BLOGIMALS!

New Website, New Blog, New Pants!

2010-04-03T09:38:00.001-07:00

We have a new website! It's still the same url, www.Choonimals.com, but it's super prettier! The blog will be updated from there from now on, so if you come to this blogspot, you'll be really disappointed as this will be the last post. From now on you can follow our adventures at, http://blog.choonimals.com/.

The Choons of 'Life'

2010-03-30T12:35:00.000-07:00

The Discovery Channel has a new program called 'LIFE'. It is on every Sunday, and Chris has been spending his Sunday evenings watching and gleaning some serious inspiration. Here are some 'LIFE' inspired Choons we want to share with you!

March Tee Madness

2010-03-22T11:05:00.000-07:00

Most of you I'm sure are feeling the intensity of this years basketball tourney. The upsets have been great and the dunks have been plentiful. We here at Choonimals are feeling a different kind of fever. That would be the fever of March Tee Madness. It's been a nail biter and will inevitably come down to the wire. If you haven't already go to:

http://iamthetrend.com/vote-tee-madness/

We are in the bottom right bracket and need your help to make it to the next round. You can only vote once per round, so tell your friends, and keep an eye on us. When we make it to the next round, support us again! We can't do this without you. Thanking you in advance, you're favorite clothing company,

Choonimals

CHOONMERCIALS Vol. 1-3

2010-03-10T06:41:00.000-08:00

Choonmercial #1 from Choonimals Clothing Co. on Vimeo

Choonmercial #2 (Rock Band) from Choonimals Clothing Co. on Vimeo

Choonmerical #3 (Testimonials) from Choonimals Clothing Co. on Vimeo

Wonderland Columbus

2010-03-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

I have fond memories of driving home from downtown Columbus on 4th in the spring time with my windows rolled down and my hair blowing in the wind. The rich smell of freshly baked bread filled my nostrals as I floored it past the wonderbread factory. The now defunct landmark is currently being transformed into, for lack of a better word, a wonderland. Renovations are now taking place to turn the old factory into a facility providing artist studios, shared coworking space, band rehersal and recording space, retail outlets and plenty more. Choonimals is a huge supporter of this new endevour. You can read more about this here.

12 12 12 MARK OF THE CHOON SALE

2010-02-28T08:55:00.000-08:00

12 days, 12 shirts, $12 dollars. Just like the scary red man in the flyer says. Starting today and lasting till (GASP) MARCH 12th at 12am! OMG o my gawd. True story.

We're nearing towards our final push to clear out the old and prepare to introduce the new, so if you want something now you'd better get it before it's gone. The Fullswipes, Grauff Knot's, Sea Massacre's, Grauff, and Moby Richard are on the verge of extinction and sinking into the tar pits, and when they're gone, no amount of glittery wishes or pixie deals will bring them back.

Also, there are some amazing things in the works for Choonimals at the moment. Can't wait to share them with you all, I promise it will be worth it. I pinky promise. I cross my choon and hope to die, stick a needle through my face and don't call for help afterwards.

El Fin.

The Compressions

2010-02-07T20:08:00.000-08:00

Anytime a band rocks Choons, we wanna support them. These fine young fella's and darlin's are called The Compressions. They are from our home base, Columbus, Ohio and are super swell. If you're in the Columbus area on Valentines day, they will be playing a show at Carabar with Church of the Red Museum. So bring your lady/gentleman friend, and be ready to boogie.

Through the Roof

2010-02-06T06:46:00.000-08:00

Matt and Chris recently returned from a life changing journey that led them to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro and back. They filmed a documentary about the first paraplegic women to summit the great African peak. We have posted a blog or two about their journey, and will probably post some more in detail, but check out this article our good friend Josh Fitzwater wrote for 614 magazine about the duo and their adventures.

614 Magazine

Vans Warped Tour

2010-02-03T13:38:00.000-08:00

We have just been confirmed for a string of east coast dates for this summers Vans Warped Tour! Stay tuned for more details.....

July 11th - Comcast Theater - Hartford, CT
July 13th - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA
July 14th - Darien Lake P.A.C. - Darien Center, NY
July 15th - Toyota Pavilian - Scranten, PA
July 16th - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
July 17th - Nassau Veterens Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY
July 18th - Monmouth Park Racetrack - Oceanport, NJ

Bamboozle!!!!!

2010-01-28T10:14:00.000-08:00

It's official kiddies, we are confirmed for this years Bamboozle Fest in NJ May 1st and 2nd. Here again are some highlights from the constantly changing line-up:

MINUS THE BEAR!!!!
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK!!!!
PARAMORE!!!!
WEEZER!!!!
MGMT!!!!
GIRL TALK!!!!!!
SAY ANYTHING!!!!!
KEVIN DEVINE!!!!
PIEBALD!!!!!
HANSON??????????

Stay posted at www.TheBamboozle.com

Six Gallery Webisode #4

2010-01-19T09:19:00.001-08:00

See what happens when Six Gallery goes to NYC. Stay tuned for a Six Gallery/Choonimals shirt collabo!

Six Gallery Webisode 4. New York from Benjamin Schreiber on Vimeo.

Of Montreal and Choonimals

2010-01-16T17:18:00.000-08:00

So a really long time ago a good friend of ours named Ahmed played in the super musical group, Of Montreal (wrote that song for Outback Steakhouse "Let's go Outback tonight......") . At one point he asked if we would send some cloths his way for himself and the other Montreal dudes, and of course we obliged. Fastforward a year or so and he is no longer in the band, but he sends me this pic. I spy a 7.5tapus!

Mt. Kilimanjaro

2010-01-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

So, Matt and Chris are in route to depart on an epic journey. More epic than your journey to the circus, more gnarly than your commute to the swamp for gator french-kissing lessons.

On January 23rd, Matt and Chris are heading to Tanzania to document the first female paraplegic attempting to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro. At 19,340ft in the air, Kilimanjaro is tallest free-standing mountain on the planet, and the highest point in Africa, earning it the name "The Roof of Africa".

