La Dispute, in a basement

On April 2nd I drove out to Amherst MA to Dad City with my two pals Mark and Katie to see one of the greatest bands alive, La Dispute. that is not in opinion. yes they are one of the greatest bands alive. thinking this whole time that the show was in an actual venue, we pulled up to a house number 665 (neighbor of the beast) and followed through the front door and sat down with one of the guys living there and and talked over the show. Also met two really cool people who where sitting on the couch across from us. they where both photography students who had the same passion for la dispute as Mark, Katie, and myself. one of them was Dan, he is originally from NJ but came here for school. for about an hour we talked over the music scene in MA and how it differs depending on where you are in the state. and compared it to the NJ music scene. check out Dans photo work here at www.danbassini.com

eventually people started to show so we gathered into the basement.
end of the night, La Dispute played and gave everyone there fill. we stayed a little afterwards, picked up some tees and had some short talk with Jordan, the voice of La Dispute. seeing how genuine and nice the members of this group was. it gives a little more hope for music now.

check out la dispute on myspace

www.myspace.com/ladispute

i have been slacking!

sorry for the lack of post. i have been slacking.

new post coming tomorrow include,

La Dispute basement show

a trip with Jimmy from Flight of the Navigator to buy a car

ideas for the line

more music mondays

my weekend nights

how around 11:30 pm while hanging out with friends, our topic of karate comes up.

time for a quick sale.

there is a few things hanging out from previous releases. that i would like to clear out.

so here is what we are going to do.

spend at lease 25$ on the online store, and get a free tee.
move quick. this sale ends on friday.

Cover to Cover

surfing youtube you come across thousands of videos of people covering some songs and they try to make them exactly the same as the band or group does. well here are some of my favorite covers from youtube. that are done in there own way.

Wu Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M"




La Dispute - "Such Small Hands"
(music starts at 40 seconds... )

My Music Monday: Atmosphere

about 90% of the time that i am listening to music, its something by Atmosphere. plain and simple Slug is my favorite artist, performer to ever walk the planet. I say this line whenever the subject of best live shows comes up "Ive seen Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and incubus live, and they where epic... but nothing compared to Seeing Atmosphere play live at the house of blues last year"

2010 previews.

During this hectic week between working my 10pm to 7am hotel job, blowing my transmission in my car going back and forth between the printers, and finding time to sleep. I found myself stuck without a set time for a photoshoot for the new releases. having everyone that was going to be in the shoot be winners from the contest held last month. it was difficult. alot of people could not make it out, due to weather or some other reason. or being blown off twice for actually setting up the shoot. I met up with Liz to do shots of the new line, and then followed that up with some pizza. So thanks Liz for bearing with constant time changes, location changes and everything else.

So here is the previews and some backview.

"TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS"

the true to your roots tee is inspired by pretty much everything that The Free Idea name stands for. To never forget where you came from. If its your City, State, your music backround, or your lifestyle in general. I grew up with a deep love for the raw Punk and true Hardcore music scene that was the heart of Central MA which blended with my love of skateboarding and my loyalty to the state of Massachusetts. This tee is dedicated to Those kids who kept local Shows going hard in central MA, and to the Bands who kept there sound when the whole hardcore or now "hxc" started becoming more if an image than a movement. And nobody supports local shit as much as the 978.




"FREE"

The "FREE" tee as you can tell is inspired by the Famous OBEY image of Andre the Giant made famous in the 90's by Shep's street art and propaganda. this style has been commonly repeated using different faces, so for free idea we switched it up with a full image. This is possibly one of my favorite designs to date, with the use of the white black and red print on a forest green.

Picture time.

2 years 5 months and this is what my dresser looks like. pick your favorite.



My MK3 Jetta rolled to 100,000 miles a few weeks back. and then died at 102,900 (sad face)



I love New York subways alot more than i do Boston ones. alot easier to get lost. more space. and they are alive.
and the sewer rats. no joke..



Time Sq. the most famous block for advertising space.



finally, my 2nd home. this little area of Brooklyn New york. i love it here, bedford ave is the only place i know where you an walk down the street at 1am on a tuesday and there will be people just hanging out chatting it up. and everyone is nice. Everything also smells like garbage. but its a bit attractive. come here in the summer time and there is a flow of artist selling there work, little flea shops, awesome cafes and you can buy anything from 1 of a kind t shirts to comic books. <3




-Kris