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Ar ts Editor CHRISTY GRACEBeauty Editor KATRINA KINGFashion Editor ADELINE PECK

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Taking Filmmaking By Stormby Kelly Lajter

Photography by Sable Park Photography

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Eye-Popping Eyewearby Adeline Peck

The Final Days of Just Godby Kelly Lajter

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Editor’s Letter

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An In-Depth Look at Art In A Conby Christy Grace

IPG Submissionby Peter F. Castro

by Paramour Photography and Retouching

One on One with a Metal Legendby Ty Christian

Peter F. Castro

Getting to Know I am Dragonby Allan O’Connor

All American Beautyby Katrina King


Letter from the Editor

August 2013! Who would’ve thought itwould come up so fast. For me, July was a rush ofpersonal creativity and growth and it has also beenfor our magazine. We’ve been having several dis-cussions at Project Famous Magazine about ex-panding… Expanding our publication in size, aswell as with the option to enter the worldof print. We’d love your thoughts onthe matter; feel free to drop us a line.As of now we are content with thedigital copy, but truthfully, we’re old-school and would kill to have a copy tophysically page through each month.Time will tell whether or not we’ll beventuring that way.

I don’t often talk about my ownpersonal life in our issues but I’d like totake the time to tell you how proud I am ofmy fellow members in our artist collective,especially Project Famous Films. We enteredthe 48-Hour Film Project this year and it was be-yond memorable. I pushed myself further as awriter and actor entering the genre of Horror. Letme tell, you as I was writing the script, I becamefully aware of how scary my imagination and mindcan be. With only two hours of sleep, we shot inseveral locations and filmed for about seventeenhours straight. Our team is very deserving of thefollowing awards we took home for our film “D”including “Runner Up For Best Film,” “Best Use ofGenre,” “Best Editing,” and “Best Sound Design.”Thank you to my friend and director, Ben Wydevenfor asking Project Famous to participate. It was an-other life-changing moment. The film can be seenon YouTube for those brave viewers.

Living Storm Productions is no stranger tothe dedication and hard work of making a film. I’mhappy to shine the spotlight on this gem of a filmcompany in Madison, WI. Made up of Alex Contr-

eras, David Warner and Bryan Royston, these guyshave put in their dues and have the quality films toshow for their hard work. Be inspired that no matterwho you are, you can make it happen. LSP defi-

nitely has a bright future ahead ofthem and I can’t wait to see whatthey do next!

This month we welcome ournew Art Editor to the ProjectFamous Magazine family,Christy Grace. Christy hasknack for finding the greaterthings in life whether it bewith her own beautiful artor connecting with otherlocal artists in town. I’mhappy to have her on

board and look forward toall the wonderful things she’ll bring to

the magazine for our readers. But for this month,she gives us a very thorough look into Art In A Con.

To celebrate the Summer, August’s Fashionsection brings something a bit different. All I cansay is: Get ready to see sunglasses in a whole newway! Our brilliant Fashion Editor presents you“Eye-Popping Eyewear” in this month’s edition ofFrugal Fashion. My personal favorite would have tobe the blue guy... You’ll just have to page throughand find out what that’s all about!

As always, we have an informative and funmusic section for you. This month features a greatpiece entitled “Getting to Know I am Dragon,”written by Project Famous Magazine’s newestwriter – Allan O’Connor. Allan is a long-time fanand member of Madison’s music community and hegives us an inside look at this talented band! Timeto get reading folks! Have a great month!

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Frugal FashionEye-Popping

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Hello readers! Guerrilla Thrifter here to show you again how to stay styl-ish on a budget. August’s issue explores eyewear. Three willing subjects wentred, green and blue over the affordable prices. These images speak for them-selves, and let the eyewear shine. All sunglasses were purchased at Mallatt’sPharmacy & Costume on Williamson Street at $7.99 each! Mallatt’s, a staple,local business in the Madison community for decades, stays current with itsfun products and has been drawing customers since its doors opened. Stopon by, grab some glasses... and paint if you are inspired!

