Snoop Dogg at The Warfield 11/21/09
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series number 83
22 x 33
Edition of 120
4 color silkscreen on archival cream paper
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
By squirt
By squirt
Ray Davies brought the choir to The Warfield tonight – he also brought his anarchic sense of humor and brought down the house.
Saying this was a good show is an understatement.
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I noticed that Ray Davies used a William Blake illustration for the cover of his latest album featuring choral arrangements of his favorite songs, so I’m paying homage with this poster, using William Blake art from his worked entitled, “Ancient of Days.” I used a heavy metallic silver and tinted it with translucent layers of color on black paper. This poster shines.
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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English Poet. painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
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Ray Davies at The Warfield 11/12/09
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series number 82
18.5 x 25.5
Edition of 150
3 color silkscreen on archival black paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
By squirt
Here’s Firehouse Goldenvoice Series poster number 71 for Moby at The Warfield on October 15, 2009 in San Francisco.
I went for a Film Noir treatment, a mysterious meeting at a bar.
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You can see the heavy silver metallic and bronze tinting with orange accents below – two shots in different light to show the atmosphere of this poster.
Moby, Kelly Scarr at the Warfield
Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 71
Editon of 150
3 colors on archival cream paper
20″ x 26″
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT
By squirt
Here’s the first Firehouse Goldenvoice Series poster for both venues, The Warfield and The Regency, in San Francisco, number 70 in the series.
Somehow I managed to draw and design and hand-letter this poster on the Monday after The TRPS Hall of Flowers Show. After having breakfast in The Haight-Ashbury with Urlo, Poia and Lu of Malleus, Jeff Wood, Johnny Thief and George Gamboa at The Pork Store. And after Jeff came over to the house to pack his posters to send home (Cool, Jeff stoked me a Stanley Mouse / Jeff Wood – Sheppard Fairey parody – colab print called “DOSE”). And after a gallery meeting with Phil Cushway at Artrock. And after dropping The Malleus kids off at Union Square; I got to work on this drawing of Anu – Irish Goddess of The Waters. The first real winter rain was just starting to blow into San Francisco, tearing through the trees in front of my apartment in the Panhandle. Thought the Pogues would dig this drawing, a reference to the primordial Celtic goddess of fertility.
Urlo arrived and suggested I put “The Pogues” into the reflection right under Anu’s face. I handed him the drawing and a piece of paper and pencil and asked him if he would like to letter that. So he did. The result is a bit of a cool colab action – all relaxed – just a slice of life. Nice to have the Malleus folks staying at the house.
The Pogues at the Warfield
October 13, 2009
With Devotchka
Sean Wheeler
Zander Schloss
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The Pogues at the Warfield
October 14, 2009
with Chris Schiflett
& The Cheaters
Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 70
Editon of 150
Heavy metallic green and dark green on archival cream paper
26″ x 20″
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
By squirt
How’s this for a Rock Moment? I leave George Gamboa and Doug Dashiell to go to the Warfield lobby and get a beer as Nashville Pussy wraps their set. In the lobby I run into Goldenvoice head honcho David Lefkowitz who says, “Chuck! Great poster for tonight!” and Eric McFadden appears and I say, “Hey Dude! You rocked the shit out of ‘Low Spark of High Heeled Boys’ with Gov’t Mule last week! Ron and I have to have a recording of that. It’s one of the Firehouse’s favorite songs. Amazing!” Right then Nashville Pussy’s guitarist, Ruyter Suys comes busting through the door on the shoulders of the biggest friggin bouncer at the Warfield, says. “Hey! Eric!” and deposits herself right into Eric McFadden’s arms right in the middle of this convo. Amazing show!
Slice of life and great night! Idea for the poster is something like this: Knights Templar, Knight of Rock’n’roll, or just plain Metal. You decide.
Three versions for your choice:
Motorhead – Reverend Horton Heat – Nashville Pussy
Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 68
Edition of 150
Heavy Silver Metallic and Transluscent Red on Black Paper
19″ x 26″
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
Motorhead – Reverend Horton Heat – Nashville Pussy
Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 68
Variant Edition of 20
Heavy Silver Metallic and Transluscent Red on Red Paper
19″ x 26″
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
Motorhead – Reverend Horton Heat – Nashville Pussy
Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 68
Edition of 10
Heavy Silver Metallic and Transluscent Red on Bronze Paper
19″ x 26″
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT
Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Learn More…
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