The documentary Matt and Chris are filming is going to be called "Through the Roof". This documentary is for charity, which will benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation, and is made possible by long time friend Derek Gates of The C.H.E.K Institute.

You can view the trailer for the film, meet, and hear the girls stories below.

Through the Roof - TEASER from Captured Life Productions on Vimeo.

Don't forget to follow us while we climb @ www.throughtheroofmovie.com

If all goes well, we should be summiting at sunrise on the morning of February 1st (your night time). Wish us luck! We're gonna wave a nice big Choonimal shirt on the summit for all the world to see!

Love you all.

An Old Gem

2010-01-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

So the other day I was on my buddy's blog, http://www.youindie.com/. He's written some stuff about Choonimals before, so I was looking at one of his little blurbs and saw this little blast from the past:

This was Choonimals circa 1.0. I'll give you a dollar if you remember this.

EXCLUSIVE CHOON TEE @ ZUMIEZ!

2010-01-03T13:58:00.000-08:00

Just like the title reads... we have an exclusive limited edition Anger Fish Tee available ONLY at a Zumiez stores near you and online!

Buy it online HERE

The Bamboozle 2010

2010-01-02T14:13:00.000-08:00

So one of our favorite festivals we participate in every year is the Bamboozle Fest in East Rutherford, NJ. They recently released some of the artists who will be playing this years event. Here are some of the highlights:

Paramore
the Aquabats
Weezer
Girl Talk
MC chris
Mute Math
...and Hanson.

That's right, you heard me. Hanson is playing. This is going to be amazing. I wanna meet the one who's a chick. I hope we're invited this year.

Happy New Beards!

2009-12-31T15:07:00.000-08:00

2010 is going to be a killer year for Choonimals. We can all feel it in the air. To commemerate this momentous occasion, we all decided to grow beards. You're welcome.

Six Gallery Webisode

2009-12-28T09:23:00.000-08:00

Our good friends in Six Gallery posted a new webisode last week. It's from a weekend of shows they played in WV. There are some Choons tucked away, see if you can spot them. Happy Holladays!

SIx Gallery Webisode 3: West Va. from Benjamin Schreiber on Vimeo.

Choonimals and Casa de La Sal

2009-12-12T05:14:00.000-08:00

Choonimals isn't always just about drawing weird, creepy animals. A big part of our mission is to use Choons to help charities such as the Casa de la Sal orphanage in Mexico City by donating essentials like medicines and by supporting the nursing staff. Casa de la Sal houses and cares for nearly 25 children and teens living with HIV/AIDS, plus 40 more living at home but who need counseling and financial support. Choonimals made its initial donation to the orphanage in November, purchasing $500-worth (or 6,600 pesos) of essential prescription medications for the kids. By setting aside 10% of all December sales, we hope to raise enough to make a second $500 donation to the orphanage and to continue our relationship with the staff and children.

Choonimals Charity from Captured Life Productions on Vimeo.

Six Gallery Signs with Superball Music

2009-12-11T10:41:00.000-08:00

Superball Music (home to celebrated acts Oceansize and Trail of Dead) is pleased to announce their first worldwide signing of an American artist; Columbus, Ohio's Six Gallery.Often compared to contemporaries such as Minus The Bear, Maps and Atlases, and Aereogramme, Six Gallery will be re-releasing their debut album, "Breakthroughs In Modern Art," on March 23rd. Alex is in Six Gallery(that's me), get on that!

www.myspace.com/sixgallery

There's someone I'd like you to meat vol. 4

2009-12-03T06:59:00.000-08:00

** AVAILABLE ONLY AT SKREENED **

Batty Choon is a classic Choon we've revived from the grave.....

Batty Choon became famous for his ability to hiccup faster than any species of fruit fly. After 9/11 he joined the boy scouts, and became president of the hungry hungry hippo's fan club. Currently he enjoys mashed potato's and sewing machine repair. Batty Choon can be customized and ordered here.

BLACK FRIDAY SALE

2009-11-27T08:11:00.001-08:00

Is going on right now! As we speak! Get over to www.Choonimals.com for some epic sales. Old school shirts are only $13, new school shirts are $15. This ends at midnight tonight, so make it happen!

Sparks The Rescue x Choonimals

2009-11-26T05:26:00.000-08:00

Our amigos Sparks the Rescue played an EPIC show at The Basement in Columbus, OH the other night! Here's some awesome pics Phil Chester took of them rockin out in our gear...

Much, much love. Make sure to check out their new video "We Love Like Vampires" up on their myspace!

Bored on a Tuesday night.....

2009-11-23T15:08:00.000-08:00

Got nothing to do tomorrow (Tuesday)? Well for all you Columbusians, go to the Basement to see Sparks the Rescue. These dudes rule and are friends of ours and rock Choons. Come say hi to us and them. Come strapped in some Choons and maybe I'll even buy you a beer.

There's someone I'd like you to meat vol. 3

2009-11-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

**AVAILABLE ONLY AT SKREENED**

Crabs are our friends.

When Crab escaped from the oppressive Dingleberry regime in '94, he swore revenge on those who kept him captive for so many years. Unfortunately he was never able to reap vengeance upon his enemies as he immediately developed a $200 a day fudge round addiction, and a penchant for making hats out of newspapers. He now lives a quiet life with his grandmother in Omaha. Crab can be ordered and customized here.

Stay tuned for more Choons!

There's someone I'd like you to meat vol. 2

2009-11-20T13:32:00.000-08:00

**AVAILABLE ONLY AT SKREENED**

Allow me introduce a great buddy of mine, Goblin Shark.

Goblin Shark obtained his bachelors degree in Socks from Funyun University. His resume claims he is fluent in both French and Metallica, although in reality he can only read French and make small talk. His prestigious degree recently landed him a job snorting pixie sticks for the Flump Corporation, who specializes in the manufacturing of butt candles. Goblin Shark can be customized and purchased here. Stay tuned for more Choons!