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“It Ain’t Easy Being Green”


“It Ain’t Easy Being Green”

BEHIND THE SCENESThe Final Day of Just God

Story by Kelly Lajter

Pictured L to R: Michael Haven, Robert Lughai, NicholasWootton, Doug Reed. Photo by Kelly Lajter

ne can put mostany adjective to describe shootingan independent film, but rarelydoes the word “easy” come up.For filmmakers, the quest to findfinancial means or backers, equip-ment, crew members, actors, andlocations can be daunting. Every-one involved is usually workingfor free, volunteering their timeand energy for nothing – otherthan the experience, and perhapstheir name in the credits. It’spretty damn cool to think about anaspiring filmmaker and dreamerthat worked on the concept of thisfilm for over two years, and withthe help of many others, NicholasWootton, (writer, director, and ex-ecutive producer of Just God), sawhis vision become a reality – alive-action, 100% real film – atangible product, created from anidea that popped into his headwhile having dinner with his sonand wife one evening.

I wrote about Just God inour debut issue back in February.Just God was my first Behind theScenes article and I took the jour-nalistic approach with that piece;I interviewed Wootton, got tons ofinformation from him, and thenset to work on putting it all to-gether. I told readers to watch fora follow-up piece. This piece, sixmonths later, has been writtenafter the final day of shooting.Just God is wrapped, all scenesfilmed, and all audio and videofootage captured expertly by acrew of talented filmmakers todisplay the work of many great ac-tors.

The final day of filmingtook place on Saturday, July 13thand we had to create a typical

workday for the lead character,Father Stevens, played by DougReed. Stevens runs a drop-inyouth center and this day of shoot-ing involved many key partici-pants. We needed to establish asetting believable to audiences.Thankfully, we had access to oneof Madison’s community centersfor the day. This was just theplace to crate Stevens at work with“his” kids. The day kicked off at7am for the crew with the first ofthe cast members at 8am. I won’trefer to them as “extras” becausewithout them, this montage ofStevens’ workday would not havebeen possible.

The first scene took placeat an indoor basketball court andeight kids, ranging from seven tofourteen years old, took the timeto learn simple basketball warm-up routines and took turns shoot-ing lay-ups for the camera. Theshots were filmed with a camerapanning and sliding along a slyderdolly, operated by co-producerand cinematographer MichaelHaven. While Wootton directedDoug Reed, basketball choreogra-pher Jeff Hoffman coached thekids in their basketball drills, withWootton directing their perform-ances and rooting them on. Itwasn’t hard to get the kids excited– they were making a film andhaving a great time.

Co-producer and assistantdirector Robert Lughai assistedWootton and Haven with the shotsand helped capture the bestfootage for the scene. Like a well-oiled machine, the basketballscene finished ahead of schedule.A group photo of all the basketballkids and Wootton, Reed, andHoffman was taken and all of thekids left smiling. We couldn’thave asked for a smoother or bet-ter-organized scene!

Next up was the art roomscene located at the communitycenter where another batch ofkids, ages seven to nine, were setup painting light-catchers andmolding clay. Again, Reed’s Fa-ther Stevens interacted with thechildren and created a scene be-lievable to the audience, (which atthis point was made up of chaper-ones and parents of the kids in-volved in the scene). By 11:30am,this scene was wrapped and wewere still ahead of schedule –something to be proud of in theworld of filmmaking!!

The third and final sceneat the community center was shotin a casual sitting area whereStevens involved another group offive kids, this time teenagers, in a“teen-talk” session. Reed’s typi-cal comedic personality shined,and all of the teens had a greattime laughing and joking withhim. The walls in this room werepainted vibrantly, creating an in-teresting and fun atmosphere to setthe stage. At the back of the room,Haven and Lughai were able toshoot some great footage whileWootton oversaw, creating themost dynamic scene possible.

Upon wrapping the finalsegment, we enjoyed pizza fromIan’s and took advantage of thedown-time to chit chat with theparents and chaperones, and toplan our next destination – a build-ing downtown that would be usedfor outside of God’s office. At2pm we met up with returningactor Craig Johnson, and he andReed went through the scene withease; it was filmed in less thanthirty minutes and Johnson fin-ished his final scene, leaving theset with a smile on his face.

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Pictured here, Doug Reed interacts with local teens for the“Teen Talk” scene. Photo by Jeff Blankenship

God, Colin Cameron, and he al-lowed the usage of his building toshoot a very important scene withanother returning actor, VeronicaHarper. Here, Harper portrayedher character with such intensitythat audiences will be speechless.I cannot share spoilers, so you’lljust have to trust me on this andsee Just God yourself!

