Meh… no one in marketing, names anything without looking it up first. It is absolutely reasonable and logical to assume they at the very minimum did an internet search for “Extra Chill” before making the decision to name their drink. They saw the results, of which on google… extrachill (regardless of how you spell it, separate it, hyphenate it, etc…) takes up the entire first page. The website, the insta’ the FB, a soundcloud account all lead right back to this website.

They knew, an...

Meh… no one in marketing, names anything without looking it up first. It is absolutely reasonable and logical to assume they at the very minimum did an internet search for “Extra Chill” before making the decision to name their drink. They saw the results, of which on google… extrachill (regardless of how you spell it, separate it, hyphenate it, etc…) takes up the entire first page. The website, the insta’ the FB, a soundcloud account all lead right back to this website.

They knew, and then they did it anyway.

It is also reasonable to assume that they just figure they’re too big to be called out or that they can’t be hurt by this. Which may or may not be true, but what is true is that it was/is an asshole move.

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Let’s goooo!! Hopefully this is step one in some big changes in the music industry. Love how y’all have been standing up for independent music lately. Keep it up!

I’m checking Gimp out now, it seems super cool. I have been wondering about a cheap/free version of Photoshop and this seems to fit that description. Thanks for sharing all these resources!

 

Dude I know! Great song, glad you dig. I also really like “Feeling In Love (From The Waist Down)”

I’ve seen them in a bunch of different settings including on a huge stage at Austin City Limits in 2022. Pour House deck is a sick place for them to be playing in Charleston.

Babe Club rules. I’m not going to High Water but I’m excited for them.

Here’s the video @chubes mentioned

 

One Stop Shop (for a fading revolution) is such a banger. It will certainly be getting a lot of streams on my summertime playlists

Agree about the learning curve, and also… it’s really no different than diving into PS – which costs an arm and a leg and is subscription based.

There are a ton more of these free photo/image manipulation, and photography and even video related softwares. Many of them curated at https://pixls.us/

Another one that I recommend that is a sweet replacement for Adobe’s “Lightroom” is “Darktable”.

https://www.darktable.org/

For artists looking to make vector work – stickers,...

Agree about the learning curve, and also… it’s really no different than diving into PS – which costs an arm and a leg and is subscription based.

There are a ton more of these free photo/image manipulation, and photography and even video related softwares. Many of them curated at https://pixls.us/

Another one that I recommend that is a sweet replacement for Adobe’s “Lightroom” is “Darktable”.

https://www.darktable.org/

For artists looking to make vector work – stickers, t-shirts, band/concert posters and the like, a couple of highly recommended softwares are Krita, and Inkscape.

https://krita.org/en/

https://inkscape.org/

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Was really fortunate to get to photograph Jerkweed April 12th at the Tinroof

Super fun show. Emo & Punk-Pop from the 90’s and the early 2000’s.

Was a great crowd, packed in, and even a bit of a mosh pit in the front. Was fantastic to see everyone having such a great time.

Hope to see them perform again soon! If you would like to see more I’ll include a link to the gallery under the montage. Browse around!

https://www.steveaycockphotography.com/People/MusicConcertsEvents/The-Tin-Roof/Jerk...

Was really fortunate to get to photograph Jerkweed April 12th at the Tinroof

Super fun show. Emo & Punk-Pop from the 90’s and the early 2000’s.

Was a great crowd, packed in, and even a bit of a mosh pit in the front. Was fantastic to see everyone having such a great time.

Hope to see them perform again soon! If you would like to see more I’ll include a link to the gallery under the montage. Browse around!

https://www.steveaycockphotography.com/People/MusicConcertsEvents/The-Tin-Roof/Jerkweed

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Dude hell yeah. I’m also a huge fan of open source software.

Fun fact – the original Extra Chill logo was designed with Gimp. So were our tie-dye stickers.

The one thing about it is the learning curve, it’s kind of difficult to figure out. I’ve never used photoshop, but someone I talked to said it’s basically the same learning curve that you’d have with PS, except for free. I find myself using Canva more these days because it’s super easy to use, but definitely not as powerful.

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Dude hell yeah. I’m also a huge fan of open source software.

Fun fact – the original Extra Chill logo was designed with Gimp. So were our tie-dye stickers.

The one thing about it is the learning curve, it’s kind of difficult to figure out. I’ve never used photoshop, but someone I talked to said it’s basically the same learning curve that you’d have with PS, except for free. I find myself using Canva more these days because it’s super easy to use, but definitely not as powerful.

Adobe software is all ridiculously expensive.

Another fun fact – Extra Chill is basically powered by open source software. WordPress is also free and open source, and probably my favorite open source software ever. This forum is run by another open source software too, bbPress, created by the WordPress folks.

I love how you can get super creative with open source software. Not only is it legal, but it’s encouraged! Badass.

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I’m  a big fan of Open Source Free software… the real kind of free, like ‘Here have this beer’ kind of free. Not the gotcha on the other end kind.

Open source software has it’s code open and available for anyone to examine and modify at any time. Aside from some levels of complexity, it’s VERY hard to hide nefarious goals within Open Source work, and so it is safer to use (generally and relatively) than pay for software, for which the Terms of Service change around your will.

With t...

I’m  a big fan of Open Source Free software… the real kind of free, like ‘Here have this beer’ kind of free. Not the gotcha on the other end kind.

Open source software has it’s code open and available for anyone to examine and modify at any time. Aside from some levels of complexity, it’s VERY hard to hide nefarious goals within Open Source work, and so it is safer to use (generally and relatively) than pay for software, for which the Terms of Service change around your will.

With that tidbit of info taken care of I’d like to introduce you to ‘The Gimp’ an image manipulation software, that directly and ‘competently’ competes with the likes of Adobe’s photoshop and others.

This isn’t sketchy or crude. It’s not buggy or faulty. It runs stable and secure. This is world class, leading the charge image editing. Tons of tutorials, plugins, and well… just about anything you could want from a program to edit 2D images.

Make your concert poster. Edit uncle Bob out of your wedding photo… add some color to a black and white, stitch a panorama or create a collage… or whatever else it is you want to do.

…. AND NOT PAY EVEN A SINGLE DIME… to do it.

I cannot recommend this enough. I’ve been using it for many years and have found it to be just fantastic.  I think you’ll like it too.

https://www.gimp.org/

Bonus: Tutorials.

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Next playlist update: Monday, April 22

Another new release from Die Spitz, “Little Flame.” That last one was a ripper, and this one is a lot more mellow. Goes to show how talented they are, and also falling in line with the “genre-less” trend in modern music that I talk about all the time.

This band is going to blow up. When I was in Austin, everybody was talking about them. It’s only a matter of time before they break out of that scene and start doing bigger tours.

I was listening to this one today while sailing on Folly Beach and really enjoyed the heck out of it. Sometimes it seems like he can remember the Bob Dylan songs better than his own, lol.

Did you see their Hinge campaign for their last show in NYC? Just awesome stuff. I was talking to Persona La Ave about how good this band is at the modern promo game.