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July 2008 WOO WEE it's Hot Now ! For Everyone who couldn't make it over for Blue Mountain...BLESS Your Heart (just ask anyone who was here)...and Please, Please don't let THE FIGS pass you by on JULY 12th This six piece female band out of Lafayette,La. Is going to heat It up and smooth it down. Standard Deluxe is 100% committed to bringing the Finest Southern Art, Music and Culture to S.E. Alabama Everyone is Welcome. Come On ART * FOOD * MUSIC - THIS Saturday JULY 12th ! Another Cultural Event in the Community of Waverly Alabama Brought to You by your friends at STANDARD DELUXE & Papa D's Please Welcome to High Corner Co-Op Camp Hill Potter Extraordinare KEEN ZERO w/ His Hot & Sweaty Pott Sale and Atlanta based Photographer DAVID PARKER: New Printed Works http://www.dparkerphoto.com Showing 12 pm - 10 pm / DUAL Opening Reception at 5 pm Come Early ...Come for Dinner! PAPA D's SUPER GRILLE: Light Fresh Summer Fare Grille Opens at 5pm Music Starts EARLY Outside at 5:00pm $10 BAND DONATION Requested at Gate CHILDREN with Parents FREE ! * MARK LYDEN / 5pm - Songwriter, Storyteller, Ol' Buddy * DOOLEY'S BLUE REVUE / 6 pm Extra-Fine Local Bluegrass! http://www.myspace.com/dooleysbluerevue > All the way from Lafayette Louisiana: * The FIGS ! "These (6) girls are making the old new again, playing sassy swing, melancholy old-time, and romping old country tunes" http://www.myspace.com/thefigsband > http://www.thefigsband.com ALL WELCOME: Great Family Atmosphere, Bring Your Chairs, Blankets & Friends Please Leave the Dogs at Home ! Small Coolers ok, NO GLASS ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMING NEXT MONTH ! FULL MOON FEVER PARTY: AUGUST 16th with PEEWEE MOORE & the Awful Dreadful Snakes http://www.myspace.com/peeweemoore > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catch STANDARD DELUXE On the Road This Summer and Fall: JULY 18,19,20 / Chicago, Illinois FLATSTOCK 17 - POSTER Convention and SALE Come See Us and a Hundred more Fine Print Shops at the Pitchfork Music Festival / For more information: http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com > AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 1st / Seattle, Washington FLATSTOCK 18 - POSTER Convention and SALE Come See Us at Seattles hugely popular Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival / For more information: http://www.bumbershoot.org OCTOBER 18 & 19 Northport, Alabama KENTUCK Festival of the ARTS For more information: http://www.kentuck.org/festival.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Upcoming Book: LUCKY DISASTERS IN PRINTING / Art without Intent Is Due Out Late FaLL ! Our good buddy David Carson designed it and Its Going to Be HUGE ! http://www.gingkopress.com/_cata/_degr/lkydisaster.htm June 2008 ART * FOOD * MUSIC - Saturday JUNE 28th ! Another Cultural Event in the Community of Waverly Alabama Brought to You by your friends at STANDARD DELUXE & Papa D's Please Welcome to High Corner Co-Op Atlanta based Photographer: DAVID PARKER New Printed Works / Showing ALL Day and Night Opening Reception at 6 pm Check his fine work out at: http://www.dparkerphoto.com Come Early ...Come for Dinner! PAPA D's SUPER GRILLE: Light Fresh Summer Fare Spring Rolls, Shrimp & Fish, Fresh Fruit & Greens Grille Opens at 5pm Music Starts Outside at 7:45pm $10 BAND DONATION Requested at Gate * Mississippi JOHN DOUDE's anti-band ... Songwriter, Storyteller One-Man-Band Powerhouse! Read and Hear More About MJD: http://www.myspace.com/mississippijohndoude * Auburn based DIRTNAP ... Original Americana, Rock and Blues! First performance in Waverly- Big Crowd Please. http://www.myspace.com/wearedirtnap * BLUE MOUNTAIN SEE THE POSTER ...Emerging from the post-punk Americana scene in the late eighties Blue Mountain came roarin' up out of Oxford Mississippi with a sound that practically defined Alt-Country as a genre in American Music. Band members Cary Hudson (guitar), Laurie Stirratt (bass) and Frank Coutch (drums) create beautiful music that consumes listeners with all the passion and grace of the American South. Honest and straightforward, Blue Mountain's scope of musical output has been critically linked to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Allman Brothers, Elvis, Tammy Wynette, Robert Johnson, and Alex Chilton among many others. Touring and recording for over a decade, the band called it quits in 2001 only to be re-born better than ever this past year (2007); Standard Deluxe is proud to host this exciting and important band. We hope you all can make it...you don't want hear about this show second-hand! http://www.myspace.com/bluemountainlauriecary http://www.bluemountainbandoxfordms.com Poster Credits: Phil Newton with Alabama Channel Catfish Design: Matt Lane Harris, Photo: Scott Peek May 2008 The 4000 HOW Tees are Printed and Shipped ! We head out to Boston This week for the 17th Annual HOW Design Conference - MAY 18th-21st Drop by the Booth and say HI !! (ask for your free gift) Standard Deluxe is a Proud Sponsor and Exhibitor - Hope to see you there! For more information: http://www.howconference.