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January 24, 2008
++++++++++++RIEPENHOFF
SNACKYLAND!+++++++++++++
Please
join us for a reception for Sara Clendening's sculpture exhibition at
the John Riepenhoff Experience (Ooga Booga all-natural edition), this
Friday January 24, 2008! This is Clendening's first solo gallery show
in Los Angeles, and will feature works such as Screw U, Tower
of Power, Yr Head, and many more! This is taking place inside
our shop! Just come. 7-9pm, light refreshments, meet the artist!
(Below: John Riepenhoff Experience circa Oct. 2006 in Milwaukee!)
++++++++++++++GO
TO BOOTH 43!++++++++++++++++
We
are in the Art LA fair this weekend Friday-Sunday! Booth 43! Come see
us we'll have special goods, including...art! Click here for more info.
+++++++++++++WINTER
CLEARANCE !+++++++++++++++
Please
check our webshop for special discounts on our winter seasonal fashions...up
to 60% off!
December 22, 2007
+++++++++++EXTENDED
HOLIDAY HOURS!+++++++++++++
We are open later than usual on Saturday
and Sunday this weekend, till around 8pm...and Monday Christmas Eve we'll
be here from noon till around 4pm!
December 12, 2007
++++++++ANP
QUARTERLY & POM POM PARTY!++++++++++++
This Friday night we celebrate the preview-release
of ANP Quarterly
issue #9 and our new window unveiling by Jesse Spears! It will be
a pom-explosion. Abe
Vigoda is playing and The
Sads (Aaron Rose, David Scott Stone, Dan Monick, Aska Matsumiya) will
be the group DJs of the night! Plus—festive Nordic delights including
Glogg and gingerbread cookies, courtesy of our intern Ola!
December 1, 2007
+++++++++++WE'RE
GOING TO MIAMI!+++++++++++++++
Come
visit us at NADA art fair in Miami Dec 4th-9th! We're in the publications
section booth P10! We'll have new books, music, art editions, t-shirts,
jewelry and more!
New multiples by: Jim Drain, Becca Albee, Amy Yao, Matt Keegan, Chris
Johanson & Jo Jackson, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Leif Goldberg, Ara
Peterson, Terence Koh, Dash Snow, Arthur Ou, Scott & Tyson Reeder,
Stephen G. Rhodes, Sumi Ink Club, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, and more!
++++++++++++++CLOTHING
DEALS !+++++++++++++++
Psst—Check
out our webshop for some early discounts on selected seasonal clothing
items! Click here....
November 15, 2007
++++++++++NORTH
DRIVE PRESS LAUNCH!+++++++++++++
Alright! For our second publication release of this month, we're having
a reception for the amazing North Drive Press annual box set of artist
multiples and interviews, issue #4! They've
got a great lineup once again...come join us this Tuesday November 20th
6-8pm for some snacks and refreshments!
November 8, 2007
+++++++++++++DADDY
#3 PARTY!++++++++++++++++++
Coming up on Thursday Nov. 15th—the official
launch party for Peres Projects' Daddy magazine issue 3: Fleur
du Mal! This issue is guest-edited by artist Kirstine Roepstorff to resemble
a women's fashion magazine. Live music by All Neon Like, and DJ Will Stangeland
(of Silver Daggers)!
September 4, 2007
+++++++++++BIKRAM
SUNDAY REDUX!++++++++++++++++
Major thanks to everyone for braving one of the hottest
weekends of this year to celebrate the release of Dot Dot Dot #14, &
our new window, & seeing Lucky Dragons play! Glad we had A/C in the
shop...
SSSSSSSSSS
August 30, 2007
+++++++++LUCKY
DRAGONS DOT DOT DOT!++++++++++++
Party this Sunday, September 2nd at the shop! Window
installation by Sumi Ink Club! Dot Dot Dot #14 magazine release! Live
performance by Lucky Dragons in the courtyard! DJ Frances Stark! 3-6pm!
Free! 
