Apple Scruffs

we do things

2009-03-03T18:39:00.000-08:00

Now + Samuel, Chris and Greg [all formerly of Christians & Lions], Baixa has been busy busy BIZZEE

Catch them Thursday, March 5th at Great Scott with Illinois and Magic Magic. 18+, 9 pm, $9!

They'll also be at The Milky Way for Boomstock, the first of many special Boomerangs events combining band and DJ sets featuring employees and friends of the store Tuesday, March 10th.

Boomstock #1
Gregory Mullen - http://www.myspace.com/welcometothelifeadventure
Autumn Armor - http://www.myspace.com/autumnarmor
Baixa - http://www.myspace.com/baixa
Kid Romance - http://www.myspace.com/kidromance
w/ special guest DJs Apple Scruffs & Cynthia!

Minimum donation of $5, all proceeds benefit the AIDS Action Committee of MA. 21+.

AND you can see them at The 2nd Annual Blastfest Friday, March 13th with:

Anna Rochinski
April Ranger
Avi Jacob
Brian S. Ellis
Casey Rocheteau
Debbie and the Bullets
Gracious Calamity
The Great Valley
Gregory J. Moon
Lindsay Clark
Manners
Many Mansions
Morgan Shaker
The Needy Visions
Peace, Loving
The Points North
Shira E.
The Woodrow Wilsons

ALL AGES / $5-10 PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT
Download the Blastfest sampler here!

Head asplodey yet?

bxa & as events!

2009-01-14T20:22:00.000-08:00

Apple Scruffs is featuring a piece in Hey I Know That Guy, a very special portraiture show being hosted by Alex Feinstein and Mike Dacey at the Washington Street Arts Center. The opening reception is being held Friday, January 16th, 2009 from 6-10 pm and is FREE! The show will only be up through Saturday, January 17th, 2009 so be sure to make it a point to go!

Baixa's got a few OGs back and is playing a show with Tigersaw, Gracious Calamity, Morgan Shaker and Not Art @ the Whitehaus on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 from 7 - 11 pm. FREE! ALL AGES!

Message me for more info or go to http://www.myspace.com/treehaushoots

draw drawings every day TONIGHT

2009-01-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

Two lovely friends of mine - Alex Feinstein and Mike Dacey - are putting on a really excellent gallery show tomorrow night and you should stop by! The Draw Drawings Every Day opening reception is at the Washington Street Art Center in Somerville Friday, January 2nd, 2008 from 6 pm - 10 pm and is free, just like you.

Draw Drawings Every Day
January 2, 2008
6 pm - 10 pm
Washington Street Art Center
321 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143

The show features 30+ artists from Boston and beyond and is only up through Saturday, January 3rd, so make it a point to come by! See art, eat snacks, etc.

MASS MARKET 3 TOMORROW!

2008-12-13T11:18:00.001-08:00

DETAILS!:

Mass Market 3
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
12 pm - 6 pm
@ MassArt's Pozen Center
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
All Ages / $1 Admission
Proceeds to go to Aids Action Committee of Massachusetts

COME SEE THE FOLLOWING VENDORS!:

Amocro Art
Armageddon Shop
Apple Scruffs
atomsatwork accessories
Beasted
Boomerangs
Bruce and Sasha
Chris Strunk
Chris Villon
Compound 440R - Somerville Music Collective
CoupCoup Designs
DISTRO.Y
Docs & Gams
Electrical Outfits
Fraske Designs
Good Vintage Collectibles
Grimaldi Baez
Happy Animal
Hot Lunch
IceCreamPeople. org
IDYLLICLAND
Katherine's Cupcakes
Little Flower Boston
Local Band Table
LOL MUNCHIES
Lucy Parsons Center
MASS.production
Matt Saunders by Nellie!
Mister Reusch
MUM
Muschi Designs & Tarot Readings
North Bennet Street School Bindery
Olaria Studio
OnYourSleeve
Oops
Outside the Lines Studio
Pagent
Papercut Zine Library
Pop Gun Press
Shut Up Clothing
Sibling Rivalry
Slop-Pop
Steve Fournier
Taterprint Records
Truth Serum Productions
Unmapped Boston
Vagabond Jewelry
Vaya Bags
Wonderland Q

MUSIC PROVIDED BY!:

DJ Braindance
DJ Lonewolf
DJ Rexcashmere
DJ Protection
DJ mR. id

LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM!:

Bonezone
Zoig-Ma-Noig
+ 1 TBA

AND!:
Clothing & Craft Material Swap in North 181
Bring a bag, get a bag!

SPREAD THE WORD! WORD.

mass market's so close can you belieeeeeeve it?