There's someone I'd like you to meat vol. 1

2009-11-18T15:24:00.000-08:00

**AVAILABLE ONLY AT SKREENED**

I'm sure many of you are unfamiliar with how Choonimals get from our brains to your shirts. It is a delicate process that requires sharpies, pieces of paper, brain candy, scanners, nacho's and beer. To date there are hundreds, nay, thousands of Choonimals that have yet to see the light of day. Over the next few days, I would like to introduce you to some of these lesser known Choons, who currently can be purchased exclusively at Skreened. If you don't know what Skreened is, I suggest you go to Skreened and find out. Without further adieu, I would like to introduce you to Pony:

Pony had an unfortunate upbringing. His father was a snorkel and his mother had a terrible addiction to mouthwash. His one and only sibling, Gerald, was the founder of the Mayor McCheese fan club, and a frequent contestant on the controversial, but very popular local hit TV game show, 'Bonermouf'. After graduating high school and leaving home for good, Pony had 32 children and is dedicating the remainder of his formative years to sulking around roller-skating rinks in search of the perfect nacho. Pony can be customized and purchased here.
Stay tuned for more Choons!

I guess this is the week for Choons in Video's

2009-11-10T12:58:00.001-08:00

I was perusing our buddy's in Sparks the Rescue's guyspace page, and noticed there was lots of Choonage going on. Have to say a big thanks to those boys! Time to return the favor. Check their tour video posted below. See if you can spot the Moby Richard.

If you havn't seen it yet.......

2009-11-09T15:56:00.000-08:00

Captured Life Productions (ie Chris and Matt from Choons) did a video with Pro BMX athlete Terry Adams a while back. He's a pretty sick flat land dude, and they snagged some gnar vid of him shredding in a gnar gnar sevenandahalfta'pus. Oh, and Six Gallery provides the sound track on this one. It's a win win all around.

Terry Adams is Choonin from Captured Life Productions on Vimeo.

Choonimals x TOMS Shoes

2009-11-03T05:30:00.000-08:00

The Wexner Center and the First Year Experience Office at Ohio State University teamed up to host a “Style Your Sole” event for OSU students. Style Your Sole is an event where people decorate their own canvas shoes from TOMS; in turn, TOMS donates another pair of shoes to a child in need. (The Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS, Blake Mycoskie, spoke at OSU a week before hand).

Choonimals was invited to be one of the local artists on hand to share their know-how and inspiration with the participants.

Drew scrawled tons of his own epic LOL Choons on some nice footsies, here's a few pictures from the event!

Choonimals + TOMS Shoes = BFF4E

Commercial!!!

2009-10-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

Hey all my friends! We will be coming out with a series of videos about why "Choonimals loves you!" Stay tuned and check the blog often!!!!

The Young Designers Market NYC

2009-10-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

Choonimals will be selling at the Young Designers Market in NYC 11am-7pm every Sunday and sometimes Saturday (most of the time definitely probably for sure I think) SO make sure you come out and say hi and tell us tales of adventure and pick up presents for your enemies and loved ones. It's an awesome place to see thriving artists, jewelers, gypsys, and designers all in one spot. Our brand new HEARSE will be parked right out front, so if you miss it then you probably don't have a head. She's in the process of getting dressed up in the standard Choonimal fashion, so if you want a sneak peak of what's already been done, you'll have to come see for yourself. If you're lucky and beat me in rock/paper/scissors, we'll take you for spin in it.

Follow the map above to get there, just like Zelda.

Pumpk 'O Ween

2009-10-21T15:17:00.000-07:00

So its the season for carving pumpkins, and me being a big kid that I am, I reallllly realllly realllly like to carve pumpkins, so i carved one with a Dremel tool, if yalls dont know what a Dremel is look it up. The entire prosecss was very messy and i got pumpkin juice all over me and my pants but it was worth it. So in the short and long, (chad long) of it have a happy Halloween, buy tons of shirts, and steal bunches of candy from little kids as they trickotreat, jk, but no really

Adventures of Grauff, Vol. 1: Times Square

2009-10-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

For months, the Grauff has been acting really messed up towards us for keeping him locked up in the dining room all day and night. He demanded we take him to Times Square to meet Elmo, or else he was going to splinter us between the toes in our sleep. I said to him, "Bah! Y'all got little rat legs, you can't even walk up the stairs, let alone open up my chamber door". And then he bit me.

It wasn't easy getting him on the subway. The giraffe alarm went off, so we had to think fast. We left a trail of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for the guards to follow - right into a pit of lava. The train came rushing by and we hopped quickly aboard.

We made our way across the Brooklyn Bridge, posing and faking smiles with the Grauff for his camera.

Times Square was still miles away. We used our Magic Flute the Princess gave us after beating Level 8, and rode the back of tornado all the way to the Millennium Ball.

Time was of the essence, Grauff had to get back home by 3 to watch Maury Povich. Still, he refused to leave without meating Elmo.

Finally, we spotted the red rat behind some shrubbery. Grauff puked he was so nervous! BEST DAY EVS!

Moral of the story - you get what you want when you bite people.

To keep his mind off of eating us all in our sleep, we've been forging him a new friend (below) from the depths of the swamp. He should be parachuting on to our roof any day now, upon which is will receive a hot bath and some tomato soup with croutons.

TO BE CONTOVRE...

Choonimals 2yr Anniversary

2009-10-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

Pictures are up from our 2yr Anniversary! Here's a few of them below, check the rest out on our fanpage!

The event was BEYOND a success, we sold out the venue, debuted our new fall line, rocked out to the epic sounds of Josh Fitzwater and the Shambles, Six Gallery, and the best Weezer coverd band ever - The Pinkertones!

It was so good to see all the faces of our fans, friends, and family that have supported us over the years... people even showed up with Choon tattoos! It's extremely humbling to have such a supportive fan base, we really couldn't have done it without you guys! You all are the flux in our capacitor, the freon in our reverse microwave, the drool in our fangs, the lazy in our eye, the hiss in our tongues, the scales on our hearts, and the gummy in our bears.

Can't wait to show you what we have in store for the future! You'll melt like Alex Mac.

