July 19th

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During this time I had to turn down a couple of petty well paying jobs. I also haven’t been able to work everyday. As you can imagine being a self employed artist is a pretty tough path. In fact many of you know this from first hand experience. If I don’t work everyday it’s not good. The bills are starting to come in from the hospital, insurance, prescriptions etc,etc. So, things are pretty tight right now.

The positive side of that is that I am forced to get off my ass and start hustling again. So I am offering a bunch of my paintings and original drawings for sale on ebay Take a look at the link below and if you see something that strikes you… bid on it. I am setting the reserves pretty low so they will be affordable.

http://shop.ebay.com/maximumfluoride/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

I am also posting some poster packs and handbill packs for sale on gigposters.com. The poster packs will be filled with a random selection of posters. These bad boys are hand screen printed and limited edition. If there is a particular poster you really, really want of mine let me know and if I have a copy I’ll stick it in there. The one poster I can pretty much guarantee will go in each tube is my Melvins 2 headed dog poster from 06. Not a lot of those were released so they are somewhat “rare” All of the posters are signed by me and most are from the numbered run. A few here and there will be artist proofs.

Tubes will be 5 posters for $50.

http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=10928&pre=1

Handbill packs will include one of every handbill I have in stock. So, like, a bunch of them.  Iron Maiden, Green Day, West Side Connection, etc.

Handbill packs will be $15.

http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=10929&pre=1

I will also put stickers and other random extras in every purchase as well whether that be a painting, posters or whatever. If it goes out the door it gets stickers. Again, I appreciate all of the well wishes and support.

Mike

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And I’m OUT!

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maximum-Fluoride-Killustration/318464310254?ref=mf

Soooo… otherwise things have been going good so far with this new full time freelance thing. I have been super busy with some really great projects. Just finished a shirt for Hate Eternal. Waiting on approvals for designs fro Municipal Waste, Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine and Insane Clown Posse ( Yes…ICP. They pay really well).  More stuff in the works for Hate Eternal as well as a list of amazing bands such as Sourvein,  Magrudergrind, 16 and more.

I have to say I am kind of bummed I didnt jump into this full time sooner. I love what I am doing. It is exactly what I have always wanted to be doing. I dont have to commute, I get plenty of time to play Words With Friends on my iPhone and I get to draw skulls and dead things all day. It really doesnt get any better. If it does, in fact, get better… Well that would be pretty damn awesome indeed.

So I plan to post stuff here more regularly. Keep an eye out for it.

That is all.

Maxflo

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“The Church of the 8th Day is currently going through a pretty rough patch right now. As most of you know, the Knitting Factory will be closing it’s doors at the end of October, and this is where we usually throw our shows. Getting into new venues for us, means we have to pay upfront for any venue rental and bar/food guarantees. With the amount of shows we are planning, we have maxed out our credit cards and wiped out our personal bank accounts on deposits, to keep bringing great shows through Los Angeles. The month of October is filled with all types of shows, and we ask that you please come out and support, and bring some friends, as we could use the extra support this month, to get us through the next few months.

These will be some of the last shows at the Knitting Factory Hollywood forever. We have also taken on two rooms on October 25th,LAST night at the Knit which will be the , ever. We will be announcing bands for this night very soon, and expect everyone to come out to see it off.”

Personally, I love the Hollywood Knitting factory. I am going to miss going there and hanging out with my friends and seeing bands. I hope the Knitting Factory folks manage to find a new building here and re-open. Who knows?

All those years ago as a kid, one of the things that hooked me on DIY punk and metal was the sense of community. The fact bands, fans, promoters, artists, labels, etc all pulled together to help each other out. None of us do this shit for huge piles of cash. As we all know… there are no huge piles of cashto be had in our world.  So, what does that leave? that leaves us.  Our big gnarly crusty ass-metalhead-thrashing-mad family. Remember all those nights of hanging in front of the Knit with all your friends? the Murderfest shows? The free Scion shows How rad was the Municipal Waste free show?!) Well,  Church Of The 8th Day helped bring us those memories and those good times. I’d like to see them survive so they can bring us some more.

Just so happens my band is on one of those shows. We play October 16th with The Accused. Gonna be a rager!!! Anyway… keep an eye out for the last month of metal shows at the Knit. If you find yourself on the fence about attending one of the shows… say “fuck it” and go!

The link here has a list of thier upcoming shows.

http://www.myspace.com/churchofthe8thday

Mike

PS. I thought I would make a blog post on my site here so I could easily share it other places.

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