shawn avery

through the sparks is heading to austin once again for sxsw. this will be the 5th year in a row that through the sparks has played sxsw, and the 2nd time i've played with them. we will be there very briefly... from friday morning until sometime sunday, but i'm hoping to fit in a worthy sxsw experience. starting with flatstock : details /// among the other events i'd like to see... phantogram show on friday the 18th at the filter magazine day party, the fader magazine party... haha tonka... and i'm sure i'll see some unexpected gems. when i went to sxsw in 2007 i had a list of bands i wanted to see... but ended up not seeing very many of them. however i discovered st. vincent and the rosebuds along with a few other impressive bands. this year will probably be no different. i just really want to see phantogram. below is the show poster for the sxsw benefit show through the sparks is playing. there are 4 benefit shows all together.

first up... found this fake vintage ad campaign this morning. love this kinda thing. retro is my deal. also this is technically my first blog post of the decade. i found these images on what has become my go-to site for design oriented images, designspiration.net - this site is closely affiliated with my favorite blog, iso50.com . so i finished up the year at a very low-key year year's eve party in crestwood, in the midst of a crazy winter storm. the winter has gotten quite intense so far this year, with no less than 2 ice/snow storms, with one more on the way this week. more non sequiturs... my car still has a dent in the truck from 10/29/10 that i'll hopefully get fixed this week. still not moving forward fast enough with the synthesizer production muzak stuff. last month however, i did finish the artwork for the new through the sparks singles compilation titled "almanac (mmx) year of beasts." the idea behind the design, is to present an anti-album cove...