Love,
chrismattchadalexdrewjoe

NEW CHOONS NEW CHOONS!!!!!

2009-10-14T14:16:00.001-07:00

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGZ!

The new Fall/Winter line is here, and it's in FULL FORCE!!!!!! We got faces, we got GORE-illa's, we got choonmeleon's on color changing shirts, we got hoodies and batty v-necks. Get over to www.Choonimals.com. Now. Go.

2 YEAR CHOONIVERSARY!!!!!!

2009-10-09T08:57:00.000-07:00

This is tonight! Come to Ravari! Wear Choons! Actually, I'm feeling nice and generous right now....If you wear a Choonimals shirt to the show tonight, we will hook it up with $5 off of any item from the new Fall/Winter line! Don't be late, this event will reach capacity!

The Chonster is BAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!!

2009-10-08T12:50:00.000-07:00

For the month of October you can purchase an updated version of a Choonimals classic, The Chonster Shirt! Just head on over to www.skreened.com/choonimals and customize what shirt you would like it on. Pictured below is the Chonster on an ash white stripe mens fitted tee. After halloween, you will no longer be able to pick this up, so make sure you get on it!

Choonimals Giveaway

2009-10-07T09:08:00.000-07:00

Want to win some free stuff? Want to win some free Choonimals stuff??? Want to win some free Choonimals stuff that no one else has????? Well then head over to
http://blog.columbusalive.com/windowshopping/
to find out how to win. Two lucky lads will win a few new shirts from our unveiled Fall/Winter line which we will debut this Friday at the Ravari Room as part of our two year Chooniversary. If you don't win em here today, you can buy em there on Friday.

Columbus Alive

2009-10-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Check out this great article from this weeks Columbus Alive. Many thanks to Brittney Kress!

http://columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2009/10/01/ca_u_screen-choonimals.html?sid=108

The Independents Day Fest

2009-09-18T09:22:00.001-07:00

This weekend (Saturday) we will be participating in the annual Independents Day Festival held on Gay street in downtown Columbus. We will have some super sales going on so come visit our booth and pick up some swag for ten bones! We will have what is left of our Spring/Summer 09 line avaliable, and once this stuff is gone, it ain't comin back. We got's to make room for that hot new fresh Fall/Winter '10 line that's bouts to drop on October 9th. Here are some more deets about the show this weekend:

Music on three stages by:

Gay Street Stage
12 p.m. - Andy Shaw Band
1 p.m. - Bush League All Stars
2 p.m. - Burglar
3 p.m. - Moon High
4 p.m. - Brain Double
5 p.m. - You're So Bossy
6 p.m. - Sick Thrills
7 p.m. - Church of the Red Museum
8 p.m. - The Patsys
9 p.m. - The Lindsay

Pearl Alley Stage
12:30 p.m. - LES Crew
1:30 p.m. - Shin Tower Music
2:30 p.m. - Couch Forts
3:30 p.m. - Blastronauts
4:30 p.m. - Moondrones
5:30 p.m. - Floatation Walls
6:30 p.m. - Six Gallery
7:30 p.m. - D Rob
8:30 p.m. - Tin Armor
9:30 p.m. - Karate Coyote

Lynn Alley Stage
12:15 p.m. Mono to Mono
1:15 p.m. Vug Arakus & The Stallions
2:15 p.m. Available Light Theater Company
3:15 p.m. Old Worlds
4:15 p.m. Make Ready the Fleet
5:15 p.m. Curtis Cole
6:15 p.m. Super Desserts
7:15 p.m. Maza Blaska

go to www.thisisindependent.com for further details!

Frequently Asked Questions...

2009-09-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

Umm...WTF is a Choonimal?: Choonimals are our own brand and creation of animals/creatures/abominations from an otherwise normal animal kingdom. Every one has fangs, eyes more crooked than Don Vito, and sometimes a spiked, sparkler-looking tail. They all look rabid and ravenous, but somehow still cute enough to share a pillow with.

When did all this start?: Most of us in Choonimals grew up together. We've known each other since 5th grade, some even before that. We started drawing these things in High School to pass time in class, make each other laugh, and entice our teacher's anger. At one point, they were taped all over the classroom walls because Drew and Matt said they couldn't do their homework unless the Choons were on the wall. Their teacher said to Drew's face, "I don't like you".
Where did the name "Choonimal" come from?: Again, during High School, we all went out to lunch together. One day we were at Arby's and their was an old lady taking our order and her name was "Choon". Drew thought it was hilarious, so the next time we drew one of these animals, we called it a "Choonimal". Seriously though. That's what happened.
What's with all the Sharpie™ marker tattoos you guys give out at your events?: So after High School we discovered girls and forgot about our little creatures for almost 3 years. Then one day during a hazy daze, we found an old birthday card Matt and Drew made for Chris out of cardboard with Choonimals all over it. We nailed it to our bathroom wall as a reminder, and every so often while we were partying, we would grab markers and draw Choons on people. It started happening on the regular, and pretty much blew up at a huge outdoor festival in college. We had LINES of complete strangers waiting for us to draw Choonimals on them. The marker tattoos we do at festivals are homage to that, as are all of our actual Choonimal tattoos (the kind that don't wash off).
Why did you decide to start a clothing line?: Honestly, a clothing company was one of the last pieces of the Choonimal puzzle. When most companies decide to start a clothing line, they first pick a name, then a theme (or vice versa), and roll with it. We did it completely backwards. We already had our creation, and a name for it. A clothing company was just our way of sharing Choonimals with the rest of the world.
Who draws all the Choonimals?: We all take our turns drawing them on people at events (except Alex because one time he drew a bat and it looked like a stealth bomber so we banned him from using our markers), but all of the designs for Choonimals Clothing Co. are drawn by Chris. Every design is an original piece of artwork that transcends from his sketchbook to your shirt.
What type of material do you guys print on?: All of our clothes are printed on American Apparel™ (AA). We are very conscious about where our clothes come from, and the means by which they are made. AA is in our mind, the ONLY option for us. It's all made sweat shop free, right here in the U.S. We could be making a lot more money by printing on low quality clothing, but supporting and encouraging fair work environments is more importance to us than any dollar amount you can throw. And yea it helps that all of AA's clothing feels like kissing clouds.
Any more questions? Anyone? Anyone? Email them to chris@choonimals.com

