Thousands of independent record stores across the country are celebrating Record Store Day today, including our very own Criminal Records. It’s important to support these local stores in your city because life would suck if you were limited to the internet for new music.

From 10am to 10pm today, Criminal will be having a huge sidewalk sale and giving away FREE beer and cake. Also, a ton of great local bands will be playing sets in-store.

Here are the set times:
11:00AM – Death on Two Wheels
12:00PM – Thy Mighty Contract
1:00PM – Carolina Chocolate Drops
2:00PM – Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue
3:00PM – Ocha La Rocha
4:00PM – Noot d’Noot
5:00PM – Player/Kommander
6:00PM – Carnivores
7:00PM – Selmanaires
8:00PM – Manchester Orchestra
9:00PM – Judi Chicago

Tonight, join the crew at El Bar with special guest, DJ Rashida, on the turntables. You may have seen her on stage with Prince, or on MTV on America’s Best Dance Crew. She’s major!

Don’t know what to wear? I’d suggest swinging by Standard 1841 and picking up a PROCESS tee…

Name:
Stefán Kjartansson

Aka:  
To my mom I’m Stebbi.

Website:
howdoyouspellkjartansson.com
armchairmedia.com/work/

Where are you from?
I was born in Siglufjörður, which is a small fishing town in a fjord north of Iceland.

Who do you work for? 
I’m a founding partner and designer at Armchair.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Philips Van-Heusen, FusionBrands, SAT.

Who would you love to work with?
Peter Seville, I just want to see how he thinks. I would like to work with Michael Bierut to experience his process.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
I have two pairs of Tretorns. The high-tops could easily fetch $7.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Nate introduced me to this band today called Tuxedomoon. I plan listen to them obsessively.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Floataway Cafe, MF Sushi, Star Provisions, Top Flr

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Octane Coffee.

What are your Pet Peeves?
Designers that are not passionate about their work.

Shout outs?
I wanna give a shout out to my Armchairs: Scott, Dave, Kenny, Kevin,
Farbod, Nate, Tiffany, Marta, Aaron, Michelle, Travis, Reena, Erick,
Emily, Darcey, Alice, Erica, Rebecca, Jamie. I also wanna give a shout
out to Elise and Thor. And God.

We just finished redesigning the Fugees Family website. Their unique story has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, and Sports Illustrated. I can’t say enough for the organization and what they do for refugee families. Head over to fugeesfamily.org to find out more. It was a pleasure to work with Luma Mufleh and the rest of the Fugees Family organization on this project. Head over to their new site, and donate if you’re down with the cause.

This track has been bangin’ all over town as of late, so I felt it was necessary to post sooner than later. Atlanta-based DJ Smiles flipped the original Miami Bitch track by LMFAO for our city. He also brought in some local talent such as, Niko Villamor, 080 from T!Katz, and Grip Plyaz to mention some of the city’s most-endearing spots, such as the infamous EL BAR. Check out the 3rd verse by Grip. It’s the best one.

Shouts to Tunde from Fresh.I.Am for the track’s artwork! They’ve been doing a great job highlighting talent in this city, so make sure you follow their RSS feed.

Download: DJ Smiles - Atlanta Bitch [Feat. Niko Villamor, 080 from T!Katz, & Grip Plyaz]

Name:
Colleen Burley

Aka:  
Charlie, Queen La Queefa, Chachi, Crazy cat Lady, I have to mention Captain Butt Balls the Litter Box Magician (I do not go by this, so never call me this unless you are Daks).

Website:
You need to make me one. I know, I know, it is pretty sad that I do not have one. I am sure the hobos who live off the dead tracks on ponce will have web sites before me. I guess I am just old school hahah!

Where are you from?
Queens New York Son!

