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August 29th, 2007
 | 08:12 am - Happy Birthday, Joanna!
Happy Birthday to the nannerest Nanner ever!!!!
Annual Launchpad McQuack Picture:
(OMG TEH SEXORS!!!)
Also, Wikipedia says that this is Launchpad's name in other languages:
Czech: Rampa McKvák
Danish: Max Motor
Dutch: Turbo McKwek
Finnish: Heimo Huima ("huima" could be translated as "greatly daring" or "amazing")
French: Flagada Jones
German: Quack der Bruchpilot (Quack the Crashlander), alluding to the classic movie Quax, der Bruchpilot
Greek: Βολίδας ΜακΚουάκ
Hungarian: Kvákk kapitány
Italian: Jet McQuack
Icelandic: Loftur Þotönd
Polish: Śmigacz McKwak (Flitter McQuack)
Portuguese: Capitão Boeing
Norwegian: Rotor McKvakk
Russian: Зигзаг МакКряк (Zig-Zag McCryak)
Spanish: Joe McQuack
Slovak: Tryskáč McKač
Swedish: Sigge McKvack
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August 6th, 2007
| 12:28 pm - wholesale orders make me happy.
Here's Little Name's CD on the shelves at Apple Crumble Records in Tokyo. It looks like Toshiko packaged them with the little Sleepy Records stickers I sent her:
And just because Toshiko's shop is so adorable:
It makes me want to open my own sleepy little mouse shop (warning: another plot forming)...
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July 6th, 2007
| 09:38 pm
Dear Miss Acacia Sears,
I would like to report that you are listed as one of Curve Magazine's "100 Sexiest Artists" with the following blurb:
"you've got to love a girl named for a tree, but there's a lot more to adore about this melodic, hypnotic, self-taught Baltimore musician. Her debut album, Dialtones, offers hints of ani difranco and lisa loeb, only better. (sleepyrecords.com)"
We have a copy of it, I guess Dave will bring it to you on Tuesday.
Love,
Ann
(who is patting herself on the back for thinking of sending a cd to them)
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June 30th, 2007
| 03:01 pm
I am in this video for about two seconds playing Blondie, but it's a really good interview. :)
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June 26th, 2007
| 09:19 am - Little Name!
Little Name! How To Swim And Live! Available for pre-order now! The official release date is July 24th.
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June 25th, 2007
| 05:55 pm
Pile of Craft went overwhelmingly well, with a huge huge turnout! We were all over the moon about what an amazing success it was. Even though we had really good press coverage (a segment on fox 45 news, articles in the City Paper and Baltimore Sun, mentions on WYPR, etc.), we still had no idea it would be as big as it was.
Thank you, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cacie and textureslut for coming out. Fortunately, I was too busy to be sad about the general lack of friend appearances.
The set lists:
DJ Set #1- Ann
Looper- The Treehouse
The Shins- One By One All Day
Belle & Sebastian- The Gate
April March- No Parachute
Candypants- Dishy
Little Name- I Always See The Sun Rise
Camera Obscura- The Sun On His Back
The Gentle Waves- Sisterwoman
Hefner- I Love Only You
Violent Femmes- Prove My Love
Descendents- Bikeage
stellastarr*- No Weather
Pixies- Gigantic
The Pogues- Turkish Song Of The Damned
Tilly & The Wall- Rainbows In The Dark
The Cure- Fire in Cairo
Public Enemy- Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned
Lilly Allen- LDN
Le Tigre- Deceptacon
DJ Set #2- Dave
Kid Koala- Nerdball
Metric- I.O.U.
The Divine Comedy- The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
France Gall- Poupee de Circe, Poupee de Son
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood- Some Velvet Morning
Azure Ray- If You Fall
Rainer Maria- CT Catholic
PiL- Public Image
Heavenly- P.U.N.K. Girl
Gang Of Four- At Home He Feels Like a Tourist
I Am The World Trade Center- California Dreaming Again
Liz Phair- Stratford-On-Guy
The Velvet Underground- All Tomorrow's Parties
All Girl Summer Fun Band- New In Town
Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come
Franz Ferdinand- Darts Of Pleasure
The Aislers Set- Mission Bells
Madness- House Of Fun
DJ Set #3- Ann
Belle & Sebastian- Your Cover's Blown
The Rapture- Pieces Of The People We Love
Blur- Girls & Boys
Le Tigre- Hot Topic
Ladytron- Evil
Aluminum Group- Love Action (I Believe) (Human League cover)
Baxendale- Keep Feeling (Fascination) (another Human League cover!)