Choonimals 2 Year Anniversary

2009-09-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

We are finalizing all the details for our 2 year anniversary, and wanted to let you know what's going on. On October 9th, 2009 we will be celebrating with Josh Fitzwater and the Shambles, Six Gallery and The Pinkertones, a Weezer tribute band playing songs from the Pinkerton and Blue albums at the Ravari Room here in Columbus, Oh. We also will be debuting our Fall/Winter line for 09/10! This will be your first chance to get some brand new Choons before anyone else. Check the flier for more details:

Skreened

2009-09-08T07:01:00.000-07:00

Some dudes of ours in Columbus have this fantastic site called Skreened. They make all kinds of original printed t-shirts, and are making some very limited, custom Choonimals shirts. You can go to our profile page, www.Skreened.com/choonimals and pick from one of the three designs we currently have available. You can then customize what garment you would like it on:

These are just a few of the options you would have for our batty shirt. Our designs will change every month, so don't wait too long before these go extinct.

50% off Labor Day Snail

2009-09-03T08:50:00.000-07:00

ALOHA! Fall is quickly approaching, our 2 year Chooniversary is on the horizon, and some new Choons are on their way. We will release our Fall/Winter line on October 9th 2009 at an epic bash in the Ravari Room in Columbus, Ohio (PINKERTONES ARE PLAYING!!!), and to make a little room in our cave and add some clothes to your bag for school, we will have a 50% off sale of all our spring items for LABOR DAY WEEKEND WOO WOO YAHHHH! Starting TODAY, all of this years spring items will be 50% off! And after this weekend, all of these items will be 25% off until October, so if you want the best bang for your boomerang, stock up on Choon gear now!! I also would like to point out that once these sale shirts are gone, they are gone forever! For-ev-er, forrrrr-evvvv-errrrr, forever!

Choonimals Clothing Now On Sale at Paradise Garage!

2009-08-16T14:23:00.001-07:00

We're psyched to let you all know that you can now buy select Choonimals shirts at Paradise Garage in the Short North, downtown Columbus! They're located at 941 North High Street, so go see Dan and Emily there, buy Choonimals gear, and pick up a sweet new bike while you're there so you can ride around Columbus looking super sweet in your new Choonimals shirt!

Win Some Free Choon Swag

2009-08-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we ran into our good friends in Sparks the Rescue. If you havn't heard these guys before, go check them out at www.myspace.com/sparkstherescue. Anywho, they're big fans of Choons and so we teamed up with them and Alternative Press to give you a chance to pick up some free choon swag as well as a free sparks the rescue CD and autographed poster!

Just go to www.altpress.com/contests/choonimals-contest.htm to enter to win!

Pictures from All Points West

2009-08-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

Choonimals clothing company straight up invaded All Points West 2009! Our giraffe is still hungover. Here's some pictures of what went down, but to see them all go here.

Here's our giraffe pissing off the camera men

Courtney Love, O hai!

Judah Freidlander!

Ohio News Network

2009-08-03T13:24:00.000-07:00

So, All Points West is in the past. We will have tons and tons of updates for you on that front, once we get all our junk in the trunk. Dude, seriously, it was sooooooooo epic. More on that later, but for now, here's a nice little piece ONN did on Choonimals. We're famous.

ClickMeOMG!!!!!

The most epicest of journeys

2009-07-30T18:15:00.000-07:00

530 miles, 36 consecutive sleepless hours and a million toots have brought 5 bestest of friends (minus one Mattimal) to the greatest music festival of the summer. The All Points West Festival will either destroy us, or make us fagillionaires. Either way we are all in for one epic weekend. We'll keep you posted. I can't think of anything else to type because my brain hurts to much. Drew says ears and titties.

http://www.apwfestival.com/lineup/

2009-07-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

OMGato!

I'll make this quick... as we are all funny animal lovers, I wanted to share this special friend I met in an ally way in Mexico City. This splendid kitty is shown all natural, and this photo was not edited to give him his sweet facial hair. That sure is a real nice kitty, and he told me that he wants everyone to buy CHOONIMALS!

dude, srsly?

2009-07-25T08:34:00.000-07:00

Deer Choons,

As some of you may, or may not have noticed, we have a new family member. His name is Moby Richard. His interests include fish, drinking water and playing the piano. He’s a little self conscious about his weight, so please try not to stare. He will also be 20% off from now until next Thursday, July 30th which is when we will be taking him on his first road trip out to New Jersey for the All Points West Festival. He’s a huge Beastie Boys fan.

For the guys: http://www.choonimals.com/product/moby-richard-unisex-tee
For the girls: http://www.choonimals.com/product/moby-richard-girls-fit-tee

Choonimals in Red Planet X

2009-07-22T16:30:00.000-07:00

As of today, as in this very moment as in right now, you can head over to Red Planet X and purchase Choonimals at 2843 Olentangy River Rd. in Columbus, Oh. They are the first big retailer in our hometown to carry our swag, and we couldn't be more stoked about it. We spent this morning helping them put together our display, and had a little TV interview (more deets on that to come) so like pretty much we are all going to be famous except Matt and Chris who like to move away from all of their friends to do stuff that's kinda sweet, but not that sweet. Anywho, if you want to know what it looks like to be in one of the raddest stores in town, please see below:

Fan Pics - Worldwide

2009-07-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

Cheersies to a few of Choonimal's #1 fans... because they are not from around this part of Earth...

Here's Rich in Sweden during their famed Midsummer's Day Festival

And here's Maddy in Tokyo rocking our Sea Massacre of '79 shirt

Maribeth in Paris

Kane in London

Maria in Nicaragua

Random boy in Mozambique. Matt and I actually gave this to him in exchange for bread. Does this count? I think it counts.