Who do you work for? 
Americans.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Shit i have a bunch! Laundry, dishes, dusting, setting up my painting studio and waiting for George to call me to come silk screen with him. I will be partaking in the annual  Skateboard Show @Young Blood  coming up May 2nd (my birthday)! I have agreed to teach children at some art camp over at Eyedrum in April. I got three jobs and they keep me busy. The creative juices in my brain have started flowing again so we will se what happens. Oh and I am in a band, GuyLiner. We are playing at the Drunken Unicorn on Friday April 24th. I think we go on last, well yeah we do… we are headlining. 

Who would you love to work with?
Shit this is a good question!  Well of coarse you fuckers. I would love to work with Cy Twombly, Jeff Soto, Barry McGee, Daks, Camille Rose Garcia, Espo, John K (creator of Ren and Stimpy), Tim and Eric, Mark Van Orman (creator of Flap Jack), Stephan Hillenburg (Spongebob), Trey Parker and Matt Stone. There are a bunch of artists whom I wish I could have worked with but due to death it is not at all possible. One of those was Margaret Killgallen. I remember when I first found out about her death. I was checking out the mags in the tower over off Broadway and Astor Place. I read about it and almost fell down. It sucked she was AMAZING! 

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
Shit I do not think charity would take any of my shoes. They are all fucked up from working behind the bar. So i guess i would say my slippers. Final answer.

What’s on your iPod right now?
I am unsure of where it is but that shit  has too much crap on it. I havent even heard of half of the bands, groups, what ever is on my piss-pod.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
I am a sucker for Nakato and Alfedos.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
My house. I am pretty boring I guess. My job is being “out” not like gay but you know up in the club, so i guess that is a good reason to stay at home when I am not working. I do love the bookhouse! NO SMOKING there and thats fantastic. Its also really chill, not loud, and the food is amazing. If I want to dance then its El Bar.

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who do not wash their hands after using the bathroom.People who think they are doing the bartender a service by ordering drinks for random people who are waiting and not with them.People who scream,smack the bar, or wave their bottle around to get a bartenders attention. Daks giving me my once a month lecture about being a quitter.

Shout outs?
TV anchors give shot outs on the news does that mean shot outs are whack? Like we all knew gold teeth were done once Hulk Hogans daughter got a grill. You can give shot outs on Cash cab too. Thats pretty sweet… well shit… Patrick, My cats, Shannon and Erin, My mom + Dad, Grandma, all my family, Leah, Helen, Jaime, Melanie, Kasia, Dangle, Reed, Candice, Peter, Philip, Lex, Amy, Kripdog, Raven, Sarah, Gill, Danny, Naomi, Mags, Jenn, Dangle, Reed, Sharon, Rosa, Rob, Little Wonder, Kayla, Ed, Cory, Lord, Rasta, Kevin, Cristo, Steve, Sek, Kenyon, Mane, Grant, Seth P, Daniel, Jonathan, BoomBox, Elvira, Tara, Ali, Jeff, The Midway Pub, MJQ, EL Bar, The Local, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixion, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzon, Holy shit I am over this… If I forgot you sorry let me know and I will pour a beer out for you’s. So Remember Spay and Neuter your Pets AND ALWAYS — LOVE THE PROCESS ITS ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS!

Our feature on Vimby.com just went live! Thanks to Chandler K. for spending the day with us and producing this great piece. Don’t forget to give us a rating!

This is kind of a big deal. Both Klever and Craze will be at El Bar tonight in what is sure to be memorable. Email for sure entry and more details.

Name:
Myk Pate II

Aka:  
?MYK, Street Local Myk, Myk Dread

Website:
dangermeansnothing.blogspot.com
streetlocal404.com
quintinco.com

Where are you from?
Born in Jamaica, Queens NYC, Spent most of my life in Salinas and Monterey Bay, California. I have been in Charlotte for a min, I’ll be making an address change soon.

