cjam and cobrasnake windsor '09

THE WANT STORE

2009-03-26T09:59:00.002-04:00

From designboom:

"Students from the University of Washington's Visual Communication Design Program have developed 'Want', an interactive retail experience that is about educating college students on how to become savvier with their money.

The 'merchandise' inside the imaginary store is constructed from laser-cut cardboard, and includes everything from coffee to electronics, to apparel, each printed with a different tip on how to save money on that item. As in a regular store, visitors are invited to flip through clothing racks and browse the shelves at their leisure"

HIPSTER OLYMPICS

2009-03-13T09:22:00.001-04:00

CJAM APPLIES FOR NEW SIGNAL AND PROTECTED STATUS

2009-03-12T19:05:00.003-04:00

From CJam's site:

"CJAM is currently applying for an amendment to our broadcasting undertaking to assume a new signal at 99.1 FM. While CJAM has been broadcasting at about 1000 watts for over 10 years, the station was never granted "Protected Status" from the CRTC, thanks to pressures from the FCC who were concerned with CJAM's level of interference with adjacent American stations. Without "protected status", CJAM faces the risk of losing its signal to other applicants. In fact, CJAM faced that very risk recently when CBC decided to apply for 91.5 in the fall of 2008. The CBC ultimately withdrew its application, but CJAM still faces possible removal from the FM band thanks to a pending application for our signal.

CJAM has identified a new signal- 99.1 FM- that could afford the station protected status and has moved forward with applications for this new signal to Industry Canada and the CRTC. The application has received "Technical Acceptability" from Industry Canada and is now before the CRTC"

If you have any questions or concerns please contact station manager Adam Fox directly at 519-253-3000 ex. 2525 or by email at statcjam@uwindsor.ca

YARDSALE NYLON TV

2009-03-12T18:52:00.001-04:00

PARIS YARDSALE

2009-03-12T18:49:00.003-04:00

AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK HUNTER

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THE COBRASNAKE PHENOMENON

2009-03-12T17:38:00.002-04:00

This is Mark Hunter, aka "the Cobrasnake" and DJ Steve Aoki, aka "Dim Mak"

Mark has made himself famous with his nightlife photography, and his site is an addiction for pbr-guzzling scenesters in head-to-toe american apparel and/or the raddest 80s gear they can find. The fashion is original. The people are beautiful. The drinks are abundant. The party never stops.

Whether or not you hate the titles: "hipster", "scenester", whatever..... it's all for fucking fun!

Never heard of him? Not necessarily that surprising. He's an internet phenomenon gaining more and more popularity everyday, but is more or less unknown to mainstream media (other than the odd mention in NYLON magazine). This is a cult-like following that has stayed that way for the better part of five years.

Pictured below left is Cory Kennedy, who Hunter made famous when he 'discovered' her at a party when she was 16. She quickly became his muse and the two eventually began dating; soon enough, Kennedy was the wastecase/scenester/nightlife princess of LA.

Hunter also throws his daytime yardsale parties all over.... LA, Paris, London.... and we have contacted him for the second year in a row to get his endorsement for us to throw our very own charity yardsale party!

What's for sale? Saturday night's gear..... vintage wayfarers, tshirts, suspenders, fedoras, buffalo plaid, headbands, american apparel, as well as his very own tshirt designs, which sell internationally on his site.

What can we say? People are straight-up addicted. Models frequent his parties in the rawest mix of runway and thrift store finds, kids binge drink, show their tits and tats, and strike the hottest pose they can get out considering their respective levels of fucked-up-edness.....

Love it or hate it, social scene or charity event, come find out what everyone is talking about on the 29th of May......

Love and yardsale gold,

Robyn, Sara and Murad

YARDSALE/DEATHSALE.... "I'm about to explode!"

2009-03-12T17:34:00.001-04:00

.... AND MORE '08

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PICS FROM COBRASNAKE '08

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SET THE DATE!

2009-03-12T15:32:00.001-04:00

Prepping for another one.....

This year's cobrasnake.com-inspired yardsale party will be held in downtown windsor on May 29th, 2009 and will raise funds for CJAM FM!

The exact location is yet to be determined, but we'll post as soon as we know.

Cjam has been a crucial part of our city's cultural scene, advocating an open mind to music, art, politics and social issues for over 25 years. This year has been especially problematic for our favourite campus radio station, as it has been at the forefront of windsor media lately due to the possibility of losing their signal to a US station. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the facebook page dedicated to moving cjam up the FM dial.

So, cjam is all over this party already, and it's promising to be huge. gigantic. listen to 91.5 for our ads, asking you to contact us via facebook or myspace (or now, by blog!) and let us know if you have donations. Cjam is located in the CAW Student Center basement at the University of Windsor and is willing to pass along your things to us! So, raid your closet, your friends' and parents' closets, your grandparents' closets, check out value village for rad finds, and send them along!

Also, if you are a windsor/detroit resident in the arts and wish to show your work, contact us and we'll do our best to include you on the day of the party!

We're still in the early stages of planning the event, but check back and spread the word the best you can..... the more people involved and the more 'stuff' to show, the better the party, and the more funds raised for cjam!!!

love and yardsale gold,

Sara, Robyn and Murad