“Savage Love” Hot Button

The weekly column Savage Love is syndicated by newspapers across the country

In a recent Savage Love article, columnist Dan Savage recommends using buttons to symbolize sexual orientation.  He writes,

“Instead [of a t-shirt], maybe all lesbians everywhere should start wearing a button. No words, just a solid color, something small and tasteful that could be pinned to the strap of a purse (popular with “not-stereotypical-looking” lesbians), the lapel of a jacket, or the belt loop on a pair of jeans. Thinking outside the lavender/pink/purple box, I think the button should be green—green for “go,” green as in “Go ahead and hit on me, ladies.”

Here are your lesbipins, brought to you Busy Beaver Button Co.  Get your pack of five here, postage paid.

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Promote with Buttons

What’s easy, affordable, and visually stunning?  Check out how this creative community innovates promotion with custom buttons.

White Box Space features art in the form of video, watercolors, and installations in Chicago.  The gallery entrance greets people with a guest book, a smile, and a Busy Beaver Button-O-matic. Gallery-goers grab buttons, then migrate to art and libations!  More info here.

State champions Vikings in Black make magnificent snow art, and use buttons to promote their team.  The innovative group of artists develop mediums to connect with their fans at competitions like the web, custom flair, and more.  Check out “Mr. Potato Sven” on their website.

New York-based collective KnifeFight partnered with Busy Beaver Button Co. to present their first collection of buttons in New York.  The limited-edition collection of 24-karat gold-plated buttons unites art, music, and fun on a branded knife!  See more photos here.

You make buttons a fun way to connect with people!  Pin it on.

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Jazz great Charles Mingus Buttons

Jazz Workshop buttons play multiple roles at the Jazz Workshop

Twentieth-century jazz great Charles Mingus and buttons both play multiple roles in contemporary music.

Non-profit organization LET MY CHILDREN HEAR MUSIC promotes the African-American composer with events like the upcoming Mingus High School Competition taking place from February 13-15th in New York, where a new blue button will service as a souvenir and identification for participants.  Shannon Manning explains,

“Students from around the country are going to be in town competing, learning more about playing Mingus music at workshops with some of the top musicians, and seeing concerts.  There is a big free Mingus Orchestra concert at St. Bart’s on Saturday the 13th and the button will be VIP pass for the students to their reserved seating.”

Mingus left behind the largest legacy of composition in American music after Duke Ellington.  Click here to learn more.

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Digitial Music Revolution

Greg Kot is the music critic for the Chicago Tribune and co-host of everyone’s favorite rock’n'roll talk radio show, Sound Opinions on NPR.  His new book, Ripped, debuts this week and explores how the digital revolution impacts music consumption. As a custom button company for so many bands and record labels, this is definitely a topic of interest.  Go meet Greg and get an autograph at Borders at 2817 N. Clark in Chicago on May 20th, and tell him Busy Beaver sent you.