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we haven't "packed the store up" and headed out of town.... Come Visit our Fine lil' Retail Store and Gallery out here: HIGH CORNER Co-Op / Waverly, Alabama SATURDAYS / 12 pm - 8 pm ALL the BEST from Your Pals at STANDARD DELUXE April 2008 8th Annual Old 280 BOOGIE - Saturday APRIL 19th The Town of Waverly Alabama Welcomes You to the 8th Annual OLD 280 BOOGIE : A Free Music and Arts Festival Saturday APRIL 19th, 2008 10am - 5:30 pm * RAIN or SHINE Celebrating the 4-Lane bypass around Historic Downtown Waverly ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Art Booths,Vendors and Kids Activities Than Ever This Year !! Cake Walks, Mule Buggy Rides, Horseshoes, New Farmville Fire Truck, Standard Deluxe T-Shirts Galore, Wesley Memorial Church, The Rowdy Rooster Puppet Show, Keen Zero Pottery, Krumnow Pottery, Midnight Star Glass Studio, Bare Naked Bars Natural Soap Co., Hortons Farm, Massage Booth, Paintings by Andrew Cost, Eloise, Byron Wilkes, Hand Made Jewelry, Pottery Jewelry, Hand Crafted Longboards, Nubbins Pickles-Relish & Rooster Eggs & Lots More ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH CORNER CO-OP / ART OPENING: Please Welcome: COURTNEY GARRETT http://www.courtneyjgarrett.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Old 280 Boogie is Proudly Sponsored By: WICKLES PICKLES http://www.wickles.com The GUITAR SHOPPE in Auburn, AL http://www.auburnguitar.com STANDARD DELUXE http://www.standarddeluxe.com OSKARS CAFE up on Blue Creek in Dadeville AL Hiway 49 South (256)825-4827 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emcee for the day: WILDMAN STEVE Music Line Up: MARTHAS TROUBLE : 10:30 am http://www.myspace.com/marthastrouble THE KUDZU STRING BAND : 11:30 am http://www.kudzustringband.com MACE GLASSCOCK : 12:30 pm Local Blues Slide Guitar Master LES POISSONS ROUGES :1:30 pm http://www.lespoissonsrouges.com THE PINE HILL HAINTS : 2:45 pm http://www.myspace.com/pinehillhaints PEE WEE MOORE & The Dreadful Awful Snakes : 4:00 pm http://www.myspace.com/peeweemoore ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FANTASTIC FOOD By: OSKARS CAFE ! THE WAVERLY BAPTIST CHURCH ! RED ROOT Organic Farm: http://www.redrootfarm.com and JOHNNY BRUSCOS PIZZA http://www.johnnybruscos.com/jb5001.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL WELCOME: Great Family Atmosphere, Bring Your Chairs, Blankets and Friends Please Leave the Dogs at Home ! Small Coolers ok, NO GLASS Use Recycling Bins - Keep Waverly Clean Downtown Old 280 Hwy will be BLocked-Off from 10:00 am -5:00 pm Keep Your Younguns Out of the Street After 5 PM !! Some Camping Available,Pleez email for details RAIN Venue: Standard Deluxe Warehouse... The Show Will Go ON ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STICK AROUND After the Boogie for DINNER and an Evening of Music in the STANDARD DELUXE Warehouse PAPA D's SUPER GRILLE will be serving Up Extra-Fine RIBS, Chicken, Sausage and Veggie Chili ** Pay as You Eat Everyone is Invited! A $5.00 (or more) Donation For The BANDS is Requested Opening the Evening Show : The PINE HILL HAINTS at 6:30 pm SWORN ENEMIES will play second around 7:30 pm http://www.myspace.com/swornenemies PEEWEE MOORE and the Awful Dreadful Snakes at 8:30ish ROOF RABBIT at 9:30 or so... http://www.myspace.com/roofrabit March 2008 MARCH 13,14,15 - FLATSTOCK 16 POSTER CONVENTION at SXSW Music Festival Come See US and a Hundred more fine Print Shops Austin Texas – – FREE admission For more information: http://2008.sxsw.com/music/flatstock/ Saturday MARCH 29th Photography Exhibit at HIGH CORNER Co-Op By KYES STEVENS (6 pm Reception) and LIVE MUSIC at Standard Deluxe Warehouse Welcome Back: 13 GHOSTS with Taylor Hollingsworth 8 pm + Papa D’s Grille & More ! TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH http://www.myspace.com/taylorhollingsworth 13GHOSTS http://www.myspace.com/13ghostsband Comin’ Right UP: APRIL 2008 The 8th Annual OLD 280 BOOGIE !!! Saturday APRIL 19th Community Sponsored Music and Arts Festival Downtown Waverly, Alabama - FREE admission 10 am – 5 pm - More ART Booths – Great FOOD LIVE MUSIC featuring: MARTHAS TROUBLE The KUDZU STRING BAND MACE GLASSCOCK LES POISSONS ROUGES The PINE HILL HAINTS PEE WEE MOORE & The Awful Dreadful Snakes MAY 2008 We are Pleased to be Exhibiting at this years HOW DESIGN Conference in BOSTON Hope to see you there ! MAY 18-21st For more information: http://www.howconference.com/ February 2008 Happy 2008 Everyone ! Thanks for Stopping By. Plenty to Talk about. . . NEW Co-Op Hours: SATURDAYS 12pm -8pm Listen Out for Papa D’s Grille (Coming Weekly) + Live Music NEW One-of-a-Kind HOODIES For Sale in our Etsy Store - Get you one Quik ! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5470771 LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE at Standard Deluxe – Waverly Saturday FEB.16th with 2 Fine Alabama Bands - 8 pm Bring your Friends SONS of ROSWELL http://www.myspace.com/sonsofroswell 13GHOSTS http://www.myspace.com/13ghostsband November 2007 SEE THE POSTER Join Us Saturday DECEMBER 1st for The 14th Annual Standard Deluxe / High Corner Co-Op HOLIDAY SHOW, SALE and BBQ !! Art Exhibits & T-Shirt Sales 12pm - 12am Music All Day and Night with: The Alabama Gravy Soppers, The Pine Hill Haints, Red Mouth, Roof Rabbit, The Fall Line Frailers, The Mafs, East Alabama Hemhawers, The Buckrabbits, Big Fun with Wildman, Tony Brook, Channing Wilson, Pee-Wee Moore and the Cottonmouth Cowboys & More !! ( Noon to Midnight: 12 Bands in 12 Hours !) Come Hungry: Great Food with Papa D’s Super Grille Lunch and Dinner and Serving til late .... COME SHOP: ART Vendors Showing at Press time: Barry Fleming, Wayles Carpenter, Matt