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‘Moonshine now finds its first taste of legality with a recent state law in Tennessee allowing the distillation of spirits’

Of course, the ‘first legal moonshine in Tennessee’ needs some good branding.

Ole Smoky’s script logo was designed by letterpress specialist YeeHaw – with Ole Smoky Distillery owners Jessi and Joe Baker, Cory Cottingim and Tony Breeden developing the look of the mason jar bottle, label and seal.

The team at Robin Easter Design pulls it all together with a kick ass website.

More details here. Order here.

Info provided via Whitney Hayden at Robin Easter Design; images found via The Dieline, IVI Blog and Thirstysouth

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‘Hillbillies, long misunderstood and maligned as isolated and backward, actually have a 300-year history of achievement and success that has contributed significantly to our national identity.’

I caught this doc last year on the History channel.

Hillbilly: The Real Story (2008) – hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus – is a great overview of the ‘Appalachian American’ subculture that brought us moonshine whiskey, labor unions, NASCAR and country music.

Stream Hillbilly here. DVD here.

Pictured up top: An original ‘painter’s piss’ runner, found via theTHROTTLE

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Also, Hillbilly does a pretty good job of setting the stage for Oscar nominated Ozark kin drama Winter’s Bone (2010). Incredible performance by Jennifer Lawrence, below. Review here.

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Hobo, of course, was the font of choice for Them Duke Boys (1979-85). Theme sung by Waylon Jennings.

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Hobo font. Durex Condom ads. The work of Andrej Krahne.

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The sculptural Jello work of Liz Hickok. Details here and here.

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Video for Green Jellö’s Three Little Pigs. From 1993.

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Tex Avery’s Blitz Wolf, Academy Award-nominated war propaganda cartoon from 1942. Uncut version.

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Pink Floyd’s Pigs (Three Different Ones).

Floyd’s pig history here. Snag a shirt here or here.

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3 little pigs shirts. By Nu Amsterdam Apparel.

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Shirt design by Ape Republic.

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‘America’s first true self-service grocery store’

Vintage Piggly Wiggly photos. Snag a tee here.

And here’s a bit about where supermarkets come from.

Photos found via Afiler, The Spokesman-Review, Vangobot, Citizendia, Multiply, Keyposters and Emulsion Compulsion

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