Over the past few years I've had the privilege of working with some incredibly talented individuals here at the Studio. I've enjoyed it so much, in fact, that it only makes sense to start doing it more, with more people. So I've decided to hang out a shingle and offer my services as a songwriting partner, producer and engineer. I'll also do other stuff if you ask me…
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https://youtu.be/TShxT__FbBE Fun little tune about your best friend and mine. Lyrics by Steve Damm, Music by Matt Kristiansen, Steve Damm and Matt Cory, AKA Really Big Terrible Frog. Recorded and mixed by Matt K. at MKUltra Studios in Renton, WA. Keep an eye out for the book!
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https://youtu.be/QRVBRnD77U0 Matt K. performs “Astronauts” at Borealis in Shoreline, WA Thursday, October 17, 2019
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"What am I looking at here?" I hear you ask. As the artist, I guess I need to be able to answer that question. This came from an experience I had (and continue to have) with the American health system. I feel like I should leave it right there. If you have any further questions, you can ask below... but do you really want to know?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfCfiMCUVsM Written with Half Acre Day in 2007 and released on the album 14 Trips Around the Sun in 2008. A staple of the band's live performances and a fan favorite. If you don't like it right away, wait a few seconds. If you still don't like it, wait a few more seconds. After that, I don't know what to tell you. Video edited by Matt Cory, who…
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Another sketchbook page inspired by photography in Watchtower magazine – shout out to those wacky doorknockers. I was in my late twenties when I drew this man. Who knew I would grow to become him...
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Many years ago, I had a friend who worked at a portrait studio at the mall. At one point he made a collage out of discarded prints – legally more than questionable, yes, but also hilarious. It seemed the only way this beautiful concept could be safely shared with the world was by recreating it with a drawing in which none of the subjects will ever be recognized. Thus,…
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This takes me back. I remember drawing this while we were in mixing HAD's Primo de la Rocket Suit at Jupiter Studio in Seattle. There's a lot of semi-downtime for the band when you got a master at the console doing his work – one Martin Feveyear, a top drawer producer, engineer and all around fellow – and I used to drag my analog sketchbook everywhere in those days. I'm…
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Hey, I don't really get it either. This is base, sophomoric and shameful. And weird. But trust me when I say it gets much, much more offensive than this. Near as I can tell, this was made around 2000 while is was living in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle. We had a ground floor apartment on 2nd Ave, and the place was alive with the comings and goings…
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Look, I understand that shingles aren't funny (isn't funny...? Does this count as a plural noun?). I understand that shingles is/are very painful and that they/it are/is not sexually transmitted. I don't care. This was inspired by an old copy of The Watchtower or Awake magazine – which at one time were both distributed at transit centers by devout Jehova's Witnesses. They had the most amazing, unintentionally (I think)…
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