Statriot

2011-05-30T09:45:00.006-06:00

NEW STATRIOT DESIGNS A'POPPIN.
It's been longer than a sow grizzly's winter nap since we pumped out new shirts. Must be uh, the weather, or the rapture, I mean recession that's had us all tied up with other activities. Wellsirs, that stops NOW! All this is available from our webstore, Statriot.com and in actual physical stores like Betty's! We'll have stickers shortly. Keep tuned.

What've we got here: well, #1's called Hecho En Montana or, just "Hecho" for short. That means "made in Montana" to us anglophones, and it's a design we got from the nation of Mexico, and added a little of our own Montana flair to. That's an osprey now, not an eagle, or condor or whatever. You see this logo (or the Mexican one) on everything from tortilla presses to .. uh, citrus presses, and Jarritos brand soda pop. We liked it's bold simplicity so damn much, we decided, "hey! let's do one of those for Montana." And voila, as the say south of the border.

#2's called Montana Letters or ... maybe, "letters" for short, I guess. It's just kind of a bizarre tribute to all the concrete letters sitting on hillsides across the Treasure State. Everybody's got an M, and L, a whatever sitting on their town-facing hillside. As though you need to be reminded of the town's first letter regularly. On a positive note, the M in Missoula's probably responsible for getting more woulda-been-sittin'-on-their-asses tourists out of a car and onto a trail, even if for only a portion of the climb. Good on you, big M. Good on you.

Before we go, let me just point one thing that Kitt Kourage laid on us recently to you: it's this new Bombino record from this insane guitar player from Niger, Omara Moctar. It's ferocious. And by ferocious, I mean mellow, and beautiful, and like perfectly executed un-cheeseball classic rock minus Joe Walsh and Don Henley fuckin' it all up. Huh?

Spring? Statriot? Springriot.

2011-04-20T18:32:00.003-06:00

Bloggin' bloggin' bloggin', you know my ass is soggin'... head 'em up, roll 'em out, roll 'em in, BLOGHIDE. Ahem. What the do here, peoples?

Wheh-he-hell, we' figured we'd give you a little secret snapshot of some of the new designage we've been hunkered down with around here. We're excited about it, we think it's cool, we're blah blah back. Rumspringe.

What else is going on 'round here? Knife sharpening, extreme yoga, egg noodles, tai chi, Tang beverage, knife throwing, inner-self exploration, New Country listening, extreme reading, stir frying. It's spring, bro.

More real soon.

DEAL: CHOCOLATE + HOODIE

2011-02-10T21:33:00.006-07:00

We, the thrift-minded stewards of the Statriot Mountain Cave outpost are fans of the deal. Whether it's the Little Big Lots end cap at the Orange Street Food Farm, or yard sale-purchased fleece garment. We've been known to eat leftovers.

We know a deal when we see one. And we act on those deals. All this talk of deals has us somewhat salivating on the keyboard. It's gross.

But seriously, speaking of deals: We'll rush out a combo pack featuring an alarmingly simple, but surprisingly thoughtful set of gifts. A milk-chocolate bar of.... milk chocolate, and a beautiful, Montana made Montanka pullover hoodie sweatshirt. These are the thick, heavy duty kind. This deal will end on Valentine's Day, 2011, and can be found only at statriot.com

Out of our gourds at Statriot HQ.

2011-02-09T18:34:00.003-07:00

Folks we've gone plum loco over here at Statriot acres. As our way of giving back to the community we've shredded prices even more on one of our hottest items. The Montanka hoodie.

Now remember we're talking combo here. One cold enhancing koozie, two stickers, Hoodie and of course one Hersheys Chocolate bar sans almonds. Now this deal ain't gonna be around forever, so make your move. Forget the Barry Manilow and Mikes Hard Lemonade, this is all you'll need for your Valentine day wishes to come true. Heres the place: statriot.com

GET YOUR SWEETIE A HOODIE, MAN.

2011-02-05T11:23:00.005-07:00

Just like Glenn Beck and others in the fast paced world of the internet taste making (huh?) we're gearing up to offer folks a heckuva deal for the upcoming Valentine's Day Holiday. That's right, we've got a deal for you. It's something real nice, we think:

We start with a fine, hooded Sweatshirt. We add a high quality foam coozie. We add two stickers. We also add a fine Hershey, Pennsylvania-produced bar of chocolate. We wrap it all in an old copy of the Missoula Independent, slap an utterly insane low, low, Lolo pricetag on the whole shooting match, and voila! You're covered. Think about it. And choose to act upon it, if it strikes you as a good idear. The place: statriot.com.

CLOSER TO WHAT?

