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System of a Down at Rock en Seine

Monday, September 16th, 2013

I recently did a poster for System of a Down‘s concert at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, as part of the festival’s Rock Art exhibition. It was huge fun, with the added bonus of impressing the hell out of my son’s friends. The poster was shown at an outdoor exhibition (along with posters by some of my favourite artists), and a framed copy was presented to the band in their dressing room before the show. The next day Serj Tankian Instagrammed it, so hopefully that means he thought it was okay:

A couple of people have asked about the original art. This is what it looks like:

The big drawing is on A2 paper (594 x 420mm, 23.4 x 16.5 in), and I assembled (and coloured) it all in Photoshop, making various small changes to the fire and a few faces, etc.

Tags: poster, rock art, rock en seine, serj tankian, system of a down
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‘Seeded’ interview now podcast

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

You can now hear my interview on bfm‘s Seeded as a podcast, here:

Cartoonist Dylan Horrocks on a peculiar trip through his listening habits, which have informed his own work like Hicksville and Café Underground, and even crept in when he was working on Batman.
He recounts how he managed to introduce a character based on Bjork into a Neil Gaiman spin-off book Hunter; how his passion for “beard music” contrasts with his father’s passion for extreme noise metal; and how creating worlds on paper requires a soundtrack.

Sadly, much of the music is edited out of the podcast for copyright reasons (sigh). So feel free to pause the podcast at the relevant points and insert the music, with the help of these links (thank you, internets!):

The Velvet Underground: Pale Blue Eyes

Arvo Part: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Bjork: Cocoon

Low: When I Go Deaf

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Pocahontas (a cover of the Neil Young song). This song, sadly, is hard to find. Videos of it have been removed from YouTube, and as far as I can tell, it’s only available on a live concert DVD.

Bonnie Prince Billy: After I Made Love to You

Enjoy!

(note: as always some errors crept into the interview. For example, I didn’t draw Batgirl and Batman – I wrote them, of course. But few people outside the comics industry get that distinction, so I’m kinda used to it).

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Rock Cookie Bottom

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Just when you thought the internet couldn’t get any better, you stumble across Rock Cookie Bottom. This guy (Jonathan Mann) writes a song a day, and puts ’em online (complete with music video) for us to enjoy. They’re smart, hilarious, and topical. My personal favourites (from the last week alone!) include:

and his second economics-related follow-up hit:

Go visit Rock Cookie Bottom now and improve your day considerably.

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More music I like: Bonnie Prince Billy DJs on NPR

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

This is a lovely show: All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen sits and chats with Bonnie Prince Billy (aka Will Oldham), and they play some tracks from Oldham’s record collection and a few from his new album, Beware. The highlights (for me) are the first two tracks: ‘Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat’ (by Paul Evans) – which Oldham describes as an “erotic ballad” – and ‘The Girl in Me’ (by Bonnie Prince Billy & Cheyenne Mize). One of the (many) things I love about Oldham’s music is his ability to revel in sexuality while still being sweet and thoughtful, and sometimes very funny. Somehow those two songs, one after the other, seemed like a perfect example.

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Music I like: Weird Weeds

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Weird Weeds from Austin, Texas, make some pretty interesting sounds, and even sell a t-shirt drawn by the legendary Mark Beyer. What more could you want?