So yes, in case you all were wondering, we do ship internationally. In exchange for sexy pics of course ;)

Six Gallery (friends of Choons) has new 'making of album video' up

2009-07-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

Our good friends in Six Gallery have posted their 'Making of Breakthroughs in Modern Art (sort of)' video to the interwebs. See if you can spot the choons!

More Zumiez!

2009-07-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

The Gnarigator Tee is now available in these additional Zumiez locations:

Fashion Place Mall – Murray, UT

Provo Towne Center – Provo, UT

Vintage Faire – Modesto, CA

Palisades Center – W. NYACK, NY

Galleria @ Crystal Run – Middletown, NY

Stratford Square – Bloomingdale, IL

Gurnee Mills – Gurnee, IL

Fox Valley Mall – Aurora, IL

Parks At Arlington – Arlington, TX

Palm Desert – Palm Desert, CA

Lincoln City Outlet – Lincoln City, OR

Smith Haven – Lake Grove, NY

Crystal Mall – Waterford, CT

Sunrise S/T – Massapequa, NY

Crossing Outlets – Tan, PA

Rio Grande Outlet – Mercedes, TX

Empire Mall – Sioux Falls, ID

Brookfield Mall – Brookfield, WI

Cottonwood Mall – Albuquerque, NM

Danbury Mall – Danbury, CT

Deerbrook Mall – Humble, TX

Oak Park Mall – Overland Park, KS

Independence Center – Independence, MO

Towne East Square – Wichita, KS

Del Amo Fashion – Torrance, CA

How about this... if you go support Choonimals and buy a Gnarigator shirt from Zumiez, either at their online store of one of these and the 81 other select locations (send us a picture of your receipt), and we will personally hook you up with your very own personally drawn Choon of your choice, and ANY t-shirt for 50% off! How sexy of us! Almost as sexy as Alex's chest forest!

and don't forget to pick up the Sea Massacre from them either, this sultry beast is a dying breed, we aren't reordering it anymore! so if you want it, go to Zumiez and get it:

www.columbusunderground.com

2009-07-13T18:28:00.000-07:00

Check out this sweet piece Columbus Underground did on the Choons. Read it and you'll score better on the ACT.

http://www.columbusunderground.com/choonimals-clothing-company-gets-distribution-deal

CHOMFEST 2009

2009-07-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

Choonimal Comfest pics are up!

view the rest at the Choonimals Facebook page (become a fan while you're at it) and the Choonimals Flickr page

Photos © Phillip Chester

Columbus Alive's Window Shopping

2009-07-08T09:34:00.000-07:00

The wonderful Brittney Kress who did a piece on us way back when for the Columbus Alive has updated her blog readers with another little piece on yours truely. Go read it. It's tits.

http://blog.columbusalive.com/windowshopping/2009/07/take_a_peek_choonimals_clothin.shtml

All Points West Festival

2009-07-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

Big news. We have recently been confirmed for this years All Points West Music Festival. There are only 50 handpicked vendors for this years event, and we are def one of the chosen few. Imagine what it's going to be like when every one of these screaming fans is rocking a choon.....

ps if you don't know what the APW fest is, here are the specs you should be aware of:

-July 30th-August 2nd at Liberty Park in Jersey City, NJ
-Tickets are $200 for the weekend, or $89 per day
- The Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, National, Fleet Foxes, Q-tip, The Pharcyde, Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkys, Tokeyo Police Club, Kool Keith, ...And You Will know us by the trail of dead, Coldplay, MGMT, The Black Keys, The Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, The Gaslight Anthem are playing along with many others. Holy shit this weekend will slay.

Moby Richard Photoshoot

2009-06-30T04:54:00.000-07:00

Photoshoot for our new summer shirt, "Moby Richard" and our two v-necks that are now available in Zumiez stores across the country.

We had the shoot late-night at Drew's pool he manages and sits kids in time-out at. It's ancient, circa 1938. A guy once got dead on the deck of the cabanas we shot in. He was old and living in them during a harsh winter and got drunk and died and was found frozen solid to the floor. So it goes.

What you all can't see in the photos is the insane hell storm that was wrathed upon all of us like 20min into the shoot. As Phil would say, "it was IWRESTLEDABEARONCE weather". Still, it was one of the funnest shoots we've been on, despite the torrential typhoon.

Special thanks to Danielle for coming out to the shoot after having never experienced a Choonimal or it's makers, all the face12 homeboys, and of course Phil who does an amazing job capturing souls with his technology.

Check out the complete photo set at the Choonimals Flickr page.

Want to purchase this shirt?
www.choonimals.bigcartel.com

Photos © 2009 Phillip Chester

MOBY RICHARD!

2009-06-26T03:35:00.001-07:00

Moby Richard by Choonimals, originally uploaded by PhillipChester.

Exclusive new Choon shirt, "MOBY RICHARD" available NOW!!!!

$5 OFF for anyone that picks it up from us at Comfest this weekend!

Otherwise head over to www.choonimals.bigcartel.com and get yours quick, because they are flying out of the boxes faster than a ShamWow and Paul Allen getting an axe TO THE FACE!

More pictures to come from this new gems photoshoot this weekend, so stay tuned or be a doomed.

Love,
Ahab

Bamboozle 2k9

2009-06-24T09:17:00.001-07:00

Yep, we were there, and this is how we roll(d).

Chomfest

2009-06-21T12:12:00.001-07:00

We will be present once again at this years Community Festival held the weekend of June 26th - 28th at Goodale Park here in Columbus, OH. During last years event we had a blast, and this no doubt will continue to be one of the highlights of our year. The music is great, the food is spectack and the boobs are plentiful. Come find out booth, present this coupon and receive $5 off any Choon purchase.

To download coupon, right click and "save picture as". If you are having trouble, email Alex@choonimals.com and I will email you one. See you there!

ps. Here's where/when you will be able to find me throughout the weekend:

Friday
Offramp Stage - Noon - Oldworlds
Offramp Stage - 3:20 - Wing and Tusk or Bozo Stage - 3:20 - Josh Fitzwater and the Shambles
Offramp Stage - 7:00 - Brainbow or Bozo Stage - 7:00 - This is my Suitcase
Offramp Stage - 7:50 - Nick Tolford and Co.

