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Former Performance Artist

from Art Guards by Fishboy

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl copy of Art guards with comic insert plus an Art Guard mini painting. Includes digital download of album and PDF of comic.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A CD version of the album with a 55 page 5"x5" comic book that follows the story of the the album. Both come together in a limited edition hand painted then gocco screen printed chipboard cover. Every jacket is unique, hand painted with a different pattern, and numbered by frontman Eric Michener. Signed upon request.

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl copy of Art guards with comic insert. Includes digital download of album and PDF of comic. PLUS A CD version of the album with a 55 page 5"x5" comic book that follows the story of the the album. Both come together in a limited edition hand painted then gocco screen printed chipboard cover. Every jacket is unique, hand painted with a different pattern, and numbered by frontman Eric Michener. Signed upon request. This package includes a random Art Guard Mini Painting. If you would like to request a specific painting send an email. If it's available, its yours.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A CD version of the album with a 55 page 5"x5" comic book that follows the story of the the album. Both come together in a limited edition hand painted then gocco screen printed chipboard cover. Every jacket is unique, hand painted with a different pattern, and numbered by frontman Eric Michener. Signed upon request. This package includes a random Art Guard Mini Painting. If you would like to request a specific painting send an email. If it's available, its yours.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Art Guards via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • HAND PAINTED ART GUARDS JACKET + 12" Black Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition of 14. Art Guards with hand painted jackets. Watercolor on chipboard. Folded and put into plastic sleeve with vinyl. No extra inserts. Download card inserted.

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  • Art Guard Mini-Paintings numbers 1-20

    A series of daily paintings and stories, these 3"x5" water color on chipboard portraits are each one of a kind. The backs are numbered and signed with a brief description of the character. Bandcamp only allows the listening of 20 variations within each merch item. Please check out the others if you can't find the one you want. For a look at all of them please look at yofishboy.com/archive All paintings are listed for sale over at yofishboy.bandcamp.com/merch

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  • Art Guards Mini Paintings numbers 61-80

    A series of daily paintings and stories, these 3"x5" water color on chipboard portraits are each one of a kind. The backs are numbered and signed with a brief description of the character. Bandcamp only allows the listening of 20 variations within each merch item. Please check out the others if you can't find the one you want. For a look at all of them please look at yofishboy.com/archive All paintings are listed for sale over at yofishboy.bandcamp.com/merch

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Want a simple copy of the album but still need something physical? Here's CD in a hand screened chipboard sleeve! Only 50 made, all screened and numbered by Eric while listening to records on a Sunday afternoon in May 2017.

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lyrics

At 21
I was a young performance artist and
around I’d run with art school dudes
And we would
spend our days perfecting public pieces
we would
spend our nights
acting rude

we’d throw food fights
make a mess
all while dressed up as chefs
a single week we tried our best
to only speak in adjectives
intentions often misunderstood
we did it cause we knew that we could

performance 209
would be our grande finale
on the right foul line
of a baseball game
our most ambitious piece
took days of preparation
that October eve
we created the wave

a lost footnote in history
a staple of the mlb
created by my friends and me
we were only 23
but the wave it long outlasted us
now we don't talk all that much
We all grew up and all lost touch
never speak a mention of
the credit
But forget it we’re good
we did it cause we knew that we could

now I’m a 53
small business owner
my kids don’t believe me
because I’ve got no proof
the oldest seventeen
wants to be a light technician
takes more pictures weekly
than I have of my youth

and I often think about the days
of interrupting baseball games
and wonder if I’d be the same
if I’d documented everything
like kids who come into the store
taking pictures when they're bored
I pick myself up off the floor
acknowledge I created for
feeling of creating what’s good
I did it cause I knew that I could

credits

from Art Guards, released May 19, 2017

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