Utah. A land of mystery. Of superstition. Bees. Salt Lakes. One of the places we’ll be blasting through on the 2008 DDC Fall Tour. Still in planning stages.

HERE’S A LITTLE SOMETHING TO CHEW ON: Our latest Flickr set titled, “Eight “First Day Of Issue” Envelopes.” You’ll see Utah’s 100th anniversary celebrated, the historic founding of Detroit and a tribute to Sir Francis Scott Key. Get in there.

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SOMETHING WE’LL BE DOING THIS WEEKEND: Music Fest North West.

On the short list for Aaron:
01. Polvo at Berbati’s. Been waiting for this one for some time.
02. Centro-Matic at Doug Fir
03. Richmond Fontaine at Dante’s.
04. Faz’ Sharpening Markers at Ash Street Saloon.
05. Red Fang at Doug Fir.
06. Crooked Fingers at Doug Fir.
07. Les Savy Fav at the Wonder Ballroom.
08. Battles at the Wonder Ballroom.

On the short list for Leigh:
01. M. Ward at the Crystal Ballroom.
02. The Helio Sequence at the Crystal Ballroom.
03. Ratatat at the Wonder Ballroom.

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WE RARELY SHOW WORK, AND THERE’S A REASON FOR IT: Usually, when stuff leaves my fingertips, I can’t really show it for a couple more months due to confidentiality and stuff, and then, by the the time it’s actually out there in the world working, I’m on to the next thing. Weird cycle. Things get buried, you know? And I just sorta get busy on other things. You know how that goes.

Like every year, I am super proud of the Coal Headwear advertising campaign. I wanted to show you the first five ads to show up in the mags. Here you go:

01. “Mikey LeBlanc in the Harbor.”
02. “Laura Hadar in the Zoey.”
03. “Jordan Mendenhall in the Scotty.”
04. “Jon Kooley in the Harbor.”
05. “Priscilla Levac in the Parks.”

Photography by Mark Welsh. Styling and direction by Brad Scheuffele. Thought up by the bad people of the DDC. Thanks, fellas. Bravo.

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GREAT OPENING PAGE OF A WEB SITE: Crooked Fingers.

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SURPLUS, AND IT’S VAST MYSTERIES: Jeremy Firth of the Wasatch Range, utah, comes in way hot with an amazing Flickr set from a visit he made to a local army surplus. It’s called, “Smith and Edwards photographic field trip” and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll be in there digging around.

Here’s one that stood out to my eye. Awesome.

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SOME SADNESS: For Jerry. Rest in Peace, man.