Born At The Wrong Time

I convince myself that I know a lot about rock music and history, but anytime I discover (or re-discover, in this case) a band like Canned Heat, I realize the contrary. Its not the distorted blues riffs of the late 60's, its not the driving beats, the hair nor the beards that comprise the true essence of rock. Rather, its the reality, the understanding that the music was an experience and culmination of of a generation ready to break out of the Pop-oriented seams of the time. This performance by the classic psychedelic rock band Canned Heat portrays the true, unbridled rock & roll aesthetic that seems to have disappeared over the last forty or so years.

The sixties was a different, fresh time period for music, and while I pretend... WISH... that I truly understood all there is to know about good ol' rock 'n' roll, I find myself starting fresh any time I find a performance of this caliber. 

Enjoy.

Rivers Cuomtoe

Playing his smash hits, "Dope Toes", "Undone - The Sock Song", "Pink Tri-ankle" and "Say It Ain't Shoe".

"CUOMTOE" Famous Feet concept by Rob Baranoff 2010

Radical in the Meantime...

Just Found This Old Photo...

Of me and my buddy Nawalany. He's an awesome dude and has an awesome blog, which, I just realized, I never linked. Long over due, check it out here.

LAST SATEOTW FREEBIE

This is the last of my SATEOTW design project. The project? 4 designs, less than two colors per, and raw (old school?) feel.

Fred Flinstone beware...

Oh, and, by the way:

More...

"SATEOTW PHOTOGRAPH PRINT" 2010

"SATEOTW VICTORIAN PRINT" 2010

Sleeping at the Elephant of the World

My friends in Sleeping at the End of the World asked me to do some designs for them. Here is the first of a few... it is modified off a previously designed piece I completed a few months back.

Oh Boy... Drama

Kevin of Boy Drama recorded my band earlier this month for super cheap, so I whipped up a t-shirt design for his band. Here is that design.

"A-A-All My 'So-Called' Friends" Rob Baranoff, 2010

Sketchy...

...where have I been? Oh, yeah, that's right... too busy for my quaint little blog. I'm sorry I've deprived my massive amount of viewers from random doodles and such for so long.

Yes, I'm being a facetious!

For the doodle-deprived comes another sketch of my man-partner in crime:

UNTITLED COWBOY MATT SKETCH - RBARANOFF 2010