We produced a short film for The Climate Reality Project that focuses on the record breaking heat, drought and outbreak of wildfires in Texas this year. Special thanks to our co-producer Andrew Shapter, collaborators Forrest Wilder, David Hamburger, and Ron Pippen and our own Travis Wurges for helping us add the voice of Texas to this global issue.
Don’t let the truth of climate change be denied in our country any longer.
Mother Nature whipped up a perfect spring day for our 6th Annual Bring Your Own Chair family-friendly music event during SXSW.
Eager to return the favor and do our part to keep Austin green, we once again partnered with Wandering River Recycling. At this year’s event, they collected 455 pounds of stuff and recycled 88% of it. Nice.
Let’s break it down for the number crunchers:
Recyclable material
400 lbs = 3 full carts = 1.5 cubic yards
= 88% by weight = 83% by volume
= making Mother Nature proud
Trash
55lbs = about 5 bags = .3 cubic yards
= 12% by weight = 17% by volume
= not too bad
Last year, they recycled about 87% of the 300 pounds collected.
For party pics, visit our Facebook page. Big thanks to our partner Shiny Object and all our event sponsors.
When we saw Mitchum’s well crafted invitation to put forth The Hardest Working Person in America, we immediately thought of our close friend Roly Rolon. He’s worked for us in so many capacities over the years. He screen printed our very first run of Butler Bros t-shirts. He appeared in this piece we created with Shiny Object and Randal Ford. He recently landscaped my backyard. My house is filled with his art and reclaimed furniture.
Roly lives in another dimension. His days are filled with adventures onto movie sets and into the underworld trash dumps. Beyond all the hard work though is a philosophy about life. He is interested in the possibility of every day. He finds beauty in things people throw away. And he writes phone numbers down on his jeans. We created a book filled w/ photographs of his salvage art pieces. There are a few shots above.
Our partner in making this film, Travis Wurges, is new to Austin. He quickly jumped on board to operate camera and edit this piece. Nice work Travis.
Join us and our partner Shiny Object for our 5th Annual Bring Your Own Chair party on Sunday, March 21th from 11:30 till 5:30. Enjoy our super eclectic lineup and sip beer out on the back lawn of the Pedernales Lofts all day. This year we’re proud to partner with Wandering River Recycling so that all our waste will be properly disposed of (thanks to Keen for stepping up to help offset these additional costs). As always, this is a family friendly event – the big idea is to bring the kids out to experience a proper SX live music showcase. We’ll provide the music, beer, bouncy houses and a giant green lawn. Bring your chairs, sunscreen, family and pack a picnic if you like. Hot Mama’s will also be on site with a $5 lunch menu. Parking available on the street only. Pedi-cab service will be provided by Keen up and down 6th street. And finally, please remember that we are all guests of those who live and work at the Pedernales Lofts – keep it real.
Gates open at 11:30 am
12:30pm Natalia Mallo & Sinamantes – Sao Paulo
1:30pm Peelander-Z – NY
3:30pm Elk Ctiy – NYC (member formerly of Luna)
The Woes – NYC TBD
Little Stolen Moments – Austin TBD
5:30 Shiny Ribs – ATX (Kev Russell from Gourds)
Keen Allison Hughes Photo Retouching Mac & Cheez Dave Mead Photography Your Beyond Brett Stiles Design Tequila Mockingbird Association of Music Producers Bud Light Hot Mama’s Rogue Running
Between sets at BYOC Vol 4, The Butler Bros. and Shiny Objects‘ annual SXSW lamprey event that ends up being epic. Dear Lord it was good. Thanks to the bands, the sponsors, and the people that came and took advantage of the bands, sponsors and perfect weather. We love you all. See you at Vol. 5. You have 364 days to buy sunscreen.
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In 2006, GSD&M asked us to produce what amounted to a video annual report. We created the concept of a stop motion animated book. Then we executive produced and creative directed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Shiny Object, and Randal Ford to bring it all to life. The resulting piece takes a pile of disparate elements and weaves a compelling narrative about the scope of the tobacco control issue and the Legacy Foundation‘s effective movements therein.
The piece was used to communicate with key stakeholders of the Legacy Foundation.
