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Knoxville tour poster called "Coolest poster ever" by Morrissey - strawberryluna

posted by davidt on Tuesday July 17 2007, @11:00AM

ceh0951 writes:

I was at the show in Knoxville on Tuesday. The next morning I went back to the venue box office to see if I could buy the posters they had taped to their windows. I never expected it, but neither had anybody who had asked for them. So for a modest contribution to the theatre (which I offered, they didn't even ask for that), I left with (2) very nice posters from the show.

One of the posters (the better of the two) had a web site address for the designer. When I went to it, I was shocked to see that Moz himself had seen it and had highly complemented the artist on it. For those interested, copies are available for a modest cost. Here is the web site for those who are interested.

Morrissey with Kristeen Young poster - strawberryluna

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July 10, 2007 at The Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN.

What is there to say? Morrissey, he is a golden god. A golden god with great taste, as the poster you are viewing was called: "The coolest poster ever." -Morrissey.
Oh man, I think I just fainted, AGAIN.

This is a 2-color, all hand-screenprinted poster with crimson red and metallic gold inks. Edition of 150. Size: 16x22. Paper: acid free Cougar, White 100lb cover weight. $25. (Please add $5 for orders shipping outside of the US & Canada.)

Unless otherwise requested, all orders are shipped within 5 business days, though usually much sooner. I like stupid little toys, hopefully you do too because there will be one or two in your tube.

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Very nice (Score:1)

Very nice ,indeed.
A really LARGE one would be great!

snapyou -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @11:26AM (#268553)
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Re:Very nice by Cashews (Score:1) Wednesday July 18 2007, @09:28AM

Grammar Police (Score:0)

I suspect Morrissey "complimented" the artist, but you never know ...

Anonymous -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @11:57AM (#268557)

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Excellent (Score:1)

Very nice. I looked at your other posters and you're obviously influenced by the great artwork and graphic design of Polish film posters.

I had my credit card ready, but then saw it was going through PayPal. I don't want my CC info going through that company -- if you have any other way to accept CC payments, please let post it so I can buy one!

In the meantime, please tell us when and where Morrissey uttered the words about your poster?

king leer -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @12:14PM (#268562)
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Re:Excellent by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday July 17 2007, @04:02PM

Good old Soviet style (Score:0)

Comrads, this poster is truly eccelent!

I hereby award the designer of this artwork with the purple start of USSR. Plus a pair of nailon socks.

Yours Sincerely,
Generalissumus Stalin

Granvik -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @12:20PM (#268565)
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Re:Good old Soviet style by Shakingobscene (Score:1) Thursday July 19 2007, @01:35AM

i smell a conspiracy (Score:1)

just kidding.

seriously, though, i can't imagine Moz saying that it was "the coolest poster ever". WTF, did he "scope it out" at a surf shop in Malibu?

cowabunga dude; i don't see it.

carlos * -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @12:25PM (#268566)
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"This world may lack style, I know..."

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Re:i smell a conspiracy by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday July 17 2007, @12:36PM

Artist for Hire (Score:1)

First of all, finding artists to design these regional posters for this tour is a great idea. I'm guessing that it is the tour company in charge who has commissioned these works in order to promote some of the shows.

After that dirty fingernail fiasco involving one of the posters, (shame, that was a nice photo) at least this one claims to have had gotten that most coveted Mozzer Seal of Approval.

Damn, I would love to do one for the next tour or event. I'm not much of a fine artist, most of my work is done on the computer, but at least I have clean fingernails.

mozmic_dancer -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @12:54PM (#268577)
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"I am the fun and the fair, on a Mozsite for the criminally insane..."

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Re:Artist for Hire by ambersan (Score:1) Thursday July 19 2007, @04:22AM
- Re:Artist for Hire by mozmic_dancer (Score:1) Thursday July 19 2007, @05:33AM

Strawberry (Score:0)

Hey, I had nothing to do with this, I'm proud to admit that I am currently busy watching the Beckhams.... Strawberry.

Anonymous -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @01:04PM (#268580)

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yep-its a good one (Score:1)

Best solo thing to bear Moz's image is STILL the original artwork for Viva Hate-which is proudly up on my wall....

RockLobster800 -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @01:22PM (#268583)
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hmmm (Score:1)

i guess we should all buy it then.

fut -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @02:03PM (#268596)
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that poster is a 5 out 10 maybe a 6 (Score:1)

cmon...nothing about it is extra-ordinary

giant -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @02:10PM (#268598)
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Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art (Score:1)

solo only. singles, albums, DVDs, or posters. my votes:

1. "Our Frank" (UK release)
2. "Everyday Is Like Sunday"
3. "Certain People I Know"
4. "Sing Your Life"
5. "Boxers" (UK release)

carlos * -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @02:36PM (#268601)
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"This world may lack style, I know..."

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Re:Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art by RockLobster800 (Score:1) Tuesday July 17 2007, @05:07PM
- Re:Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art by carlos (Score:1) Wednesday July 18 2007, @03:55PM
Re:Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art by giant (Score:1) Tuesday July 17 2007, @05:47PM
- that reminds me... by giant (Score:1) Tuesday July 17 2007, @05:52PM
Re:Embedded Poll: Your All Time Fave Morrissey Art by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 18 2007, @06:48AM

Dude... cool! (Score:0)

Totally!

