REVOLT Marketing secured Scion as a sponsor for the upcoming The Cool Tour show in San Francisco, CA.  8 of some of the most influential bands in the hard core / metal music scene are on the bill including; As I Lay Dying, Underoath and Between the Buried and Me.  As part of the activation we created and will be handing out free limited edition hand screen printed tour posters designed by Portugal based graphic designer Filipe Oliveira.

We put together a limited edition Scion/Blow Up t-shirt for the June edition of Blow Up and Get Down dance party in San Francisco, CA.  These complementary t-shirts will be handed out to the first 100 people at the party at the Scion promotional booth.  Nominated by Paper Magazine as “America’s Best Party” Blow up is the party to see and be seen.  Blow Up is known for its fashion forward clientele and world renowned djs.

http://blowupsf.com/

Blow Up (June Edition)

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Kelly’s Mission Rock

featuring: Le Castle Vania, Rico Tubbs, B Rich and more

“I’m walking in Memphis, walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale”  now Marc Cohn will know exactly where he’s at with the Beale Street iPhone app!  Designed and developed by the REVOLT marketing team, the Beale Street iPhone app helps users navigate through world famous Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

Version 1.0 is available now at the iTunes App Store.  Download the free app and keep your eyes peeled for new bells and whistles currently in development with REVOLT.

REVOLT Marketing secured Scion as a sponsor for Graphic Attack!

Graphic Attack! is an explosive group exhibition co-curated by Melissa McCaig Welles, and Andrea von Bujdoss, highlighting an exciting clash of techniques and styles by 15 of the most prolific experts in urban art and graphic design. The collective display of works by these graffiti artists and graphic designers promise to be a fierce outbreak of complex imagery infused by intense and innovative personal artistic styles.

This exhibition of works will include mixed media works including prints, paintings, drawings, sculpture and installation. Works will be of various price points, making the art accessible to both serious collectors and fans.

The line-up includes: CernYMI, Ces, Cope2, Cycle, Doze Green, Greg Haberny, Hydro74, KEO TC5, Mare139, Morning Breath, Pure TFP, Queen Andrea, Shepard Fairey, Siloette, Trustocorp, Wane

Graphic Attack kicks off on Friday, May 7th and will be up through Saturday, June 19th at the 1:AM Gallery

It was a fun balance of work and play as REVOLT activated a number of events for Scion and Skullcandy. RVLT MGMT artist Dignan played 4 amazing shows during the week. REVOLT Marketing’s Adrian Santos connected with a number of rad people including Andrew WK, GWAR, Margaret Cho and Erik Estrada (hell yeah!).

Congratulations to our good friend Joshua Smith aka Hydro74 on the recent launch of his new apparel line Brass Tack!!!

Now this isn’t just any old clothing line.  Smith created the Brass Tack line as a way, “to promote the art and iconic production of symbolic relevance with intellectual idealism founded on a secret society level”.  In addition, “Brass Tack is dedicated to lush quality, simply stated themes, unique imagery that centers around graphical interpretations of the lost art of underground secret social systems that hide their ideology in plain sight”.  In other words, Brass Tack is the Da Vinci Code and National Treasure of apparel.

REVOLT is helping get Brass Tack off the ground, Adrian Santos will be handling artist relations, sponsorships and event marketing.

Be sure to check out the site and see the Spring 2010 line.  Our favorite is the Betty and Sagan.  Let us know which design you like best.  While your there be sure to download the exclusive Brass Tack mix from Adrian Santos aka YO! Santos

check out graphic hydro74 interview culture blog #PopUpFresh http://popupfresh.com/features/hydro74-an-interview-with/ http://bit.ly/bhDP1u

REVOLT founder and owner Adrian Santos is scheduled to moderate the panel, “The Wide World of Sponsorships and Endorsements – When Music and Brands Meet!” at the 2010 Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis, TN on Saturday, February 20. Santos will be joined by Laura Hutfless (CAA), Kate Truscott (4Fini/Warped Tour), Brian Hailey (St. Blues Guitars), Wade Odeum (Tatco) and Ryan Peel (musician).

The group will discuss strategies on how to successfully acquire sponsorships and endorsements for musicians.

For times and location please visit folkalliance.org

Globe trotting electro dj, Dylan Eiland, aka Le Castle Vania, needed a new website and REVOLT rose to the occasion. Check out the brand-spanking new LeCastleVania.com.  Click around, download some music, watch a video, buy a oversize print shirt, whatevz.  We’re just stoked that Dylan digs the site and that his fans from around the world can keep up with him online.

We twisted his arm and here’s what Dylan had to say about us: “Working with REVOLT Marketing is always a great experience. They were able to build me a custom website that fit both my image and needs. The site meets all of my needs, including all the tools I need to keep up repeat interactions with my fan base. It’s also easy to use and keep updated, which is so important for an artist.  For me it means more time working on the music that I want to showcase, and less time spent getting it out to the listener.”

Big ups to REVOLT designer Ryan Chase for building out the site.  Check out Ryan’s portfolio here

Contemporary artist Shepard Fairey got sued by the Associated Press for not meeting Fair Use standards when using their photo of Barack Obama as the inspiration for his infamous “Hope” poster. And now he’s fessing up: Fairey lied in court.

It’s old hat that Fairey’s been embattled in a court case over fair use, the idea that something like an image can be used in the context of news if it doesn’t sap value from the source’s original work. That source, in this case, being the wire news behemoth Associated Press, who are more or less trying to find away to put a price on information so blogs and the like can’t take “their” news and do stuff with it like talk about it. But for the time being, Fairey’s the guy the AP’s suing the pants off of because he’s a high profile figure who created a high profile piece of art from their high profile photgraph. And they want some of that young, idealistic money shelled out to Fairey, who’s made a grip from his posters. He’s probably lost quite a bit fighting this.

In a recent court deposition, Fairey identified one photo as the one he used as the inspiration for his poster, while the AP identified theirs-taken by wire photographer Mannie Garcia-as the one he used.

Well, he “realized” early on that it was Garcia’s photo that he had, in fact, used, and then deleted a bunch of shit on his computer to wipe clean evidence that he knew any better. Whoops. Time to confess!

In an attempt to conceal my mistake I submitted false images and deleted other images. I sincerely apologize for my lapse in judgment and I take full responsibility for my actions which were mine alone. I am taking every step to correct the information and I regret I did not come forward sooner. I am very sorry to have hurt and disappointed colleagues, friends, and family who have supported me in this difficult case and trying time in my life. I am also sorry because my actions may distract from what should be the real focus of my case – the right to fair use so that all artists can create freely. Regardless of which of the two images was used, the fair use issue should be the same.

Whoops. You can’t forget: Fairey’s also lawsuit happy to artists who ape or parody his stuff, so it’s hard to feel too bad for Fairey, even if he is trying to cover his legal costs and make a complex argument by being an asshole to someone els just like him. Birds of a feather. Also, Fairey lied to Bucky Turco at ANIMAL New York in an email, but Bucky doesn’t get his own apology from Fairey. Short end of the stick, these bloggers get. That’s HOPE for you.