We’ve just finished the limited edition [50] posters for the finale show for our great friends “So It Goes“. The phrase appears 116 times in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” and gave the band it’s name. The main character Billy Pilgrim says that on his epitaph he’d like the phrase “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt”, so we found it a fitting end to the group’s career as a band.

Besides the quote, the concept was to incorporate the 80’s root of the band, as well as a sarcastic take on death. What evolved was an image of the Grim Reaper experiencing the classic 80’s Maxell “Blown Away” ad [where Steve Steigman was the photographer and Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" was used for music].

Extremely special thanks to the gifted surrealist artist Alison Lindburg for her excellent illustration of the concept.

The very limited edition 9″ x 24″ posters will be for sale this Friday 12/04/09 at the Fineline for $15 and hand signed by the band as well as the artist Clinton Lugert.

Farewell “So It Goes”, you will be dearly missed
- Clint of THEY