Elvis Costello- Pump It Up
The Clash- Clampdown
Pony Up!- The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die)
Kiss Me Deadly- Dance 4
Black Box Recorder- Sex Life
Call And Response- All Night Long
The Stone Roses- I Am The Resurrection
DJ Set #4- Dave
Velocity Girl- Crazy Town
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone- Toby Take A Bow
Dressy Bessy- Flower Jargon
Automator- Cartoon Capers
Beat Happening- Indian Summer
Serge Gainsbourg and Brigit Bardot- Bonnie and Clyde
Tompaulin- My Life At The Movies
Dave Schult- Sullen Girl
Tuscadero- Latex Dominatrix
bis- Eurodisco
Bright Eyes- Drunk Kid Catholic
The Housemartins- The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
Saint Etienne- Sylvie
Jawbox- Motorist
Steve Burns- What I Do On Saturday
The Dears- The End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story
DJ Set #5- Ann
Pulp- Mis-Shapes
My Bloody Valentine- Soon
Low- Canada
Mazzy Star- Bells Ring
Lush- Lovelife
Mogwai- Kids Will Be Skeletons
The Magnetic Fields- 100,000 Fireflies
Tommy James & The Shondells- Crimson & Clover
Maria Taylor- Birmingham 1982
Morrissey- Every Day Is Like Sunday
Little Name- Orienteering
The Cure- Grinding Halt
Rondelles- Like A Prayer
Blondie- Atomic
The Ramones- Sheena is a Punk Rocker
DJ Set #6- Dave
Sonic Youth- Teen Age Riot
Dolly Mixture- How Come You're Such a Hit with the Boys, Jane?
Badly Drawn Boy- Disillusion
Francois Hardy- La Mer
Gil Scott Heron- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Kaiser Chiefs- I Predict a Riot
Electronic- Get The Message
Cub- Pillow Queen
Shudder To Think- Just Really Wanna See You
Kraftwerk- The Robots
Mary Lou Lord- Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)
They Might Be Giants- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
Toots & The Maytals- Pressure Drop
Pretty Girls Make Graves- All Medicated Geniuses
Tender Trap- Face Of 73
Charlatans UK- Weirdo
DJ Set #7- Ann
Joy Division- Digital
New Order- Age of Consent
The Smiths- Still Ill
The Clash- Police & Thieves
The Jesus & Mary Chain- Head On
Pixies- Dead
Pulp- Sorted Out For E's & Wizz
Camera Obscura- Razzle Dazzle Rose
DJ Set #8- Dave
Fishbone- Ugly
Mates Of State- Ha Ha
Adult- Dispassionate Furniture (Reupholstered)
The Buzzcocks- Orgasm Addict
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins- Handle With Care
Hepcat- No Worries
The La's- Timeless Melody
Broadcast- The Book Lovers
Billy Bragg- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
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June 22nd, 2007
| 04:01 pm
Things I Must Do Before Pile of Craft:
- stuff programs with Ottobar flyers
- stop listening to The Humpty Dance
- stop subjecting tomorrow's shoppers to this week's Kathleen Hanna obsession by using a whole le tigre album in playlists
- inflate monkeys
- charge camera battery
- discover miracle facial treatment to get rid of crazy nervous breakout
- get my damn picture taken, ugh.
- set up at 2460 space
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June 20th, 2007
| 02:00 pm - Don't forget. Or I will be sad.
Also, there will be a Pile of Craft after party at the Ottobar. Crafty drink specials from 6:00 to 9:00!
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June 4th, 2007
| 06:09 pm - Sponsors!
The Charm City Craft Mafia is looking for last minute sponsors who can contribute as little as $25 in exchange for advertising in the Pile of Craft event program. The event is on June 23rd. We're also open to advertising exchanges (your logo in our program and on our site in exchange for a mention in your email lists, logo in your next event's promo stuff, or something like that.) We're especially interested in local Baltimore businesses and organizations.
So far, I think we've got Bust, Etsy, and I think maybe the roller girls. Oh, and Red Emma's, obviously.
If anyone knows a business that might be interested, please let me know and I'll email you a sponsorship package.
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May 28th, 2007
April 22nd, 2007
| 12:07 am - Little Name
Lee's master CD came in the mail today. It was such a beautiful sunny day, and I thought it would be perfect to listen to in the car. I put the CD in and said to Dave. "Are you ready? This is going to be an historic moment."
