shawn avery

3 robots throw a house party in brooklyn. its friday, 1982 . ...and yes, this poster is a nod to scott/iso50.

this motion graphic was inspired by the various promotional flyers and posters created by jason hamric .

AN ARGUMENT FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED EUTHANASIA An open letter to Birmingham City Mayor Larry Langford Mayor langford needs to be put down, like a terminally sick animal, it is that simple. A man who recently owed $70,000 in clothing bills… and wears $10,000 watches… is asking the city to “humble” itself… and to petition the lord with prayer. .. asking people to walk around with their heads bowed wearing sacks and covered in ashes. This is insanity, and most likely, illegal. How much money was spent from my sewage fees for this? Our Mayor needs to be put to sleep. This guy could be indicted on multiple counts on any given day, and this is his grand idea? THIS is supposed to be the answer to our crime problem. He’s got mental issues. He is trying to compare himself to a biblical king, with this proclamation. I don’t petition the lord with prayer when my car insurance goes up. I don’t petition the lord with prayer when my sewage backs up, and i don’t petition the lord with prayer to cu...

a column by cary tennis at salon.com : Dear Cary, I am 24 years old and I am tired. Tired of my life and tired of my mind. I am an intelligent guy; I have a degree and should be making more of life. But, to be honest, I don't have a clue what I want. In fact, I almost feel like I don't want anything. Yes, I have the brain to be a successful businessman. I have the creativity to work in TV. I have the understanding of people to work as a therapist of some sort. Yet, I find myself in debt and working dead-end jobs because nothing appeals enough. For a time I wanted to act, then I wanted to direct. But whatever I choose, I come to a point where I always end up thinking, "Well, there must be more to life than this. I don't wanna train all those years just for that!" So, come on, what the hell's wrong with me? Actually, I love writing. But there's a problem. I can't find anything to write about. I haven't written in over a year. And not...

i'm holding a copy in my hand. gosh. i never thought we would finish the darn thing. we are planning a late spring / early summer release date. mucho thanks to the people who helped us produce the ep: mcshan walker [executive production - weownthesky] brett tyre [executive production - weownthesky] jeff lasceki / instant karma entertainment [production] brittany painter [bg vocals] natalie byrd [bg vocals] stacey byrd [bg vocals] carl ross [design / layout] chris lawson [art work] morgan jones [calligraphy] clint wells [guitars] brian t.murphy [additional engineering] paul scodova / scodova sound [additional mastering] david crenshaw [drums] josh cooper [drums] john houston wood [guitars] bootstrap productions [promotional affiliation] weownthesky [promotion / printing / distribution] www.myspace.com/wisebloodbham we've posted a few songs from the ep along with some demos on the wiseblood page. we will be playing sometime around 5pm nex...

here's some rare video clips of van halen and dave back in the day. the 1st clip is a really strange performance of van halen in '81 on spanish tv... they always looked really stupid on tv shows. obviously they hated the stages and the lip syncing. i don't blame them. the 2nd clip is from dave's 1st solo tour... here he is on mexican tv, singing and talking in spanish, which is cool, but they way he dances around the empty set is super ghey. but that's why we love him. the 3rd video clip is on japanese tv, and i kinda like this one. all the girls are going nuts. this is probably from 1978. the last clip is van halen on tour in holland... very campy. retarded actually. but you get to hear van halen speak dutch or whateverthefuck. and if that wasn't enough... here's an unreleased song from their first demo , way back in 1976.

here's the deal w/ wiseblood, scheduled to play on saturday the 26th. unfortunately, clint will be on his way back in town from touring on saturday the 26th, so this time around the line-up will be: ashby pate - acoustic guitar / vocals / piano shawn avery - bass / vocals thomas richie - piano alan rogers - drums some of the songs we are considering for the set: hwy in la puerta don't waste my time cadillacs n' hookers sound of silence a perfect kingdom satisfied mind (cover) aa bondy, formerly of verbena, formerly of birmingham... on conan o'brian. i played bottletree and a mexican restaurant with this guy a while back, when i was filling in on drums for duquette johnston. nutty.