Sooooo @escapedaudios posted "The New Orleans Rats" today, and I had to draw interns' responses to listening to this crazy story. I honestly loved it, and I'm so happy with how she turned out!
As an autistic person, I have always felt pressure to center my life around pleasing others and fitting in. The Mean Autistic’s Manifesto is intended as an instructional and motivational guide for unlearning that impulse. It is unapologetically opaque and mildly hostile to a neurotypical audience.
The Dark Tower Mixtape - "Priest & Vampire (Someone Saved My Life Tonight" on SKzd. My best track yet, by a mile. Featuring a rendition of the Elton John tune, arranged and performed by the inimitable PLANET ARTEMIS, poster art by Alicia Rose Bane, starring a character from the one and only 'Salem's Lot.
The gist of The Dark Tower Mixtape is I record my favorite passages from Stephen King’s epic, genre-spanning series and write/cover/sample/commission music that makes alchemical magic with the text, then publish them on my Patreon, SKzd. ($3 gets you almost two years worth of writing + audio.) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is written right into this Wolves of the Calla scene, and New Zealand film composer Planet Artemis—who you should check out on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—delivered a truly stunning rendition.
My mission’s for anyone to be able enjoy these short audio adventures—fan or not, read the books long ago or never once. Check out Track 13: "Priest & Vampire (Someone Saved My Life Tonight)" and let me know what you think?
In August of 2023 I was lucky enough to be able to attend Sotheby’s in Dublin for “a Song for you”, an exhibition by Belfast born artist Jack Coulter. Jack is an artist who has a particularly individual relationship with music; working with his synesthesia, put simply, he paints it.
His works are renditions of chart songs in beautiful abstract explosions of colour, movement, and blending forms, accompanied by a Spotify playlist to listen to while you walk around. The space was intimate and cozy and the work speaks for itself.
I hope to continue using him and his work as a point of reference
Jack Coulter
Rhythm Nation (Janet Jackson)
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas
60.2 x 40 cm.; 23¾ x 15¾ in.
Jack Coulter
Summer Sunshine (The Corrs)
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas
150.2 x 120 cm.; 59¼ x 47¼ in.
Jack Coulter
Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinéad
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas
150 x 120 cm.; 59 x 47¼ in.
Seven Wonders (Fleetwood Mac)
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas
60.3 x 40 cm.; 23¾ x 15¾ in.
Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas
60.1 x 40 cm.; 23¾ x 15¾ in.
In Bloom (Nirvana)
signed, monogrammed, inscribed and dated 2023 (on the reverse)
oil, household paint and acrylic colourant on canvas