IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM JAMES McMURTRY: Some one has a permit to run a gas pipeline from the Permian basin fracking field through the Big Bend Country to the Rio Grande where it will hook up with a Mexican pipeline for transport to the interior, or perhaps the Pacific where tankers can float it to one of our prospective Pacific trade partners. They say they won't take ranch land by eminent domain except as a last resort. Translation, "We'll get your land one way or another, so you better sell." Eminent Domain is supposed to only be invoked for projects which serve the common good. Some of us don't think this project is intended to serve the common good. Word has it there are now Eminent Domain suits filed against fifty ranchers in the Big Bend region for the purpose of acquiring pipeline right of way.// /////articles/a-pipeline-in-the-sand/ ​ ​JAMES McMURTRY'S EXTENSIVE UPCOMING WINTER TOUR WILL CRISSCROSS THROUGH EUROPE STARTING LATE JANUARYCelebrated tunesmith plans tour stops in several major markets includingDublin and London, Glasgow and Zurich on monthlong run packed with showsAUSTIN

, TX – James McMurtry's extensive UK winter tour launches at the Loft in Galway, Ireland on January 26 and routes throughout Europe before concluding at Cantu in scenic Como, Italy a full month later on February 27. Major markets on this action-packed run include Dublin, Ireland; Oslo, Norway as well as Zurich, Switzerland and a week-plus tour throughout Germany with shows every day. “Time to tour, I say,” McMurtry explains. “Back before Napster and Spotify, we toured to promote record sales. Now we make records to promote tour dates.”  CLICK HERE for dates and more! The Power of the Front Man​​Whatever the front man says or does gives license to those in the crowd. A certain band used to play at the Continental Club in Austin, where my band and I regularly play when we’re home. When they played, a woman danced naked, or very nearly naked, behind a screen on which a light threw her shadow to the full view of the audience. Some of the staff that worked those shows are still working at the club.

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, this election is not about personalities. It is not about whether we like or dislike a candidate, whether we are “inspired” by a candidate or not. This election is mostly about the Supreme Court. It is about how we will legally interpret our constitution for at least the next generation. People will live or die as a result of this election. Therefore,to cast a “protest vote” for a third party candidate, or any candidate, is an immoral act at this time in history. We must vote for the future we want to see, corny as that may sound, it’s no bullshit. Design by Disorder is a creative power plant headed by Nick Beaulieu. After tackling the position of lead designer, Nick set out to create top level designs for his freelance clients. Over time, however, his designs revealed a through line that resembles a brand. Nick’s crisp vector lines and excellent typography sets him apart from the pack and his subtle but cynical attitude always ads an extra flare. While maintaining continuity Nick also has deep diversity.

Design By Disorder’s winning designs have captured the abstract space fanatic, but it’s his vintage type and animal motif’s that attracted our attention. Q: So, who is Designbydisorder? I will try to keep this out of existential land for the time being and just share the facts. My name is Nick Beaulieu. I am from the wilds of beer drinkin’, deer killin’, tree cuttin’ northern New Hampsha’€¦ehumm sorry New Hampshire. I am 29 years of age and have been designing professionally for 10 years. I live in the woods with my wife and 2 cats. Live Free or Die! Q: How did you get into the apparel graphics industry? After college I managed to land a job working as a lead custom apparel designer at a world renowned cycling company. I know, sounds fancy. I created vector artwork for digital sublimation on cycling spandex. After about 2 years, I quit and started DesignbyDisorder as a creative outlet. At the time, my wife and I were moving around and finding steady work proved more challenging than anticipated.

So, creating a job for myself was really the only option. Since I started designing, I always loved t-shirt graphics. My dream as a kid was to own an apparel company and make billions. I soon realized that creating a successful brand needs more than boyhood charm and an idea. So I shifted gears and decided to create artwork for shirts and learn the business from this angle instead. Q: You’ve got some skills when it comes to typography, did you go to school for typography or graphic design? I attended Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire and garnered a degree in Graphic Communications. Along with a silly piece of paper, I also received a smug sense of self importance – oh, and a shit ton of debt. My love for typography really grew and blossomed out of wanting to expand my graphic design empire. I started by creating vectors I would sell on my big cartel page. Then I expanded to sell custom fonts I would create. It really all came from studying other fonts and seeing how beautiful lettering, calligraphy, and typography can truly be.

Q: How did you discover Design By Humans? I was actually hired by a client when I first started doing freelance. He wanted me to create a ton of apparel artwork and he was adamant about DBH being the only design resource I could pull inspiration from. I ended up perusing the website and tailoring my designs for the DBH crowd. The client ended up being very unhappy with my work and we ended up dissolving our very dysfunctional relationship. Like a drunken phoenix I arose from the ashes and submitted some of the designs I created for him to the DBH TOTD contest. Admittingly, as a big FU to the client. Turns out they worked well and ended up getting picked up by DBH for mass production. Q: Your winning graphics are so different from your current work, tell us about your progression. I suppose there isn’t much of a progression in my work. Like I mentioned, the winning designs were created to be tailored to the DBH crowd at the time. I feel that since then, DBH has shifted gears and pulled closer to my own design style.

Q: I see a lot of vintage motorcycle inspiration in your work, do you ride motorcycles? I actually grew up riding a Ktm 50cc Cebu dirt bike that I loved. I then turned 10 and discovered my penis, which took up most of my time after that. Ha’€¦ I actually have had a huge appreciation for motorcycles and motorcycle culture. Both my father and stepfather rode vintage bikes and I always loved the beautiful simplicity and craftsmanship of motorcycles. Q: As creatives, we all have our triggers of what inspires us, what do you feel is a consistent theme of inspiration for you? I won’t go through the normal inspirational blogs or numerous social art sites like everyone else. ‘Instead, I think I will tell you a secret about my own creative process and self discovery as an artist. Here it is, DO WORK. Look, staring at how awesome your favorite artist is and culling inspiration from him like an art vampire is great and all, but at some point you have to put pen to paper.

The action of doing is what inspires me. I feed myself by pushing out ideas and playing with concepts. Sometimes I make shitty designs that no one will ever see and sometimes I create things that I don’t like but I see the value in. Those are all valid forms of creativity and triggers that push me to forge a future for myself that inspires and focuses my own creative limits. Q: I’ve noticed that you have recently uploaded some new works to DBH, what can we expect to see from you in the near future. I am trying to get more into trending designs – realizing being a self proclaimed fringe artist is fun and all, but it doesn’t pay my electric bill. I love video games, and although I don’t get to play a lot, I will be creating a lot more video game inspired and mash up style art. I also will be creating some typography based designs. Clients are really my biggest source of income and pleasure. I love working with people that really want to create something out of love instead of profit and hope to really make some great connections in 2014 that can flourish and blossom.