fumie ishii

I won free tickets from WFMU last year around my birthday to see the feelies at maxwell. erick wrenn contacted me after seeing my post on facebook and offered me to shoot the band for ‘sup magazine. they had been one of my favorite bands for years. and luckily i’ve got 30 minutes of luxury time to hang out with all the members and photographed them near the venue. they were really really nice and genuine. i enjoyed every single moment with them. and the show was so great.
later on the band asked me to use one of my photos for their new album and we made a deal (the real record deal). they made a beautiful record sleeve for lp and cd.
i am so grateful that my favorite band used my image for their art work. music always nurtures my soul and balances my body.
the record finally arrive to my shelf and i am so looking forward to seeing their concert on may 13th.

yuko and i used to live together in greenpoint. the next block was called leonard street. we kept calling it le-o-nardo street until patric corrected us.

my favorite musician/ good friend; talented guitar player steve gunn‘s new 7″ came out with the images i contributed.
~25 editions only ~
steve gunn ‘human condition/trances’
7″ 45 Lathe – 3 color screen print quad fold-out box
maybe it’s still available at canadian label medusa

i have one extra copy available if you like to purchase to share and enjoy the music /art / peace, contact me! i will donate all the profit.

great music and great friends are the best healing medicine at this time and all the time

here is steve with our favorite musician/friend marc orleans performance, orleans gunn

more of steve’s music to download here.

we (casey and i) interviewed steve this week for our blog- – - – - – after higgs interview, which should be up soon. casey is working on them really hard day and night…

steve will be touring with michael chapman in france next month.

thank you very much, steve.

i shot for the tape show
if you are in tokyo
you can buy my friends tapes
support them

cassette rules

the artists are

Aki Onda, La Big Vic, Liek（Solo project of Hektor Fontanez from Twi the Humble Feather,Imaginary Weapons), Lux Archive (Solo project of Josh Bonati from Aa), Dub Know Dub, Che Chen, Love Like Deloreans, Oorutaichi, Univers ,Lost Boy?, Maggie Lee, the Gamut, Oorutaichi, Axinite, Fumie Ishii, Sto Pit, Puffy Shoes, Derek Muro, Nihiti, Naoko Kagawa, Masami Tomihira, Jon Williams, Row Thrills , Excepter , Long Distance Poison, Art and Brain

beautiful beautiful tape by duane pitre

i wish they were mine but not (borrowed from casey block)

long distance poison

this cassette is also a piece of art by hells hills

and higgs gave me the special one last week, too. photo should be up soon.