We are excited to continue our Guest Blogger Series, an ongoing forum for some of our friends and collaborators to share some thoughts on their favorite music related products.

BJ Rubin is a man of many talents. Comedian, musician, archivist, writer, and all around knowledgeable guy, its no exaggeration to say that a conversation with BJ is always an enlightening experience. As avid readers of his absolutely fantastic blog, Pukekos, we knew we had to ask him to guest blog, but little did we know he would unearth this gem of a record.

For the purposes of full disclosure, it must be stated that some of us here at SSD HQ have Three Mile Pilot tattoos, and don’t own this record. If you have not heard Chief Assassin to the Sinister, head over to Pukekos now to check it out.

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This record is very special.

It appears to have been hand assembled, at great time and effort I imagine. Sewing things to burlap doesn’t sound like the most pleasant way to spend an afternoon, but not liking doing something doesn’t mean that you don’t like having it done.

They obviously couldn’t contain themselves when they were putting this together, as they threw in pages from scientific reference books and Cub Scout manuals. Every bit of positive energy they could muster was put into this artifact; they cast all the spells they knew at the time on these objects.

What we have done here is capture some of that specialness for you. Most of you will probably never know what it feels like touch an actual copy of this record, as there were very few made (and I’m sure some are already lost to history). I agree with the belief that photographing a person or an object does steal its soul, a little bit of it anyway (don’t worry, you won’t even miss it). I am sure many hands touched this object before it was put out into the world, each of them imbuing it with a little piece of their soul too.

Not being able to touch it with your own hands shouldn’t mean that you aren’t allowed to feel it, etc.

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, Three Mile Pilot’s Chief Assassin to the Sinister.

Our office is getting a bit crowded, meaning it’s time to do a little winter cleaning and make room for all the new projects hitting the shelves this Spring. So, we figured a deep discount on our 2009 apparel Collection was a good place to start. The Collection features premium, organic, custom tailored apparel for Battles, Deerhoof, Gang Gang Dance, Fucked Up, Handsome Furs, Liars, The National, No Age, and Pelican.

All markdowns are reflected in the pricing.  Happy shopping.

Soundscreen Design is a young enterprise with a small staff, and we’re hoping to find someone interested in the crossover of music, product, art and design that wants to learn in a challenging and fast paced environment.

The candidate we are looking for should be a hard worker, energetic, curious, and possess the ability to assist on a multitude of tasks and projects in our Greenpoint offices. Graphic design skills are a huge plus.

The internship will be cross disciplinary, with tasks ranging from:
- marketing support
- research
- order fulfillment
- inventory management
- project timeline management

Specific tasks may include contest outreach, press list generation, social networking initiatives, press and retail mailings, order fulfillment, designing press releases and other marketing collateral, and inventory stock management.

All applicants should be available to start immediately with no less then two available days to work. This is an unpaid internship, however you will be treated to coffee often and receive free and discounted product. Please send resumes and a short cover letter to olivia@soundscreendesign.com.

As we mentioned last week, EE Storey’s Artist Music Journal, Edition 06 in the ongoing series, is out and shipping as of today.  All pre-orders and subscriptions will be mailed standard mail, and if you have not had a chance to get your order in, now is a great time.

We are thrilled to kick off 2010 with the sixth edition in our ongoing Artist Music Journals series, featuring the work of Montreal based art director, graphic designer and illustrator EE Storey. For her contribution to the series, EE created a book of original works meant to reflect her relationship to the Adirondack Mountains through the lens of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme.

Head over to the shop and pre-order EE’s AMJ today, we will begin shipping out pre-orders the week of 1.25.

If you’ve seen albums, posters or merchandise for bands such as Death Cab for Cutie, or Tegan and Sara, you’ve probably seen EE’s work. Learn more here.

The back half of the first 12 in year 1’s series features some heavy hitters, including installments from Post Typography, Dan Nadel (Picturebox), Bjorn Copeland (Black Dice), Brian Roettinger (Hand Held Heart) and Seripop. Each installment is limited to 1000 copies; subscriptions and stand-alone edition sales are available in our shop.

The Holiday Sale is coming to an end. Since we wouldn’t want you to miss out any deals, head over to the shop for 15%-25% off, storewide. Just our way of letting you know STILL we care.

The Holiday Sale is now live in our shop. 15%-25% off, storewide. Just our way of letting you know we care.

20% off all editions of Vinyl is Forever.
25% off all Artist Music Journals.
15% off all ReFRAMEs.
25% off Collection apparel.
20% off the already discounted Hisham Bharoocha bundle.
20% off the already discounted Kids Book bundle (which was recently featured in Black Book’s gift guide…thanks!).

Happy Holidays.

The New York Times, always the last to know:

“But this is no music morgue; it is more like a life-support unit for an entertainment medium that has managed to avoid extinction, despite numerous predictions to the contrary. The bins above the boxes hold new records — freshly pressed albums of classic rock as well as vinyl versions of the latest releases from hip-hop icons like 50 Cent and Diddy and new pop stars like Norah Jones and Lady Gaga.

And with the curious resurgence of vinyl, a parallel revival has emerged: The turntable, once thought to have taken up obsolescence with reel-to-reel and eight-track tape players, has been reborn.”

Tomorrow (Saturday December 5th) from 11am-7pm, we will be sharing a table with Joel Speasmaker/Forest at the first-annual Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, taking place at Our Lady of Consolation Church (184 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg). We’ll have a selection of products including all the available Artist Music Journals, Rockin’ Alphabet Kids Books, and some apparal selections, all at discounted prices. Admission is free.

Presented by Desert Island and PictureBox, a mix of featured guests including Gary Panter and Kim Deitch will be in attendance, while booths will feature the work of Drawn and Quarterly, Nieves, Bodega and more. Panel discussions will be held at Secret Project Robot, and an event after-party will be held at Death By Audio.

The holidays always put us in a very giving mood, and in that spirit we have partnered with Insound to present the contest to end all contests. One lucky winner will be selected to receive one of EVERY PRODUCT WE HAVE RELEASED THIS YEAR. Yep, you read that right.

That’s one of each design from the Collection featuring No Age, The National, Deerhoof, Liars, Pelican, Handsome Furs, Gang Gang Dance, Battles and Fucked Up. The winner will get to choose which garment type they would like to receive, between crew neck t’s, v neck t’s, zip front hooded sweatshirts, and tote bags, all on premium, organic cotton garments.

That’s one ReFRAME, the elegant and glassless frame that has delivered on the dreams of poster collectors everywhere, in any size and color your choosing.

That’s one of each released edition in the ongoing Artist Music Journals small art book series, which features editions from Hisham Bharoocha, Bongout, Daniel Higgs, Jason Yates and Shaun Flynn.

That’s one of each edition from the ongoing Vinyl is Forever series, in the garment type of your choice, all on premium organic garments. This includes the recently released garments in Edition 03, designed by Rob Giampietro.

That’s all three music-themed Alphabet Books, so you can get the young one in your family learning the abc’s while you laugh your way through hysterical references to punk, metal and country & western.

Please head over to Insound and enter for a chance to win. Good luck and happy holidays from all of us here at Soundscreen Design.