Saturday
Offramp Stage - 1:20 - Bookmobile
Offramp Stage - 2:00 - Karate Coyote
Offramp Stage - 5:00 - The Receiver
Solar Stage - 7:10 - Time and Temperature
Solar Stage - 10:10 - Couch Forts

Sunday
Offramp Stage - 5:20 - Moons
Offramp Stage - 8:20 - The Slide Machine

"dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

2009-06-17T05:14:00.001-07:00

On this day, the seventeenth of the sixth month of the ninth year of the second millennia, Alexander Berning Weinhardt has officially become a man. To celebrate this momentous occasion, he has humbly requested a few select gift items. Some of these include, but are not limited to:

1. Zombies (Romero Style)

Fuck all that new school fast moving Zombie shit. I want the old fashioned slow moving, dumb walking dead. This ain't about guts and gore, it's about survival, and I'm ready.

2. A Margarita from Casa Nueva in Athens Ohio

This little worker owned cooperative nestled the the heartland of Ohio makes the banginest margarita I have ever had. On Wednesday's they are $2.00, and I shit you not, drink three of these and you'll be ready to open mouth kiss your grandmother.

3. The Get Up Kids to play "Something to Write Home About" from start to finish in my parents basement

These guys recently got back together and I saw them play for the first time this past May while Choons were Chooning at the Bamboozle Fest. But I was like 100 yards away, Matt Pryor was balding....it just was not the same as it would have been 10 years ago when these guys were all young guns playing basement shows. I think they should do a basement show tour, make a stop at my parents house in Westerville, Ohio, and we can all have an air hockey tournament after the show. James Dewees, you're going down. (My girlfriend actually got this album for me on vinyl for my birthday which is most definitely the next best thing)

Making of Breakthroughs in Modern Art Trailer

2009-06-12T17:21:00.000-07:00

My band Six Gallery will be releasing our first full length album in ohhhhh about 2 weeks. This is the trailer for a video about the making of the album.

Chooxico City

2009-06-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

I can't let Chris have all the blun (blog fun) so I decided to hop in. This post may not compare to Drew going to the post office, but it is a close second.

As you all know, Chris and I had a moving race. I won. I have been in Mexico City now for 3 nights vs his one night. I'm sure everyone knows all about Mexico City (nope), so I will skip the details. Lets just say that it is the second largest city in the world, and that it is supposed to surpass Tokyo for the largest in a few years. It is estimated to have over 20million people here. Not counting me, there are 5 choonimals wearers. 5/20,000,000 is .00000025. Thats a pretty good stat. Thats a real nice stat.

Anyways, I will continually post as I get swined, stabbed, and kid napped. Then there was a ghost.

Matt

Choon York City

2009-06-10T06:17:00.000-07:00

See that light over there? Top-rightish, yellow, kind of. That's the light on in my new bedroom. I think.

Jokesies. I have no idea where I'm at in relation to this picture. But that is not the point. The point is that I'm in there somewhere, dreaming of tentacles, lazy eyes, and unnecessarily sharp, plentiful fangs.

But with the help of google, I can show you things we thought only aliens could see:

View Larger Map

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I can see the entire city from out of my window at the moment. My new roommates are awesome, and the people in this neighborhood must have just watched that Pay It Forward movie or that one commercial with similar ideas, because within seconds of being in the street a woman offered me her parking spot, a man opened my gate for me, and another gentleman thought I looked lost and asked me if I needed directions. The vibes are good.

I've been here one night, and every time I think about a future here a gnarly gaggle of butterfly's start moshing to metal music in my stomach. And of course these butterfly's are cross eyed and fang-tastic and eat all the other butterfly's that waste their time bonging pollen instead of listening to the new IWRESTLEDABEARONCE album.

OK so this post may or may not stop making sense a long a time ago. That's a good sentence. Matt's Elly would like that sentence.

Here's the thing; this is a huge step for me and a giant roundhouse kick for Choonimals. I don't really have a game plan, I don't really know what to do, but it feels right. I have my Sharpie markers and a million little Choonimals running around my brain, waiting to escape onto my sketchpad and inevitably onto some new shirts.

I went into the Zumiez at Woodbridge Mall in New Jersey yesterday and saw our Choonimals shirts being sold there. I felt happy.

I referred to this city as The Emerald City on my facebook page yesterday, and said that my next step was to find the Wizard and give him a Choon shirt. But Miss Madyson politely corrected me and told me that her city, Seattle, is "the Emerald City". So fine. This is the Topaz City. And the Topaz City Wizard is about to get Chooned.

El Fin.

Probably the greatest thing known to man, ever.

2009-06-08T21:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5gmbugmxM

Drews trip to the post office

2009-06-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

Yos, this be my first blog post so listen ups. So i go to the post office to ship some merch to our loving fans, (peoples, not electric wind generating machines) and i go up to the lady who looked like she could care less that she was there, and i go to pay with the Choonimals credit card, which i might tell you has matts name on it and choonimals clothing, soooo she needs to see some ID so she can charge it, and i was likkke wellll its in matts name but also has choonimals on it and i showed her my massive stack of cards in my walley and she had to go talk to some other lady who is a troll that lives under a bridge, but has a part time job at the post office, anyways after some swindleing by mes i get her to swipe it. ughk what a process for the most simple task. and then alter i left there was a bum who wanted some moneys and i told him nopes to you and he gave me a snarely look and i shot him one back then got in my GTi and left.

Johnny Cupcakes

2009-06-08T10:38:00.000-07:00

The members of Choonimals Clothing Company are all fairly new to the business world. Let's see, before we started this company a year and a half ago we worked for;

-dry cleaners

-hotel bellman

-valets

-lifeguards

-red bull

-GNC

-various sales jobs

-bars

-artwork framer

Although some of us do still have full and part time jobs, Choonimals is something we would all love to be able to make a living off of. We work very hard to make this company what it is, and stories like the one of Johnny Cupcakes always motivates us to keep the dream alive and that maybe this idea of putting silly animals on t-shirts was not a bad one.

http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/the_story/

Spring/Summer '09 Line Photos on Flickr!