2008-12-10T18:30:00.001-08:00

Hey all! DON'T FORGET:

Mass Market 3
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
12 pm - 6 pm
@ MassArt's Pozen Center
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
All Ages/$1 Admission
Proceeds to go to Aids Action Committee of MA

BOSTON BAZAAR BIZARRE TOMORROW!

2008-12-06T15:25:00.001-08:00

Boston Bazaar Bizarre is TOMORROW! Come by for handmade holiday shopping, snacks, and to say hi to meeeee!

The details:

Boston Bazaar Bizarre
Sunday, December 7, 2008
12 pm-7pm
@ The Castle at Park Plaza
64 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
$1 Admission

View the entire vendor list at http://bazaarbizarre.org/boston_stuff/vendorlist.html!

boston bazaar bizarre: coming up real quick-like

2008-11-28T21:32:00.001-08:00

Boston Bazaar Bizarre
Sunday December 7, 2008
12 pm-7pm
@ The Castle at Park Plaza
101 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
$1 Admission

The Boston branch of this nationally renowned craft fair will take place on December 7th 2008 from Noon to 7 pm at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston. With the DIY/handmade phenomenon at its peak, check out the event that started it all. Shoppers can expect to find the crème de la crème of indie goods: handbags, pottery, letterpress stationary, silk-screened t-shirts, baby clothes, body products and more!

Bazaar Bizarre began in 2001 in the Boston-area as a hodge-podge of friends and acquaintances cobbling together their handcrafted DIY wares to sell and staging an offbeat entertainment extravaganza. In 2004 the Bazaar Bizarre spread to Los Angeles, Cleveland and in 2006 Make took the group under their wing to include the Bazaar Bizarre as part of the Maker Faire in the San Mateo and Austin. Bazaar Bizarre Boston will offer attendees an opportunity to purchase handmade goods, groove to djs, and enjoy local food.

Shop Sustainably, Shop Indie
Bazaar Bizarre Boston (BBB) will feature 140+ indie crafters and designers from across the country. The event will also serve as a networking opportunity for indie designers and businesses from New England and the beyond. Past Bazaar Bizarre vendors have included My Paper Crane, Craftster, My Favorite Mirror, Art School Dropout and Skunkadelia. View the entire vendor list at http://bazaarbizarre.org/boston_stuff/vendorlist.html

Indie Music, Handmade Nation and Food!
Holiday grooving DJs will be providing entertainment throughout the day, and as always you can catch Holiday Thereminist Extraordinaire, Jonnie Spaceman. Words cannot describe the love and goodwill of the people for Jonnie Spaceman, a stalwart feature of the Boston Bazaar Bizarre. With his inimitable theremin stylings, Mr. Spaceman has redefined for the ages both "indie rock" and "Christmas Carol." .

Handmade Nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism, and art. Fueled by the common thread of creating, Handmade Nation explores a burgeoning art community that is based on creativity, determination and networking. Check out Handmade Nation's table for a screening of a 20 clip from the movie.

At least 3 food vendors will be providing all sorts of snacks and food to help fuel our shoppers. Petsi Pies, Snacks, Crackers and Pop, and Mr. Puppovich's Odd Beverages & Uncommon Delights will be providing fuel throughout the day to help you keep on track with shopping!

If You Support Bazaar Bizarre Boston, You Support…
Community * Sustainability * Small Business * Artists and Craftsmen

Brought to you by the 2008 Boston Bazaar Bizarre organizers: Alison Gordon (www.homeofthesampler.com), Jen Ferreira (www.saint9.com), Marissa Falco (www.marissaland.com), Megan Kelliher, Sarah Coyne (www.eggagogo.com), and Stacie Slotnick (www.thecritique.org).

happenings, dudes

2008-11-28T08:59:00.000-08:00

Baixa and Guatemala City played WMBR's Pipeline! the other night. You can download the podcast here. The recording was a lot of fun and DJ Jeff Breeze was a lot of fun to talk to afterwards [the interview isn't part of the podcast, unfortunately, but it's still a great listen]!

Baixa will be spinning records at Mass Market as DJ Braindance, so look for that Sunday, December 14th!

mass market 3 vendors!

2008-11-17T18:13:00.001-08:00

Mass Market has chosen vendors for market #3!