+++++++++++++MENOMONEE
VALLEY!+++++++++++++++
PS—come to Chinatown
Saturday evening Sept 1st to check out the awesome art show by Tyson Reeder
(of General Store Milwaukee, Cookies, Emotions sneakers, etc.!) at Jack
Hanley across the walkway from us! They built a piano in there!
edit (9/4/07): for those of you who missed this epic opening, here's a
video clip courtesy of snacky c of reeder bros' performance! watch the
whole thing!
+++++++++THE
GOLDEN AGE HAS ARRIVED!+++++++++++
Speaking of the Midwest, an awesome new store is opening in Chicago at
the exact same time as our party this Sunday! It's called Golden Age and
it's run by our longtime former intern Martine Syms (pictured below at
our anniversary party with her sis)! We're so excited for her—if
u are in Chi-town please check it out and buy lots of stuff!
+++++++++++++ANNIVERSARY RECAP!+++++++++++++++
Thanks to everyone who came out for
our 3-year anniversary! It was alot of fun...feel free to click on these
pix for even more pix!
July 24, 2007
+++++++++++++3-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY!+++++++++++++++
We are now officially 3 years old! Party this Sunday afternoon
in the shop's courtyard, featuring live music by Soft Circle (Hisham Bharoocha
from Black Dice, Pixeltan, Lightning Bolt, etc.) & High Places (Mary
+ Casual Rob from Bad Waste)....plus DJ's Sara Clendening & Eric Wesley!
July 29th, 3-7pm, free!
SOFT CIRCLE is Hisham Bharoocha, formerly of Black
Dice and Lightning Bolt. Hisham recently served as musical director for
the legendary 77 BOADRUM event, a composition for 77 drummers by the experimental
Japanese music group the Boredoms. He has performed at the Museum of Modern
Art in New York City in conjunction with Doug Aitken's video piece Sleepwalkers,
and at D'Amelio Terras (NYC). As a visual artist, Hisham has been included
in shows at Deitch Projects (NYC), John Connelly Presents (NYC), Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA), De Vleeshal (Middelburg,
the Netherlands), and the Watarium Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo,
Japan).
HIGH PLACES is a duo from New York City. They have performed at
John Connelly Presents in New York City (inside an Assume Vivid Astro
Focus installation), at the Proposition Gallery (NYC) in conjunction with
the Hooray!!! exhibition, and at Susan Cianciolo's screening of "1960's
Butterfly Girl" at Location (NYC). High Places recently performed
a sunrise solar-powered show at Solar One (NYC).
June 30, 2007
++++++++++++SPECIAL
SUMMER HOURS!++++++++++++++
Ok
so we've extended our hours further, now open more days for the summer!
Tues-Sun 12-7, Sun 12-5! Come visit us!
+++++++++++++MELISSA
IP WINDOW!++++++++++++++++
Our
July window is done, with Ghostface paper dolls by Melissa Ip!
Dioramas are rumored to follow.....
June 16, 2007
++++++++++++++++SUMMER
HOURS!++++++++++++++++
Oh
yea— we are going to be extending our hours for the summer!
Right now we're starting out by adding Sundays to our schedule (so it's
now Weds-Sun 12-6pm)...and we plan to add more days/hours soon! Any suggestions,
let us know!
+++++++++++++BAG
SET COMING SOON!++++++++++++++
In
the pipeline...No Age & Ooga Booga are working together on a "box
set" of their 5 vinyl releases that will come in a special tote!
This "bag set" will be a limited edition of roughly 25 copies,
so please click this link here to reserve a set!
++++++++++++++SOILED
TIMES REDUX!++++++++++++++
....thanks to everyone for coming & of course to the dudes for giving
us such awesome soiled memories!
++++++++++++CHECK
OUT OUR WEBSHOP!+++++++++++++
+CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEB-SHOP
NOT EVERYTHING IS UP BUT WE ARE UPDATING IT WEEKLY.........BELOW ARE
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO OUR PHYSICAL STORE:
+BLESS new accessories in stock including pins, safety
pins, bracelets!
+STEVE DORE t-shirts back in stock, including the popular onesies!
