{"id":3612,"date":"2011-10-04T21:50:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2011-10-04T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T15:47:13","slug":"portrait-night-1004-david-yow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=3612","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Night 10\/04 (David Yow)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I finished up my Our Band Could Be Your Life<\/em>-themed drawings, but right in the midst of that I received a portrait request that I had to shelve until now. Thematically, it fits in pretty well, though: David Yow of The Jesus Lizard. I may be misremembering–it was a while back–but I believe it was Christian Sager <\/a>who put in the word for a David Yow drawing.<\/p>\n

There’s a bit of nice synchronicity to this Yow drawing as well: Just a few days ago I managed to get a hold of a really nice-sounding recording of The Jesus Lizard’s never-released BBC Peel sessions, so I was listening to those while I drew this.<\/p>\n

I saw The Jesus Lizard perform only once–opening for Helmet–but it was a truly amazing show. Also: David Yow had pulled one of his testicles through a hole in the crotch of his jeans, where it remained on display throughout the performance. So there was that.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>If you\u2019d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I finished up my Our Band Could Be Your Life-themed drawings, but right in the midst of that I received a portrait request that I had to shelve until now. Thematically, it fits in pretty well, though: David Yow of The Jesus Lizard. I may be misremembering–it was a while back–but I believe … <\/p>\n

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