KRS-One video, “Aztechnical”. Behind-the-scenes .. sort of.

The great KRS-One is releasing his 12th album, Just Like That on Jan. 4th 2012 and after months of delay has released a 1st video from the album, “Aztechnical“. The story goes, last year when I was living in Atlanta my friend Corey Ellis got the gig to do the video and what he was given was pretty bare-bones and essentially he had to create the video from scratch.

In typical KRS fashion the song is pretty dense, as it is 6-minutes long and sounds like someone reading a textbook. Not the easiest thing to create or keep interesting to a viewer. The gist of the song is that it is about Cortez taking advantage of the Aztecs and the end of Mayan calendar and possible the end of life as we know it. Pretty light stuff.

He asked if I could create some artwork for the video and I leapt at the chance, since Ive been a fan of KRS-One for a while. I created a bunch of Aztec & Mayan style line drawings to be used in the background and my girlfriend & her sister were employed to be Mayan women. To find the perfect jungle type setting we looked no further than our horrible unkept backyard. Torches were made out of rags covered in vaseline, the girls were painted up, proper lights were setup and Corey filmed. All the KRS-One stuff was green screened.

I said this was “behind-the-scenes” sort of because my inclusion was tiny and the real behind the scenes would be alot of Corey sitting at his computer essentially creating the whole video. In the end, I think it came out looking great.

For more of Corey Ellis’s work, check out his website, T-bolt Films.

Gene Ween @ New Hope Winery print…

Once again I have had the pleasure of working with one of my favorite bands, Ween.  In this case half of the band to be exact, for a show in their hometown New Hope, PA.  Gene Ween will be playing with fellow Ween’r Dave Dreiwitz on bass and there is talk of cello accompaniment.   This poster goes out to a special breed of person that knows that “Dragon’s Breath” is a kind of saving throw and has spent too much time reading of the exploits of Raistlin Majere.

This print is 18′ x 24′, …… 5-color print…….  and is available in the store now.

So break out your copy of “The Mollusk” and your 20-sided dice and nerd out until then.

Screens n’ Suds 2011…

I will be taking part in this years Screens n’ Suds event down in Richmond, VA.  Screens n’ Suds is a celebration of screenprinted artwork and beer… 2 things that always go together.  A number of artists including Alan Hynes, Brian Ewing, Doe-Eyed, etc.. …. have created beer themed prints which will be sold to help benefit the National MS Society.

This a 4-color print (16′ x 20′) with a limited run of 50 and is available in the store… RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!

It’s the first time I’m doing this show, so it should be interesting. There will be a gallery event displaying this years prints as well as a number of variants and art prints and the main event is the next night in which a number of artists including myself will have a table set up selling prints. Below are the events..

Thu Nov 3
S’n’S Print Series Debut
Mekong Restaurant

Fri Nov 4
S’n’S Original Print Show Opening
Gallery 5

Fri Nov 5
The Big Event
Capitol Ale House

There are other beer related events later in the week so check the Screens n’ Suds site for more info. Come swing by… have a beer and say “Hi”. Oh yeh… buy stuff too.