THE SHOWS I DO PT. 3 FLYER GALLERY

THE SHOWS I DO PT. 2 FLYER GALLERY-THE EARLY YRS.

the shows i do pt. 1

for several years now i've been putting on shows in los angeles.i spent 5 yrs as the mc for the punk/rock club known as KISS OR KILL(now defunct). i introduced LA bands every week for five years and with that gathered quite a collection of musicians into my booking cache'. then, circa 2006, i began hosting and putting together my own nights.first at HIGHLAND GROUNDS(also now defunct) and then moving to the current location, EL CID(funct). i've been super lucky over the years to have been around a ton of really great, fun musicians who keep letting me play with them and put them in my shows.

back in the HIGHLAND GROUNDS days the show was just called ROB Z'S (FILL IN THE BLANK)IE. ROB Z'S ACOUSTIC ASSAULT, ROB Z'S HOLIDAY HULLABALOO, ROB Z'S ETC. ETC. ETC.
and now in its current incarnation at EL CID the shows are known as THE ROB Z PROGRAM. you can become a friend of THE ROB Z PROGRAM on BOOKFACE(FACEBOOK) and get all your updates and info there.

its always a fun night and always free(unless otherwise noted). every month i try to come up with a different theme. rock, acoustic, lounge, country, ladies night, beatnik, pot pourri, blah blah blah.

all that will be illustrated in part 2 of this post. the flyer gallery.

and thats all i gotta say about that.

thppppttttt!

new name. same stuff.

ok. so i google searched "doodles and demons" and it turns out that some kid in Iowa on the myspace has that as his profile name. therefore i have decided to pick a blog name that dates back nearly twenty years.

when i was in high school i got business cards made that had no useful information on them at all. back then i just thought it was cool to have a business card and didn't quite understand how they worked. mine went like this(i'm going by foggy memory but i'm pretty sure this is how it went)

ROB "T-BONE" ZYLOWSKI

RODEO CLOWN-LEADER OF A BIKER GANG-LOUNGE SINGER-PLATYPUS WRANGLER-LICENSED DRIVER

no phone number. no address. there may have been a few skills i missed but i think you get the idea.

anywho. that being said, the new name of this blog is currently PLATYPUS WRANGLER.

i also used to write a column in my high school paper called "THE NAKED PLATYPUS" so the platypus has been near and dear to me for quite some time. perhaps one of these days i'll dig up those old columns from the vault and share a few excerpts. who knows. i'm just making this up as i go along.

and just like i said in the previous post(see "so now i'm a blogger") i will do my best to post to you new and old doodles and cartoons. sketchy ideas and maybe a few videos and pics showing the random crap i do around town.

i'll also keep you posted on upcoming events such as THE ROB Z PROGRAM. Z/SCHNEE & THE BLEEDING LIVERS and THE ROB Z LOUNGE PROJECT. more on that later.

and there you have it. welcome to PLATYPUS WRANGLER. enjoy.

-rob z

FACE IN THE CROWD

HERE'S A SHORT SERIES OF DOODLES I DID CALLED "FACE IN THE CROWD". IT'S KIND OF A "ONE OF THESE KIDS IS DOING HIS OWN THING" KINDA THING.

WHO IS BOOZEY BEAR?

Several years ago(2004 i guess) i started doodling a drunken sometimes violent alcoholic teddy bear named BOOZEY BEAR and his pink elephant friend, PINKY. here are some early incarnations of said bear and his buddy. I might bring him back. we'll see. He went over pretty well at the pub. Perhaps there's a bigger audiance for him.