"Spaced Out" by Brian K. Raynor

More artwork by Brian K. Raynor! "Spaced Out" has not been sold as of yet. I've tried to sell it but I'm really not 100% ready to see it go.

No More Overtime

Finishing up a fairly depressing day at work. I ate cake hoping it would at least get me a sugar rush,... but nothing. "No more overtime!!" Hey, how am I to pay for my new KIA? New car and nowhere to go. No plans for Labor Day. No friends inviting me to cook out or hang out or go out. Screw them all. Second fiddle to last place. I think that's what makes me depressed. Maybe I need to move away. Go where no one knows me so I won't be offended that no one stops by to see me or invite me over or whatever. Maybe I'll go back to college. I heard NYU is fairly easy to get into. Easy to get lost in NYC.

"The Leopard Lounge" by Brian K. Raynor

"The Leopard Lounge" is a painting I did for Jill O'Neill, a Music Prof at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. She puts on an annual recital of sorts with the help of music students and some local band members, such as, Truckstop Preachers, Jem Crossland,...

"Andy's Green Kitten" by Brian K Raynor

This is a painting I sold to a cutie from Charlotte, NC. It's called "Andy's Green Kitten". Stylized in the likeness of Andy Warhol's Green Cat from the 50's. I'm allergic to cats so I'm not going to have a real cat roaming around as a live model. Andy didn't paint his from real "cat models" but from Walter Chandoha's photographic images.

Tremont Music Hall

8/23/08 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC : Fans of Rockabilly, where were you? I saw Kim & Jarod,... Christain squared was there, Jason & Gwyn came all the way from Saluda, Lauren and Sherry were there to support Jem and Chipps, Dee and Carla were there to support Tommy and Chris, Mark & Robin were there. Autumn made her way over, Alice came up from Rock Hill, SC (?) and she brought Alan all the way from France...via Huntersville. Gabby & Rick and Johnny & Leah were there. Hickry Hawkins even staggered in for the shows. BUT the point is that the place should have been packed with Rockabilly Fans, not the mere <100 folks that were there. Tommy & the RayGuns started us off. Their best song of the night was "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town". They're really evolving into their sound.
Jem Crossland & the Hypertonics followed. Every show when Jem belts out the last note of "Crying" the crowd always goes wild with applause. The night ended after The Belmont Playboys dished out a big serving of rockabilly whup up on the crowd. And YOU MISSED IT!!! Thanks to StillNotDead.com and Tremont Music Hall for a good time had by all!