Zu Boutique Sample Sale To Begin Wednesday

Zu Boutique, Davey’s clothing line, just sent out an email blast letting everyone know about the company’s 2010 endeavors. Among the many was the mention of a sale beginning on Wednesday.

The email said:

“I’m sure most of you are still aching from the yearly Winter Spend-A-Thon we’ve just (barely) survived so we’ve decided to hold a sort of sale. A very special sale in fact. Let me explain: to be prepared for certain mistakes (whether it be my inability to count, or the inherant flaws of the postal service (to which I’m sure many of you exclaim simultaneously that Ben does not have any flaws!)) we hold backa few of each shirt design to make sure we can always provide everyone with what they’ve ordered. These saftey-net shirts soon become take-up-room shirts and we decided a good way to clean the house would be to put them up for sale. So taht’s what we’re going to do. This is our take on a “sample sale.” Starting Wednesday, each day we will be putting up a handful of sold out shirts for sale under a new tab on our website titled “Sample Sale.” This will continue until all the shirts are sold. At this point, we will be putting up a brand new, unreleased tee for which there are about 50 available. Of course these will all be at a discounted price.”

In-Store Signing in Boise, ID

AFI will be doing an in-store signing of Crash Love at Record Exchange in Boise, Idaho before their January 18 show in Boise. The address is 1105 W. Idaho St. 83702 and the signing begins at 5:00 p.m. local time.

Top 20 KROQ Songs of 2009

KROQ named the Top 20 songs of 2009. In which Medicate came in at #10.

Faith No More Joins AFI/Gallows Gig In Melbourne

Faith No More will play alongside AFI and Gallows at the previously announced February 24th show at Festival Hall in Mebourne, Australia. Previously purchased AFI and Gallows tickets will still be accepted.
Update: our writer Deb, who is in Australia, has told us that “The Soundwave organisers have made a grave mistake and didn’t account for the thousands of FNM fans that missed out on tickets to their sideshow. So what do they do? Bump AFI from the headlining spot (the one that I and thousands others have paid $70 for) and give them a (I assume 45 min) support slot.”

Weekend Discussion: Vinyl or CD?

AFI has always released their material on CD format as well as vinyl. But, which is better? CDs can be easily ripped into MP3 format and carried around in your pocket, while a record player has almost no portability. However, vinyl is known to have better sound quality, while CDs are compressed in a limited number of digital bits.
So the real debate is: do you want better sound quality, or more portability? We all have our personal opinions, so it’ll be interesting to see what everyone thinks. A new poll will be up shortly so you can vote on your preference.

Alternative Press’ 2009 Reader Poll

AFI has gotten two mentions in Alternative Press’ annual Readers Poll. Crash Love was voted as the 9th best album of 2009. Jade was voted as the best guitarist of 2009.

Jade in the Studio for Blaqk Audio

In Jade, Side Projects on January 3, 2010 at 7:08 am

Jade tweeted that he was in the studio for Blaqk Audio tonight. “In the studio like I never left. BA.” You can see the tweet here. If more information becomes available we’ll post it here.
Hunter also posted a tweet on Saturday night saying “Working on news songs for a new year” which suggests that he is working on his one of his own side projects, possibly Hunter Revenge.

Interview with Adam in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

In aniticipation of their upcoming show at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA on January 15, the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat ran a newspaper article about AFI. You can find a scan of the cover story here and the jump here.
The article contains an interview with Adam about the band’s history and roots.