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Whether we know it or not, we all grew up with Michael Manoogian's design work in our lives. Since the late 1960s, Manoogian has been hand-crafting stunning and time-tested typographic logos for clients in the music and entertainment industries. In May 2011, his name appeared in my email inbox. Out of the clear blue, this legendary letterer had written to express his appreciation for my So Much Pileup blog. I humbly asked Mike for an interview for the site and, not only did he oblige, but he was also generous enough to send over a large number of his original sketches from some of his projects. And now, with no further ado, I present this exclusive interview with the great Michael Manoogian. Please introduce yourself and explain what you do. I fell in love with graphic design while studying at Rhode Island School of Design. I’ve been involved with it...

Whether we know it or not, we all grew up with Michael Manoogian's design work in our lives. Since the late 1960s, Manoogian has been hand-crafting stunning and time-tested typographic logos for clients in the music and entertainment industries. In May 2011, his name appeared in my email inbox. Out of the clear blue, this legendary letterer had written to express his appreciation for my So Much Pileup blog. I humbly asked Mike for an interview for the site and, not only did he oblige, but he was also generous enough to send over a large number of his original sketches from some of his projects. And now, with no further ado, I present this exclusive interview with the great Michael Manoogian. Please introduce yourself and explain what you do. I fell in love with graphic design while studying at Rhode Island School of Design. I’ve been involved with it...

Arcade Fire sit still? Never! They’re back on the road right now, touring all over Europe. Burlesque sit still while Arcade Fire is on the road, touring all over Europe? Never! Check out these two new posters, designed by Mike Davis and Wes Winship, respectively. They’re available now at the shows and will be available in the coming weeks through our online store. Stay tuned to our newsletter for all of the pertinent onsale info!

This Thursday, we will be releasing two brand new art prints designed by Minneapolis artist Greg Gossel and published and printed right here at Burlesque. Around this time last year, we closed up our First Amendment gallery with an exhibit and print release from Greg. We love his brightly-colored collages made from repurposed snippets of pop culture. It turns out you guys love his work as well since his last two prints, ""Crash Landing"" and ""Midnight"" both sold out fairly quickly. Check out his latest prints, ""He Said He Loved Me"" and ""Burden Of Life,"" available exclusively right here through Burlesque starting Thursday May 26th at 2:00pm Central time. Greg Gossel ""He Said He Loved Me"" Greg Gossel ""Burden Of Life""

This Thursday, we will be releasing two brand new art prints designed by Minneapolis artist Greg Gossel and published and printed right here at Burlesque. Around this time last year, we closed up our First Amendment gallery with an exhibit and print release from Greg. We love his brightly-colored collages made from repurposed snippets of pop culture. It turns out you guys love his work as well since his last two prints, ""Crash Landing"" and ""Midnight"" both sold out fairly quickly. Check out his latest prints, ""He Said He Loved Me"" and ""Burden Of Life,"" available exclusively right here through Burlesque starting Thursday May 26th at 2:00pm Central time. Greg Gossel ""He Said He Loved Me"" Greg Gossel ""Burden Of Life""

AIRHOOOOOOOOOORN!!! Come see us all this Art-A-Whirl weekend for the second annual Burlesque Garage Sale! We will be offering up big savings on all sorts of red hot items throughout our store and print studio. Screenprinted posters! Books! T-shirts! Paper, printing & art supplies! CDs and videos! Strange greeting cards! WEIRD oddities! ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ But that's not all! Check out the Best and Worst of Frank Gaard gallery exhibit running right now. Ben LaFond will be selling a bunch of his rare soul, funk, hip hop, and blues records! Cool Jerk will be up in there selling their delicious and highly-addictive homemade beef jerky! Some of the other creative studios in our building (Landland, Quinine Design, Arms & Armor and more) will be keeping their doors open to show off...

Greetings to you. Today, Mike and Wes will be delivering a brand new presentation at the U of M Communicators Forum Conference. As other creative folks, public relationistas, marketing strategizers, and consultifiers are delivering their sagely advice, the two heads of BRLSQ will be explaining what in God's name it is which they do all day. Hopefully it will inspire some conference attendees to seek a virtuous life. We can hope, can't we? Will you be there? Yes? No? Either way, here's what to expect: This motivational seminar is realistic, unique and revolutionary! Through the help of Burlesque of North America's chief creative officers, you will learn how to soar above poor, mediocre performance into the realm of the optimal. Let Burlesque help you pump up your personal capabilities and begin to watch your achievements skyrocket! Why not be the best “you” that you can be? Burlesque of North America...

Heavy contender for Youtube video of the year...