JANUARY 27, 2009
SAN DIEGO

Over this past weekend I headed out to San Diego for the Agenda Trade Show. I wasn't an exhibitor or a buyer but I wanted to go to take in the experience of a trade show. That way, I could prepare myself for the future, if you know what I'm saying...wink, wink.



At Agenda, I met some FANTASTIC people! I was straight up with them and told them that I wasn't an exhibitor nor a buyer and that I was there to just get some insight and pointers on how to start my own brand. Things like what inspired/motivated them to do what they're doing, how to market myself better, what and how to do things and what pitfalls to avoid. As an appreciation of taking the time and inspiring me, I presented them with a FREE FIRST EVER PRINTING Fur Face Boy shirt! WooOooOoo! The guy below is Mikey Carbonneau. He's with DCMA Collective and was the first guy I talked to. I felt like such an idiot at first stating what I was doing, but after realizing how cool everyone was, it became a piece-o-cake!

Well, well...who do we have here? To tell you the truth...I have no idea! I guess I became so trigger happy passing out shirts and taking photos in the beginning that I forgot who I gave this shirt to. Either way, I'm glad he's proudly representing his brand new Fur Face Boy shirt! Thanks, mystery man!

These two wild and crazy guys are from Ludwig. They have a fantastic brand and I love their stuff!

Quick! Everyone look busy! It's Malcolm Phipps, President of Double Helix NYC! Malcom wasn't shy at all about giving me insight to his brand. I swear it seemed like he talked to me for like a whole hour. He had a real passion for his brand, something everyone MUST HAVE when starting out. Anyways, Malcom's a real great guy and a real class act!

Look into these eyes. Do you see that intenseness, that determination and that drive? That's that passion I was talking about earlier and Dennis Yu of the Natural Selection Agency (Mishka, Edwin, Free Gold Watch, etc.) has it! Dennis was one of, if not THE most helpful people at the tradeshow. Very cool, very laid back and at the same time knew how to handle his business. He let me know that anytime I needed some help to just give him a holler and I think that that's absolutely totally awesome. BIG PROPS to you, Dennis Yu. The man. The legend.

Fur Face Boy's can be Fur Face Gal's too! And this cool gal is Catherine from Claw Money. She was constantly folding and rearranging shirts, while passing out her business card / sticker to buyers all at the same time while telling me some insight to what Claw Money was all about. Multi-tasking...so awesome!

Hey, hey...who's that you see? It's Eric Crandel and Brandon Crawford from 101 Apparel! These two guys were very cool and were absolute riots! Not only did they give me their story on how they got started, but they also hooked me up with some pretty cool mix albums. After listening to these mix albums, I thought to myself..."Hmmm...maybe I should get into the music scene?" Then I instantly thought..."Neh."

Oh hey...didn't see you there. Anyways, these two gals are Chelsea and Lindsay from Maple and Erhart. They were the last two to recieve a Fur Face Boy shirt. As I walked around Agenda trying to find someone else to talk to, these two found me instead! As I was walking by their booth they approached me and said..."Do you want a cookie?" I immediately respond back with..."Do you want some Fur Face Boy?" And the rest is history.

Here's a few more Agenda pics. These DJ gals were great! The whole Agenda experience was great! I'm guaranteeing you that I'll be back. If not at Agenda then at another trade show. I hope to see you there. If you do make it out, don't be shy to swing by and ask me how I got there.

That guy in the middle is Jim Mahfood of 40 Oz. Comics. I used the read the crap out of his Generation X Underground Special. I actually have an original Jim Mahfood drawing that he did of me from 2005. Damn, I wished I had an extra Fur Face Boy shirt to give to him. Oh well.



See? I told you I had an Mahfood original. That's me on the right. Cool huh? Yea, I know.

This mural was all done with 99.5% type! Can you say...unbelievably, crazy, insane GREATNESS?

Aside from all of the Agenda madness I got to hang out and take in not only San Diego but Los Angeles too! And I'm glad I did it with these guys below. They're the Shogun crew! From left to right: Shogun Viet, Shogun Kieth, Shogun San (Great Gazoo variant) and Shogun John. Shogun is about to open up and the set up is totally mind blowing! Be sure to check out their blog and if you're ever in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to definitely swing by, say hello and grab yourself some heat!



And the last posting of the day is a dedicated to my mom! Before I headed off to the Agenda Trade Show, she stayed up all night for me to sew on my labels! Earlier she made me dinner and after the sewing she made me some special tea to soothe my sore throat! Here's to you mom! Master seamstress, super cook, doctor and Fur Face Boy's first ever fan! I hope everyone who read these postings will come back every now and then and grow along with Fur Face Boy. Soon I'll have all these links working and annouce abunch of other cool stuff. So stay tuned! In the meantime, if you ever have any questions or would like to share some random thoughts you can personally email me at ha@furfaceboy.com. I hope to hear from all of you guys!