2011-01-12T13:00:00.004-07:00

Yeah, that´s a valid enough question we guess. Here´s the answer: So, while many know us from our expletive-laden work, turns out we´ve got stuff that´s 100% family-friendly up here in the hills outside Statriosburg.

Yep, and this design here, called Closer, is one of our absolute newest. We wanted it to be clean, simple and wordless and just kind of stark. Like if somehow the Mission range were weirdly, perfectly illuminated on a clear winter´s night. Say you stopped a little north of Ronan and gazed eastward? We figured, this, or something approaching it might be what you see. There are but a few places in the world that can boast the natural wall-hangings it´s pretty easy to walk past on an average day in MT.

Uh, yeah... so, yeah. So I always loved this image on Joy Division´s Unknown Pleasures album. We thought it was actually called "Closer," which is a whole separate album. Well, by the time we got the design out of the shop, Closer had stuck.... and hey, voila. If you want a good pre-Joy Division deal, check out the Warsaw LP in its entirety. Awesomely robotic punk.

If it all strikes your fancy, find your way over to statriot.com, which is our store site. We have shirts and coozies.

IT'S A COOZIE-FILLED WORLD, WE JUST LIVE IN IT.

2010-12-15T19:34:00.003-07:00

We've been keeping beer cold in coozies since the 90's, man. Seriously, however, what an interesting thing to search around the internet for. Seems like there are fifteen hundred different variations on the traditional foam rubber can-holster we generally run with. There's the bottle coozie, bottle coozie with zipper, bottle coozie shaped like a Philadelphia 76ers jersey, there's this, there's that, there's the other thing.

We've kept it utterly basic here at the Statriot mountain bunker. There's no extra frills, no zippers, no dashboard-adhering suction cup. Just a cylinder with a closed end, into which you can pop your 12-16 oz. canned drink. We'll stop the rambling and show you our newest-latest coozie: it's the Closer design and we like it just fine. It joins the ranks of the Ram and and the Pronghorn as the Treasure State's most worn-in coozie.
Now, if you're unfamiliar with the work of Portland, Oregon's Red Fang, we recommend that you start with this homage to LARPing called Prehistoric Dog.

KIDS, SHIRTS. KID-SHIRTS ARE NOW!

2010-12-07T08:02:00.003-07:00

Just take a look at this rogue. When he's not reading books, eating cookies or singing songs, the guy's making stuff from blocks and being stoked! This is one of the unofficial mascots of Missoula's excellent, ethical Kid Shop, Blackbird on S. Higgins. Stop in and peruse their gear. Meanwhile, over at statriot.com, we've just busted loose a handful of these sharp kid-sized designs.

PRODUCTOS NUEVOS, SALE GRANDE, Y YOUTUBE RECOMENDACIONES.

2010-12-05T10:57:00.007-07:00

That's correcto, amigos. The folks at the Statriot bunker, in addition to doing one-handed pushups, eating generic Cheetos and listening to lots of Egyptian, Cajun and country music have been plenty busy the past handful of weeks. We've got new designs on-offer, have built some pretty low-cost holiday deals ($40 gets you a hoodie, coozie and pair of stickers), and are going to be at the Fair at the Emerson in Bozeman on Saturday December 11th and at the MADE Fair in Missoula on Sunday, December 12th. Stop by and say hello!

Let's take a look at some of our newer things here: First up, in the photo below we've got our new embroidered Montana Coat of Arms zipper hoodie! These are all the rage from Drummond to Desmet and from Kremlin to Colstrip. We've got a real hot special offer over at the Statriot Store.
And here's a closeup of the fine sew-job on this patch:

That's enough for a quick update, we think. That accept I think I said I'd make some youtube recommendations. We're suckers for music videos here. Heck, if we had cable we'd weight 471 lbs and the TV'd be on VH1-classic 25 hours a day.. but seriously, there's a treasure trove of great live appearances on the German Beat Club TV show out there. Here's some video of Black Sabbath playing Blue Suede Shoes. Let it play and you get all sorts of wild Sabbath footage. What shredders! Hard to touch these dudes.

HEY, SHIRTS!

2010-11-22T20:06:00.001-07:00

WE KNOW, WE KNOW. The new art on the header is way awesome. What can we say. We paid a guy a lot of money, and you know, you pay for what you get. So, yeah. That's what we got. So, yeah, awesome.

In terms of this other stuff...What has Santa brought early? Why, it's shirts, man. Shirts with some new designs on them. Here they are.

Seriously though, we've got a handful of new gear in the works, just in time to give your ma, pa, sweetie, bro, sis, frien', etc. something nice. These already being sold at great shops like Betty's Divine (Missoula), Blackbird Kid Shop (Missouala), Frayed Sew (Helena), Four O-Six (Helena) and at good ol' Statriot.com.

