Vicious Disclaimer:

This “Archives” section is HEAVILY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, so if you dig around in these old draplin.com blog posts, understand that MANY of the links are broken, and have been broken for years. Our hope is that the archived posts look like the original post, respecting the aesthetics of the old post, but there was just no way to go and update all the old links. Click lightly, people.

Best Viewed on Desktop Computer.

Trust me.

Monthly Archives

Search Result

It's Friday, And Everything Is Going To Be Alright

July 25, 2008

This is the kind of stuff that stops me right in my tracks. I was junkin' somewhere in the Midwest and saw this little logo on a piece of electrical equipment or something. Now, there was no way I going to be able to take the generator or whatever it was home with me, so, this grainy shot would have to suffice. I couldn't leave that little logo behind, and that's all there was to it.- - - -Had five good, busy days this week. Got a lot done. Work stuff and fun stuff alike. Martino comes in this morning from Calico, Italy. A long way. We're gonna make some snowboard binding this weekend. That's how we do it.Aside from all the wildness, controversy and well-wishing generated by the soft release of the incendiary, "Why America is Fucked" teaser, we've got a couple things on deck that we think you'll dig. Lovejoy is hard at work readying everything for a "next week release" of a couple kick-ass vintage gallery deals. We're talking about stuff along the lines of this kind of stuff.- - - -ALL KINDS OF NICE WORK HERE: Jesse Kaczmarek is the fella's name. Get in there. Great logos, great type, great color and impeccable restraint. Learn something here, guys.- - - -THIS ONE IS FOR ZIMMERMAN: Pittsburgh, we love you. You better not pass this one up. Here's why Pittsburgh is a great place: It's full of old, great signs, still in use, fueling the city, keeping the place going. I spent a week there a couple years back and won't go forgetting the spirit of that town any time soon.I mean, this sums it all up, man. All of it. Best thing I've seen all month.And one for Ryno in MInneapolis.- - - -DO THE RIGHT THING: I mean, c'mon....which one you gonna choose? This one or this one? We knew you'd go that way. I mean, if anything, I'd still take this one over all that new-fangled stuff. Go get an ice cream cone this weekend, and think this over.- - - -IT'S SUMMERTIME: A handful of amazing old Ice Cream Trucks from England. One went by the house last night, and aside from being really happy about it all I could think was, "What's it like to hear that music all day long?" Be strong, drivers, be strong.- - - -TURN IT UP: I came across a nice collection of vintage amplifiers late last night watching "The Daily Show." Full transparency in all our surfing activities.- - - - THINGS ARE COOKING UP: Field Notes are carried in 18 retail locations across the globe! We added three new proprietorships this week alone. Proud as hell.

Daily