I was searching etsy for some office furniture and accidentally came across this amazing find. They take VHS packaging, and refurbish them into notebooks. I write tons of ideas in notebook and I had to have this. It’s genius. They even tied the book together with a piece of VHS tape. They had a few other horror ones, but I had to have this one. I reached out on possibly doing some collabs, perhaps these could pop up in EZ stores at some point! (fingers crossed)
random rants and thoughts of what I want from 2012
pay off my car
look for a new car
buy/design a custom desk
add new names to the client list
do trade shows
do horror conventions
do more custom garments for both Electric Zombie and Grave Takers
See lots of movies (even the bad ones)
cut back on band design and possibly ditch one of the 3 “jobs” I have to focus more on my brands (only temporarily)
start packing my own orders and hiding treats and notes in them?
design and print more posters for Electric Zombie
More Accessories DAMMIT!
Play the drums more
buy an arcade/pinball machine
pay off my debts / pay ahead on bills to where all I have to pay for is my house every month
Finish Movie room attached to my office
Buy a new tv bigger than 60 inches, the 50 inch isn’t cutting it
start collecting new toys
buy more books
take more pictures
travel more
vacation with Adam Elmakias
get a passport
be a little nicer (maybe)
eat more pizza
Every year, I always do a “I didn’t get an Electric Zombie” sale. This year is no different, except, well now I have 2 brands, and of course GRAVE TAKERS is a part of this massive sale. I announced on Christmas Eve that there would be a sale and here’s some details on the sale now that it’s officially launched.
All shirts are $12.25
All Screen Printed Posters are $12.25
Digital Posters are $5
Hoodies are $24.50 (some couldn’t drop that low because of the cost exceeding the sale price, sorry!)
Grave Takers Jeans are $30
Grave Takers Reverse Hoods are $30
Grave Takers Reaper Jacket is $40
Grave Takers Denim Jackets are $50
Grave Takers Flannel is $30
Now is the time to buy, this is going to be the ONLY sale at this capacity for a very long time.
http://www.theelectriczombie.com
http://www.gravetakers.com
1. Moving Mountains - Waves
2. Architects - The Here and Now
3. New Found glory - Radiosurgery
4. Blink-182 - Neighborhoods
5. This Time Next Year - Drop Out of Life
6. Defeater - Empty Days and Sleepless Nights
7. Transit - Listen and Forgive
8. The Dangerous Summer - War Paint
9. Life On Repeat - Struggle + Sleep
10. Oh, Sleeper - The Children of Fire
11. balance and Composure - Separation
12. Vanna - And They Came Baring Bones
Honorable Mentions (EP’s and rehash of older songs)
Alkaline Trio - Damnesia
Manners - Apparitions
Innerpartysystem - Never Be Content
4 years ago today I started Electric Zombie. I sat on my floor, folding and bagging shirts and hoping that one day that it would catch the eyes of everyone. I am happy and very lucky that you got to witness the growth (that’s what she said) and watch it become what it is today. I am very appreciative that you respect and love the brand and support and enjoy my retarded and fun ideas that comes spewing out of my head and onto your chest (again, that’s what she said). I love and appreciate each and everyone one of my fans, (and anti supporters, you get a bigger kiss!) even though you never like to read and love to complain. (I’m looking at you Brazil!) I usually have a birthday sale, but I was asked to be a part of the IAMBROKE sale, so it kind of intertwines, use the code “IAMBROKE” at check out to save 25%. I also launched a new look for the store, which you can see here http://www.buyelectriczombie.com
I want to thank a few sites and people who have supported me or just been all out awesome to me and my art and what I’ve done.
Everyone at Merch Now, from the guys at the top, to the pullers, printers, and packers (mmmmm).