Who do you work for? 
Quintin, Creative Loafing Charlotte, and a lot of side hustlin’.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
One of the Men behind Street Local, plus working with a private label fitted cap company named Quintin, also the Broken United FC which is a Broken Beat / NuJazz / Future Soul DJ & Artist Collective, apart of this new launch for Creative Loafing Music in Charlotte, and filming a live action video for creator Marcus Kiser of God City for his comic book named “Invisible Solider”. I have some other things on the low with Black Sheep Skateshop. I’m always down for new ideas and the hard work to get things built from the ground up. 

Who would you love to work with?
Greg Carroll @ Empire Dist, also I met Jim Thiebaud @ Deluxe back in 89′ @ a demo, Him and Ron Allen liked my sketches when he skated for Santa Monica Airlines, like an idiot I lost his contact info. Ultimately,  I’d rather work with the people I already know..keep it fam you know.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
That’s easy..my 99′ Jordan 4 retros..it’s a no brainer. 

What’s on your iPod right now?
4hero, Afta-1, Bugz In The Attic, Jazzanova, Kaidi Tatham, Domu, Jonny Miller, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Altered Native, Ceramic aka DJ Magic, JDilla,    Spice 1, E-40,  all DJ Jamad’s Afromentals, J Davey, DJ Rels, Black Moon, Epmd, Gangstarr, M.O.P, Ghostface, Madvillian, OutKast, Goodie Mob, Erik Rico, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Roy Ayers, Morris Day&The Time, Omar, Stevie Wonder, Spacek, Vikter Duplaix, The Cure, The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Marley, Supercat, Capelton, Sizzla, The Mizell Brothers, Bob James, David Axelrod, Simon Harrison’s Basic Soul Show, Bopstar Sessions, Stones Throw, and Broken Beat Radio podcasts..honestly all on my iPhone..which can’t be good.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Rama 5, Thumbs Up, R Thomas, I still like the fried pies at the Varsity.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Standard, El Bar, Sugahill

What are your Pet Peeves?
People not following through and tardiness. People who walk around with skate decks as a fashion accessory. Women who touch my locs without permission..I have no idea were your hands have been. Dudes that have nothing else to talk about but what they seen on Hypebeast. Parties that say they play “upscale Hip-Hop”..what the hell does that mean?

Shout outs?
Mom, Dad, Sis, My Family, Donald, Steven Hart aka DJ Apex, Henry Broggi, Omar, Jimmy, Jamaal, Josh Frazier & Chase @BlackSheep Skateshop, Bobby Webster @ Niche Market, A.C., Radar, Shane, AHuf, BLNGxBDGT, BuckMaster, The Joneses, Dom, Camden Crooks, Ryan Acker, Tim Haught, Cory Patton aka King Alga, Farshad & Dan@ Standard, Brett Wiley, Rex@RogueStatus, Maf, DJ Enlil, DJ Justice, DJ Jamad, DJ Rasta Root, DJ DR, DJ Smitty, Nene, Dirt Squad, OJ Farrar, Lola Smalls, Chad, Sumner, Prince Presto, Rob Wonder, KhanOne, Brave Benard, Rubix, Gene Brown, Darryl @ Moods Music, Jasiatic, Lauren Remesi, Miss Sanders, Michelle Kee, Snatch Crew @ Alley Cat, God City Crew, Noda Velo, Camilla@Blu Magazine, Ni @Strictly Fitted, Carlton Hargro@Creative Loafing, Sol-Kitchen, Chalkboard, Broken United FC, Quintin, Hadi, Nikki, and the Process/EC for this opportunity.

Recently, our buddy with The Joneses let us delve into his back stock of items from seasons past. We’re stoked on finally scoring the gear we previously missed out on. I’ve been chatting with Aaron a lot lately about his line, our line, his plans for the future, and his Spring/Summer releases which will be debuting in Charlotte on April 17th at Niche.

We’ve also been slowly discussing a The Joneses x PROCESS collaboration… more details to come once we decide what we want to do!

