7 May 2006

It’s coming up, it’s coming up, it’s coming up...it’s dare!  Updation nation! It’s been TIME again but not as much time as last time.  Our pencils have gone to stumps these past weeks, this is to say that we have been drawing long and hard.  There’s some new posters in the ‘Lucy and Dave’ section and a few new things in most of the portions in my corner. Lucy’s radio shack is still down, we hope to be back fighting at full strength soon.

Mount P did gone on tour! Poster roadshow ago-go! We played two dates. One in London at the Fitzrovian Phonographic label launch and the other at Sounds from the Other City in Salford.  The London one was a solo gig without Lucy, I shifted some units. It all went ‘mare shaped post-hawking though, I only went and lost my portfolio on the bus back to my lodgings!  What an absolute donut! It had a wad of poster prints in, if anyone finds it i’ll pay top dollar for it’s return. I lost a hotdog on the same bus journey but you can keep that.  Lucy was back in the driving saddle with me for the Salford stretch of the tour so everything was better and nothing got lost.  We shifted more units.  Thanks to everyone who came down and said or thought ‘yo’, you’re all amazing lifeforces.

I finished some EP covers recently for Fear of Music (techno kids digipak and comic book special) and Neil Burrell (one side hairy cyclopse vibe). I’m not sure what the etiquette is regards dropping the artwork before the records drop so i’ll not drop it yet. Pleased to have done both, they’re wild.

Coming up highlights include a collabo’d Former Bullies t-shirt, a poster for Selfish C*nt (LOL!!!!!!) and my Tutorial Debut In Surrealist Fanzine Workshop Shocker.  Uh oh...

Dave

13 March 2006

Whasssssssup!

Ouch, first update in like 5 months? Oh naw you ditn’t! Sorry we never call, rang or wrote back your letters.  My e-game has been weak, I know this.  Well, the dark days of yesterday’s pizza are over.  We’re bringing the new shot, the crunk ship!

Mount Pleasant HQ has upped and hauled ass to Stockport! We’ve been busy drawing and moving and drawing our feelings about moving. It’s been a real rollercoaster. Some of this time has been spent without any internet but now we have it coming out of our spamming e-holes!!!!!!!!!!

BONK! updates all over your face.  Lucy’s section has been buried temporarily because she wants it given a good old fashioned revamp (w/ steel toe caps). It will return soon all brashy and up in your grill! You better build a bomb shelter because those (drawing) bombs she’s been dropping recently are seriously tight (good).  If you’re getting itchy around the eyeballs in anticipation, check the poster updates and photograph section for a taster course in what Lucy’s been doing.

Pretty much every other section of the site has new bits on it.  The posters are all BANG up to date in our joint section and there’s scenes from an exhibition i’m a part of over there too.  My section has had new bits added to all sub-headers bar books (because i’ve not done any).

We both have lots more work coming up including : Sounds from the Other City flyer/poster/vibe, I had an Inkling 7” cover, Tiny Dancers 7” cover, a mystery album cover and a couple of possible exhibitions in the summertime.  Hang on to your hats!

Dave

23 October

H E L L O ! ! ! !
How are you? That’s great. Not much to update this time around - there’s five or six new posters to report.  There’s also some new format fanboys and a new t-shirt design for Nine Black Alps, Lucy just finished a double sided flyer to promote their new single - that will be up shortly. Lucy has been maximum busy of late so hopefully i will be able get all her new stuff inside the computer some day sooooooon.

We’ve ditched the guestbook recently because our first one got lost in space and then the second one was a total hoser. We didn’t really need one anyway, it was just unnecessary flare.

17 September 2005

BINGO! We now have a guestbook that you can write stuff in!! I predict it’s going to be a smash hit, don’t all pile in at once.

Hungry for more updates? I hope so because we have plenty hot mulch to cram down your face holes!

