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Posted on May 21, 2010
So what have the Monokids been up to this past few weeks? Creating a Digital Harinezumi Short, of course! Many thanks to our pawesome friends Cody and Morgan - Cody wrote an awesome score for our short in two nights and Morgan agreeably walked into the 40 degree waters of the Puget Sound. We hope you like it!
Source: Monocol | 21 May 2010, 7:38 pm
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Posted on Feb 21, 2010
We are excited to show you our Monocol Badkamer Birthday Calendars! We've updated our Etsy with these little calendars - each month features a painting from the Same Difference series. You may be wondering what a Badkamer Birthday Calender entails and how it may differ from other birthday calendars. Well to begin, badkamer is Dutch for bathroom, so really it's a Monocol Bathroom Birthday Calendar.
Oh dear, we really should explain ourselves better.
This little calendar is named in honor of the Dutch tradition of hanging birthday calenders (verjaardagskalender) in the bathroom. Speculation on the origins of this tradition vary, but perhaps it's because it is the one place all guests probably visit in your house and the one place you probably go every day (the Dutch are very practical people). Birthday calendars only have numbered dates without the accompanying days so that you can use it year after year (see? practical). You don't even have to keep it in the bathroom, but 16.4 million Dutch people do.
Source: Monocol | 21 Feb 2010, 8:54 pm
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Posted on Feb 19, 2010
Thanks to everyone who came out to our little show last Saturday! We haven't had a new art show up in a long time, and its always great to see everyone, eat Doritos, and drink beer! Of course many thanks and bags of candy should be sent to Amy and Keri at
Sugartown Vintage - they are some of the most pawesome gals in business here in Ballard. We can't say enough good things about them, their store, and their high tolerance for Tom's musical picks for the evening (including R.Kelly's entire "Trapped in the Closet" album).
Our Same Difference paintings will be at Sugartown for the rest of the month! We will also be updating the Etsy with a few little surprises, including prints of the original pieces. Mono-over and out!!
See more Same Differences at our Flickr Source: Monocol | 19 Feb 2010, 10:30 am
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Posted on Feb 10, 2010
Same Difference
Sugartown Vintage!
Opens Saturday, February 13th!
Partying from 6-9pm in Ballard!
Same Difference features 12 brand new Monocol paintings about all the differences in similarities. Dedicated to the siblings with parents who call them by each other's names, Pepsi Challengers, brand-name buyers, and all those who remember that Istanbul was Constantinople. Tomaytos, tomahtos, clamato?? OH LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF!
We hope you can all come down to Sugartown this Saturday and partake in disambiguations, imbibulations, and consternations all evening! We will be partying from 6 to 9pm, after which we are sure hooliganism will take form on the streets of Ballard (aka seeing who can eat the most hotdogs from Dante's SNACKS bodega).
We are especially excited for this show because it was almost 2 years ago that we hung the Inaugural Monocol Show of the 00's at no other than Sugartown Vintage! We can't imagine having had a better start! Three cheers and ice cream sandwiches all around!
Sugartown Vintage
Ballard
2421 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 789-1400
Source: Monocol | 10 Feb 2010, 1:26 pm
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Posted on Feb 3, 2010
Paintings are all go for next week's show ... details to follow!
Source: Monocol | 3 Feb 2010, 9:51 pm
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Posted on Jan 8, 2010
... That's the sound of a little bird getting ready to spill the beans (or is it the sound of
da police? men working on the chain gang? ... where were we going with this?) ...
We are hard at work on a show that will open next month -- this Feburary will mark the 2nd Year Anniversary of the first Monocol show ("Woodgills!") evarrr! We aren't much for anniversaries, but its been a great adventure so far.
More details and sneak peeks to follow! Here is an unrelated picture that will not be in our show:
Source: Monocol | 8 Jan 2010, 4:21 pm
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Posted on Jan 5, 2010
Source: Monocol | 5 Jan 2010, 2:23 pm
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Posted on Dec 2, 2009
Holly jolly, MonoCompatriots! We can hardly believe it is December! However, Gwynne has played her Charlie Brown Christmas Album approximately 120 times already since Thanksgiving.
We hope you guys had a great Turkey Day with your freens and fambly! We were lucky enough to have two Thanksgiving dinners in one week, which we find to be an accomplishment. Besides eating eating 1,000 pounds of sweet poatoes and playing New Super Mario for Wii, we were busy bees in November!
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Sketches for our Lincoln-Leopard documentary animation
A cause for much rumupus was the felicitous happenstance of Tom's birthday!! A joint celebration was held with MonoFreen Emily for a Team Tom vs Team Emily Whirlyball extravaganza. Whirlyball is the lovechild of bumpercars and lacrosse with the ultimate promise of spine cracking whiplash. Gwynne made up some cupcake toppers and team t-shirts to commemorate the ocassion.
We finished two snowmen for the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber auction that benefits the North Seattle Boys and Girls Club. More info on auction and to see the other snowpeeps here. You can see our Snowmen in person at Ballard Viking Bank (Gwynne's) and the Washington Wilderness Coalition (Tom's).
