Dig some of the alternate hair cuts we had on the Garage Girl before we settled on the final one.

The Jetsons :

An early draft design by Tick Tick for Girlington Garage

The Betty Page :

The Girlington Garage Gal with the classic Betty Page Hairdo

And check out the pictures here for the tiniest shirt we’ve ever printed.

We would like to thank, first, EVERYONE, and then this short list:

OF PEOPLE
Graham Keegan, Matt Malenczak, Ben Mayer, Mike Device, Drew Stock, Eric Olsen, Molly Greene, Colin Patrick Charles, Meryl Lebowitz, Myesha Gosselin, Eric Eichmann, Chris Dunkel, Max Schwartz, RUCCHI, Steven Hazen Williams, Turkey P, Clark Derbes, Dan Munzig, Colin Clary, Paddy Reagan, Ryan Smith, Ryan Power, Joey Pizza Slice and Miss Marbles, Nick Mitchell, Shawn Grady, Phinneus Junktique, Lee & Jason, Brian Sweeney, Alana Smith, Alaina Janack, Karen Unsworth, Bob Kilpatrick, Dan Bolles, Brent Hallenbeck, Natalie and Roxanne, Jim Lockridge, Joe Beaulieu, Noah Gordon, Emma Hazlett, Alex Budney, Julia Roth, Jeremy Hadley, Owen Ashworth, Phil Elverum, Liggy, Troy Levy, Kellie Fleury, Luke Awtry, Austin Sirch, Davin and Hannah, Jaime Leclerc, Drew Cameron, Katie Nelson, Amanda Sanfillipo, Greg Davis, Vanessa Fatton, Emily Hilliard, Sara Armstrong, Mandy Davis, Wes Buckley, Luke Eddie Lauren Nathan & Sam Quest, Jan Lewandoski, Rachel Hexter, Ann Lawless, Jig Gresser, Dave Tanych, Matt Hagen, Tyson, Bridget Burns, Michael Sundue, Hilary Martin, Leslie, Noah Hoose, Matt White, Sam, Rob Ticho, Jon Will, Sarah Infoshop, Benjy Adler, Rose Montgomery, Tara Jensen, Adam DeMartino, Libby , Bobby Hackney, Julia Cerbone, Brooke Morrison, John Henry Donner, Mara Bethel, Dan Seigel, Katie Butt, Ruth Erickson

