One of my favorite bands from the 1980s is Yes. And former Yes guitarist/vocalist Trevor Rabin has a solo album about to drop, cover painted by Hannah Hooper.
Hooper is in Grouplove with Trevor’s son Ryan. Below, video for Grouplove’s Colours.
Every person I encounter named ‘Chelsea’ turns out to be incredibly cool.
Sacramento’s Chelsea Wolfe is now in LA – and here’s the video for Mer, from her new album Ἀποκάλυψις.
Below, photographed by Anna Dobos for Interview magazine.
‘Drop caps not bombs’
An anonymously-created stencil interpretation of myself – spotted last quarter on the wall at the Art Institute of California Sacramento.
(Okay, I know which student made it, but I ain’t tellin)
‘He just sold this painting of a burning Chase bank branch on eBay for a cool $25,000 . . . It helped that he got a shitload of publicity, from two(!) police investigations.’
The work of Alex Schaefer.
Articles here and here. Alex’s blog here (he’s now ‘symbolically’ burning other buildings as part of the Occupy movement).
Found via Gawker
Handlettered type for GAMA-GO by the great Ray Fenwick.
Ray is the author of one of my favorite typographic comic panels, Hall of Best Knowledge – now available in convenient book form.
‘Imagine what it must have been like for those living in America’s eastern cities to hear tales from the Western Frontier . . . Images created by Ben Walker tell tales of mystery and excitement that make the ladies squeal with fear and delight as their men quietly slip away to buy passage to The West.’
It all started with a bear and a gun – which was the most dangerous thing Walker would set out to draw. These became icons for Walker, who went on to become an Illustrator of The Great West, spending time on the Ponderosa and a long haul in Sacramenty.
Ben Walker is now based out of San Francisco.
Check out his website here, art and prints available here. Snake Oil Clothing here.
‘For a decade, Danny created art for musicians – album covers, event posters, and logos, among others. Now those artists are paying tribute to Danny with a free, downloadable 35-song album titled ‘DJG Was Here.”
Danny J. Gibson’s been a friend for years – and he’s one of the most prolific, experimental artist/designers I know. In a few days Quietly Contributing – Poster Art of DJG Design will open at the 1819 Event Space + Gallery in Kansas City.
More details here. Snag the free album here (please use the tip jar).
Article here. And visit Danny’s site here.
the work at the mehallo blog. beta. is licensed under a creative commons attribution - noncommercial - no derivative works 3.0 united states license. if reposting, credit must be given to steve mehallo - and if possible, please provide a link back to the mehallo blog. beta.
i include images for the purpose of critique, review, promotion and inspiration - and always make my best effort give credit/link back to the original source. if i’ve screwed up, please fire me a note.
page layout based on the wordpress 'darkwater theme' by antbag, adapted and redesigned by mehallo. valuable php assistance from bill mead.
