I got my wings when someone wiser took me under their's

You know I always say "I got my wings when I was acting-up and someone older and wiser, A-Head, took me under their wing and in between the cars, before I could get into to much trouble.
All my wings came to me when I was over asphalt and pavement. Whether it was "On Lot" or "On The Road" or in Near-Fatal Accidents, while Sailing through the air and falling into the arms of my Angels. I Got Wings Kid. Even though I love the bare-earth and Mama Nature, almost all of my "wings" came to me over the solid asphalt.

Recently I have been forced to think about it more because of all the "Wings Hype". So I was thinking about it, and I realized the first time I got a pair of wings: It was from an older Head named Prankster. Neither of us made a big deal about it and even made fun of all the hype.
The Thing is, that was when I was on my way to Amsterdam to study design. One day while I was there on the train, I had this super-strong urge to give away an angel pin. she was this person who I seemed to recognize in a dreamy memory kind of way. We didn't even speak the same word-language, nor did we exchange words. My mother had given me that pin.Point is, It was on that trip that I realized I could be and artist and a creative while expressing myself in a whole new world of mediums, even pure design. That's when I started to "get-over-my-self" and my fear of "success/failure". I started to accept that I could be a talented artist with a valid perspective. I began to embrace the idea of collage and multimedia as True Art for our time.

That trip was the Start of the pin thing for me, I think, and I got my wings on my way out of town for that trip.


Years later, That same guy who gave me the wings, introduced me to the "Hippie Obama Button Guy" who let me work "Obama Hippie Merch" on "Obama Tour". Then we went to inauguration and that was the biggest Shake-Down-Street Ever! After that Almost every penny from "Obama Tour" Got put into our pins for Hampton.
While I was working Obama merch I Met this other Shadowy Lot Figure, Lets call him Shaddy, who later introduced me to the Kesey family. They embraced me and our designs with vibes that felt like HOME.
Its because of the pins ya know? Its weird.... There is some kind of Mojo 'cause really I'm not that cool but the pin thing really is! I think it could be king tuts scarab or the original combination of powerful symbols to create something new. There is power in Creation You Know That Much!

Mabey it Is the Blood, The Sweat, and the TEARS all mixing up in the cauldron.....
Double Bubble Toil and Trouble Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble.....

Thanks for so much for the encouragement you guys! Thank you everyone who has ordered pins we could not do this with out you! A Great big thanks to you-know-who-you-are for the BIG order that let us be able to afford getting to fest 8. (now lets see if we are going to need to voluteer to get in,Right)
BIG UP YA MOM!
alright enough of the corny
Yagga Out

Multi angle TREY video of YEM

Our friend "Capn' Crutch" (aka Umpapa) took time out from getting paid to produce content for his job so he could make this for your viewing pleasure. Check out this multi-angle video of Trey Anastizzel at the Carnegie hall those horns are crazy in yem! YES but, "is it Art" duh yes
ok so..can You Enjoy My.. hat?

Multi-angle video of Trey Anastasio performing orchestral YEM from Umpapa on Vimeo.

Trinumeral was awesome! But...

Wow What a Weekend! The Trinumeral Fest was Great and I met a lot of cool and inspiring people. I heard some sick ass Dome-splitin' Beats.
Only Bummer is that I left my Camera at one of the Vending Booths and lost the Green Cape So... if you were at the festival or were a vendor or you helped organize the festival in any way WILL YOU PLEASE HELP FIND MY CAMERA!!!!
I am pretty sure that I set it down with a some people who I know but don't have current contact info for. If you remember the first (or 2nd?) vending booth with all of the glass and glass blowers or you have any way of contacting them please let me know.

I've got lots of stories pictures and videos. I stayed late to clean up and was sure that I had just misplaced my camera in the car. It was not until after the booth had packed up that I realized where I had last set it down.

It is a Sony H series camera.
(the pictures above where taken with it at the Gorge)

Also, lots of big news for CPOT but I am too bummed about my camera and to busy filling orders and designing pins for Phish 8 that I can not get-in-to-it yet, so stay tuned.

VERY IMPORTANT contact stuff:

--"Mold-Breaker": You need to email me right away!
-"LP" I want you to email also, soon please
_"SuperFresh Dude" (with Hospitality &Pretty Lights you went off to the pond stage with Jay)
Link up because we are not finished with that colab conversation.
-Stephen Wells- I need your contact info I cant find it on the web site and I want to make Art!
- and my boy "Cuz".....Dont let me down bro. I'm countin' on you!

-Also Anyone who agreed to be a CPOT model or "Sponsored CPOT Rep" (even the beauty in the 'I heart Disco Biscuits' hat on sunday morning! )
Please Please contact me at: CentralPartOfTownPins@gmail.com
-If you can please take a picture of you with the pins or the new hats and send it to us that would be great!
-This is very important because I think it can help me find my camera.

