April 17, 2008

Back from the Neckties tour, which went better than any of us could have expected. Total blast. Have been busy since I’ve gotten back – doing Razorcake layouts and reviews and working on various other stuff you can see here: a few shirts, record covers, etc. Feels good to be working again, and actually getting stuff done.

Also found some AVOW shirts that I’d had packed away forever (I only have mediums left, however) and those are up in the MERCH section. And, wonder of wonders, Paul Fujita found some paintings of mine that he’d had packed away from a show a few years back – I’ll shoot those and post em up as soon as the weather gets a bit nicer. And it sounds like the stencil/illustration book Reproduce & Revolt has made it out into the world. Published by Just Seeds, it’s got some of my illustrations in it, as well as hundreds of others, and should be out now. Looking forward to seeing it.

In the meantime, here’s what’s in the works or almost done:
The Golden Calf by Henry Baum (I did the whole wraparound cover and it’s almost done, I swear!)
ANCHOR ARMS “We Are Anchor Arms” CD
More T4 Project stuff.
A 3-person show at The Goodfoot in June.
AVOW #23/split with Amy Adoyzie’s as-yet-unnamed zine

That’s about it. Thanks to all the Neckties kids and all the people who put us up (especially Max from Pteradon, who went above and beyond), fed us, played shows with us or drank beers with us. It was such a good time.

(Photo: Neckties Make Me Nervous at The Glass House record store in Pomona, CA. Taken by Nate Beaty.)

March 20, 2008

Hey, everyone. NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS will be on tour until the end of the month. Any new orders will be sent out once I get back. Thanks for your patience. If you live in California and want to come to a show, click here.

Also:
Folk Songs For Trauma Surgeons
The Art, Design and Spiritual Effluvia of Keith Rosson
CLOSING PARTY!
Sunday, March 30th
6–9 PM
The Life
625 NW Everett #107
Portland, OR

If you weren’t able to make it to the opening, this’d be a great time to come check it out, as I’ll be taking the show down after that.

UP NEXT:
ANCHOR ARMS shirt design.
BRADLEY ARISE shirt design.
Jacket design for Henry Baum’s The Golden Calf, published by Another Sky Press.

Thanks much, everyone. Drop me a line sometime.

Hang in,
Keith

(Photo: Some guy named Dave – I think – from the Pomona/Riverside area got this tattoo of an old drawing of mine of a couple feeding each other pistols of a nice dinner. Happy days, indeed.)

March 2, 2008

Big news here: COME OUT TO MY SHOW ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH!

NEW PAINTINGS! POSTERS! A COLLECTION OF ALL THE VARIOUS DESIGN/WRITING STUFF I’VE DONE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS! A PAINTING – CREATED AT THE OPENING – WILL BE RAFFLED OFF AT THE END OF THE NIGHT! OKAY!

Folk Songs For Trauma Surgeons
The Art, Design & Spiritual Effluvia of Keith Rosson
@ The Life
625 NW Everett #107
Portland, OR
OPENING RECEPTION: 6:30 – 10 pm

Come on down. Meanwhile, a bunch of new paintings and stuff posted. New update coming soon, once I get this show hung and all that.

(Photo: High fives and bear hugs to Alex Arnsdorf (co-creator of Avow) and Christine Domine regarding the birth of their daughter, Maya. I have no idea if that’s a gigantic squid tentacle that’s attacking her or what, but I’ve been assured she’s okay.)

February 7, 2008

Hey, everybody.

New stuff up: CD covers, tour posters, paintings. Goddamn, I need to get a better camera. Just cannot get any of the inkwork to show up on these paintings without everything going grainy as hell.

In the works: Complete CD artwork for BRADLEY ARISE, as well as a t-shirt design for em, and the book packaging for Henry Baum’s The Golden Calf, released by Another Sky Press.

Big news here is that my solo show at The Life will be taking place in March. The postcard’s up in the POSTERS section. The details:

FOLK SONGS FOR TRAUMA SURGEONS:
The Art, Design & Spiritual Effluvia of Keith Rosson
at The Life
625 NW Everett #107
Portland, OR

Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 6th
6:30 – 10 PM

Not only will this be an entirely new show of paintings, there’ll also be new limited edition posters, displays of all the shirts, records and zines I’ve done over the years and even the raffling off of a painting that I make at the gallery during the show that night. Sweet. I’ll post more details as they arise, but I’ll tell you in advance you should mark a big red X on your calendar for this one.

Thanks, everybody. Drop me a line sometime.

(Photo: That’s Tim Bramlette and Co. wearing the shirts I designed during this year’s Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas. Must’ve been good luck: they won the tournament.)

January 3, 2008

Happy New Year to all and to all a… You get the point.

To celebrate the passing of time and the fact that we’re all inching towards our graves, all that peppy stuff, ALL PAINTINGS ARE 15% OFF FOR THE ENTIRETY OF JANUARY. You can either purchase the paintings via Paypal and I’ll reimburse the difference when I ship your painting, or you can drop me a line and we can work it out via ye olde email.

NEWS:
NECKTIES MAKE ME NERVOUS will be touring the west coast in March. Visit here if you want to help us book this mofo.
Working on the new WATSON CD (CLAIRMEL, DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH, etc.) for ADD RECORDS.
New paintings posted soon.

(Photo: Taken by Jacie of Ben, all windswept and 70’s style. Nice.)