NEW BLOG

Months passed between posts on this blog. We just started a new one bootprintscrew.blogspot.com because bootprintscrew is a way better name than bootprintscsp. We're ready to keep the posts coming. Follow that one. We are gonna be bringing the dope shit there.

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Blogs are neat but hard to keep

We suck at keeping a blog, you already know. This is another attempt to do this on a regular basis. We have been slammed with work this summer, and shit just keeps gettin better. We did the biggest job through the doors this week courtesy of the Pittsburgh Black Family Reunion (Big ups to Twitter for this job).

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The shirts were designed by Dreamers and Believers (@dandbapparel). They are a sick ass self-made clothing company from Pittsburgh. T-Shirts and Wovens available at Time Bomb now.

Another sick job we did this week was for local rap ruffians The Varsity Squad. Jon Quest, Beedie, and Shade Cobain deliver hard hitting punch lines and creative concepts. Check the next blog for more about them.

Seriously though, we really are going to keep at it this time, so check back for more.

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Been a while...

So it's been a while since our last blog entry. We've been busy as hell grinding it out daily. We've been doing a lot of work for local businesses and artists, as per usual. We're planning a huge cook out/party at the shop sometime soon, probably early July. Stay tuned for details!




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late.. but better than never.. winter blunderland twenty ten

the night of the (first) blizzard of twenty ten was the first night of actual production at the BPC shop... our lead printer jewels' banging "I HEART PGH" shirt was getting its first run in its new home and the snow just kept coming... but being how our shop is situated and the fact that all of our windows are plastered with signage, we had no idea just how bad it was getting.. we had 4 more shirts to send around the wheel and that was gonna be a wrap. its about 0130 at the time and we were like, hey if we get stranded here well just print on everything we got off our backs plus any thing lying around the shop.. it was like our first official week so we didnt have as much stuff to do obvi. but as we were loadin the last four shirts BOOM! transformer blows on nobles across the way and our power completely shuts down... we didnt know this at the time nor did we care, but almost the whole carrick / brookline area had no power .. so here we are, ink on everything, shirts on the wheel and no flashlight... so we opened the double doors to let some moonlight in because its reflection off of the 3 feet of snow that had accumlated outside of our door without us knowing..cast somewhat of a light in the shop and with no power + no furnace + both doors open... it started to get cold QUICK .. good thing we had a neighbor that was up and freakin out as well. he heard us freakin bout not having a flashlight and brought one down.. we cleaned up as best as we could .. and got the hell outta there.. trekked it back to my house.... it was seriously terrible walking in so much snow completely unprepared. once we made it back to my house .. we found quickly.. no power there either.. no stove no nothing.. so me and jewels were two cold, hungry, frustrated buds.. we did the only thing we could .. get our minds right... and crash out very uncomfortably.. woke up to what?!?! MORE SNOW!!!! we said forget this, its too cold, were low on mind right medicine, no food had to dip the south hills.. i hit up my dude BZE .. who said the power was on in the east end and his space heater was BANGING.. and he was bout to put somethin in the air for his bday and to come through.. so we trekked back to the shop.. to find the street untouched and all of our neighbors out shoveling.. so we went and started shoveling my car.. once that was done, we had to help the neighbors clean off the WHOLE STREET .. or we wouldnt even have been able to leave... once all that was done ( like 3 hours later) we headed to the east, very slowly... once we got there BZE was shovelin a spot for us, but we couldnt even pull onto his street ( although very good in the snow the imapla is still super low ) so we had to go park in the lot and trekk it some more.. it was all good once we arrived though.. after some talk, air clearin and ill music selection listenin.. we left and headed back to the sahside... very slowly, but impala held up as always.. ask anyone that ever drove in the snow wit me .. the impala got it. its computer in it is a piece a hot trash but thats a whole nother story all together. the blizzard ultimately forced me to take a few days off i went to the raise and chilled out / warmed up.. winter blunderland, twenty ten, snow sucks.

PRINTED TAGS IN EVERY SHIRT OUT OF OUR DOORS!

this may take a bit more time, but to be honest, an ill shirt with a "gildan" or "jerzees" "anvil" etc. tag makes it look cheap, these bling silver tags are printed in every shirt we produce for every run no matter the size free of charge! we want your merchandise to be as professional as possible! get at us for your next shirt order!

two year old SOUL II SOLE graphic comes to life!

about two years ago, world famous deejay drastik got at me about designing a logo for his shop, possibly for a tee shirt, well after many painstaking hours and emails, i delivered a design we were both very pleased with. almost like a karate kid joint. but before they could get printed, drastik brainstormed two PLATINUM ideas, designed by me .. "PIFFSBURGH" and "PITTS BURGH KING" (if you dont know what these designs are.. then you're probably blind*) .. so unfortunately this shirt took a back seat.. and as i told alot of people for quite a few years.. when i get the equipment its on... and well.. here it is.. a two year old graphic designed by me.. and printed by me and my team! he will have these very soon so.. if you got some red and black shit, this is the perfect tee to set it off!

joe boots out.

*no disrespect to actual blind people, BPC does not discriminate and loves all equally, unless you suck at life.

WE HEART PGH! AND YOU SHOULD TOO!

hey! all yinz that hit up the BPC's printer : jewels v. dot for his flagship design ... heres some flix of em gettin done.. friday feb 5, twenty ten, aka, the night of the blizzard, power went off at the shop with just a few shirts left to do.. we were all planning on gettin snowed in and printing all night! mother nature had other plans... like shutting shit down.

so if you havent ordered one of these yet, hit up vdotdollar@gmail.com and give him your size and info and he'll get em in the que! ... PRO PITTSBURGH SHIRTS FOR PRO PITTSBURGHERS