Last night was a double celebration, both for the 2 year anniversary of Kon Karne’s Butcher Shop with The Bear – a monthly DJ night that we put on with Insect Records – and for the launch of our new website. Insect Records have long been a part of the Recspec family, we designed their website, make their posters, work on album covers for them, and generally love everything that they do. We also love the Rio Rita, which has become our little home every month, offering the best damned bloody mary’s in the universe, and wonderful friends + fun.
We were also lucky enough to have our friend Katy, aka Katy Cupcake, make 100 cupcakes for us for the night, which only heightened our excitement with sugar and love. Thank you, Katy, they were delicious.
As a present to Insect Records founder and mastermind, Ben Webster, we also constructed and made a custom wheatpaste for the night: a huge cake with a big 2 candle and decoration of steaks (Kon Karne) and bears (Butcher Bear), which will now reside at Insect Records HQ. Happy birthday, Kon Karne, Butcher Bear, and Rio Rita! We love you! The spacemen represent our website launch, which is now sent off into the stratosphere at the speed of light. Zoooom.
Photographic evidence, more of which can be seen here.
Mr. Kon Karne and the faceless Bear.
The new Recspec.org website is now online! Please do check it out and peruse its depths. We’re quite proud of it and it has been in the works for a long time. Thank you to everyone that has helped with feedback and pointers along the way!
And for those of you in Austin, we’ll see you tonight at Rio Rita for the launch party. Come say Hi and we’ll give you a pair of our sweet shades and a cupcake for free. And a hug, if you want one.
Here at Recspec H.Q., we’re always finding ourselves being drawn to the most common and everyday things, that have nice packaging, lovely type, strange colours, or are otherwise interesting and aesthetically pleasing. We’ve decided to document these little Every Day Things here on our blog, to share with you. New and old (but often old) tiny things that inspire us throughout our day.
First, something as simple and mundane as food coloring packaging. We love the bold and simple illustrations, the primary colors, and just the general feel of this old box thats been sitting in our cupboard for ever.
Sometimes sundries can be awfully interesting.
Our monthly night with Insect Records, Kon Karne’s Butcher Shop with The Bear, is turning 2 this month! We’ve taken the opportunity for celebration to also launch our new website, which has been bubbling on the back burner for the last month or so, and is just about ready to be released upon the masses. If you’d like to celebrate with us, please join us next Friday at Rio Rita… poster + details below.
Did we mention that there will be cupcakes?
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Also be sure to listen to the newest podcast made for the occasion (by clicking here) mixed by both Butcher Bear and DJ Kon Karne. Its a real treat, and one of the best ones yet.
So if you’re local to Austin, we hope to see you next Friday, and if not, keep an eye out for the brand new Recspec.org launch! We’re can’t wait to show you what we’ve been up to.
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