So pleased to be able to make this poster. I’m so psyched for this show, even a month in advance…

** Forgot to note, this show was July 21, the date was corrected before it went to print! **

Please listen to Always Wanting More. You will be.

Jay Reatard at my favorite spot on the Lower East Side, Cake Shop. I just want it here so I can play it a lot.

Kettner made this. I love it!

I’m ready to listen to fall music, summer music doesn’t feel right anymore.

As we tear out rot on the house, we are finding that someone used newspaper to insulate the house in 1944. I took photos of my favorite shreds.

This one is particularly appropriate: an ad for a Peter Lorre movie, The Mask of Demetrios… I’m going to Chicago next weekend to see the World/Inferno Friendship Society touring with their album based on the story of his life.

I caved and got an iPod for a price I couldn’t refuse. I’ve been stuffing it with music, but Tip got ahold of it and programmed her own playlist:

1) Dog At Large, Naked Raygun
2) Dog Tree, The Ex
3) All Dogs are Hes, All Cats are Shes, Toys that Kill (though she’s perplexed by the title)
4) Corky Dog, Citizen Fish
5) Hear the Dogs, Dog Faced Hermans (her favorite band, of course)
6) Rough Dogs have Bumps, Melt Banana
7) Vagabond Dog, Naked Raygun
8) Bulldog Front, Fugazi
9) Underdog, The Dirtbombs

Why don’t you rise me up?

A few friends of mine have been working nonstop all summer to put this awesome fest together at the Soap Factory. There’ll be music, art & workshops — some of which I’m helping with. OpenCircuit is doing a wiki workshop, and FWD-MN will be doing some workshops on alternative economies.

In other news, I came into some Einstürzende Neubauten, X and Diamanda Galas records this weekend. I never imagined “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” could sound so frightening.

More work on the siding.

Found some rough spots.

And it looks like a smurf village is growing in our yard!

As promised, the poster we designed for the Naked Raygun show. Word is it’s selling out fast, so I’d get tickets while you can!

I think it turned out pretty well, except after staring at it for a while I started thinking about the classic movie Inner Space. Not good.

Better late than never — this is the poster we designed for The Ex show in Minneapolis in December. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen — the fourth time I’ve seen The Ex, and certainly the best. Very happy to get to do this poster!

I think this is the first time I’ve put together a three-color job… and considering that we got most of the image from a Japanese kimono pattern, I’m pretty proud!

The next in the series will be Naked Raygun for Extreme Noise’s anniversary. Another show for a legendary band…