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Bob

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About Me

[ Note: I found that I could not keep up with the task of sorting through & listening to audio samples of the barrage of band add-requests, so I've set my profile to block them. As an ever-hungry music lover, I hated to do this, but I felt it necessary. SO, send me a message if you've checked over my profile and really think I might be interested in checking out your band. Sorry/Thanks ]
"Some see me shining, others have me dull; gun-metal and cut diamond -I am ALL. Some swear they see me weeping in the poppy-fields of France... in the tumbling of the dice see them fall! Some laugh and see me laughing down the corridors of power: some see my sign on Caesar and his pall. My face is robed in darkness, sometimes you glimpse me in the shade, All friends have gone, all calls are weak and wasted, there is no more to say. Will you not crawl to me and love me for one more day?"
Gog and Magog
Peter Hammill
Idiot savante. I play drums in The Bolides & BlowUpBlow . Graphic design/illustration pays my bills. Playing music doesn't, but I prefer it. I'm just a spudboy looking for that real tomato. I put the 'O-G' in prog. I like espresso, Red Bull, Jaegermeister & IPA (not simultaneously).
By mid-January '08, I should have my first child.
Answers to baby FAQ:
1) Jan. 14th, 2008
2) Male
3) & 4) Not yet
Here are some links to my art & music:
I do freelance illustration & graphic design. Check out my official illustration/graphic design portfololio site. Hit me up for reasonably priced professional artwork, logos, ads, etc. etc.:
- BobKurthy.com
My bands' MySpace pages:
- BlowUpBlow
- The Bolides
Some of my rock poster/flyer artwork:
- Gigposters.com
Go to this page to check out and order some of my art/music (CDs, records, comics, t-shirts, posters).
Websites I designed:
- BlowUpBlow.com
- Fuselage.8m.com (albeit abandoned & corrupted with banners)
- DickCrackTraySore.faithweb.com ( " )
What Genesis song-character are you?

Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (from The Musical Box). You've been decapitated by your ex-girlfriend at the age of eight, and your soul has been trapped inside a musical box for a great number of years. Years later she opens the musical box, releasing you, and as it IS years later,you grow old rapidly before her eyes, and develop a lifetime of sexual desire, which she is going to have to deal with in the moments to come.
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I have a sharp, reasonably priced, silkscreened poster available for mail order:
Artwork by Bob Kurthy (me).
Printed by Monkey Drive.
Signed & numbered edition of 100
15" x 22"
Black & Red on French 80lb Flurry Frostone Cover paper.
Click the 'Buy Now' button to order here with your credit card (secure PayPal payment) for $10 plus $4 shipping (USPS Priority Mail). OR, message me if you want to buy with a check, money order or cash...
Digital prints of some of my other designs will be available by December. Hit me up if you're interested.


My Interests

Progressive rock, gatefold sleeves, Mellotrons , MiniMoogs, etc., art that isn't bullshit, bizarre visuals and behavior, geeky sci-fi & fantasy crap, Japan, callipygian women, P-poppin', loud shots from the big spud gun, exploding heads and paintin' the town brown...

I'd like to meet:

I welcome all comers. Some examples include Prog rockers/nerds, current & future legends, originals & originators, creators & creative destroyers, callipygian women, freaks, every monster in the Advanced D&D Monster Manual, falconers, and nice girls.

Music:



AC/DC, Anekdoten , Änglagård, Bad Brains, Bad Dudes , Bad Religion (S,NC,AtG), Bauhaus, Behold the Arctopus, Big Black, Big Muscles , Black Bonzo, Blackfield , Black Sabbath, BlowUpBlow , The Bolides , David Bowie, Brother Ape, Butthole Surfers , Caesars (SE), Robert Calvert, Can, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds , Citizen Cane, Phil Collins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis (On the Corner), DeadCanDance, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Dengue Fever, DepecheMode (dark stuff), Dev-o , Don Caballero, Easy E, Echolyn, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brian Eno, Estradasphere, Fang, The Flower Kings, Förträngt hushÃ¥llsarbete, Funkadelic (1st album & Maggot Brain), Peter Gabriel, Genesis , Gentle Giant, Goblin, Godspeed You ! Black Emperor, Peter Hammill , Bo Hannson, Herbie Hancock (Thrust), Hawkwind, High on Fire, Höyry-köne, Il Balleto Di Bronzo, Iluvatar, The Invincible Czars, IQ, Iron Maiden, The Jesus Lizard, Jethro Tull, Kenso, King Crimson , The Kings, KISS, Kraftwerk, Lake Dolores, La Maschera Di Cera, Le Orme, Liquid Scarlet, Love & Rockets, Magic Pie, Magma, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marillion, The Mars Volta , MC5, Melvins, The Minutemen, Misfits, Mogwai, Mono, The Mormons , Morte Macabre, Motörhead, Mudhoney, Muse, Naikaku, Namrepus, NeBeLnEsT, NOmeansno, Nuggets/Pebbles, Gary Numan, NWA, One Eye Open , Opeth, Organic Junk Fude , Ossana, Matthew Parmenter, Peachfuzz , Edith Piaf, The Pink Floyd, The Planet The, The Police, Porcupine Tree , Premiata Forneria Marconi, Pure Reason Revolution, Queen (esp. Flash Gordon soundtrack), Queensrÿche (W, RfO, OM), Ramones, Rapeman, Refused, Renaissance, Robert Rich, Riverside, Roxy Music, Rush , Shellac, Sieges Even (NBtS), Sinkadus, Slayer, The Smithereens, Spock's Beard, Stooges, Talking Heads, This Heat, Tool , Tones on Tail, Transatlantic, Turbonegro, TV on the Radio, Univers Zero, Upsilon Acrux, Van Der Graaf Generator , Van Halen (1st 4), WA$H, The Watch, Ween, Wobbler, Yes, Frank Zappa, Zombi , !!!, y mucho mas