Harris Andrew Cost, Keen Zero and Lindsey Cumbie Bring Your Family & Friends for a Great Day in Waverly, Rain or Shine! October 2007 LUCKY DISASTERS BOOK Update It’s looking like a Spring Release ! August 2007 BREATHER: A DESIGN CONFERENCE, August 30 - 31 in Decatur, Georgia The organizers of Breather seek to bring together creative professionals from a variety of disciplines; artists, architects, interior designers, graphic designers, and landscape architects for two days of art, design, and discussion. "Members of the design community are invited to take a Breather in Decatur, to be stimulated outside their usual routines, and to benefit from the ideas and practices of other design disciplines." The event will be held at The Agnes Scott College campus. For more information visit their site at www.breather.org/. Breather immediately precedes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Decatur Book Festival taking place in Decatur during the same weekend (August 31 –September 2, 2007.) Information on the full activities of the Festival can be found at www.decaturbookfestival.com We'll be on the road again, Labor Day weekend (Sep. 1-3) for FLATSTOCK 14 in Seattle; exhibiting alongside some of the finest poster-makers in the nation. Flatstock 14 will be held in conjunction with the 3 day music festival BUMPERSHOOT www.bumbershoot.org. Check out their site for a complete line-up and drop by the SD booth for some extra-fine Tees & Posters. We're nation-wide, baby. While I've got you here, there's one more thing... For quite some time Standard Deluxe has been working in conjunction with design guru David Carson to bring you a book collecting the over-prints, test-prints, and make readies from some of our favorite poster-makers from around the country. These are one-of-a-kind art prints never before seen by the public. Keep your eyes peeled for LUCKY DISASTERS IN PRINTING: ART W/O INTENT soon to hit the bookshelves near you from Gingko Press. Participants include: Aesthetic Apparatus, Amy Jo, The Bird Machine, Burlesque of North America, Crash Design,,Crosshair, The Decoder Ring Design Concern, Hammerpress, ISKRA Print Collective, Isle of Printing, Kennedy Prints, Mig KoKinda, Powerhouse Factories, Print Mafia, Screwball Press, The Small Stakes, Standard Deluxe, Strawberry Luna, and Zen Grafix. Check back here in the coming months for release dates and info. Check out Mr. Carson's site www.davidcarsondesign.com June 2007 We’re proud to announce some tasty new arrivals to our online store. Mississippi Outlaw Print-Maker Sean Star Wars has designed an exclusive line of t-shirts for Standard Deluxe sure to please; cold treats for the dog-days ahead. Check out some of his weirdly wonderful prints here and follow us inside to see the fresh new tees that will have you the envy of friends and neighbors. May 2007 BIG THANKS to ALL of You who made the trip over here to Waverly last month for the Old 280 Boogie Festival – What a Fine Huge Crowd, What Excellent Music, Art & Food and What a Nice Vibe...ALLright!! (Mark your 08 calendars for April 19th) PLEASE Join US: SATURDAY MAY 19th High Corner Co-Op and Standard Deluxe present: A Photo Exhibit by 2 Birmingham Photographers: Wes Frazer and Byron Sonnier In the SD Warehouse: Welcome back from Birmingham: SWORN ENEMIES http://www.myspace.com/swornenemies And Local Auburn Talent: ROOF RABBIT http://www.myspace.com/roofrabit COME HUNGRY: Papa D’s Super GRILL will fire-up around 5 pm and cook into the Nite Photo Exhibit / High Corner Co-Op: 12-8 pm Papa D’s Vittles: 6 pm Music / Standard Deluxe : 8:30 pm April 2007 The Town of Waverly Alabama Presents : The Old 280 BOOGIE / Waverly, Alabama SATURDAY APRIL 21, 2007 10am - 4:30pm Join Us for Live Music, ART, Food & Family Fun 7th Annual, FREE Community-Sponsored Event Music starts at 10 am on the lawn next to High-Corner Co-Op with performances by * SWORN ENEMIES (Americana / Western Swing / Bluegrass) * SUNNY KING (self-taught Alabama Bluesman / One-Man-Band) * The FIDDLEWORMS (Muscle Shoals Alabama / Southern Rock) *The PINE HILL HAINTS (Alabama Ghost Country Music) * NOTHING PERSONAL (All Original Members / Rock-n-RoLL) * MR.RESISTOR (Auburn's Only Surviving Punk Rock Extravaganza) Emcee: Wildman Steve Sound By: The Guitar Shoppe Booths by Regional Artists Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. / Kennedy Prints LetterPress Poster Exhibit at High Corner Co-Op Great Food provided by: Oskars Cafe Yellow Hammer Restaurant Red Root Organic Farm Waverly Baptist Church Fun for the Whole Family: Cake Walks, Mule Buggy Rides, Horseshoes, Chalk Drawing, Kids Events Rain or Shine Bring your Chairs and Blankets No Dogs or Glass Please SEE Front Page Article from Last Years Birmingham News at: www.waverlyalabama.com We are approx. 2 hours from Birmingham or Atlanta: Directions From Highway 280: Turn at Waverly Business District Sign For more information call: Carolyn Stubbs / 334.821.0374 or Scott Peek / 334.826.6423 March 2007 Sunny Boy King to play at this years Old 280 Boogie April 21st, 2007 10 to 4:30pm Waverly Alabama FREE to the Public Sunny King born 1930s in rural Lowndes county Alabama. He grew up in B'ham. He is a self-taught bluesman learning tricks of the trade on the road in Alabama, and in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland where he lived and played clubs at house parties from around 1957 into the 1970s. In 1976 he moved back to Alabama and now lives in Lowndes County. Sunny still performs in the Selma and Uniontown areas. He is always in demand because he plays blues the way they should be played. Sunny has never made any personal recordings until recently but has backed up other musicians in the past. He is truly a one-man band as he sits behind his drum set with his harmonica and guitar. He is a self-made man doing what he likes the best, and that is blues. January 2007 HAPPY NEW YEAR from STANDARD DELUXE ! 