The Crate Lung Co-op

iris cleans off her phone

2009-04-06T11:29:00.001-07:00

browsing the photos on my phone, i realized i had taken hundreds during the crate lung tour when my camera was unavailable-- dead battery, packed away, or i had to be sneaky. it also came in handy to send photos from the road of things i wanted people in my life to see immediately. i thought i should post some of them, in case my phone someday dies, or just for the sake of posterity.

this first one is in my basement, prepping the posters and fliers for mailing to each city we were to visit:

here are the bears in cristie gunn's apartment, before they were born:

(i think the pink one was someday to become StrawBeary)

The frozen river in Lawrence, Kansas, drifting by our hotel room:

what we lived on (fun fact: easy mac is lower in calories, fat, and sodium than cup of noodle... who knew??)

a jar of quail eggs in an antique store in austin texas: (as you can see, it will run you $58.00)

memories... of the way we were.

2009-02-26T20:29:00.000-08:00

[text from Cristie Feb 23rd 5:20 pm]:

"I'm in The Future. I can't drive it without smiling. It's like a capsule of memories. Or there's an exhaust leak."

[response from Iris Feb 23rd:

"I may put that on the Crate Lung blog... I'm like the paparazzi."

crate lung came home.

2009-02-03T11:35:00.000-08:00

oh children, where to begin....

how about at the end of the Crate Lung Winter Tour 08?

we ended @ Kilby Court on January 10th.

John stages his own protest against the end of the tour by our merch booth:

Bluebird Radio sets up:

Marty, a local Salt Lakeian reads Iris's poetry book while his stomach's hand signs our mailing list:

crate lung's painter, hallie rose taylor, sings!:

and with special guest Cole Wilson of Apple Miner Colony, joining us from Santa Fe:

and that's it. crate lung came home. we may leave again though. so watch out.

ever wanted to be a fly on the wall?

2009-01-09T15:26:00.000-08:00

well, if you get really lonesome, play this video.

it's a few seconds of crate lung playing hotel monte vista.

cristie gunn/hallie rose taylor drawing @ our merch table.

john (TSS) djing.

iris filming it all (and drinking coffee/vodka soda).

it is as it was.

bears up in the club.

2009-01-05T12:37:00.000-08:00

everybody partied @ the hotel monte vista

big toe does da bookings now

2009-01-04T09:13:00.000-08:00

hewo? hewo?! you book crate lung now?!

straight outta houston

2009-01-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

there's only one way into austin, and that's like this:

we saw some lovely things in austin. here is guadalupe on the side of a building:

graffiti we can get behind, with a positive message:

in austin, unlike the rest of america, pets are kept on cars. like this bird:

crate lung finds history.

2008-12-31T09:29:00.000-08:00

on our way out of dallas, we drove by the site where kennedy was shot, on the corner of houston and elm. we got rather touristy.... and swung around on this pole.

show me on the doll exactly where texas touched you.

2008-12-30T23:37:00.000-08:00

the charming couple behind cristie couldn't keep their hands off each other. if it weren't for clothes, someone would be pregnant right now.

an in-store event, with your local tiebreaker

2008-12-29T11:59:00.000-08:00

TIEBREAKER @ GOOD RECORDS

a chill acoustic set was a lovely contrast to the party @ the chat room the night before. we were all in recovery.

hey crate lung, where were you @ 4:30am?

2008-12-29T11:42:00.000-08:00

happy chat room customers

2008-12-29T11:30:00.000-08:00

the chat room in fort worth treated us VERY well. here are some of our happy customers:

with hallie + collab prints:

with a bear (not pictured: iris's book, collab prints, and other crate lung items)

cristie's notebooks:

Tiebreaker's bass player Donavon with a Tiebreaker Tshirt:

with (much needed) matchbooks:

crate lung glamour shots

2008-12-27T16:35:00.000-08:00

john:

hallie:

iris:

cristie:

crate lung:

jackpot!

2008-12-27T16:28:00.000-08:00

our name in lights:

rock and roll feels like this:

decompressing in the green room:

where does this elf door go?

we make sure our creations go to loving homes:

CRATE LUNG @ WONDER FAIR TSHIRT PARTY IN LAWRENCE KANSAS

2008-12-27T16:17:00.000-08:00

one color tshirt designs by local lawrence kansas artists waiting to be chosen to be screened:

in the works:

jouvelt's "crate lung" design:

give crate lung your money, so we can eat, and come see you:

john plays the music, cristie drinks the izze:

thanks, kansas, for the frost-covered memories!

