Happy Friday the 13th!

Our friend, Dustin Timbrook, is having his art show "Picturesque" on November 14th (tomorrow!) from 6 to 9pm at Lowe Mill. Dustin has been making promo videos for his show, and they are hilarious! Last night he shot the last promo video and Vertical House Records was a 'star' along with several of our friends.

You can watch the video here:



Thanks again Dustin for letting us be a part of your Magical Promo Videos!

Analog Apartment Feature!

Obviously we love vinyl. And we usually love anyone that loves vinyl. And Analog Apartment is 'a place for people who love collecting and experiencing their music on vinyl'. Therefore, you can see why we get along! They have a wonderful site full of information on anything from record players to record stores...which is where Vertical House Records is featured! Thanks again Analog Apartment for spreading the love of wax!

A Shift

Initially Vertical House was going to be an "everything under one roof" kinda thing, but we outgrew our britches...and it's for the best, for sure! Plus, when life hands you lemons, you dye that shit pink and have a pink lemonade party!!! All puns aside, there is a point to this entry.



My friend Stephanie (and her lovely family) moved back from Portland and we decided to merge our photog businesses together under the new name of White Rabbit Studios! This has been a very harmonious adventure so far and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us! We capture anything in life you want to remember and of course we have all sorts of ways you can see our work: website, blog, and flickr...and we love new friends!

I will continue to post photos here, but not so much of the wedding/engagement/portrait esque type...more of 'Hey! This was an awesome show!'

Also, this blog will be utilized (finally) for what we initially set out to do: share music and talk about great bands! Speaking of great bands, we're excited for the end of September as it's GONER FEST time!!! Seriously...I cannot wait! Hopefully we'll be able to come back with lots of great 7 inches and lps to share with the fine folks of Huntsville.

But since September 24th is still a ways away, I'll leave you with this awesome diddy by Diamond Rings entitled "All Yr Songs"...this totally belongs on our Final Summer Mix Tape, which is taking shape.



For more instant music satisfaction, add us/listen on these sites: blip.fm and last.fm!

T-Shirts Now Available!

Our dear friend Travis T. designed and illustrated this awesomeness and we have made t-shirts! We're planning on making tote bags as well, I'm just on the hunt for the perfect ones...at least 12" so it can hold LPs.

But yeah, Travis is a fantastic illustrator and writes hilarious comics (available at our store!) so we were ecstatic that he wanted to design something for us. We didn't have any clue what we wanted, but this is perfect!

Man, so far Bamalama Fest has been a blast! Tonight I'm looking forward to Dan Sartain and the Jacuzzi Boys the most :)

Record Store Day Celebrations

Thanks to all that came out to celebrate Record Store Day with us at Vertical House Records. On Thursday night, we had in-store performances from Goodnight Loving and Andy Dale Petty. The crowd was great, and really loved the show! This was Goodnight Loving's second show in Huntsville, and it's always great to see them. They'll also be back for this year's Bamalama Fest (CAN'T WAIT!)









Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of photos on Record Store Day (Saturday) because we were so busy. The Dastardly Do Nothings, The Mosied Posies, and Christian James and the Coyotes (pictured below) played in-store throughout the day.





On Sunday, we had a BBQ with a few friends (and our bunny ears!) on our porch before the Nobunny and Rock N Roll Adventure Kids show in our store. Right as we finished grilling, the tornado sirens started going off. We finished the pre-party inside before heading up to the store. Luckily, we still had a great crowd despite the apparent false tornado alarm. Oh man...Nobunny, Nobunny...how much I love you. Let me count the ways! This was seriously one of the greatest shows I have ever been to. The entire crowd was hopping (yuk yuk) around to the music and signing along. Justin (Nobunny, himself) was excited to see that so many people knew the words and were having such a good time.



Ellis, me, and Nichole