[ Anekdoten practicing From Within]

Movies:

Star Wars & The Empire Strikes Back, Scarface, Gummo, Lord of the Rings, From Russia With Love, X-men (1 & 2: NOT 3!), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, This is Spinal Tap, Castle of Cagliostro, The Shining, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, Anime (70s & 80s mostly), samurai flicks, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, Heavy Metal, Apocalypse Now, Menace 2 Society, Revenge of the Nerds, Happiness, Boogy Nights, Magnolia, The Shining, Halloween, Buckaroo Banzai, Tron, Flash Gordon (1980), Fantastic Planet, Raging Bull, Hero, Oldboy, anything w/Crispin Glover or Phillip Seymore Hoffman, The Omen, Conan the Barbarian, John Carpenter, Coen Brothers, Dawn of the Dead, grade B horror movies, Ray Harryhausen stop-action animation, all monster movies...

..

Television:

Are you sure you don't mean...TullAvision? MIAMI VICE, Caliente, HEROES, Sabado Gigante, Starblazers, Speed Racer, Beverly Hills 90210, The Herculoids, The Impossibles, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Young Ones, Letterman (in the 80's), Lupin III, That 70's Show, Sanford 'n' Son, Jackass, old SNL, Ali G, Battlestar Galactica (new), and MAXimum eXposure

Books:

Comics, anything by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Xaime Hernandez, Frank Miller; Alan Moore's Watchmen & V for Vendetta, EC Horror, Lord of the Rings, The Black Hand Gang, Henry Miller, (Keith) Moon (bio), The Dirt (Motley Crue bio), Roger's Profanisaurus. Currently reading: newborn human operating manuals

Heroes:

Noone's a hero, but I can still give props:

"You're off the case."

Fripp & Belew!

Fripp & Gabriel!

Zappa & King Kirby!

Collins & Hammill

The Broof!

The Professor!

Stewart Copeland!

Moon the Loon!

Gabriel!

HR Giger!

Eisner!

Ditko!

Bond, James Bond

Jigen, Lupin, Fujiko, Goemon

friggin' Frazetta

Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister

and this fucker...Potato Mummy!

My Blog

Bolides, Monolators & DJs @ Detroit Bar Nov. 7th

I guess some things have changed with this show...Wed. Nov. 7thTHE BOLIDESTHE MONOLATORSTHE BANGERS (from NYC)plus DJsDAN SENA / GMO / M-LUMPSclubBusywork@ Detroit Bar843 W. 19th St.Costa Mesa, CA 926...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:49:00 PST

PLYRZ recording studio

The studio session was a success. We did as much as we could reasonably expect.Here's a 180° panarama I shot/spliced of the main tracking room:...and here's one of the control room:They did a great jo...
Posted by Bob on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:23:00 PST

Halloween Bash @ Alex’s - Throwrag, Bolides, Mormons & more

This SaturdayOctober 27thAlex's Bar Halloween BashfeaturingThrowragFilthy Thieving BastardsThe Bolides*The Mormons@ Alex's Bar2913 E. Anaheim St.Long Beach, CA 90804(Corner of Anaheim & Gladys - entra...
Posted by Bob on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:03:00 PST

Poster show (cont’d)

I've just received the "poster log" showing all the posters in the Art of Musical Maintenance 4 poster show I'll be in, and...Ach mein gott! Oh, excuse me, I mean: OM...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:15:00 PST

Write up on Me in the District Weekly!

Chris Ziegler wrote a nice little blurb about me/my artwork for The District Weekly, a Long Beach, CA local magazine. Check it out...Here's the cover...Here's where it is...(click thumbnail to enlarge...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:28:00 PST

The Art of Musical Maintenance Poster

Here is the official poster advertising the show:(By Casey Burns)For more info, click here to see my previous post Poster Show in Portland....
Posted by Bob on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:33:00 PST

Thingz t-shirt

I recently did some artwork for The Thingz, a band based in Long Beach, CA. It was their concept; I just drew it. They have a "surf'n'turf" theme to most of their songs, so...Here is the original artw...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:24:00 PST

Genesis final show

I saw Genesis' final performance. Last show of the tour, the last show planned. I enjoyed every bit of it--even the songs that used to make me cringe.Hilghts include:- Seeing Mike, Tony & Phil gathere...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:33:00 PST

Poster show in Portland (updated)

I've been asked to participate in a poster art show in Portland, OR.It's called The Art of Musical Maintenance 4 and it will be held at The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge.*The show opens Nov. 29th, 2007 and ru...
Posted by Bob on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

Bolides this Sun. @ Alexs

THIS SUNDAYOCT. 7thTHE MATHEMATICIANS (from NY) 11pmTHE BOLIDES10pmTHE MORMONS9pm@ Alex's Bar2913 E. Anaheim St.Long beach, CA 90804(corner of Anaheim & Gladys - park/entrance in back )---(no, I did n...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:35:00 PST