Sunday, September 21, 2008

Randy Blue and ajaxx63 collaboration?






This past week we were contacted by Randy Blue(via Gabriel Goldberg-our favorite and super talented fashion photographer "Rick Summer 2008 campaign") to work on a cross promotional campaign with our t-shirts and various products and Randy Blue models. At this point, its all just talk to see if we are interested. Interested? We LOVE randy blue.....the guys are too hot, and the site randyblue.com is the perfect match for our image, (Clean cut guys get dirty!). So I will keep you posted on any developments with this deal. As a side note: Its postings like this that made one of our web designers quit on us-he said and I quote "your content matter is inconsistent with my belief system-my wife took a look at your site and want's me to quit." Yeah buddy... I'll show you inconsistent with your belief system...Randy bring on the boys! This will get them all hot and bothered at church next week!

ajaxx63 Party-Stuttgart-Germany!






Our favorite guys, Carsten Hugin and Peter Breitling of Gay-industries.com in Stuttgart, Germany threw a huge party for ajaxx63.de. Of course, like everything these two do, it was a huge success! Over 3000 people packed the club. Large screens displayed pictures of various ad campaigns we have run over the years. I can't wait to tell my buddy Frank, one of our ajaxx63 models- and a good friend of mine, (We usually use our friends as models, we run a tight ship around here, and our friends are good looking and fairly vain!) that his picture was towering over the dance floor as thousands of hot gay Germans partied. We seriously need to get bars here in the US to do nites like this...we do have a party at R-place in Seattle, which is a big hit, but I want to package a party nite concept and sell it to clubs across the US as a way to cross promote our brand and partake in a little gorilla style anti marketing campaign. With the economy being what it is these days, creative solutions and out of the box thinking is going to have to be the way to survive and thrive during all this economic hub bub.
Thanks again to my favorite German boys for showing ajaxx63 off in such a great and big way!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Quitting Smoking at ajaxx63! Beware!





We are all about good health at ajaxx63...okay well maybe we are all about looking like we are healthy. And right now, all of us smoke and we are all going to quit 9/11/08. I know dramatic, but that is what we all all into right now, being dramatic and reclaiming our good looks...and our lungs good lucks. Sure we have all had a good run with smoking, hanging out in front of the Cuff, sitting in cafes pretending to read books,(Dez!) chilling by the company pool and so on. But no we are all hagged out wheezy booze bags and need to reel in the smoking and find another thing to occupy our time. The only thing I'w concerned about is my BF who last time he quit smoking he kicked a hole in the door to the bathroom at work. This time I hope he can do some on the fly anger management and chill before he destroys our ware house.

This is what ajaxx63 is into RIGHT NOW!






Seems like all the cool shit is coming from Seattle again. The kids are flipping out and creating some truly amazing sounds. Check out our favorite Seattle Bands, very different styles from each other but both cool in the same way. So the kids are alright!

Team Gina, with their new CD "Product of the 80's" is hot. Starting with its homage to Duran Duran's inimatiable Patrick Nagel album cover to its great simple lesbian chic rap beats coupled with simple stripped down casio styled music. Check out their video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfQ_ptzFv7M
We love the leotards with baggy purple shirts off the shoulder...its what we are all into right now.

My other favorite Seattle band is Natalie Portman's Shaved Head or NPSH. These kids are hip, plugged in and very talented. Love their simple retro electronic style, their lyrics are pure hipster Seattle smarty pants. This might be the next logical step in the handing over of the old school B-52's crown to the next generation. We love them if only because these songs are fast and furious, like old school punk, but full of not ready for mainstream lyrics about guns, killing JT and loves of whales and beating kids up. Check out our favorite song "Sophisticated Side Ponytail" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-gQL03u7mc
Update:
I just found out two weeks ago that NPSH use to practice in my buddy Jim's garage. How cool would that be to have these damn kids banging away in your garage. I wonder if he put on an apron and walked out there with a pitcher of Kool-Aid....and said"Hey you damn kids, take a break from all your music...I made you some refreshments!" Of course, I'm jealous of Jim for a number of reasons, #1.) I love NPSH. #2.) I wish sometimes my husband and I had kool kids of our own that would have musicians as friends that would need a place to play. and lastly, #3.) I wish I had a garage big enough for kids to be able to practice in....we can barely fit our lawn mower and one little tiny car in our miniscule Seattle garage!