+MY MATERIAL shannon ebner & erika vogt's "comm no comm"
cd!
+GIRLS LIKE US issue 5 feat. caron geary, ariel schrag, and more!
+HIGH PLACES new 7" from rob (bad waste) & mary!
+SILVER DAGGERS cd-r's back in stock! & their rad new album too!
+NO AGE t-shirts coming back in stock & limited box set coming soon!
+LISA ANN AUERBACH & SHARON LOCKHART collabo t-shirts!
+SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE color kits are back!
+LAURA KLEGER basra burning cyanotypes!
+DAVID SHERRY a.p. c-print photos! sunburn, ouch!
+SADIE BENNING "suspended animation" book!
+LIZ CRAFT monograph published in switzerland!
+CALVIN JOHNSON new tape western country to make 24 titles available!
+MICHELLE ABELES framed mini photo set!
+JUSTIN BEAL "gladys" houndstooth book & stickers!
+VIOLET HOPKINS photo stickers!
+MARTINE SYMS religious tracts!
+LUCKY DRAGONS new record in stock!
+PETROVA GIBERSON two new zines!
+REKA RESINGER photo set!
+AVIGAIL MOSS "stolen letter" free poster!
+PIERO GOLIA "can pipe" editon avail!
+ANDREW KUO new beautiful artist book "dot dot dot"!
+BJORN COPELAND "color slide" print!
+and more, as always!
May 29, 2007
++++++++++++SUNDAY
AFTERNOON PARTY!+++++++++++++
Party this Sunday afternoon June 3rd, in the Ooga Booga courtyard!
Live music by Soiled Mattress & the Springs (NY's jazzy pop kool kats,
featuring Aviram Cohen, Matthew Thurber, Peter Schuette), and tunes by
DJ Christina Billotte (Casual Dots, Quix*o*tic, Slant 6)! FREE, 3-6pm!
May 12, 2007
+++++++++++++SNACKY
C WINDOW IS UP!+++++++++++++
Come by and check out Sara Clendening's new window...by Ooga Booga's resident
snackmaster! And then head to the desert for our art swap meet, which
is happening Sunday, 12-4pm in Joshua Tree for High Desert Test Sites
2007! (scroll down for the details...)
++++++++++ART
SWAP MEET AT HDTS 07!++++++++++++++
Once again we will be doing our annual art swap meet at Andrea Zittel's
High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree, May 12-13!
For
more info, click on the links below:
Art Swap Meet 2007
High
Desert Test Sites
Art Swap Meet
2006 (pics from last year)
+++++++++++CIANCIOLO
VIGODA PICS!+++++++++++++++
Thanks to everyone who
came out to the Susan Cianciolo/Abe Vigoda party at the shop! Our camera
was broken but we got a few pix of the Abe Vigoda playing (in Jack Hanley
Gallery because of the rain) for your viewing pleasure...
April 17, 2007
++++++++++++++PARTY
FRIDAY!+++++++++++++++++++
Abe Vigoda is playing the closing party for Susan's
window installation this Friday, April 20th, 8pm, free!
++++++++++SUSAN CIANCIOLO WINDOW!++++++++++++++
Come by the shop and check out our window installation
by Susan Cianciolo!
++++++++++++IAN
& CALVIN NIGHT PIX!++++++++++++++
Thanks to everyone who came out to our event at
the Mountain!
++++++++IAN
SVENONIUS & CALVIN JOHNSON+++++++++++
Ooga Booga is presenting a fun & spesh night at The Mountain:
Ian Svenonius (Weird War/TheMake-Up/N.O.U./etc.) is doing a book reading/presentation
for the Psychic Soviet at the Mountain Bar on March 13th, followed
by DJ sets by DJ Name Names (Ian Svenonius) & Calvin Johnson (K Records/Beat
Happening/and of Ooga Booga mixtape fame) till late!
This night will also be the debut of Ooga Booga's first DVD release, "The
Seduction of Paolo Hewitt" (short animations by Svenonius & Dore,
which we screened last year in our film series!)