Once this scene waswrapped, we made our way overto Wootton’s home where the verylast scene of Just God would takeplace. This shot required somemovie magic, creative thinking,

and lots of patience. Haven andWootton even had to climb ontothe roof to make sure it was shotright! After a short time, the veryimportant shots were captured,and Wootton’s wife, Jill, poppedopen a bottle of champagne andthe remaining cast and crew cele-brated the completion of Just God.Laughs, multiple toasts, hugs andmany fond memories were shared.

Just God is now in thepost-production process, whichwill require hours upon hours offootage and audio editing, and fi-nalizing a high-quality and enter-

taining product for audiences toenjoy. Wootton hopes to have arough-edit for test screenings thisfall, with the final release in thespring of 2014. For more informa-tion on Just God and to keep upwith the progress of the film, visitthe Facebook page. Tons of pho-tos and video clips are posted foreveryone to peruse. Check it out!

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Craig Johnson and Doug Reed on the set of Just God.Photo by Kelly Lajter

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Taking Filmmaking By Storm

Living Storm Productions

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Taking Filmmaking By Storm

Living Storm Productions


Living Storm Productions’ Alex Contreras.

here are many filmproduction compa-nies in Madisonand the surround-ing areas and I hadthe pleasure of sit-ting dow n on a

sweltering summer afternoon withAlex Contreras, Bryan Roystonand David Warner of LivingStorm Productions. Nestled in acorner booth in the bar at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes, the four of us sat andtalked film, the industry, and whatit means to be a production com-pany.

Kelly Lajter: So, you all cametogether through film. How didthis happen?

Alex Contreras: In 2009, I hadput together a script calledThe Sentinel’s Flight and it wasthrough that pre-productionprocess that I had the oppor-tunity to meet David, since hewas part of the auditioning forsome of the actual cast that weneeded. He played a dual role,where he was also the scriptsupervisor on set. Bryan camein much later through the pro-duction – I would say about50% through, as an extra – itwas kind of a friend-of-a-friendsituation.

KL: How was David involved incasting?

AC: David auditioned for oneof the major roles that we hadat that time, and he only ful-filled a very small casting rolebecause we were more inter-ested in having him fill thatscript supervisor positionwhich we needed.

David Warner: And that wasthe first audition I had everdone. I wasn’t expecting that Icould just walk in there andland that lead part… Therewere a lot of people that audi-tioned who ended up notbeing cast, but were part ofthe crew or were extras.

KL: Would you say that todayit’s easier to find cast andcrew? Have you made moreimpactful and lasting relation-ships?

AC: I would tend to agree withthat. I have been doing film for13 years, almost 14 years andin that time, I think so much isorganizational, or it dependson how well organized you arewith networking, bringing infor-mation to the people thatyou’re interesting in workingwith, and as you create thatrapport, and continue to workwith those relationships then Ithink that it makes it easier.

DW: With the way Madison is,and film is in general, it’s aproject-by-project basis. So ifthere’s something else goingon – say something from Holly-wood comes to town the par-ticular weekend you want to dosomething, odds are, a lot ofyour first choice people will bebooked for that. Then you haveto decide whether you changeyour dates or open up the proj-ect.

KL: Does it make it easierwhen you have people youcan count on that you can justcall them up and say “Heywe’re doing a project, are youin?”

Bryan Royston: On the lastcouple projects, the first list ofproposed crew, not everyonewas available, so there weresome attempts to find otherqualified, trained people.

DW: Yeah, there’s always thepotential that an equally quali-fied person is out there; we justaren’t aware of them until wereally define what’s in the terti-ary that we haven’t reallylooked into.

BR: I don’t want to pigeon-holepeople, and I don’t alwayswant to be working with thesame people because weknow that there are other tal-ented people out there…

DW: I want this to be a chancefor other people that we net-work with in Madison, andeven bigger than that, get achance to break in maybesomewhere else where theydon’t have the chance to.

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KL: Regarding Transhuman, ithad a really cool teaser trailerin September 2011 and thenthere was nothing else afterthat. Are you still planning toproduce this?

AC: I think it’s pretty typicalwhere any group of individualsthat come together, productionor otherwise, where you canbe stalled by any various stageof the process. In this case wehad agreed that we wouldn’tpursue this project unless wehad all the resources available.In the beginning it was moreabout getting the tech compo-nents and the actual individu-als… We did get to that pointwhere we felt comfortable onthat level. Then there’s the fi-nancial component and that isa heavy burden for such an ex-pansive, epic project… I thinkif we were to approach Tran-

shuman today, it would a bitdifferent.

