The Damnwells, Free and Amazing

The Damnwells have been one of my favorite bands for many years. Their debut album "Air Stereo" is still my favorite album to drive to and I could sit and listen to it for hours. As I was listening to a song yesterday while spring cleaning =( I wondered when they were touring again and discovered they just released a new album online for FREE.

The new album is titled "One Last Century" and you can download it free here. The new album stays on the same track as their last effort and is equally as good if not in ways better. I would describe them as a rock/folk/awesome but I don't really know if that is the best description. It's free so download and take a listen and then go see them live then email them and say"hey you should have Jolby do some design work for you guys". Have a good Monday.

Powell's Books now selling "Wolf Am I"

It feels pretty good to announce that Powell's Books is now selling my "Wolf Am I" zine at their Burnside location in Portland, OR. For those unfamiliar with the awesomeness of Powell's, it is the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world and occupies a full city block. Being a Portland-er myself, it's great to have this zine being carried at such a well-known book store. In other zine news, Josh is working on one right now that is sure to blow your mind and make you want to purchase a penis car. Have a good weekend.

Work in Progress: Tangible PDX Mural

For Tangible's new Portland office, Jolby is painting this mural that spans four pretty gigantic walls. In the comp (the above is just a digital comp) we wanted to include Portland things in a subtle way (like coffee, lumberjacks, flannel, trees, beer, rain, bikes, and donuts). Josh will have to get his ass to Portland from Chicago so we can paint this and rumor has it he will be riding his land-shark to get here. Go Silver Birds!

Vote Earth - Earth Hour March 28th, 2009

We don't really ever post about any politics or news on our blog (unless it's about a new typeface or something) but we felt this was something important to us and we wanted to make sure you knew and take part. This Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm local time will be Earth Hour. Put together by the WWF(not the wrestling federation) with the goal to have 1 billion households and business around the world switch off their lights for one hour to help fight global warming."Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights."

It's an hour come on switch off the lights and play wigi board or something. You know if Captain Planet were still around he would punch you in the jeans if you did help out.

"Where the Wild Things Are" trailer

Holy poops this is going to be amazing!

New Work, New Site

So last week we started putting content in our new website and it's starting to look like a website finally. Take a look around, send us emails, buy us flowers, you know have some fun. We are also getting ready to launch our etsy store so look out for that.

Home is Where You Make it closes Sunday!

Our show at Subtext ends this Sunday March 22nd to make way for our good friend Andy Holder's show, so make sure you catch "Home is Where You Make it" if you haven't stopped by. We have a few great pieces left, including the amazing plushs' by DFF, so snatch them up while you can. Click here for info on the show and a list of what pieces are left. If you did purchase something, you can pick it up starting Monday. We will be doing more shows in the future, possibly including a sequel to this show... 

We are Obsessed with: Ffffound

I think Josh and I spend way too much time on ffffound, and by that I mean it's an endless pit of inspiration and is constantly giving. It's interesting to watch these image bookmarking sites turn into the new hot shit. It's replaced my urge to open something like Print's Design Annual when in need of some quick stimuli. Definitely a trend to watch. Now if we could just get an invite...

Ffffound.com

Middle Coast Tee Giveaway!

Happy Monday kids! To start this week off right, Tangible Worldwide (where Josh and I work) are giving away their Middle Coast tee for free! First come first serve so snatch it up! The tee is printed on American Apparel with plasticharge inks. Limited stock available. Clicky clicky.

*Update: Email info at tangibleworldwide.com with your size and mailing addy (the PayPal is acting up). We don't have many left!

Invisible Creature speaking tonight in Seattle

Ryan and Don Clark, who are our idols, are speaking tonight at the EMP in Seattle, WA in a panel called "Perspectives in Poster Design." We wish we could make it! Details here.

Artist We Love: Scott C.'s pics from his latest show

I've been a huge fan of Scott C.'s work for a long time now and I just stumbled upon some pics from his latest show as Gallery Nucleus in L.A. called "Home Slice."

View the show. Purchasing info here.

Pitchfork Goes Live

Tangible Worldwide just launched Pitchfork's new website this morning and it looks SICK. Great job to everyone that worked so hard on the site. Side note I redesigned their logo for the new site. They wanted to keep a lot of the characteristics of their old logo but make it feel a little more up to date and cleaner. Have a great Monday.

Vote for Josh's tee!

Josh entered this tee "The Drifters are Lost" in a Hurley competition and needs your vote! 

Click here to vote for Josh's tee.

It's a quick sign-up and the win could net Josh some cash and a killer tee in their line. Vote your face off.

The Soundtrack to "Home is Where You Make it"

Download the 16:00 soundtrack here!

For the full effect head over to Jolby and Friends and click through the show while listening.

We were very fortunate to have our good pal Andy Roush write and compose an original soundtrack for the show that played during the opening and looped all night. Much like our art, Andy made a lot of the sounds by hand. For instance, certain drumming sounds were made by putting a VHS tape on Andy's chest and banging it while recording the noise. The soundtrack was written in 3 parts that represent each chapter in William's journey. Check out more of Andy's fine music here.

PDF of Show & more

So as you probably noticed this week we kind of lagged on posts. We decided to take it easy and let our minds and bodies relax alittle. We just got the updated pdf from Subtext with all the pieces from the show. 

View a .pdf of the entire show here.

