Author Archives: isaacparis

Mar 18 2016
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art, illustration, music

Ska music: The Toasters, Israelites, the Bandulus, Heavy City, The Longshots

I’m so lucky to live where great musicians play ska music! Here are a few drawings. The Toasters are from New York City. You may have heard their hit,”Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

   
 
The Israelites are from Portland, Oregon.

   
    

The Longshots are from Eugene and Portland.

  

Heavy City are from Portland! they have many of the same members as the sentiments, and their drummer organizes a ska big band!

  

  Here are some pencils for The Bandulus, Heavy City and The Longshots.
    
    
    
    
 

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Mar 18 2016
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comedy, illustration

Comedians and poets in Eugene, or

       
 

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Mar 09 2016
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illustration, music

Summer Twins, Pancho +the Factory, VCR

 The Summer Twins play beautiful dream pop. They remind me of Tennis, Shannon and the Clams, She and Him, the Shivas, and the Beach Boys. They were such a tight band, with dynamics and beautiful harmonies! Chelsea can solo impressively, and the whole band plays as a cohesive ensemble.  
    
VCR play fuzzy power pop, very fun and some amusing stage antics and between song banter. You can tell they really love what they are doing.

 
Pancho + the Factory were a super enthusiastic party band! Four vocalists! Needs keyboards though. I drew this in pen and I wasn’t happy with the drawing of Jen so I drew her over again. Abbie said, “aw, look how pretty I am!” They dressed up in wild costumes and put on a real fun show. There was a fifties Elvis/rockabilly style to Pancho’s vocals, and a disco vibe to their costumes. Everybody oozed sexuality and the music was pleasantly minimalist, room to breathe. I dug it.

   
 

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Mar 01 2016
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Three for silver, Cigarettes and Milk

   

   

    
  

Feb 27 2016
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music, Uncategorized

“Iceberg Social Club” live from Eugene, Or.

 

I played a show here in Eugene at the Wandering Goat, opening for Eleinvaders, an indie jazz swing band.  Thanks for watching! I’m so lucky to have Shane Connor from the Longshots on tenor sax.

 

and as a bonus, here we are playing “Stanford Prison Experiment”

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Feb 25 2016
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illustration, music

Kneedalus and Naytronix

   
  

I have been drawing many saxophones lately and they are very hard. What I usually do, is just pencil in a rough outline and then “cheat” looking at a photo at home for reference.  

  
This band was very good. Sounded like the Neville Brothers and Paul Simon sometimes. Check them out online.

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Feb 25 2016
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illustration, music

Wil Blades Trio

Wil Blades quartet played us some funky jams at cozmic pizza!

  

 
Skerik sounded great on sax.  Simon brought the funk with his phat beats, and Andy played some killer solos and provided a skeletal structure for it all to rest on. Wil uses repetition like a master. Songs are over twelve minutes long, but no complaints when they sound solid from start to finish, with dynamics and a perky, zip-in-your-step feel! They call San Francisco ” home” thought the band is from all over! Check out their tour dates if you like jimmy smith, Medeski Martin and Wood, or… Good, jazz influenced funk jam bands! On this tour they played some David Bowie covers such as “Life on Mars.”

  

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Feb 20 2016
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illustration, music

Bella Flek and Abigail Washburn

   
 

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Feb 20 2016
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illustration, Politics

Reveca Torres, Backbones, reinventing the wheel

Backbones is a site with resources for people living with disabilities such as spinal chord injuries. These people appreciate being included, invite them to events, make sure your facilities and events are accessible to people with disabilities. Don’t leave anyone out! Don’t do it because if you don’t you could get sued, do it because you are human and they are human and everyone has something to contribute.
REINVENTING THE WHEEL is an art show featuring people who live in wheelchairs living their lives. Being athletes, poets, artists, lovers, humans! I know it’s cliche to call such art “inspirational,” but it was an honest, beautiful show. Reveca Torres told us her life story and how she’s been able to be a fashion designer despite her disability. 

   
 

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Feb 19 2016
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illustration, music

Jargon and Cambrian Explosion

Jargon is a garage rock band from Eugene. They mix it up by sampling familiar music sometimes but playing it live on their guitars and bass. They played a theremin without a volume antennae, just coming near it sometimes. 
Didn’t I make their lettering look awesome? Cambrian explosion is a drone noise sorcerer music post rock band from Portland. They also play a theremin. 

  I recall some of their songs had oriental and Egyptian sounding scales, and others had a very heavy dub sound like Dub Trio. I apolgize that this drawing is not up to snuff. This really isn’t as good as my usual stuff. For one thing. There is just a red square shape where a guy’s torso should be, the words are illegible and so much of the image is just filled in black. I’m sorry guys, I let you down.  I pledge to make the next 100 better.

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