man. It is stoopid and confused to think that it would be anything more than what it actually was. I was impressed by the insertion of pens on the grave of a man who typed. The logic is a like the blade of a BBQ lance with a pineapple laced with spice when you prefer a microwave. The most amazing aspect of the experience was the insertion of a Portland Pie Co. rewards card on the grave.
Is there a connection that I have missed about the Beats and pie?
I love the pens and can only hope some brave soul takes one from the site and writes/draws something that is awesome and could be inserted in the ground near the grave.

Now to fully appreciate this phrase:

2009-04-14T19:25:00.000-04:00

Setting up in University Gallery at UMass Lowell

2009-04-14T19:04:00.002-04:00

Some shots of the installation
Here
The person lurking in front of the wall of posters in the last shot is Bill Kaizen. He curated the show and incidentally put the K in Kayrock. The show opens tomorrow and the battery for the camera has died miles from a charger. I hope provide some more shots in the coming days and maybe even a shot atop John Kerouac's final resting place.