One of my good friends, dare say best friends, is Josh Wallens. He is a great person. I mean really....even out of my best friends, people whom I consider my closest friends, Josh is a more loyal, truer friend. That's not putting down my best friends. It just, well I don't think Josh ever thinks of himself over another person, or even better than another person. Really. At least I can't see it. Not to say Josh doesn't go after his own goals, he does. But he is very true to himself. You meet Josh, and there's no wrong impression to get. There's no other side to him. There's no hidden side you see after you know him for a while. The first time you talk to Josh, its him there.

And, well, Josh is the reason I came to value my college friends so much. He moved away in the middle of my senior year. And he moved back to Buffalo years later. And he told me once "I've been all over but never met friends like I met at Niagara. Like you guys." He went to a couple different colleges. He has lived in many states. But he still holds true to that. And it kind of opened my eyes a little bit to how unique I think my college friends are.

While he lived in Buffalo he recorded his own album under the name Steiner. He asked me to come up with album art for him. I came up with several designs. I forget what he gave me as actual guidelines. I think it was the Dead Kennedy's logo. The first is what he choose as his album cover. The rest are my variations. I still listen to his album all the time. It was called "Welcome to Plan B"











And here's a Steiner live performance from years ago. This is a B-side. Didn't actually make the album.