Tag: cover

  • Acoustic cover of Dazzler by Keiko Takamura

    I’m insanely flattered and pleased with Keiko Takamura’s this acoustic cover of Dazzler, my song about the singing 70s superhero from Marvel comics. Keiko even did a watercolor “cover” of my trixel art. Hear the original version of Dazzler, plus E.N. Cowell’s remix, here. Dazzler (Single) by Doctor Popular

  • “All Apologies” live in Oakland

    We had a great time playing the Death, Taxes, and Chiptunes show in Oakland last week. We really dug seeing Robo Beat ‘Em Up, Cartoon Violence, and Continuum Kingdom. We played a lot of new songs that night including a brand new cover of Nirvana’s “All Apologies” that I wrote on my Gameboy. I don’t…

  • eBoy’s cover for Destroy All Presets

    The new art for Doctor Popular’s “Destroy All Presets” created by eBoy!

  • Cowabunga, Chunky Rice

    A few days ago, my friend Jamaica and I got together to redo comic covers in our own styles. Although I love seeing indie artists “covering” classic superhero books, I wanted to try my hand at covering something-not-so-mainstream. This remake of “Goodbye, Chunky Rice” is my first comic cover remake that I’ve done… unless your…

  • sadnes’s 8-Bit cover of “Wicked Game”

    I’m totally smitten with this chip tune cover of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” by Conneticut’s sadnes (as in Sad-N.E.S.). I’m a obviously a fan of overdramatic pop vocals with lofi music, so this dude’s sound is totally up my alley. Actually, sadnes lists Brainiac, The Jesus Lizard, Self, and Blonde Redhead as his influences… it’s…

  • PITFALL! (covered version)

    PITFALL! (covered version)

    Inspired by the fantastic Covered blog, I thought it would be fun to create a “Doc Pop” version of the classic Activision game “PITFALL!“. The piece was created over a week’s worth of BART rides, using cheap watercolor and ink. I also experimented with a “reverse” applique technique on the rainbow that looks totally for…