9:30pm, sharp! At The Mountain 973 Gin Ling Way, in the same block as
our shop!
About the dudes:
Ian Svenonius
is not only
a lyricist and performer of unparalleled depth and intensity (in bands
such as the Nation of Ulysses, Cupid Car Club, Make-Up, and Weird War),
but also a secret custodian of rock lore and a theorizer of cultural connections
that the rest of us, blind in comparison, tend to miss. For supporting
evidence, see his recently released book "The Psychic Soviet."
He lives, like many of America’s national treasures, in Washington
DC.
Calvin Johnson,
an influential figure in underground music for nearly 2 1/2 decades, is
the founder of K Records and has been in many legendary bands such as
The Go Team (not related to the current "Go! Team"), Beat Happening,
and Dub Narcotic Sound System. He resides in Olympia, Washington, and
is the man behind the super-popular mixtapes sold at Ooga Booga.
-->more on Calvin's
mixtapes (click) --->more
on Ian's book (click)
December
14, 2006
++++++++++++++WEB
SHOP IS UP!++++++++++++++++
We've
finally put a small portion of our stock on the web! Click here to check
it out....
+++++++++++++++CATCHING
UP!++++++++++++++++++
We are in the midst of catching up
on lots of shop biz...in the meanwhile, here are some mini-reports on
some fun times we had over the last two months...a little blast from the
past!
++++++++++++WE
LOVE MILWAUKEE!+++++++++++++++
In
October, Ooga Booga participated in the first-ever Milwaukee International
Art Fair, held at the Polish Falcon beer hall. It was the first art fair
we had ever been to, and we had a great time! Lots of people showed up
from all over the country, all over the world! Everyone was welcome, and
we met lots of cool locals there. Here are some pix....and for more info
on the fair please visit their official site by clicking here...
++++++++++++OCTOBER PARTY AT O.B.!++++++++++++++
Then a week after Milwaukee, we had the pleasure of having one
of our favorite bands, No Age, play in our courtyard at Ooga Booga! Jennifer
Clavin & Nate Harrington DJ'ed for the night, while Patterson Beckwith
operated his portable Polaroid Portrait Studio on the balcony!
++++++++++++++NY ART BOOK FAIR!++++++++++++++++
Then in November,
we visited the first-annual NY Art Book Fair, organized by the legendary
Printed Matter...so many firsts! Also a great time....participants included
Ooga Booga friends such as LTTR, Nieves, Pork Salad Press, Dexter Sinister,
& many many more!
+++++++++++WINTER CLOTHES EXCHANGE!++++++++++++
Once again, we are having a winter clothes exchange
to help the homeless stay warm this holiday! Please bring in bags of unwanted
clothing in clean, good condition, which we will donate to the homeless
shelter downtown...in exchange you get a 15% discount off clothing purchases
at our shop! Sorry, already discounted items are excluded from additional
markdowns. Hope to see you soon!
October
26, 2006
+++++++++++++++NO AGE FRIDAY!+++++++++++++++++
Quite possibly our last courtyard party of the year! No
Age plays at Ooga Booga Friday evening, October 27, with DJs Jennifer
Clavin (Mika Miko) & Nate Harrington (Constantly Preggers), also
polaroid portrait studio by artist Patterson
Beckwith...party starts at 8pm, free!
++++++++++++KIOSK AT
OOGA BOOGA!+++++++++++++++
Kiosk + Always from Australia were both amazing!!! Come to the next show—
NO AGE on friday october 27th!
july 19, 2006
++++++++++PARTY
THURSDAY! WE ARE 2!+++++++++++++
okay
so it's happening again this thursday, party at the shop! it sort of happens
to be our 2-year anniversary, and kiosk & always, both on tour from
sydney australia, will be playing a free show at ooga booga tomorrow thursday
july 20th! party will be around 8pm-11pm...hope to see you there!
