the sketchy crowd shows me drawings, they're alright

evening tweed is a graphic design collective composed of four brighton students. while all are novel designs post-worthy, jez burrows' work is particularly impressive. plus he has good taste in music.

challenged to respond to the word 'banausic' [def: serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical] he transcribed the entire destroyer's rubies album, producing "an exhaustive collection of diagrams and analysis, including: every word contained in the album in order of how many times it appears; references; grammatical structure; and the overall distribution of lyrics and 'la's."



[side note: pitchfork's 8.5 review of destroyer's rubies contained this quote: "Dan Bejar's vocals are, like many of his indie contemporaries, yelpy and dramatic, and many of his lyrics seem preordained to serve as mp3 blog headers." prescient.]

he also created a series of postcards inspired by quotes from the books' album "lost and safe."



and finally, a mcsweeney's quarterly waiting to happen: "The book has two covers and reads from both directions. One half of the book is composed of short stories inspired by illustrations, while the other contains illustrations inspired by short stories."