New Found Glory, for letting me annoy and stress you out and be a part of the tour and let me get to meet some of my fans and make new ones! Chad Gilbert, of New Found Glory, for supporting my dumb ideas, and wearing them before anyone else and getting mad for not using those ideas for his shirts ;) Sam Kaufman, Horseshits, Derek Deal, Felix, Dobi, Rhys Cooper, Evanimal, Chris Lovell, Clark Orr, and Keaton Henson, for helping me bring my dementedness to life. Justin Tortilla Soup, for busting out my site codes and magic on seasonal basis (YOU STUD). Brady, Christian, and Gary for dealing with my pickiness and revisions! Adam Elmakias, for being an awesome friend and even amazing photographer (http://www.lensbracelet.com ) and my Dad for making me watch Nightmare on Elm Street and Evil Dead when I was 3 (probably younger, I lived on Elm street) and basically giving me the inspiration to create the dumb stuff I do for everyone
Thank You so much for another year of gloriousness. Here’s to another year and to a hopeful amazing 2012, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
- Kyle Crawford
Electric Zombie / Grave Taker’s baby daddy (and momma)
Thanks to all my friends and supporters of electric zombie. in just a little over a week, EZ will have been around for 4 years, and I couldn’t have done it without your hate/loves/obsession for my retarded and demented thoughts I throw on t-shirts and sometimes other things. I can’t thank you enough and I hope that all of you have a great day with friends family, pet, or stranger, and have some glorious food. Just make sure it’s in your Electric Zombie shirt! ;) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
The long wait is over and it’s finally here. The Electric Zombie Fall/Winter line. This time around I took a little bit of a different approach. The inspiration for this line was, movies I love to watch on Halloween. This line features shirts from movies like….
- Nightmare on Elm Street 2
- Return of the Living Dead 3
- Christine
- Brainscan
- Lost Boys
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Trick R’ Treat
- Child’s Play 2
Speaking of the Trick R’ Treat Designs, the 2 designs based on the movie are LIMITED to 100, they will not be reprinted, so DON’T hesitate to snag one. Maybe next year I’ll 2 more, with the other 2 chapters ;)
Mixed in are some other ideas I had that wanted to incorporate the brand name into. I also always wanted to do a shirt of a collage of werewolves. Truth be told, I am more of a fan of Werewolves than zombies. I like the whole transformation behind it, and the look of it. I brought back a favorite from a few lines ago (splice) and reworked an old school throwback design, DOME SPLITTER, in full color form. I also wanted to experiment with glow in the dark inks, which came out super awesome. I came up with a new phrase to work with, “FEED THE MACHINE” it’s something I’ve always kept in the back of my mind and waited for the right time to unveil it and did a couple designs using it.
Due to me having lack of internet, I had to quickly release the line, as there was a day off today, so I couldn’t get to merch now in time to get the posters up. There’s 5 digital Posters and 2 screen print posters. Keep your eyes out for those! I’m pretty excited about this release. What’s your favorite design?
Check out the new site here http://www.theelectriczombie.com
and of course the new line here http://www.buyelectriczombie.com
I will also be working on a store design as well! Keep your eyes peeled!
So a few things…
I usually put everything in alphabetical order. But, I am trying out something new, for updates, I am going to put the newest stuff first, when it’s time for the next update, the current update will be put in the normal alphabetical order. I feel like that’s easier for everyone and won’t have to go fishing for new projects.
I also updated the for sale / rejected projects section and changed the layout up a little bit.
I also took some shots for the album layouts. I’m going to update those once I am back from tour and redo them a little bit.
I also put some explanation / notes/ commentary on some of the projects.
I still have a couple things to add like the radiosrugery 7 inch / special edition packaging, the this time next year layout and a few more vinyl pieces. I’ll probably update those once halloween hits and I’ll post my ez pieces from fall in there.
Check it out here
yippie!
Last night I started thinking about how I am going to be gone on tour for one of my favorite times of the year. I watch practically every horror movie I own, at least 2 a night for the entire month of October. I’m going to try and pack as many as I can onto a hard drive and watch them on the road, if and when I can. I thought it might be cool to do a top 31 list of some of my favorites. I know that I will get some stink eyes, but, this is just my personal preference. Enjoy!
http://cargocollective.com/ezarchives#2122248/TOP-31-movies-to-watch-in-October-Halloween
