March 2010
32 posts
February 2010
9 posts
Potty Humor
Today started off innocently enough — packed some mailorder, shipped some Home Acres pre-orders, answered some e-mails. And then it happened. Danielle got locked in the bathroom!
We heard her jiggling the knob for a couple minutes before Adam (not knowing how long she’d be in there) finally slid some Airheads under the door and Matt came out of his office to pry the door open with a...
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/msg/1604780992.html... →
Matthew from Aloha is selling his Fender Bass VI Reissue — take a look at his hilarious Craigslist ad.
Let The Games Begin
Now that the Winter Olympics are underway, Adam’s feeling a little competitive. Case in point: he decided today that he wants to hold a Polyvinyl push-up contest on April 1st. (Apparently the date is so far off because he needs to spend some quality time with the Perfect Pushup he bought awhile back.)
Anyone in the office can participate — provided they want to fork over the $1 entry...
Frankie Wasn't The Only One On Welfare
When it came time to print the covers for their debut full-length, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, the boys in Braid were a little hard-up for money. So they went to Goodwill, bought all the gatefold LPs they could find, painted over the covers and had them re-screenprinted.
The inside artwork was still the same as the original album, though, so Matt’s copy of the first pressing is actually...
Danielle just booked our flight to Austin for SXSW next month! This will be my first year in attendance and I’m definitely looking forward to spending four days in the Texas sun instead of the dreary, below-freezing weather in Champaign.
I’ll have my laptop and our photographer extraordinare Andy will be bringing his Canon 40D, so look forward to plenty of first-hand coverage from...
The Best Part Of Waking Up, Is Kinsella In Your...
In honor of the Don’t Mind Control Variety Show Release Party, Intelligentsia Coffee created a special Joan of Arc blend!
Ever since we got our shipment, Danielle’s been starting off every day with a cup and she’s never been more productive (although she has developed an irresistible urge to play Boo Human on the stereo every couple hours).
The brew is now up for sale in our...
January 2010
12 posts
Random Sarandon
To celebrate of Montreal’s short winter tour, I put together a discography sale on our website that will be running until the end of the trek (February 6th).
Aside from a new package deal that includes 11 of Montreal albums for only $70, everything in the Skeletal Lamping collection is on sale for the first time ever!
When Susan Sarandon heard the news, she was so excited that she ran on...
Bands Undercover
The Great Cover Up is a long running Champaign tradition in which local bands get into character and perform an entire set as another band, with the proceeds going to a different charity every year.
From the Polyvinyl family, Braid (INXS, The Smiths, R.E.M.) and The Red Hot Valentines (Green Day, Nickelback) have both participated in the past, while Erin, Tristan and Brett took to the stage...
#braidfacts
Braid bassist Todd Bell is dishing out some trivia about the band while listening to test pressings for the vinyl reissues of Movie Music Vol. 1 & 2, The Age of Octeen and Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five.
You can follow along here: @toddleebell
@heybobnanna will be throwing in the occassional two cents as well…
Owen - No More No Where
Mike started to play this...
That's A Wrap
A few months ago, an ordering error left us scrambling to find room for 20 humongous rolls of bubble wrap. Although the bundles were great for anyone who wanted to lie down and sneak a nap in the back room, we finally sent them back yesterday.
Here’s Adam and Megan on their way down to the truck after filling up the elevator:
What isn’t pictured are the 3,000 LP mailers that were...
Snow Way To Start The Day
Just when Adam and I were finally beginning to dig ourselves out from beneath the pile of orders we’ve been buried under since getting back from holiday break, a big storm came along and forced me to dig my car out of several inches of snow this morning.
And to make Seth and Andy jealous out in sunny San Francisco, here’s the view from my drive to work:
