Comments | 4_eyez: New Caledonian Communard

4_eyez

New Caledonian Communard

Apr 04, 2008 10:47

Fresh from the success of Gone Missing, The Civilians have a new show, This Beautiful City, already in production in Colorado Springs, and a second one in the works. To that end, they asked me to whip up an illo for a fund-raiser they've got coming up in NYC in May. The play is called Paris Commune, and the illo refers to the captured Communards ( Read more... )

benefit, theatre, collaboration, the civilians

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1873, Paris Commune dlasky April 6 2008, 22:59:05 UTC

I love your illustration!!!

I wish i could see this play.

I've been kind of interested in the Communards for years because I love the Clash/Allen Ginsberg collaboration "Ghetto Defendant".

Re: 1873, Paris Commune 4_eyez April 7 2008, 15:19:30 UTC

Thanks, Dave. The Civilians do awesome work - always based on personal interviews or archival documents - and then mixed with hilarious, catchy, cabaret music. I can't wait to see the show myself. Wasn't familiar with the Clash song - but of course that's because I'm country, not punk! ;->

Re: 1873, Paris Commune dlasky April 7 2008, 20:44:10 UTC

Do yourself a favor and buy "Combat Rock", which also has the timeless classic "Rock the Casbah". I would have assumed that you grew up breakdancing, tagging trains, listening to the Clash and the Sugar Hill Gang... But then, of course, you are country.