David Heatley - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
One of the most promising young talents in cartooning makes his solo musical debut with an imaginative collection of songs. “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down” by David Heatley is the soundtrack to his internationally released eponymous graphic memoir, and represents the first collaboration between Heatley and Grammy Award-winning music producer, Peter Wade.
The release features two versions of the title Ramones track and a sampling of original material that compliments the wicked humor, virile energy and raw honesty of the book. Rounding out the collection are two hip hop songs inspired by Heatley’s mid-90s music venture under the guise of “Boy Wonder,” a re-interpretation of the Heatley classic “Suburban White Girls,” written when he was nineteen, and the brand new “Right To Feel High,” destined to be this year’s pop hit (or at least its underground party jam). With guest appearances by DJ Big Wiz, Tom Haslow of Action Painters, and Heatley’s father — (worthy of his own chapter in the book) — on background vocals, this is surely the soundtrack of the century!
Long a fixture in comic anthologies, David Heatley’s vibrant, brightly observant drawings have appeared on the New York Times op-ed pages and the cover of the New Yorker. “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down” is his first book and first musical release since the 90′s when The Velvet Cactus Society released two albums on Shimmydisc.
My Brain is Hanging Upside Down now at Amazon and iTunes.
The track “Suburban White Girls” from David Heatley’s album, a six-song mini-soundtrack to his acclaimed graphic memoir “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down”, now has a video! The song, originally written and recorded by David as a high school teenager, has been re-produced for the mini soundtrack.
David Heatley’s acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel, “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down”, has been translated into French, Spanish, and Dutch.
David Heatley’s critically-acclaimed graphic memoir “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down” is now available in UK. David’s look back on his life is told through several interconnected narratives that describe his entire sexual history, portraits of his mother and father, an analysis of his own racism, and a family tree tracing from David’s great-great grandparents to the births of David’s own children. The book’s mini soundtrack (with the same title) is out now on WonderSound.
David Heatley is hosting the release party for his book “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down” tonight at The Slipper Room in New York City. The evening will feature David showing slides from the book, playing video and audio clips from the family archives, and singing a few songs from the mini soundtrack. It all gets started at 7 and no cover. Check out the 6-song mini-soundtrack to David’s book available now on iTunes!
David Heatley has a new music video for his cover of The Ramones’ song “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down”. The track is from his six-song mini-soundtrack for his graphic memoir ALSO titled “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down”. The art is by David Heatley and it was animated and edited by Luca Dipierro.