Name Jay Ryan Music groups Dianogah, Braid | Role Rock Musician | |
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Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign People also search for Roy Ewing, Jason Harvey, Kip McCabe, Todd Bell, Damon Atkinson, Chris Broach Albums Frame & Canvas, The Age of Octeen, Movie Music - Vol 1, As Seen from Above, Movie Music - Vol 2 | ||
Jay Ryan (born June 15, 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a poster maker and rock musician. He is noted for his squirrel posters as well as being a bassist in the band Dianogah.
Working in Skokie, Illinois, Ryan produces limited run, hand-printed posters for rock bands and concerts, and for events such as art shows. Most of his work is screen printed at his print shop, The Bird Machine. He has produced posters for the bands Shellac and the Flaming Lips, as well as thousands of others; he is also responsible for the album art and track illustrations of Andrew Bird's The Mysterious Production of Eggs and Weather Systems
In 2005 he published a book called 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan. He also provided the cover art for Michael Chabon's 2004 novel The Final Solution and publicity art for Chicago's 57th Street Art Fair.
Ryan had previously been a bassist for Braid, but left shortly after its formation. He then joined Hubcap before forming Dianogah in 1995.
Jay Ryan attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL.
Songs
Yawn London
The New Nathan Detroits
Snowpants
Sometimes There Used to Be Birds
Forever Got Shorter
Circus Of The Stars
East End Hollows
No Coast
Urbana's Too Dark
Motion Light
Never Will Come for Us
Spiral Bound
Grand Theft Autumn
My Baby Smokes
I'm Afraid of Everything
The Right Time
Broken Magnet Halves
qhnnnl
Building a Playpen
Garden Airplane Trap
100% Tree
First Day Back
Dolores
Maria - Which Has Got Her Heart Completely Fucked Up
Grace Car - Part One
X Marks the Hope Box
The Sky Came Down to the Rooftops
Always Something There to Remind Me
Please Drive Faster
At the Mercy of the Mustang
Roses in the Car
This Is Not a Revolution