Tumblr (3.0; @dsunder)http://dsunder.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b258b168f5137a6bc1c864679b9aac27/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d1232cdb4a7e24e42cd00e0e24e51a26/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/301ed996da005de047396ab9f683c044/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4aedd0147d4bf2a88864a0ef3e9b930e/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d507e82da6ac77ba51e114cb4c7ac9e/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7969a686d875d8f4a97ad2a89eb4626d/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/670b41210712d36141d07bdf0fbd9913/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/70754e2d779a60402455a9377382112c/tumblr_mltciwt4Ug1qjw2z2o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.dearbennichols.com/post/48874269881/2ndanniversary">dearbennichols</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Oh, ya know. Just this:</strong></p> <p><strong>SUPER-SWEET SECOND ANNIVERSARY LUCERO-THEMED DEAR BEN NICHOLS GIVEAWAY!</strong></p> <div> <div> <p>Hey, y’all! TODAY is Dear Ben Nichols’ SECOND ANNIVERSARY! To celebrate, and to thank you so much for following and sharing the Ben Nichols and Lucero love with us, I decided another<strong> giveaway</strong> would be in order! In order of the photos pictured above, the prizes are:</p> <div class="PST-posts-box-content"> <ul><li><span>An <strong>AUTOGRAPHED COPY of Rick Steff’s solo EP, <em>Rick’s Booogie</em></strong>, as well as a digital download. Need I say more?!</span></li> <li><span>A <strong>one of a kind</strong></span><span><strong> Lucero-inspired butterfly woodcut</strong> (much like the one pictured above) created by the lovely <a href="http://bit.ly/14cdgpL" title="BP on Tumblr">Bryn Perrott</a>, who designed the EP cover (based on one of her woodcuts, which Ben bought and brings on tour with the band) for Lucero’s <em>Texas and Tennessee</em>.</span></li> <li><span>A lovely<strong> print of Ben Nichols and Lucero</strong> taken by <a href="http://bit.ly/11GyRBi" title="Nicole Kibert on Flickr">Nicole Kibert</a> from the always awesome music web site, </span><span><a href="http://www.suburbanapologist.com/" title="SubApologist">Suburban Apologist</a> </span><span><span>(and sometimes of <a href="http://www.whatstheruckus.com/" title="The Ruckus">The Ruckus</a>). The</span> photo was taken on March 9th, 2009 at </span><span>at New World Brewery in Tampa, FL.</span></li> <li><strong>Lucero-inspired, hand-made hair clips</strong> created by Angela Kubilus of <a href="http://etsy.me/ZKnZUp" title="TKC on Etsy">The Kitschy Cupcake</a>.<span class="fcg"> These were being sold on Lucero merch tables for a while!</span></li> <li><span>A <strong>hand-made “Noteworthy Necklace”</strong> made by our talented and faithful DBN Contributor <span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/beki.somerfield" id="js_68">Bex Laffar</a></span> of <a href="http://on.fb.me/ZQI9Ig" title="FTT on Facebook">Faster Than Trouble</a>. <span class="fcg">(Yes, her site is named after the Lucero song of the same name!) </span>The necklace features a piece of an old </span><span><span>music manuscript </span>from a charity shop book, carefully wound in silver-plated wire. It measures two inches long with a chain included.<br/></span></li> <li>A<strong> painted vinyl record</strong> by Valerie Gritsch of <a href="http://etsy.me/Zv62dQ" title="VO on Etsy">Valderie Originals</a>. The LP features a modified white treble-heart clef painted on a black repurposed vinyl record.</li> <li><strong>TWO DBN buttons</strong>, designed and created by <a href="http://on.fb.me/ZmT54M" title="SDB on Facebook">Self Destruct Buttons</a>.</li> <li>A <strong>high-resolution/high-quality digital copy</strong> of Brian Steffen’s <a href="http://on.fb.me/11EY9B8" title="Brian Steffen's Painting on Facebook">painting of Ben Nichols</a>, emailed to the winner, so that person can print and frame it.</li> </ul><p><em><strong>Want to win? Here are the facts and rules:</strong></em></p> <ul><li><span>Contest will run from <strong>Thurs</strong><strong>day, April 25th to Sunday, May 5th </strong><strong>(my birthday, hehe) </strong>until 6 p.m. EST (12 a.m. UK time).</span></li> <li><span>You <strong>MUST BE</strong> following us at <strong><a href="http://www.dearbennichols.com/" title="DBN on Tumblr">Dear Ben Nichols</a> on Tumblr</strong>. This is a giveaway to thank our followers, and, yes, we will be checking. (If you don’t have one, make one, or have a friend make one for you. It’s fast and easy to do.)</span></li> <li><span>You can like and/or reblog this post as many times as you want, at the expense of annoying your followers.</span></li> <li><span>Leave the rules and descriptions in tact - don’t delete this stuff!<br/></span></li> <li><span><strong>Anyone can enter. </strong>We will ship internationally at no cost to you.</span></li> <li><span><strong>ONE winner</strong> will be chosen by using <a href="http://www.random.org/"><span>random.org</span></a>.</span></li> <li><span>Please have your <strong>Ask Box</strong> on. If we can’t contact the winner, the site will generate a new one.</span></li> <li><span><strong>If you win:</strong> After you’ve been contacted, you’ll have 24 hours to get back to us with your full name and full mailing address. If we don’t hear from you within that time frame, we will use the site to generate another winner.</span></li> </ul><p>Thanks again for supporting this site and, most of all, for supporting Ben Nichols and Lucero with us! Good luck<strong>!</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote>http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/49440393982http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/49440393982Thu, 02 May 2013 11:24:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/98bb90a29973b0a97810b3d4c5defd05/tumblr_mit7ozV4EE1s2wfe6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/44040067006http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/44040067006Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:12:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/875f02de11cdcccc78dd3ab1d72ae9ce/tumblr_mi2ovozO461s2wfe6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Jake joins a cult” is underway now that we have WPS at the helm!</p>http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42862306780http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42862306780Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:26:00 -0500jjacMakingMoviesNocturnal emissions comedyMaking movies<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/779501550ce5494e79459537f7cbd005/tumblr_mhzrbpSliD1s2wfe6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Jake Joins a Cult” is on its way now that we have WPS on our side!</p>http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42733940326http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42733940326Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:25:53 -0500JJAC<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f6a5be95379a9b61541a4bae856fb748/tumblr_mhzqu50qXi1s2wfe6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Congrats WPS! (at The Royal Cinema)</p>http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42733297708http://dsunder.tumblr.com/post/42733297708Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:18:05 -0500