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Printing Zoltron’s Psychedelic Furs • Happy Mondays at the Regency

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This photo sums it up nicely: “Wiley, the kid on the poster; Zoltron, the man behind the kid on the poster; Sperry, the man behind the man behind the kid on the poster.”

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Printed Zoltron’s Psychedelic Furs / Happy Mondays poster on Wednesday. What a blast!

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Zoltron went off on the typography. He told me it took a few days just to place all the characters, highlights and blends on the fonts.

This thing is a symphony of yellow, really an eye grabber.

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We had really the best day of printing, and had a lot of cool visitors. George Gamboa, Dave Hunter and Dennis Loren made the scene – here’s the TMZ photo of the crew – George is behind the camera. Oh, yeah, while printing the doorbell rang and a mysterious crate from Italy arrived – the Malleus art got locked into the vault.

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Well, the funny part is we got finished at 8:30 pm Wednesday – so Zoltron and George dropped me off at my crib – and I started working on Phoenix. That drawing session went on to dawn. Caught about an hour of fitful sleep (too much coffee), woke up at 7:00 am and put the poster together for films. The whole idea just kind of dropped whole-piece out of the brain and onto the paper, definitely energized by the fun day before. Mr. Z picked me up at about 10:30 and off to get films on the way to the studio. I’m telling myself, things just happen in the way they should.

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Number 62 in the Firehouse Goldenvoice poster series is designed by Zoltron for The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays concert with special guests Amusement Parks on Fire on September 17, 2009 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. This silkscreen gig poster measures 20″ x 27″ comes signed and numbered by the artist from an edition of 200. Love my way? There is a special red and white colorway, with an edition of 10. Both for sale now at Zoltron.com

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Dark Nouveau Events in October

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MALLEUS, the artist collective of Urlo, Poia and Lu, the remarkable poster design team from Italy, will be returning to San Francisco this year under the tour banner DARK NOUVEAU.

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The following events are a celebration of “DARK NOUVEAU,” a return to the roots of poster creation. DARK NOUVEAU evokes equally the fin de siécle style of Toulouse-Lautrec and 1960’s San Francisco Psychedelia – and operates here as a manifesto of reinvention and revision – aimed at connecting to the poster movement of the Decadent Period to the Belle Epoque and folding it into the Psychedelic Period to the present modern global silkscreen movement.

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The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Posters 2009 at the Hall of Flowers – Golden Gate Park – Saturday, October 10 – 10 am to 6 pm

Exhibiting this year will be:

PNE (Post New Explosionism: Emek, Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers), Malleus (from Italy), Drowning Creek Studios (Jeff Wood with Johnny Thief), Burlesque of North America, The Firehouse (Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan), Wes Wilson, David Byrd (of Fillmore East fame), Stanley Mouse, Brad Klausen, Victor Moscoso, Dave Hunter, Gary Houston, Lee Conklin, S.F. Rockposters, David Singer, Randy Tuten, Alan Forbes, Justin McNeal, Marq Spusta, Billy Perkins, Paul Imagine, David D’Andrea, Bob Cohen (Avalon co-founder), Chris Shaw, Alex Fischer, Eric King, Carolyn Ferris, Tea Lautrec Litho, John Seabury, Gregg Gordon, John Howard, Cahoots Graphics (Dennis Loren), Ryan Kerrigan, fillmoreposters.com, Jim Pierce, Pat Ryan, Perry Pfeffer, Dano Kuhlken (DKNG Studios), Connected Music, Larry Freeman, Cliff Yamasaki, Vince Dugar, Political Gridlock, Sherwood Donahue, Helie Robertson, Tom Hill, Kris Mikkelson and Ron Schaeffer.

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DARK NOUVEAU opens at 7pm – Saturday, October 10 at ARTROCK GALLERY – 893 Folsom Street in San Francisco

New works by MALLEUS – Alan Forbes – Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan of the Firehouse

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DARK NOUVEAU art installation at VARNISH FINE ART GALLERY – at 7pm – Friday, October 23 – MALLEUS – Alan Forbes – Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan of the Firehouse – Dave Hunter

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DARK NOUVEAU at WEST FEST – A limited edition silkscreen series celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock will be presented by artists: MALLEUS – Chuck Sperry – Ron Donovan – Dave Hunter – look for our table at Speedway Meadow, Sunday afternoon, October 25, 2009

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“AMERICAN ARTIFACT: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art”

Screening at The Roxie Cinema – 3117 16th Street – San Francisco

Sunday night – October 25- 9:15 pm

Q&A with special guests Chuck Sperry Ron Donovan of the Firehouse – Winston Smith – Chris Shaw – Dennis Loren – Paul Imagine – Malleus

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Printing Dave Hunter and Dennis Loren Posters

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Last week was a full schedule of printing Warfield posters for the Firehouse Goldenvoice Series.

Here’s Dave Hunter and I proudly showing off our unbelievably beautiful new poster for the Neville Brother and Dr. John.

I printed Dennis Loren’s Al Green poster (FHGV #59) last Tuesday…

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… and Dave Hunter’s Neville Brothers & Dr. John poster (FHGV #60) on Thursday. Look to Hangar 18 for availability of both Dennis Loren’s and Dave Hunter’s posters.

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Also I’ve been organizing the Malleus California Tour 2009. It’s going to be a really full schedule of great events and surprises.

I’ll be posting an announcement in the middle of next week so stay tuned! It’s going to be so fun hanging out with Urlo, Poia and Lu – and making some incredible art together… Can’t wait.

I’ll be returning to my own work next week with my new Power to the Peaceful 2009 poster. The show is coming up Saturday, September 12, 2009 and will feature Michael Franti and Spearhead, Sly and Robbie and Alanis Morissette. Here’s a look at the last two posters I’ve done for this series, posters for 2008 and 2007.

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The new 2009 Power to the Peaceful poster will be available at the show on 9/12/09 for a very special show price and available here on my site the follow Sunday 9/13/09 at 12 noon PST.

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