BARACK OBAMA. The Democratic Presidential candidate. To Thriving Ink, Barack is not so much a politician, but more of an inspirational statesman. Barack has stood by his views, even when they were very unpopular positions (the war, healthcare, etc.). He stands for change, like, actual change, which from my point of view, is exactly what our country needs. Pro energy and environmental conservation, makes him an ideal man to bring about change in this country.
To show our support for Barack, we have printed a line titled “Hope is Dope” by artist AJ Dimarucot. Thriving Ink will be donating a portion of the proceeds to Gawad Kalinga, an organization near AJ’s heart that is dedicated to alleviating poverty in the Philippines.
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!
Our house has never been a bigger mess than it is right now. It looks like a garment mill blew up in our entryway and splattered all over the living room, kitchen and hallways (and then some artists put designs on the blank threads). Great. But to be perfectly honest, I’ve never been so stoked. Everything is happening and my family (including my gigantic extended family) is all going crazy, but in a good way.
Whatever, this industry from what I have seen so far is insane, and I don’t plan on, and sure hope it doesn’t settle down.
The past few weeks have been the busiest of my life. Daily shipments, late night meetings, 13 hour photo shoots and never-ending inventory has brought us to where we are right now. Nice. I can only hope that we get even busier. Although we are as busy as we are, my family has managed to stay intact. I am pretty sure that any other family would have either murdered each other or split up to opposite ends of the world by now.
This is only the beginning of what will probably be a BIG adventure, but without people like my family, my cousin JD, my girl Zoe and our artists, I’m not sure we’d survive it.
Stay tuned and enjoy,
matty d
