me first gets the finger

Three Strikes, You're In!

Fee for 25 minutes of punk music: $20,000. Having 32,000 people boo your band: Priceless.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 13, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-13/music/pressplay.html

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Sufjan, the Technicolor Dreamboat

Sufjan Stevens and the Pacific Mozart Ensemble at Zellerbach set a world record for earnestness.

By David Downs

Article Published Oct 18, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-10-18/music/pressplay.html

the uncommon alchemy of the Mars Volta

Full Metal Alchemist

Heretic rockers the Mars Volta play a secret show for America's floppy-mopped future.

By David Downs

Article Published Aug 23, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-08-23/music/pressplay.html

Film of Honeycut

Honeycut,keyboards and s**t, ya know?

They played music, i drew pictures.

David Downs wrote a story.

Published in the East Bay Express.

dj shadow vs. the great outdoors

Taking Outsider Outdoors

A campfire focus group of Joe Sixpacks balks at DJ Shadow's latest release.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 6, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-06/music/pressplay.html

Graham Reynolds

Sure A Scanner Darkly Looked Crazy

But Lets Not Forget It Sounded Crazy Too.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 6, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-06/music/pressplay.html

BumTrain

There's More to BlueGrass than Train-Hopping, Fool!

Thank goodness you made the decision not to include the goat, you bigot. Classy.

By David Downs

HD Mothera

David Downs wrote a story about HD radio and its unimportance as well as the inability of the salesman at bestbuy to present him with a working unit at the store.

Also i made a print out of this included in the 2007 T-shirt show @ Space Gallery

amoeba records survives the death of physical media

What Evolves, Survives

Tower Records falls while Amoeba absorbs the music-ripper demographic.

By David Downs

Article Published Aug 30, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-08-30/music/pressplay.html

Robot From The Future

Kool Keith CD Scam Exposed

Press Play sniffs out the year's greatest music industry ruse.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 27, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-27/music/pressplay.html

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Blog Graphics

I played with focus.

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Dashed Hoop Dreams

Raw brains beat cocky experience in the NBA 2K7 match-up of Dan the Automator vs. Press Play.

By David Downs

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-10-25/music/pressplay.html

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Rock Stars of the Caribbean

The Rolling Stones convert the Oakland Coliseum to a lewd echo of Disneyland.

David Downs rants.

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Legally Blonde the Musical

and why you won't like it if you are not a 13 year old girl. Also disliked was this illustation, which the paper felt illustrated the little dog humping the world.

David Downs reports.

Ipecac

Ipecac Records Literally Vomits Royalties Checks All Over Their Artists

East Bay represent.

David Downs heaps praise to cottage industry giants.

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Halou was, if i Recall Correctly, Crazy Music.

I was more excited by the female soloist cellist that opened up for them.

Thanks for covering the drinks, David Downs.

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Only Marginally About Bums Selling their Music on the Internet.

And yet, bum drawing it is.

By David Downs

Texas and Emo!

South By SouthWest

Never been. Yo, publications, send me out there, you know, so i can draw it.

David Downs, however, went, and i illustrated his coverage with a neck tattoo.

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Native Guns

The name of the band, the subject of the article by David Downs

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A Former Merry Prankster Has a New Puppet Band.

Zoopy is from outer space.

David Downs wrote an artice about it.

Flav-R-Flav!

Public Enemy 2.0

Chuck D's stunning live show with Flavor Flav is just another element of his ever-growing portfolio.

By David Downs

Dec 27, 2006

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From Broke as F*** in Brazil to National Distrobution in the U.S.

I wonder if Ceu has lots of money now. And, Vinyl??? What was I thinking?

Article by David Downs.

The Strokes? In Davis? Mooooooo.

The Strokes, in Davis? Moooooo.

Uh, Davis, CA. Maybe you haven't heard of it.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 6, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-06/music/pressplay.html

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Smooth Criminal Fingers

Guitar tablature sites die copyright deaths as the intellectual-property battle rages in Washington.

David Downs reports.

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Pure Sonic Terrorism

The new book This Is Your Brain on Music meets This Is Your Brain While Waiting 47 Hours to Buy a PlayStation 3.

By David Downs

Nov 29, 2006

beer for america

Budget Rock the Non-Vote
Wash down election-day ipecac with some beer-drenched garage rock.
By David Downs

Nov 1, 2006

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-11-01/music/pressplay.html

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Big Awesome Porn Party Prevented on Former Millitary Base.

Also home to a small but fun skatepark.

Which is not touched upon in this article by David Downs. However, he does present a good case for turning alameda into Pinnochio's Fantasy Island (or whatever it's called... where the little boys all turned into donkeys, right?)

drawings from mister lister

me first gets the finger

Three Strikes, You're In!

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 13, 2006

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Sufjan, the Technicolor Dreamboat

Sufjan Stevens and the Pacific Mozart Ensemble at Zellerbach set a world record for earnestness.

By David Downs

Article Published Oct 18, 2006

the uncommon alchemy of the Mars Volta

Full Metal Alchemist

Heretic rockers the Mars Volta play a secret show for America's floppy-mopped future.

By David Downs

Article Published Aug 23, 2006

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Film of Honeycut

Honeycut,keyboards and s**t, ya know?

They played music, i drew pictures.

David Downs wrote a story.

Published in the East Bay Express.

dj shadow vs. the great outdoors

Taking Outsider Outdoors

A campfire focus group of Joe Sixpacks balks at DJ Shadow's latest release.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 6, 2006

Graham Reynolds

Sure A Scanner Darkly Looked Crazy

But Lets Not Forget It Sounded Crazy Too.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 6, 2006

BumTrain

There's More to BlueGrass than Train-Hopping, Fool!

Thank goodness you made the decision not to include the goat, you bigot. Classy.

By David Downs

HD Mothera

David Downs wrote a story about HD radio and its unimportance as well as the inability of the salesman at bestbuy to present him with a working unit at the store.

Also i made a print out of this included in the 2007 T-shirt show @ Space Gallery

amoeba records survives the death of physical media

What Evolves, Survives

Tower Records falls while Amoeba absorbs the music-ripper demographic.

By David Downs

Article Published Aug 30, 2006

Robot From The Future

Kool Keith CD Scam Exposed

Press Play sniffs out the year's greatest music industry ruse.

By David Downs

Article Published Sep 27, 2006

headlines5.jpg

Blog Graphics

I played with focus.

dan_color.jpg

Dashed Hoop Dreams

Raw brains beat cocky experience in the NBA 2K7 match-up of Dan the Automator vs. Press Play.

By David Downs

stones skull

Rock Stars of the Caribbean

The Rolling Stones convert the Oakland Coliseum to a lewd echo of Disneyland.

David Downs rants.

pp_dog_sm.jpg

Legally Blonde the Musical

and why you won't like it if you are not a 13 year old girl. Also disliked was this illustation, which the paper felt illustrated the little dog humping the world.

David Downs reports.

Ipecac

Ipecac Records Literally Vomits Royalties Checks All Over Their Artists

East Bay represent.

David Downs heaps praise to cottage industry giants.

halou_bw.jpg

Halou was, if i Recall Correctly, Crazy Music.

I was more excited by the female soloist cellist that opened up for them.

Thanks for covering the drinks, David Downs.

bum2.jpg

Only Marginally About Bums Selling their Music on the Internet.

And yet, bum drawing it is.

By David Downs

Texas and Emo!

South By SouthWest

Never been. Yo, publications, send me out there, you know, so i can draw it.

David Downs, however, went, and i illustrated his coverage with a neck tattoo.

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