This was a woman's eye, and then a sketch of a woman's back. I think it came out well.

I was listening to the Sheila Divine. I think they are one of my favorite bands that never made it big. This is from the song Sweep the Leg.

I've liked drawing eyes lately. I think I'm getting better at them. Maybe I'll work on noses and mouths soon. I always have trouble with those.

This quote is from the same Smashing Pumpkins song, Real Love.

I kind of liked this one. Based off a Smashing Pumpkins song called Real Love. I liked this quote, "Real Love or Is It Me You're After."

This one didn't come out too well. It was a neat idea but I drew it kind of quick and didn't put much time or energy into it. Maybe I'll try it again some day. I hate drawing guitars but keep wanting to draw them. I'm no good at it.

I was listening to the song Stay by Belly. They were a band from the early 90's. After listening to the song I thought about a homeless person. A quick search lead me to this picture. I thought it was a great picture with lots of emotion. I don't know how much of the emotion came through, but it was a good guide to draw from.

These are a drawing of sneakers I have. One foot is flat on the ground, the other lifted up to start walking. I was listening to the song Acetone by the band Mudhoney. It plays at the end of the movie Glory Daze. A great college flick that reminds you how you'll never meet friends like the one you met in college.

I was thinking of a skipping stone. Skipping across the water. And finally sinking to the bottom after hitting the last skip.

The Smashing Pumpkins put out these free albums back in 2001 called Machina II : the Friends and Enemies of Modern Music. It was distributed for free on the internet. You can still find them to download. One of the songs was called If there is a God. Some of the lyrics are grammatically incorrect. But that's how they were written.

I was thinking of the word destitute. There's a song by the Distillers called Dismantle Me. I've been trying to think of what to draw for it. I kept coming to the lyrics "I fancy your, but I've been destitute." So yeah. The word destitute. Means without the basic necessities of life. I thought of someone just sitting against the wall, with nothing at all to look up for.

Ever feel like you are only half here, half there. Never fully anywhere. The words are from a Pixies song.

Just a picture of someone sleeping.

Another lyric from a Wussy song. Great new band.

I've been working on a mix CD lately. Reminded me of when I made my first mix tape. I called it Death on a Stick. Actually drew a little stick figure that was impaled. It was high school after all.

I have been listening to Wussy a lot lately. The album Funeral Dress specifically. This is from the song Crooked. I absolutely love the lyrics. In my drawing, I think the person in the picture frame looks younger than I intended. But its a good drawing regardless. And here are the lyrics:

This is the night the insects appear
After 17 years on this side of town
Singing the songs they learned underground
They've been missing so long I'm surprised they're around
It wasn't meant the way you took it
With all your pictures hanging crooked
But I was glad to see the look on your face anyway
This is the part where I break you out
And remove any doubt as to which side I'm on
Taking the chance and breaking the glass
And people will talk for years to come
It wasn't meant the way you took it
With all your pictures hanging crooked
But I was glad to see the look on your face anyway

I was sitting at park by the lake waiting for my frisbee golf partner to show up. She showed up about an hour and half late and by then it was too cold and dark to play. We walked and she told me all her life problems and then she left about fifteen minutes later. But in while waiting I drew this picture. There were these three smoke stacks way down the lake. I liked the sight of them. So I drew them, and then a hand grabbing it. It came really well I think. So I guess it wasn't a total bust.

I've been listening to a lot of Wussy lately. This is from the song Airborne. Its an image of a guy just laying back on a couch. Like any other Thursday. I realize I've been doing a lot of these "lyric drawings" but its what has been on my mind lately.

Wussy. What a great band. For a band that I never heard of before Wednesday.....They've really been embedded in my mind. This is from the song Soak It Up.

More from Piebald. To be honest I hated them in college. Their early stuff was so raw and awful and then they started making great music. This song was called New Coke. Yeah its a raw early song. But shows their potential.

This is from a song from the band Piebald. Thank you Steve. I don't hate you for introducing me to Piebald. Maybe some slight hate for not telling me you were getting married, or not inviting me to the wedding, or giving a reason for me not being invited. And maybe there is some slight anger over you inviting me out the weekend you were getting married (even though I was not invited to the wedding) because you said you wanted to see me before moving to Florida, but then not returning any of my phone calls that weekend....when I had specifically dropped everything I was doing and drive 5 hours to see you the weekend before work started and told you the only reason I was coming was to see you before you move. No I don't hold a grudge. By way....did your marriage fail. I don't know for sure, since I haven't talked to you since, but word is it has. That's a shame. By the way, everyone's wedding that I have been present at....they're all still married.

Wow...got that off my chest. The song this is from is called Holden Caufield.

This one didn't come out how I intended. I wanted a lady's face looking up. Half her face, in the lower left hand corner. and a guy in a doorway silhouetted in the top right hand corner. But after drawing the guy silhouetted I decided I wanted another shot at drawing a silhouette. So I found a random picture of a lady leaning again a doorway and drew it as a silhouette. Unfortunately she had her arms crossed. And while it is a good outline of her, with out detail it just looks like she has big boobs. Whoops. Anyways, the idea for the drawing and the lyric come from a Portishead song.

More Smashing Pumpkins influence. This is from the song Vanity. It actually came out better than I thought it would. I've been drawing a lot to music lately.

Around the time they broke up (before reforming a few years ago), the Smashing Pumpkins released this album on the internet only, for free called Machina II: Friends and Enemies of Modern Music. It was a dual disc set (that you could only download, not but, so really no discs). It had some of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs I've ever heard on it. One is called Slow Dawn. Its just fantastic. So I drew from it, and drew this.

I was listening to Hum today. And then I drew a few separate images. And then was drawing lines to separate them. But saw the lines turning into lungs. And thought it was so much more interesting that way.

A collection. Of memories.

I think I was aiming for an amoeba. I got sidetracked. And then bored. And then saw and eye, nose, and mouth to be added.

Reg loves the Killers. I like them too. I'm sure you can find something to like about them too.

Smashing Pumpkins again. Man they rock. When I thought of a guiding light all I saw was a beam from the heavens. And guiding in a happy carefree way. Hence all the zig zagging.

The Cure. That's it. Its from a Cure song.

I've always loved Radiohead. Amnesiac and Kid A are still my favorite albums. I once had this theory that you could measure time and distance in Radiohead songs. Start at the very beginning of their catalogue and see how many songs it takes you to get where ever you were heading.

So yeah. Knives Out.