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Holy crapola there's a lot of stuff going on this weekend. THURSDAY The OFFICIAL Santigold afterparty! Once the First Avenue show is over, swing on through Bedlam Theatre for our gigantic dance party featuring some excellent out-of-town talent and local favorites. DEVLIN & DARKO - DJs for Spankrock and Amanda Blank (Santi's opening act). Hittin' you with electro fun, weird disco, Afro-funk, and oldies jams. TROUBLE ANDREW - Santigold's other opening act spinning some tracks. We don't know what to expect but it'll be fun! JIMMY 2 TIMES & PLAIN OLE BILL - the keepers of the cryph! MIKE 2600 - takin' you to rap city, funkytown, and the electric kingdom 10pm - 2am / 18up / $3 with Santigold ticket stub, $5 without FRIDAY The Bedlam party continues with BRLSQOTHEQUE's monthly dance jam BOMP. This time around features... DJ ZEBO - the homie from Chicago comes to blast you...

We're proud to announce to the world the release of Aaron Horkey's brand spankin' new poster for Flight of the Conchords! Designed for the New Zealand duo's US tour stop in Los Angeles, this print will be going on sale THIS THURSDAY at 2:00pm Central time! She's 6 colors, one of which is a metallic purple, on French Poptone Pink Lemonade paper. 17.5 x 32.5"" Signed, numbered, and stamped edition of 500 (split betwen Flight of the Conchords and Burlesque) $60 plus $5 shipping and handling in the US, $10 international

After months of waiting, they've finally arrived! We were fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to turn the letters from my alphabet poster into an entire series of vinyl keychains for our friends at Kidrobot. Kidrobot fully knocked it out of the park, sparing absolutely no detail! They came fully correct with the tiny little nuances in the printing on the keychains, the quality of the packaging, everything is A+ on this. The boxes are super tiny! Jodi and Peter pick through the letters. P is for princess Petey! The packaging design also appears in a brand spankin' new art print we'll have available in our online store starting at 2:00pm today! This one is SUPER BRIGHT! Celebrate the release of the keychains with us tonight at ROBOTlove! The party continues after that as our very own DJ Wes Winship throws down a guest set at SLAP! at Kitty...

This past weekend, Burlesque took part in the Walker Art Center's Don't Sleep On It, a 24-hour artmaking marathon for the kids of WACTAC (Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council). Between the hours of 3-6am on Saturday morning, we transformed a room of the California Building into a massive rave explosion of lasers, video projections, fog, flashing lights, a mosaic mural built out of LP jackets, a gigantic cardboard soundsystem façade complete with with screenprinted speaker graphics, and of course our very own very real DEF FROM BELOW sound system, enhanced with Wes' brand new dual 18"" subwoofer cabinet. BOOOOOOM. The room filled with visuals and kids dancing their butts off. DJ Apt One of the Philaelphyinz rockin' it. Wes and Joe set up lasers and video projections in the back corner. Carrying a fake cardboard speaker through the bright fog. DJ Skinny Friedman and Apt One of the Philadelphyinz....

One of the best-looking online stores just got even better looking. Burlesque homies since day one Turntable Lab have just unveiled their newest website. What is this, the 5th one? Click on over and have a look. Be sure to check out the special Burlesque section for all of our posters, shirts, and sticker packs the Lab has available! Also, don't miss the classic Life Sucks Die Office Check!

Our friend Shingo in Tokyo put us up on a new burger restaurant in Japan which houses a couple of Burlesque posters! The sign. Nice outdoor seating. My Bonnaroo 2007 poster! Bjorn's Calvin Johnson poster! and now I'm hungry for a burger...

Click for larger view Here is my diptych poster set designed for New Zealand funnymakers Flight of the Conchords. These guys go on sale TODAY at 2pm Central tizzime. 5 colors on French Whitewash paper 25 x 19"" each. Signed, numbered, stamped. Edition of 350 each, split between the band and the Burlesque. $20 + shipping for one poster. $40 + shipping for a set with matching numbers.

Our buddies and down-the-hall neighbors YouWorkForThem have just put up a brand new Profile interview with me (Mike). Ever wonder what my favorite color is? Guilty pleasures? Now's your chance to find out! While you're there, be sure to download YWFT's FREE, yes, FREE font, Skute! It's a beaut!

Looks like another great lineup this month for Tuesday nights at Triple Rock. Swing on through for free admission, two-for-one drinks, three outstanding DJs spinning all your favorite hip hop, funk, disco, rock, and dance music, and all your friends on the dancefloor. May 5th features an out-of-town guest DJ - the one and only Mr. Supreme from Seattle. Whether it's rare funk, deep disco, or even bottle service R&B, Supreme does it right. Also there may or may not be a surprise Cinco de Mayo performance from a certain rap group celebrating something large on the 5th. You'll have to come to Triple Double to find out!

so im trying to get back on the blog tip these days, i have a few i contribute to, the one that used to get the most attention and the bulk of photos posted on it was the Skateboard MAG blog, so im making an effort to post things on there every few days. ive been on the road steady for the past almost half a year i think, and i have photos of a lot of the goings on. i would imagine you wont care about most of the stuff i post, but here and there there might be a gem, so go kill some time... the Skateboard MAG