As Georgios and I were leaving Philips Arena last Friday night, we received a phone call from one of our buddies who was reaching out to us on behalf of the one-and-only, Usher. As crazy as this sounds, he’d previously seen a few PROCESS pieces at Black Sheep in Charlotte last fall and wanted to pick up a few fitted caps and tees directly from us.

It is a huge compliment for someone with his star-power to show support for what we love doing. And it was important for us to deliver the order to his studio in person. He was super-nice as we chopped it up about “the PROCESS” and a few of his future endeavors. Plus, he gladly let me snap a pic of him in his new PROCESS x Estate LA Fitted too!

Since we’re on the subject… I know this is a re-posted song, but it’s one of my favs from the past year:

Download: Usher - Love in This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)

“Yo Chief, is that a blue dishwashing sponge on your head?”

UNLESS you were born a biter! This is clearly a rip of our skulled-out Chief Nokahoma fitted and it’s soooo busted! Stick with the O.G. PROCESS Nokahoma Fitted unless you like aligning your personal brand with, crusty embroidery, ineffectual design, and other posers. Damn! What a disgrace.

A message to the designer: If you’re not from the A, don’t touch our icons. Jam out some of your weak-ass “noncepts” on the Boston leprechaun.

Thanks to our boy B for the tip.

Name:
Vincent Hungate

Aka:  
No known alias’

Website:
www.E2Lonline.com

Where are you from?
Palm Beach, FL

Who do you work for? 
I’m the executive director and founder of Essential2life, a non-profit working with at-risk high school students with Atlanta Public Schools in the areas of leadership and visual-arts.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
March 28th we are having our second annual Through Their Eyes event. This event provides a creative outlet for the untold stories of reality as seen through the eyes of Atlanta’s urban youth through photography and journalism.

Who would you love to work with?
Seth Godin / Kevin Carroll

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
My NIKE running shoes.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Radiohead.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
The Kit Kat Bar at One Midtown Kitchen. It’s the best dessert in the ATL.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Wherever my kids are!  

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who want the government to fix their problems and individuals who don’t realize the incredible talent within our city with youth.

Shout outs?
Mom & Dad and the students at “15″.

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From time to time, the crew at Standard will ask us to design flyers for their upcoming parties, events, and in-store appearances/performances. This week, we’re excited that the event involves hip-hop-blog-friendly rapper, Wale. He will be hanging out with us from 5 to 7pm before his ATL show later that evening. Dubbed, a “Listening Party”, the only thing I could imagine we’d be graced with hearing are tracks from his super-hyped and anticipated LP, Attention Deficit. The first single, Chillin’ featuring Lady Ga Ga, is poppy, nostalgic, and full of name-drops and product mentions. It’s definitely going to be a summer jam (whether you want it to be or not).

Download: Wale - Chillin’ feat. Lady Ga Ga

photo by Hadi

Name:
Kevin Taylor

Aka:  
Radar

Website:
kitschworth.com
radarreserve.com

Where are you from?
VA/GA & I currently live in Charlotte, NC

Who do you work for? 
I work inhouse for a firm, freelance as IMEK Design & promote/curate events as Kitschworth.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Working on a couple websites including new site for Suite Sole (Charleston), couple art projects & doing a monthly event called SWARM with Niche & Black Sheep on the Camden block here in Charlotte.

Who would you love to work with?
Parra, Jeff Staple, Wes Anderson

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
DC x Michael Leon - “STACKS” Artist Editions

What’s on your iPod right now?
Mostly hip-hop/electro/dub-step mixtapes & a little metal…

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Love that Highland Bakery!

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
El Bar, MJQ & in the Wrangler

What are your Pet Peeves?
liars, name droppers & fanatics

Shout outs?
Camden block (Crooks), ATL crew, Dr. Jones in Chicago & Dougie in NY

A couple weeks back, our friends from freshiam.net came by our studio with Dosa Kim to discuss the collaboration we did with him for the PROCESS line. It was a completely natural decision for us to reach out to one of our favorite ATL-based artists to contribute to our line. It’s definitely been a popular graphic among our customers. Make sure you snag yours in the PROCESS Online Boutique before they sell out.

