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Insurgency Goes to Peru

abeckwith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:49:50 +0000

While we haven't been updating this here blog recently, don't worry TSI is still in full swing. Other job engagements have kept us from updating the blog recently, but rest assured, we're still handling any and all orders and inquiries.

Meanwhile, if you need your Kyle or Justin fix, like we all do, check out their travel blog while they're down in Peru - http://hablavasperu.blogspot.com/

For Real?

abeckwith — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:22:42 +0000

Here's an amusing and scary post from "The Vine" - TNR's environmental and energy blog - which cites a study saying that not only does High Fructose Corn Syrup invade children's bedrooms at night, but also contains mercury. Not only that, but the FDA knew this and didn't do anything about it. So it goes.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2009/01/28/a...

It's best not to think about things like this, so I'm going to distract you with THIS CRAZY PAIR OF SHOES!

Wha???

Capitol Hill Books Inaugural Gala this Saturday

abeckwith — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:31:28 +0000

For any folks heading into DC this weekend for Inaugural festivities, swing by Capitol Hill Books on Saturday from 5 - 8 for our Inaugural Gala. Kyle and I are currently debating the effervescence of various beverage options, but at the least we'll have beer and wine and 10% off all books on Presidents.

Afterwards, we might go see Gordon at Banana Cafe or just hit up 18th Amendment. Black tie optional.

Welcome to Obama's America

abeckwith — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:35:39 +0000

I like to think there's alot of people like me out there who for a long time though to themselves "I wish this beer I was drinking tasted alot more like Nerds." Well, everything stopped sucking once Sparks came onto the market, and for the last decade or so, everyone's been happy.

Looks like everything's going to suck again, cause MillerCoors is discontinuing Sparks. I think we all died a little today, but mostly it was children who died. Thanks, Obama.

Philly and Boston Pictures

abeckwith — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:45:57 +0000

It's a little late in coming, but we got some photos from the Philly/Boston trip.

We fully enmeshed ourself in the hipster milieu in Philly. They even had free pabst! It's true - look how shocked I am to be festooned with Pabst:

The photo on the right was our neighbor in Philly, who was cool and sells Cupcake Monsters.

One of the other major highlights was us both for the first time hearing the weird "Snow/Heat Miser" song. It's completely ridiculous. This is the Heat Miser.

Anyway, the Philly show had some cool bands, a bunch of cool vendors, and Matt had what he says is his favorite breakfast sandwich of all time at the Arbol Cafe. A Wintry Mix rolled into town and we were off to Boston though.

The Boston Bazaar Bizarre was a damn cool event in the Castle at Park Plaza. Like all big craft events, there was a theraman, who was pretty cool the first time, but then almost drove us insane after awhile. You can only take so many theraman christmas carols.

Anyway, it was packed the whole time, and we managed to sell a fair number of shirts and have some great interactions with the vendors and customers. We were dead tired by the end, and headed out of town to the first Applebees we could find. Thankfully enough Pink and Rihanna (but not enough Nickelback for Matt's liking) came on the radio on the drive home to keep us awake.

King Corn Dudes' response to those wackadoo corn commercials

abeckwith — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:54:24 +0000

Our friends that made the documentary "King Corn" have a pretty good response to those crazy commercials that the Corn Refiners Association have been putting out for the past few months. You can check it out here:

http://civileats.com/2008/12/10/sweet-surprise-corn-syrup-campaign-misse...

Let's not let the Big Corn's lobbying efforts stop us from viewing them as anything other than a monstrous ear of corn terrorizing our children in the middle of the night.

Also, King Corn guys have a new movie out called the Greening of Southie, which sounds like it should be pretty dope. Check 'er out.

Boston Bazaar Bizarre

abeckwith — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:00:40 +0000

Christmas wha??? Yeah, it seems weird, but Christmas season is here, and the Insurgency is branching out a little more and our first road trip is this weekend. Matt and Aaron still haven't recovered from their Michigan Thanksgiving shenanigans, but they're gearing up for another road trip this weekend. Hopefully this time, Matt doesn't get into a fight with any tall racist dudes.

We have a van rented and are ready to go, and we'll be in Philly for the Independent Craft Market at the 941 Theater on Saturday. Here's their site: http://www.myspace.com/randomsquirrellab

On Sunday we will be driving up to Boston for the Bazaar Bizarre. We don't really know what's going on, but apparently the event is in a castle, so that can't be all bad. If anyone's in the Boston area, swing by on Sunday. Here's all the info for the event: http://www.bazaarbizarre.org/boston.html

Kyle will still be selling shirts at Capitol Hill Books this weekend for everyone looking for Christmas Gifts. If you see him give him a hug, Kyle doesn't like the cold.

Palin Shirts Are In

abeckwith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:28:53 +0000

Kudos to our printer who got the Sarah Palin t-shirts out to us with mucho quickness. They are in, and are available for order online. We'll of course be at Capitol Hill Books (at Eastern Market) on Saturday, and we'll be at the Eastern Market Flea Market all day Sunday selling them.

We also got the new Lou Dobbs shirt in, which I think Insurgent Kyle will be posting about at some point. Buy them both - We're not rifle shots here!

And the Dobbs smackdown:

Columbia Heights Day this Saturday

abeckwith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:55 +0000

Insurgents Matt and Aaron will be at Columbia Heights Day this Saturday, October 4th. It should mostly be pretty cool as there is a Taqueria vendor scheduled to be there. Come swing by our table, which will be in Tent B.

Here's some more info:

When: Saturday, October 4^th, 2008 from 11am to 6pm

Where: Harriet Tubman Elementary School & 11^th Street from Kenyon to Monroe St. NW, beginning with a pet parade and community bike ride starting at Tivoli Square at 9:30am. Music starts at 11am.

Activities: Morning yoga, Super Awesome Shirts from the T-Shirt Insurgency - those guys are dope, Arts Fair, Community Picnic, Live Music and Entertainment, Children’s activities, Seniors’ Pavilion, Health and Wellness booths, Petting Zoo and local cuisine.

Fructose Fructose Ghali on the Run

abeckwith — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:11:48 +0000

The High Fructose Corn Syrup debate has gained alot of traction since we released this shirt. The corn lobby is even showing a bunch of commercials telling us, "Come on guys, chill the fuck out! And don't stop eating. Please god don't stop eating." But the sphere of blogs has answered with a resounding "nah". Some young upstart blogger named Andrew Sullivan is even getting in on the act.

Blizz Blau: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/big-corn.ht...

Also, check out Ezra Klein of the American Prospect's post for a good breakdown of the greater issue. Not that we have a stance either way of course, we just think the whole thing's funny.