++++++++P.S.>
WE SLID OUR STORE NEXT DOOR!+++++++
by the way, we moved over to a bigger
and better room just two doors down the hall from the original space,
same building, same address, same chinatown!
mega thanks to all the rad people who helped make it happen! dat's right:
stewie & tom, sara c., joey karam, carol lam, nick, martine syms,
henry, michael wells, lalo, dave young, dain blodorn, mary ann, keefe,
una, brendan, dash, rachel allen, peres crew, etc....group effort!!!
++++++++++ANNIVERSARY
HOODIE SPECIAL!+++++++++++
to celebrate turning two, our hoodies
will be on sale at 25% off for a limited time! four colorways available,
each with different drawings: white w/ green ink, mint w/ white ink, black
w/ gold ink, white w/ purple ink!
p.s.—regular
clothes are on sale too............
++++++++++++++CLOTHING ON SALE++++++++++++++
most of our spring/summer 06 clothes are on sale now! come for up to 40%
off & further reductions....
+++++++++RECAP: THRONES AT OOGA BOOGA!+++++++++
thanks to everyone who came out for the thrones & fortress
of amplitude/andy coronado's bday at ooga booga last month! it also happened
to be the unveiling of our new space, in the same building! same address—
just bigger & better, and a couple doors down the hall....
thanks to ann, adam, justin, etc. for the pix!
++++++++++RECOMMENDED
CHOCAST++++++++++
Sorry for the lack of update for the last few months! We are working on
it and will be updating the site more for the summertime! In the meantime....feel
free to check out Chotime Radio by Ooga homie "B.C."-- for your
liSStening pleasure! (Click Click..)
june
15, 2006
++++++++++PARTY
SATURDAY!++++++++++++
yes, it's official...party this saturday june 17th, 8pm at ooga booga!
free live bands on the balcony: the thrones, & fortress of amplitude!
free drinks & dj andy coronado on tunes duty (& it's his bday
that night)! everyone welcome, hope to see you there!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
may 26, 2006
last week was the record release party for holy shit at ooga booga, thanks
to everyone who came out for it!
the next party will be mid-june, featuring live music by the thrones,
fortress of amplitude & dj andy coronado! stay tuned for more details....
news
flash------5/16/05.
PARTY
THIS THURSDAY MAY 18
it's a record release party for holy shit—
their album is coming out on uuar (united bamboo)—they will be performing
& there will be drinks & dj's!
free as always, at ooga booga.
+++++++++++++HDTS5+++++++++++++++
our art swap meet at the high desert test sites in joshua tree may 6&7
was lots of fun! click here for more pics & info on the event....
news flash------12/27/05.
+++++++++THURSDAY'S
FILM PROGRAM, DEC 29+++++++++
LTTR presents this film
night featuring: Ulrike Muller, K8 Hardy & Wynne Greenwood (Tracy
+ the Plastics), Klara Liden, Carola Dertnig, Pauline Boudry, and more!
++++++++OOGA
BOOGA NIGHTS! THIS MONTH!+++++++++++
This December we're doing a free film series in conjunction with
the Wishing Well Cine-Club at the Mountain in Chinatown! Weekly film screenings
by Ooga Booga-related artists, with DJ dance party afterwards each night!
Film presentations by Mason Cooley, LTTR, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph,
Paperrad, Ian Svenonius, and more!!!!
Click here for the full details......
+++++++MINI-SHOP NYC
AT OPENING CEREMONY!+++++++++
Here are pics from the opening party! Thanks to everyone at Opening
Ceremony who helped put this together for us. The Mini-Shop is a temporary
"guest shop" in Opening Ceremony and will be open during O.C.
hours (11-8pm everyday) from now until January!
++++++++OUR MINI-SHOP
NYC OPENED SUNDAY!++++++++++
We're super excited to do a collabo with our fave NYC store Opening
Ceremony! So we're having a mini version of Ooga Booga inside their storefront,
starting this Sunday, and thru the holidays--11am-8pm everyday-- at 35
Howard Street (between Broadway & Lafayette) New York! It's Chinatown
to Chinatown only for us!!!