A BEAR-Y MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM YOUR FRIENDS @ CRATE LUNG!

2008-12-26T00:42:00.000-08:00

BEAR-Y CHRISTMAS, EVERY ONE!

sunset, somewhere in america.

2008-12-25T16:41:00.000-08:00

crate lung has seen america at all hours of the day and night @ this point. have you seen us yet?

happy birthday, cristie.

2008-12-25T16:39:00.000-08:00

THE CRATE LUNG CO-OP WOULD LIKE TO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR OWN CRISTIE GUNN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRISTIE, AND THANKS FOR SHARING THIS ADVENTURE WITH US. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

Crate Lung's Accountant

2008-12-22T08:17:00.001-08:00

BIG TOE HOLDS THE CASH!!!!

Crate Lung @ Blackbird Buvette

2008-12-20T19:27:00.000-08:00

TSS spun @ Blackbird Buvette. What was dubbed "not a dance venue" was quickly turned into the hottest dance scene in Albuquerque by Crate Lung in a matter of moments.

(Iris dances)

(Hallie and Cristie [wo]man the merch table)

(TSS dances in the Christmas spirit)

(Crate Lung fans)

(This is where it all went down)

CRATE LUNG CO-OP @ MEOW WOLF

2008-12-20T19:24:00.000-08:00

The Crate Lung Co-Op played Meow Wolf in Santa Fe on the 18th. It was cold, but our merch table sure heated things up:

Cristie sold out of bears within minutes. You'll say you knew us when.

TOUR DATES!

2008-12-08T20:04:00.001-08:00

CLICK on the image above to see the tour dates on our myspace page.

New Mixtape from TOUCHTONE

2008-12-08T16:02:00.000-08:00

Click to download:

Crate Lung facebook group

2008-11-11T23:56:00.000-08:00

click on max:

an animal of letters

2008-10-14T15:12:00.001-07:00

THIS/THAT V.1 MIXTAPE

2008-10-09T16:18:00.000-07:00

Click the artwork to download the .zip file...

if you can't see the artwork above click here to download.
TRACKLIST:
COLOMA-NO MOVING PARTS (ANDRE KRAMI REMIX)
FLAT MODE-PLAY THIS GAME (FLAT DUB MIX)
ARP AUBERT-NIPPLEGATE
AME-REJ
X-PRESS 2-SMOKE MACHINE
THE SOUNDTRACK SCENE-MURTHER (MOM MIX)
TOCOTRONIC VS. CONSOLE-FREIBURG 3.0 (I LIKE GIORGIO REMIX BY MS. KITTEN + THE HACKER)
THOM YORKE-CYMBAL RUSH (THE FIELD REMIX)
TOUCHTONE-24THEPRICEUV1
MANUEL TUR-VABANQUE (STIMMING REMIX)
MY MY-ELEVENTH HOUR
LA NOIRAUDE-MECHANICAL XTRAKTION
M.A.N.D.Y.-TONITE

Here are some robots...

2008-10-09T11:17:00.000-07:00

that I drew. Just for you :)

...no remainders

2008-10-08T22:08:00.000-07:00

Alfa Romeo Promo

2008-10-08T17:44:00.000-07:00

Director Jared Eberhardt and the co-op's John LaMonica collaborated on this advert. If you haven't checked out Jared's work, do it now.
Also,check out John's various pseudonyms (TSS & TBRKR) and collabs.

Lake of Salt on Fuel TV

2008-10-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

Back to the suture

2008-10-02T21:14:00.000-07:00

Velour live music gallery. 10.2.08

TBRKR, Johan the Angel & Taught Me.

Me, Cristie, Casey, and Cein drove down to Provo for this one. The other bands sounded great. Good turnout, and apparently people still "go steady". It's not the 1950's as Cein pointed out, but really, who's paying attention to nonsense like, time, era, or decade appropriate vernacular.

We had fun, listened to the new TSS mixtape, checked some sweet fake lower back tats, circlescribbled, and posed.

This one was fun, we'll be back soon for sure,
John