DW: If you talk to filmmakers,there’s usually the mention ofthe project that is the projectthey want to do but they realize‘I can’t do it at this point’… andthen when you’re talking fund-ing, you need to have solid ex-amples for backers to go“okay we see very good poten-tial.”

AC: So for the last two yearswe’ve been putting togethershorts, now a music video, andlooking at commercials for thecoming months and other workto add more value to what wedo, like David saying here, wereally need that as a corner-stone to say this is what we do,what we can do to market our-selves.

KL: Do you see Transhuman as

being your first big thing – yourfirst feature film?

AC: (Laughs) Absolutely no.

BR: We’re looking at anotherfeature before Transhuman,but not as grandiose a project.It’s called Safe Haven. That’ssomething we started last fallthat we put on hold because ofanticipated weather changes,we expected more snow, andwe said we’re going to put it onhold and come back to it in thespring.

DW: The big difference be-tween the shorts that we havebeen doing and the feature issheer amount of time on set.The one thing we did with TheSentinel’s Flight that we want tostrongly avoid in the future isfilming over many weekendsover a very long period oftime… We had actors leave,


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Living Storm Productions’ Bryan Royston.

and we were forced to makechanges… We don’t want tofall under that same trap.

KL: Ok, let’s shift gears again.Why Living Storm Produc-tions? Why this name?

AC: Back in 1994, maybe evenearlier, I was anticipating orgearing up for classes thatwere more related to atmos-pheric and oceanic science,meteorology. I had createdthat email name around thattime.

DW: As in The living storm.

AC: I felt like it was alwayscatchy. When it came to film,there’s always a bit of unpre-dictability, chaos; it felt like it

really explained the atmos-phere at times, and really whatyou would expect through thatprocess.

KL: And the logo has that tor-nado. It’s is a tornado, right?

BR: Hurricane (laughs). Itmeans different things to differ-ent people!

AC: (Laughs)

DW: There was some discus-sion about the name…Every-body liked that name and wehad kind of been unofficiallygoing by that name at thatpoint, we might as well keepgoing.

BR: Yeah, I remember there

being much less debate aboutthe name than there was aboutthe graphic to use…

AC: Another topic for anothertime. (laughs)

BR: (In a forced serious voice)This is the time.

DW: (Laughs)

KL: Again, in short answers,what first got you interested infilm?

DW: Watching movies I guess?(laughs)

BR: I think, just an opportunityto express myself in a differentway and to be…you know, Ilike to act as well, so...


Living Storm Productions’ David Warner.

DW: Short answer! (laughs)

BR: This is hard for me… Justto be someone different.

AC: I like to make peoplelaugh.

KL: For you personally, what isthe most exhilarating part ofmaking a movie?

AC: Well, I would say it’s moreabout bringing people to-gether to work on the project.

BR: Two answers, both short –One is being on set and two ispremiering or showing the au-dience your finished work.

DW: Primarily showing a reallyhigh-quality product to thepublic, but there is a lot of ex-citement initially, especially forshorter projects; it’s easier tokeep that excitement up theentire time.

The location for LivingStorm Productions’ photo shoottook place at Marcus EastgateCinema.

KL: I hope it’s prophetic…Eastgate was very generous toallow us to use their space andit was really a great way tocapture you all… Is there any-thing on your minds that youwant to share that we haven’tdiscussed?

AC: The core of this business -the foundation that I built it on- is really bringing people to-gether and providing them op-portunities that they otherwisewouldn’t have. So we continueto do that time and time againand open it up for other peopleto treat this as their companyas well. They’re going to get asmuch out of it as they’re willingto put in… We have distinctlydifferent roles in the company

that continue to push it forwardand we’re always looking forpeople to assist on other ca-pacities that we haven’t hadtime to develop.

DW: It’s always been our goaland continues to be our goal toreplace our day jobs…

BR: Yeah, this is what we enjoydoing and I would love to beable to just focus on film…Wouldn’t we all?

Living Storm Productionshas an online presence on Face-book, Twitter, Flickr, andYouTube - which includes the sixshorts (The Audition, Damn ThatThing!, Wind Up Toy, Killboy andKrash, Stones, and Red Light).Their website is the best place togo for all of this and more.

