Friday, February 22, 2013

Youth in Asia, Live 9-2-12



Here's a very dark video of 4 songs from our set that night.  The audio for these songs wasn't as bad as the rest.  SOunds all right!  


Youth in Asia will be playing a show on Friday March 1st in Oakland at 1525 Webster Street.  Within the gallery will be the works of Dan Isaac Bortz.  Music starts at 11.  It's going to be loud, fast, and angry.  I hope to see friend and foe alike!

YiA is:
Brian Azevedo (Brian O'blivion)--Guitar, Vocals
Darwin Doud (The Darwin)--Bass, Vocals
Paul Bowman (Steely St. Paul)--Drums

Shades in the Snow


2012, paper and pencil.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Pull the Plug


In a bedroom
dark and blurry
full of noises he hears
always.

Vegetable man, alone in the can-
nothing but the water at your feet,
but I can see you
plugged in and passed out
living in strange dreams.

(and) If I pull the plug
will you smile?
(and) If I pull the plug
will you feel relief?

You're a dead man,
stained man,
barely conscious thing.

To kill a dead man 
is not so hard a thing.

So pull the plug,
Pull the plug,
end the dream
and pull the plug.

You're a shadow man
tired man
let me help you sleep.  

To kill a dead man 
is not so hard a thing.

You're not the same.
That's where the pain begins,
but if I pull the plug,
will you feel relief?
and if I pull the plug,
will you smile?



Hang on to Yourself



From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Performed live in 1973 at London's Hammersmith Odeon Theatre.

The Duke of FlimFlam





Here's a piece I sketched up a couple years ago.  Some sort of flamingo duke or baron I suppose.