Shadow ruffling quite a few feathers with his first blog post of the new year.

We know you know this since you’ve seen their work on our site many times, but in case you don’t…

Based in Minneapolis MN, Burlesque of North America is a power house of graphic designers, illustrators, screenprinters, poster slangers, photographers, and music aficionados. Over the course of the last five years, they have designed and printed official concert posters and other artwork for the likes of Arcade Fire, Nike, The Melvins, Rhymesayers, Kidrobot, Deathwish Records, Stones Throw Records, Upper Playground, Lyrics Born, and a mass of others.

Opening Reception
TOMORROW! Friday January 8
7pm to 11pm

Lower Haters Gallery
597 Haight Street @Steiner
San Francisco, CA 94117

more info: http://lowerhater.com
Artist website: http://burlesquedesign.com/

and then Mike Davis (Mike the 2600 King) of Burlesque showcases his musical prowess at Triple Crown on Saturday with Sweden breakthrough artist Jinder!   Check it out:

Beautiful/Decay has saved just 10 final pages in their upcoming Book 3 to feature YOUR work! So far they’ve received hundreds of responses in all media from around the world. Due to overwhelming response they are opening up the last 10 slots just for you!

The theme is “Underdogs” and is totally open to interpretation. However, it has to be a piece created especially for this issue, and not published in any other magazine, website, or in any shows before its release in March 2010. So go wild- what does your idea of “Underdogs” look like?

Deadline: January 15, 2010

REQUIREMENTS

Please send an email to: contactbd@beautifuldecay.com with the subject line: Underdog Magazine Submission.

• Include: A low-res 72dpi jpeg (for submission & review purposes only).
• Remember: For print purposes, please have a 300dpi CMYK vertical image of your work, 7.75″ X 9.85″ (dimensions include .125 ” bleed on top & sides). Sample PDF.

Read more about it here.

New album, The Colossus, out in a couple of weeks.

Our little Jeffy has a new site: http://www.jeffluger.com/

Check out his SF/Japan  pix, as well as a photo of ANT for good measure…

Wendy & Lisa just tweeted about their “What’s In My Bag” at Amoeba…lots of good music.

You can check out a bunch of other people like, Qbert and Large Professor as well.

Sneak peek at the 101 Apparel Summer collection which includes a collabo with tee with Dam Funk and a mix CD (Funk’s Revenge).

Kon & Amir will soon be taking a trip through Europe  on their  “Music Is The Message”  Tour.   Dates below: