Kustom Kulture Fest 2013

We headed on over to the Clearwater Casino for the 5th Annual Kustom Kulture Fest. This is an annual event that started as a Pin-Up Pageant and Car Show. This year included performances by 15 bands )many from the Splatterhouse Wreckords Label) including Hard Money Saints, Hot Roddin' Romeos and Back Alley Barbers. This was a different venue from the previous years and the Casino parking area seemed to have more cars this year than last year. The bands sounded awesome and the mood was upswing as the crowd gawked at the Pin-Ups, Kustoms, Hot Rods and wares brought by various Vendors (including us).

Pin-Up Angels booth

Pin-Up Angels - Allison Lazar and Becky Lee 

Raegen McKibbon of Badass Glass at work

Hot Roddin' Romeos in action!

Dat ass!

Poster Display Rack Part 2

So I painted the poster display rack I am building in a flat white for now. Also adjusted the sides and glues the top and bottom into single pieces. This will make a nice addition to our vendor displays at the car shows when it's finished.  I still need to laminate and grommet the posters and do some kind of base weight to keep the PVC from wobbling to much in the wind. I also did reorder of some of our more popular posters like the Go-Kustom TV Archives Poster and the Rat Rod Rockers! Poster. In theses pics I taped the posters into the frame half assed....that's not how they will sit in the display when it is done.

Poster Display Rack

Made a poster display rack out of PVC pipe this afternoon. Cost around $35 for the pipe and fittings. We are gearing up for the spring and summer car show season and wanted a good way to show off the new posters for the new films. The whole thing comes apart and actually seems fairly sturdy. Will post more pics with posters on it when I get the display posters laminated and grommeted. 

New Little Power Generator

Just got this in from Fingerhut- a smaller 2 Stroke Power Generator by All Power. The last one I had was behemoth and not appropriate for our Vendor Booths at Car Shows. It was too big and too noisy. So I sold it (at a $200 loss) and got this little one. This guy is 1000 Watts (800 continuous). Should be ample for running a few DVD players and monitors so people can preview my films before they buy them at the Car Shows. The Car Shows have become one of my best way to promote my films, much more so than print advertising. I like talking to people about what Go-Kustom is working on, etc. Makes me feel connected to our audience. These generators are also prime for filming outdoors. This one should be able to run lights and charge camera batteries at the same time. I have a power inverter for my van that I also use on locations. In most cases, and when trying to run big lights off a power inverter,  we would continually blow fuses (that was in my older GMC Van during Hot Rod Girls Save The World). Of course the biggest problem with these portable power generators is the noise they create on set. However, if you use a very long chord and place the generator behind sound barriers (i.e. parked cars, piles of wood, etc. and away from sound reflecting walls, the sound increase is minimal). P.S. After gassing it up with 40:! mixed it started on the third pull. So far so good. 

Go-Kustom TV Archives: Car Shows & Fabricators Arrive

Got the first batch of Go-Kustom TV Archives: Car Shows & Fabricators DVDs in the mail today. Since this is a short run- I only bought a hand full, but they should be live on Amazon.com in a few weeks. The packaging is some of the best graphic work I have ever done. Big smile.

Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball Car Show

Had a blast at the Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball Car Show down in Georgetown, WA. Excellent turn out and some very cool rides. This year they had it at Bogarts with bands playing inside and on a small outdoor stage. Made a few connections for interviewees for Rats & Gassers as well. I took my GoPro to try a quick filming, but the battery wasn't charged (dahhh) and I only got a few seconds of footage. So I just took a few stills with the cell phone.

Shoreline Classic Car Show

We set up a Go-Kustom vendor booth at this years Shoreline Classic Car Show. This is the second annual and is kinda special as the show is held at my son and daughters former elementary school in Shoreline, WA. Lots of muscle cars and classics, but not many hot rods or rat rods. Morning mist and rain kept the crowds low until the afternoon, but once the sun came out so did the people. This summer has been really lame for out door events. More rain than I can remember for one summer in Seattle.

 

Go-Kustom at Rat City Rodz Car Show

We went out to vendor at the 3rd annual Rat City Rodz Car Show in Everett WA. yesterday. The show is centered on the streets surrounding the Anchor Pub, just a stones throw from the Naval Base. Great weather and a decent turnout were the order of the day. Several bands including The Wild Snohomians played on the pubs stage, with a large sliding door to allow the sound to travel down the streets. There was also a afternoon Burlesque Revue inside the pub, but because we were working our vendor booth we didn't get to check out. Lots of Rat Rods and a few Kustoms were parked in front of the pub and down the street. Part of the street was blocked, but throughout the day, unknowing drivers came charging down the street, then acted irritated that they had to avoid pedestrians milling around and looking at the cars. Still- we are definitely going to this show next year.