Hello Everyone!
Hope you're having a good weekend. You can save your spot for Music To Draw To Session 21 at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Come join us if you need some calm(er) music on Monday!
E
I didn't collect comic books as a kid. Any birthday or paper route money I could scrounge up growing up would go to buying records or, things like a battery-powered microscope so that I could look at insect wings up close.
But I do remember one day in grade school, my friend Denis, who sang the bass part on our 1986 cover of Twist & Shout, brought in a copy of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant ...
2020-10-28 15:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
You can save your spots for Music To Draw To Session 30 at the link above!
You can also replay previous sessions including October Pizza Break at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Come join us tomorrow if you need some chill tune time.
E
Dear Patrons,
Here we go! October Pizza Break! Join us Sunday, October 25, 4pm EST. Going to try it on Sunday this time as it was the second most popular day for this event on our pizza poll. Also trying it a little earlier in the day so perhaps some of our friends overseas can hangout as well!
Come join us for this virtual in-studio hangout. A place for us to spend some time together, chat and catch up and I can play you some of the stuff I've been working on! B...
2020-10-20 14:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Just letting you know you can save your spot for Monday's Music To Draw To session at the link above. What?! it's been 29 weeks already?!
You can also replay any of the previous streams at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Feel free to join us on Monday if you need a little quiet(er) time.
e
2020-10-17 13:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons!
Just sharing a little silliness this Thursday from one of my early sketchbooks. This is like a classic one-liner, one-panel, dad humour comic. But I guess that's kinda advanced considering I was still just a kid.
Not much news today except I'm doing major hours in the studio trying to get this Creatures album done. It's definitely in it's final stretch. SOOOO CLOSE!!!!
Okay back to work!
Hope your week has been going well!
E
... 2020-10-16 00:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
You can save your spot for this Monday's Music To Draw To session at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! See you tomorrow!
e
2020-10-11 11:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
Some news for this weekend and a quick poll if you don't mind...
Saturday will be Robot House Party PART II as part of NYU Abu Dhabi Art Centers 2020 season! If you are anywhere near Gulf Standard Timezone, come join us and get your Robo-Rock on Saturday, Oct 10, 4pm Gulf Standard Time. I'll be joined by our Robot Dance Captains Adira Amram and Maresa D'Amore Morrison (from the Vinyl Vaudeville Show). The event is free to all and you can get your tickets via 2020-10-10 01:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
You can save your spot now for Monday's Music to Draw to session at the link above. 8pm-10pm EST. Come join us if you need 2 hours of chill!
You can also replay any previous sessions as well as September's PIZZA BREAK hangout at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
See you tomorrow!
E
2020-10-04 21:39:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Hope your weekend is going well!
I've been in correspondence with some of the patrons who were unable to continue joining us here on Patreon in this community due to their changing financial situations.
Basically, I've been told that given the circumstances $10 a month is a bit steep for many people at this point in time. I can empathize with that completely. I was also asked if I could do a lighter tier that only involved the streams.
...
2020-10-04 02:41:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
Hope you're having a good weekend so far! We had fun at the first monthly Pizza Break last week. In case you missed it you can REPLAY it HERE.
And of course, you can now save your spot for this coming Monday's Music To Draw To session at the link above!
See you soon! Take care!
e
2020-09-26 17:22:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The Slew is a project that Seattle's Dynomite D and I started in the early 2000s.
I had met Dylan through Money Mark, Mario C and the Beastie Boys channels.
We would hang out whenever I toured through Seattle. We'd go to swap meets and dig for mics and guitar pedals and talk music all day.
I did some guest turntables on his album "By The Way" and we worked on a few remixes together including "Third World Lover" on the Bombay The Hard Way Ser...
2020-09-25 19:13:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everyone!
First off, a big thank you for your support. It continues to be a joy connecting with all of you here. I've actually felt this community and platform have helped provide a better schedule and structure to my work especially during these months spent off the road. Quite simply, I feel very grateful for the opportunity.
Here are some updates!
1) Corinne and I just made this new trailer for the Space Cadet book (link above). Enjoy! We learned t...
2020-09-22 18:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post
If you happen to need some calm music tonight, come join us 8pm-10pm EST. There was an issue with the link integration on the last post. It's fixed now! Sorry if you're seeing this notification again! You can save your spot at link above!
See you soon!
e
2020-09-21 20:13:31 +0000 UTC View Post
My father-in-law found this Mighty Tiny Record Player and gifted it to me a few years ago. It was apparently the "World's Smallest Record Player". It is from 1967! The box is disintegrating. I find the cover image disturbing. It came packaged with 3 Mighty Tiny records and ran on 1 AA battery.
The records were, as advertised, TINY! Just enough to fit a short 15-20 second song. Talk ...
2020-09-18 15:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patrons,
Okay the results are in. Remember that poll we did about a monthly studio hangout? Okay, it's becoming a reality! albeit a virtual one!