Here You Go:

Amocro Art
Armageddon Shop
Apple Scruffs
atomsatwork accessories
Beasted
Boomerangs
Bruce and Sasha
Chris Strunk
Chris Villon
Compound 440R - Somerville Music Collective
CoupCoup Designs
DISTRO.Y
Docs & Gams
Electrical Outfits
Fraske Designs
Good Vintage Collectibles
Grimaldi Baez
Happy Animal
Hot Lunch
IceCreamPeople.org
IDYLLICLAND
Katherine's Cupcakes
Little Flower Boston
Local Band Table
LOL MUNCHIES
Lucy Parsons Center
MASS.production
Matt Saunders by Nellie!
Mister Reusch
MUM
Muschi Designs & Tarot Readings
North Bennet Street School Bindery
Olaria Studio
OnYourSleeve
Oops
Outside the Lines Studio
Pagent
Papercut Zine Library
Pop Gun Press
Shut Up Clothing
Sibling Rivalry
Slop-Pop
Steve Fournier
Taterprint Records
Truth Serum Productions
Unmapped Boston
Vagabond Jewelry
Vaya Bags
Wonderland Q

Yeahhhhh! Czech it out.

LAST CALL FOR MASS MARKET 3 VENDORS: APPLICATION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15TH!

2008-11-15T06:15:00.001-08:00

Today, dudes! Be sure to get your apps in. Have them e-postmarked by midnight Saturday night, and be sure to let us know if you have any questions at all!

baixa 2nite!

2008-11-09T14:30:00.001-08:00

Baixa [+ me] will be playing at the Milky Way tonight with Uke of Spaces Corners [Maine], Helen Keller [Philadelphia], and Ritalin at 9 pm and it's FREEEEEE. You should come because you probably have tomorrow off and what else are you doing?

mass market 3 application deadline november 15th!

2008-11-09T14:26:00.000-08:00

The Mass Market 3 application deadline is approaching quickly, so be sure to get in touch! We'll be making decisions the following day, so you'll be in the know as soon as November 16th!

To apply, please send the following info [along with 3 photos of your work] to mass.craft.market@gmail.com:

Name:
Craft/Business Name:
Email:
Website:
What you're selling:
If you're hoping to share a table with someone, who would that be?
Have you participated in other craft/vendor markets in the past?

Sunday, December 14th
@ MassArt's Pozen Center
12 pm - 6 pm
$1 Admission
All Ages

Mass Market is a DIY flea market where record distros, local bands, button makers, bookbinders, artists, clothing designers, djs, vegan and vegetarian bakers, and many others come together for a day of swapping, sharing, selling and buying art.

Presented by Lindsay Metivier, co-produced by Brian Butler/Urban Monsters and Athena Moore/Apple Scruffs.

Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions at all! Check the Mass Market blog for news and updates.

thumbs & things

2008-11-02T14:56:00.001-08:00

Due to an unfortunate digital accident, Baixa + 1 had to back out of the Whitehaus Halloween show this weekend. While at school on Friday, I accidentally cut out a big old piece of thumb and was rendered fairly useless.

No stitches, but they had to cauterize the wound to stop the bleeding [which hurts just about as bad as you're imagining] and give me a tetanus shot. Hurrah! We DID still get costumed to go out and were marveled at by adults and children alike.

THE GOOD NEWS IS that Baixa's playing another show a week from today at the Milky Way and will, provided my hand is on the mend, include me [and probably masks]. 9 pm, FREE!

In other news, Baixa has slated the Dirty Flow from the Hyper-Extended Hustle Muscle album release date for January 26th, 2009. Get psyched!

the most news

2008-10-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hey all. It has been about a hundred years since I posted anything new, but that is not for lack of events. Quite the opposite, actually, as things are bizzee bizzee.

First up - I applied to and was accepted by the North Bennet Street School Bookbinding program in the spring and have been in class since the beginning of September. The experience so far has been amazing and I feel super lucky. Our program has a couple of events coming up that I think are worth mentioning:

- Providence Fine Furnishings Show, the last day of which is today. I was there yesterday and can tell you that the work there is truly incredible. In the past, the Cabinet and Furniture Making program was the only one that participated in this show, but they've since opened it up and have included the Bookbinding and Jewelry Making & Repair programs.
- North Bennet Street School Open House - this is what swayed me to apply to the school and is an excellent opportunity to see the above-mentioned programs as well as the Piano Technology, Locksmithing, Violin Making & Repair, Carpentry and Preservation Carpentry programs [and to buy student work in the gallery!]. November 7th - 10 am to 2 pm and Saturday, November 8th - 10 am to 3 pm at 39 North Bennet Street in Boston's North End.
- The Boston International Antiquarian Bookfair, one of the oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the country. Over 120 rare book dealers from the United States, England, Germany and The Netherlands are expected to exhibit and sell rare, collectible and antiquarian books, modern first editions, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, and a plethora of other literary ephemera. Fine and decorative prints will also be featured. November 14th - 16th at Hynes Convention Center, Friday 5 pm to 9 pm, Saturday 12 pm to 7 pm, Sunday 12 to 5 pm.

