CONTACT SHEET FROM FRANKLIN’S ROY IS DEAD 7″ BY SCHUMOW

Before computers, I’m not really sure how any records cover art was created. It’s still rather baffling to me. In fact, considering some of the disastrous covers that are featured on some early recordings my friends and I were apart of, one could say we were exceptionally bad at getting our design ideas translated into […]

FRANKLIN LIVE AT THE 508 HOUSE

Man, I had to jump all over this one. Today, a nice fella named Ian sent me a message linking me to his YouTube page where he was posting a whole slew of videos. Turns out he was friends with the 508 House folks, played in a band with Deme who lived there and captured […]

A POST HARDCORE BAND FROM PHILLY CALLED FRANKLIN

Is it really possible that I am already becoming forgetful on this blog? I mean, sure, it’s been over a year since I started posting stuff here, but looking in the “draft” file today, I found this. Apparently I meant to post it a while back yet, forgot to…duh. So, let’s get over on it… […]

FRANKLIN MUSIC

FRANKLIN – S/T DOUBLE LP – 1999 TREE RECORDSHere’s what Allmusic.com said about the release. If you would like to purchase one of these 2xLPs, please email me at briansokel@gmail.com and we can discuss the details.   FRANKLIN MUSIC ON BANDCAMP Kamagra jelly forms a semi- liquid medicinal drug which has been designed by the […]

FRANKLIN – TSHIRT DESIGNS

There isn’t much to say about this one. One year, getting ready for the road, we decided to make tshirts that would feature our faces. I shot these pictures using my old Minolta 35mm camera. Again, this was before digital so the oddly, out of focused edges were thanks to a shallow depth of field. […]