Pig Iron
originally went
on the web in
June of 1995,
but was
caught in
a temporal
disruption
vortex until
recently.
The new,
improved Pig
Iron updates
as often
as Loyd
manages
to crawl out
from the
wreckage,
about once
every Jovian
chronocycle.
But don't
hold him
to it.
Loyd Boldman,
creator of
Pig Iron,
was born
the day Elvis
released his
first single
("That's All
Right, Mama"
b/w "Blue Moon
of Kentucky").
His parents
were married
the night Hank
Williams died
in the back
seat of his
Cadillac on
the way to
a gig. He has
no idea what
these facts
mean, but they
sound terribly
important.
Loyd is an
award-winning
writer, director,
songwriter,
voice-over
artist, graphic
designer and
semi-pro
whistler.
He's written
and produced
Addy-winning
advertising
campaigns,
directed Dove
Award-
winning music
videos, live
shows, and
industrial
films; worked
on a couple
hundred album
covers for
artists ranging
from B.B.King
to Tammy Faye
Bakker, the
latter fact of
which he'd
like to keep
quiet.
In the many
years since
the great
Antimacassar
Massacre,
Loyd has
written a
half-dozen
Top Ten
songs on the
Christian
music charts,
and his
ghostly
whistling can
be heard
doing
the Theme
From Lassie
at Universal
Studios,
Florida. You
hear his
speaking
voice in
Universal
Studios'
Dynamite
Nights Stunt
Spectacular,
the E.T. Ride,
as well as on
commercials
for Sprint
United
Telephone
and
the Orlando
Magic; his
singing voice
is heard in
Disney's The
Lion King live
show; his
psychotic
rock-n'-roller
voice kicked
open the
Citrus Bowl
from 1993-96.
In between
projects, he
continues his
quest for
the perfect
corn dog.
and his
preternaturally
patient
wife Carol
have four
children
(Mary, Dave,
Dan and
the ever-
popular
Anna),
an inscrutable
black cat
named
Shelby,
and live in
Oviedo,
Florida,
a suburb of
Disney World.
They are
within sonic-
boom range
of the Space
Coast, and
can watch
the Space
Shuttle lift
off in the
distance
from their
front yard.
The Boldmans
believe them-
selves to have
the widest
variety of
hairstyles of
any family in
the Southeast.
Silent Planet,
like its parent,
Stage 22,
is a rebel
outpost
somewhere
beyond the
digital event
horizon,
creating 3-D
animation
and a buttload
of other
creative
monkeywork
for television,
film and video,
CD-ROMs,
games, and
advertising.
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comments,
suggestions
and conspiracy
theories,
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