FRED’S NEW RAVENOUS INTEREST By Jonny DeStefano Art By Kristen Michael By Best of Birdy Issue 027, March 2016 As Greg Sampson awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself in his bed transformed into an enormous peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He was lying on his soft, bready back and when he lifted […]
MY EXISTENTIAL DOCTOR HERB, PART XV By Brian Polk Art by Jack Estenssoro Published Issue 083, November 2020 I have a lot to discuss with my existential doctor Herb this month, because I realized something big — a breakthrough of sorts. Of course, I’ve had breakthroughs before. Some of them linger in my mind for
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COLLECTED EVIDENCE By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 83, November 2020 Mark Mothersbaugh is a Conceptualist. As an undergraduate art student at Kent State University, Mark began creating work in the late 60’s and has created tens of thousands of works to the current day in various mediums including, rubber stamp designs, mail art, decals, prints, ink illustrations, oil
WASHINGTON LOOKS TO THE FUTURE By Curtis Bergesen Published Issue 083, November 2020 Curtis Bergesen — aka Collage The World — was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Bethesda, MD. He is a vegetarian, only child, Eagle Scout and nature lover. Curtis has spent much of his adult life working in the music
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Your Drugs By Jonathon Prestidge Published Issue 083, November 2020 Best of Birdy Issue 032, August 2016 I have been producing collage art since around early 1993, when I first picked up a copy of Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death by San Francisco punk artists, the Dead Kennedys and opened up the A4
SKELETON HANDS DOING STUFF By Sommer Browning Published Issue 083, November 2020 Best of Birdy Issue 037, January 2017 Sommer Browning writes poems, tells jokes, draws comics, creates installations, makes books, hosts readings, curates exhibitions, and works as a librarian in Denver. Write her at waverlysands at gmail.
NOVEMBER BOOK CLUB By Hana Zittel Published Issue 083, November 2020 Temporary by Hilary Leichter (2020) Cast against the backdrop of the life of a temporary worker, Hilary Leichter has conjured up the kind of absurd novel that partly fills the huge holes left by the likes of early Thomas Pynchon. Her protagonist is a
BEST OF TRAX ON WAX By Sam Schiel, Columnist for Birdy Magazine 2014-2020 Published Issue 083, November 2020 In loving memory of Sam Schiel | May, 21 1963 – September, 19 2020 Longtime friend and ongoing Trax on Wax columnist Sam Schiel brought 120 records spanning across 70 issues to the pages of Birdy since our
TaylorNikole Fusing Fashion and Design To Create Wearable Art By Rachel Grammes Photos courtesy of TaylorNikole Published Issue 083, November 2020 In July, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver did a major upgrade to their online shop, thanks to the creative vision of the museum’s Shop Buyer, Lacey Manuel. The relaunch of MCA Denver Shop now includes over
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NOVEMBER QUEEN CITY SOUNDS By Tom Murphy Published Issue 083, November 2020 Church Fire – some lonely wip This collection of “unfinished / unmixed / unmastered / instrumentals” bridges the gap between Nine Inch Nails and Crystal Castles with their raw, lo-fi, maximalist glitch. Without the highly emotive and cathartic vocals that have been part