Beyond that, I'll be at Bazaar Bizarre, which is coming up quick and is being held in a new location this time around - The Castle at Park Plaza! See the Baz Biz Blog for news & updates. This year's event is being held Sunday, December 7th from 12 pm - 7 pm. Check out the vendor list if you've got a minute!

Also also ALSO, Mass Market will be following close behind! #3 will be taking place Sunday, December 14th and we're looking for vendors NOW! Send applications with contact information, a website address, three photos and a description of work and/or any questions to mass.craft.market@gmail.com by November 15th!

Baixa has two shows coming up this week:

- An Epic Whitehaus Halloween Festival featuring White Hinterland, Turtle Ambulance, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Truman Peyote, Guatemala City, Peace,Loving, Many Mansions, Fractilian, The Needy Visions, Eric Hnatow, Diamond Mouse, Cave Bears, Mind Control, Baixa, and Manners. Friday, October 31st @ 10 Seaverns Street, JP. All ages, free, 7 pm.
- DMBQ, Yip-Yip, Ho-Ag and Baixa @ MassArt Wednesday, October 29th. All Ages, $11, 7 pm. This is gonna be HY-UGE.

In addition to all the events we've [respectively] got going on, Floating Garbage Continent is also working on sick t-shirts and a Baixa demo. Keep both eyes out!

floating garbage continent website up!

2008-07-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

Floating Garbage Continent is ripe and ready for picking! Check it out at http://floatinggarbagecontinent.org

We're making tapes, chapbooks, prints (soon!), etc and doing flyering campaigns and events (soon!).

Our first two projects ["Wresting Herd Worship in the Turnip Patch of the Glass Dascha", a limited edition/made-to-order thrifted cassette featuring home-recorded music and dumpstered cases with hand-drawn/painted art by Baixa and Fat Emotion, a chapbook containing 5 poems written and hand-typed-then-xeroxed by B. e. Potrykus in a rainbow pull two-layer screenprinted cover finished with hand-carved linoleum stamps and hand bound by Apple Scruffs] area available for view and purchase on teh website.

Keep an eye out this summer for lots more projects, including a big fat show that'll BLOW YOUR MIND some time around August.

ccaf is just two days away!

2008-06-05T22:05:00.000-07:00

The Coolidge Corner Arts Festival is this Saturday! Come by and say hi. Really though, for real. Really.

Saturday, June 7th
@ The Devotion School
345 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
10 am - 6 pm
FREE

P.S. A certain Floating Garbage Continent release will be available there, so it may be worth going just to get your hands on that.

markets past and future

2008-05-12T16:26:00.000-07:00

Mass Market was a wild success! It was both wild AND successful! Thanks to everyone that came out, to all of our amazing vendors, to everyone that helped [wo]man the doors/turntables/press and especially to Lindsay and Brian for being the most outstanding teammates imaginable. Look for news of # 3 reaaaaaal soon!

Next in line is the Coolidge Corner Arts Festival.

This year is the event's 30th anniversary and it's being held in a new location - on the grounds of the Devotion School in Brookline's Coolidge Corner - and is being held adjacent to the First Annual Brookline Food Festival, so bring your hunger.

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
10 am - 6 pm
No Admission

Artist List

Luke Adams
Kristen Alexandra
Meredith Anderson
Don Arthur
Joseph and Sarah Auger
Connie Barbour
George Beland
Keith and Margaret Boling
Susan Bregman
Kevin Brown
Catlin Burch
Susan Card
Jennifer Chin
Allison Coe
Lisa Cutler
Terri Davis
Nicole Donson
Karen Eames
Stephen Eames
Sandie Fenton
Sheilagh Flynn
Betsy Frost
Beth Gaertner
Marie Galvin
Heather Goodwin
Erin Graves
Christine Guanipa
Pete Guilday
Ingrid Hathaway
Christine Herron
Mike Johnson
Karen Kemp
Julie Kohaya
Annie LaVigne
Hilary Law
Clement Liu
Chihiro Makio
Athena Moore
Erin Moran
Chikako Makio
Deidre Oringer
Suzanne Piubeni
Walter Prince
Jesse Rasid
Sholeh Regna
Tami Rodrig
Stephen Rosenberg
Sue Schneps
Petra Seibertova
Ann Schunior
Lisa Silvera
Nicole St. Pierre
David Stern
Virgina Stevens
Jan Willett
Jaye Woodstock
Greg Yankosky
Patrick Zephyr

Here's a little diagram to help find 'em all:

ALSO! Floating Garbage Continent's second release is on the way. Keep ur eyes peeled and ur ear to the ground. Exciting stuff coming up.

quit missing out on this 'ish

2008-05-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

less than two weeks!

