Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine.

About Me

About my design work.
*I didn't just download Photoshop from the internet one day, I have a degree in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh which included courses in Marketing, Psychology Conceptual Developement, and many many other professional skills. Yo ho ho and a Bachelor of Science!
*I perfer to work exclusively with indie rock bands and labels.
*From print to web to odd 3D promotional items, I can design pretty much anything. And my designs always publish perfectly.
*I can refer your band to awesome photographers in San Diego, San Francisco, Ohio and Pittsburgh. Never stand in front of a brick wall looking to your left again!
*I'm affordable. Contact me here and include your email address and I'll send you some samples!
Myself.
*I like books a little too much.
*I've been all over the country.
*"What's going on tonight?" is a simple question of who's playing and where.
*People seem to like my magazine. High-five Brad!
*Speak softly. Carry a large stick. Drive a tank.
*I haven't watched TV on purpose in years.
Read this. No really, do it. An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.
My AIM is thegrandaardvark, but I'm rarely ever on it.
Comments/Hate Mail.
Things I do.
What?!?
Josh and Brad love each other very very much.
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I love this guy.

My Interests

money, abstract art, Adult Swim, aggression, alcohol, anger, art, art terrorism, bad movies, beauty, being obnoxious, books, bright colors, brutal honesty, burning palm trees, cameras, chaos, cheese, chickens, cigarettes, classical music, clothes, coffee, coffee shops, color contrasts, computer art, confusion, controversy, correct grammar, creativity, money, cultural revolutions, dada, deck, digital art, diners, distractions, doing nothing, duct tape, Eddie Izzard, erotic photography, experimental, eye candy, fifteen-a-day, foam, fonts, foreign films, foreigners, France, free stuff, free thinkers, Freezepops, French language, getting mail, getting really drunk, Goodwill, hate taxes, hating Hillcrest, House of Leaves, houses built entirely out of foam, human oddities, humor, insanity, late nights, live music, live performances, Lola Rennt, London, loonacy, Lucky Strikes, madness, making fun of people, masturbation, modern art, names, neon colors, Oakland, obscurity, open minds, originality, pandyfackling, photography, pirates, playing in garbage, polka dots, punctuation police, punk, money, pyrotechnics, rain, random acts of violence, reading, really REALLY weird books, Red Meat, religion, retro, revolution, rock music, Salvation Army, sandy beaches, sarcasm, schizophrenia, scotch on the rocks, sex, Shakespeare, shiny things, Sibelius, slacking, sleeping, smoking, South Side, Space Ghost, stand-up comedy, strange music, stripes, stupid people, Super Flat Times, taboos, talking to strangers, telemarketers, the Beehive, the fear, the homeless, the ocean, the onion, the one and only Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO), the passion, the royal tenenbaums, the South Side, thunderstorms, Tom's Diner (Thomas' Gormet Bistro), too much coffee, traffic cones, tv commercials, typography, underground, used book stores, used books, wandering, whiskey, woodavers, Wood Street Galleries, writing, xerox, zen and money.

I'd like to meet:

I want to find the most stupid, boring people on Earth. All of them.

Music:

Movies:

...are for the weak.

Television:

I watch whatever the stupid crap box wants to show me when I'm feeling stupid and crappy enough to stare at its stupid crap.

Books:

Super Flat Times: Stories, Youth in Revolt, Thinking About Magritte, The Multicultiboho Sideshow, A Slight Trick of the Mind, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Soft, Teeth, Spinners, The Fuck-up, Pittsburgh Love Stories, The Tetherballs of Bougainville, The Sadness of Sex, The Blind Owl, Fake Liar Cheat, Cherry, The Land of Laughs, House of Leaves.

Heroes:

My Blog

A Short List of Things I Hate.

...in no particular order. Children. Sunday mornings. Being dragged into conversations about philosophy in coffee shops. Being dragged into conversations while on/near/around public transit. Being dra...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:34:00 PST

She Breathes It into the Phone.

The Side Effects of Cancer. She's excited that I'm coming. That I'm going to see her through this. She's only seen me for twenty days in the last two and a half years. Every conversation brings this f...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

Leaving on the 19th/ Progress...

Wow, things have..gotten crazy!I realized this afternoon how soon I'm leaving and it creeped me out, but not for any of the usual reasons. I expected to find myself behind schedule racing to catch up....
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:04:00 PST

FINAL REVISION!

So naturally, not too long after I sent the print file of that t-shirt design off to The Drama Summer, they broke up amiably.So amiably, in fact, that not too long after that the founding members of t...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:06:00 PST

Moving to Jacksonville, FL.

Due to an alarming family emergency, I will be TEMPORARILY moving to Jacksonville, Florida. I will be leaving somewhere near the end of December and I expect to be gone four to eight months.If I am do...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:53:00 PST

Theft of Nine Cents Magazine.

I just read the bulletin I posted last night, and wow was I pissed! I'd like to thank everyone who replied to it, reposted it and even took the time fix the outrageous amount spelling errors.Our magaz...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:50:00 PST

The Drama Summer Shirt Design

If it looks familiar, this design was picked up by a different client. Let me know what you think!Oh, and they're probably one of the hardest working bands out there so check them out!On Myspace...AND...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:51:00 PST

Standby Records Logo

Here's the logo that I designed for my new pals at Standby Records:As a landscape?I have no idea where that one came from! That's about the queerest thing I've ever drawn. And Now I have to design a m...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:18:00 PST

Completely hypothetical.

You run an indie label.Keep in mind, this doesn't really mean that you have money, but you need employees anyway. You want to do so much! Way more than one or two people can accomplish. There's a stud...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:39:00 PST

Six to go...

If you talk to me on a regular basis, you're aware that I passionately hate my job. Not the magazine mind you, but the other job.I shovel popcorn for the Artless Damned. As you know, ordering anything...
Posted by Tony from Lit/MUS Magazine. on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:51:00 PST