First off let me offer my congratulations to The New Orleans Saints on their Super Bowl victory. I, like a lot of you, was rooting for them. On that same note, congratulations to everyone who called them taking it in our contest. Be on the look out for you 20% off coupon code! The good thing about that discount is that it's not going to expire anytime soon so you all will be able to use it for our spring line, which, if everything goes as planned, should be here sooner than later.
Since the success of our toy drive, we've been bit by the charity bug. We're planning huge things on that front this year. I know that we've vowed to cut down on the promising and step up on the delivering, but I'm personally so excited it's hard not to talk about it. We're going to be competing for a Pepsi Refresh Everything grant. That means that if we can come up with a good project, we can have anywhere from $5000-$250000 to help our community. I already know getting there won't be easy, so I'm reaching out now. If we're ever going to make this happen, it's going to truly be a group effort. If anyone reading this has an idea they'd like to see in the running, please let us hear it. That's not to say that you couldn't just enter the competition on your own, but there is strength in numbers. Win or lose, get the grant or not, later down the line we still have big things in our sight. We had a lot of plans for drives last year, but not a lot of time. This year, that won't be the case.
We also have a lot going on in the business side. We're expanding both publicly and behind the scenes. Publicly, we're forming another division under the PeaceLine umbrella. I can't get into all the details now, but I will say this, if you're a visual artist or local artisan of any kind, we have something in store for you that you really might want to be a part of...Behind the scenes, we're moving into the consulting world. That's right, moving up the ladder, we are. If you need any professional advice, we're here for you. Don't let price be a factor if this is something you're interesting in; really, we'll work with all organization sizes and budgets.
By now you've had to notice the changes we've made to our webpage. We decided that our old blogging system just wasn't cutting it. Sure, it was right there for you, but due to technical limitations, it felt too one sided. Here we are talking for days and no one else could get a word in edgewise. Not cool, man, not cool. This way, the blogspot way, not only can you comment on our blogs, but if you have one on here, we can follow yours as well. The plot thickens and the hole gets deeper...
Just a few more points and I'll be out of your hair (if you have any). We've secured our next Underground...Found (notice the name change?) interview. You might not know the name or the story, but once you do, you'll be impressed with the accomplishments. I'm pretty hype about this artist. I've known her for a little while now and even to this day, she amazes me. Actually, now that this blog is over, I'm going to jump on research and questions. This girls time really is valuable and I'm not trying to waste it.
On to some not so good news, have you heard about Ear-X-Tacy? Apparently, they might go under. I really hope not. And not because of PeaceLine's interest in their success. But because I truly love that store and what they've done for this city and it's culture. Without them, we really wouldn't be the same. Keep Louisville Weird would certainly not exist, famous indie artist would never make it here, and hard to find/collectibles would always have to be found on eBay. Scary thought, right? If you have the extra money, please do what you can to support them. Go out, buy a cd (I heard they have a good staff pick by some guy named Lee Da Rhymin' Master) or a lunch box, calendar or maybe even a T-Shirt (too easy...). Seriously though, your dollar is the strongest tool you have, use it to build and maintain businesses worthwhile. I'm going to try to make it to the press conference but doubt I'll be able to. I know that one of our NPR stations will be airing it, so you should definitely tune it. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Well, that's all I have. Its 6am and I'm finally about to go to sleep having accomplished something I've been putting off for days. Yay me! Go Lee. Go Lee.
Lee.
ver, is how excited we are for the Spring Collection to come out! For this collection we’re working with our good friend Floz (the artist of our Spring 2010 Collection Poster), and I can tell you with good confidence that you’re going to love what he’s come up with. We’re considering taking pre-orders for the shirts coming out in our Spring Collection, but nothing has been decided yet. So, if you would be interested in assuring yourself a shirt and having it shipped ASAP (assuming you want a shirt of course!) then let us know that pre-orders are something that you might be interested in.
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