2008-04-21T20:32:00.001-07:00

Until Mass Market, that is. Things are shaping up nicely and we're super excited about this year's crop of vendors [see below] and dj's! Lots of flyering/postcarding/event-talking-up has been going on so we're sure to get a good crowd this time around. If you're at all interested in helping us promote or working the door the day of, get in touch! Remember: Sunday, May 4th, 10 am - 5 pm. Be there!

We Love Vendors
826 Boston
Apple Scruffs
Boomerangs
Compound 440R/Somerville Music Collective
Dance Party Massacre
Designs by Diane
DISTRO.Y
Forest Bound
Glamourpuss Creation
Good Vintage Collectables
Hair Bojangles
idyllicland
Karalee Designs
KTT shirts
Little Flower
Local Bands!
Lucky Bunny
Lucy Parsons Center
Magpie
manimal
Matt Saunders by Nellie
Miribella Designs
Mister Reusch
Nightmare Snatchers
o0psy daisy crafts.
OAK
Picnic Casket
Pinecone + Chickadee
Salmagundi
Shut Up Clothing
sibling rivalry
Slop-Pop
Stay Vocal
Taterprint Records/Sasha Rabbit Designs
Tread Threads
Truth Serum Productions/UtiliTies
Urban Monsters
Vagabond Baggage
Vaya Bags
velocicrafter
Viva Ortegacy
What Cheer.

everybody STILL so gorgeous

2008-04-03T14:03:00.000-07:00

He's at it again, this time in two-sided top form:

Check Everybody So Gorgeous every month for local DIY, all-ages events. You won't be disappointed.

oak open for business!

2008-04-01T20:42:00.001-07:00

Local art/craft consignment shop OAK opened today and it looks amazing [see blog for photos]! Grand opening this Sunday, April 27th - food, drinks, music, sales! Congrats to Keara for getting this great shop off the ground!

new esg

2008-04-01T20:15:00.001-07:00

The new Everybody So Gorgeous is out - give it a look see here! Lots of listings to be seen this month, and great art to boot!

mass market vendors [get pumped!]

2008-03-21T03:44:00.000-07:00

NEW THIS YEAR: **CRAFT MATERIAL/CLOTHING SWAP!! ! **
Across the hall in room 181 there'll be a craft material and clothing swap. If you bring a bag you get a bag! Whatever is left over at the end of the day will be donated to Boomerangs in Jamaica Plain!

eyes peeled

2008-03-16T12:18:00.000-07:00

OAK, a boutique specializing in all things handmade [clothing, jewelry, furniture, you name it!] will be opening in Back Bay this spring! Czech it out.

Watch for Floating Garbage Continent. This fresher'n fresh collective is revving up to blow yr damn mind . Does the phrase "Junk Circus" do anything for you? No? It will.

cast iron love

2008-03-16T09:33:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back, I came upon the find of a lifetime.

I got this beauty on the cheap, cheap, CHEAP by some crazy act of fate and plan to take take full advantage. You better believe it's already been put to work.

first of all

2008-03-09T12:25:00.000-07:00

The next Mass Market [2.0, kids]is coming up fast. As always, it's being presented by the wonderful Lindsay Metivier and is being co-produced by Brian Butler and Urban Monsters and Apple Scruffs!

Critical Information:
Sunday, May 4th
10 am - 5 pm
MassArt's Pozen Center
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
All Ages $1 Admission
Door money to be donated to the Aids Action Committee of Boston

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If you're interested in being a VENDOR, fill out the information below and send it to Lindsay ASAP. Vendors will be confirmed by the end of this week. Each table is 45 American dollars.

Email your application to lindsay.metivier@gmail.com.

Your Name:
Table/Company Name:
What You're selling:
Your Email:
Phone Number:
Website:

Please include at least one photo of your work and a brief bio written in the 3rd person.

ALSO! If you're interested in dj'ing, promoting, flyering, etc., get in touch with Lindsay or myself!

oh hello

2008-03-09T08:56:00.000-07:00

So. I created this blog a couple of months back, in the hopes that its existence would push me to Make Shit All The Time since conceivably, I'd be looking to post about it. In truth, my incessant laziness and newfound life busy-ness caused me to forget and delay and etc etc. Excuses.

Here we are, then. This should serve as a place to read about events, collabs, look at me! binding moments, and general updates. Read if you please, friends. Thx 2 U.