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BEAUTY

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In this month’s beauty section we are highlighting the talented Candi Fuller of the Green TangerineSalon and models Alex Vogel and Brittinia Di Mattia. Our fabulous designer for August is Nicholas SchmidtUSA. Nicholas provides the many tailoring and leather needs of the greater Madison area. He specializes inraw selvage denim and vegetable-tanned leather goods. He also provides leather and denim repair.

Candi has been in the industry for five years but has been immersed in creating concepts in hair sinceshe was a little girl. She is inspired by the world around her. Art, nature and music drive her to create conceptsin hair, whether it is by creating color, texture or style. Hair is her fabric. She especially loves combining tex-tures in hair. She did just that for our featured look! For this look she used wooden dowels and a flat iron tocurl the hair and made a crimped braid with a roughed-up look. It’s soft, messy and a bit playful.

To complement the hair, we focused on a classic, matte smoky eye. Utilizing the Naked Basic palette,we swept a soft taupe in Brittinia’s crease, used a beautiful vanilla on her lids and smoked the outer cornerswith a deep chocolate brown and black. We kept her cheeks fresh with a gorgeous peach shade and used UrbanDecay Lip Junkie in Runaway for her lips.

Matt Englehart was our creative photographer, and he really captured the relaxed looks of Nicholasand Candi’s designs!


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monster ofrock has ap-peared on theM a d i s o nmusic scene.I am Dragonis a talented,up-and-com-ing band thatwill hold its

own with Madison’s best rockbands. They offer the area high-energy live show coupled with afresh sound. I sat down with theguys to discuss the evolution ofthe band, the recording of theirfirst album and some of their fa-vorite moments. I found them tobe very thoughtful, charismaticand exciting. They are genuinelyhumble about where they camefrom and how they came to bewhere they are.

I am Dragon began as acollaboration between drummerAndy Christoffersen and lead vo-calist/guitarist Jon Stover in thefall of 2010. Christoffersen andStover eventually recruited key-boardist/vocalist Luke Crary andguitarist Brian Koderl. It was inearly 2012 that the line-up was ce-mented with the addition ofbassist/vocalist Dustin Skelly.

With the members set, theband went to work rehearsing newtunes and playing shows. Thiswork led them to enter BlastHouse Studios in Madison torecord their album, The LuckyOnes, in September 2012. Work-ing with engineers Dustin Sissonand Landon Arkens, they spenttwo days in the studio laying it alldown. The songs were recordedlive instead of being tracked, atechnique “which helps maintainthe energy and intensity of thesongs,” adds Crary. Christof-fersen explains, “You’re not justtrying to play your parts, mechan-

ically, you’re able to see eachother’s movement and catch all thecues.”

The Lucky Ones blends el-ements of pop-punk, jazz, classicrock and grunge to create a soundenriched with melodies and a“stripped down vibe,” says Stover.Influences such as Charles Min-gus, The American Dead, MC5,Dave Grohl, and NOFX can beheard on tracks like “Major Bros.”and “No Reward is Worth This,”which features a melody recordedon grand piano. With a preciseand thumping rhythm section,sweet and crunchy guitars, harmo-nious vocals and melodic keys,these guys will make an audiencewant to get up and move!

The band used a successfulKickstarter project to fund thealbum by pre-selling CD’s and teeshirts, which led them to the titleThe Lucky Ones. “We considerourselves the lucky ones becausewe have the opportunity to dothis,” states Koderl. They werealso able to commission artist andfriend Lyon Smith to do an etchingfor the cover of the unique CDpackaging. The package is a sim-ple sheet of paper folded to holdthe disc. The etching is stamped onthe cover, and the track list isprinted on the other side. “We de-cided to do it this way because wecare about the environment,”states Stover.

When asked to describethe biggest moments in their ca-reers to this point, two things cometo mind: The CD release party atThe Frequencywas the most excit-ing, according to Crary. He says,“We had lights and a smoke ma-chine brought in and jammed to anamazing audience.” Releasing thealbum to all their friends and fam-ilies was very important to them,

and to do it at The Frequency, aplace they consider home, madefor a special moment. “Wewalked out of that place on acloud!” exclaims Skelly.

Playing Maybash was theother highlight. The band washonored to have a headlining seton Saturday night. They had tofollow up Colorphase, whom theythink very highly of, and Skelly’sthoughts at the time were, “Oh no,how can we do this? But it wentgreat,” he says.

