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Just about three and a third years ago, grinding it out in the six floor spot in the Spice Factory. It was known as Auxiliary Studios, shared by BRLSQ, Amy Jo and Unitus. The piece I'm working on was for Southern Lord and their bands Sunn0))) and Boris for a string of special dates playing together, I believe for the first time on the West Coast. They were somewhere in the middle of the Alter sessions. Aaron aka A. Horkey did pretty much all the art on this one coming with the awesome tree with glowing Model T tube. I suggested having the tree radiating energy out to spectral figures to represent each band member (plus Joe Preston), around it's perimeter as if they were at a seance. O'Malley and Aaron liked the idea and incorporated it into the art. I then added the background sky, separated and printed that...

A new Rvca design I did, coming out sometime in the next 6 months or so (I think). More clowns and violence. -Don't worry about it...

yup, its true. i was obsessed with making these as a kid and was lucky enough to get Volcom to mass produce some for me. you should be able to order them direct from VOLCOM assuming you want some, they come in adult and youth sizes... WERD LIFE. click this text to see some sock puppet photos from KING SHIT, they are crushing it to say the least. again, to order... CLICK HERE.

Guess whose ride got pimped...

In case you still haven't been convinced to come party with us at Dre Day, we offer you this promotional video, simply entitled MINNESOTA LOVE. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvAS0OWvl9g Music by Andrew Broder, Wes Winship, and of course Dr. Dre. Video edited by Mike Davis. Don't forget to RSVP on FACEBOOK!!!

Read more for the full editorial and a sneak peak of the Todd Bratrud limited edition Clout Magazine 11 T shirt that will be released together with the new issue... What's my favorite word? BITCH! Last issue, the theme among all those we interviewed was versatility. This issue's common denominator is longevity. You might even call the interviewees in this eleventh issue legends. First up is Bay Area rap pioneer and the godfather of pimp rap, Too $hort. Crafting his art since the age of 14, Too $hort has been around for more than twenty years and still remains to be relevant today. Building a solid foundation in the Bay Area rap scene beginning in his early teen years, San Quinn continues to be a mainstay and positive force for the younger generation. For almost thirty years, Cope 2 has been getting up in the streets on a consistent basis...

i got axed to make a painting for the Powell Peralta RIPPER art show, for those of you who dont skate or dont pay attention to skateboarding, the RIPPER is one of the better skateboard graphics of all time, drawn by VCJ way back in the day, i think this show was an aniv show for some amount of years the RIPPER has been around, guess i should know the info, but i dont, and im sorry. here is a link to all the art from the show, guess you can even buy the stuff. click to see all the paintings.

If you were at SXSW 2008, you hopefully dropped by our big ass dance party at Silhouette. We had a killer lineup of some of our favorite DJs - Dave Nada, Cosmo Baker, Smalltown DJs, Bird Peterson, DJ Mel, Prince Klassen, and Burlesque's own Mike 2600 - rockin' it all night long. Nada and Cosmo wrapped up the night with an hour-long set of monster Baltimore club stompers and it was just insane. It was a stupid fun party. It was free to get in. Our good friend Drue from Silhouette really hooked it up for us! The DO IT TO IT night was also the release for our vinyl EP of the same name! Here's the promo video we hooked up for it: SO, it's just about time for SXSW 2009 and of course we're gonna do the party all over again! Be sure to visit burlesquedesign.com/doittoit for links...