2007 is Off and Running. Mark Your Calendars and Come SEE Us LIVE @ * FLATSTOCK 12 POSTER CONVENTION (free admission) Austin Convention Center, AUSTIN TEXAS MARCH 15-17, 2007 Flatstock In conjunction with SXSW Music Festival: SXSW * 7th Annual OLD 280 BOOGIE (free admission) Music & Art Festival - WAVERLY ALABAMA APRIL 21, 2007 Waverly Alabama Bands Confirmed: Fiddleworms, The Pine Hill Haints, Mr. Resistor* and Nothing Personal* *includes All Original Members December 2006 FREE T-Shirt SPECIAL ! HAPPY HOLIDAYS from STANDARD DELUXE ! Get a FREE T-Shirt for Every T-Shirt Ordered in our Store or purchased in High Corner Co-Op, Now Thru December 18th ! ! ! You PICK Shirt SIZE, We pick Design ! NO Limit. In Store Customers Mention this AD for your FREE Tees ! Thanks to EveryOne for A Great YEAR. Best Wishes from your friends at Standard Deluxe. November 2006 Greetings Everyone ! The 13th Annual Holiday Show, Sale and BBQ is happenin'. Join Us Saturday December 2nd, 6 pm in welcoming Infamous Outlaw Woodcut Print Master: SEAN STAR WARS! Check out his website Come on out to the High Corner Co-0p and immerse yourself in some southern culture. We'll be makin' a joyful noise with THE PINE HILL HAINTS, Rymodee and special musical guests The Alabama Over-All Blues Boys: Robert Thomas and George Daniel! Come Hungry. Papa D's will be serving up his "Super Ribs" early til late. Allright. It's gonna be Live. Finally, Please see our work in this years Print Regional Design Annual that's on the newstand now. We're in the Rest of the South section... You'll know it when you see it ! October 2006 This Month, 15 years ago, Scott Peek, Ed and Greg Siegfried moved to Waverly Alabama and started Standard Deluxe. Wilbur High (see photo) and his wife Sue welcomed the boys and let them set up shop in the deserted Mayberry Bonded Cotton Warehouse (originally built by Sue’s Dad in the 1930’s). Scott made a homeplace of W.M. Mayberry’s General Store in the early 1990’s. In 2001 Standard Deluxe expanded by renovating the old mule-drawn logging company building (next to the post office) and named it “High Corner Co-Op” in honor of the High’s. The Co-Op serves as our on-site retail store providing original Standard Deluxe designs, as well as local and regional arts and crafts. In late 2001 ‘Ol Scotty finally got a wife and in Summer ‘02 they moved into a house a block up the street. His old bachelor pad is now a dedicated Studio (and sometimes hideout). We want to thank Mr. High and the High Family for Everything. We’d like to invite You All to come on over and See Us sometime. You are part of the Family too. September 2006 Well, if you missed the SweetTooth Reception and Haints show on the 9th, you missed a dang good time. We rocked late into the evening and ate enough of Pappa D's Ribs to stock 5 freezers. Tom Schaefer's dazzling artwork was well received and left folks gasping for air. Check out some the art here, and buy some while its hot and fresh from the oven. Prices are available upon request. Here's an early heads-up: The 35th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts is set for October 21-22 and quickly approaching. This is a nationally-recognized show featuring over 300 artists, musicians, and performers ranging in style from folk to contemporary and traditional. As always the 2-day event will be held at Kentuck Park in Northport, Alabama. Standard Deluxe is the official screen-printer for this year's festival, designing and printing an assortment of T-Shirts, Hand-bills, and Posters for the upcoming event. If you're attending this year, be sure to purchase an Extra-Fine T-Shirt or Poster and tell'um you heard about it here. And keep your eye out for the Standard Deluxe booth, You'll know it when you see it. Click here to purchase tickets for Kentuck. On August 29th a special exhibition of The Hurricane Poster Project, a collaborative effort of more than 150 designers and poster makers from around the globe to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief, opened at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, LA. To date the project has raised more than $40,000 with proceeds going to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations. To find out more about the exhibit Click Here or call 225.342.0500. August 2006 HOT enough for ya? If your anything like us, you've probably already sweated thru your T-Shirt collection. No problem, friend. Check up on that New Arrivals page in the store and feast your sun-dazed eyes on "Have a Lovely Day" a new series of T-shirts and posters by former SD intern, now Japanese resident, Blair Warner. We're sure you'll enjoy these Eastern-inspired treats, designs as quirky as there creator. Pick up a poster or two and some light, comfy T-Shirts to carry you thru the rest of the summer. On September 1st and 2nd Standard Deluxe will proudly be judging The Hotpressed Poster Fest, a two-day poster show and contest at the Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, SC. The show features a panel discussion, awards, live music, beer, and naturally, cool posters. If you're in the neck be sure to stop by. While I got you: On September 9th, Standard Deluxe will be hosting an opening reception at the High-Corner Co-Op for "Retroconsumerism I: Sweet Tooth", part one of an on-going series of paintings and art from our good friend, Thomas Arthur Schaefer. Meet the artist here. Also on the bill that day, are the musical stylings of the Pine Hill Haints and other special musical guests. And as usual, we'll have T-shirts, Posters and Fine Goods on Sale, and all the wild country fun you've come to expect from a trip to Waverly, Alabama. Times and details to be announced next month, so be sure to check back with us. July 2006 We're pleased to announce the winners of the HOW Conference 2006 T-Shirt Give-a-way! If you dropped your business card off at our booth, check for your name here. Standard Deluxe will be featured in an upcoming Poster/Print Exhibition at the Kentuck Gallery in downtown Northport, Alabama. (home to the famous Kentuck Festival of the Arts Show in October) The exhibit will be on display throughout the month of August. A reception will be held in conjunction with Art Night, August 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. Art Night is the first Thursday of each month and celebrates the opening of all gallery events in downtown Northport. Kentuck studio artists also host their Open Studios for visitors to see works in progress, meet the artists and see the actual workspaces where the artists apply materials, design, technique and equipment to the creative process. Kentuck is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information call the Kentuck Art Center at (205)758-1257 or visit www.kentuck.org. June 2006 The time is nigh for the 2006 HOW Design Conference in sunny Las Vegas, June 12-15. Once again, Standard Deluxe is the official screen printer for the conference, printing 3,800 give-away tees for attendees and an assortment of signs that are going to get you to your sessions on time. Make it a point to drop by the SD booth and say hello. We'll have plenty of sample tees and posters available for purchase. If you're going to leave Vegas with nothing but the shirt on your back, make sure its a good one. New Arrivals are up this month, featuring the quirky stylings of design collective Dumpster Funk. This is a fresh new series, sure to get a look where ever you go. We also want to give you a heads up about Flatstock Chicago, the 2nd Flatstock this year, featuring posters from around the country and the anxious folks that make them. Flatstock Chicago will be happening in conjunction with The Pitchfork Music Festival, July 29th & 30th in Chicago. We'll be there with posters to sell and the coolest T-shirts in town. May 2006 A few months back, we were pleased to collaborate with Project Alabama, the Florence, Alabama-based clothing company, on a series of one-of-a-kind shirts. The pieces were painstakingly screen-printed by hand (with water-based ink) then altered and tailored by Project Alabama's regional stitching collective. Check out some of our favorites from the series below. 1. 2. 3. 4. If you've been living in a cave and haven't heard of Project Alabama, be sure to check out their cool website and see what all the fuss is about. The 2006 HOW Design Conference in Las Vegas is just around the corner and once again, Standard Deluxe will be in the mix, offering our own extra-fine t-shirts and posters; nice alternatives to all those paper samples you'll be taking home. Be sure to stop by our booth and say you read about it here. Also, keep an eye on the Store's New Arrivals page for an ultra-hip collection of new T-Shirts by our friends at Dumpster Funk. Keep your pants on, it's coming soon. April 2006 Well the clocks been tickin' and it's finally that time; The 6th Annual Old 280 Boogie is just around the corner THIS Saturday April 22nd in beautiful, downtown Waverly, Alabama. This is our yearly celebration of Highway 280 bypassing our now much quieter, small town. This year's "Boogie" will feature Live performances from regional and national musicians, arts and crafts, fine country-cookin', games, contest, and mule buggy rides, to boot. Live Music starts early this year at 10 am on the lawn next to the High-Corner Co-Op with performances by: Tangleblue (Country, Blues, and Classic Rock from Auburn) Mace Glasscock (Waverly Alabama's own Blues Guitarist Virtuoso) Clay Leverett & Friends (from the band Lona, Rock and Honky Tonk from Athens, Ga.) Cary Hudson (former frontman for alt-country band Blue Mountain from Hattiesburg, MS) Dooley's Blue Revue (Fresh Bluegrass from Auburn/Opelika) The Overall Bluesboys, Robert Thomas & George Daniel (Alabama's Oldest Living Bluesmen, from Society Hill, Alabama) The Pine Hill Haints (Original Alabama Ghost Music from Florence/Auburn Alabama) Bring your friends, family, chairs, coolers and blankets and enjoy this Free Community Sponsored Event. No Dogs or Glass, please. To coincide with the day's events, Standard Deluxe will be showing off a collection of our hand-printed posters at the High-Corner Co-Op in celebration of our 15th year in business. The High-Corner Co-Op is our t-shirt and variety store in downtown Waverly. The collection includes posters from our last 5 years and some that have