Please come to the reception this Sunday November 20th, from 6pm-8pm at
Opening Ceremony: 35 Howard St., NY 10013. DJ & drinks! Afterparty
at Sway: 305 Spring St. (between Greenwich & Hudson) with open bar
from 10pm-11pm. C-ya there!!!
+++++++++NEW WINDOW BY MARIE JAGER!+++++++++++
New window is up, by artist Marie Jager! Actually this is a mock-up,
come to the shop to see da real thing o-k!
+++++++++NEW OOGA BOOGA HOODIES NOW!+++++++++++
Yeah! After the last restock sold out we just finished a new run
of them, in four new colorways! Mint/white, black/gold, white/green, &
white/purple.....pics to come, maybe!
+++++++++++EXTREME ANIMALS AUGUST!++++++++++
The Extreme Animals
show in August was amazing, rad. Thanks to them for playing and to everyone
who came out!
danke dudes!!!!! 
August 21, 2005.
+++++++++++EXTREME
ANIMALS TUESDAY!++++++++++
Free show and party this Tuesday evening (August 21), 8pm at the shop!
Extreme Animals (Jacob from Paperrad's band, on tour from Pittsburgh!)
are playing, and there will be tunes, drinks and snacks to follow! Please
visit paperrad.org for more info on Extreme Animals!
Also stop by to say goodbye to our awesome intern Martine who is moving
eastward next week! (Thanks Martine for all your help! And thanks too
to Milano-delichay who won't be there but is leaving for NYC this week
too! Boo hoo!)
+++++++++OOGA BOOGA TSHIRTS ARE BACK!+++++++++++
Yeah! They are finally back in stock! Sweatshirts too! And baby
gear, in case you are preggers or if you have a friend who is!
++++++++++1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY+++++++++++++
Yes, now we are one year old...
Thanks to everyone who came to the party, and especially to our
DJ's Jessica and Colin! Big ups to you guys! Thanks tip cup!!!
++++++++++++++ONE WITH THE SUN+++++++++++++++
So the 1-year anniversary party was also the unveiling/opening party for
the new group-window installation "One With the Sun" curated
by Rob Halverson, featuring artwork by:Mat Brinkman, Emily Litjens, Andrew
Jeffrey Wright, Hisham Bharoocha, Muffy Brandt, Rama Hoffpauir, Kyle Field,
Isaac Lin, Diane Barcelowsky, Sto, Jes Seamans, Chadwick Rantanen, Luke
Thomas, Kurt Skaife, Kirk Snyder, Rob Halverson, Michael Gaughan, Rob
Nelson, and more!
July 19, 2005.
++++++++++++++++WE'RE
ONE YEAR!+++++++++++++++
Please come by for our one-year anniversary party this Saturday, July
23rd, 7pm-11pm! New multi-artist window unveiled! DJ's Jessica Espeleta
and Colin Blodorn! Music, drinks and snacks! Free, duh!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
June 30, 2005.
+++++++++++++++WINDOW IS UP++++++++++++++++
Brendan Fowler aka BARR just finished his rad window! And no, the window
isn't broken...but his foot is-- he made the whole thing while standing
on his un-broken foot, so Brendan, we applaud you for that. Great job
on the window.
(P.S.-- Next window will be up July 23 for the Ooga Booga one-year anniversary
party, and it will be a compilation-window, f.y.i.)
+++++++++++++++PARTY
WAS GREAT!+++++++++++++++
Last Sunday's party was super fun! Bad Waste played the raddest outdoor
set and Trospy jammed a great array of tunez! Thanks to everyone who came
by, hope you enjoyed your relph-tinis!!!
June 10, 2005
+++++++++++++AFTERNOON
SURPRISE++++++++++++++
Come to the shop this Sunday afternoon June 12th from 4:00pm to
7:00pm (or later), we're having a "summerjam," I mean party,
featuring Bad Waste of DoggPony Records (fresh from their west coast tour),
DJ Justin Trosper, and surprise guests (shhh)....! P.S. Octis was supposed
to play too but had to cancel due to other work conflicts, boo hoo! Snacks
and refreshments will be in effect!
Free, as always, so please feel free...
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