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Kenneth M. Piekarski resides in Seattle, Washington contributing to his community of the Pacific Northwest and occasionally to other parts of the Earth. He is a programmer, radio DJ, visual artist, musician, writer, illustrator, designer, documentarian, video producer, audio engineer, internet magician, teacher, community organizer, DIY promoter, and upstanding friend among other things.

Slashed Tires is his musical endeavor/band/artist alias.

You can commission him to do things for you

(below is a summation)

education

  • Western Washington University – Major in Behavioral Neuroscience, minor in Psychology and Biology (2007 – 2009)
  • Columbia Basin College – AAS in Computer Science(2005 – 2007)

competence

  • Off Tempo – Director / producer / archivist (2007 – present)
  • The Stranger – Line-Out Contributing Author (2010 – present)
  • Hollow Earth Radio – Tech / DJ / Producer / Teacher / Field Recorder(2009 – present)
  • Magma Fest – Organizer / Volunteer (2010 – 2011)
  • Carousel Fest – Volunteer Coordinator (2009 – 2010)
  • Fontee Fest II – Volunteer (2009)
  • KUGS 89.3 fm DJ – (2007 – 2008)
  • Temp Tour Driver – First-Aid Kit (July 2010)

internet

  • Akron/Family – akronfamily.com
  • Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets – angelospencer.com
  • Hollow Earth Radio – (email newsletter)
  • Off Tempo – offtempo.com / offtemporecords.com / zine.offtempo.com
  • Paul Solis – mrpaulsolis.com
  • 16 Penny – contracted web development

videography

  • see Off Tempo
  • Shakey Hands – “Already Gone” (animation assistant for Do It For the Girls)
  • The Thermals – “Not Like Any Other Feeling” (timelapse camera assistant for Do It For the Girls)

audiography

  • Slashed Tires - “Don’t Party” (composer / producer)
  • Slashed Tires - “assure EP” (composer / producer / engineer)
  • Slashed Tires – “Hot Internet Singles Club” (composer / producer / engineer)
  • Slashed Tires – “Weather (an extended play)” (composer / producer / engineer)
  • Slashed Tires – “PreMixes Vol I” (composer / producer / engineer)
  • Sundance Kids - “trippy rippers” (sound engineer / co-mixer)
  • World History – “Can’t Stop Trying” (singer)
  • Mega Bog – “Freaky Dawn” (singer: “rocks”, “boob desert”)
  • James Rabbit – “Cactuses” (trombone: “spikes on everything”)
  • The Sea-Port Beat – “The Domestic Art of Home Recording” (producer)
  • iji – “Bird-Man Movement Team” (singer: “tooney loom”)