Summer Favorites

Its been a great summer so far and here is a look back at some of my favorite posters thus far...

NBA thoughts...

Congrats to Melo and La La getting murrred up last Saturday in the NYC-

I know how you were feelin', and the wife looks da' bomb.

Among those in attendance at the wedding were Lebron James (who was booed by New Yorkers), A'mare Stoudemire, Chris Paul, the Kardashians, Spike Lee,  Luda, and a slew of other celebrity and power New Yorkers. With all the attention on the Miami Thrice, it seems as though Chris Paul had to take some of the spotlight concerning a possible New York connection. According to the New York Post's Marc Berman, attendee Chris Paul(notes) made a pretty interesting speech at the ceremony- 

During Carmelo Anthony's wedding Saturday night at Cipriani's on 42nd Street, Chris Paul, the superstar New Orleans point guard, predicted a future Knicks Dream Team. [...]

According to a person who spoke with wedding attendee Amar'e Stoudemire(notes), Paul made the reference during a speech of a potential union of himself, Stoudemire and Anthony, saying, "We'll form our own Big 3," Paul allegedly said.

 So there you go Knicks fan, its possible, but then again you have Donnie Walsh and this story-

From the New York Post's Marc Berman:

The Knicks now can chase superstars who actually want to play in New York: Carmelo Anthony(notes) in 2011 and point guards Chris Paul(notes) or Deron Williams(notes) in 2012.

As reported exclusively in yesterday's Post, the Knicks' insistence on no more than two guaranteed years for Felton at $15.8 million has given them the cap-space flexibility to offer one maximum contract for 2011 and another one for 2012, Knicks president Donnie Walsh told The Post yesterday.

Sounds like a good thing right? Then Donnie drops this, completely ruining all chances of a decent Knick rebuild and subsequently making my stomach hurt from laughing so hard- 

From ESPN's Chris Broussard:

A reunion between Isiah Thomas and the New York Knicks is possible, according to Donnie Walsh.

Walsh, the Knicks' president, said Thomas will be on his list of candidates if he is given the go-ahead to hire a general manager.

"With other people, yes, Isiah would be under consideration from me," Walsh said in a telephone interview Saturday. "But that's a situation the owner would have to be involved in."

Walsh said he hasn't hired a general manager for financial reasons. If Knicks owner James Dolan allows it, he said he will eventually do so. [...]

There is little question that Dolan would be willing to consider rehiring Thomas, who served as the club's president and eventually head coach for 4½ years. The two have maintained a close relationship since Thomas was fired by the Knicks in April 2008."

Laughable

And secondly- I will always watch Lebron for his highlights, but can't root for him to win a 'Chip. Which really makes me wonder if the Lakers and Heat are in the Finals next year, who do you root for? Lebron or Kobe?

Neu Projects: Robert Crumb poster

Underground cartoonist R.Crumb developed many characters in the early 60's-70 and had a little comic that left a mark on american pop culture during that time. This one in particular:

The struttin' figure has been popularized by many and you see the strut in many of the Grateful Dead's art. 

This poster is pretty old and brittle and was mounted with a photo spray so that it will be permanently mounted, but it will put a preservation into the piece and actually will help the life of the paper.The comic "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" involved lots of stoner innuendo and had a great character named Freewheelin' Franklin. Well, Franklin was a wise man and Crumb had a small poster series called "Freewheelin' Franklin Sez" almost like a public announcement series to inform the public. Well, here you are. Such a great poster.

Neu Projects: Jim Pollock Phish Prints

These posters come to me by way of a Denver collector. These are two great prints done by Jim Pollock in the latter part of 2009. Jim has been doing Phish posters for years and he is also the designer of the La Junta cover and many of the Live Phish series covers:

First is the poster from Festival 8. It is a 3D variance of the original poster, very limited (650), and they came with a pair of glasses, however Patrick just wanted to have a pair of standard glasses mounted in with the frame. Cool idea! looking forward to that!

Secondly we have Jim's print from the New York Run late last year. Another great design, this one has all three tickets that will be mounted in there as well. I really like framing Pollock's posters, they are just such a bad ass memoriam to my days on tour, and seeing each new one he does is really a treat. Thank you Jim!

Our Wedding

We met up with our photographer Kristy Rowe at Vine Street Pub this weekend to go over our final wedding photo packet. She is a real bad ass behind the lens, and I couldn't be have been happier with the results. Check her out at www.moodeous.com.

Click here for a slideshow

Neu Projects: WSP Raleigh, NC Showbill

My friends Derek and Lea, got married June 6th, the day after Emily and I. Here is a poster from the Raleigh shows, also Derek's 30th birthday. He wants this one framed with their ticket stubs, authenticating the trip. The poster is done by Craig Howell, and is a great example of his style. Congrats to the Harden couple! I'll be laying color down on the poster this week, stay tuned...