I've decided to go with PIZZA as a theme. As they are round, flat, rad objects much like vinyl records. Plus, who doesn't love pizza??!
There will still be tea or the beverage of your choice, and also turntables. But the main point is just to have a casual hangout, to check in and spend some time together, and catc...
2020-09-16 16:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone! Hope you're doing okay out there during these strange days.
Wanted to let you know you can save your spot for Session 24 Music To Draw To at the link above.
And if you need to some chill music before then you can revisit any of the previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Have a great weekend everyone!
E
2020-09-12 01:18:22 +0000 UTC View Post
*warning* long listen, the audio content in this post is 25 minutes
*warning 2* it's also very stoopid
*warning 3* it is purposefully lo fi and un-mastered to maintain the authentic cassette feel
*warning 4* it contains some coarse language at 25:14, more specifically, the word "shit"
*warning 5* cassette silence at intro has been preserved. plus it builds anticipation.
Okay, now that you've been warned...
Continuing with our 20th aniversary Carpa...
2020-09-10 15:58:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew! We just finished the first Virtual Robot House Party this morning at 9:30 am EST. That's easily the earliest DJ party set I've ever done. Now I'm a little delirious because I pulled an all-nighter cutting records and wiring cameras to prep for the broadcast. It was nice to see everyone out there rockin' in their robot costumes! Even the 8pus Octopus DJs made a cameo (puppeted by my family).
Currently I'm cleaning up the workshop and setting up the studio for Monday's Mus...
2020-09-05 20:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone!
Hope you're all doing as well as can be.
So it's been a few months since I started here on this platform. Prior to that, I had been in discussions with Patreon for a over a year. They had approached me about starting on their platform because they thought it could be a good fit for me and the type of work I was doing.
For a year I spent a lot of time trying to get my head around how to create a fun experience and community here.
As you had ...
2020-09-02 01:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Woah. Session 22! You can save your spot for Music To Draw To virtual session 22 at the link above.
You can also revisit any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala if you need some chill tunes anytime.
I hope this message finds you all well.
See you Monday!
E
2020-08-29 21:32:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay! You've been warned. Never judge a book by it's cover, except this one sketchbook from my High School days. Because if you did accidentally open this sketchbook, you would be bombarded with a whole bunch of nonsense.
This is what my visual art brain looked like in high school...
Lots of patterns and pen and ink stuff. This is when I discovered the PILOT v5 Hi-Techpoint...
2020-08-28 14:57:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
You can now save your spot for Monday's Music To Draw To livestream at the link above. Come join us 8pm-10pm on August 24th if you need some quiet time focus music.
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
Have a great weekend everyone!
E
2020-08-22 23:52:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a Patreon early-bird exclusive for you. The track "Skanky Panky" from the Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs album. Performed and filmed live this afternoon in my studio in one take.
I don't always consider how I'm going to perform certain tracks live when I'm recording in the studio. I just kind of keep working until the track's finished and then leave the figuring out of the live performance part until closer to the tour.
When that album was released we did a ...
2020-08-20 20:30:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Earth is kinda stressful at the moment. So if your ears want to escape to Mars for a few minutes, this just launched today.
I was invited to make the music for a new podcast series from The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. My family would frequently visit that museum when we I was going to High School in Maryland. It was one of my favorite places to go on the weekends. As you have probably guessed, I've always had a bit of a "space" thing. I actually consid...
2020-08-18 20:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
Save your spot now Monday's virtual Music To Draw To session 20 at the link above! See you soon!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala
See you Monday, August 17th. 8pm-10pm EST.
E
2020-08-16 12:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are photos of some of my earliest drawings. My mother kept many of them from my childhood. These are from when I was 4 years old. She made this book by cutting up paper shopping bags from the supermarket and binding them with yarn.
Pretty good condition considering it dates to 1979! This front cover has me testing out some fonts. I actually remember not wanting to write my name on the front cover at all. So I put the sticker on the front corner instead. When my mom saw ...
2020-08-14 17:13:04 +0000 UTC View Post
You can save your spot now for Session 19 now via the link above. Just a little couple hours of brain massage music if you need something less hectic for Monday.
Also, Sessions 1-18 are available to replay at crowdcast.io/kidkoala if you happen to need some less hectic audio before then. ;)
Have a great weekend everyone!
E
2020-08-08 23:34:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone!
Just a quick note, and a heartfelt THANK YOU for your continued support! I'm just finishing the final layers, mix and mastering of the album. The next few months of pledges will mainly go toward the design and manufacturing costs of the four 7" singles from Creatures of the Late Afternoon.
They will be released on.... wait for it, my very own private record imprint! So now, in addition to finishing the final musical touches and artwork for the albu...
2020-08-06 20:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
Extra! Extra! You can now save your spot for Music To Draw To Session 18 via the link above. You can revisit/replay any of the previous sessions at crowdcast.io/kidkoala.
See you Monday! 8pm-10pm EST! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
E
2020-08-01 13:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post