Posts from — February 2010

We recently received this photo from a fan, taken during a vacation to Taos, New Mexico. The shirt in question is our Men’s Rorschach Lobster.

Speaking of Taos — we also appropriated that name for my favorite Beetlebung panini (full disclosure: I add onion).

Would you like to see yourself on here? We’d love to have you! Email your photos to: ca [at] beetlebung [dot] com.

Beetlebung is honored to have been named the “Best Advertising Campaign” of 2009 at the New England Newspaper & Press Awards (NENPA) earlier this month! The campaign ran in the Vineyard Gazette, so the award fell under “Weekly Class 2″. Below, you can read what the NENPA judges said about our campaign as well as view photos of last week’s Vineyard Gazette ad regarding the awards, which included 1.5 examples of our ads.

The use of a creatively-cropped, dominant art element in each ad helps this series jump off the page. The layout and theme are very consistent from one ad to the next, so important in a campaign. The headline, fonts and placement of web address are consistent as well. The headlines not only supported the art element, but were fun — Rorschach Lobster and Rogue, especially. Great use of white space.

A few new tunes, a few old ones.

[UPDATE: Neon Indian's concert has been postponed until March 9. They will appear on Jimmy Fallon instead.]

Of all the the shows coming to Boston this winter/spring, we are perhaps most excited to see Neon Indian at the tiny, wonderful Great Scott in Allston as part of the Together Festival on Thursday, 2/11.

Neon Indian is one moniker used by Alan Palomo of Austin, TX. (The touring band features three others.) On Neon Indian’s debut, Psychic Chasms, Mr. Palomo neatly (in under 31 minutes) repackages 80′s synth-pop. Were the 80′s actually this fun? Well, the lyrics aren’t cheery. Whatever – I can’t wait to dance.