never before been available (Did I mention they're for sale?) The posters will be showing all May, just in case you cant' make it to the Boogie. Hope to see you soon! March 2006 March 06 Spring is finally creepin' up and we're stretching our legs. If you're in Austin for the South by Southwest Music Convention SXSW (March 16-18) be sure to swing by the Standard Deluxe booth at the Austin Convention Center to meet the boys and load up on samples. Mention you read about it here and we'll slip you some goods from the Friends stack. Standard Deluxe will also be exhibiting at FlatStock 8, the annual poster show brought to you by The American Poster Institute. FlatStock is held at the same time as SXSW; downstairs in the Austin Convention Center. We'll be right along-side the best poster-makers in the country with posters and art prints ready to be rolled up and carried home. While your browsing around, go over and check out waverlyalabama.com for updates on this year's 6th Annual Old 280 Boogie. We've got a partial listing of performers up and a complete listing of this year's menu options. The fun starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 22nd. Bring the wife and kids, leave Fido at home. More news coming next month. Talk to ya'll then. February 2006 Friends and Neighbors, we're pleased to report that the much-anticipated online Portfolio and Services sections are now up and running and here to stay! Get the low-down on what Standard Deluxe can do for you in the Services section and stop by the Portfolio to see the best of what we have to offer and some of the highlights of the past 15 years. BOOGIE NEWS: Former Blue Mountain frontman Cary Hudson has signed on to perform at the 6th Annual Old 280 Boogie in Waverly, Alabama on April 22nd. Cary played at last year's Holiday Git-Together at the High-Corner Co-Op and we're pleased as punch to have him back. Check back in next month for a complete listing of musicians performing at this year's Boogie. Lastly, I'm sure you've been enjoying the Waverly Dog Slide Show to your left. These photos were taken by our good buddy and continuing SD contributer Dave Stueber at the High-Corner Co-Op. Thanks go out to Dave and the local folks that brought their pooches by that Saturday. Just watch your step in the yard. January 2006 Happy New Year, Folks! We are proud to be participating in an exciting project to raise $1,000,000 for the hurricane katrina relief effort. The Hurricane Poster Project has attracted designers from all over the globe who have submitted limited edition sets of posters that can be bought online at www.hurricaneposterproject.com. All profits raised from poster sales go directly to the Red Cross. Check out the links below to see our contributions to the effort. 1. 2. 3. Due to the overwhelming success of last year's Boogie, we're prepping early. The Old 280 Boogie is our Annual Town Festival celebrating the Highway 280 bypassing of Waverly, Alabama. The tradition continues in our 6th year with new and old friends, family, art, games, good food and great music. The date has been set: Saturday, April 22, 2006, so mark your calendars. We're always on the lookout for new friends to participate, so if you are an artist interested in selling your work at the Boogie, contact us at Standard Deluxe to find out how you can join the fun. Stay abreast of Boogie News by joining our mailing list. If your not a member of the Old 280 Boogie Mailing List and would like to be, email Scott at deluxe@standarddeluxe.com and tell him to sign you up. Whether you ate black-eyed-peas or collard greens, here's hoping 2006 is a good year for you and yours. December 2005 Got some "hard-to-shop-for" loved ones on your list? Send them Extra-Fine T-shirts this holiday season and send us the smoked sausage and cheese. Swing by the Online Store and pick up some of that new SD product sure to make your friends and family SQUEAL with Yule-tide Joy. The New Stuff's hangin' up front. Order Now: The last shipments for the holidays go out on Dec. 20th. We will not process online orders past this date. Normal operations will resume on Dec. 27th. I'm glad to report The 12th Annual Holiday Git-Together went off without a hitch. Performers Robert Thomas and the Pine Hill Haints were joined on stage by local bluesman George Daniel, as well as World-Famous Alabama Folk Artist and fellow Hurtsboro resident, Buddy Snipe who was on hand for moral support and spiritual counsel. Andy Cost's eye-poppin' art was well-received and will be on display at the High-Corner Co-op until January 14th. The fun went on all night and in true Waverly fashion, ended with a bonfire. Check out the nite in photo: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Shulbok is the game we've been enjoying on the porch of the High Corner Co-Op for a while now. It's a Dutch table game, a cross between air hockey and skee ball and endless hours of fun for the family or the fellers. Local folks will remember Shulbok as a staple of the old Amsterdam Cafe in Auburn. A Shulbok kit comes with a 17"x6' maple playing board hand-crafted in Alabama, and a box of 36 wooden discs. Click here and here to check out the game in action. Email deluxe@standarddeluxe.com to find out how to get your very own Shulbok set. Whew -- Sorry to gnaw your ear off. It's been a good year in Waverly and great year for us at SD. Here's hoping ya'll have a safe and warm holiday season, and