Welly welly well! As well as the splendidly exciting news of upcoming shows, it seems we have got ourselves a website... Along with the website comes the blog. Blogs are something strange and foreign to me. Sometimes blogs are smoother than conversation, because drifting away from the point is often easier to remedy in print than in person. Equally beneficial is the fact that you can use the phrase, "I digress," with a minimal level of guilt. It has been more than a few blue moons since I have ever attempted writing in paragraph form; it is likely that this entry will be heavily dosed with grammatical errors.
I digress.
Today, we unfortunately had a show cancellation. It's all good though! The show has been rescheduled to next Monday, February 11th. The unexpected free time allowed me to work on a flyer for next Friday night, when the Friends will be joining weird punks Weird Science and the electrical folk of Jesse Wilkes. I have recently found that making flyers is a wonderful productive distraction. After all, a flyer is something that needs to be done to promote a show. It turns the date into an event. It can add a tone, a color... a theme that can only be found if it is hidden. I love flyers and flyer art. It makes taking a piss at a bar bearable, when the bass hits so hard the forgotten Bud Light backwash falls from the shelf above and causes you to relieve yourself all over your pants, and there is a line of embarrassed looking men out the door, all too afraid to stand two by two in a urinal trough and piss simultaneously. Flyers turn telephone poles into relics, schedules into art, and hobos into preachers. I am relatively new to the game, and there are a couple flyer artists I find particularly inspiring. Among the best of them is Annie Bussell.
I digress.
Today, we unfortunately had a show cancellation. It's all good though! The show has been rescheduled to next Monday, February 11th. The unexpected free time allowed me to work on a flyer for next Friday night, when the Friends will be joining weird punks Weird Science and the electrical folk of Jesse Wilkes. I have recently found that making flyers is a wonderful productive distraction. After all, a flyer is something that needs to be done to promote a show. It turns the date into an event. It can add a tone, a color... a theme that can only be found if it is hidden. I love flyers and flyer art. It makes taking a piss at a bar bearable, when the bass hits so hard the forgotten Bud Light backwash falls from the shelf above and causes you to relieve yourself all over your pants, and there is a line of embarrassed looking men out the door, all too afraid to stand two by two in a urinal trough and piss simultaneously. Flyers turn telephone poles into relics, schedules into art, and hobos into preachers. I am relatively new to the game, and there are a couple flyer artists I find particularly inspiring. Among the best of them is Annie Bussell.
When I was in high school my best friends and I formed a band called the Paraplegic Millipedes. When we set out to record an EP in my parents basement, we asked Annie to to the album art. Ever since that first napkin doodle, a creative friendship was born. You may recognize Ms. Bussell's artwork from our very own "Are You An Imaginary Friend?" poster design. I have always been fond of Annie's poster work, particularly her lettering. To the right is an example of one of her flyers. Using a crossword as her inspiration, she weaves the band's names using three dimensional blocks with shifting perspectives... the effect is at times disorienting and very unique when placed on a bulletin board among countless Microsoft Word printouts. I have a few more excellent examples of her work but can't seem to find digital copies at the moment, maybe in a later flyer blog. Her technique and boldness has surely evolved with her talent.
Another local flyer artist I have found myself inspired by is who I believe to be Caleb Brown of local newgrass group, Controlled Folly. He and I have actually separately created flyers of very similar design unaware of each others ideas. Brown has been developing his style over the past year, especially, primarily using pencils and ink. The content of his flyers (aside from bands/place/date) range from musical instruments that will likely be heard at the show, to political or social issues that affect us, to the creative visuals displayed in this example to the left. They are easily picked out among the collage of flyers that can be found all over Athens, especially uptown.
These are a few friends that have inspired me tonight.
I ask of you, Friends, who inspired you today?
What is your productive distraction?
For more on Controlled Folly, including show dates, visit:
http://www.controlledfolly.net/
More Ethan & the Imaginary Friends Flyers here:
Flyers Photo Album
Submit your own flyer artwork to HERE!
-Ethan
These are a few friends that have inspired me tonight.
I ask of you, Friends, who inspired you today?
What is your productive distraction?
For more on Controlled Folly, including show dates, visit:
http://www.controlledfolly.net/
More Ethan & the Imaginary Friends Flyers here:
Flyers Photo Album
Submit your own flyer artwork to HERE!
-Ethan
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