Happy Holidays from Coolfire Media

The Hol­i­days are near and all of us at Coolfire Media would like to wish you the best with our fes­tive addi­tions to the web­site. Check out the fun fea­tures added in total CFM style!

Local Talent: Brad Gutting

While wast­ing some time with some casual read­ing I came across the web­site of a local designer/artist named Brad Gut­ting. Gutting’s site con­sists of sev­eral gor­geous prints cre­ated from a com­bi­na­tion of in-camera film effects mixed with some dig­i­tal color …

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Making a Thanksgiving Turkey Isn’t Too Difficult Afterall

Happy Thanks­giv­ing to all. Yes­ter­day marked a new mile­stone in my life. Ear­lier in the week I felt that maybe I am get­ting close to the age that I will need to start cook­ing a Thanks­giv­ing din­ner and host­ing family …

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New Job, New Opportunities

It’s been a while since I’ve posted and it is for a good rea­son. I started a new job at Coolfire Media a few weeks ago and it’s been great. CFM has been win­ning tons of awards and gain­ing notoriety …

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Artfix 2010

Art­fix 2010 is a fund rais­ing event for Rebuild­ing Together Saint Louis. Artists donate work and you buy it; sim­ple as that. And it’s for an amaz­ing cause. This year I’ve donated a fresh print of my Adven­ture Abroad poster. …

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Our Engagement Photos

Last week­end marked the long awaited engage­ment photo ses­sion for Katie and I. Being a pho­tog­ra­pher her­self we were hop­ing to make it more of a DIY project for the two of us instead of hir­ing a pho­tog­ra­pher that we …

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Eric “Guitar” Davis at Beale on Broadway

This poster, cre­ated in con­junc­tion with the pre­vi­ous Kim Massie post, fol­lows the same guide­lines with the Blue Note Records feel but pro­motes the after party to the Big Muddy Blues Fes­ti­val that took place over last week­end. Unfor­tu­nately I …

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The Bungaloo: Fairly Recent Update

My friend and fel­low designer at the Bun­ga­loo recently updated his site with some new work. As usual, the posters are so fun to look at. I espe­cially dig his Liars poster with the torn wall­pa­per theme. Very cool. Buy them …

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Kim Massie’s Tribute to
Women & Soul

For those of you liv­ing in St. Louis, don’t miss Kim Massie’s Trib­ute to Women & Soul this Fri­day night at Beale on Broad­way. I was lucky enough to get the job design­ing the poster for the event as well …

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Theodore “Hold You Like A Lover” | 02.09.2010

I would say that my folk/alt coun­try, or what­ever you would like to call that genre, kick ended, for the most part, about a year or more ago. An acoustic gui­tar and a sad, dusty voice just didn’t do anything …

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