Saturday, December 22, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
PF Raffle
Austin American-Statesman gives PFoT props
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Bottom Shelf Bonanza
Cluck Roosterman is at it again. In their final interview for the new album, Punk Farm allowed the clucky reporter to travel with them in the van on their latest tour. The result: two explosive new articles.
Live From the Bottom Shelf: On the Road With Punk Farm
Live From The Bottom Shelf: The Punk Farm Nation
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
NPR Book Tour
Monday, December 10, 2007
The Punk Farm Raffle
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, CATTLE AND FOWL - PRESENTING (insert drum roll here) - The Punk Farm Raffle!"What is the Punk Farm Raffle?" you ask? The Punk Farm Raffle is an on-line raffle of original Punk Farm paintings to benefit the Central Massachussets Arts Assembly and to defray the costs of recording the original Punk Farm music.
You see, when I get the Punk Farm music recorded, my friend Scott Cambot puts the band together and records the music for me. To thank him and the musicians, I am raising money for an organization that is very important to Scott and I'm using a portion of the proceeds to pay the musicians. This ensures that there will be more Punk Farm music in the future and that I can continue to give it away for free.
Here's how it works - individuals purchase a $5 raffle ticket for the character painting that they would like to win. Their name and address will be placed on an index card, put into a jar and winners will be drawn at random. The winners of each painting will be drawn and announced at www.punkfarm.com/raffle.html, LIVE VIA VIDEO (Maybe not in real time, but a video nonetheless!)on December 19, 2007.The winners will receive the original paintings shortly thereafter!
What can you win? You could win any of the following paintings. Each painting is 11" x 14", acrylic on masonite.
Get in on the fun at www.punkfarm.com/raffle.html!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Punk Farm music video
Huge props to Mr. Christian, Mrs. Osburn and their crew in Oklahoma!
Annie Was Warned - the movie!
A big thank you to all involved for making the video and giving me permission to post it!
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Pug in my pocket
Man, I love this dog.
My laptop was in front of me because I was using it for photo reference. I opened up the Photobooth application and snapped these pics:
Friday, December 07, 2007
Drawings from kids
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Candy Band
Robert's Snow - the final countdown!
Bidding on "Jingle Pig ROCK!" is almost over!
The bidding closes on Friday at 5 PM (I believe that's Pacific Time). You, yes YOU can own this one of a kind Punk Farm original art piece and help raise money for the good work that the Dana-Farber does in their quest to find the cure for cancer.
Bid now, bid often, bid on many.... all of the final snowflakes can be found here:
www.robertssnow.com
And if you don't read the Fuse #8 blog, Betsy has a very fun report on the bidding. Look here for that.
In the meantime, put this video on and let it serve as inspiration to BID!
PS - I wrote about how I first got involved with people dealing with cancer here. I know the post is a few years old, but the sentiment is exactly the same.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Ralph Macchio report
He makes us both so incredibly happy. I've never had a dog and I never thought that I would love a dog as much as I love this little guy. He's growing at the speed of light. Out of the 200 plus photos we've taken so far, here are our favorites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiojjk/sets/72157603367225226/show/
And not that you need any enticing to go over and see pictures of young Ralph, here is one of our absolute favorites:
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
B&N Boston Holiday Book Drive
Mayor Menino today joined Stacey Lucchino and Jarrett Krosoczka, author of My Buddy, Slug, winner of the 2006 ReadBoston Best Read Aloud Book Award, to promote ReadBoston's partnership with Barnes and Noble this holiday season. ReadBoston is the beneficiary of the Barnes and Noble Annual Holiday Book Drive in the Prudential Center. From November 1st through January 1st, customers can purchase a book to donate to ReadBoston. Pictured in photos from left to right, Jarrett Krosoczka, Mayor Menino and Stacey Lucchino.
Monday, December 03, 2007
looking for a signed book?
Barnes & Noble - Worcester, MA; Fairless Hills, PA; Carmel, IN; Wilmington, MD; Canton, CT
Wellesley Booksmith - Wellesley, MA
Tree Top Kids - all VA, MD, DC locations
Aladin's Lamp Children's Books - Arlington, PA
Politics & Prose - Washington, DC
Borders Books and Music - Wynnewood, PA
They may even have some signed stock of other titles. If you're looking to cross some presents off your list, try giving one of those stores a call.
Robert's Snow - bid on a PF snowflake now!!!
"Jingle Pig ROCK!" is now available for bidding!
You can own this one of a kind Punk Farm original art on a snowflake and help raise money for the good work that the Dana-Farber does in their quest to find the cure for cancer.
Bid now, bid often, bid on many.... all of the final snowflakes can be found here:
www.robertssnow.com
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Ralph Macchio is home!
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And this is probably a record for any one school, but they sold 511 books! And I managed to sign them all throughout the day. Here's a pic of the gang who was crazy enough to volunteer to help with that effort:Every kid in the school made a cool punk something - farm animals, penguins, aliens.... and they were collected in one giant Punk Farm scene:
AND...just when you thought it couldn't get any cooler - it does! The kids made video adaptations of two of my books! And hopefully I'll be able to post some here later next week.