turkey hardcore bitches...

posted Thursday, October 15 2009

these are my boys SINCE YESTERDAY from turkey...i did the art for their new cd which will be available very soon...be their myspace pal and they'll give you the heads up when it's ready.
this is a shot with my boys rockin' the STRHESS gear...

new print, alice cooper, ac/dc - good times

posted Thursday, October 08 2009

all right, i've been signing the new off-set print "1 out of 7". this print is only available as a free print on the "STRHESS" web site, check it out...




the angel is laid on top of feathers that i found when walking jose. underneath that is the painting "garden of earthly delights" painted by the genius "bosch".
the title, 1 out of 7, comes from the seven angels, seven plagues myth. i used the bosch image because of the people on the bottom in torment and death while the angel rises above the chaos to heaven.

...on a side note, anyone remember the band "seven angels, seven plagues"? they ruled, and two of my older t-shirts i have are from them.


anyway, i've been listening to one of my favorite cd's while signing, alice cooper's, "da da" which came out in 1983.





the art work is amazing done by "pacific ear and eye", they did some cover art master piece's like aerosmith's
"rocks", which is the best record aerosmith ever did, and black sabbath's "sabbath bloody sabbath" which is amazing art and music.... anyway, alice cooper's "da da" cover art " is very dali-sh, there's two images of alice on the front that become an old man's head.
da da  is one of three obscure records he did between him sobering up and the crap he's been selling out on ever since.
as far as the the three records in between, the other two are "zipper catches skin" and "special forces", both of the record covers, and records are amazing.

posted Wednesday, October 07 2009

his song "pass the gun around", is pure genius, it's about hard core alcoholism and compares a bottle of liquor to a gun, both equal death..."pass the gun around, give everyone a shot".... pretty cool, give everyone a shot, a bullet or shot of liquor. i also used the line from pass the gun around "throw me in the local river let me float away" for one of my pieces...

"pass the gun around" lyrics..

Pass The Gun Around

Sonny wakes up in the morning feeling kinda sick
Needs a little Stoli Vadka, needs it really quick
Sees a little blood run from his eyes
Feels a little hotel paralyzed

Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta
Pass the gun around
And throw me in the local river, let me float away

I wake up watching cartoons... the television's on
There's a couple of party balloons and all my money's gone
She was just a reason to unwind
And actually the last thing I could find

Why don't you, pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you better
Pass the gun around
And dump me in the local river, let me float away
float away, ah float away

Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, why don't you
Pass the gun around
Throw me in the local river, let me float away

Sonny wakes up in the morning, there's a stranger in his bed
Someone's pounding on the hotel door, he wishes he was dead
I've had so many blackout nights before
I don't think I can take this anymore

Why don't you, pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, why don't you
Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, we're gonna
Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, we're gonna
Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta
Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta
Pass the gun around
Give everyone a shot... give everyone a shot, you gotta
Pass the gun around

Da Da
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i've also been listening to one of AC/DC's best ever - (circa 1978). the image of "if you want blood, you got it"angus pushing a gibson sg guitar through his gut is amazing. i didn't know anything about them before this record. i walked into a record store, saw that cover, didn't think twice and bought it. total sale because of cover art, that's what it's all about graphic / illustration folks...sold on the art.

cover...




and the back cover...





how could someone not buy this record in 1978?  it sold me in the 8th grade ..can't touch it in 2009... i have yet to see any cover art this decade that puts "if you want blood, you got it"  cover art to shame from that decade, music as well, can't touch the ac/dc action from then....now come on...their music is timeless from the 70's, it has withstood the test of time and will carry on my way word son, that is till 2012  when the world will end... a big WHATEVER,  we'll still be suffering come 2013 ;)

roman polanski...

posted Tuesday, September 29 2009

...got the short eyes (google it if you know the term or ask a con) - this guy, roman polanski, is an arrogant fuck and needs to stop hiding behind the french so he can take it like a man, not like a 13 year old girl, like he raped. i don't care how good his films are, he doesn't deserve a walk because of them. if a homeless guy did what he did to a 13 year old girl, do you think the hollywood elite wood get his back?...i don't know, but my money says not.

read this

G-20, PechaKucha, virgina marti, and harley davidsons

posted Wednesday, September 23 2009

ok, me, jose, and kent smith (the guy who wrote the book we have out "please god save us") will be in Pittsburgh tomorrow (thursday september 24th) for the G-20 doing a book singing and throwing molotov cocktails - here's the hype....

Internationally renowned artist Derek Hess, along with award-winning, Cleveland-area politician Kent Smith, will return to Pittsburgh in the middle of the G-20 event to sign their critically acclaimed book, “Please God Save Us”. The duo will be signing books at Jester’s Court Tattoos [1410 East Carson Street; Pittsburgh, PA 15203; (412) 488-8287] from 8PM – 11PM. This is a ONE NIGHT ONLY event, on Thursday, September 24, 2009.
 
Prior to the book signing, Derek and Kent will be interviewed on Robert Morris University college radio.  The students are excited that we are coming - but the administration is a little nervous.  So the interview will be taped - not live.  They say it will be 30-40 minutes in length and they will re-broadcast it throughout the day.  Robert Morris radio is www.rmuradio.com  We are scheduled to be there at 1PM.
 
Shout out the the Pittsburgh PGSU book posse - DJ Zimmie, Emily and Sean.

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friday - i'll be doing this event - Short Summary:

PechaKucha Night, Japanese for "the sound of conversation", was started in
2003 by Klein Dytham Architecture in Tokyo, Japan and is now happening in
over 230 cities worldwide. On September 25th, 2009, PechaKucha Night
Cleveland is taking over the subway tunnels of the Detroit Superior Bridge
as local creatives present their work, ideas, and obsessions in a series of
short presentations on art, fashion, food, architecture, film, furniture,
music, and photography. Each presenter will show 20 slides - timed to 20
seconds a piece - forcing presenters to edit to a new level of interest and
conciseness. Space will be tight so be sure to come early and enjoy a few
beverages prior to being inspired, influenced, confused, provoked, and
slightly intoxicated by the insanely varied topic mix (and possibly the
drinks as well). Each event is free, open to the public, and attracts
anywhere from 200-350 people.

For more information and the list of presenters, visit
www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/cleveland/5.  Photographs from each of these
events can be viewed at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkncleveland/.

should be really cool
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saturday i'll be here checking out peoples art - virginia marti college of art and design

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also i'm working on doing some art on a harley davidson gas tank for an art show, (you'll see very soon :)




new jose fishing picture....he's a big dummy






i like nightwish (they're "epic"), i  hate sarah palin, the enemy of america, she's a hater .....pig...i'd love for her to come into my hood...two times quick....know what i'm sayin' ?

new work.....

posted Tuesday, September 22 2009

available really soon...like this one called "epic", the rest are in the original buy now gallery




fish update...i found a new place to fish around here, it's called "wallace  lake", which is an old sand stone quarry located in berea ohio. haven't had much luck with the fishing part yet, but yesterday i did net a gang of tiny little bluegills. they're pretty cool, and they won't mess with the other fish because they're too small, like an inch long small.

here's a bluegill....




did i mention all the hot girls in berea? they're attending baldwin wallace , just thought i'd  throw that out.