About Rattlebrained
Rattlebrained is Steve Litsios and vice-versa, and is a pseudonym born by shaking too many rhythms between art, the blues and a spontaneous albeit foolish attempt to help pay the bills by making a couple of t-shirt designs a few years ago, an activity that has taken over my mind like an alien brain intruding creature of unbearable horror but which remains at the outermost limits of financial disaster.
Still, it’s not that surprising perhaps, a quick visit to my artist info website shows the ongoing development of a, if I dare say so, very personal overflow of creative ideas that over the years has stubbornly managed to avoid finding a decent place within the consensus clique found in today’s art market. But that’s a story for another day, or even better, a discussion to have over that glass of wine you offered…
Fortunately I also play the musical washboard as well as rhythm bones and even if I’m not a religious person, I thank the gods who put these fine instruments across my path. So here is link number 2: The Crawfish Blues Band! Don’t forget to rant and rave about this band whenever possible, and while you’re there check out their cool gear!
Which brings us back to Rattlebrained Designs. Having now celebrated it’s second year of existence this online t-shirt and gift shop boasts: unique instrument playing skeleton t-shirts for bassists, drummers, brass instrument and musical washboard players as well other cool blues and jazzy music designs. The store also carries original big bugs and insect apparel, and lots of other funny designs!
Other links important to this blog are: Messin' Round, the first band I played in which split up last spring after our last gig in Bienne. One day I’ll post the true story behind that… ::-)
And Jazz up your Washboard a Squidoo lens about jazzing up musical washboards…
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PS: This blog was first seen over at blogger during June 2006. In March 2008 I slowly moved the posts I still found interesting here as well as the (fortunately few) accompanying comments which is why the old post seem to have recent comments….