2009-06-06T07:19:00.001-07:00

1 254, originally uploaded by Choonimal.

Put your eyeballs on and check out some savvy fav's from our Spring/Summer '09 photoshoot by Phillip Chester and Angela Wayner.

Choonimals Available in Zumiez!

2009-06-05T05:21:00.000-07:00

Select Choonimals Clothing are now available in the following Zumiez retail stores:

BENTLEY MALL- FAIRBANKS, AK
DIAMOND CENTER- ANCHORAGE, AK
ARIZONA MILLS- TEMPE, AZ
ARDEN FAIR - SACRAMENTO, CA
CAMARILLO OUTLETS-CAMARILLO,CA
DESERT HILLS OUTLET-CABAZON,CA
EASTRIDGE MALL - SAN JOSE, CA
FASHION FAIR - FRESNO, CA
GILROY PREMIUM - GILROY, CA
GREAT MALL OF THE BAY AREA, CA
IMPERIAL VALLEY - EL CENTRO,CA
INLAND CENTER -SANBERANDINO,CA
MALL AT YUBA CITY - YUBA C, CA
PLAZA BONITA-NATIONAL CITY,CA
SHERWOOD MALL - STOCKTON, CA
STONEWOOD CENTER - DOWNEY, CA
VALLEY FAIR - SANTA CLARA, CA
VICTORIA GARDENS -RAN CUC, CA
VISALIA MALL - VISALIA, CA
BUCKLAND HILLS- MANCHESTER, CT
CLINTON CROSSING OUTLET - CT
TRUMBULL S/T - TRUMBULL, CT
CONCORD - WILMINGTON, DE
DOVER MALL- DOVER, DE
ORLANDO PREMIUM - ORLANDO, FL
PEMBROKE GARDENS-PEM.PINES, FL
SAWGRASS MILLS - SUNRISE, FL
ROYAL HAWAIIAN- WAIKIKI, HI
BOISE TOWNE SQUARE - BOISE, ID
CHICAGO PRM OUTLET- AURORA, IL
CHICAGO RIDGE, IL
NORTHWOODS- PEORIA, IL
ORLAND SQUARE-ORLAND PARK, IL
WHITE OAKS- SPRINGFIELD, IL
CASTLETON SQ.-INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HAMILTON T.C - NOBLESVILLE, IN
SOUTHLAKE MALL MERRILLVILLE,IN
WRENTHAM VILLAGE - WRENTHAM,MA
CENTRE SALISBURY-SALISBURY, MD
WHITE MARSH - BALTIMORE, MD
MALL OF AMERICA-BLOOMINGTON,MN
ROSEDALE CENTER - ROSEDALE, MN
DEPTFORD MALL - DEPTFORD, NJ
GARDEN STATE - PARAMUS, NJ
JERSEY GARDENS OUTLET-ELIZ, NJ
JERSEY SHORE - TINTON FALLS,NJ
LIVINGSTON MALL -LIVINGSTON,NJ
ROCKAWAY TOWNSQ - ROCKAWAY, NJ
WOODBRIDGE - WOODBRIDGE, NJ
GALLERIA AT SUNSET-HENDERSN NV
LAS VEGAS PREM - LAS VEGAS, NV
POUGHKEEPSIE GALLERIA - NY
ROOSEVELT FIELD-GARDENCITY,NY
STATEN ISLAND:STATEN ISLAND,NY
WALDEN GALLERIA - BUFFALO, NY
PENN SQUARE -OKLAHOMACITY, OK
WOODLAND HILLS MALL-TULSA, OK
CLACKAMAS TOWN CTR-PORTLAND,OR
SALEM CENTER - SALEM OR
VALLEY RIVER CTR - EUGENE, OR
PARK CITY - LANCASTER, PA
PROVIDENCE PLACE-PROVIDENCE,RI
BAYBROOK MALL - FRIENDSWOOD,TX
CIELO VISTA MALL - EL PASO, TX
HOUSTON OUTLETS - CYPRESS, TX
HULEN MALL - FORT WORTH, TX
LACANTERA - SAN ANTONIO, TX
MIDLAND PARK- MIDLAND, TX
NORTH STAR MALL-SAN ANTONIO,TX
ROUND ROCK- ROUND ROCK, TX
WILLOW BROOK MALL-HOUSTON, TX
GATEWAY MALL- SLC, UT
PATRICK HENRY- NEWPORT NEWS-VA
POTOMACMILLS OUTLT-PRINCEWI,VA
BELLIS FAIR - BELLINGHAM, WA
NORTHTOWN MALL - SPOKANE, WA
REDMOND TOWN CTR - REDMOND, WA
SEA PREM OUTLETS - TULALIP, WA
SOUTHCENTER MALL - TUKWILA, WA
TACOMA MALL - TACOMA, WA
SOUTHRIDGE MALL- MILWAUKEE, WI

and www.zumiez.com, of course!

Support Choonimals and pick up a shirt from your local Zumiez today!

HELL CITY '09!

2009-06-05T04:46:00.000-07:00

One of the most amazing events we've been at in a while. My little cell phone pictures don't even begin to capture the gnar, but here are a few anyways.

The above picture was taken before all hell breaks loose...

OK now it's loose.

BFF Jills

My first decent gorilla (gorla) Choonimal.

Thas a good mustache.

Rainbow S. new Choon sleeve

Simple Matt's Choon's.... lulz

Crowd Control.

Can't wait till next year. Until then, check out a selection of beyond beautiful pictures of the event by the talented Cherry, I saw these and had to post them on here because they're so awesome! Can't wait to see Alissa Brunelli's pictures either!

http://spillinglight.com/adventures/tattoo/hellcity-and-innerstate/