Peter Gabriel Tune…

Peter Gabriel Tune…
02/24/09

Last year’s dominant record, at least in my iTunes, was Vampire Weekend’s Vampire Weekend. Their use of multiple instrument and musical styles combined with smart lyrics and a pop sensibility that is often lost on the most quality Indie bands, make them a force in the music scene. I look forward to seeing what the next few years brings for them.

But one of their best tracks of the album came in Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. The song has international influences including African and Indian. You can hear it here on The Hype Machine.

Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

The song also mentions the name of another tremendously famous musical being who also has been greatly influenced by music from all over the world.

Peter Gabriel.

Well, Peter and the band(?) Hot Chip got together and did their own rendition of the Vampire Weekend song. I think it’s pretty amazing.

Listen or Download here.

Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover)

Or you can watch this …ehem… video.

Oh Peter Gabriel and your high pitched greatness.

Fun work

Martin Luther King Tribute
06/1/10

I wanted to attempt this style  in February, and being Black History Month I chose the Rev. as my muse.

His face is made up of the words of his epic Lincoln Memorial “I have a dream…” speech.

Take a look. I am having it framed as I type.

Smoking Goat Branding
04/1/10

I like beer.

Beer high in flavor, alcohol and price. I brew at home, but wouldn’t consider myself very good at this point. I’m working on it.

We have friends in Louisiana who I would consider really good. I designed some branding for their forthcoming brewery down there.

The Smoking Goat will hopefully be amazing, especially if I get some good beer out of the deal.

Have a look. Then drink a beer and have a look again. Continue this process until the logo looks awesome.

New Poster
02/4/10

This is a poster I made for my buddy Dustin.

A classic quote from him as we drove by Effingham, IL’s infamous and huge cross.

I thought it would look good in his new apartment.

Sheltered Perceptions
01/6/10

I recently got the chance to work on a project for the Humane Society. Given the fact that every time I walk into an animal shelter I have to be talked down from taking home every animal in the place, I was happy to help in anyway I could.

With the majority of pet buying in the United States coming from breeders, mall pet shops and unfortunately mills, animal shelters (specifically the Humane Society) are left overflowing with pets that need loving homes. They are running into a perception problem however, and many misconceptions about shelter pets are accepted as fact, and often repeated as such.

To get past this, we decided to take the problem head on, and address the most common misconceptions individually.

Here is where we landed:

Lauren and Dan sit’n in a tree…
01/5/10

My good friend Lauren is getting married in July, and though I am extremely jealous of her fiance Dan (don’t tell my wife), I made their save the date cards.

I use VistaPrint to print these types of things. Though the quality suffers, and the rumor is that they are destroying local community printers nationwide, for the price they can’t be beat. Check them out next time you want to customize your own holiday card or invitation.

Here’s how Lauren’s STDs turned out: