Man, we're proud of this one. Let's just start there.

We've been on the front lines of the headwear wars with Coal Headwear for over a decade. Brad's a good buddy. I go to him for advice. He comes to me for WORLD DOMINATION. It's a good, strong relationship built on fun, details, tears, triumphs, fistfights, ad reformats, catalog wars and a decade of collaborating. My older brother.

This year, we put our heads together to make a proper USA cap. A big, awesome patch on durable materials. Just that simple. For years now, we've been sending DDC Action Caps out into the world. So proud of those hats. With our new "COAL x DDC x USA" model we're expanding, and charting some new territory. Thanks for repping the DDC, America. Maybe it's time for a change? Not that we don't LOVE you wearing our DDC models, but damn, mix it up a little bit, right? Now is that time.

With our tears dried up, and our shit sorta together, let us square up with our friends at Coal: We'd like to thank Brad, Jenn, Mat and Joe for making our little dream happen. Thanks, you guys. USA!

01. Embroidered "USA" patch.
02. Durable twill up front.
03. Mesh ventilation system for tough times out back.
04. Fitted for large heads. Grow into it.
05. Adjustable.
06. "Snapback" adjuster in the back. None of that "fitted" shit here.
07. Proud hit of COAL x DDC branding on the inside band.
08. And, an extra hit of COAL x DDC on the snapback adjuster.
09. Made by proud people of the Action Cap.
10. Somewhat limited edition with these ones.
11. Just the beginning, USA, just the beginning.
$29.99 - Shipping Included (U.S.A., CANADA)

Colorway

Royal Blue / White Mesh $29.99 USD Navy / Navy Mesh $29.99 USD

For customers using PayPal, click the link above they'll take it from there. For customers who aren't using PayPal, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get back to you with an address to ship the funds to. We accept money orders and cold hard cash, so, get with it, man! All orders are shipped out the day they are received. Fast, too. We spare no expense. We cover the shipping in the states and up to Canada, but charge the basics for International orders. Before you place the order through our PayPal account, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get you a shipping quote for the goods you are interested in. As simple as that! Thanks!

©2013 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.

SO BLEAK: Watched The Road tonight. Bleak. A hard one to watch. My fifth or sixth watching of it. Noticed a lot of new things this time around.

A little too hard to watch this time. Didn't enjoy it. There's been a darkness sorta hanging over everything since Dad died. And bleak stuff seems that much harder and meaner and empty.

DAMN NEAR THREE HOURS: And a year later, that next installment of The Hobbit only had me nod off but a couple times. Long movie, dark room, slow moment in the flick and I'm out like a light. Leigh's elbow into my side woke me each time. Thanks. Some beautiful scenes in the movie. Need to see it agian to see all the shit I missed, too busy marveling at the sets and backdrop. So well done.

A GOOD WEEK: Got a lot done this week in the shop. Couple projects roasting, and tons of refining the shit in the shop. Shelves, merch, posters, etc. Landed a new 10-drawer flat file set that'll be delivered on Tuesday. More real estate to fill. Always trying to clean up the shop. Losing battle, really.

I'M ALWAYS KICKING MYSELF: Red Fang's always hitting up Portland to be in their videos, and every damn time, I've been on the road or locked up or hiding out. Always something. Their new video for "Blood Like Cream" had the band asking people to show up to be made into zombies. Zombies who devour beer! Fun idea, and fuck if they didn't pull it off again. Hell yeah, fellas. Hell yeah, Whitey!

And sure, I'm a little sour I couldn't get in the crowd of zombies, but, we did manage to get our bad self in there in the form of THE HAT that Red Fang 5th member COYLE WAS WEARING! That's a DDC "Open Road" in "Road Rash Red!" Back in stock soon, roaddogs. Soon. Thanks, Coyle. Lifetime supply, buddy. You know the deal.

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REQUIRED VIEWING: "Blood Like Cream."

WE'RE DEEP UP INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, RIGHT?: Sure we are. And in true DDC fashion, we're late to the game some, and always putting stress on shipping times, shopping decisions and whatever other half-ass shit we generate due to our loose ways. Sorry. Invoice us.

Here's a collection of "shit we love" and want you to consider for you holiday shopping needs. Like anyone else, I'm susceptible to that "bah hum bug" thing during the holi-daze season. But man, it's nice to give a cool give to someone you love, fancy, work with or need to mend some bad tidings with. Here's a big pile of bullshit that just might do the trick, and bring the world a little closer together.

Or hell, just load up on shit for yerself, and screw the rest. You pick the way you want to do it, America! Get dirty with some of the stuff on this list. Act now so that shit can get shipped by Christmas Day. Then you can listen to Red Fang's new "Whales and Leeches" record while scribbling shit down in some new Field Notes, sipping some warm bullshit out of a nice Heart mug. Sounds good, right? It does.

Get that warm feeling with some purchases. Kickstart the economy. See, now this shit is for America. Don't let yer country down, citizens. Something like that.

Happy Holi-daze from the fuckin' DDC!

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01. COAL HEADWEAR - "The Interstate" Cap

Check those mountains. Makes me want to actually go outside. Big leap.

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02. UNION BINDING CO. - "2013/2104 Flite Binding"

Man, I love this colorway we made. Acid Green and Camo? Kick butt.

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03. FIELD NOTES - "Cold Horizon Three-Pack"

So cold, minty and frost-bit. Be careful with these. Cold to the touch! Metallic inks!

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04. COBRA DOGS - "Red Dragon Hoodie"

A logo we made for our goddamned buddy Corey Grove. Dude's on the DDC shit list for life.

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05. RED FANG / RELAPSE RECORDS - "Whales and Leaches" Red Vinyl!

TURN IT UP, you behemoths! DDC buddies Red Fang did it again. Volume to 11.5.

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06. AESTHETIC APPARATUS - "Nature Print"

Dan and Mike were voted "Minneapolis' Finest Citizens" this year. Congrats, fuckers. We like this "Nature" print a lot. Get one. Or five.

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07. FLAMING LIPS CATEGORY - "Peace Sword EP"

We recommend it on vinyl. And loud. MP3 is cool too, in a pinch.

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08. FIELD NOTES - Field Notes COLORS "Expedition" edition!

There's a guy traversing subzero lands with these in tow, RIGHT NOW! Ballistic.

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09. BURLESQUE NORTH AMERICA - "Exo Print" by Ben Lafond.

Ben Lafond is one of very favorite bros. Guy's done INCREDIBLE printing for the DDC. Thanks! Buy three of these.

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10. BURLESQUE NORTH AMERICA - "Tools of the Trade" 4th Edition Poster by Mike Davis

Mike Davis picked me up from the airport once. We're still thankful for that one. We are VERY DOWN for anything "Mike Davis."

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11. FRENCH PAPER CO. - "Sample Pack Multi Unit"

Start a new life with all the colors of the French Paper Co. spectrum! Wow.

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12. FINEX CAST IRON WORKS - "12" Cast Iron Skillet"

We made the logo on that skillet! Can't wait to make a grilled cheese sando in one.

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13. SIZZLE PIE - "Pizza Butts Drive Me Nuts" T-Shirt

Like the shirt days, pizza breath.

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14. OHIO KNIFE - "Ohio Knife is OK" EP

Come on, people. We got to do a show with these guys in Cincinnati. It was fucking awesome.

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15. FIELD NOTES - Field Notes COLORS "America The Beautiful" edition!

Comes with a water decal! Serious shit.

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16. POLER - "The Mini Duffle"

Got one of these recently and have been using it for my gym bag. Party's over, girth.
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17. HEART ROASTERS - "Heart Mug"

It's a nice mug. I don't even drink coffee. But man, this is a nice mug. Wille-approved.

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18. CAMPFIRE COLOGNE - "Sacred Sage" Spirit Fumes

Let the spirit invade your nostrils, ears, peehole, belly button and poop shoot. Weird.

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19. CHUNKLET - "The Indie Rock Cred Test Book"

Will you make the cut? Doubt it.

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20. BEETEETH - "West Was Won" Foil Prints Set

Salt Lake City's best. High on the Wasatch. Hell yeah!

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21. DRINK WATER - "Circle Tap Sweatshirt"

I'm gonna go get a big glass of water now. So thirsty.

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22. POLVO - "Siberia"

We're locked in the '90s with Polvo. One of our favorite rock outfits. We're locked in 2013 with this one, too. Thanks, you guys!

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23. LANDLAND - "Calexico Summer Tour 2013 Poster"

Dan Black was here yesterday. Left me one of these. It's going on the wall. So fuckin' good.

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24. FIELD NOTES - Field Notes COLORS "Pony Express” Leather Pouch!

Hold everything in this pouch! Breaks in so awesome. Will last you for no less than 9,999 years.

HOLY SMOKES: Sold out. Have but 25 of the thing to play with? Damn. Shoulda printed 15,000 of the litle shits. Gonna get another order going!

GET IT GOING: "Sorta Jade with a hit of Acid Green!" Get weird with the DDC.

THANK YOU, PORTLAND!: Another incredible Portland Bazaar under the belt! Thank you to all who came out. Thanks to Greg and Matt for pulling it off year after year. Appreciated.

GET OVER HERE, PORTLAND!: We're open for business! Things you need! Porters, torso covers, action caps, FULL ARRAY of Field Notes, stickers, pencils, weird plastic things, plectrum sets, limited edition goodies, shit made in the USA, etc. Spirited items! DDC merch, people. Get dirty with some!

Kisar (DDC Personal Trainer and Girth Reduction Specialist) and Leigh (DDC Shipping Manager and Emotional Awareness Coach) man our 2013 Portland Bazaar booth! Come by tomorrow, Portland. The whole damn city is invited. We'll be selling our little balls off.

A little something we'll be VIOLENTLY DISPERSING at the VIP opening for the Portland Bazaar!

Our "DDC Plectrum Sets" are BACK IN STOCK! The sort of shit you'll find at the Portland Bazaar today!

LOADING IN: Today we're assembling ONE HELL OF A DDC MERCH OFFERING for the annual Portland Bazaar over at Sandbox Studios! We're doing a soft opening at 5 PM tonight, for VIP attendees, and then tomorrow we go COMPLETELY APESHIT and offer our wares to Portland's inquisitive shoppers. Be there, Portland!!!

RESPECT: For Nelson Mandela.

I grew up with that Space Shuttle in my dreams. When they retired the thing, a wave of sadness overtook the DDC factory floor. Every 18 months, I'd tune in to see the latest crew, their patches, countdowns, missions specifics, etc. I miss that. America needs another shuttle for the generation to believe in! Growing up, be it through LEGO sets, Halloween costumes or on my grade school Trapper Keepers, I always had our beloved shuttle on the radar.

Hell, I'll never forget watching the Challenger explode in 1986. The whole class tuned in that day, and I'm betting you did too. I think about Christa McAuliffe's students, and her family. So much anticipation, excitement, and ultimately, tragedy. I'll never forget the smiles on the crew the day before, on that grainy newscast. Thank you for your bravery, Challenger crew.

So we made a little graphic for that shuttle we loved so much. And how said vector came to be is a bit bittersweet. Someone sent me a link to a NASA-sponsored "design a patch" contest that had come and gone, and they had settled on some turd of a patch. So posthumously, I threw my hat in the ring, and that's what you are seeing here. I hope you dig it.

After finally meeting the Mama's Sauce crew earlier this year, I left waving a big meaty finger in the air, threatening the following words: "I will find a project for us to work on, and soon!" And Dad and I split in blaze of dust and ink.

Their Orlando roots, space knowledge, screen printing mastery, and, their striking distance vicinity to that Space Coast and the ghosts of so many shuttle launches, ultimately sealed the deal. Some time ago, high level negotiations took place between the DDC and Mama's Sauce crew captains Nick and Brooks, we sent off the vector, and today, we offer up our tribute to our beloved American Space Shuttle Program.

The 3rd Edition is SEVERELY limited at 150 pieces. Seven colors on white! Wait until you see the gold speckle up close!

01. Printed on durable uncoated white poster stock.
02. Seven colors! Inspired by shuttle mission patches and gold instruments.
03. 18" x 24"! Or, 12 6"x6" Space Shuttle tiles. Look it up.
04. Proudly printed by the spaceballs of Mama's Sauce, just 50 miles from that Space Coast.
05. The "Poster Kit" comes with two stickers and a Tattly. Fly those colors! We're offering the stickers as a three-pack too!
06. The perfect poster for that launch room command center, cargo bay ceiling on the 2056 shuttle, Orlando print shop wall, Portland factory floor break room bulletin board, classroom wall or on some kid's bedroom wall, in plain view while falling to sleep dreaming about space. Especially there.
07. Our third edition! We're calling it "American Ingenuity." 08. Dedicated to the American Space Shuttle Program, 1981-2011.
09. Hand-numbered, using our patented freehand technique.
10. Insanely limited edition of 150. Priced to move.
11. Free 3" x 26" burly kraft poster tube with each order! Reusable.
12. Two free white plastic end puck thingies.

Space Shuttle Poster, 1st Edition - SOLD OUT
Thank you, astronauts!

Space Shuttle Poster, 2nd Edition - SOLD OUT
Thank you, astronauts!

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For customers using PayPal, click the link above they'll take it from there. For customers who aren't using PayPal, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get back to you with an address to ship the funds to. We accept money orders and cold hard cash, so, get with it, man! All orders are shipped out the day they are received. Fast, too. We spare no expense. We cover the shipping in the states and up to Canada, but charge the basics for International orders. Before you place the order through our PayPal account, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get you a shipping quote for the goods you are interested in. As simple as that! Thanks!

©2013 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.

DAD LOVED TV DINNERS: And, it always kinda weirded me out. Weird food. Nuclear age stuff.

Before I left Traverse City last month, I noticed a couple frozen TV dinner out the the garage freezer. Man, I wish I could have one more dinner with Dad. Hell, a TV dinner, even.

Missing Dad.

Two of our "Everything We Love" state posters for $48! Shipped, even! That's a cool 20% off our normal price. Mix 'em, match 'em, whatever you want. Pick two of our $30 posters and spruce up that wall! This one applies only TODAY. Real cyber-ish, right? Bleep!

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CYBER MONDAY UPDATE: A smashing success! Thanks to all who dove in head first. Appreciated!

JUST IN THE SHOP: And hammering on 31 things. My list is getting smaller, as we ready ourselves for a serious offering this next weekend at the Portland Bazaar! All Portland is invited! Be there!

WE'RE SMALL, LET US ASSURE YOU OF THIS TRUTH: Small business? The DDC? About as small as it gets. Come dig around our spirited offering of DDC merch with a click right here. Stuff you need. Posters. Torso covers. Stickers. Orange plastic things. Smart things. Dumb things. Things for yer head. Things.

Small Business Saturday! Get some DDC merch today!

Thanks for the support this year, everyone. We've had a hell of a year up to this point, and our minds are always being blown by how many orders keep coming in. We're doing our very best to get them all out, and as quick as possible.

Thanks, world!

LEIGH IS ON FIRE: A mountain of orders came in, and a mountain or orders are being filled. Seriously. The sound of posters rolling and tubes being filled and packing tape being squawked fill the DDC factory floor. Humming along! Get it going with a click here!

Dudes. Photo by Leigh.

THANKSFULS FOR THANKSGIVING: Had a HELL of a feast at Dale, Betty & little Moses' house. All the gang was there. Little Oliver had a bow tie on. We ate an incredible meal. Sat around a fire later on. Orion and family were there, too! So good to see everyone. A great day. Thanks, Dale and Betty. And Leah and Jacob. And Leigh. Still full.

Coming off the incalculable success of our "Pretty Much Everything Up To May 27, 2009" ultra-orange poster we did five years ago, we wanted to up our game on this next version! It was time.

We had an real, official art show in Minneapolis at the Minneapolis College of Art + Design in October 2013, so we had been planning this one for some time. A staff of incredible gallery folks directed by the wise hand of Kerry Morgan took charge of the pile of stuff I dragged back and hung an INCREDIBLE show. Click here to check out the action that night! I'm forever thankful, you guys. Having all the people show up, as well as a trickle of Minneapolis design heroes and buddies lurking around, we absolutely had to strike while the iron was hot.

It was high time. Plus, we've been BUSY AS SHIT since 2009, and we had a ton of stuff to update into this one. That's what you'll be seeing—the full force of the DDC Logo Dept.—in breathtaking FULL SPRECTRUM color!

Sure, the version up above is kinda small: Our poster called "Pretty Much Everything Up To October 13, 2013." Click here for a big color blast!

This poster is dedicated to my dad, James Patrick Draplin, February 1, 1943-October 13, 2013. This is what he had to say, "Impressive, buddy. Impressive." That's what he was saying here! Click for proof. I'm proud as hell I got to share that night with my mom, dad and my gal Leigh. And even Ryno. And choice Minneapolis peeps. What an honor.

01. Adding a spirited, megaton blast of "More Color" to your classroom, home, flat or studio.
02. A kick in the ass for all vector lovers. We did our best!
03. Hell, buy two, get a puppy, and line a crate. Just a thought.
04. Logo inspiration, that is, if you like thick-ass lines and the letters, "D," "D" and "C."IN FULL SPECTRUM COLOR!
05. Type inspiration, that is, if you like Futura< Helvetica Bold and Trade Gothic. IN FULL SPECTRUM COLOR!
06. Sprucing up a stodgy design shop. You know who you are!
07. Our 100th piece of DDC merch! Thanks, world!
08. Keeping the DDC alive...in heart, home, bungalow, pit, mess hall, break room, office, vessel, halfway house!
01. 80lb Uncoated "Way White" stock. Bright and durable as hell. Lasts forever.
02. The full, absolute power of CMYK printing on this one. More color!
03. A whopping 24" x 36" in dimension. That's big.
04. Printed by the our buddy Tyler Ashcraft of Stevens Integrated Services, Portland, Ore.
05. No expenses were spared in this production. Best we could pull off!
06. All the warts and moles. Seriously. Some sketchy shit on there.
07. "Kinda Limited Edition" of 750, just for the first run. Fingers crossed!
08. The funnest thing we've ever made.
09. Each poster is hand-numbered, with trusted mathematics.
10. Free 4" x 26" burly kraft poster tube with each order!
11. Two free white plastic end puck thingies. Just because.
U.S.A. - $35.00 - Shipping and sturdy poster tube included

CANADA - $40.00 - Shipping and sturdy poster tube included

INTERNATIONAL - Contact us for a quote.
We'll ship anywhere in this big world, but you gotta cover the cost of shipping. Fair enough, right? Send an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and let us know where you are at, and we'll send you a quote for the shipping. Easy enough. Thank you, big world!

For customers using PayPal, click the link above they'll take it from there. For customers who aren't using PayPal, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get back to you with an address to ship the funds to. We accept money orders and cold hard cash, so, get with it, man! All orders are shipped out the day they are received. Fast, too. We spare no expense. We cover the shipping in the states and up to Canada, but charge the basics for International orders. Before you place the order through our PayPal account, send us an email to "orders(at)draplin.com" and we'll get you a shipping quote for the goods you are interested in. As simple as that! Thanks!

©2013 DDC Dry Goods Div., Merch Dept., Portland, Ore.

WE CAN FEEL THAT "COLD SNAP" COMING ON: Our 21st offering from Field Notes! This time, we're riffin' on those cold winter blues! The threepack is a set of blue gradient covers, three different shades of blue innards, ultra-glossy covers and light gray graph grid lines. Cool to the touch.

Welcome to the Field Notes COLORS "Cold Horizon" Edition!

From the a href="http://fieldnotesbrand.com">Field Notes! website: "...invoking the deeply saturated winter twilight sky, fluorescent glacial water, and the shiny metallic glimmer of the Aurora Borealis."

Now, if you go back through our limited edition offerings, you'll notice a range of colors, styles and printing techniques. This time around, we're going after blue, and our little line expands into new hues and tones. Love it. Can't wait to get my stash of them!

Get it going here, people!

Or hell, even better, SUBSCRIBE and get a couple sets every three months for a whole year. We HEAVILY recommend this.

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REQUIRED VIEWING: Here's a list of "winter preparedness tips" in that "Field Notes way" you've grown to love, and hell, we live by. Another KILLER job by Field Notes Midwest. Just incredible. Makes me miss that Midwest. And winter!

Get ready for winter with our new "Cold Horizon" edition! Blue as it gets. Brrr!

WE'RE BACK AT IT: And trying like hell to get back into the swing, and back to the our normal, nightmarish pace we've grown to love, loathe, fear and celebrate. Bottoms up!

JUST LIKE IT SAYS: Just in the shop trying to get shit done. Catching up, catching up, catching up.

OUR LIST IS LONG: And little by little, we're chipping shit off it. Big things, little things. Lots of things, though. With the tour done, a "lost month" back home being sad for Dad, and whatever else. So we're picking up the pieces and getting back at it.

The Womb Gallery! Oklahoma is experiencing a drought on fluorescent paint since this joint opened. Funny how fun, wild, big color can make you walk into a place differently. So cool.

I'd like to tell you I'm "CONTRIBUTING SOME WISE SUGGESTION TO THE MAGIC THAT IS FLAMING LIPS" but I will go with the truth: George was showing me a new 7-inch he was working up, and I was trying like hell not to FREAK OUT. So cool. I mean, George is a graphic designer and cinematographer. Wayne is a entertainer and rocker. I dabble in vectors and speaking fiasco pursuits. No big deal, right? I was amongst GREATNESS with these two, and did my best to keep my shit together. Thank you for letting me in! So cool.

Trying not to say something completely stupid to Wayne.

Getting grabby with Wayne! Thanks for taking the time for us, man.

The Flaming Lips "Kindness" machine!

Meeting Scott Booker of Hellfire Management and ACM@OCU. Strategic management/scheming/doability/overlording of the Flaming Lips! Thank you for the incredible chat, candor, vinyl, posters and skull! Blown away. Thank you.

The Patel Family Unit of Oklahoma! Finest citizens in the state!

OKLAHOMA CITY, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT: We've been patiently waiting for this night for years! Tonight we get to tell our WHOLE STORY to the good fuckers of Oklahoma City! You know who you are. Some tall tales. Some laffs. Some weird shit. Some dumb shit. Big words. Small words. A fully-stocked merch table with "Oklahoma City Only" prices, cosmic ideas, vectors, long dogs, sweat, large men breaking down in tears, hot air, family photos, heritage, bonafide examples of graphic design, love, hate, exhilaration, nerdy type jokes and whatever the fuck else we can pack into an hour. Be there, Oklahoma City. We mean business.

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The graphic AIGA made for our event! Cool Oklahoma flag thing!

Here's the official link: The DDC vs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma!

And the AIGA link: The official AIGA Oklahoma event link!

Thursday, November 21st
Doors open at 6:30pm, Event starts at 7:00pm
Tapwerks Ale House and Cafe, Oklahoma City

ALL OKLAHOMANS ARE INVITED.

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WE MADE A POSTER, LIKE WE OFTEN DO: We made a poster with "eveything we've ever loved about the great state of Oklahoma!" What we always do. No surprise, right? Well, this one was inspired by red dirt, those goddamn Flaming Lips, cowboy stuff, Woody Guthrie, Cornel West, John Moreland, that panhandle and whatever else we could slam into this one. It's a lot of stuff. We're calling it "Oklahoma Overload" and we'll be offering them for sale at the show tonight. Get one! Spruce up that prairie hut, or that flat downtown, or hell, this could work at The Womb Gallery in the break room out back, or in some oil/gas high rise office, or in the pisser at Pink Floor Studios, or lining the ceiling of the BitConfused offices. Hard to say. Works well in all Oklahoma scenarios.

Snag one tonight, Oklahoma City!

TWO TINY FLIGHTS, AND WE'RE IN OKLAHOMA: We're heading down to Oklahoma City today, as we have OFFICIAL BUSINESS to attend to in the land of the GODDAMN FLAMING LIPS! Our very favorite singing act of, well, well over half of our stupid, little life. Going back to about 1992/3? Saw then at Val Du Lakes with the mighty, shotgun-blasting Butthole Surfers! Would've been for their "Hit To Death..." album. I remember it being loud, and during the day.

Bands like those Buttholes and the Lips changed the way I looked at music, art, creativity, going for it, not giving a shit, making something out of nothing, growing out yer hair, cutting it all off, hitting the road, throwing it all away, being frugal, playing the tunes loud, scheming up yer own life and about 42 other things. Thanks, weirdo acid-drenched freakout rock music, or whatever you'd call it.

So yeah, we're on our way down, and we're excited to tell our little story, make some friends and hang out in Oklahoma City. Come to the show! ALL Oklahomans are invited! Someone invite George Salisbury! Someone invite Wayne!

AS OFFICIAL AS IT GETS: The DDC vs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma!

Into the strong hands of our buddy Sandip, I give the entire DDC...