Why does good news always come with bad news...

Hey the latest news. The anniversary release looks like it will be here on time! That is the tracking information above. I think I was resigned that this wouldn't happen. Tullycraft's recording studio and band space caught fire in the middle of recording their song. We thought we had a professional screen printer that would be able to hook us up with printing but my pregnant wife and my friend Todd have chipped in to get 50 of the sleeves done. They look fantastic. So for those making their way to the show we will definitely have 50 ready maybe more they will be available for the paltry sum of $20. We will also have Guy Burwell prints available at the show for a mere $10. So bring some extra cash.

Okay here is the bad news. The Someday Lounge is telling me that the OLCC never got back to them and it would be illegal to have underage people in the club. I am really really sorry and I am putting this info out there ASAP in case any one had travel plans. Please make a comment on this blog if this pisses you off. Let anyone who might be making plans to come know.

Guy Burwell illustrator extraordinaire

Guy Burwell is a poster making institution. I met Guy when he was working at Music Millennium in 1997 or 98. He was doing illustrations for some posters, graphics for editorials, and for signs in Music Millennium. I was DJing at KPSU and I brought in my Bunnygrunt CD to play and I noticed that he had been credited with the artwork for Jen-Fi. I had really always loved that main image so it seemed kind of weirdly coincidental that I had randomly met him around the same time we were getting songs together for a compilation and our first release. I think Mark had plans for a nice photo of his dog Sherman for the cover so he saved us on that one. He also did graphic design work for us as well. I think he was learning it as he went.
Guy designed the Kissing Book and Lunchbox releases and designed and illustrated The Best Friends Group and The Gazetteers. He has gone on to make highly collectible posters for many bands and his artwork appears in places like Guitar Hero 3 and commercials. Anyway we were thrilled that he wanted to make the poster for our 10th Anniversary show. He hand screened them himself and will be available at the show.

Please check out all of his other work: Guy Burwell

6 Days until the show

Sooo lets do a bit of an update. Toby posted an interview that took us a while to get to him. It took so long that by the time we finished it it was nearing time for this upcoming show. Toby made this image which i thought was pretty awesome. Here is a link to his blog and the interview: The Finest Kiss

As far as the compilation getting done in time. We spent most of this weekend burning screens for the artwork. We did take a break for the Super Bowl but other than that its been a silk screen fest. I talked this morning to the pressing plant. They were doubtful on us getting the vinyl in time but I encouraged them to give it a good college try. There might be some expedited shipping involved so wait and see.

More news to come.