Electricity by Balthrop, Alabama—featuring art and animation by inklines (Michael Arthur) who draws along live with the band while they play. It’s like a live cartoon show.
Balthrop, Alabama is at Joe’s Pub tomorrow night!
I made this! We’re at Joe’s Pub tomorrow night…
Bette Midler is Bathhouse Betty!
An entire two sets from Bette Midler’s legendary Bath house shows from1970. Five years earlier, she had moved to New York City, picked up jobs here and there as an actress—even getting a small role on Broadway in Fiddler On The Roof. But the bathhouse shows—with Barry Manilow accompanying on piano—were where she built her first audience. She’s the original downtown queen, the godmother of Lady Rizo, Bridget Everett, Justin Bond and so many others who followed in her footsteps.
This footage is rough and the sound sometimes warbles (although it is surprisingly good for the most part), but this is history and it’s beyond great.
This really is pretty amazing …
Subway Dad. Subway Daughter. on Flickr.
A drowning man with nothing to say…
Sketchbook.
Brooklyn: The Flower Lady on Flickr.
Been on a Game of Thrones binge since Friday when I developed a bad cold and ended up home and sick. That explains the strong fantasy worlds showing up in my sketchbooks. It’s kind of a throwback to when I was a kid and I would draw knights and dragons for my brother Ben…
Last Friday, I got to draw live—projected on a big screen as I drew in ink and marker—with Threeds, a three-oboe band—at joespub.
I met the band through one of their members, Katie Scheele; she approached me a few years back about doing the cover art for their debut album. They came to my studio in Brooklyn and played while I drew them for the cover portrait (up top there).
Then they asked me to draw along live with them at Joe’s Pub for the album release party of their second disc. Above is the drawing I did at soundcheck and below that, the actual show drawing—each individual section of the sketch is a song.
It was a great night of wonderful music and improv drawing…
Exit Laughing …
The Diver.
The Little King.
Dancer.
Balthrop, Alabama - “You’ve Gotta Be Gay”
From their fantastic new album We Have Electricity - out now on End Up Records! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
(by balthropalabama)
Balthrop, Alabama returns to Joe’s Pub on August 19th!
That’s me playing the sad violinist at the beginning of this delightful video.
Come check out our show at Joe’s Pib on August 19th. I’ll be drawing along live with the band on the big screen…
Scott Metzger on Flickr.
Brooklyn Sketchbook: Court Street on Flickr.
Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis and Mick Fleetwood take on Chuck Berry’s Little Queenie.
The Odd Couple (Subway Sketchbook) on Flickr.
Player, Piano.
A Dashing Devil…
Rainy Saturday on Flickr.
