Pavement in Australia

Internet, you really let me down on this one.

On my second night in Australia I got to sing "Conduit For Sale" with Pavement and this photo is all I can find. What the fudge? No Youtube? Surely this was, and will be, the highlight of their entire reunion tour.



As a backstory, Pavement was my 2nd favorite band growing up. I later ended up playing with Spiral in his post-Pavement band, Preston School of Industry and he has become one of my favorite people of all time so when he (and his now wife) invited me out to Oz for their wedding, I couldn't not go. The Pavement shows sweetened the deal, and well, this moment just toppled everything else on my most awesome moments ever list. It's maybe more awesome in my memory than it would be on youtube anyway...

Sticking something here

Cuz why not.

Shadow Shadow Shade

Some old pals of mine recently contacted me because they were in a pinch and needed a band name fast. Their old name, The Afternoons, apparently belonged to some band somewhere else that was none too happy about another band gaining glory under that name. They passed on my suggestions (The Language of Tap Water, The Carriage Lamps, Ears Hung Low, LaBrea Carpets - among others) and went with Shadow Shadow Shade. Not sure who came up with that one but I like like love it. Now that I think about it, Among Others is not a bad name either. Anyway, I've been experimenting with subtle vignettes and shading to make things look prettier and I made this today for fun. I am well aware that these colors are kind of the go-to tones these days, which is a shame because I really like them.



To hear the go-to tones of Shadow Shadow Shade, go to www.myspace.com/shadowshadowshade.

KEXP

This was one of those projects that started as one thing and ended up as something completely different. Through that process I felt that I had failed somehow and was rather unhappy with the work. It's out in the world now and getting compliments so I will shut the fudge up.

Deal with it.

Another something I made.

Something I made

Califone

The purpose of this post is two-fold. Firstly, I am excited to see Califone next week. My cousin is running the projector for the West Coast leg of their "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers" tour so I imagine I will sit up in the projection booth with him and a beer and just enjoy how rad everything in the world is.

Secondly, I am going to try and post more random design work here, starting now. I hate when people announce crap on their blogs and never follow through (and I know I am already guilty of this very thing) but it seemed like it needed an introduction. I am going to try and keep things to 400 pixels by 400 pixels when possible. This is important for reasons you will NEVER UNDERSTAND.

I hope you are well.