I talk to Callum Rooney, a graphic designer, illustrator, and print maker based in Auckland, New Zealand!
I have a fun l’il chat with Matt Maust – artist, designer, bassist and cofounder of Cold War Kids. We discuss his other projects Coromandelles, and French Style Furs, his graphic design origin story, art school, his clothing line £UV, touring, playing music on TV, artistic process, unpopular opinions!
I even included a French Style Furs song called Solitary Life.
I pay tribute to the life of Daniel Dumile, his transformation into absurdist super-villain MF DOOM, and the art of the Doomiverse. From his KMD days, the death of his brother Subroc, his many personas, and the artists/designers behind Stones Throw and Lex Records.
Jesse Lortz is a multimedia artist based in Atlanta,GA formerly of Seattle, WA AKA @draculasflute. His music projects have included Case Studies, The Fe Fi Fo Fums, The Dutchess And The Duke and he just released his annual dirty clouds calendar for 2021. That’s right - gender neutral, sentient cloud beings who have all kinds of adventures! We talk about the origin story of that project, starting out making xerox flyers for punk shows, risograph printing, his favorite gatefold of all time, and Ariel MAGA Pink?
This episode features the song “High on Love” by Jesse’s project Lightsplitters.
In my final episode of 2020, I say thank yous and goodbyes, especially to music visionary and graphic designer Simeon Coxe of Silver Apples. Plus a brief/crazy history of the band and how the record sleeve design for “Contact” marked the death of Silver Apples....or did it?
Sorry for making this
Captain Carl designed a Steely Dan record?? In episode 25, Totino Pizza Boy @compassruler and I discuss the work and life of artist Gary Panter....and the other album designers (Wayne White and Phil Hartman) that worked with him on the TV show Pee Wee's Playhouse. Screamers is the magic word! AAAH
Record Covers
Collabs
Here Come the Boren Sisters |
Seattle art fair, 2018
“I started in with puppets when I was a 21 year old Art School Andy Kaufman fan. It was all about arty deconstruction and Punk Rock. No Muppets. No innocence or sassy fuzzballs with ping pong ball eyes. I liked hard faces made out of wood,rubber,paper mache or just plain old cardboard that did awkward things. I got lucky and got to jump into a commercial world with my bad attitude. Pee-wee’s Playhouse made me better at the craft,as did all the rest of the shows that followed. Much like animation,I love any art form where you can make your creation move,talk and come alive.” –Wayne White
Music Videos and Commercials by Wayne White!
Before he was Captain Carl, Phil Hartman was a professional graphic designer!
Sonny Smith (Sonny and the Sunsets) is a San Francisco songwriter and artist. We discuss the therapy of creating clay dog heads, touring Alaska, and his creative process as he works on album art for an upcoming country project.
Of course I had to ask about his ambitious art/music project from 2010 "100 Records" where 100 artists produced artwork for the record covers of fictional bands! Sonny then wrote and recorded 200 songs for the a and b sides of the records. Only 200?
100 records
Cabezas Cortadas - Teen Age Thugs
(artwork: Juan Luna Avin)
Petite Lafitte - Black Orgy / Reflections On Youth
Versatile Kyle - Get Some Control / Are You A Believer In Love?
(artwork: Souther Salazar)
Merriweather Bradley - Calling Distiny / Is This All You Got?
(artwork: Nathaniel Russel)
In April 2010 GALLERY CRAWL checked out Gallery 16s new exhibit 100 RECORDS and interviewed creator, artist, and musician Sonny Smith, who invented and wrote 100 songs for several fictional musicians and bands and invited fellow artists to create matching album covers.
This episode is dedicated to the life and legacy of Jason Nerida.
I got to chat with Christian Petersen about iwantyoustudio.com, Dumb Eyes Agency, record cover design for Shabazz Palaces, Fuck Trump series, 3D art, his huge vinyl collection and recently launched youtube channel Mystery Discs!
Collaboration with Isvald Klingels for the Shabazz Palaces album, ‘Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star’
VARIOUS WORK BY CHRISTIAN PETERSEN
MYSTERY DISCS YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
Enter the crystal cave...We talk Design School and Breaking Rules / Covid and Freelance / The Sarcastic New Age / Moving Forward…
I talk to Sean about the apocalyptic shitty world, The Spits aesthetics, their upcoming sixth album, tour shenanigans, CHiPs!
HALLOWEEN 2009
CHiPS
