THE EARLY YEARS


i forget sometimes with all this blogging nonsense, that back in the bay , my in-tra-net was the xerox machine at kinko's.
before blogging was the 'zine, and i did a bunch back in the day . i don't have any of the old ones because my ex-girlfriend stole them from me, and i have no desire to add anymore drama to my life, keep 'em bitch. anyways my friend pete, who i went to art school , THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, in oakland just bloggedy blogged all this blast from the past shit about my old zine's here,
http://www.rowanmorrison.com/blog
http://www.rowanmorrison.com/blog
so i thought i'd re-post here for anyone who's interested in the early days, pete's a super talented filmaker, that works at a junkstore and also runs this cool little gallery in oaktown 357(http://www.rowanmorrison.com/), and they have a killer bookstore that carries all the goodness. Me and Pete just made all these short films, here's a trailer(i plyed the drums and pete played the organ)......

Minneapolis...


..is a song by the defunct band,That Dog
and also where i will be this thursday to shoot the shit
i think i been here before but i can't remember
Francis Ford Coppola will be doing a lecture about hearts of darkness on wednsday
and then i'm gonna talk about my dark heart on thursday
see you soon minnesota
http://calendar.walkerart.org/event.wac?id=3828

Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
7-pm-thursday may 23rd

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finished painting the facebook.com offices last week, 2 different office buildings, all three floors including, stairs ,elevators, bathrooms, in 9 days. this is actually my second time, my first time was...
http://valleywag.com/tech/sean-parker/office-decorator-encouraged-to-draw-cocks-221524.php
enjoy the pictures.

this guy has skills, if skills are painting a bunch of abstract pieces of real shit.. my 5 year old could paint similar shit..-- by JTMON

Hideous! Absolutely hideous.-- by caoimhinn

Those are some of the dumbest paintings ive ever seen....But i guess its just not my taste--- by jdavies4

Ugly as shit.-- by ndric

wow thats some shitty paintings...looks like the alley behind a crackhouse.--- by republicker

I'd rather have crap flung all over the walls that see that jacked up mess all day.--- by matthewaaron

is it busy? Yep. Is it ambitous? You bet. Is it colorful? Definitely. Is it well-drawn? Maybe. Is it a technical and skillfully executed marvel? No.

Listen kids, if you're visually illiterate, don't post how you "lost your shit" over seeing this. If you did, I have a nice velvet painting of Elvis for sale.---by cartoonboy

This would be delightful.. if you like working in what looks like a derelict building coated in graffiti.--- by imdrfreak

That looks terrible, I would hate to work with that crap around. Wow, disgusting, just plain disgusting.--- by redsrule2500

I'd sue for forcing me to work in a hostile work place. The Burlington-Northern has better looking graffiti.---- by gajillion

I get to look at shit like that for free in my parking lot complex.
--- by Quickstrike

I think I remember seeing this guy's crap at local state fair a few years back. Ya know, those cheezy airbrush t-shirts?--- by torano

Looks like some really bad mexican murals. I could find a few guys down at the train tracks spray painting boxcars that would probably do work just as good for a couple of cases of beer.--- by nsummy

Ug my eyes! At least you can puke on the walls and nobody will notice.
--- by jacketdesplash

the usual crappy Banksy-type street "art" (noticed the quote marks?)
purely adolescent fare--- by PradaPete

I'd quit my job if I walked into work to find that shit on the walls--- by xero9
Totally ugly.. how the hell could you focus in an office like that? looks more like a nightclub than an office--- by beaunewcomb


Another example proving that you can't buy good taste....--- by sunchild

Ironically, it's like a myspace page isn't it? Distracting and painful on the eyes.--- by stmac

the art's so overwhelming, you could sue over some sort of "workplace hardship" claim and have a reasonable chance of winning...--- by jrocknyc

It reminds me of the Carbrini Green scenes from Candyman.
Suppose it's OK if they fancy working in an urban nightmare.
--- by richashby
Looks like the guy's biting Sam Flores a bit.--- by bunk


Those pics kind of remind of a dingy and dark apartment building in a poor suburb.--- by aussieNickuss

Looks like a drunken 90 year old man with no arms painted it... it's sad that people actually pay money for this...--- by mavsmaniac