In the fall, I am Dragon isplanning to write and rehearse inanticipation of another full-lengthalbum. In the meantime they willbe featured on a Blank FaceRecords compilation and will beplaying a Halloween show at TheFrequency where they will unveila “secret project.” “Prepare your-selves!” says Skelly.

Be sure to meet these guyswhen you go to a live show, andget yourself a copy of The LuckyOnes. More information includ-ing shows, news and merchandisecan be found online.

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Recently I had the chanceto sit down with famed singer,composer, performer, and profes-sional barbarian Fang VonWra-thenstein from the most metalband on earth, the Lords of the Tri-dent. The Lords had just releasedtheir new EP, Plan of Attack, onJuly 6th. Fang met me in his stu-dio in the Mohorovi_i_discontinu-ity, 13 miles beneath the earth’scrust.

Ty Christian: Fang, thanks fortaking the time to meet with metoday. That was quite the ele-vator ride to get down here.What was the cylinder that theyloaded me into to get down

here...?

Fang VonWrathenstein: Pneu-matic tubing. It’s the same typeof system they use at banks.

TC: Ah, that makes sense. So,the band has recently releaseda new EP, called Plan of Attack.This is the first release in twoyears, following the criticallyacclaimed Chains on Fire. Canyou tell us a little about thealbum and the writing andrecording process leading upto it?

FVW: Absolutely. The lastalbum, Chains on Fire, was

recorded and mixed by meand my team of enslaveddemons down here in themoho. Up until this EP, no othermortal had really been a partof the recording, mostly due tothe high heat and sound pres-sure levels that our amps cre-ate. You need to be reallystrong to withstand that; itturns most people into a finemist pretty instantly. That’s whyI was impressed when wewere approached by MartinAtkins and Doug Olson whosaid they wanted to producethis new release. This was thefirst time we had used produc-ers. To be honest, I wasn’t ex-

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Pictured L to R: The most metal band on EARTH! Lords ofthe Trident: Asian Metal, Pontifex Mortis, Killius Maximus,Sledge Carrotte and Fang VonWrathenstein.

pecting much, but when Dougimmediately challenged me toa blindfolded sword fight uponmeeting the band, I knew wehad our guy. Really fantasticsword handling too, I mightadd.

TC: How long did the record-ing process take?

FVW: Well, all in all it took usabout six months to finish. Wehad a whole new level of pre-cision with the producers run-ning the show. Doug tookalmost an entire dayto tune Sledge’s kitbefore we evenrecorded a singlenote. It was an incred-ible sight to see. Wemelted a few micro-phones during theprocess of recordingthe guitars, but weeventually found agood mix of alloys thatwould withstand theheat from our ampsfor about thirty min-utes at a time. Thisgave us a goodamount of time to laysomething down.Then, we would mix,mix, mix... that proba-bly consumed themost amount of time.But Doug was just amaster at his craft, soevery mix wouldsound better and bet-ter.

TC: The album sounds fantas-tic. So, now that Plan of Attackis out, what’s next for theLords?

FVW: Eventually, completeworld domination. Sort of like aworldwide dictatorship, butwith awesome guitar solos. Butfor now we’re planning a tour inAugust to support the release.

We’ll be heading east for thefirst leg of our tour from August10th through the 17th. Our planis to end the tour in Pittsburgh,PA – the hometown of our bestfriends/mortal enemies DETH-LEHEM. Last time we did battlewith them here in Madison, Ilost a dice roll against them ata live show. This time, I plan onshowing them the same indig-nity in front of their fans! Haha-haha!

TC: Any plans for a musicvideo for the new EP?

FVW: Yes, absolutely! We’replanning on shooting themusic video for “CompleteControl” the weekend of July27th here in Madison. The Fre-quency has graciously allowedus to pack a bunch of insanemetalheads into the venue,along with a large amount ofpyrotechnics. Should be a funtime. Keep an eye on ourYouTube channel for that

video!

TC: Where can fans pick up acopy of the album?

FVW: You can pick up an MP3copy of the album pretty muchanywhere MP3s are sold.We’re on iTunes, AmazonMP3,eMusic, Spotify, etc. If you likeyour music all physical-like,you can order a copy of thealbum from our website. We’retrying a new approach with thisrelease - Plan of Attack is “paywhat you want.” We’re sug-

gesting five toten dollars, buttechnically youcould pay any-thing you want.But remember –don’t be a dick.While you couldtechnically payzero dollars, thatwould be an in-sult to yourLords. We haveyour address,and we’re notabove showingup at your doordemanding anaxe battle to sal-vage our honor.And I’ll just put itthis way: yourchances aren’tgood.