It's like the coolest poster ever!

To the max!

Anonymous -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @03:29PM (#268606)

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Thanks! (Score:1)

Wow... this poster stopped me in my tracks before the show. Now one is on its way to me! Thank you!

PFTLT -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @03:57PM (#268609)
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My BFF Morrissey said (Score:1)

this poster is WAY cool and totally hot!

suzanne -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @04:56PM (#268617)
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I scare dead people.

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awesome! (Score:1)

how wonderful! I was so sad to have left the concert without a program or poster, and after an internet search tonight, I unintentionally happened upon this awesomeness! thanks so much for making such a cool work of art to commemorate that show!

ambersan <addowd@comcast.net> -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @05:33PM (#268620)
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haha (Score:1)

Sure he did.

Nice try on selling your wares.

dallow_bg <reversethis-{moc.loa} {ta} {77yobniarb}> -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @05:52PM (#268622)
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"All the people I like are those that are dead."

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I believe his exact words were... (Score:0)

"Yo, that is off the hook!"

It really is like taking candy from babies, isn't it?
Coolest marketing ploy ever!

Anonymous -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @06:13PM (#268625)

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Knock-off (Score:0)

I liked the poster better when it was used to promote "The Endless Summer."

Anonymous -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @07:26PM (#268634)

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Re:Knock-off by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday July 17 2007, @07:38PM

Knoxville poster (Score:1)

I would just like to say that I have no association whatsoever with the artist who made this poster. The story I told was true. It makes no difference to me if you buy this poster or not. There was no "marketing ploy" involved. In fact, I have never even communicated with the artist. If you like the poster, good for you. If you don't, good for you also. Nothing here was said for any other reason but to share with other fans.

ceh0951 -- Tuesday July 17 2007, @09:48PM (#268660)
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Re:Knoxville poster by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 18 2007, @12:27AM
- Re:Knoxville poster by ceh0951 (Score:1) Wednesday July 18 2007, @05:08PM

great poster ????? (Score:1)

As I could say in French :
"Ouais bof !!!"
which means :
"Yeah, very average poster" ... never mind !

Guillaume Metayer -- Wednesday July 18 2007, @12:53AM (#268681)
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Coolness! (Score:1)

If Morrissey really did refer to this poster as the "coolest ever", I am guessing that he would not have been referring to the design, but of the silkscreening process that was used to create this.

Posters you see everyday are commonly printed with an offset press in the thousands. What makes this poster very special is that the artist/craftsman decided to print it with silkscreen in limited quantities. In silkscreening, (from what I can recall from 8th grade shop class) a design is made and then separated depending of the number of colors used, in this case two plus white, being the paper. These designs get photo-transferred on a gellatin-based film, sort of like a stencil, that is adhered onto a fine mesh screen. The ink is then applied onto the screen an spread with a special tool in one stroke! Lift the frame and what you have is an image on paper.

Since there are two colors used, the yellow would be applied first, and would need to dry first before the red would be applied. By the way, that file gradient effect you see is nothing more that a series of dots (called a halftone) arranged mathematically.

The design itself needs to be kept simple; that's one of the constraints of the process. Contour shapes work best and in this case, the sans-serif lettering and the outline of Morrissey figure is used for optimum effect. Another contraint is the fine mesh fabric will slowly clog and degenerate after many prints, so the number of copies is kept to a minimum. If you ever seen Warhol's works on canvas, that degeneration of the image is used as an artistic statement, as well as his technique of offseting the colors when they are applied; great for Warhol, but otherwise not practical for a poster used to communicate.

Silkscreening is a tedious process, but greatly respected by fine artists and craftmen alike. Any collector of rock posters might consider adding something like this to his/her collection, for it is unique and not often done used in this application.

mozmic_dancer -- Wednesday July 18 2007, @06:23AM (#268702)
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Re:Coolness! by carlos (Score:1) Wednesday July 18 2007, @03:52PM
- Re:Coolness! by mozmic_dancer (Score:1) Thursday July 19 2007, @06:30AM
  - Re:Coolness! by carlos (Score:1) Thursday July 19 2007, @07:52AM
    - Re:Coolness! by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday July 20 2007, @12:50AM
      - Re:Coolness! by carlos (Score:1) Wednesday July 25 2007, @06:38PM

it should be noted... (Score:1)

that the "coolest poster ever" was uttered during a post-surf smoke-out in alain's beach-house, and the lavalamp's illumination probably had as much to do with it as the poster itself. not trying to take anything away from the design or anything, just saying that the fact that moz had a quarter-bag of top notch cali weed in him probably had something to do with it, thus causing him to utter the now-famous "whoa, coolest poster ever, braaahh"-comment.

mywar -- Wednesday July 18 2007, @08:17AM (#268729)
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Available for only $ 25 too... (Score:2, Informative)

http://www.philaarts.com/music_M.htm

Morrissey
Strawberryluna 7/10/2007
LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 150! 16x22" Gold Inks Used!
$25

http://www.philaarts.com/images1/morrissey71007str aw.jpg

PLUS:
Morrissey Phillips 7/3/2007 LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 145! 10x26" $25
Morrissey Slater 3/13/2006 LTD ED Silkcreen Concert Poster S/N Edition of 200! 17x24" $100

Anonymous -- Wednesday July 18 2007, @03:49PM (#268813)

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