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Attention all Rock and Roll poster art obsessives: new Documentary 'Died Young, Stayed Pretty' is playing this Friday in Seattle.

Thanks to a heads up (thanks Greg) by a friend I'll be attending an evening dedicated to the dissection of Graphic Design's hairy and bareknuckled underbelly, the rock and roll poster scene. The street level guerilla design and distribution of gig posters has been practiced by everyone who has played in a band, dated a band member, been friends with anyone in a band, or parented a teenager in a band — which pretty much covers almost everyone alive in the United States. This true american right of passage is the gateway drug for many graphic designers working today.

Brand new documentary by Iranian-born Canadian filmmaker Eileen Yaghoobian is playing this friday at 8 pm at the Grand Illusion Cinema in the University District. Following the film will be a poster sale featuring renowned local artists Ames Bros, Jeff Kleinsmith and Jesse LeDoux as well as a post film Q and A with the director and featured artists.