Football, etc. - Mouthgaurd

Wowie, it sure has been a long time since I have posted here. So much has happened, so much has changed. Ive since moved back home to Michigan, and in the mean time 3 friends and myself have been working on cleaning out our entire basement, repainting all white, and doing a black and white type collaborative instalation on not only the walls, but the ceiling and the floor aswell.

This is my first large style collaboration, but it will most definitely not be my last, by any means.

I have been taking much inspiration from the works of David Ellis aswell as the whole Nyc Barnstormer Crew over the past few months, and i was stoked to see almost a full issue of Juxtapoz dedicated to the Barnstormers movement. Very inspiring dudes, theyve done alot of collab pieces that have had my mind racing. They have just been raising the bar, and taking art to new places, its definitely amazing stuff. Be sure to check out Issue # 107 of Juxtapoz you can also find quite a few videos on youtube, Aswell as there website www.b-stormers.com





ALSO! Since I mentioned the collab of our basement, it is far from finished, but here is a photo of what I've been focusing on over the past few months. This was the first show we had in the basement, Bike tuff, and The Bravest Kids from south Michigan, aswell as Man Overboard from New Jersey. Bike Tuff, is an 90's Emo influenced pop punk band, Definate Latterman Influence, They did a Jawbreaker cover, if that tells you anything, The Bravest Kids, Definitely newer pop punk influenced such as Four Year Strong, or even Set Your Goals. Not exactly my cup of tea, but a solid band live nonetheless, Not to mention, some nice dudes that just love to hang out and make laughs. On that Note, Man Overboard, just previously released a split 7" with Transit, who I am also stoked to see in early January. But anyways, this band has an obvious post pop punk influence, If Taking back Sunday would have become more of an upbeat hardcore influenced band. This would be that band. Definitely a solid band to check out.

http://www.myspace.com/manoverboardnj
http://www.myspace.com/biketuff
http://www.myspace.com/thebravestkids

On that Note, I scored a couple photos of Man Overboard night of, and this may give a little sneak peak to how the basement is coming together.







Ok.... Well, these dont really give a good idea of what the basement is looking like, but these were a couple of my favorite photos regardless.


Thanks for reading, again, i encourage anyone to check out any artist, or musician included in this post, or any, for that matter. Aswell as Football, etc. from the title, out of Texas, another great Emo band, you cant afford to pass up. Support Independent artists, and diy music. Keep the free mind free!

-Nathan Dell