and the winner is...

last week, i posted about the tour posters i was doing for the upcoming folly reunion shows. if you didn't catch it, check it out here. anyway, the guys originally were going to pick 2 out of the 6 designs and send them to print. but they liked them so much that they decided to get 4 of the designs printed instead of 2. here's the one's they chose:

DRAGON:

(this is actually an alternate color scheme than the original one i sent them)

SPACE:


PINUPS:


SOVIET:


look out for them if you are going to any of the shows.

You think you're god because you have a robe and you can put people up the goddamn river for 20 years? Well you're not.

this week, i had the ultimate pleasure of crossing a big thing off my "things to do before i die" list. and that was seeing godspeed you! black emperor live. i've been listening to them for a while, and they are almost undescribable. droning, post-apocalyptic, intense tracks with no vocals except occasional random audio samples that consist of things like interviews with bums and weirdos on the street.

they haven't played nyc since 2003 i believe. maybe 2002, and for the most part disbanded. they originally announced two new york dates last year and the tickets went on sale on my birthday, last september. got a call from my boy frank that day and said that he got us tickets for both dates. the shows sold out in about an hour and godspeed actually wound up adding 3 more new york shows. and after seeing them wednesday and thursday, i wish i would have gotten tickets for every one of those shows. they will probably never tour again, and seeing them live was such a complete mindfuck. i feel blessed to be a part of that history.

we saw them wednesday night in brooklyn at the brooklyn masonic temple and on saint patricks day at st. paul the apostle church in manhattan:


i've been to the brooklyn masonic temple for shows before, and it's a pretty cool venue. but the church on saint patricks day was one of the most intense things i've ever seen live. it's a huge stone church on columbus between 59th & 60th. the inside is all these huge carved stone arches and stained glass windows. we sat in fucking pews and watched this show.

the band consists of 4 guitar players, a bass player who also plays an upright bass, a violinist, a percussionist and a drummer. during the shows, they are basically shadows with a projection screen backdrop behind them flashing almost-brainwashing images behind the band throughout the entire show.

between the two days, they played a ton of stuff that i wanted to hear, including this track.. rockets fall on rocket falls:



(these videos weren't from the shows i was at, but are from this most recent tour. strangely enough, there were many points during both of those shows where you could look around and not see a single person holding up a camera or a phone to take pictures or video. it was that intense.)

project: folly

i recently had the pleasure of throwing together some posters for the upcoming folly reunion shows. if you don't know who folly is, you can read up on them here.

anyways, their bass player, arben, got in touch with me a month or two ago and told me they needed some tour posters. they wanted a few different designs and would eventually choose two. i just finished up the last design a couple days ago. in total, i sent them 6 different layouts. i tried to give a variety of different styles, because he basically told me to just go nuts and do whatever i wanted to do. they are getting together this week to choose two that will go to print and be available at the shows.

here are the 6 designs, and i'll repost once they decide on their favorites of the bunch. click to enlarge:

DRAGON:


SPACE:


VAN:


ALIEN:


PINUPS:


SOVIET:


i'd love to hear people's input on which they like, etc. but post comments on the facebook page. and if you aren't already a fan, there is a link to the facebook page at the top of this page. cheers!

slumber killed by rays of the new red sun arising.