There's only so much I can share on my *site, and there's very little I can share here. I've come to reveal more of myself on husk/essem than I first intended, try as I may to keep things vague and impersonal... There's a consensus in our industry, what it is really is a way to fish out the amateurs; those who advertise themselves blatanly in order to get work generally means they're desperate for work -- therefore marked as less than ideal candidates (there are exceptions, but it is a "general fact"). I'll reveal "some" highlights of my career right here, and you will not find this information on d******* ; I was once nominated at the Adisq and that is a forgotten fact, someone else got the credit but it is P** and myself who deserved the mention... I understand now how nominations and awards are seldom taken into account (and debate as much as you want, Quebec doesn't count in the scheme of things -- unless you anticipate making it big in France, and why would anyone want to be so limited?). A few interesting unknowns: along with a good friend/collegue of mine from Arizona, I've designed and managed the first Mark Lanegan website (Screaming Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age), we've helped each other out on countless projects where we've left our respective involvements uncredited -- projects such as Futures by Jimmy Eat World, a former fellow from the 'Pumpkins and various strat-marketing campaigns. Here's another "gray area"; though I do mention my involvement with Nitzer Ebb's own Bon Harris and his Maven project (which also features work by Andy Troy and Biff Sanders -- and that, by the way, is all due to a nice referral by a kind Strawberry), my *site does not mention any specific achievements of the project itself (aside from the overall creative freedom they've given me for the album art and the general direction of the derived merch) , being credited in their video (from Cordless/Warner Bros) alongside Marilyn Manson and P.R. Brown (of Bau-Dau Design) just to name a few, with minimal involvement as far as the video is concerned, no less -- it all adds to new levels of pride and respect I have for my clients. But how soon does this become old news? How much is too much? In an attempt to make an even balance, I've eventually decided to name drop my latest projects and leave the rest to history (for the general visitor, anyway). All it took was a simple queston (you'll see how naive this really is): "what is the purpose of your site?". I guess I just like to tease, and make the non-financial projects as important as my day-job tasks. "This guy does this and that..." (and this guy's candle is dangerously short I tell you...). August 22nd 2006 marks the release of the new David Pajo (Papa M, Zwan, Slint, Tortoise...) album "Pajo - 1968" from Drag City Records (Chicago) -- I've teased previous blog entries here with updates on my progress for the album art and what steps I had to take in order to get it done (which is essentially what the blog should be about; all art essays and the mood swings/emotional distractions that come into play). And now it's revealed (as if this was some kinda shock for my invisible audiance), part of it anyway. I would love for you all to pick up the new album when it comes out and send me some feedback (goes without saying that you might wanna give Pajo feedback for the lovely music first). I guess it was nice to get some my own "blatant/shameless name-drops and self-promos" off of my chest, if only to add more cred to my never-ending art diatribes (that's a lie actually, it wouldn't influence cred, maybe when I become an old crooner) -- but mostly because I don't believe anecdotes belong in one's public portfolio (oh the stories I could tell). Then where should they go? Here and there, lost in the shuffle not unlike my increasing attraction to printed works; you can change websites but print work goes down in history, whether it be representative or not (double the charm right there), lost in the shuffle. I won't make a habit of this, in the end this is in no way officially linked to my *site (it links back but doesn't link to -- or does it?), it does take lots of effort to conceal one's passion (pretty much like this site actually). Do you kiss and tell?