Hello all! I make music under the moniker Prescription Strength Hugs and have been doing so for a whole lot of years. I've decided to put out a compilation collecting tracks from the first four EPs I made during 2005-2007. There is some good stuff in here, some rougher stuff but it's all the stuff that's made me who I am as a maker today. All instruments played and songs written by me. Hope you enjoy! Take a look at the newly set up Bandcamp page to download this puppy for free (but don't let that stop you from spending copious amounts of digi-cash on it). Thanks.
<a href="http://prescriptionstrengthhugs.bandcamp.com/album/introductory-reader" data-mce-href="http://prescriptionstrengthhugs.bandcamp.com/album/introductory-reader">Introductory Reader by Prescription Strength Hugs</a>
Been reading a bunch of books from the Parker series. They are excellent, no-nonsense crime books about one hard hombre. I had a little difficulty coming up with a design that worked, because he is described in one way, but reads in another. Described in the first book as:
Big and shaggy, with flat square shoulders. His hands, swinging curve-fingered at his sides, looked like they were molded of brown clay by a sculptor who thought big and liked veins. His hair was brown and dry and dead, blowing around his head like a poor toupee about to fly loose. His face was a chipped chunk of concrete, with eyes of flawed onyx. His mouth was a quick stroke, bloodless.
Throughout the books, he seems to get a bit more charming and attractive to women (maybe a bit of the Bond progression, from blank mold to a model man's man). I went with a more grizzled look, huge hands and an overall brutish appearance. Characters often call him the meanest man they've ever met, but he's just brutally principled and a fun character to read because of it.
Legends of Rock #05 - George Harrison
Fab Four week continues with the lead guitarist for the boys from Liverpool. George seemed like a pretty cool guy, and seemed to stay cool for his entire career, which had to be hard. Big props to George.
A quick GIF for the ongoing project that my graphics crew at mTV works on each day - a character or thing Drawn From Memory.
Season 3 Episode 4 in which a man (dayjob: bellhop) believing himself to be a psychic, brutally murders tarot card and palm reading professionals. One of my favorite episodes - having competing parts humor and gore. The character’s name is referred to as “Puppet.”
This is part of an ongoing project to catalogue the villains from the television series X Files. Check out the others here!
New "Hey, Koo!" haiku comic. Things exploding is bound to be a theme with a power like Koo's. Written by Kalia Armbruster with art by me.
Dude Supply EP
New sample-heavy pop music under my music makin’ moniker Prescription Strength Hugs and some cover art as usual done by plain ol’ austin eustice. Enjoy, thanks!
If you’re interested, samples used:
1. Seen Everything
Ode to Billy - Arthur Lyman, Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead ,Love Lives Here - Faces, I Move Around - Nancy Sinatra,Sleepwalker - Kinks
2. Ol’ Blue Eyes
Beyond The Reef - Martin Denny, Os Grilos - Marcos Valle, Strangers - Kinks, Llulla Mak’Ta - Yma Sumac, Danse Calinda - Richard Hayman, Tudo de você - Marcos Valle, Procissão - Gilberto Gil
3. Questing
Hawaiin War Chant - Arthur Lyman, Faut-Il Que Je T’Aime - France Gall, We Got The Beat - The Go Gos, Incacho - Yma Sumac
4. Aztec Rock
Oya Ka Jojo - Les Volcans De La Capital ,Similau - Martin Denny ,Melody - Serge Gainsbourg, Lola - Kinks, Come Dancing - Jeff Beck, Got To Be Free - Kinks, Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin, Crystal Days - Echo & the Bunnymen
5. Dude Supply
Want Your Love - Alzo & Udine, Come Dancing - Jeff Beck, May This Be Love - Jimi Hendrix, Windowlicker - Aphex Twin, Tightrope - Leon Russell, 2/1 - Brian Eno
A ghost story of a playlist for the spookiest month. And a skull floating in an ocean listening to music on bone headphones?
Yoga Me
I started doing yoga a month ago. Doing the job I do, I was in pretty serious need of yoga without really knowing it, with all the sitting and staring for most of every waking hour. I’ve quickly become obsessed, as I am known to do, so I drew a picture of me doing yoga thinking about the things I think about when doing yoga.