The second "For The Attention Of" started playing, I realized that this album has the potential to be a really big deal.
By the time we got to "Tracy and I" my eyes were filled with tears.
I can't even begin to describe how beautiful this album is and how special it is to me.
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April 12th, 2007
| 08:31 am - Record Release Party/Label Launch Party and Pile of Craft
I hope people are planning to come to Cacie's record release party (The Perk Version) on Saturday. I also decided this morning that since I never really had one back in September, I'm going to totally hijack the event and make it the Sleepy Records (Re)Launch Party as well. The label has gone further than I ever imagined it would this time last year and I think it's time for a little celebration.
(Also, if my tax refund is for real, financial stability has been restored to Sleepy Records! Hooray!)
I also wanted to announce that the Charm City Craft Mafia is now accepting applications for our indie craft fair this summer, Pile of Craft. Come or we'll break your knees.
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April 1st, 2007
| 09:38 pm - another bloggy move
I've wanted to do a design/indie shopping blog for a few years now, but always felt a little bad about a project dedicated mostly to things I want to buy. But whatever, it's fun! So I'll be moving over to my new typepad blog, Pocket Mouse (one of Stargirl's names in Stargirl and a reference to Little Mouse Vintage too).
I'll probably still post some Sleepy updates here, but please add the Pocket Mouse feed to your friends list so you can read about cute things:
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) pocketmouseblog
Don't forget that you should leave comments on the actual blog and not the livejournal page (please please please leave comments!)
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March 19th, 2007
| 10:16 pm - Indie Fixx Spring Shopping Guide
I keep forgetting to mention that the Indie Fixx Spring Shopping Guide went live last week, with Cacie's CD in the "Indie Melange" category.
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March 13th, 2007
| 11:49 am - Cacie's CD Release Party and Perk Show
I should have posted this a few days ago:
Official CD Release Party:
When: Friday, April 6th, 2007, 7 - 9pm, listening party is from 6 - 7pm
Where: Borders Books & Music/Seattle's Best Cafe
How Much: Free
College Perk Show:
When: Saturday, April 14th, 2007, 8:13pm
Where: College Perk Coffeehouse
How Much: Free
Cacie will be also be at Perk tonight for Open Mic so you can buy CDs then too.
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March 9th, 2007
| 01:24 pm - press go to do some more
We're going to this tonight at the Visionary:
Friday • March 9 • 7PM: Circuit Bending Workshop with Beatrix*JAR
The Minneapolis-based sound-art duo, Beatrix*JAR, pays a special visit to AVAM to reveal the secrets of circuit-bending: the art of coaxing new and surprising sounds out of recycled battery-powered toys. Your old "Speak & Spell" never sounded so good! In this hands-on workshop, rework the innards of battery-powered sound-making toy(s) or small keyboards and bend the sound with the force of your will and creativity and a little solder. Followed by an improvised performance. Bring a battery-powered sound-making toy(s). Bring a date. Check out www.beatrixjar.com. Call 410.244.1900 to sign up. $15 members; $25 non-members.
I'll be sure to post the results of butchering my Barbie toy here in mp3 form.
There was a pretty productive Mafia meeting this week. It looks like the craft fair is going to be June 23rd at the 2640 space at St. John's (corner of St. Paul) and sponsored by Red Emma's and Monozine.
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March 2nd, 2007
| 01:09 pm - CacieFixx
Acacia Sears' Dialtones CD featured on IndieFixx!
Cacie's CD will be in the IndieFixx Spring Shopping Guide too.
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February 28th, 2007
| 03:58 pm - Mafia Press
Charm City Craft Mafia in the City Paper!
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February 20th, 2007
| 09:20 am - "Oh my god! I missed Wife Swap!"
Those words actually came out of my mouth this morning.
I got a great present this weekend! A bass guitar! Now I just need to learn how to play it...
Songs I would like to learn how to play before I die:
1. Hefner- I Took Her Love For Granted
2. Joy Division- No Love Lost
3. New Order- Age of Consent
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Head On
5. Hefner- The Hymn For The Cigarettes
6. Joy Division- Digital
7. The Smiths- Girl Afraid
8. The Stone Roses- I Am The Resurrection
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February 19th, 2007
| 10:12 pm - self-portraits
I finally got my camera back last week, so I tried to do some self-portrait-y pictures this weekend. These certainly aren't beautiful, it's just plain ol' me, but there's something honest about them that I really like.
( me. )
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