We've also updated our Etsy with new photo prints of some of your favorite Woodgills!! We gots your Bogbots, your Hobo Pengies, your Robots in Ponds, your Sasquatches. Go check it out! 9 out of 9 wombats agree that Monocol provisions are excellent holiday gifts!
WHEW! We've got even more things to put on our list and check off twice, so more updates soon! Now seriously, what is figgy puddin?
Source: Monocol | 2 Dec 2009, 10:15 am
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Posted on Nov 2, 2009
Happy November, Monofreens! We hope you had a trick and treat filled Halloween. Team Monocol went as Jabba the Hutt and Admiral Ackbar. We like to think that the above picture neatly summarizes our artistic skills, outside interests, distinct personalities, and work style.
Speaking of work, we are working on a bunch of holiday goodies! We are also working away on our illustration project with Travis and
Lincoln Leopard .
Also, please check our our PAWESOME MonoFriend
Tom DesLongchamp !! He is MonoTom's neighbor (and name-twin) and he just finished an amazing video for Jookabox's "Your Cried for Me" (Asthmatic Kitty). This video is so great it blows our minds, like when we saw Kermit the Frog riding a bike for the first time in The Muppet Movie. GREAT JOB OTHER-TOM!!
WOOO! Look we updated and it was only a 2 weeks since our fake update! GO!GO!TEAM!MONOCOL!
Source: Monocol | 2 Nov 2009, 10:38 am
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Posted on Oct 16, 2009
WE ARE STILL ALIVE, PROMISE! We are currently working on a film/documentary project with Travis Senger from
LincolnLeopard with whom we collaborated with for the Saturday Knights music video. We will make an empty promise to be updating shortly!!
Source: Monocol | 16 Oct 2009, 11:36 am
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Posted on Jun 22, 2009
Hope you all had great weekends and remembered to call your pops on Pappy Day yesterday!
We took the Bainbridge Island Ferry yesterday, and Monocol First (Canine) Mate, Cosby, got to feel the cool sea breeze on his snaggle tooth for the first time.
We've also heard from some Monoscouts that our WPZ Pengies have been spotted around Seattle! Off to find their locations later this week ... It's like hide-n-seek!
Source: Monocol | 22 Jun 2009, 12:19 pm
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Posted on Jun 11, 2009
Hallo! Here are some details for the Penguins on the March events happening tomorrow, Friday 6/12.
We will be attending the Greenwood Collective Art Walk event, most likely hitting up the new ramen joint in Greenwood beforehand.
Pengies and slurpy noodles? Sounds like a great F-R-I-D-A-Y NIGHT! (hand claps)
From the Woodland Park Zoo Blogz:
The Space Needle Artist Celebration
- Official launch program begins at 10:30 a.m. featuring debut of 50 penguins and guest speakers
- Featured speakers: Woodland Park Zoo, professional and amateur artists, Greenwood Collective
- Live Penguin Mural by Bherd Studios
- Woodland Park Zoo’s Humboldt penguin wagon will distribute fun penguin giveaways
- Penguin mascot will entertain guests and passers-by
- Interviews available with artists and organizers
The Greenwood Collective Artist Celebration
- Featuring 30 penguins on exhibit between 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., plus artists
- Opening during monthly Art Up/Open Up Greenwood-Phinney neighborhood art walk
- Interviews available with The Greenwood Collective and penguin artists
- Look for the Penguin Mural by Bherd Studios on Greenwood Ave between 85th St and 87th St
Hahaha, "interviews available with Penguin Artists" ... and here we were worrying about the bathing suit competition!
PENGIES OUT!
Source: Monocol | 11 Jun 2009, 4:00 pm
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Posted on Jun 10, 2009
Here are our finished pengies. More about dem Seattle marching penguins
here 
Those penguins were heavy to move! More piccurs at the
Flickrrrrrr.
Source: Monocol | 10 Jun 2009, 10:43 am
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Posted on May 19, 2009
Hola Monoamigos!
Its that time again for the bimonthly update, har har! We're slowly gaining momentum for our usual summertime project blitz -- it must be something about how ice cream trucks are starting to jangle their way down our street (WHY DO THEY DRIVE SO FAST PAST OUR HQ), or the sun setting at 9pm, or conversations that start with "we should go camping...no really!" -- that makes us more productive.
We are happy to say we've preservered through porky flu epidemics and other unpleasantries and are working on some projects for June.
We will be participating in Woodland Park Zoo's Penguins on the March art exhibit. We have two penguins to decorate ... pics to follow soon. The new WPZ pengie exhibit is cooler than a polarbear's toenails (except, Humboldt penguins don't live in snow, but you know what we mean) and we are excited to be a part of the event!
We are also working on some prints inspired by SIFF entry
CC2010 written and directed by monofreen and compatriot Travis Senger over at
Lincoln Leopard. We also worked with Travis on the "Count It Off" video, so this second collaboration jawesome -- like on you birthday when you get to have ice cream cake for dinner AND breakfast the next morning.
Are you guys ready to go camping? ... No REALLY!
See you on the flipside!
