I saw Burroughs along with Laurie Anderson and John Giorno in a converted porn theatre in the early 1980s. I brought along my brush pen and I made some color notes on the next page. Recently I stumbled on the drawing and finally did the color version.

I’m sure this cute little character will be everyone’s favorite.

J. D. Schreiber by The StiKman

Jaw Harp orgy!

(note the neck-beard)

Sculpture by Gabrielle Curry

wearing a Captain Beefheart Doc at the Radar Station T-Shirt purchased the night before day after the concert 1980

On Faun Fables:” Light of a Vaster Dark” : The Stikman plays Harmonica on two pieces : “Parade” and “Violet” he also consulted with the group helping set up their home Digital Audio Workstation. Much of ” Light of a Vaster Dark” was tracked at their home.

The Stikman also did the final mixes, filling in for lifelong friend, Dan Rathbun. “…the mixes, were fairly well along and mostly near completion. Having worked with Dan for nearly three decades I found it easy to understand where he was going with the mixes.” As the final mix engineer I began to level down and out some of my own playing in “Violet”. Dawn and Nils urged me to “leave it in”. ‘They were right.” Said The StiKman, “It sounds quite good.“ In the review at allmusic.com by Thom Jurek he describes “..the near pastoral dreamscape “Violet,” with its lovely harmonica swells by The StiKman underscoring McCarthy’s lyrics…” ‘Dawn and Nls had a vision that my harmonica would work in this context,” mused the StiKman, “Most folks wouldn’t cast a harmonica in this role. It presented to me, a unique opportunity and I’m very proud of the results.“

“Just Don’t Make No Sense” from “Ghetto Gothic”
The StiKman played harmonica and co-produced and mixed the track: “Just Don’t Make No Sense”
Bass player, Harley White Jr. had gotten a gig remixing a Melvin Van Peebles track. Harley asked me to help him produce the track. We received some stems containing perfunctory midi tracks and his lead vocal. We replaced the tracks with a real horns, etc. I added my harmonica, which plays the bus driver in the song’s story, similar to the way you hear a trumpet stand-in for adult voices on peanuts cartoons.
I mixed the track at San Francisco’s “Different Fur” on their nice SSL board. I brought the tracks up and tweaked for about 45 minutes and Melvin said “That’s it, that’s a wrap, let’s print it!” I had been expecting to mix for another couple hours. Melvin was boss. I was “done”.
I put this edit together recently as an exclusive for “The StiKman Sightings”.

Great band from the Czeck Republic
Directed by Miroslav Wanek
Featuring a vocal group consisting of Dawn McCarthy, Jewlia Eisenberg, The Stikman, Carla Kilhstedt, and Nils Frykdahl.

Also Violin by Carla Kilhstedt and Twelve-string Guitar by Nils Frykdahl
Overdubbing, Mixing, editing and mastering at Polymorph Recording, Oakland, CA, USA in October 2003.

2 Rooms Of Uranium In 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations Vol.II

r-rrope ‎– WestToneSong / O.K. Nic & O/Bd

Engineered At – Polymorph Studio
Produced At – Polymorph Studio
Engineer, Producer – Dan Rathbun
Featuring [Starring] – Bruce Cuthbertson, Dan Rathbun, Dave Ferrin, Dave Mello, David Quinby, Gavin Macarthur, Eugene Jun*, Jack Canada, Jessica Congdon, Lisabel, Luke Jenks, Nils Frykdahl, Pat Mello, Perry Stauffer, Sean Mcfadden (2), Stacie Black, Tim Romain, Tom Carnes, Tommy Barton, Vicky Grossi, Wes Anderson (4)

Singer Dominique Lenore Persi’s incredibly varied vocals run the gamut from metal to quirky. “Awful Fall” wouldn’t sound out of place on an early Oingo Boingo release, while “Filistata” would be right at home on Mr. Bungle.

A blood-letting and bruise-bringing blast of malt liquor-soaked madness from these frenzied, East Bay punk rock destructors. A twisted wreck of punk and rock flavors influenced by alcohol, chaos, and a communal sense of weird-ass bullshit.

“Bridge Across the Blue,” features a dazzling array of musicians and poets and was cited by About.com as “one of the Top 7 recordings of poetry and music of all time.”Marcus Shelby, Avotcja, AmyTobin, Colm Ó Riain & Pireeni Sundaralingam. Recorded at Polymorph by The StiKman.