Until I get it Back....
here are some Cosmic Bread Crumbs until I am ready to really write:
-"The Kesey Tapes Came in the Mail....."
-"I AM U took our pins out west to Rep us!"
-a Pretty Lights Review and more Questions about why that fan base continues to deliver.
- A possible Collaberation with Agobi Project ?
- A possible Collaberation Grass Roots California Hats
-check it out! Method Man Wore Ryan Conally's hats on Carson daily
-Plus my on the spot interview with Mind Elixir ,the grittiest DUB STEPPER in the South.
-and Finally, the boys will be glad to hear, I found the Hoop Troop that shares my vision of the new earth Goddess and they want to produce content with me.
Stay in touch for media and full reviews but until I find my camera I will try and cobble together some pictures from else where on the web.

Pin Droppppppp!!!!!

We are Super Stoked to announce our Newest Pin in the series:

Hunab Ku Trinumeral Nine

Trinumeral Music and Art Festival is in Deerfields west of Asheville, NC.
the fest is always thrown on the triple dates of the year.

The ancient Maya did not only quantify with numbers but they measured each number's frequency as well.
They were concerned with the vibration or "Tone" of each number.

The organizers of Trinumeral Festival see the vibration of a triple date as significant enough to throw a big show on these dates every year.
Taking these concepts and pairing them we came up with the new pin.Hunab Ku Tri9

The line with four dots above it is the Classical Mayan tone for nine. So I made a triangle
(or 2d pyramid) with three nines.
In the center of the pyramid (or is it a UFO?) I put the Mayan Symbol for the center of the Galaxy: The Hunab Ku (this is a powerful symbol for our age.) to stare at this symbol induses a VIBRATION very quickly on its own.

The idea here is to make and have an ARTIFACT for and from the future.

There is recessed metal and the tones are raised off of the pin. You will be able to feel it.
the Pin will be centered. You will be able to spin it.

I hope tho see some of you guys there. let us know what you think

Top Two Sellers are Back!

Our Top Two Sellers are Back! Our scarab and the Famous Mockingbird

When we heard that the Dead where Getting Back Together this year we where stoked but when we realized it was the same week as "Bicycle Day" and they would kickoff on Easter sunday...
We designed the Scarab.

Some call it "L Wings" or a "Flying Terrapin"

But I Designed it from the Egyptian Scarab (sacred Dung Beetle) found on King Tuts Pectoral.
I took out the Sun and Moon and replaced it with the 3D structure of Albert Hoffman's most Famous Discovery from 66 years ago. This year easter fell on the same day the Dead started their tour (see the cracked Egg Shape?) the week the Dead Played their first show of the tour. I put a 13point bolt below to give thanks to the Boys. Finally the Wings Symbolize a sacred pattern in Egyption mythology called the ALL IN ONE PATTERN. Dont let anyone tell YOU that you can't wear MY wings because now you know whats up.


The Famous Mockingbird with the Helping Friendly Book

She is the true hero in Phish's super saga of GAMEHENDGE
Fly Famous Mocking Bird Fly...
She holds in here delicate claw THE Helping Friendly BOOK which contains "All of the Knowledge inherent in the Universe" written By ......Icculus (our children are old enough to read Icculus)
This book "Possessed the Ancient Secrets of Eternal Joy and Never Ending Splendor...
The Trick Was to Surrender to the Flow"
She Plucked it from Wilson's Castle and is on her way to deliver it to Col. Forbin and Rutherford the Brave. They will soon hide her in a cave to protect her secret.
"All times and seasons are the reason that people and their clans have stowed the Famous Mocking Bird with glue rubberbands"

You should put down your Iphones and read the F-ing BOOK

I Love Designing PIns

I love to Make Pins! Here are some of My Favorites From this summer:


The Gorge full moon/sunrise Divided Sky. dont forget they played The Wedge
"Take the Highway to the Great Divide":Col Forbin Climbing the cliffs of Red Rocks to retreive the helping friendly book from the famous Mockingbird note The Fleethound called mcgrupp, Wilson's castle, lizard people, the lights of Gamehendg in the distance and if you look closle you can see the profile of Icculus on the Rocksand


Bertha the Dread Locked Skull and Roses "this aint no wings this is all about family!"

All of these sold out on their first run in one event! Dont worry they will be back I love seeing you guys smile so I am working some magic behind the scenes to bring you guys the pin-speration

DAMN WHAT A SUMMER

Well we are finally back and recovering from and incredible summer! Thanks everyone for the great feedback and encouragement. We are going to start linking in a bunch of new photos and videos. Here is some stuff from first leg first. Howbout some random knoxville and roo pics?

Conrads First show (of 8 this summer) StarLake

I Saw You with a Ticket Stub in your Hand!

Phish Knoxville, Undermind behind stage Char Char and Guitar George from Professor Yagga on Vimeo.