Source: Monocol | 19 May 2009, 1:58 pm
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Posted on Mar 30, 2009
PHEW, we survived SxSW and have been recovering the last week. There were some amazing music videos we were up against in Austin, so we felt very special and intimidated to be included in the mix. The week was a blur of line waiting, late shows, getting to see old friends, sleeping 8 to a room with the
Flagpole camp, burrito carts, and 80 degree weather!
Gwynne also celebrated her birthday last week and got lots of fantastic presents including: a red ryder bb gun, a comic book, a new bike, a
Chomp Chain soccer ball ... And a remixed MIA music video made by Tom.
INTERWEB PREMIERE!
Source: Monocol | 30 Mar 2009, 9:12 am
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Posted on Mar 18, 2009
Beware the Ides of March ... maybe because they are PAWESOME. The Ides of March are awesome because they involve corned beef, Gwynne's birthday, and SxSW.
We are off to Austin tomorrow afternoon and we can't wait to catch some screenings of the tail end of the Film Festival and try to catch as many bands as humanly possible. Not to mention lots of sweet tea, Waffle House, and Chikfila -- Souhern faves Gwynne is missing since she left the ATL!! Thanks for all of your kind words about The Saturday Knights video animation, it was so much fun to do and we never expected we'd make it all the way to Austin!
We are working on some new ideas and looking for some places to do shows this summer. In the mean time, we are enjoying:
Denise Ann Holme's Bakers Dozen
Stacy Rozich's amazing art (Tom scored a a watercolour from her recent 20Twenty show)
Yuki Urushibara's Mushi-shi
Much more when we return from messin' with Texas!
Source: Monocol | 18 Mar 2009, 9:57 am
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Posted on Feb 18, 2009
Hallo, hallo!
Oh how we've missed all of you monofreens the past few weeks! Since we last updated several exciting things have been going on over here in the basement HQ. Seattle froze over and thawed, holidays came and went, history making presidents were inaugurated, and we got to work on our first music video!
"Count It Off" - The Saturday Knights from
Lincoln Leopard Films on
Vimeo.
When Travis of
Lincoln Leopard asked if we'd like to do some animated shorts for The Saturday Knights in the style of retro Sesame Street, we were on the project like crumbs on Cookie Monster. We spent a lot of time revisiting our favorite Sesame Street animations and skits from our past (
Typewriter Guy!
Teeny Little Super Guy!
Grover!
Grover!
Grover!)
In even more exciting pawesome news, we recently found out that the video is an official
SxSW Film Festival selection! Three cheers and
salted caramel ice cream all around!
We've also updated the Monocol website and started a Twitter ... PHEW!
Time for a nap and some comic books.
Source: Monocol | 18 Feb 2009, 10:30 pm
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Posted on Dec 19, 2008
We got a snow day here in Seattle! We took advantage of the day by "working from home" -- which involved drinking lots of coffee, watching Cosby Show reruns, and answering e-mails from the couch.
We are working on a top secret project to be revealed in a few weeks (we hope!), and we can't wait to see it finished. Otherwise we've been making cheese straws , playing with our new Mac books (!!), and thinking up new Monocol ideas for the new year!
Keep warm, mono-freens, and see you at the sledding hill!
Source: Monocol | 19 Dec 2008, 10:57 am
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Posted on Dec 7, 2008
It's that time again here at Monocol HQ where we celebrate Sinterklaas with gifts wrapped in syrup and mean poems about one another!Hot off the Gocco press, we finished our 2008 Holiday card last week.
We've put some in the shop. We will be sending them out to our freens and families over the next few days.
Registration ended up being bitchy so we broke down and created a registration plate. The set up was inspired after seeing Tubes. awesome registration set-up. Ours was infinitely more ghetto (and involved a block of wood, which when cut, smelled like a delicious combination of poo, mildew, and throw up...), but it wouldn't be a Monocol joint otherwise.
We also learned that balsawood is much more absorbent than first thought and using the correct viscosity of ink is integral. There were two epic fails before we got some good prints out of the ordeal.
Happy Yule everybody! We hope everyone is decorating trees and watching their favorite holiday specials. We particularly like: A Muppet Family Christmas (Muppets, Sesame Street, AND Fraggles?!? EXPLODE) and the California Raisins Claymation special.
Source: Monocol | 7 Dec 2008, 12:54 pm
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Posted on Nov 19, 2008
Have you ever met a Rock Hyrax? We have! We met him over the summer at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington D.C.! He is a distant relative of the elephant -- who is one of my favorite animals in our solar system.
Speaking of distant relatives, we can hardly believe the Holidays are upon us and with them, family, friends, and lots of dinners! Tomocol celebrated his birthday yesterday with much fanfare and some of the best chocolate cake in Seattle. American Thanksgiving is next week and the rest of the mess of December is on the horizon! PHEW!
We are slowly assembling our gnome/elf/kitten army at the Monocol factory to get some holiday items out into the interwebs and into our favorite local stores. Daruminals and their prints can be currently found at TWIG in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle (and of course at our Etsy store).
We are making a super early New Years Resolution to update the blog and interweb store more often -- how's that for being one step ahead of the Holiday game?
See you soon!
Source: Monocol | 19 Nov 2008, 9:42 am
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