Slowdown Virginia, Cursive and Don Gerard

Slowdown Virginia is reuniting tonight at Slowdown (the club was named after the band) for the first time in over 15 years. The band consisted of members of Cursive and Criteria. Also on the bill tonight is another 90's Omaha band Polecat, featuring Ted Stevens of Cursive and Lullaby for the Working Class. We made 2 new Slowdown shirts for the show.

 

Cursive is off to Chicago for New Years Eve to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Domestica. They will play it in its entirety, followed by a set of songs from their other records. Seems like just yesterday Ted and Tim were writing guitar parts for that record in our living room. We made 2 new shirts and a poster to commemorate the show.

We also made some shirts for Champaign, Ill mayoral candidate Don Gerard. Any candidate that puts a 7" record on their shirt has my vote. 

And finally, this is the last blog post of the year. We are taking next week off to decompress and reflect on all the things we've done this year. We made almost 44,000 prints this year using roughly 36 gallons of ink....give or take. Hoping 2011 will be a good year for us and we will meet some new bands to work with. Thanks to everyone who did business with us or read our blog. We hope its entertaining if nothing else.

Happy Holidays. Be Safe.

Omaha Photo Club, Zevious, The Answer Team and Kenneth Adkins

Hola!! Been a busy week. Didn't take as many pictures as I should have, but hey....I gots work to do people!! Also, I dropped my camera and the display is broken. New camera fund 2011??

Speaking of....we did some shirts for the Omaha Photo Club. Designed by Katy Baker.

Did some shirts for NY rock band Zevious. Designed by our Lincoln compatriot, Eric Nyffeler at Doe Eyed Design.

New shirts for local rock ensemble, The Answer Team. They are playing at Slowdown on December 27th. Go see them!!

And finally, I helped make a print for my friend Kenny Adkins. He's a phenomenal artist and will be showing this print in his upcoming show at the Bemis Underground this January. I won't show off the whole thing, but its pretty hilarious and out there. You should probably just see it in person. Buy one even!!

                                   

LVC Mag, The Sydney and John Vanderslice

We did some shirts and tote bags for LVCmag. Simple prints on American Apparel V-neck and scoop neck shirts. An Ink Tank webstore will be coming soon.

We also did some new shirts and hoodies for Benson watering hole, The Sydney. Stop up and buy one of these beauts. Designed by Jamie Massey.

And finally, new shirts for John Vanderslice.  Buy his stuffs here.

Chicago Pride, Berg Sans Nipple and Adam Stephens

Whats that? How do you make a 9 color poster with only 4 colors, you say? Well...I'll tell ya. 4 color process, thats how!! We made these Chicago Pride posters for the Howard Brown Health Center. After extensive color testing and a few phone calls, we dove in head first. I think they look real nice. Designed by Camm Rowland.

Made some tote bags for Team Love's Berg Sans Nipple. They are playing All Tomorrow's Parties in England the first week of December.

And finally, Adam Haworth Stephens and his band were involved in an accident on the way back home post-tour. If anyone is feeling extra generous this Thanksgiving, they could use the help. Their van was totaled and the group will be out of work for a bit while they recover (thus, no income). To donate, please visit Give a Band-Aid

In their words:
"Adam, Omar and Matt have made it back to California! Their canceled flight to SFO brought them in turn to Sacramento. Omar's dad has picked them up and is driving all three back to San Francisco.

There has never been a time to be more thankful!"

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

The Felice Brothers, The Good Life, David Bazan, The Duke Spirit, Barcamp Omaha, Bright Eyes "record" and some tattoos

Alright, y'all...lets do this thing.

New Felice Brothers shirts by Joey Lynch. Buy their merch here.

Reprint of the Good Life "California" shirt. Art by Christopher Halbkat.

David Bazan is putting out a new record. If you buy one of these shirts, you help pay for it and get to feel good about yourself. Man, the music industry is gettin weird.

 

Barcamp Omaha had these guys printed up. 

The Duke Spirit reprinted their last poster with some slight changes. This time with gold ink! Can't argue with that.

 

I printed this Bright Eyes shirt for probably the 100th time since 2001. Got me thinkin...how many of these have been made? With a little investigation, my estimates are between 20,000 and 30,000! Holy F!

Finally, I stumbled across some tattoos on the interweb of shirts I printed this week. Crazy kids!

American Football, Felix the Cat and some newly framed posters

American Football was an indie rock band from Urbana, Illinois, active from 1997 to 2000. It featured members of Capn Jazz and Joan of Arc, who surprisingly just played at Slowdown last weekend. They were short lived, but judging by the times we've printed this hoodie, they are not forgotten. You can buy one of these at Polyvinyl Records webstore. 

Made some posters for Slowdown's Thanksgiving weekend blowout! Little Brazil and Bear Country are headlining each night respectively. Sort of a rock night v. soft rock night kinda thing. Nov 26th and 27th. You should probably go. Had my weekend apprentice Van help me print em. 

 

I also made one print on wood for my bathroom. Why not, right? Learn more about the image history here. 

 

And finally, I got another email with photos of posters we've printed hanging in their new homes. Frames from Gooodwill with cut mats. Smart thinkin'.

Ok, I'll play "new frames" too....here's one of the first posters I ever bought. Just had it framed last month. Its enormous and hangs in my living room. Awesome. Check out Uncle Charlie Art.