TC: Well said. Iguess we’ll leave

it at that! Thanks very much fortaking the time to talk today.So... how do I get out of here?

FVW: Stand under the tube la-beled “out” and the suctionshould pull you straight out.Might want to borrow thehouse armor, though. It can bea bumpy ride.

www.LordsOfTheTrident.com

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THE ARTS

As an artist, it is some-times difficult to promote yourselfand find your place, especially inthe beginning. Who in this city doyou talk to and show your workto? Who can you connect with thatmight guide you or point you inthe right direction? Where all ofyour fellow artists are, and whatare they doing to get their workseen?

On Saturday, July 13th,the owner of the Art In on EastWashington, Jack Chandler,kindly hosted a great event thathelped answer some of thosequestions for some of Madison’sresident artists. Art In A Con wasput together with the purpose of“bringing art and the community

together.” These artists, galleryowners, tradespeople and numer-ous other talented individuals puta lot of time and heart into thisdaylong event. Each broughtsomething special to the mix,making for an enjoyable andworthwhile experience for artistsand art-lovers alike - there wassomething for everyone!

I arrived later in theevening, around 7:30, to a galleryfull of people and so much to see.The walls were covered with art –there were kids running aroundwith their faces painted or freshhenna designs on their constantly-moving limbs, there was live bodypainting, printmaking, fortunetelling, a photo booth and a music

video to watch. There were re-freshments available, and DJ Sam-rock played out the eveningportion of the affair. Earlier in theday, there was a drum circle,marching band, bike parade and alive figure drawing session. Therewas so much to take in and somany amazing people to meet thatI will have to give just a few high-lights.

First off was Stef Rogers,AKA Roger Snatch, artist andsmall business owner of Jade theGoat. Rogers’ art is full of textureand depth. She layers paint, carvesinto it, and paints more throughdrips, splatters, and streaks.Rogers showcased her paintings,some abstract figure drawings, as

An In-Depth Look at Art In A Conby Christy Grace Photography PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS PHOTOGRAPHY


Glitter to Gore’s Michelle Soltis applies body paint.

well as examples of herproducts from Jade the Goat. Shesays, “I am a girl who bought atable saw. With it I create customcanvas stretchers and birch can-vas. I also help frame, hang, andmake art gallery-ready. As a pas-sionate artist, I want to encouragepeople to create and hope to makea quality product that other work-ing artists can afford.” I spokewith her about her work and thenpurchased a birch canvas to exper-iment on at home!

A high-light for mewas thefigure

d r aw -ing cornerset up by artistand gallery ownerEvan Bradbury of Bright RedStudios in Madison. Examples offigure drawings adorned the wallsand earlier in the day there was athree hour life drawing demonstra-tion led by talented local artist,Theo Howard. Using easels set upin a semi-circle, guests were al-lowed to participate and draw orpaint a female model in a bathingsuit. Bright Red Studios hosts alife drawing class every Thursday

night, from 7pm-10pm, usually fa-cilitated by local artist Paul Smith.I have attended quite a fewclasses; always enjoy myself andleave feeling better-practiced andinspired. I encourage people of allskill levels to come and experiencefigure drawing at “Life Drawing,Tonite!” for $15 a class!

Gracing Art In yet againwith their talents, Dawn MarieSvanoe and Michelle Soltis, own-ers of Glitter to Gore, LLC,

demonstrated both bodypainting and henna

tattoos. Sva-noe didb o d y

paint-ing with

full headand wing pieces

on two models in-spired by fire and ice. They wereshow-stoppers with beautiful air-brushed details and a twenty-footwing span each! Soltis worked hermagic on guests by painting facesand doing lovely, intricate hennadesigns. Also demonstrating herskills, friend and fellow face andbody painter, Annette Durfee,painted a model as a sharplydressed woman complete with

skull boutonniere, as guestslooked on. Glitter to Gore wasalso there to let people know aboutthe “Greater Midwest Body Paint-ing” event coming up next March.Check out their website and fol-low the Zombillies link to getmore information.

