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So, there are a plethora of Los Angeles chipshows being thrown by LA8BIT in January. Instead of doing a post for each show in a spam-like fashion, here's a little rundown/list-thingy of all the funs happening this month!! :-D

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH @Lot 1 in Downtown Los Angeles, CA:

FREQUENCY 2.0 PRESHOW #1

Cyclops Rock
Timon Marmex
ELEKID!
The Attic Bat
Jiffypop23

http://www.facebook.com/events/141691169318194/

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th @ Old Towne Pub in Old Town Pasadena, CA:

FREQUENCY 2.0 PRESHOW #2

VIRT
TRASH80
Space Town Savior
DJ Mike Haggar

http://www.facebook.com/events/359826960783279/

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19th @ The Smell in Downtown Los Angeles, CA:

FREQUENCY 2.0!!!! NIGHT #1

ELEKID!
HERE BETWEEN YOU ME
TOGETHER WE ARE ROBOTS
PARALLAXSCROLL
DASID
1000 NEEDLES
MIKE BLEEDS

FEATURING DJ MSTR SMTH
VISUALS BY TIM ABAD

http://www.facebook.com/events/360070200746071/

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20th @ The Smell in Downtown Los Angeles, CA:

FREQUENCY 2.0!!!! NIGHT #2

TINA BELMONT
EVILWEZIL
KOOL SKULL
CRASHFASTER
WIZWARS
SLIME GIRLS
WET MANGO

FEATURING DJ MSTR SMTH
VISUALS BY TIM ABAD

http://www.facebook.com/events/360070200746071/

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So come on and support the chipscene in LA!! We're actually very entertaining once you get past our uncontrolable erections.

LAV U BAI!!

1000 Needles

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7 Reply by 1000needles Sep 19, 2012 1:06 am

Re: Cafepress.com (12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Wizwars wrote:

Cafepress shirts look like iron on transfers you could make at home. Horrible quality at a high price.

Telerophon wrote:

Low quality end product. They do digital prints, if I recall correctly.

Yea, I just finished reading a slew of bad reviews about Cafepress. Everything from poor customer service to inconstant/shitty prints was mentioned. Such a bummer that they don't do legit work. The products they offer are quite extensive (who WOULDN'T want to be able to sell thongs with their band's/act's logo on them )

xero wrote:

im with sander, spreadshirt is the way to go.

Conversely, I'm really liking Spreadshirt. The layout of site is great, has good reviews in terms of the quality of the product, and the products are more affordable than cafepress (surprisingly). Plus, everything is handmade which is nice.

Everyone on this forum wrote:

Just do it yourself.

Ideally, I would like to be able to go DIY and keep a good chunk of the profit. However I'm afraid I just wouldn't be able to invest the time into doing that effectively at the moment plus, again, scratch to start it up is tight around these parts.

Sander von Focus wrote:

a combination might be a good idea. Like run of the mill shirts from spreadshirt, and 'limited editions' with homemade silkscreen.

This will probably the route I'd be shooting for. I'll keep you guys posted on my experiences with spreadshirt. If you see another post titled things probably didn't go too hot.

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8 Reply by 1000needles Sep 18, 2012 5:09 pm

Re: Cafepress.com (12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Thanks for the input guys! My main thing was to find a site that would produce merch with our custom artwork, sell, and ship all with no upfront fees (rather, we'd just get a cut of the earnings ). Cafepress seems to do that but my main concern was the quality of the product vs. what people would be paying (some t-shirts were running about 30 bucks and hoodies for 50(!?) ). Their site also kind of has a cheesy and ameturish layout that's a bit unsettling. Big Cartel seems like they'd only help sell but not produce (I lack the fundulations to buy blank t-shirts and pay someone to make them for me) although I may use them for more custom/less generic items in the future. Society6 and Spreadshirt look legit; I'm going to research those two a little more.

At the same time, if anyone has used or bought something from cafepress recently let me know what your thoughts are!