Posterized!

There are numerous compelling reasons to pick up a guitar or hurdy gurdy and rock out at your local wateringhole, but none is more convincing than the majesty of the show poster.

I mean, how many opportunities does one get in life to see oneself or one's name emblazoned on a poster? Unless you are a dog that is prone to running away, I imagine the answer is "Not very often."

And ego aside, there are some pleasing aesthetics at play in the world of rock n roll posters. For instance, there's the silkscreen poster, created with good old hand printing techniques a la this poster by our silkscreen fav and friend Anthony Dihle:



Then there's the "slap your band info on a pre-existing image" aesthetic that I've been using since someone long ago introduced me to it:



But this hardly scratches the surface. Here are some links to the pros. Hope you like what you see!

Anthony Dihle
Sasha Barr
Heads of State
Kevin Mercer

In the near future, I will try to add a section on the once ubiquitous psychedelic poster!

Yours,
Andy Canadian