What do we have there? Wellsirs 'n ma'ams, it's the Montana Coat of Arms, that's all. In keeping with our Missoula, Bozeman, Salt Lake and Portland Coats, this Montana COA tips cap to the great Euro styled dancing fish, weird deer and castle turrets. We picked wheat, a rocky front, some bolts and an eagle to rep our states wide open places, mystic faces and errr, yeah. Hoodies coming!

Next up, MT Closer. We thought that Joy Division had this album called "Closer" and that album's cover had this cool three-D sort of EKG reading deal that sort of looks like an undersea mountain range or something. Turns out, that album's called "Unknown Pleasures" and our design really has not much to do with it anyway. We like it just the same. Expect koozies!

Big, big thank yous to Andrea and Tom, our models. Both Andrea and Tom do creative, awesome stuff in Missoula. Andrea works under the name Salty and Sweet, and makes mobiles (avail. at House downtown, via her etsy site, and at the MADE Fair) and Tom is Shahs, a one-dude tropicalia cum Suicide blast.

2010-08-16T13:11:00.000-06:00

Total Fest: This week in Missoula!

We at Statriot are good music lovers . Whether it's the Real Kids, Fela Kuti, Harvey Milk, Erkin Koray, the Lyres, Discharge, Humpy, Melvins, Wire, Ali Farka Toure, etc. we're always listening to music. This week, August 19-21, we're helping to put on Total Fest IX. The ninth Total Fest. The schedule of events is up at totalfest.org. Consider coming out, amigos.

We've also launched a new web store at statriotdesigns.com! From coozies to hoodies and, errr, all things between. It's on there.

2010-06-04T08:17:00.001-06:00

BIGHORN!

It's high, it's wide, and certainly, it's handsome. It's the ovis canadensis. The bighorn sheep. This majestic ungulate is just as happy roaming the rocky crags and peaks of the Rocky Mountains as it is chewing grass.

Meanwhile, Statriot is releasing it's new HWH: Bighorn shirt tonight, June 4th 2010 at Betty's Divine (on S. Higgins) in Missoula. Stop by and say hello, we'll get the Bubble Up.

Additionally: Hey, we've got a snazzy new store happening over here, go ahead and check out the incredible you-can-pick-your-size on the front end functionality! Whoop!

2010-03-23T09:07:00.000-06:00

COMMUNITY ORIENTED CLOTHIER: fourOSix in Helena!

Or should we say "orientated"...The photo on the left comes from FourOSix's Great Divide ski and snowboard February 2010 event! Nice air, bro! And good work, Papu and your crew.

Statriot's on the hunt for some new animal designs, and plans to bust out a couple new'ns re-al soon. Look for new stuff in our dapper High Wide and Handsome line, as well as some sort of design which honors those of you who like to essentially inflate waterbeds and steer them down the harriest whitewater in the land! It'll be some kind of tip of cap to you in the rafting/boating community, if that description lacked clarity. Yeah, a lot in the works. We're also cooking up a brand new website, with lots more photos, sizing options and a real tight look.

Keep it tuned to Statriot, mates and sheilas, and meanwhile listen to the new Eddy Current Suppression Ring record. They're from Melbourne, Australia. The record's called Rush to Relax, is out domestically on Goner. And is halfway between the Minutemen and AC/DC in sound bitchingness!

2010-01-13T20:31:00.000-07:00

Your State Seal, Sirs and Madams. (and) Hooded Hooder seen Hooding around like a Hoodlum in Hoodie.

First up, have a look at the new goods, here, friend. Two items of note. Noteworthiness abounds in these parts.

Ahem! The new State Seal design, as we call it, features a minor revision to the mineral-scraping motto of our state: Oso Y Patos, or "bear and ducks" en ingles. No hidden meaning we don't think, just some fun for the sake of it. Available in all sizes with our friends at Betty's Divine and Edge of the World in Missoula, Four-O-Six and Frayed Sew in the Queen City, and at Cactus in Bozeman.

Nextly, our path has taken us into the "full coverage" territory. Yeheap. Hoodies! A few of 'em at least. Most of have been snatched up at the couple of rad fairs (UC Art and Missoula MADE Fair) we did at the end of ought-nine, but we've got a couple still haning around, and if you'd like one in a size we currently haven't got, we can likely get it for you.

Look at this rogue wearing this thing. More like a 9:30 shadow. Jeesh. Anyhow, the Andy Smetanka-designed Montanka is a beauty of a shirt, and we're proud as punch to have partnered with the man, and look to do some more of that here in 2010.

