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SKER

EVENT MANAGER/ARTIST/DESIGNER/PROMOTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

About Me

Check out the brand new Scion XB!! www.want2bsquare.net NEXT UAT EVENT :: TULSA :: FRI. JUNE 8 MELTDOWN Block Party coming to Dallas! SAT. May 26 UAT Promotions//Tulsa Event Management + Graphic Design + Promotions + Art/Illustration -- contact info on my professional page: www.uatpromotions.blogspot.comI love good music, good art, and good times. I started throwing my own events back in 1993, and I'm still at it with my company UAT. I've managed DJ parties, big raves, concerts with live bands, pool parties, club nights, art openings, industry events, hip-hop shows and many corporate functions. I have been hired many times to throw events for outside companies, including Scion Auto, Red Bull Energy Drink, 230 inc and Imeem. I do professional murals and large art canvases, often working with my twin brother David "HEK." I also design logos (corporate, bands, & labels), and I do freehand illustrations and designs of all types. I do graphic design using PhotoShop, with flyers and ad banners being my specialty. My professional art commissions have included CD covers, t-shirts, freehand posters, murals and large paintings. I am also very much into photography. I have been many things in my day, and I like to describe myself as multi-faceted. I raise my two girls with my beautiful wife, I work from my home, and I continually seek and execute various projects, both freelance and from/for the companies UAT and Scion. That's me in a nutshell, so shout at me with any connections for events, artistic endeavors or other business.

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My Interests

I enjoy being artistic, making things happen, throwing parties, and being around people that are like-minded. I love to make art and see art : I'm into writing, photography, design, graffiti, DJ culture, political conversations, music -- My family is my main interest, after that would be my various creative endeavors

I'd like to meet:

Creative Tulsans / Promoters / Visual artists / Future business partners / People who want to hire me to manage events, hire me to do graphic design, hire me to do illustrations and murals / People who are into clubs and artist booking-management / People that I knew back in the day but I've lost contact with - get at me!

Music:

Acid house:Sleezy D and Phuture/ Hardcore:Minor Threat and Suicidal Tendencies/ Rap:Run-D.M.C. and Rakim/ Punk:Misfits and Ramones/ Progressive:The Cure and The Smiths (I have lots and lots of old progressive and new wave: Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Essence, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Adam & The Ants, The Wedding Present, The Alarm, Modern English) Futurist:Flock Of Seagulls and Alphaville/ Freestyle:Noel and Shannon/ Electro: Afrika Bambaataa and Egyptian Lover/ Techno:Altern-8 and Anti-Hero/ House: Terry Mullan and Green Velvet. And best believe I still love to thump some good hip-hop!!! (J5, Dilated, Rasco, etc). I have a huge collection of DJ mix tapes. Mostly nowadays I listen to these, plus internet radio and Shiny Toy Guns. Music plays a huge role in my life, I like music that makes you FEEL

Movies:

Escape From New York, Terminator, Style Wars, Mad Max, Gattaca, Heavy Metal, Go, Human Traffic, Wizards, Matrix I, (John Carpenter's) The Thing, The Warriors, Better Living Through Circuitry, Wild Style, Ghost In The Shell, Alien, LOTR, Children Of Men

Television:

not if I can help it

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft is one of my favorite authors -- one of my fave recent books is "Last Night A Dj Saved My Life". Also "Generation Ecstasy" by Simon Reynolds, which is THE best book I've read in years -- anyone who was there or wishes they were there, should run to buy this book. "The Nasty -- Terrible T-Kid" is another must-read, all about the wild days of original NYC subway writers. Plus my man SCRIBE (a-k-a D. Ross) just dropped the coolest kids book ever, "There's An Octopus Under My Bed"

My Blog

new artwork by SKER : For Sale

Those of you who know me, know that I very rarely produce canvases. But I have been bitten by the creative bug again recently, and I have been turning out some great work. I've put more work on canv...
Posted by SKER on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:39:00 PST

SKER's graphic design portfolio

I am an experienced graphic designer, if you need work done then contact me. PhotoShop is my specialty : flyer design/web banner design/advertising/promotional/logo creation/illustration/photo retouc...
Posted by SKER on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

2nd Annual RED Party : FEB.17 : photoblog

All Photography and Design by SKER. Here's a recap from this great party! And if you liked RED2, you'll love UAT's main event : be sure to visit 818 the last Saturday of each month for DownLounge. ...
Posted by SKER on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:35:00 PST

NYE shenanigans! photos inside

New Year's Eve 2006 was a blast! Christy and I took the girls to their granparents' house before 5, which allowed us to have a nice romantic dinner, then come back home to get ready -- we started off...
Posted by SKER on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:01:00 PST

Graffiti back in the day!!

I guess I'm feeling nostalgic, as 2006 winds to a close -- I've been digging in the crates, and decided to post up some photos of my graffiti -- Old Skool stylee!!Lots of people may not know, Tulsa ha...
Posted by SKER on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:51:00 PST

Old Skool rave photos & flyers : Oklahoma Represent!!

I'm posting this after getting many many requests -- seems there is a lot of love out there for the Old Skool! And by "Old Skool" I'm referring specifically to this : the scene that existed in Oklaho...
Posted by SKER on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:52:00 PST

Phantom 45 -- party photos!!

The party was a great success, not only did 300 heads show up, the floor stayed jumpin til close! Everyone was feeling good, getting their drink on, and having fun -- the crowd was a great mix, the e...
Posted by SKER on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:53:00 PST

DJ TURK party 8/19 -- review and lots of photos!!

On Saturday August 19, UAT presented DJ TURK's CD Release party! It was held at the newly-renovated Red Room, and the place was jumpin! The two huge video screens with interactive videomixing, combi...
Posted by SKER on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:40:00 PST

BOOMBOX aug. 5 -- photos and party review!

BOOMBOX was a huge success! Sending a big THANK YOU to the 300+ people who came out and rocked with us! All the DJ's were great, the crowd was full of old schoolers and newjacks alike, heads rolled ...
Posted by SKER on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:54:00 PST

BEAT Party June 16 -- review & photo blog!

This past Friday, june 16, Tulsa had one hell of a party! Big thanks to all the people who came out and supported, the crowd got packed! The Red Room was definitely the place to be, the tricked-out ...
Posted by SKER on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:40:00 PST