Hi. This is going to be my first official blog post at Triumvir….something that I’ve been secretly wanting to do for awhile now since I was following up on Julia’s “On Second Thought” page and realized how much fun she was having writing in it, if only I could approach Brandon….

Anyways, its crunch time at the office! With the pending preparations that still need to be finished the thought of MAGIC is looming over everyone’s head here at Triumvir. So, I went around snapping some pictures over the course of 2 days to give you guys an idea of exactly what we do twice a year in Las Vegas.

Assorted samples and garments literally occupy the floors in the design room

Ben (above) & Jason (bottom), going over the line….again and again and again until its perfect. A lot of hard work and overtime went into making sure the line is presented with the same amount of precision that was placed into each piece.

Our display table mock up that Julia and I put together to give everyone an idea of what’s to come at MAGIC.

Vincent & Ben double checking our Fall rack

Vinh hard at work fastening the overhead storage on our company van

Lunch break

David

I’m sure some of you want some questions answered to how this collaborative project between hardcore band INTERNAL AFFAIRS, DALEK and TRIUMVIR even came about? Honestly its by mere coincidence really. Over a year ago Andrew from TRADITION introduced Corey and the guys from INTERNAL AFFAIRS to us because he thought the guys would take a liking to our clothes. At first I wasn’t too sure on how this would workout being that they were a straight edge hardcore band…and we’re…will you know how we are. When Corey came into the office I was pretty much sold on his fuck you persona and we had something in common we love the word “fuck.” The only difference is that he puts the word fuck in his lyrics and I put it on our clothing…so it was pretty obvious that we were breeding something fucking awesome. So the day came when we brought up the topic about putting something together. Now I’m no Pharrell nor Nigo and I know nothing about producing music, the only thing I know about music is that the stuff I listen to creeps the shit out of the guys at the office. So after some brainstorming Corey happened to say that DALEK is a fan of IA and contacted him to see if he was down for a project. In response DALEK just wanted to do something fun and have the opportunity to create something collectible for ourselves and fans. So INTERNAL AFFAIRS recorded four new tracks for this 12″ LP, DALEK did all the artwork, and we did what we know best and produced all of what you see here. Some of the guys voiced that we should put our own spin to DALEK’s art for this project…really how can we it’s fucking DALEK…but Corey can I just yell FUCK YOU on one of your tracks one day to some of the shit talkers in this industry…I’m not kidding. Putting together these items actually went over the intended budget we were targeting, we nearly broke even on this project…but at the end of the day its just nice to create something and put it away in that special hamster den full of collectibles…

500 PC LIMITED 12″ LP
250 PC LIMITED T-SHIRTS

Thanks to all that made this little project happen.

Read DALEK’s interview @ Julia’s blog here…

Read INTERNAL AFFAIRS interview @ Julia’s blog here…

or visit IA’s Myspace to hear what its all about…

DALEK SPACE MONKEY TEE

DALEK ALBUM TEE

INTERNAL AFFAIRS LIMITED COLOR 12″ LP

DALEK LIMITED COLOR 12″ LP

TRIUMVIR LIMITED COLOR 12″ LP

STANDARD BLACK 12″ LP

Brandon

Drops tomorrow..!

Brandon

So a little while ago, Brandon & I took an overnight trip up north to visit some old friends and along the way made some new ones…

Brandon {Old Friend} taking the “Zoolander” approach to eCheck-in.

Southern Cali {Old Friend}…see you soon!

Bridges {Couldn’t form emotional connection, hence no friend}

Northern Cali {New Friend}

JVST {New Friends} with the GTA style headquarters right down on the waterfront complete with boat yard. I heard that it’s where Mike takes you to have problems worked out. At least you get red carpet treatment first.

Polo {New Friend}. Seems like everyone has dogs at work these days. It’s gotten to borderline ridiculous at our office with the count now at 6. At this rate we will have more dogs then people soon. Planet of the Dogs?

Mike {New Friend}…well heellooo old friend {Red Stripe}.

Brandon {Same old expression}

Old Mini = New Friend. Mike took us for a cruise to make some new friends…

Sega {New Friends…}

Bumped into a very old friend though…

Our new friends are behind the 2 way mirror observing our peculiar behavior as we wonder around their decked out conference room like a couple of guys just off the Greyhound and into the big city.

Fog {New Enemy}

Table cloth {oh come on this is ridiculous and you know it}

The Self Proclaimed “World’s Best Beer” {New Doubts} most defiantly has the title of “World’s Best Named Beer”. Click here for an explanation of DT.

Whilst the beer was above average I wouldn’t say it definitively can take the title it proclaims. However I must also bestow the award of “World’s Best Beer Glass” {New Friend who now lives in my cupboard}. Got to love the pink elephant reference to Dumbo’s evening of debauchery and hallucinogenic fun <– that part is debatable. Click here for a tastier DT.

Cha Cha Cha’s served up simple and tasty tapas that was perfect for the group setting and jugs of sangria that kept showing up.

Calvin {Old Friend} from Fresh, Random Ninja {New Friend} and I = The Three Amigidiots. You’re “A-Okay!” in our book too Cal.

Hangover from Hell {Bitter Old Enemy} but not for Cal apparently.

A little Street Fighter for the road. Random Ninja {Recent Friend} vs Ray {New Friend}.

Cali {Old Friend}. She loves brownies if you ever stop by.

Goodbye old friends.

Photos by Richard and Brandon
Delirium Tremens by Richard

Brian