that your New Year will be a blessed one. Thanks for choosing Standard Deluxe. November 2005 If your in our neck of the woods on Dec. 3rd, be sure to swing by the High-Corner Co-Op in Waverly, Alabama. We'll be hosting a Big Holiday Sale and offering a night of music and art with everybody's favorite, The Pine Hill Haints and local Bluesman Robert Thomas. This will also be the opening reception for New Paintings by SD alum Andrew Cost. If your on our mailing list (and you really should be) we'll send you a reminder, least ye forget. I'm happy to tell you the good folks at Gigposters.com selected the March 05 Drive-By Truckers poster as their Poster Of The Week for the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5. We think It'd look right nice your wall. We've got 2 entries in the 2005 PRINT Regional Design Annual. Check out pages 238, 239 in The Rest of the South section. If you can't swing that cover price though, Click here and here. September 2005 Still wondering how you can contribute to the hurricane relief effort? The NAACP has launched a Disaster Relief Fund to provide immediate assistance to the worst affected victims and to ensure the equitable distribution of money and resources from Federal, state and local government. By donating to the NAACP you can ensure that your dollars make it into the hands of those who need it most. Click here to make a donation thru the NAACP. Also in need at this time is the Louisiana SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). This is a private non-profit organization that is not receiving FEMA assistance. These good folks have made it there priority to rescue and house pets and animals displaced from this disaster. If you can provide fostering or adoption for an animal victim, email the SPCA at info@la-spca.org or click here to make a donation to the Louisiana SPCA. Helping the less-fortunate should be a year-round concern. Unfortunately, it takes tragedies like this to remind us of the millions in need around the world. The One Campaign is an unprecedented effort by Americans to fight the onslaught of AIDS and extreme poverty, worldwide. This is a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers who have dedicated themselves to raising awareness of these issues and can use all the help they can get. Click here to learn more about the One Campaign and find out how you can help. Finally, we'd like to tell you about our good friend and continuing SD contributor, Dave Stueber. Dave is a talented photographer that we've had the good fortune to know for years. He is a resident of New Orleans and braved the storm and its week-long aftermath from his partially submerged home in the Garden District. We're happy to report Dave is now safe and sound in Alabama. Our love, thoughts and prayers go out to Dave at this time. Click here to see some samples of Dave's exceptional photography. August 2005 The Store is Now Open! We're happy to report the Online Store is back and here to stay! Browse thru our selection of extra-fine t-shirts and jaw-dropping posters with ease. An ease you've come to expect from Standard Deluxe. Fresh Art awaits, follow this link to get it on. July 2005 Standard Deluxe was honored to be included in "Ink: Printmaking in Alabama" , an eight artist show featuring hand-pulled prints from printmakers around the state who work in a variety of processes. The show was organized by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and will be showing July 1, - August 25 in the RSA Tower, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama. Click here to find out more. Graphic Noise Running from July 28 - August 20 is "Graphic Noise" at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). This is an exhibition of contemporary concert posters from around the world and features seven silkscreened posters from Standard Deluxe. MODA is free and open to the public. For more information call 404.688.2467 or visit museumofdesign.org. June 2005 HOW Design Conference in Chicago Continuing our relationship with HOW Magazine, We were pleased to exhibit at this year's conference in Chicago. Our Tees and Promos were a big hit and we made a few new friends along the way. See some photos of our trip. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Bird Machine While in Chicago we paid a visit to The Bird Machine, Jay Ryan's super-cool silkscreen poster shop. Jay was good enough to give us a tour of his facilities and tip us off to the hot spots around the windy city. Check out these photos of Jay doin' his thing. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. French Paper Co. Our tour of the great North continued as we made our way to Niles, Michigan, home of French Paper and the coolest man in the biz, Jerry French. Mr. Jerry (now 60lbs. lighter) was waiting out on the front steps when we pulled up to the mill and graciously gave us a tour of French's incredible facilities. We were on hand to witness the fabrication of a pink coverstock which we saw go from pulp to sheet. If you're a paper geek like we are, the French Paper Mill is your temple. See some photos from our tour. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. April 2005 This year saw the return of Waverly's newest institution, The 5th Annual Old 280 Boogie, celebrating Highway 280's bypassing of our now, much quieter town. Every year "the Boogie" brings an eclectic mix of music, food, art, activities, and people together and this year was no exception. Musical Performers included The Pine Hill Haints, Ras Alan, The Pot Luck Drum Choir, and many others. Also special at this year's Boogie was the High-Corner Co-Op's exhibition of the work of Alabama Folk Artist Buddy Snipe and the Waverly debut of Alabama Bluesman Robert Thomas. March 2005 Coming off his 2004 Grammy win for Best Reggae Album, Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals fame began his 2005 True Love Tour. Standard Deluxe was proud to be involved by producing a series of t-shirts to be sold on tour, continuing a relationship with Toots that started in 1997. Dec. 2004 Examples of our poster work are featured in the Winter '04 edition of ROUGH (Hand Job: The Sound of One Poster Printing at a Time p.8) published by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications. Nov. 2004 Standard Deluxe is recognized with 7 entries in the 2004 PRINT Regional Design Annual. Oct. 2004 Paul Grushkin's "The Art of Modern Rock" is released, an exhaustive collection of show posters from the last 20 years. Check out Standard Deluxe's contribution on pages 390 and 487. Sep. 2004 We teamed up with BBDO Detroit to design and print 2 posters for ChryslerMotors to be displayed at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. One poster was for their new sedan, the 300, the other for the sleek new Crossfire - both rendered in a "folk art" style in keeping with the H.O.B.'s theme. Both posters will be featured in the 2005 Communication Arts Illustration Annual. Aug. 2004 Southern Rockers, The Drive-By Truckers asked us to produce a poster commemorating their latest outing, The Dirty South Tour. Based on the water-color art of Wes Freed, this 5 color poster was a labor intensive project but well worth the time. The poster art went on to be used for the cover of the Dirty South Tour DVD. June 2004 Once again, Standard Deluxe exhibits at the HOW Design Con. This year the conference was held in San Diego. A good time was had by all. Click here to see our booth and Art Chantry's back. May 2004 The good folks from Lightroom Studios came by to check out our operation and hang out for a while. Kevin Byrd scoured the area taking photographs of our space and our "sleepy" hometown. Click here to take his photo-tour of Standard Deluxe. April 2004 Feeling the cramped confines of a small office in a 100 year old cotton warehouse, the art department moved next door into a spacious 100 year old store-front, recently renovated by the SD crew. In addition to office space, the new "Studio" provided an ideal spot for Standard Deluxe's expanding flat-printing services. March 2004 Standard Deluxe was proud to exhibit, for the third time at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, bringing home the coveted award for Best Booth. We made alot of new friends, one of which, Paul Grushkin, was there to promote his then forthcoming book, "The Art of Modern Rock". Scott got to meet and talk awhile with Mr. Grushkin about show posters and the screen-print revolution. Dec. 2003 Released in 2003, David Carson's TREK (Gingko Press) detailed his recent travels and work. Check out pages 130-131 to for a nice little spread about Scott Peek and Standard Deluxe. Nov. 2003 We teamed up with Charles S. Anderson Design to produce a limited series of 53 prints on Charles' collection of vintage wallpaper for an art exhibit. Two members of the CSA crew, Sheraton and Jovaney made the journey from Minnesota to Alabama and worked hands-on with us to produce what became an exciting collection of prints. We enjoyed hosting Sheraton and Jovaney for the week and sent those boys back up north with a finer appreciation for BBQ ribs and dirt roads. Continuing our collaboration with Tinwood Media, Standard Deluxe printed the first run of "HouseTop" variation, a beautiful quilt from Gee's Bend resident Mary Lee Bendolph. Mrs. Bendolph was on hand for the printing and signed a limited number of copies. After trying to "tidy up" a bit around the shop she spent the rest of the afternoon swinging and chatting on our front porch. July 2003 Matt Lane Harris joins the Standard Deluxe team as full-time production and graphic artist. Nov. 2002 - May. 2003 The Waverly Music Hall was a short-lived but highly appreciated addition to Waverly, bringing a wide variety of musical performers to the area for a successful run of shows. We set up across the street from SD in a former 30's-era Ford Dealership, opening the garage doors for a fun and lively atmosphere. Performers included: Southern Culture on the Skids, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Immortal Lee Co. Killers, Pine Hill Haints, and a variety of local acts. Standard Deluxe produced posters or handbills for every show which have become a hot commodity with local collectors. Everyone mourned the WMH's passing, it is sorely missed. April. 2002 The 2nd Annual Old 280 Boogie marked the grand opening of the High-Corner Co-Op, a variety store in downtown Waverly. Scott and Francis Peek chose a small, quaint building near the SD Shop that for the past 20 years had been the headquarters for a mule-drawn logging company. The High-Corner Co-Op not only serves as a retail outlet for Standard Deluxe T-Shirts and Posters but also for Goods and Crafts made by locals and regional artists and artisans such as pottery, paintings, photography, local food products, antiques, cards, and gifts. |
