Casper and Billow: using T-shirts as art
By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor
January 16, 2008
One of the most common questions that plague Justin Forbes and Jake Witalec, founders and owners of LaSalle-based clothing company Casper and Billow, concerns the origin of their unusual name.
The pair picked out company names individually only coming up with half of a good name each, “Casper” for Forbes and “Billow” for Witalec. “Needless to say they are both equally proportional in awesome, so we didn’t need much convincing to combine them together,” explains Forbes.
Casper and Billow is a customizable clothing line that promotes individuality, something, which the creative duo definitely personifies. >>
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Vintage Vault: There Will Be Blood
By Jeff Vandusen
Lance Writer
January 16, 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson’s grand epic There Will Be Blood is, quite literally, a bat-shit insane movie. It’s an overwhelmingly creepy worm of a picture that burrows its way into your skin and chills you to the marrow. It’s exactly what I needed. I like my movies completely bonkers, thank you very much.
As manic oilman Daniel Plainview, Daniel Day Lewis limps around the California desert like the angel of death disguised as an earnest prospector. He talks with a deep, oil-slick drawl and sports a dark moustache that casts a shadow over his tight lips. >>
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Eye on the Arts: Dave Konstantino
By Chris White
Lance Writer
January 16, 2008
It is only a few days into the new semester and you have already decided that you certainly do not want to get an early start on your assignments. You met your academic expectations last time, so why break the trend? Unfortunately, it is Wednesday evening and you are in search of a method of procrastination.
After tuning your radio to CJAM 91.5 FM, you hear a song that sounds like an early demo by The Clash. It is followed by what appears to be a live Ramones bootleg, and then a new song by a Canadian garage rock band that you have never heard before. This could only mean one thing: you’re listening to Revolution Rock. >>
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