Just sayin'

I really can't get enough of the Lebron James talk. I am a hoops nut and I've been psyched for July 1, 2010 for a long time. And yes, Lebron James is the best player on the planet. My money says he stays in Cleveland, though I hear the Nets' Mikhail Prokhorov, Jay-Z and Brooklyn made a good pitch.

Lots of work today

I'm finishing off Neil's posters this week, FINALLY! Thanks Neil for your patience on this one, promise it will be worth the wait!
Neil gave me 4 Tripp posters to work on a while back and I'd like to show you a quick snaphot of them, I'll post the finished pieces as they get done.

Denver Doings: Pearl Street Farmer's Market - Sundays

     Although I try to keep this a framing blog, I also have to throw in some other posts that will break things up for my friends and family because not everyone shares the same enthusiasm I have for picture frames. 

"Denver Doings" will be a grouping of these posts, whether is be a visit to Santa Fe's Art Walk, a new hiking trail, Bronco/Nugget/Rockies news, or food related posts. The point being, life with more in it is a good thing. 

     The Pearl Street Market is situated amongst some really fantastic restaurants like the Sushi Den trio, Black Peal, Gaia Bistro, Stellas, really you cant go wrong eating at any of the places on those three or four blocks. The market being situated here sets the tone and Sunday mornings really shine. 

This trip was my first one of the season, I was really happy that there were some olds faces there and new ones as well.

One of the freshest new faces was a group called Urban Truck Farm. 

Created by a couple Ag students at CU, the idea is to do bed truck gardens if you don't have ample space in your backyard. They had a lot of people stopping by the truck to chat and see the idea up close. Cool guys, cool idea .I'm curious how it ends up working out for them.

Another great new friend to the local food scene was the Steamin' Demon. Thats the name of the new food cart run by the hip folks over at the Watercourse and City O' City. Basically the great vegan food you know and love, street style. If you arent hip to the new food truck explosion in Denver then you better ax' sumbody.

There were many old faces as well, Styria's Bakery, Snow Creek Ranch Beef, Rabbit Shadow Farms Lamb, XING XINGs Oriental farms, the Tamale folks, and then there is this guy --->

The legend himself - Biker Jim. Again if you dont know about the food carts in Denver, ask. When you do ask I promise you, PROMISE you, you will be told of Biker Jim. Recently visited by Anthony Bourdain on a recent taping of No Reservations, Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs are not really hot dogs but some of the finest sausages you will ever try. Some handmade here, some in Alaska, Jim specializes in wild game sausages grilled and wrapped with cream cheese and carmelized onions. This guy has won more Westword Best Of awards off a food cart than many even dream of. And the day after Jim and I were talking food, he signed a lease on a restaurant. Way to go Jim, I'll be giving you my resume soon if you need staff. 

Neu Projects: Mars Hotel Album cover SIGNED by full band

I recently was asked to frame this album for a friend here in Colorado and I couldn't be more excited. This is a great piece and I cant wait to see the final product. As you can see it is a complete signing of the band with Jerry, Mickey, Phil, Bobby,Bill, and Keith. No Donna though, just the way it should be. A really great album cover from the Grateful Dead in the 70's wouldn't be complete without some hidden art- 

"When held upside down in front of a mirror, the graphic on the front of the album cover appears to say "Ugly Rumors" which inspired the name of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's band, Ugly Rumours  (From Wikipedia).

"Ugly Rumors" refers to GD tour rumors in the midst of a lengthy hiatus they had from 74-77. Why can't Phish recover from their hiatus the way they did?!? 

I'll post pictures of the finished project but for enough already lets get to it...

The 

Man

My ship has pulled in...

I'd love to name this one S.S.CraiglistIsTheShit...

I just had to provide a screenshot of this one because who knows how long my craigslist ad will survive as the #1 result for a search of the words "concert showbill". I don't know how it happened but let me tell you, it feels damn good to be number one in something.
Along with handing out my cards to people at local shows, and now this blog, Craigslist.org has gone a long way towards getting my services out there. Thank you Craig.

2 year anniversary of my first post!

Well then, how 2 years can really fly! I want to take the time to thank everyone for supporting me during the last two years on this blog.
To Emily, my beautiful wife, thank you for sitting through that 2 minutes it took to write that post two years ago to the day. My accomplishments have really been a product of your support, and I thank you.
To the readers, you all continue to amaze me with the persistent visiting of this blog. For me, blog reading is an essential part of my morning. With the fall of the newspaper industry and the rise of cloud computing, I feel that this one of the last true vehicles of the "voice of the american people". Thank you for letting my voice be a part of your coffee, shit and shave.
I know I know I haven't really been posting too much (once in the last two years to be exact) and you all have let me know that through all the comments, but man, life has been crazy! I sincerely hope that all of you continue to enjoy this blog and I feel that the steam is starting to build on this thing. Stay tuned and I think you will enjoy.