The deep Truths in Mythology and free drinks. Drunken brunches and afternoon naps. Gardening and harvesting. Drawing people, both real and imagined.
Music
Townes Van Zandt, The Replacements, Lucinda Williams, High On Fire, Nick Cave, Motown, Tom Waits, Slayer, She & Him, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Leonard Cohen, Dale Watson, Bob Dylan, Ben Weaver, Doomtree, Adele, Dillinger Four, and on and on...
Movies
The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Moulin Rouge, Cool Hand Luke, Gone Baby Gone, Harvey, Old School, Henry Fool, PCU, Amelie, Ghostbusters, Me and You and Everyone We Know, How To Draw A Bunny, Slapshot, Waitress, Memento, 40 yr Old Virgin, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Television
The Muppet Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Good Eats, Battlestar Galactica
Books
Currently reading 'Collected Fictions' by Jorge Luis Borges. Recently read 'The Room' by Hubert Selby Jr., 'The Orchard Keeper' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Whore's Child and other stories' by Richard Russo, 'The Book of Joe' by Jonathon Tropper,'Middlesex' by Geoffrey Eugenides, 'No One Belongs Here More Than You' by Miranda July. 'Dear American Airlines' by Jonathan Miles, 'The Gargoyle' by Andrew Davidson 'Dry' by Augusten Burroughs, 'Snuff' by Chuck Palahniuk, and 'The Hand' by Frank R Wilson
About me:
I live and work in a house with 3 roommates in Midtown Minneapolis called Motel Jim. In September 2008 I will be celebrating 4 years of being a self-employed full-time artist, which is also the same amount of time I have been living without owning a car. I play drums in the band Ten Extra Pounds, and guitar in Fatty Acid. I like to think I am a good cook, and I know I am a happy drunk.
And now, for my professional bio:
A veteran of the comic book, rock poster, gallery, bookstore, and even gaming worlds, DWITT might just be the most ubiquitous artist whose name you’ve never learned… until now. Under the influence of varying quantities of caffeine, endorphins, canned beer, and Slayer albums, David Witt is a man with the stamina to create 30 flyers in 30 days for the (soon-to-be) legendary Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN, armed with nothing more than his vivid imagination and well-honed talent. His visceral images of ghouls and demons, busty dames and booze-soaked revelries, George W. Bush and Anthony Bourdain, are instantly recognizable_each emphatic line positively thrums and pulses, every one the embodiment of Witt’s wide-ranging inspirations and passions.
A founding member of the Squad 19 Design Collective and the Back Alley Gallery, Witt comments that “making it work as a professional has involved taking advantage of every opportunity and lucky break_there’s never been a plan, just a lot of drawing.” Rather than just this modest scraping by, however, he strives to make every project his best, often with spectacular results.
Witt’s illustrations, paintings, and limited edition screenprints have been exhibited around the globe and reproduced in books and publications including The Art of Modern Rock, I Want Your Skull, German collective Bongout’s anthologies, and the series of graphic novels he’s illustrated for Lerner Publishing. His work can also be rocked-out to as the visual accompaniment to so many amateur and virtuoso living-room solos played in Guitar Hero II and found plastered across tee shirts extolling rowdy bands and rowdier holidays (Witt is, after all, a founder of International Canned Beer Month, celebrated each August). Finally, when at a loss to find any DWITT in your life, you can always simply look around: his art is most at home in the world when stapled to lamp posts or taped to the bathroom doors of dive bars across this great land. That’s right, the name’s David Witt_D-W-I-T-T, for those of you carving it into your desktops.
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This is it! THE show of the year. we are celebrating the release of our new cd "ANNO MMIX" with a FREE show. we have gathered our closest friends in CWN ANNWN, URN and RISINGFALL to celebrate with us.
PLUS - we will be selling metal vinyl, videos, dvd's and cd's from the ROOT OF ALL EVIL empire! so even if you don't like the bands, come to shop!
this will be the last show til the winter so DON'T MISS IT! It's FREE for fup sake!
Thanks for befriending me and Paint It Black. Hope you like it. Wish you success and inspiration with your music, and many delights. all best, Janet F.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
Hail Fellow Metal Militiamen,
With massive satisfaction, IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE returns to the world of actually promoting shows with a twin-barreled Chicago assault to celebrate the RE-RELEASE of their 2nd full length offering SENTINELS OF THE HARDLAND. Expect new tunes, new merch, new and improved tones in addition to the same old ass kickery.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
-- wes nile IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE throat, teeth and fists dept.
www.IMPERIALBATTLESNAKE.com www.myspace.com/IMPERIALBATTLESNAKE (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Celebrity Guests! Classic and Indie Horror Movies! Live Bands! A HUGE Vendor Room! FX Contest! Costume Contest! Horror Themed Afterparty Rooms! (Book yours today and throw your own Horror party!)
Come to The Rock in Maplewood on Saturday May 30th for Death Row Martyr's debut show! We dont have another in town show booked until the end of August!
Hi, My name is Patrick Callan, I just put out my first full length record-"Tales of a Folk Punk Nothing" on Blanket Statement Records.
It was recorded in the dead of winter 2009 and was released May 8th. I put a lot of heart into it.
Please listen to the songs I have up on my page, if you like what you hear, you can buy the record through snocap( The itunes competitor that screws over artists less).
As my label is small, at the moment all profits from the record go towards funding future projects,tours, etc. like the new record from my friends Turn Back Now! out June 25th.