OF ORGANIZATIONS
Perfect Day Media, False 45th, Myers Bagels, the UVM Lane Series, WRUV, The Radiator, Bear Cub Productions, the Monkey House, Speaking Volumes, Kriya, Big Heavy World, the Bobbin, Royal Cycles, the city of Montreal, Invisible City Booking, Panache Booking, Kork Booking, the Billions Corporation, Windish Booking, Battery Street Jeans, Green Door Studio, the Firehouse Gallery, Aether Everywhere, Nu New Age Tapes, Grimeology Records, ISKRA, North End Studio, the Bakery, Radio Bean, the Second Floor, the Stannard Historical Society, Penny Cluse, Uncommon Grounds, Euro Gourmet, Recycle North, SEABA, Burlington Unitarian Universalist Society, Rachel and RMB Sound, Maven, Skinny Pancake, Main Street Landing, the Tinderbox Collective, White River Junction, the Main Street Museum, Center for Cartoon Studies, the BPD, Seven Days, Burlington Free Press, Phoebe Magazine, FutureClaw, the OP, Handy’s, 242 Main, Pure Pop, the Batcave, Kasini House,
AND THESE BANDS:
Abigal Lapell, Adventure, Agnes Palier, Akron/Family, Anna Pardenik, Arbouretum, Arrah and The Ferns, A Snake in the Garden, Bat Attack, Beach House, Bellflur, Big Suit, Birds and Beasts, Black Feelings, Blowtorch, Blue Leader, Bocca Chica, BONJOUR HI! Dance Party, Brenda, Bridget Martin, Brown Bird, The Capstan Shafts, Castanets, Casey Dienel and the Flapjacks, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Charlambides, Chow Nasty, Chris Brokaw, Christian Wolff, CLUES, CONCERN, Crinkles, Cuddle Magic, Cursillistas, Dead Unicorn, Death Set, Death Vessel, Deleted Scenes, DJ Baby Bantam, DJ Classic Hits, DJ David Goliath, DJ Divorce Party, DJ Gris Gris, DJ Llu, DJ Mix by Force , DJ ZJ, Doby Watson, The Donkeys, Don Browrigg, Drew Stock , Duane Pitre, Dust From 1000 Years, Dygn, Dynasty, Echoes Still Singing Limbs, Elfin Saddle, Emperor X, Evan Miller, The Evens, Fantastic Dungeon, Farm, Fiasco, Fighter, Forrest Mulerath, Future Islands, Genevieve et Matthieu, Get Him Eat Him, Greg Davis, HARMONIZER, Hello Shark, Health, HEARTTHROBZ, Hercules & Love Affair, The Hero Cycle, Horse Back, Horse Feathers, I Am Hidden and I Am Not, Imaad Wasif with Two Part Beast, In Memory of Pluto, Infinity Window, Jack Wright, James Kochalka Superstar, James Tenney, Jason Kahn, Jason Anderson, Jazz Guys, Jenny Montana and the Fancy Pants, Jess Clemons, Johanna Kunin, Jon Mueller, June Debris, Kamikaze Hearts, Karl Blau, Killer Whales, Kira Kira, Kris Gruen, Kurt Wiesman, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Laura Gibson, Lendway, Let’s Whisper, Lexie Mountain Boys, Lizz King, Loch Lomond, Luke Temple, Lullatone, Lisa/liza, The Mae Shi, Marie Claire, Matthew Loiacono, Metal Feathers, Mi3, Micah Blue Smaldone, Mike Device, Mike Tamburo, Miracle Fortress, Missy Bly, Mixylodian, Monotonix, Momster, Moonbank, Mount Eerie, Musee Mecanique, Nat Baldwin, Nethers, Nick Jaina, Noa Babayof, Nosebleed Island, Nuda Veritas, Oak, Off Minor, Oh So Insidious, Old Believer, Olivier Toulemonde, Paleo, Paddy Reagan, Paper Castles, Phosphorescent, Papercuts, Pink Bacon, Pontiak, Ponytail, Pretty & Nice, Raccoo-oo-oon, Ramona Cordova, Real Life Time Machines, Remote Islands, Rough Francis, Ruth Garbus, Ryan Power, S(band)EX, Sarah Mangle, Screaming Females, Sean Hood, Shapes and Sizes, Sharon Van Etten, Sinaloa, Sister Suvi, Small Sur, Small is Beautiful, The Smittens, Steph Clark, STEREO WARMUP! Dance party, Stellar OM Source, Strand of Oaks, Sun Circle, Swale, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band, The Berg Sans Nipple, The Depreciation Guild, The Devil Music Ensemble, The Engines, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Persian Claws, The Robot Ate Me, The Vacant Lots, The Wailing Wall, These United States, There Were Valleys, Think About Life, Tiger Saw, Tom Carter, To Bad Catholics, To the Trees, Toby Aronson, Tooth Ache, Truman Peyote, Tullycraft, Twin Cats, Vandermark 5, Velella Velella, Video Hippos, Viking Moses, Visitations, VIVA RADIO DJs, Voles, Vultures of Cult, We Versus The Shark, White Hinterland, Will Johnson, Women, Wye Oak.
And worthy others who we inevitably forgot.  Thank You.
Love,
Nick, Dale and Julia — Tick Tick Booking

Featuring these two pictures, one of Death and one of our friends Rough Francis.

(the first by Tammy Hackney, the second by Paul Boisvert for the NY Times)

Nice work, you guys!!!!  Here’s the LINK.

SISTER SUVI, SHAPES AND SIZES, NAT BALDWIN, and RYAN POWER, at the 5th Element!  It’s on Thursday, the 12th!

Getting awfully excited to see Sister Suvi.

Featuring Merrill Garbus (aka TUNE-YARDS, who I posted about being really impressed by last fall), Patrick Gregoire of Islands, and a third dude whom I don’t know, but am sure is awesome, too!

You can read a little about them on Said the Gramophone, the verbose Canadian music blog.

And you can listen to their new EP here on their website.  May I recommend that you listen to “New Orange Bike.”  You can buy the EP there via paypal, as well.

They are just on a little mini-tour with Shapes and Sizes, basically to here and Portland, Maine, before they tour down to SXSW in mid-March with Takka Takka.

Sister Suvi

Thanks Colin!!!!

Go buy it here! Only 3 quid!

It’s called Every Little Thing Counts.  Too true, Colin, too true.

On March 12 at the Fifth Element.

I’m hoping he might also play this Arthur Russell song:

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Beginning with Dana’s sugar cookies.

Then, Let’s Whisper with some rock solid love songs — singing about the Beltway in the early morning — sounding nice as a duo on guitar, and sounding really solid as a full band with Steve and J on bass and drums.  Dana and Colin are off to play the London PopFest at the end of February.

The Depreciation Guild — as a two-person as their drummer was sick back at the motel.  There’s nothing like a long tour in February.  Some nice projections, and I was transported back to “Siamese Dream” era Smashing Pumpkins, which is in no way a bad thing.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart was a real treat!  They know what kind of music they like, and they’re doing it very well, even perfectly.  They’ve distilled and gathered up a lot of the best sounds of the 90s.  And of course, they are a well-dressed, good looking, dynamic band.  Most importantly, they’re NICE!  I know that usually comes with the territory when you’re an indie pop band, but they seemed really genuinely grateful for all of their recent success, and also just grateful to have people come out on Valentines day in a town they’ve never played in.  There was a good crowd, too — lots of people and in the best Burlington way, a nice spectrum of ages and lots of shared enthusiasm and goodwill.