Finally, and not to get all sentimental, but while it was a lot of work, 2009 was also a lot of fun. We met a lot of great folks, sold some shirts, and dug talking to you guys. We appreciate the business that folks have given us, and look forward to doing more of it in 2010. As for what the year holds, we need to get our heads together and set some goals. At minimum, it'd sure be nice to offer you folks in the Flathead Valley, Great Falls Area, and east of center some Statriot wares. Additionally, Idaho and Washington are too close not to have been calling our name, so keep your eyes peeled, and if you're in the retail business, and like what you see, by all means drop us a line. This Statriovka (Czech style liqueur) is what we gave/are giving the folks who did business with us in 2009. Who knows what 2010 will bring?! Homemade fireworks? Throwing knives? Well we just don't know.

2009-10-11T17:51:00.000-06:00

NEW FALL DESIGNS: B'LAOW!
In time for fall 2009, the scientists at Statriot Towers have un-hatched a handful of new designs. First up, Montanka, a design by Missoula artist Andy Smetanka. Montanka is a clean, crisp snapshot of Montana's natural wonders, and it's already begun to move into the realm of the gift, for holidays 2009/2010 gift giving. Smetanka's a talent, and we're stoked-as-hell to be able to offer this shirt to the world. His previous art has included animation for musicians as diverse as Volumen, the Decemberists and Le Force, and collaborations with filmmaker Guy Maddin among othe luminaries.

Second is our third in the popular High, Wide and Handsome series, this time with the prince of the prairies, the king of the canyons, the Bison. Betty's Divine in Missoula is currently stocked with both designs, and our other retailers should have them soon. You can alway pick what you need at Statriot's Online Etsy Store.

Third up: our newest, and number two, in the Coats of Arms series, it's Jim Bridger's and John Bozeman's rugged western dream, the gateway city to Yellowstone Nat'l Park, the Bridger Mountains, the Spanish Peaks, the Metcalf Wilderness, and the list goes on, on, on: Bozeman. The Bozeman Coat of Arms is available exclusively via Cactus Records in the Snowy City.

2009-07-01T11:04:00.000-06:00

NEW SHOPS CARRY STATRIOT-WEAR!
Summer is here, and Statriot stands at the ready, cooler in hand. Statriot shirts and totes are now available in Helena from Four O Six and Frayed Sew, in Billings at Ernie November and in Gardiner from the Yellowstone Raft Company. Stop by and have a look a the wears, and don't forget our ol' standbys Betty's Divine, Blackbird Kid Shop and Edge of the World in Missoula and Cactus Records in Bozeman.

Next up on the Statriot work plan: A kids version of the Missoula coat of arms, A Bozeman coat of arms design, a Monfuckintana Koozie, a couple of Idaho designs and stickers, stickers, stickers. Thank you, keep it statriotical, and if you're nowhere near any of these fine retailers, please make use of the online Statriot Store at Etsy.com

2009-04-02T08:46:00.000-06:00

NEW SHIRT LAUNCH, FRIDAY APRIL 3. BETTY'S DIVINE.
Here's a taste of the four new designs we'll be poppin' loose onto the world this Friday! Hope you can make it. We'll have beer, wine, root beer and some snacks.

Tunes for the evening will be provided by Lela Bayless (of Happy Unit Gang and the Basic Practicalities) and Shawn and Nina.

Two of our new designs, the Missoula Coat of Arms and Bear Skull will be exclusively available at Betty's Divine in Missoula.

High, Wide and Handsome--Antelope

Missoula: Bear Skull

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2009-01-09T21:01:00.000-07:00

HIGH WIDE AND HANDSOME: TROUT
Friends, we here at Statiot Towers have gone and decided, officially that this internet deal is all-right. We've gotten ourselves well into the 20th century, and commerce can officially occur at our brand-spanking new STATRIOT STOR E on the Etsy.com website. It's easy as shoe-fly pie, features a good handful of our shirts and totes, and accepts every type of payment this side of Diner's Club and the Soviet Ruble. Dang!

The Statriot Store has got our brand newest design, known in these parts as the "High, Wide and Handsome (trout)" design. We're awfully proud of it, and owe a debt of grattitude to Monsieur Twigg, whose steady hand helped this thing leap like a mighty Cutthroat right of the soft American cotton. Aahhhhhhh.

Let freedom ring, bros and sisters.

2008-08-21T20:58:00.000-06:00

Statriot Designs LLC is a manufacturer of original tee shirts, clothing and designs for folks with active lifestyles, who demand the best from their "active gear." All of our shirts are screen-printed on top quality, USA-made cotton and did we mention our tote bags? Yup, we've got totes too. Poke around and have a gander at out some of our designs here and stay tuned for more updates.

"Lightning" "Lightning"

"Oil and Wheat" "Oil and Wheat"

"Montana Wild Woman" "Montana Wild Man"

"Antelope" "Antelope"

Keep checking back for more design updates!

Email statriotdesigns@gmail.com for more info.