IT'S NOT A RACE
I forgot to post this earlier. Here's a Banksy I caught in Toronto a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately it's one of the last ones left in the city, but this piece was untouched when we found it.
It is also cool that Banksy keeps using our stickers in his pieces. What a charmer.
-Eric Pause
MY SON THE HURRICANE
Here's a t-shirt design we finished up for
My Son The Hurricane. If you haven't heard of them, look them up. Not only do they have more members than Slipknot, but they've invented this weird fusion of Hip-hop, rock, funk, and jazz. Called Hip-ronzz. (No one calls it that.) And it's awesome! Also, their live shows are a party and a half.
P.S. We realize that's a tornado in the picture, not a hurricane. T'was Their idea.
P.P.S. We actually did two different t-shirt designs for them, but I can't find the file for the other, so just imagine a side profile of a baby carriage with an old guy's tattooed arm hanging out the side. The colour scheme yellows and black, and it's on a purple shirt. Pretty cool, right?-Eric Pause
STEAL THIS ALBUM
A couple weeks ago, our old Friend Kirk called us up in a panic, and told us how his CD release show was in two days, and he didn't have any album artwork because something happened to his original artist.
"Oh. That's lame" We replied.
"Yeah..." Said Kirk.
"I guess you're pretty much screwed."
"...yeah."
"Haha. I'd really hate to be you right now. Everyone shows up for your CD release, looking for your CD, and you don't have any! Ooooh maaaan!"
*awkward silence*
"...so will you guys do it?"
"Oh. OH! Okay, yeah. We'll do it."
Kirk wanted "A van driving into the unknown" Here's what we came up with:
-Eric Pause
STRAIGHT SHOOTIN': WHO IS DOG THE BOUTY HUNTER'S SPRAY TAN GUY?
"Who is Dog the Bounty Hunter's spray tan guy?"Dear you,
Instead of entertaining this question with an answer that kind of requires me to get in touch with Dog's formidable yet scrumtrilescently gorgeous wife, I'm just going to think out loud for a couple paragraphs. I'm getting ready for bed and I'm reeling from a seriously terrible episode of Law and Order, so shit was going from bad to worse and now I'm faced with some of my own questions.
Firstly I have some genuine curiosity around whether or not questions about 'spray tanning' and the 'guys' that do it unto others are topics of civilized conversation. I basically live under a rock so bear with me on this but my grade ten experiences are kind of ingrained and I'm pretty steadfast in the notion that spray tanning is rarely a well thought out venture. I have a vivid memory of my friends' hands having dark orange lines where their usually not-orange much more human-like palms should have been. Never mind that, imagine the cracks behind your knees? Yikes.
I wonder what would happen if you just let it spray you for like 8 straight minutes with your mouth open? Maybe that's what Scooter from the Muppets mouth looks like inside. I wonder who his spray tan guy is?
Secondly, what's the deal with public transit seats that are covered with that red fabric? I was riding the Rocket two weekends ago and my Mom was like "this is disgusting". Since it was Mother's Day I supported her, but then I realized I wasn't just being patronizing. There's no reason to have tough-to-clean seats on a transit system that almost guarantees a steady supply of really gross stuff on peoples' pants and hands. Extrapolate this: I just looked down and realized I had ketchup on my jeans. Imagine who else would have my ketchup on their pants if I sat on a fabric transit seat?! This is a silent killer, probably.
I don't know guys. Is there a website I can contact with my questions about this obscure stuff? Wait. WAIT. What if there were a website that would answer obscure questions about public safety as it pertains to bodily fluids and ALSO sell me t-shirts with original art on them? I'm a fricking genius.
Hope this helps,
Chomps
Have a question? Email it to straightshootin@pausedesigns.com!
THE TORONTO CLOTHING SHOW SPRING 2010
This past weekend we had the privilege of doing what we like best; selling Pause apparel, staying up all night in a city foreign to us, hanging out with old friends, and making a ton of new ones. It doesn't get much better than that. Here's some of the people that continually make Toronto awesome for us:
Y'know what's weird? I was headed over to our
Crywolf's booth to snap a couple pictures of Rose and Steph for the blog, and Steph was just throttling Rose like that. She stopped when she saw me, but thank God I showed up when I did. Who knows what would've happened to Rose if I hadn't.
These are our pals at
Love Poetry. That's
Chuck Norris Nathan on the Right, Vanessa in the middle, and Dawn on the left. Every clothing show, Dawn makes sure we're well looked after. She makes us food, AND does our laundry while we're still wearing it. She's also single handedly responsible for convincing me that vegan food actually isn't gross, nor is it stupid...Just kidding of course, but her homemade cookies really are delicious.
When you have a favourite artist or author or whatever, before you meet them or see a photo of them, you make up an imaginary version of them in your head of how you want them to be, right? Usually in reality they end up being nothing like the cool guy you built up in your head, and like more the kind of guy you have to apologize for in a strip club. Well in this case,
Playdead is EXACTLY how I wanted them to be. How fucking good do they look? They've got their shit so together it makes my chest hurt. That's Stu and Bean in the photo, and they've been running the streetwear scene (as well as looking good) in Toronto consistently for over ten years. (That's 108 in streetwear years!) Long live the dead.
Here's what I know about this girl: 1. Her name is Regina 2. She owns an awesome shop filled with indie clothing and accesories on Younge st. Toronto called
Propaganda 3. She makes us laugh so hard we pee our pants every show. 4. She thinks Mel is a slut 5. Awesome.
"HEYYOUGUYSIDRANKWAYTOOMUCHCOFFEEANDPUTONYOURSHIRTDOYOUWANNATAKEAPICTUREOFMEEEEE?!"
You may remember this girl from the entire blog we did last year about her being rad. Cat runs a really cool cut and sew apparel company called
Kali. She also is our go to person for all things awesome in Toronto. No joke. She's a pro. She takes us to the best restaurants, sneaks alcohol into the clothing show to loosen Ken up, shows us the best street art in the city, and gives us contact info for everything we need in the fashion industry. Also, she has this uncanny sense of direction. She's always telling us to head west, or meet her on the south side of the street, as though we have any idea what that means. Either she's constantly lying, or she carries a compass in her purse.
See you all in September.
-Eric Pause
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