Samuel C. Gaskin's Blog, page 4
September 5, 2011
Rose and Elaine
The inimitable Rose Mackey commissioned me to make this drawing of her and Elaine Kahn in exchange for a pie as a "going-away" gift. Rose is a brilliant filmmaker, more recently directing the music video for Thurston Moore's "Circulation", and Elaine makes excellently eerie music under the name Horsebladder.
August 8, 2011
"Summer of Sam" download
Celebrate summer freedom music!
August 5, 2011
Cave Bears in the Village Voice
Check out this article about the Cave Bears in the Village Voice, I took the photo (enlarged version above)! It's from a show we both played at Port d'Or in Brooklyn on New Year's Eve, and was absolutely one of my favorite sets I've ever seen them play. It included them throwing tapes completely covered in Vaseline at the audience, rapping over a Bob Marley cassette, and closing with a Les Rallizes Dénudés cover. Needless to say, it was a fun night.
July 27, 2011
"2012" notebook
I don't generally post process pages on this blog, but the density and manic quality of this spread seemed kind of interesting to me, so I thought I'd throw it up for the hell of it, all notes and thumbnails from my newest comic book, "2012".
July 6, 2011
Post-Materialists cassette
Check out the cover design I did for this new cassette by the Post-Materialists, out now on Eggy Records! So sayeth Eggy:
"The world is a big place and Russia is long way away. Post-Materialists hail from Moscow and their style of fringe music is as far removed from what I'm used to as their location is removed from me geographically. I dig how "classically weird" they sound -- no reverb, very little delay, relatively clean recordings, lots of backwards sounds and an emphasis on odd textures, plain and simple. So if you're concerned about whether the music you listen to sounds "cool" or not, you can skip this one. For real. But if you're ok with things being playful and a little odd, you will get some enjoyment out of this tape. It's definitely out of the ordinary. The singing is in Russian!"
You can grab a copy from their official mail order zone.
June 26, 2011
May 5, 2011
SOCK
Also premiering at TCAF, "SOCK: Adult Stories and Imagery", a sexy anthology edited by Conor Stechschulte.
"All new anthology of Adult themed images and picture stories. Featuring in alphabetical order: Chris Day, CF, Mr. Freibert, Sam Gaskin, Emily Johnson, Molly O'Connell, Neal Reinalda, Conor Stechschulte, Ben Stiegler, Matthew Thurber, Zach Hazard Vaupen, and Erin Womack.
40 pgs. Riso-printed in vibrant red, blue, and black. Yours for 6$. Get it first at TCAF or reach out and touch me at tstechsc at the geemail."
May 3, 2011
2012
Remember all those weird green pages that have appeared intermittently on this blog? Well, those and some unseen others have been collected into an oversized 28-page comic book, premiering at the Toronto Comics Art Festival this weekend, courtesy of Secret Acres. Put simply, it is the true story of the end of humanity as we know it, the impending end times, and the world that exists thereafter (featuring Dracula and Jackie Chan). There will be extremely limited quantities at the convention, so if you're going, get at it quick (I'll be there too!), but it should be printed in a full run soon after to be found in all the regular comics haunts.
April 21, 2011
Gay Shapes 5.1.11
Gay Shapes playing a Queen cover set at Ralph's Diner in Worcester, MA - 5.1.11
Missing: our version of "Under Pressure", which I thought we nailed!
April 18, 2011
Sammy's Garden
This footage was originally filmed for a segment on the future children's program, "Luna Vroum's Room", but I decided to make my own "director's cut". Spring fever is a dangerous thing...