Check out the interview here: [Part 1] [Part 2]

Here are some selects from the PROCESS Launch Circuit events at El Bar that took place from 10pm to 3am last Friday. I’ve never seen so many people packed into the EL at once. It’s great to see the right people in our city have our back! THANK YOU ATL!

There are a ton of photos from the night that I wasn’t able to post. To see the full photoset, head over to John Ellis’ website here.

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Name:
Bear Fight Hat

Aka:  
Trouble

Website:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bear%20Fight

Where are you from?
Originally Russia, but I spent a good bit of time in China being made as well. Then I ended up in Ashville, NC where I did nothing but inhale a lot of second hand smoke. Finally I ended up in ATL thanks to Reed Elliot who rescued me from the hippies.

Who do you work for? 
Anyone that is willing to put up with me really! Most of the time you can find me anywhere around the Ponce area of Atlanta. El Bar or The Local. I’m on a mission to spread Bear Fight magic across the world. So basically, anywhere that serves Guinness, Baileys, Jamison, Jager and Red Bull is where I can get down to business. If you come to ATL, you better come find me. We’ll “do work” together.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Getting people drunk out of their minds, getting party kids sick, making fun of douchebags, making fun of hipsters, being-a-hat-and-wearing-a-hat at the same time, jamming out to DJ Cristo Disco on Thursday and Friday Nights, and world-domination.

Who would you love to work with?
Anyone that’s Irish, the dude from Man vs. Food, Zangief from Street Fighter (Russia represent!), kute gurlz, Winnie the Pooh (he’s kind of my hero), and anyone interested in a par-tay!

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
Paws down, my Nike SB Three Bears Dunk Highs! But i don’t really have feet considering I’m a hat. 

What’s on your iPod right now?
Bear vs. Shark, Minus the Bear, Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear, Grumpy Bear, Seabear, Volcano the Bear, Art Bears, Message to Bears, Bear Slayer and the Keep it Hood Mixtape by Slugger.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
My favs is definitely the Shepard’s Pie at Bookhouse. I couldn’t kill a better meal.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Thats an easy one, El Barz on your head!

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who think they can do Bear Fights and then throw up 10 seconds after trying one, people that don’t finish their Bear Fights, Care Bears (amature shit), people who spill drinks on me, people that try to make requests for music at El Bar, people that give me dirty looks for having a good time, people that call them “Bear Claws”… They’re called “Bear Fights”. It’s not that hard… get it right… and especially loud pandas.

Shout outs?
Big shout outs to all my homebears back home in Russia, I miss you guys! Also, shout outz to everyone that made me. My drink-pushing homies in TX. Aaron for pushing Bear Fights in Chi-town. Pablo and Megan in Barcelona, taking Bear Fights internationally. Big ups to the Party Wolf. StreetLocal crew! Thanks a million to Rosa for giving me a hook to hang on at El Bar. Reed for rescuing me from Ashville and bringing me to El Bar that night and introducing me to the EC/Process boys. Without them I wouldn’t be as popular as I am now and I would probably just be sitting in a costume store wasting my life away.

Here are some selects from the PROCESS Launch Circuit events at Standard Peachtree that took place from 8pm to 10pm last Friday. This is where the party really started to pick up. Once again, thanks to John Ellis for providing his photography services. Also, thanks to ATL’s own, Whynatte, for sponsoring our event(s) with refreshments.

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Here are some selects from the PROCESS Launch Circuit events at Standard Lenox that took place from 6pm to 8pm last Friday. It was great to see lots of friends and family passing through this location right after work. Thanks so much to John Ellis for providing his photography services. Also, thanks to ATL’s own, Whynatte, for sponsoring our event(s) with refreshments.

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