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What does
the name
Not Soap, Radio mean? |
ABOUT US |
The name, Not Soap, Radio, comes from the punch
line of a nonsense joke my friends and I used to tell each
other
when we were younger.
The joke went like this:
There are two polar bears taking a bath. One polar bear says
to the other, "Please pass the soap." The other
bear turns to him and says, "Not Soap, Radio."
And everyone in on the joke laughs hysterically. It
was our secret language.
We knew things. |
My sister Suzanne
and I founded Provide, Provide LLC in November 2000.
We wanted a small project that we could work on together, something we
could do while we were working on other things. The "little project" got
bigger and bigger, we had so many ideas; there were so many dream items
we wanted to create.
And will. So, here we are.
Happily, this is our life now.
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Our
Product Inspiration: |
For almost ten
years,
Laura Cabot has
traveled across the country, working
in fashion, beauty,
entertainment and politics as
a publicist, consultant and
writer. She began her career at Sotheby’s
London and in the public relations
department of Vogue. She holds a BA
in art history from the University
of Pennsylvania.
laura@notsoapradio.com
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Our mother used
to put us in the tub together and after I’d
liberate my sister from her safety-seat (I actually
taught her to swim in the bathtub), we would spend the
time creating bath oils and
gels out of soaps, Crazy Foam, water,
and markers—don’t ask. We would bottle our
concoctions and sell them like other
children sold lemonade.
Between
the two of us we have lived/worked, in fashion,
entertain-ment and politics, in the following cities:
New York, LA Chicago, San
Francisco, Dallas, Washington, DC, Philadelphia,
Memphis, London, Florence, Moscow…We
were constantly moving and all our
skin care products and cosmetics
would be thrown out, lost, broken…We
created a line that would travel extremely well.
Many of our up-coming items will be one-dose,
disposable, and/or multi-use. We are in the
process of combining products in never-before-marketed
ways. |
| Suzanne Cabot graduated from
Ohio State with a BA in English and for the
past six years has worked in fashion and with non-profit organizations. |
"Provide, Provide"
The witch that came (that withered hag)
To wash the steps with pail and rag
Was once the beauty Abishag,
The picture pride of Hollywood.
Too many fall from great and good
For you to doubt the likelihood.
Die early and avoid the fate.
Or if predestined to die late,
Make up your mind to die in state.
Make the whole stock exchange your own!
If need be occupy a throne,
Where nobody can call you crone.
Some have relied on what they knew,
Others on being simply true.
What worked for them might work for you.
No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard
Or keeps the end from being hard.
Better to go down dignified
With boughten friendship by your side
Then none at all. Provide, provide!
--Robert Frost |
Melissa
Odegaard has
designed everything from wallpaper
to handbags and beyond. She
holds a degree in graphic design from Pratt Institute.
In addition to working with Laura
on Provide,
Provide premium
products they are collaborating on the publication
of Melissa's book, Xperiments which
uses our greatest
scientific theories and to gain a fresh theoretical
understanding of
our most intimate relationships.
melissa@notsoapradio.com |
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