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New Option G Screen Prints

Posted on August 8, 2007 Under Art

It's gittin' close to huntin' season -- at least that's what a lot of rural Coloradans have been telling me lately. And while I'm not a hunter per se, I do enjoy venturing out into the mountains to see deer…

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Eco Seek: User Populated Green Searching

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Life

I'd like to direct your attention to the newly launched Eco Seek: a user-populated search engine "for all things green." While it doesn't go as far as Greendeavor in terms of depth and user involvement, with a points system to…

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Grant Barnhart: New Prints

Posted on July 27, 2007 Under Art

What's not to like about these new 5-color prints from Grant Barnhart, our friend and fellow Spear Collectiver? The one on the left (grrrrr!) is actually a concert poster for Andrew Bird who, by the way, is one hell of…

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Hapa on the Hill is Back!

Posted on July 19, 2007 Under Food

If you live in Boulder, you know Hapa. It's the place to eat Magic Mushrooms and Multiple Orgasm Rolls, drink Purple Haze Sake, and listen to some of the best DJ sets in Boulder. The food may be somewhat Americanized,…

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People Like Us Styles

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the inaugural line of iPod-protecting Styles from People Like Us for sometime now, and it looks like they're finally here. Jeremy Somers, a member of the Spear Collective and head of People Like…

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Threadless: I Listen To Bands

Posted on July 9, 2007 Under Fashion

I just wanted to give a quick nod to this hilarious t-shirt that popped up recently at Threadless. There's not much to say about it that you can't decipher by reading the blatantly clear message that is the shirt. I…

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Sweeter than Honey, Better than Gold

Posted on July 6, 2007 Under Art, Life

"Sweeter than Honey, Better than Gold..." I love that saying for some reason; it reminds me of a Kings of Leon song, but after further research, I found out that it has a more religious connotation. At any rate, I…

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Talk Shop Fridays: Your Predictions for Live Earth

Posted on July 6, 2007 Under Music

With the much anticipated Live Earth concert rapidly approaching (14 hours, 36 minutes until launch), I thought it'd be interesting to poll you, the JoshSpear.com readership, about your thoughts surrounding the concert. It's going to be happening simultaneously on 7…

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Tom Judd's Everyday, Redux

Posted on July 5, 2007 Under Art

We have been following Spear Collective Member Tom Judd's Everyday illustration efforts since he completed a full year of daily drawings in 2005. On July 1st, he embarked on a refreshed and committed journey to complete another year's worth of…

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iPhone Queues by Gizmodo

Posted on June 29, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Yesterday I paid a visit to the Apple Store in Boulder (above, left), and I could feel the iPhone buzz in the air already (I mean a palpable sort of buzz, more intense than the steady, annoying buzz that has…

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