Artist Ken Marshall is making a name for himself!

We recently had artist Ken Marshall out here for our release party with his gorgeous wife, Krystin. We had a blast hanging with them. He was able to catch us up on all of his successes that he is experiencing.

Some of them are pretty sweet!This is the order of HIS preferences, besides working with Thriving Ink, which of course, is his favorite J In his zany words…”Oh and just a little update… I just found out I’ll have some designs made for the band “Panic at the Disco” and some potentially for Death Cab for Cutie. Also, I am working with Akademiks for loads of designs for the distant future…and lots of other potential stuff/art/awesomeness going on :)… i got to update my little website… “

Very nice, Ken! If you haven’t picked up one of his shirts on our site, be sure and get yourself one! By the way, his wife Krystin designs her own jewelry on Etsy. Amazing stuff. Visit her site at http://www.knky etsy.com.

Atmosphere - a talented duo consisting of a rhyme master named Slug and the producer Ant- has just released there most recent album! When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold just dropped yesterday, April 22. This is their 6th official studio album, and easily one of there most highly anticipated. 

 Atmosphere is on tour right now and will be hitting Thriving Ink’s future home, Autsin, TX on May 2nd and 3rd and will be playing at Waterloo Records and Emo’s. The duo will also be coming to the bay on May 9th playing in San Francisco at The Regency, and playing in Berkeley on May 10th at Rasputin on Telegraph!

If you are in the area, you should definitely think about catching one of these shows.

Purchase their new album HERE. 

After an incredible nation-wide tour kick-off show in SF, Thriving Ivory is now officially on tour!

Coming up on Thursday, May 8th, the band is playing an exclusive show at The Plumm in NYC. This will be a showcase of what is likely to be there best live performance yet. With Thriving Ivory being the only band on the bill, at such a prestigious venue as The Plumm, this show is a must see! However, the show is closed to the public! The only people invited are industry insiders.

But good news. The band has set aside 10 sets of 2 tickets to give away to loyal fans. To enter the giveaway, click on the flyer below!

A Thriving Ivory live show is something that any music fan should experience and would appreciate. Again, you can listen to some of there songs on their myspace HERE, and you can visit their website HERE .

 CLICK THE FLYER TO ENTER GIVEAWAY!

Thriving Ivory (no correlation with Thriving Ink) has recently announced the launch of the nationwide tour, starting this Friday, April 18th in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall! For those who love alternative and piano driven rock music, this band is a must see. The band is led by Pleasanton, CA (Thriving Ink’s hometown) native, vocalist Clayton Stroope. 

The quintet recently signed with Wind-Up Records and will begin selling their self-titled major record label debut album at their San Francisco show. If you are in the bay area this weekend, you have to catch this live performance, tickets are only $13.00!

You can purchase tickets HERE .

Check out Thriving Ivory’s myspace page and website to preview some of their hits!

Thriving Ivory’s Myspace 

Thriving Ivory 

Hope to see you at the show!

On Saturday April 12, the TI family headed down to Premium Vintage and Tattoo owned by our man Matt Decker. Matt Decker has been tattooing for 15 years, and recently moved from a shop in Livermore to his own shop in Oakland. The shop is extremely fresh and clean and has a great vibe inside.

We were lucky enough to be able to book Matt for the whole day, and each get an individual piece. From original art to detailed scripture - Matt can do it all. As each of us waited to get our tattoo’s, we were able to shop around in the front room for some dope vintage. All of the Premium Vintage was bought by Matt’s wife Hillary, who is co-owner of the shop.

Here are some pictures from the day;

Look out for Matt Decker to do a line for Thriving Ink within the next couple of months. His art is dope!!

Premiuim Vintage and Tattoo

4130 Broadway

Oakland, Ca 94611

510.472.8116

Mention the Thriving Ink blog when booking!

 This is teen star Vincent Martella from the disney channel performing at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA. Yup, that is Mix Tape!!

THRIVING INK was lucky enough to get on a couple of celebrities this month. Check it out!

CT FROM THE REAL WORLD wearing THRIVING INK HERALDIC EAGLE THERMAL to the Real World Awards Bash:

Colby O’Donis (singer) wearing PENGUIN and HARBINGER to video shoot (not the video embedded):

COLBY O’DONIS ft. AKON- WHAT YOU GOT

BLACK THOMAS (actor/dancer) in My Broseph for Crave photo shoot:

t has been quite a month for us at TI. Check out our ads coming up in YRB magazine and Antenna later this summer!

GET ON IT WHILE THE DEAL IS STILL GOING! SHIRTS ARE SET TO GO BACK TO NORMAL PRICING SOON.

What are you doing on Wednesday night (Apr 2)? Be sure to catch MTV Real World Awards Bash at 10pm. Our friend CT attended the Awards Show because was nominated as Hot Male on Real World. Anyway, he repped Heraldic Eagle thermal for us on the Red Carpet. Check out this photo. Nice! Don’t forget to tune in. It is going to be a wild show! 

Underground Marauders is a relatively new blog that is all about new indie brands. 

Justin (the blogger) wrote a little snippet about us, so go over and check it out. This is a great place to pick up some new brands and styles from the underground…