Death Before Desk Job

Painter Mark Dean Veca speaks about working with Zoltron for Primus' poster series, the joy of ritual tedium, and finding that spark that makes him pick up a brush.

See Mark's work on his website (http://markdeanveca.com) and you can folow him on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/mdvecastudio) and his Instagram (http://instagram.com/markdeanveca)

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Rapper and poet Bruce "AllOne" Pandolfo speaks to justifying his existence through creative exercise, embracing improv with Avalanche Canvas (and on a typewriter) and making puzzles for yourself. 

Follow AllOne on Instagram (http://instagram.com/allonevoice) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/allonevoice) and get his music on BandCamp (http://allonevoice.bandcamp.com). 

Full links and show notes on http://deathbeforedeskjob.net

Illustrator Sam Neukirch speaks about reconciling the imaginative with the observable, the Brony convention circuit, adapting to drawing with chronic tendonitis, and navigating a creative life as a neurodivergent person.

Check out Sam's work at http://samdoesart.com

You can also find her on:
Twitter (http://twitter.com/samneukirch)
Etsy (http://samneukirch.etsy.com)
Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/samneukirch)
Instagram (http://instagram.com/samneukirch)

Full show notes at http://deathbeforedeskjob.net

Paul just needed to vent this week, but he tried to tie it into the show's themes by encouraging you to research President-Elect Biden's policies, how they affect you as a creative, and how you can channel your creativity to impact change in politics.

Musician Michael McManus from the band Gamblers talks about the mechanics of music service agencies, practicing the art of the business, and choosing to not remain in the darkness.

Get the album "Small World" at http://gamblersmusic.com

Follow Gamblers on Twitter and Instagram @gamblersbaby.
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Check out the podcast "Movies By McManus" wherever you listen to podcasts.

Full show notes at http://deathbeforedeskjob.net

Illustrator Kerin Cunningham talks at great length about using Twitter to gain exposure, getting fed up with the state of art school (so much so she held a panel on it at Chicago's C2E2), and how her love of My Chemical Romance pulled her back into fan art. This one is a doozy. 

Kerin is currently fulfilling orders for her "Back From The Dead" (Enamel Pin + Merch Line) Kickstarter campaign, as well as working on her next line, "California 2020," which is due out late November 2020. Stay on top of these releases and check out some sexy space girls at her website (http://kerincunningham.com), and following her Twitter (http://twitter.com/kerincunningham) and Instagram (http://instagram.com/kerincunningham).

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James from Grampfather speaks about collaboration and getting things show-ready, commiting to a project, and using music medicinally.

Listen to Grampfather at grampfather.bandcamp.com, and follow James on Instagram: @grampfatherrr.

You can read some of James' essays, short stories, and poetry at jameskwapisz.com

Listen to Sugarskull Piledriver's album "The Guerilla Monsoon" (which both James and Paul play on) here: https://sugarskullpiledriver.bandcamp.com/album/guerilla-monsoon

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Artist Sam Rivera speaks about tuning in and zoning out, marrying her love of teacher and art, and learning to not listen.

Hello everyone, this is Paul. 

This week’s episode of Death Before Desk Job will be postponed until next week. I feel that it would be tone deaf and irresponsible to release an episode of a show where I, a white man, talk to people about following their dreams in such a cavalier way, when people of color all across this country are regularly killed at the hands of law enforcement, because the victims of police brutality are robbed of their chance to follow their dreams, solely because of the color of their skin. 

My voice is not the voice you need to hear right now. You need to hear the millions of black voices that are screaming out about the systematic injustices that they must face every day. As a white man, I truly have no grasp of this experience. I can never understand what it’s like to grow up black in this country. And for this reason, I’m choosing to remain silent right now, because I will learn nothing by talking anymore. 

Now is the time to listen. Educate yourself, so that you can become a stronger ally. Vote at the booth this (and every) election. Give to the organizations out there that are actively fighting racial injustice. And once more, listen. 

This 9-minute silence is for George Floyd, may he rest in power.

Sean Ageman of Washed Up Media talks about his lifelong itch to document life, his methods of memorizing drum parts, and the sacrifices he's made to do what he loves.

You can find Washed Up Media on Instagram (@washedupmedia) and listen to any one of the three (!!!) bands that Sean plays with: Sargasm (sargasmny.bandcamp.com), Intona (intona.bandcamp.com), and Give Up The Goods (giveupthegoods.bandcamp.com)