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Billy

Good Ideas Thru Bad Living

About Me

Originally from Belton, Texas. I've lived in Austin since '88, & can't imagine living anywhere else.
I design rock posters & CD packaging under my studio name Penhead Design. I have work published in several best-selling books & I've won a few awards...a couple of them actually deserved it, but I'm sure a few probably didn't. I learned to draw (mostly) from Silver Age Marvel Comics & still have a nice collection.
I also play guitar & sing for my band Butcherwhite. Writing songs has become a fresh creative outlet and a killer stress reliever. I'm lucky as hell to own some great guitars, & have found that I'm definitely partial to Gibson. I still love to get out of the house and see great bands.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Mike Mignola, Gene Colan, Iggy Pop, Cytherea, Steve Jobs, Selma Blair, Ben & Jerry, Mickey Rourke, Nikki Sixx. I'd love to go out drinking with Zakk Wylde.

Music:

Ramones, The Damned, the Pretenders 1st LP, Black Label Society, COC, Tool, Clutch, Grady, El Flaco, 70's punk, 80's metal, Mazzy Star...........Guilty pleasures: 70's stadium rock, 70's country

Movies:

Angel Heart, The Ring, Spider-Man 2, The Green Mile, Sling Blade, The Fly, Alien, American History X, Scarface, Silence of the Lambs, European porn, the original Planet of the Apes, Crash, Miracle Mile, good sci-fi & horror flicks.

Television:

Trash TV, Celebrity Boxing, Looney Tunes, Heroes, NFL

Books:

Graphic novels, music magazines, art & photography books

Heroes:

Mom, my brother, anyone who's brave enough to question authority

My Blog

Lowlife spammers

Well, it appears that some buck-toothed dork with a protruding, hairy Adam's apple has hijacked my account and posted a blog about how happy I am with my new iPhone (a product which hasn't even gone o...
Posted by Billy on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:29:00 PST

My Philosophy of the Day

He who speaks little is less likely to say something he wishes he hadn't.
Posted by Billy on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:46:00 PST

Cool new shit I'm working on:

* Just finished a CD package for Storyville's Live at Antone's CD, which also includes a live DVD. Co-designed by my partner-in-crime Jeff Raudabaugh. * New CD package for Grady's 2nd CD "Cup of Cold ...
Posted by Billy on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:43:00 PST