I got the chance to talk toa few gallery owners who had in-formation booths set up. Theywelcome both art admirers andartists. I first spoke to Jeff Wald-man from Atwood Studios andWarehouse Gallery, located at2716 Atwood Avenue. He had anemail list available for those whowant to be informed of upcomingshows. He also had some great in-formation for artists who mightwant to show their art in hisgallery. He provides a very easyand affordable way to showcaseyour art in a large and professionalsetting. I also spoke with MeghanBlake-Horst, gallery manager andbuyer for Absolutely Art at 2322Atwood Avenue. She explaineddifferent options for involvementfor both the community and theartist. She gave me a comprehen-sive page on artist submission pro-tocol, which is great to have! Asan artist just beginning to seek outgalleries, I have often wonderedwhat the etiquette was for ap-proaching a gallery to showcaseonce I made full series. Hint –don’t approach an owner or buyerwith your own work during an-other artist’s show. Feel free to in-troduce yourself, but ask for a wayto contact them at another timeand ask for their submission pref-erences.

Those are just a few of themany amazing talents representedat Art In A Con! I am so gratefulto have met these people, not onlyto have new art connections, but tobe able to feel the friendship foundin similar goals and ambitions.Check them out, get connected,and make awesome art!

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Groups involved in Art In A Con:

ART IN – A new Madison gallery on

East Washington that hosted this first

ever Art In A Con, bringing art and

community together! Contact Art In at

[email protected].

ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN – This

little art supply store has been offering

quality art supplies for professionals,

students, children and crafters since

1985. You’ll find everything you need

from paint to plaster and from canvas to

craft sticks. www.artistcraftsman.com

ARTSPACE TWENTY-TWO ELEVEN

– Photographer/Artist Alison E. Mader

specilaizes in hand-colored black &

white photography. All of her work be-

gins in black & white. Alison hand

processes her own film and prints her

own images on archival paper. She then

adds color to these black & white pho-

tographs with “Berol Prismacolor” col-

ored pencils. aemader.com/

ATWOOD STUDIOS – The Warehouse

Gallery is an art gallery located in the

historic Atwood neighborhood on Madi-

son’s near eastside. The 1,000 square-

foot gallery can accommodate solo and

group shows and is now taking reserva-

tions for 2013 and 2014. For more infor-

mation, please contact Jeff Waldman

(608)-807-8982 or via email at jwald-

[email protected].

BRIGHT RED STUDIOS – Bright Red

Studios is a art gallery and art studio

space. They have private and communal

studio space open to all skill levels and

interests. Music, visual art, writing/po-

etry, drama, etc.

www.brightredstudios.com

FORWARD! MARCHING BAND –

Forward! Marching Band is a commu-

nity-based, democratic, music-making

collective. “We believe in using music

to help fuel social change, have fun and

build community.” forwardband.org

GALLERY 99 – art for $100 or less. An

online gallery exhibiting work by Madi-

son-based artists. galleryninetynine.com

WORMFARM – Utilizing Roadside

Culture Stands (artist built mobile farm

stands), Wormfarm Institute’s Food

Chain project creates a vibrant market-

place of food, art, and ideas and serves

as a vehicle to launch a new business,

feature local talent, and collaborate

across disciplines.

wormfarminstitute.org

GLITTER TO GORE LLC – Glitter toGore is owned and operated by two verypassionate individuals when it comes toanything make-up and Halloween. Findmore about this wonderful company andthe next Greater Midwest Body Art

Event - March 20-22nd, 2014.

JADE THE GOAT by Roger Snatch –

“I am a girl who bought a table saw.

With it I create custom canvas stretchers

and birch canvas. I also help frame,

hang, and make art gallery-ready. As a

passionate artist, I want to encourage

people to create and hope to make a

quality product that other working

artists can afford.” facebook.com/Jade -

HerGoat

KARBEN 4 – Karben4 specializes in

English-style malt bombs. “We are en-

amored with the myriad of delicate fla-

vors and aromas that malted grains

offer.” karben4.com

FREDRIK - Artist Fredrik, the ambas-

sador of the movement, “Impulsism.”

facebook.com/fredrikbytk

MADISON DRUM CIRCLE – This is a

group for hand drummers and hula-

hoopers to get information about gather-

ings and events in the Madison,

Wisconsin area. meetup.com/madison-

drum

PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS - Paulius

Musteikis Photography and Smere Tac-

tics bring you an exciting photo booth

filled with artistic props and good at-

mosphere. Let the good times roll!

pauliusmusteikisphoto.com

TINA MILLER – Tina performs crystal

readings (in person pr or via phone or

email) with her own intuitive system.

http://www.loveandlighthealingschool.c

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