Exhibition fans should head to Exhibitions, there’s photographs galore of our recent bomb drop at Doodlebug. A good day was had by all, we drew for like 9 hours! No free paninis but we did score some free beer, glug glug glug. There’s also photos from the small poster exhibition that’s currently happening at the Lowry.

Other update highlights include a couple of new posters and in my section - a couple of new fanboy drawings, some sketches, and some student stereotypes I did recently for NME in editorial illustration . You can see them too in the student guide with the NME this week.

Lucy and I are still in Liverpool and Bradford respectively so stay tuned for when we eventually do join forces once more - more updates will then be made in Lucy’s bit when we can scan the work and wotnot.

Ciao!

29 August 2005

Yo! It’s not quite update city but a fair few have been made.  Have a gawp at the Posters and Flyers in the Lucy and Dave section for four new posters, WHAMMY! Elsewhere there’s a sprinkling of new meat, five new Fanboys in my section, an illustration for Plan B in the editorial illo bit and six more thumbnails to click on in illustration work.  You can see the City Life cover and Nine Black Alps ‘Unsatisfied’ flyer there.

We’ve been asked to get our doodle on for this year’s Doodlebug event at the Cornerhouse in Manchester this Saturday 3rd. It promises to be epic.  We did it last year and lets just say we scored some free paninis, more of the same please!  Will take a camera along and post the ink bile we spew on the wall as soon as I can.

In other news, there’s going to be some Mount Pleasant styled poster action in the form of an exhibition at the Lowry (in the restaurant) in Salford Quays. It’s possibly already up and running but if not, it will be this next week!  Sadly hardcore fans may go disappointed as the posters all share a distinct lack of skulls, guns or swears - it’s still gritty though. Chances are it’s going to run for three months or so.  Again, i’ll post photos in the exhibition section when i get some.

27 July 2005

Helloooo update fans. Have we got some updates for you. Lucy’s section is now up and running with lots of pictures and stuff. There will be a heap more to come soon!

There are photos of the Paperdolls exhibition that Lucy was involved with, you can find them in the ‘Exhibitions’ section under ‘Lucy and Dave’. The ‘Photographs’ section is in full flight too. The Links section got born earlier as well. Go feast!

Over in my patch the Fanboy bit has been dragged up to date and i’ve put on some pages from an old book i made called Hutson.  There’s a couple of new posters in the Lucy and Dave bit too.

Turns out i guessed a bit early at the City Life feature, have a peek at the issue that’s out today for some Mount Pleasant styled action - a feature on Lucy and me and a front cover design! whoop whoop.  We’re doing some more work for Nine Black Alps as well this week, keep ‘em peeled for updates on that.

7th July 2005

Long time no updates.  The poster section and other section on the Lucy and Dave bit have been pulled up to date. My section is pretty much done but more will be added in time, work begins now on Lucy’s corner which should hopefully get a good thrashing over the next few days. Links and Photographs will also be hot on the trail.

On a non-web based tip we’ve moved out of our spiritual home in Withington. Sad days.  For the next month or so i’ll be operating from my Bradford safehouse whilst Lucy continues to stowaway in Liverpool. The Mount Pleasant studio will be back sometime soon bigger and stronger than ever but with a longing sadness in it’s eyes, we’ll never forget you M20! Videoscene, It’s Amazing, Diva, One Stop, Mighty Pound. An army of giants.

There should be something about us in the new City Life issue (Weds 13th) so check that out!

Dave

24th May 2005

Welcome to the Mount Pleasant site.  There might not be much to look at now but gradually things will be added over the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back from time to time to see if your favourite picture is up.

Lucy is currently working on some screenprinted posters for an exhibition curated by Leia Bell in Salt Lake City. Lucy has also begun cranking the printing press into action for her new book about trees and their latin names, keep ‘em peeled.

I am making this website and working on an all-star poster collaboration with Mia Ayton. It promises to feature a cat, sunglasses and elongated genetalia. If you know Mia, you know the legend. .

Dave