Category Creativity

May 8 2010

The Art of Ken Keirns

“Ken Keirns is a Northern California artist who grew up in Flint, Michigan. After spending nearly a decade in Chicago, Ken moved out West in late 2007 to paint full-time and complain about the lack of snow. While his primary focus has been working with oil paint, he has been known to deliver the odd sculpture, toy prototype or mixed media piece. His recurrent subject matter revolves around cranially endowed women and monkeys interlaced with personal experiences, dreams, and the occasional bad pun. Ken’s education was in graphic design. He only took a few formal painting classes — he is mostly self-taught through research and trial & error.”

May 3 2010

Meet the Administrator

My Photos | Obviously, I'm bored on a Thursday morning... | Crossroad ResonancesMAD is the Administrator of the clinically insane UPSIDEBACKWARDS, and creator of CONSPIRAPORN! In 2008 he penned and designed 20 ‘episodes’ of EZEKIEL’S CAVE. Currently he books shows and creates flyers for a variety of Indianapolis bands.

Over the year’s he’s interviewed a plethora of notable personalities including best-selling authors David Wellington, Greg Cox, Jonathan Maberry, Philip Gardiner, as well as rocker Henry Rollins, comedian Roseanne Barr, Emmy Winner Michael Moriarty, comic book creator Erik Larsen, and innovators such as artist Larry Carlson, and Fortean researcher Mac Tonnies to name a few.

MAD has produced 100’s of hours worth of podcasts in the past decade, as well as 8 CD’s worth of original music. The latest offering can be found at PIECE DE RESISTANCE and CROSSROAD RESONANCES . He’s also the keyboard player for DJ KOOLAID and you can find other web destinations at: BLACK HOLE’S LEDGE, UPSIDEBLOG, and DREAM RUMBLINGS.

He has a variety of original articles, short stories and interviews which can be found at: -UPSIDEBACKWARDS.INFO- . MAD is 31 years old, has an IQ of 119  and keeps a gaggle of rabbits and mice as pets. His favorite food is usually pizza and salad, though he can be bribed by a 6 pack of COORS, and ZERO candy bars.