Please contact the gallery using the info in the .pdf with any purchase inquiries. A huge thank you to anyone that purchased a piece online or at the show, we can't even express what it means for someone to connect with our art and then purchase it. So amazing.

We will be updating our site with the full show and older work that we have done. We will also be getting a store up very soon and will be doing alot more fun prints/art/skateboards/milk cartons you know the normal stuff.

Lastly, when Colby and I first came up with the story for "Home is Where You Make it" we knew that we wanted it to be a book. And after the response at the show and online that will be our next project. As we develop it we will be posting pics and such so keep a look out for that. If you know anyone or know someone that knows someone that might know Kevin Bacon that might help us get this published we would be very grateful. Thanks and have a great weekend. Above are some of the pieces from the show we haven't featured yet. I want that ukulelee =)

The Show Recap

View pics from the show (flickr).

We will be uploading individual pics of each piece soon and into that flickr set as well as posting an updated inventory on what's still for sale!

We have so many people to thank for such an amazing opening night for our first solo show. The night was a blur as we jumped from person to person, walking them through the story, talking to people who bought pieces, seeing family and friends, and enjoying the vibe. It was a crowded opening all night and most of the art sold, too!

Jolby would like to thank: Dolls for Friends for their incredible work and amazing additions to our show and story, Andy Roush for the music, Keegan and Katy from Keegan Meegan Press & Bindry for the amazing screen prints, Chris Forrette for our rad website, Merrick, the crew at Tangible Worldwide, Greg at In to Ink, Bobby @ Kitsune Noir, Brian Willette for printing our show you saved our lives, San Diego Reader & City Beat, k10k.net and the Cuban Council Crew, Don/Dylan/Amy/George/Subtext for their amazingness and helping this all come together, everyone who bought a piece of art at the show we are so grateful, Monica Moon, Brian Haas for the frames and delicious beer/fuel, everyone that posted any word/sentence/picture/link including: Will @ its nice that, QBN, Little Chimp Society, Josh Spear, Drawn!, Dustin Ortiz, Kitsune Noir, and each and everyone for coming out, everyone that has supported us over the last couple of months we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts.

Josh would like to thank: My lovely wife Shannon for all of her support, my dad for making all our boards, my mom who is sick and couldn’t make the show, my family, Merrick & Tangible, Colby for the inspiration and drive to be a better artist, Subtext, Everyone that drove down for the show, Tem’s BBQ.

Colby would like to thank: Abby Rynko for her undying love/patience/honesty, Josh Kenyon for liking sports and for collaborating/pushing/pulling on a life-changing project like this, Josh's dad for his wood-working brilliance, Merrick & Tangible, everyone at Subtext, My Ma/Sis/Bro for the support and for the hospitality while staying in San Diego, the City of Portland, Anathallo, Fleet Foxes, Shannon Kenyon for her writings, Corey Warning for all his kindness, Tom Okerlund, Ideaworks Advertising for their support.

The day is here:

The Day is here! Above are the ridiculously under-priced hand-made plush dolls contributed by Dolls for Friends of the main characters in our story. We have almost 50 pieces on display tonight. Get there early so we can walk you through the show's story before the gallery gets over-run with attendees. We'll have paintings, prints, screen prints, plush dolls, and some painted found-objects too! See you there!

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Home Is Where You Make It: New Works by Jolby

February 21st-March 22nd, 2009

Opening Reception with the Artists: This Saturday, February 21st, 6-10pm Subtext Gallery, San Diego, CA

2479 KETTNER BLVD. SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 : 619 546 8800

1 Day Left: It's all there!

Wow. What a long road it has been to get to this point. Josh and I have been up super early each day this week finishing the pieces, seeing great friends, eating like kings, and we just finished hanging everything in the show. We are so proud of the work and have so many people to thank that without them none of this would be possible. Hope to see you out there tomorrow so that you can join us in sharing this work with everyone and eat some freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies (what says 'home' more than that?) and some beer/wine, of course. We've also already sold 5 pieces and the show hasn't even opened yet!

2 Days Left: Finishing the Show

Sorry Everyone for the lack of in progress pictures during the week. We thought we would have easy access to the internet and that is proving to be a little hard. But everything is going great and we finished all the art work today and ready to hang the show. We hope to see you there if not you can head over to Subtext and view a preview of the show. The paintings and Plush aren't in the preview but we hope to have those up soon. Above is a preview of the Matryoshka Dolls we painted. They represent William the main character and illustrate patterns that make up who he is and his journey. Ok we'll have some updates tomorrow from the gallery as we are hanging stuff. If they have internet =)

3 Days: Kitsune Noir Wallpaper Project

We're so honored today to be posted on Kitsune Noir, the blog of all things awesome by Bobby Solomon, with artwork from the show. The two wallpapers above can be downloaded right here in sizes of 1024x 768 up to 1900 x 1200 including an iPhone and PSP wallpaper as well. We hope you'll go and download them so your eyeballs can feast and be satisfied. We emailed Bobby a few weeks ago to ask if we could launch these in conjunction with the show opening this Saturday and he was more than happy to. Thanks, Bobby!

It's so cool to be a part of this project that has been done by big name arists like Gama-Go, Jean Julian, Peitari Posti, Josh Cochran, Travis Millard, Mike Perry, and a lot more.