Incase

For those of you livin’ and lurkin’ in the windy city, the best way we can wish you a Happy New Year is to hip you to the raddest New Year’s Eve party in all Chicago. Join DJ’s Frier Tuck, Logan Bay and Bobby Burg with special guest VJ Brunerd at the Hideout (mayhem begins at 9PM).

For your new tech holiday toys, we’ll be on hand doling out Incase iPod, iPhone & notebook cases while you dance your ass off and guzzle in the new year.

Remember to:

1. Name a designated driver
2. Drink water
3. Get gross on the dance floor

Honk! Bonk! Whee! Tickets available via TicketWeb.

Folks, seriously, pay attention… if this flier doesn’t make you want to go, you’re obviously not ready to party. Take a couple shots, maybe crack your neck, do a few leg lifts and then look again. This one’s gonna be a goner!

Sooooooo… last Friday night, despite being really tired and having just devoured a half chicken, broccoli, mashed potatoes and four Trader Joe’s choco-mint sandwich cookies, I rallied (after a nap & quadruple espresso!) to attend the Incase-sponsored ‘Toys 4 Tots & Blanket Drive’ here in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Produced by the laid-back, forward-thinking folks at L.A. Record, FYeahFest and Eagle Rock Music Fest, this charity Christmas party took place inside the beautiful, cavernous Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, an olde worldy stucco box featuring 20-ft. high cathedral ceilings and exposed beam construction. Can you imagine? Picture ornately adorned X-Mas trees & lights galore, booze, glitter (?), more booze, hundreds of girls in heels & hairy dudes in denim & hoodies dancing their asses off, Incase product giveaways, and photos with a skinny indie rocker in an ill-fitting Santa suit (think: brown goatee under a fake white beard, waa waa waa).

In addition to its charitable efforts and twinkling vibes, the night also delivered blazing live sets by Blank Blue, Entrance, and Underground Railroad To Candyland, as well as DJ sets by Dennis Owens from Goodfoot and the legendary Keith Morris of Circle Jerks & Black Flag (yes, you read that right). All in all, it was a great, loose night for a worthy cause. Thanks for coming out, and enjoy your Incase goodies. Happy Holidayz!

A two man relay race is being held in Fullerton this Friday the 19th of December. The race will take the Skyline route, a very posh neighbourhood in the hills of Fullerton with amazing views and turns.

L.A. Record, F Yeah Fest and Eagle Rock Music Fest will be hosting a Toys 4 Tots & Blanket Drive under the guise of a rocking Christmas Party. Held on December 19th at the very cool Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, the evening will feature music by Blank Blue, Entrance, and Underground Railroad To Candyland, as well as a DJ set by Dennis Owens from Goodfoot.

Admission to this Charity event is $5 for those who show up with a sealed toy or blanket and $7 for those without. While the gift of giving is incentive enough to not show up empty handed, Santa and his helpers will be rewarding those who come bearing a present for the cause. You could receive anything from a bottle of whiskey to a banana seat bicycle to the Beatles discography… even a boatload of Incase stuff.

The party starts at 8pm and is all ages, so everyone can participate in the jingle bell rock. Come on out and do some good while having a blast!

This weekend Incase again returns to Poplife at the White Room in Miami! Shake off your pre-holiday stress with a good old fashioned dance party featuring DJ regulars Induce, Mike Deuce & Aramis. We’ll be handing out iPod, iPhone & notebook cases under the mistletoe for all you sweaty lovers in love! Come spend one of your last nights of the year with us!

If you’re heading down to Miami for Art Basel this weekend, be sure to stop by The White Room (1306 N Miami Ave) for a special Incase-sponsored edition of Poplife.

Weekly DJs Blu Gemz. Induce, Mike Deuce and Aramis will hold it down in the Red Room, with special live performances from BFF (Minneapolis) and the mysterious Pizza Dog (Chicago). Rounding out the bill is DJ Dirty Fingers (NYC) and DJ DS.

We’ll be giving out Incase gift bags to the early birds, so hustle over from whatever schmoozy event you’ll be attending before, and come see us.

Incase has teamed up with those amazing brother DJs from Finger on the Pulse for another party- this time in Philly!

Saturday November 29th after the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers are done, join us at The Barbary and we’ll hook you up with some great Incase product.

Grab those old high school friends you only see once a year around this time & show them one hell of a dance party!

Sadly, everyone has stepped off the tour bus. Weep, sniffle, and sigh… After 24 dates around the US and Canada, Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe and Boy 8-Bit played their last show together at the Starlight Ballroom in Philly.

Between the prancing pizza, dancing hot dog and Mad Decent’s fantastically blasted tour manager, we’re not sure who had the most fun—the artists & their entourages or the fans.

All in all, we here at Incase were happy to be part of this win/win situation. To all thirteen touring artists, Mad Decent fans and hosting venues—Thank You!

We teamed up with some of our favorite promoters Finger on the Pulse for a special Halloween edition of their monthly Brooklyn dance party, No Big Deal on Saturday, Nov 1.

The party took place at Death by Audio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We screenprinted tote bags (to hold Halloween candy!) and danced to 80s-disco funk influenced electro bangers by Grum (in is U.S. debut).

We were super excited to have partnered once again with champion of indie designers, Love Brigade on the artwork for the totes… and it was KILLER. Leif, Snakes Say Hisss, and FOTP resident DJs rounded out the bill.

Last night I attended a TV party with friends, neighbors and strangers in the Arlington neighborhood of Los Angeles. Our purpose—to eat piles of barbecue and shoot the breeze while watching the 2008 Presidential Election results. Good times.

Afterwards, I raced over to the Echoplex to catch the Mad Decent Tour with Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe, and Boy 8-Bit. While at first it seemed sort of incongruous, even frivolous to be out at a club on such a historic night, once inside Diplo changed my mind real quick.

He and the whole Mad Decent crew were in a pumped up, celebratory mood, giving the crowd exactly what they wanted—bright lights, wild beatz, a dancing hotdog and a prancing pizza. America, yes we can! Enjoy the photos.

And as a bonus, a video from the Mad Decent tour that we shot at Webster Hall on Oct 16.

Incase is stoked to sponsor Graffiti Rider, an all-city scavenger hunt style alleycat ride/race paying homage to the history of Graffiti in NYC.

Riders will seek out famous pieces and graffiti spots, meet old school writers who will judge their style, and show skills with spray paint, KRINK markers and sharpies.

The race will start with a BBQ in Brooklyn. Riders will have approximately six hours to travel around the five boroughs and return with a completed manifest.

Incase is one of the presenting sponsors of the Mad Decent Fall 2008 Tour, featuring a sick line-up of Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe and Boy 8- Bit. We shot the breeze with Diplo and Boy 8- Bit about the 2008 Mad Decent tour and all things Incase.